What does this beauty spot have in common with the England 23 selected to play Ireland on Sunday?
The only other exciting news to report is that Ticht found an old version of AoD still extant.
On the telly this week
Friday 21st February
| Crusaders 33 – 13 Highlanders | 06:05 | Sky Sports Action |
| Wales U20 14 – 11 France U20 | 19:35 | BBC Two Wales / BBC Sport website/ BBC red button |
| Zebre 0 – 28 Munster | 19:35 | FreeSports |
| Edinburgh 41 – 14 Connacht | 19:35 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Ospreys 13 – 21 Leinster | 19:35 | TG4 / Premier Sports 1 |
| England U20 21 – 39 Ireland U20 | 19:45 | RTÉ Two / YouTube / Sky Sports Mix |
| Sale 36 – 3 Leicester | 19:45 | BT Sport 1 |
Saturday 22nd February
| Rebels 34 – 26 Sharks | 03:45 | Sky Sports Action |
| Chiefs 14 – 26 Brumbies | 06:05 | Sky Sports Arena |
| Reds 64 – 5 Sunwolves | 08:15 | Sky Sports Arena |
| Stormers v Los Jaguares | 13:05 | Sky Sports Action |
| Italy v Scotland | 14:15 | ITV |
| Bulls v Blues | 15:15 | Sky Sports Action |
| Wales v France | 16:45 | BBC One / S4C |
| Glasgow v Dragons | 19:35 | Premier Sports 1 |
| Ulster v Cheetahs | 19:35 | Premier Sports 2 |
Sunday 23rd February
| Wales v France (women) | 12:00 | BBC Two Wales / S4C |
| England v Ireland (women) | 12:45 | RTÉ Two / BBC Sport website / Sky Sports Action |
| Exeter v Northampton | 13:00 | BT Sport 1 |
| England v Ireland | 15:00 | ITV |
| Italy v Scotland (women) | 16:10 | BBC Alba / website / red button |
| Cardiff v Treviso | 17:15 | S4C / Premier Sports 2 |
| Scarlets v Southern Kings | 17:15 | Premier Sports 1 |
Ovally Balls 
Bunch of bottom so it is
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I do still find some things on Cif interesting, but there’s so much insincerity of a non-humorous nature that I’m thinking I really need to wean myself off it entirely.
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Anyway up at sparrow’s fart to get the Eldest to her bus for the Brownie weekend in Blackpool. Staying in the tower ballroom, cause of much excitement. Back to bed for an hour or two then try to do some useful things before the rugby. ‘Night all.
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Can’t remember if I’ve related this. Anyhoo.
Got an aquantance who went to a highly regarded private school. Spent much of his time being a sub-pro hormonal choob. Has since got married and had two daughters , the change in perspective is quite something. He’d probably murder someone like himself who came courting his weans.
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Hope I don’t feel like a sack of jobbies in the morning
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“He’d probably murder someone like himself who came courting his weans.”
Aye, I ken a few of them myself.
It’s a lot easier if we just start and end from the standpoint that every human is worthy of the same respect – we can expand on what respect means (it means everything from life chances to how we are treated) but it’s a reasonable starting point.
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“Hope I don’t feel like a sack of jobbies in the morning”
I’m taking a ridiculously convoluted train journey tomorrow, just so as I don’t have to drive on the M25 on a Saturday. I’m going to miss the games, but it’s still worth it
It also means I can stay up with this bottle of Bunnahabhain for a bit
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How ’bout some JoBo (NOT BoJo! This guy’s got some talent) to keep you going fuura bit?
Bonamassa plays Yes!
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Found Expro had become a sad, bitter and unrelenting parody of himself in the end. Generally skipped or skimmed through his posts; but the constant whining victimhood that was the flipside of the borderline hatred of Irish rugby was beyond the pale.
For someone who was happy to outsource his job to the blog (mainly Cat from memory) and pick up freebies from Sag on his music, he really had a shitty attitude. Don’t miss him at all. I miss most others, even Boa from time to time.
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Dozed off in the 2and half of the rugby last night, but assuming Sarries were properly sashwindowed. Also that the evil blue machine choked the life out of the lovely valley lads inna end?
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I’m pro ‘Pro
Thought he added a lot of variety to the blog, but I can see how he wound people up.
The early year mysogyny stuff was a bit off, but I always thought it was a bit of a parody. Like AlexKing/Chick/Crouchback, Trendy Chorlton/Pontcanna or Baldy (or DCC himself at times)
I also enjoyed his posts on cycling (something I know next to nothing about) and other than OT & me, ‘Pro was the only RL fan, I think. Music isnt my thing so I just skip those posts
I totally get why he wound people up, the Brexit stuff got wearing and he went too far with the Irish stuff
(though there was a time period of a few months on AOD when anyone posting anything slightly critical.of Irish teams or players meant a tsunami of opprobrium from several Irish posters)
More variety = better reading although I also agree with Ticht that some level of respect (and no personal stuff) is important
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Utna, (which autocorrect wants me to spell tuna) I love the variety of opinion you get on good sites, with well constructed arguments, which Pro used to contribute – but in the end it was tiresome at best, pretty low at worst. Nobody wants self-congratulatory echo chambers, unless you’re a politician. Happy for Pro to contribute, just not the inflammatory drivel he ended up with.
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To be fair, there are few sites around that offer great variety over an extended period – most BTLs end up with dominant or prolific characters and views. Happens in every sphere of life not just the Internets.
Are you watching the Brumbies dismantling the Chiefs? Up 12-0 but could be double that with better finishing.
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19-0 just before oranges. They’ve torn the Chiefs a new one in midfield.
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Ooh rugby, on sky.
How come this ozzy team is battering this kiwi team. In NZ as well?
Ah, watched 5 mins, baby just shat. Typical
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A very bad person who did a very very bad thing to my mrs years back finally went to jail for the rest of his life yesterday. Wont go into details but it’s been a long road to justice and it is a cause for some rejoice.
And the reason I feel like a sack of jobbies this morning.
Now , to deal with this baby..
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Morning/Evening all
Just wanted to say that this blog is very important to me – a space with friends and contacts who share really interesting ideas, challenge and have a laugh.
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Hear hear slide.
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Slade
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Makizole Mapimpi loves scoring tries until he doesn’t like scoring tries:
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I’ve known some here for over 15 years I think back from the guardian. I had a different user name at first there so they might not realise.
What ever happened to crashball? We used have some right good bantz he and I.
The Irish ref? What was his name? And didn’t he have an unhealthy obsession with some dicey US politician.
I get mixed up.
Anyway, I still have a guardian account so might try and lure some over here. We’re getting thin on the ground.
Thaum, you’re a legend for setting this up by the way, always worth repeating.
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Dov, glad to hear that the court found the right way.
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“For someone who was happy to outsource his job to the blog (mainly Cat from memory)”
This was at the beginning of his translating business. He just wanted things, his translation/proofreading, double-checking. I had no problem with this as ‘pro made it clear this was what was happening. He likely knew that someone would be willing to do it so that’s the only cunning motive I can see behind it.
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Baby shit update.
Despite having changed, what, must be over 2000 nappies in my life, I put it on back to front. Now sorted
Hangover update
The pills are working.
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Dova
An American coach once said to me – “don’t worry about your name, if your any good I’ll remember you!”
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Is all super rugby this scrappy?
It’s good fun but pretty messy stuff.
Brumbies pack look like a solid unit.
Chiefs look dangerous but erratic
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Extraordinary result for Wasps last night – perhaps the whole thing is getting too much for the Sarries players now?
Ireland by 20.
Also, Sale perhaps starting to show their true power? I did predict a top 4 finish for them.
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How come the reds wear purple?
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Traditional Queensland colours. And the league rep side are the Maroons.
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Should be called the Queensland Chlamydia-Ravaged Koalas.
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I see.
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I feel like a sack of jobbies this morning
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Ah chimpie I get ya.
Have you been up for 4 hours and changed 2 nappies?
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I literally have a sack of jobbies right here. When I find my slippers it really should go in the wheelie bin.
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Super rugby is a sack of jobbies
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Always disappointing when the truth finally comes out.
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‘Have you been up for 4 hours and changed 2 nappies?’
Nope. Been lying around moaning mainly
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“Hear hear slide”
Finally some children’s play equipment for the echo chamber.
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At 5am it took the Eldest 12 minutes flat to get up, get dressed, eat her breakfast, finish packing her bag and put her shoes and coat on. When it’s not a Brownie trip and it’s a civilised time of day it takes her longer than that to put one sock on. She spent the next twenty minutes berating me for ‘being slow’.
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The standing around in the howling gale and driving rain while six coach-loads of Brownies and Guides were loaded up was a real treat. The parents standing around waiting for the opportunity to wave at a coach in the dark once their children had got on really helped things to move along quickly. What’s wrong with these people? Once you’ve said goodbye get out of the way and fuck off back to bed!
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Detail missed by PP’s announcement
super, new, British passport
Printed in France by Thales group
Personalised in the UK
Take back contro!!!
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Not that I felt strongly about it or anything.
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Reds 64 – 5 Sunwolves
Chiefs 14 – 26 Brumbies
Resurgent just in time for 2019………………………………?
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Don’t feel strongly about the passports either other than that I’m still convinced my really old one was black rather than blue and I refuse to hear any different.
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That is right, isn’t it? Black not blue. The anti-EUers’ll probably go off on one about that when they catch on.
Renewed my UK passport in December. The European Union bit had gone from the cover – before we’d left. I felt a litt6 sad about that but at least it’s not blue/black.
What cheered me up a little was that Boris Johnson Superfan whose property got flooded and pleaded for the PM to visit him.
Not for some skodalibost/schadenfreude reason that he’s a Boris Johnson Superfan whose property got flooded but because his name was ….
Vic Haddock
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@Dov – the Irish ref who used to post was Flanker. I also think John Lacey was probably always kept up to date with developments as Lara used to chop his carrots or something.
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Harking back to previous discussion, this is what I loathe about US politics and Israel.
I am absolutely neutral on the Jewish faith along with most others but I really dislike the Zionist (?) defend/grow Israeli territory by any means/cost .
Sheldon Adelson made billions out of gambling (I wonder how) throws money at Trump and buys his way to a guilt-free heaven.
Grrrr!
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sorry! LinK:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/08/sheldon-adelson-trump-middle-east-policy
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‘Custard creams are disgusting.’
How did this go uncontested? Honestly, I despair of humanity sometimes
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@Chimpie -I’ve never ganged up with the crowd that slag off your food, but I’m now starting to think they may have a point.
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