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Posted this in the otehr place, my favourite cold open...........

And the Nobel Prize in Economics goes to..............DAC!

Normans are Vikings - North Men, so are awesome by definition (I know that is only part of the Norman story)

Anyway, my youngest daughter was really into history at school. We went over to Battle Abbey a few times and also the surrounding coastline and castles where William landed ...

The Normans are fücking awesome and anyone who thinks different is a knob.

Normans are Vikings - North Men, so are awesome by definition (I know that is only part of the Norman story)

Anyway, my youngest daughter was really into history at school. We went over to Battle Abbey a few times ...

Italy's new aid package main component is 400 M113s plus some sort of satellite survelliance system. Dated sure but still great for wounded evacuation and resupply and all the other necessary tasks.

I'm sure they'd be able to convert a bunch of them for all sorts of different uses - Anti-drone ...

Teeny bit of white washing going on for the divide and rule practiced by the Brits.

Probably best not to mention Michael O'Dwyer at this juncture. Ah shit!

There’s the famous quip of India having been governed in a Cork accent

Dyer did go to school in Cork, but doubt he would have ...

Proven by his comment that India and Pakistan have been engaged in border conflict for centuries, unless he was meaning in the 20th and 21 centuries. :wink:

Perhaps he meant between Muslims and non Muslims in the region, for there were tensions / divisions / wars / conquests / riots of ...

Depends on what you want to use it for I guess. ChatGPT is very good, as is Ask Claude. China's Deep Seek is a little rough around the edges but there are signs of improvement. Copy.ai is also decent if its writing you are looking for (articles, blogs, website copy etc.)

Gutted for Graham and Ritchie

Hansen over Graham is odd.

I assume that fact he is a mad bastard and will probably be an excellent tourist played its part in that selection. When fully firing he absolutely deserves it, but he hasn't been (largely due to injury disruptions, but still ...

tabascoboy wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 6:21 am The idiocy gets worse

Leaving aside the mechanics of actually doing it, a nice 100% reciprocal global tarriff on American made movies would be a nice touch!

Wasn't late, but it certainyl didn't look like a clean hit at first glance (high and shoulder). Got distracted by kids for the replays though

Love to see some proper counter rucking

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Still think it should have been a try though. Oh well.

If you're not on your feet then you're out of the game.

the ball was on the line/touching the flag (not the base as the ref said), ergo in goal. There is no off-feet in goal.

Of course if it was a penalty at all it should have been a ...

Very well done Saints, thoroughly deserved. Ye we're brilliant today. Huge kudos to the coaching team, they really did a number on us.

Would have been robbed if we'd gotten that at the end. Still think it should have been a try though. Oh well.

sockwithaticket wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 5:05 pm
PornDog wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 5:03 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 5:02 pm With the amount of bitching about him Leinster fans have done lately, that is such a sweet, sweet try for Pollock.
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The Leinster lads on reddit (and there are a lot of them) have been frothing.

About what? He's obviously a star in the making

sockwithaticket wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 5:02 pm With the amount of bitching about him Leinster fans have done lately, that is such a sweet, sweet try for Pollock.

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Slick wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 4:59 pm That’s ridiculous, you can’t wave the ball around, throwing dummies from the floor, it’s meant to be instant

Inclined to agree. Lovely bit of play all the same though

Was I hearing things there - phase before the try did I hear on the ref mic "short you cunt!"

. Slimani was retiring and going into coaching, so he probably didn't have many offers. He originally thought his agent meant Leicester when told of Leinster's interest, so I'm sure playing for Leinster had its attraction as well. Again, wont be peanuts, but wont be a huge salary either.

:lol ...

I did.

And it's just the usual shit of English journo's saying that the English system of private benefactors (with some RFU money) funding is fairer/better/whatever than the Irish system of IRFU funding (with some private benefactor money).

Given the number of 'quotes' from 'insiders ...

Slick wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 11:04 am I'm not really sure why people have an issue with the Irish system. It was up to all the unions to find a way that worked for them and Ireland certainly did.

Still hate the cunts, but fair play.

Ah sure don't you love us really though

That very few schools play rugby in either country is unarguable , in both cases we’re discussing the small minority of private schools and how they shape up sports wise. And I’m not suggesting nothing but rugby is offered at say Blackrock, I’m saying that the school’s focus is pretty relentless ...

SaintK wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 10:09 am ...anyway I've just seen the Saints injury list...........Leinster by 40!!

Yeah it's shit. Glasgow had a horrid injury list as well - would have been such a great game if they had been full strength. Instead we got what we got. Least Glasgow were still game though, unlike Quins the week before!

English private schools spread their sporting attention much thinner than Irish. Cricket is probably the most competitive sport for most of them, hockey and rowing are taking very seriously by a bunch, football by the odd one. The Irish system seems to be rugby then some also rans.

Taking two ...

Like I said though, it's a completely different system, so not really comparable. Because Ireland and Leinster are part of the same organisation, the IRFU will crucnch the numbers and figure out what Furlong is worth to Irish rugby as a whole and then take that figure into their bargaining with the ...

Spot the difference!! Leinster by 20.
Leinster and Northampton Saints meet in the semi-final of the Investec Champions Cup as two teams with a shared desire to promote homegrown talent. Yet they also offer up an undeniable contrast as far as respective playing budgets. After head scratching and ...

Bulls take it in the end. That uncontested scruum tactic by Munster is a shame for rugby.

I know you're dense but when both TH props are injured and one of them is a HIA, you have fulfilled your obligation. Munster should not have had to drop to 14.

TBF, I was under the impression that ...

That was a bloody awful game of rugby!

Leinster Ulster now to hopefully deliver some entertainment

Biffer wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:51 pm There's an article in the WSJ about Musk and his breeding legion, him approaching women on twitter to father his kids, paying them and housing them in a compound in Texas. It's, well, it's, wow.

https://archive.is/UEoS6

Racing aren't going away!

Jesus Mack, just dive on it!

I love Bealham, I think he's quality player, but by God he deserves all the grief in the world for that hair!

Prendy the Elder in!

That has to be pen try surely because it's an illegal action that puts Saints' 6 into touch?

If it's a penalty they have to take the offending player out of the equation and decide the probably outcome if he wasn't there.

For me that's a penalty try all day long

That certainly was the ...

Ben Whitehouse (touch judge) said that it has to be a "possible" not a "probable" for a penalty try - I have never heard that before, I've only ever heard it described as a probable

I think he was just highlighting the difference between possible and probable. I think he was disagreeing with ...

There is a salary disparity, but it'll only be fixed by reaching spending parity and that's not going to happen.

The problem isn't the salary cap per se, it's that English clubs seem to be massively overpaying players, and not just the marquee players at that. Ross Molony's a very good ...

Oxbow wrote: Wed Apr 09, 2025 2:17 pm
PornDog wrote: Wed Apr 09, 2025 1:41 pm I'm getting logged out all the time on PC as well

Weirdly this was happening to me before the upgrade but isn't now.

Curiouser and curiouser. I didn't have to log back in this time!

I'm getting logged out all the time on PC as well

Hello sir, is this <my company name>

Yes it is, are you a scammer?

Yes I am

Okay then bye

Have a good day sir!

I have previously told them all sorts of horrible shit before hanging up, but I think that was a far more pleasant experience for me!

Anyone have any decent/entertaining/abusive ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXnxTNIWkc

I don't care about your nominations, all I know is when I have the misfortune to hear this one, I'm desperate for a baseball bat to bash my own head in with, to stop the torment.

It's horrendous.

:lol:

I have a lot of very good memories ...

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