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by TedMaul
Thu May 22, 2025 9:18 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 3676
Views: 272684

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread






They bought a Ford. That's your fly in the ointment.

https://www.wired.com/story/ford-electric-explorer-ev-test-drive/

Meanwhile, I've just passed 60000km in my Chinese EV and haven't had an issue.



Leased, thank god. Yeah I tried to steer them to the BYD or Omeda route but they liked ...
by TedMaul
Thu May 22, 2025 7:11 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Unacceptable Cover Versions
Replies: 17
Views: 291

Re: Unacceptable Cover Versions

This thread has to be sullied by Duran Duran’s ghastly stab at 911 is a Joke
by TedMaul
Wed May 21, 2025 7:17 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Acceptable Cover Versions
Replies: 310
Views: 47895

Re: Acceptable Cover Versions

Sandstorm wrote: Tue Mar 11, 2025 11:48 am
TedMaul wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 7:09 am Not so much a cover more a blend of all New Order’s singles from the mid 80s.
I love this band.

Who wears jeans and shoes on the beach?
Goths. Clearly.
by TedMaul
Wed May 14, 2025 10:16 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Rugby nice guys
Replies: 68
Views: 3409

Re: Rugby nice guys

Slick wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 7:52 pm
OomStruisbaai wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 5:50 pm One of the nicest guys is Schalk Burger.
Just wear protective glasses
Hmm.
Rather like the Kev M chat. Those acts don’t get forgotten.
by TedMaul
Wed May 14, 2025 5:54 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Rugby nice guys
Replies: 68
Views: 3409

Re: Rugby nice guys



Met GH many times, I actually would say he's a bit self contained, never seen the droning on side once. He's a regular in my golf club bar so I guess he's amongst his mates.

Great laugh - B Clark, FunBus, Moody
Generous - Dallaglio
Difficult to comprehend - Powell


(Most boring - M Lynagh ...
by TedMaul
Tue May 13, 2025 4:03 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Reform - new force or same old farce?
Replies: 37
Views: 2423

Re: Reform - new force or same old farce?

Not judging Yeeb but when I read your posts I never have to look at the author to know it's you :smile:
by TedMaul
Tue May 13, 2025 12:40 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Rugby nice guys
Replies: 68
Views: 3409

Re: Rugby nice guys

Met GH many times, I actually would say he's a bit self contained, never seen the droning on side once. He's a regular in my golf club bar so I guess he's amongst his mates.

Great laugh - B Clark, FunBus, Moody
Generous - Dallaglio
Difficult to comprehend - Powell


(Most boring - M Lynagh)
by TedMaul
Wed May 07, 2025 11:27 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: B&I Lions 2025 Official Thread
Replies: 412
Views: 25342

Re: B&I Lions 2025 Official Thread




According my shoulder surgeon mate Feyi Waboso is unlikely to play again, rugby and shoulder injuries are not happy bedfellows.


Well he's hardly played up until now, so that shouldn't stop his continual mental inclusion.

Warbuton picked him ^^^^^
Some pundits really steal a living post ...
by TedMaul
Wed May 07, 2025 11:00 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: B&I Lions 2025 Official Thread
Replies: 412
Views: 25342

Re: B&I Lions 2025 Official Thread

According my shoulder surgeon mate Feyi Waboso is unlikely to play again, rugby and shoulder injuries are not happy bedfellows.
by TedMaul
Wed Apr 30, 2025 4:02 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10931
Views: 665414

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

I think he's busy sending searing emails to the Complaints Department at Fleshlight Ltd. "I DID NOT ORDER MEDIUM, I ORDERED SMALL"
by TedMaul
Wed Apr 30, 2025 11:33 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10931
Views: 665414

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

What's happened to our pet incel - Convoluted?
by TedMaul
Mon Apr 28, 2025 1:03 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10931
Views: 665414

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall



https://i.redd.it/834tdd8kr6xe1.jpeg

Someone chose not to abide by the dress code for the Pope's funeral :roll:


The slightly wider photo does show numerous other people not wearing black , but also in blue suits, white headdress etc. there are plenty of other things to castigate Trump on ...
by TedMaul
Fri Apr 18, 2025 9:02 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Friday Choons
Replies: 564
Views: 81148

Re: Friday Choons

Still a great lp

by TedMaul
Sun Apr 13, 2025 6:08 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official NPR Golf Thread
Replies: 959
Views: 56543

Re: The Official NPR Golf Thread

Got the Recoil F4’s in a set of Japanese blades, they’re pretty strong, sort of dead feel but super consistent. I think better for lower numbered irons?
by TedMaul
Sat Apr 12, 2025 8:33 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official NPR Golf Thread
Replies: 959
Views: 56543

Re: The Official NPR Golf Thread

BM I have the exact same irons but with Axiom shafts, 1/2” longer, midsize grips. Bagged 6 birdies with them up at Elie last weekend 😊
by TedMaul
Fri Apr 11, 2025 10:04 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10931
Views: 665414

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

Come on Yeeb it's a broad church, even our graduate from Hustler's University deserves a seat.
by TedMaul
Fri Apr 11, 2025 9:33 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10931
Views: 665414

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

Fkn hell. A Lidl Andrew Tate with no money. Ghastly.
by TedMaul
Thu Apr 10, 2025 5:36 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10931
Views: 665414

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

He folded, lost his nerve, panicked.

‘’Of course, Mr Trump will not admit he has blinked, claiming last night some investors had got "a little bit yippy, a little bit afraid".

And it is perfectly possible that markets face more volatile days ahead: the spectre of Mr Trump's tariffs being ...
by TedMaul
Thu Apr 10, 2025 5:29 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10931
Views: 665414

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall



90 day pause on everyone apart from China.. :shock:

That'll line his buddies pockets as they bought cheap..


Trump repeatedly warned "Don't Panic".
But many got conned by the MSM-Dems into the kind of flapping, headless hysteria evidenced in recent posts in this very thread.
So when ...
by TedMaul
Tue Apr 08, 2025 1:51 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Is This The Worst Song Ever?
Replies: 39
Views: 1479

Re: Is This The Worst Song Ever?

Uncle fester wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 12:22 pm

How long do you last?
Fkn hell. Strong effort.
by TedMaul
Tue Apr 08, 2025 11:59 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Is This The Worst Song Ever?
Replies: 39
Views: 1479

Re: Is This The Worst Song Ever?

911 is a Joke cover by Duran Duran is pretty convincing from a few perspectives. As for original dogshit songs We Are The World is a full nappy smeared in vomit.
by TedMaul
Thu Apr 03, 2025 1:05 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Elon Musk bought Twitter.
Replies: 1070
Views: 107632

Re: Elon Musk bought Twitter.

Took delivery of a Leapmotor C10 last week, first one registered in UK. It's fantastic. GF has free charging at work so pretty compelling. It senses my phone approaching, flashes it's lights alluringly and moves everything around to my spec. Anything whilst on the move is voice activated. A lovely ...
by TedMaul
Thu Mar 13, 2025 1:08 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Friday Choons
Replies: 564
Views: 81148

Re: Friday Choons

Try a bit of Lady Blackbird if you're in that mood Slick, or Bobby Oroza -
by TedMaul
Mon Mar 10, 2025 2:16 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: North Sea Oil Tanker Collision
Replies: 38
Views: 3191

Re: North Sea Oil Tanker Collision

Margin__Walker wrote: Mon Mar 10, 2025 2:12 pm Chances of individual plane crashes are extremely low. They happen though and are usually nothing to do with foul play

It's possible, but that's a low possibility of a low possibility.
Chances of an air speed collision v 16 knots / 0 knots ship speeds aren't really comparable tbf.
by TedMaul
Mon Mar 10, 2025 2:08 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: North Sea Oil Tanker Collision
Replies: 38
Views: 3191

Re: North Sea Oil Tanker Collision

The chances of this for a US vessel are absurdly low. Some foul play must be possible.
by TedMaul
Sat Mar 08, 2025 8:50 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10931
Views: 665414

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

The transgender mice really scoop this for me.
by TedMaul
Fri Mar 07, 2025 7:09 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Acceptable Cover Versions
Replies: 310
Views: 47895

Re: Acceptable Cover Versions

Not so much a cover more a blend of all New Order’s singles from the mid 80s.
I love this band.

by TedMaul
Thu Mar 06, 2025 4:01 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10931
Views: 665414

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall







They were right that people who've already completed work, shouldn't be paid?


Conservative Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh dissented.

Alito said he was stunned by the judge’s order forcing the Trump Administration to pay $2 billion in foreign ...
by TedMaul
Thu Mar 06, 2025 3:08 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6 Nations Tipping Comp. Final results are Up
Replies: 249
Views: 16339

Re: 2025 6 Nations Tipping Comp. Rd 4 picks open

More than happy to be Catt to Tartan Bear's Greenwood on scores predictions. Same.
by TedMaul
Thu Mar 06, 2025 12:06 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 3676
Views: 272684

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread

Slick wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 11:58 am
Biffer wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 10:32 am
Slick wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 9:53 am

Good old Frank Ferdinand, never misses a gig.
The number of fucking autocorrects I needed to fix in that post, Lloyd Corner, Kate Tempest etc.

Also missed Biffy Clark :lol:
:lol:
Busta Rhymes
by TedMaul
Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:37 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Apologies
Replies: 39
Views: 2390

Re: Apologies

Actually logged into the old place yesterday for the first time in years. Feel dirty and used now.
by TedMaul
Sun Mar 02, 2025 6:47 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10931
Views: 665414

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

Carlos Slim take a bow. :problem:
by TedMaul
Fri Feb 28, 2025 6:54 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10931
Views: 665414

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

Blackmac wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2025 6:50 pm I understand the need for careful financial diplomacy but fuck me, that despicable cunt and his rent boy Vance should never be welcomed in any other European country ever. Starmer needs to find his balls and withdraw the invitation.
Could not agree with you more. Appalling and grisly.
by TedMaul
Sat Feb 15, 2025 11:08 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: "I've got a lovely bunch of melenomas"..
Replies: 37
Views: 2796

Re: "I've got a lovely bunch of melenomas"..

Had one off two years ago caught it early as my golf club is virtually all Medics (Scots to boot a lethal drinking combination). It was off before I knew it was a problem but the good news is you are then looked at all over every 6 months. The treatment now is leagues ahead of that in the past, you ...
by TedMaul
Mon Feb 10, 2025 11:33 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 3676
Views: 272684

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread



We're having a bit work done to our house and - given I'm the world's worst interior designer - I asked a few mates in the trade for inspiration.

One of them sent me the estate agent advert for John Terry's house - I'm not sure whether for inspiration or as a warning.

https://www.rightmove ...
by TedMaul
Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:39 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6 Nations Tipping Comp. Final results are Up
Replies: 249
Views: 16339

Re: 2025 6 Nations Tipping Comp. Last Day for Rd 2 picks

TartanBear wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 12:47 pm Italy by 4
England by 1
Ireland by 8
Respect Sir is due.
by TedMaul
Thu Feb 06, 2025 3:06 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10931
Views: 665414

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

What is this obsession you have with shitting in swimming pools?
by TedMaul
Mon Feb 03, 2025 1:12 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1303264

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

Tommy Robinson somehow got himself 2 logins?
by TedMaul
Mon Feb 03, 2025 12:12 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6 Nations Tipping Comp. Final results are Up
Replies: 249
Views: 16339

Re: 2025 6 Nations Tipping Comp. Open for Rd 2 picks

Italy by 14
France by 16
Ireland by 12
by TedMaul
Fri Jan 31, 2025 12:10 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3138
Views: 116059

Re: 2025 6N thread

In a broad sense yes. Saints U18's v Tigers U18's