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by Glaston
Sat May 18, 2024 4:12 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Help. Don't display unflattering portraits of me in the gallery
Replies: 11
Views: 369

Re: Help. Don't display unflattering portraits of me in the gallery

The artist paints portraits in this style regardless of subject. This painting is part of a larger exhibition featuring a number of his works and includes images of Queen Elizabeth, Cathy Freeman, Scott Morrison as PM and a host of others. He is a First Nations man, Vincent Namatjira. https://media...
by Glaston
Mon May 13, 2024 7:08 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Biden and US politics catchall
Replies: 6612
Views: 293334

Re: President Biden and US politics catchall

I certainly hope Trump has that problem, among others, but we don't know if they're merely protesting in a primary they know he'll win, and we don't know how those annoyed with Biden will actually go in a GE either. And there is the teensy snag of the Electoral College He's definitely got a problem...
by Glaston
Tue May 07, 2024 10:13 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 6210
Views: 541182

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

The EU list of shame.
Cyprus
France
Greece
Hungary
Malta
Slovakia
by Glaston
Tue May 07, 2024 1:07 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Entertaining Pictures Thread
Replies: 1868
Views: 188156

Re: The Entertaining Pictures Thread

Who does this remind you of?

Image
by Glaston
Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:40 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Billy Vunipola arrested and tasered twice
Replies: 27
Views: 1156

Re: Billy Vunipola arrested and tasered twice

"Lunged at" ?

Flaps a T shirt in the general direction.




That Cop will need at least a month off, therapy and 100k compensation.
by Glaston
Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:53 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Kicking off in Israel
Replies: 3137
Views: 145619

Re: Kicking off in Israel

Why would they do it deliberately? Because they'd prefer if no material aid reached Gaza since they want the inhabitants to piss off in toto, and asap. And because the chances of material consequences to them are very low, as long as the yanks support them in practice regardless of what yank spokes...
by Glaston
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:25 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 10 year passport rule
Replies: 29
Views: 828

Re: 10 year passport rule

You would think a competent home office would have records of such things and be able to issue a letter to the registered address of said passport holders to warn/remind them that this would happened :yawn: How many millions would that cost? 32 million passports issued before the new rules came in....
by Glaston
Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:26 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 6210
Views: 541182

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

Yanks have told Ukraine "Let the Russian oil flow" Don't bomb the refineries. https://www.ft.com/content/98f15b60-bc4d-4d3c-9e57-cbdde122ac0c French have told the Ukrainians not to be mean to the Mulliez family (they own Leroy Merlin and Auchan making big $ by still operating in Russia) Th...
by Glaston
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:39 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Royal family in the news again...
Replies: 44
Views: 2433

Re: Royal family in the news again...

Momentous news, though I bet Clarkson wished she visited his shop.
by Glaston
Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:59 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: RFU - We’re gonna build a new HQ, with blackjack and hookers
Replies: 40
Views: 1150

Re: RFU - We’re gonna build a new HQ, with blackjack and hookers

RFU could buy into the new Manchester stadium plan and ground share with Manu
by Glaston
Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 6210
Views: 541182

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

So the Russian navy ship sinks on the 81st anniversary of Caesar Kunikov's death.
Ukrainians are pretty good at symbolism.
by Glaston
Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 2648
Views: 141231

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread

The state of the BBC
Their fact checking dept LOL.



Paraquat pesticide maker used “weak” data on Parkinson’s
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68215777







Paraquat is a herbicide
by Glaston
Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:02 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Citizens Army, Whose up for it
Replies: 55
Views: 1847

Re: Citizens Army, Whose up for it

Sine we are in the hiatus of no rugby till the 6N Now that the Tories ( the party that prides itself on Defence, although I suspect Labour would be no better ) have gutted the Army General Sir Patrick Sanders - the outgoing Chief of the General Staff (CGS) has suggested that Britain should train a ...
by Glaston
Wed Jan 24, 2024 7:58 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Travel Thread
Replies: 158
Views: 5972

Re: The Travel Thread

Bump. Not sure if this is the correct thread to use (just did a search) hope so....... Going to Hanoi in November for a week..... It was a coin toss between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city but we opted for the former given it is more of the traditional, old world Vietnamese city. If we are there for sev...
by Glaston
Thu Jan 11, 2024 12:39 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Biden and US politics catchall
Replies: 6612
Views: 293334

Re: President Biden and US politics catchall

Wasn’t that Nazi bloke on PR a swiftly? There was a certain portion of the alt right that held her up as some sort of ideal Aryan woman (because she's hot and pale), but since she started encouraging her fan base to vote (not even for a particular party, just to vote) they've decided she's actually...
by Glaston
Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:00 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Freezing cold water dips
Replies: 91
Views: 3036

Re: Freezing cold water dips

Definite call out thread for some of the Loonies.


26c is the barest minimum water temp
Ideally it needs to be above 30c
by Glaston
Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:20 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 551951

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

Some cunt chucked the N word at Ugo Monye at Exeter today. Sad to say, but I'm not surprised it happen there. They've developed a victim mentality about the whole, " Chiefs " bullshit, & the chants still happen, & no-one at the club is doing anything about it as far as I can see. ...
by Glaston
Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:58 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Kicking off in Israel
Replies: 3137
Views: 145619

Re: Kicking off in Israel

Is it true that Israel has suggested Blair be a chief negotiator in the conflict? Really?I thought this may be mischief making. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-said-seeking-to-appoint-uks-tony-blair-as-gaza-humanitarian-coordinator/ "With pressure on Jerusalem growing to do more for Strip...
by Glaston
Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:02 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Kicking off in Israel
Replies: 3137
Views: 145619

Re: Kicking off in Israel

2500kva gen set will use 300 litres in under an hour depending on load.

For a big hospital you would need more than a single 2500 gen set.


300 litres is a stupidly small amount of fuel in the context of supplying fuel to a hospital

300litres is 1.5 drums of diesel, its a total pisstake
by Glaston
Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:17 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: World's best ref retires
Replies: 64
Views: 1831

Re: World's best ref retires

“What a vile atmosphere at the Stade de France. It’s just a game k---heads”,
“See ya later Rugby World Cup. Won’t miss you, or the death threats.”

recently posted by his wife


Not surprised he has quit, he will be missed.
by Glaston
Sun Oct 29, 2023 6:33 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Poppies on live TV
Replies: 46
Views: 3583

Re: Poppies on live TV

The whole "have to wear" is just 100 % wrong. As a youngster I was a Scout, did a couple of Remembrance day parades, did Poppy sales in my local area for a while (also did the RNLI) I have bought a Poppy every year that I am in the UK, don't always wear one. Both of my Grandfathers were in...
by Glaston
Sat Oct 28, 2023 7:50 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: RWC Final : New Zealand vs South Africa - Sat 28th @ 20.00 BST
Replies: 826
Views: 14950

Re: RWC Final : New Zealand vs South Africa - Sat 28th @ 20.00 BST

Hal Jordan wrote: Sat Oct 28, 2023 7:49 pm
C69 wrote: Sat Oct 28, 2023 7:48 pm Lol that could have been a yellow
Old skool cynical play.
The Fitzpatrick ploy
by Glaston
Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:13 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: England v Argentina
Replies: 216
Views: 3942

Re: England v Argentina

Win's a win and it will go in the record books as a third place RWC finish, but boy was that desperate. Not sure I can cope with several more years of Borthers. It's just no fun at all to watch. Jeez, that was a shithouse 2nd half from England. What is the point of playing Arundel if you don't even...
by Glaston
Fri Oct 27, 2023 6:05 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: RWC SF2 England vs Springboks on 21/10 @ 21h00
Replies: 1130
Views: 20244

Re: RWC SF2 England vs Springboks on 21/10 @ 21h00

Sards wrote: Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:38 am I am over the English and their crybaby attitude.....like children
We still remember Krige complaining about concussed players.
One of which was his own guy he punched
by Glaston
Mon Oct 23, 2023 6:23 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: RWC SF2 England vs Springboks on 21/10 @ 21h00
Replies: 1130
Views: 20244

Re: RWC SF2 England vs Springboks on 21/10 @ 21h00

Enzedder wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:37 am This certainly enables a prop to get a lot lower fhan his opponent.
I think Ben had already reset it and had possibly had enough of time wasting.
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Saffa prop knee to ground = reset.

Consistency is needed
by Glaston
Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:06 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Kicking off in Israel
Replies: 3137
Views: 145619

Re: Kicking off in Israel

https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical Suggest just going through that account. Not only does it look very likely to have been a rocket, not a bomb, but it looks like it was the car park that was hit, and the hospital is seemingly intact, and the likelyhood of the number of deaths claimed by The Gazan ...
by Glaston
Mon Sep 18, 2023 9:22 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Russell Brand: Raper
Replies: 186
Views: 6534

Re: Russell Brand: Raper

Wonder how the former editors at Prospect feel?
And the current editor who was pretty matey with Brand back then.

Russell Brand voted world's fourth most influential thinker
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/201 ... al-thinker
by Glaston
Mon Aug 21, 2023 1:39 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Heart of darkness: Lucy Letby
Replies: 120
Views: 4167

Re: Heart of darkness: Lucy Letby

To no one's surprise, the Populist Party (formerly the Conservative and Unionist Party) has leapt upon her non appearance to clamour for a law forcing defendants to be required to be present during the victim impact statements, and that the use of force should be specifically authorised to drag the...
by Glaston
Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:30 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Really weird experience tonight
Replies: 7
Views: 687

Re: Really weird experience tonight

I had to Google what the hell this all meant.
Dude if its a woman say woman, otherwise its a shemale


Woman can use Urinals too, it takes a bit of training
by Glaston
Fri Jul 28, 2023 6:41 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Gulf stream goooooonnnnnnneeeee
Replies: 104
Views: 3269

Re: Gulf stream goooooonnnnnnneeeee

Given the gutting of environmental policy that will happen if a Republican wins in 2025 (and I mean completely destroying the EPA and giving more roids to the fossil fuel industry), I think we've fucked it no matter what. The West is cutting back on coal and fossil fuel use while Asia and the India...
by Glaston
Fri Jul 28, 2023 6:37 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official NPR Gardening Thread
Replies: 156
Views: 5391

Re: Official NPR Gardening Thread

The 2023 Cold wave has screwed my peppers and chillis. It's nearly Aug and my Bell Peppers have almost started flowering. Couple of Poblano's plants have been completely decimated by snails/slugs, even down to eating parts of the stems Tomato crop is shit. Only thing thats has done well is Mint Last...
by Glaston
Sat Jul 15, 2023 8:41 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The holiday thread
Replies: 293
Views: 12179

Re: The holiday thread

The Med heatwave seems to be missing a lot of S France.
Had 2 days of cloud in last 4, hours of drizzle today and temp has now gone below 17c.
Re-acclimatising to UK weather :lol:

Cicadas are annoying.
by Glaston
Tue Jul 11, 2023 12:58 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: I wonder who this is...................
Replies: 370
Views: 15039

Re: I wonder who this is...................

Anyone know why the Met are talking to the BBC? Surely it’s a matter for the “victim”, “accused” and any witnesses? Because the Beeb have to satisfy a bunch of fuckwit Tory MPs, regardless of what the actual protocol should be. It's more important to appear to do the right thing, than to actually d...
by Glaston
Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:10 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 6210
Views: 541182

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

I'd be willing to bet money that the Telegraph is deliberately distorting things. I'm guessing that the Americans and Germans want Ukrainian accession to happen after the war ends, not during, which more than likely is the actual position of all members (bar Hungary who probably will obtruct as lon...
by Glaston
Thu Jul 06, 2023 1:58 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Booty, booty, booty....
Replies: 79
Views: 11681

Re: Booty, booty, booty....

Google Ibabyrainbow twerking.
See what comes up via Thothub
by Glaston
Thu Jul 06, 2023 1:48 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Tits! With more tits! (NSFW)
Replies: 72
Views: 14264

Re: Tits! With more tits! (NSFW)

Sandstorm wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 1:01 pm
TB63 wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 8:11 am5,3 etc, etc, 4
Can they keep the cow heads on please? My friend is um...aroused by them.
It's all about teat placement and median suspensory ligaments
by Glaston
Sat Jul 01, 2023 7:51 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What’s going on in France?
Replies: 64
Views: 2576

Re: What’s going on in France?

Public appeals for donations

Dead kid 70k euros
Policeman who shot him 250k euros

Edit

Some French cops get very little weapon training, Like literally a 1day /20shots per year.
by Glaston
Tue Jun 27, 2023 11:25 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Cricket Thread
Replies: 7604
Views: 197925

Re: The Official Cricket Thread

Report into discrimination in English cricket is out, and thus far few surprises. Even Colin Graves accepts there’s racism in cricket so no shocks at their findings. As for their conclusions, a mixed bag of very sensible and pie in the sky stuff. ‘Revive black cricket’ isn’t a recommendation any mo...
by Glaston
Wed Jun 14, 2023 1:07 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Scottish Politics Thread
Replies: 4123
Views: 139456

Re: The Scottish Politics Thread

The only thing I’d say very quickly is that they may have printed that before the legislation was changed to not require barcoding or different labels. Also, the first return from Google suggests the The Wine Society has a gross annual income of a hundred and sixty million pounds, as per their 2022...
by Glaston
Sun Jun 11, 2023 1:01 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: See that, that gets right on my wick.
Replies: 180
Views: 8125

Re: See that, that gets right on my wick.

Increasingly it's dog owners in general that get on my wick. So many just don't seem to have bothered training their animal or attempt to control them. I do like dogs, but I don't like constantly being rushed up to by strange ones, whose temperament I don't know, because no one keeps them on a bloo...