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by Sandstorm
Sun May 19, 2024 9:11 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
Replies: 9676
Views: 203428

Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread

Pretty satisfied with the Stormers performance last night. Much talk about Aki vs Willemse. Again Willemse passing that test with flying colours. Libbok put in a MOTM performance but the most impressive was the defense and performance from the bench. I would start most of that bench. The last match...
by Sandstorm
Sat May 18, 2024 11:18 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: SupeRugby 2024...
Replies: 465
Views: 5580

Re: SupeRugby 2024...

Gumboot wrote: Sat May 18, 2024 8:37 am Clarke scores a try! :shock:
He got two!!!
by Sandstorm
Fri May 17, 2024 7:04 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Minirail a solution for mass transit?
Replies: 5
Views: 190

Re: Minirail a solution for mass transit?

Always thought a light rail system with minicars would be ideal for urban areas and a missed opportunity instead of looking at self driving cars. Get rid of cars and turn roads into railways. Instead of a driveway, you have a rail siding and key in where you want to go, then sit back and enjoy the ...
by Sandstorm
Fri May 17, 2024 2:44 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official NPR Golf Thread
Replies: 778
Views: 28119

Re: The Official NPR Golf Thread

Scottie Scheffler arrested on his way to the golf course. Tried to drive round a police road closure at a fatal accident and alleged to have hit a police officer who tried to stop him. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/articles/ce7r83p87r3o https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/6ca4/live/34f8a...
by Sandstorm
Fri May 17, 2024 2:27 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: NPR Top 12
Replies: 7
Views: 134

Re: NPR Top 12

sturginho wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 1:59 pm You're slacking sandstorm
I know. Sharks losing every week gets boring, so my trolling has decreased recently. :silent:
by Sandstorm
Fri May 17, 2024 2:23 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

sockwithaticket wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 2:16 pm Meanwhile, the water quality crisis:

Start watching at 8 minutes if you want to stay awake....
by Sandstorm
Fri May 17, 2024 1:32 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Biden and US politics catchall
Replies: 6612
Views: 293380

Re: President Biden and US politics catchall

Niegs wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 1:18 pm Like children... and it's happening here, too, with name calling and snap backs in Canadian Parliament.

3 young, single ladies having a go at each other. :crazy:
by Sandstorm
Fri May 17, 2024 1:29 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: NPR Top 12
Replies: 7
Views: 134

Re: NPR Top 12

Uncle fester wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 1:08 pm Quality not quantity
:lol:
by Sandstorm
Fri May 17, 2024 12:53 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official NPR Golf Thread
Replies: 778
Views: 28119

Re: The Official NPR Golf Thread

Blackmac wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 12:42 pm Scottie Scheffler arrested on his way to the golf course. Tried to drive round a police road closure at a fatal accident and alleged to have hit a police officer who tried to stop him.
:wtf
by Sandstorm
Fri May 17, 2024 12:53 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: NPR Top 12
Replies: 7
Views: 134

NPR Top 12

Top 12 posters on here: OomStruisbaai 14000 Torquemada1420 10464 Slick 10398 Sandstorm 9538 JM2K6 9021 Ymx 8557 Tichtheid 8464 Sards 8244 sockwithaticket 8100 Biffer 7913 fishfoodie 7382 Gumboot 7078 https://www.notplanetrugby.com/memberlist.php?mode=&sk=d&sd=d#memberlist Oom way out in fron...
by Sandstorm
Fri May 17, 2024 11:19 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
Replies: 9676
Views: 203428

Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread

Dwebe....sigh.
by Sandstorm
Fri May 17, 2024 10:25 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
Replies: 9676
Views: 203428

Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread

Mild and dry for a change tomorrow in Galway, so a good chance for the Stormers to run the ball. I suspect we won't..... :sad:
by Sandstorm
Fri May 17, 2024 10:00 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Italian Rugby Fred
Replies: 108
Views: 5160

Re: The Official Italian Rugby Fred

Edoardo "Ugo" Gori is retiring, he won 69 caps for Italy, including the wins over Scotland in 2015 and South Africa in 2016. He plans on opening an ice cream shop, Howley would be proud https://www.onrugby.it/2024/05/17/ugo-gori-dopo-il-ritiro-apriro-una-gelateria-litalia-puo-rompere-il-t...
by Sandstorm
Fri May 17, 2024 9:58 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
Replies: 9676
Views: 203428

Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread

That's some pedestrian 10-12-13-15 combo you've got there. :oops: I forgot half those players were in our squad. It must be hard to sit on the sidelines for so long, then then get thrown into an invitational XV to play a dead rubber game. At least Bosch will come on after 55 mins and increase the a...
by Sandstorm
Fri May 17, 2024 9:57 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
Replies: 9676
Views: 203428

Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread

That's some pedestrian 10-12-13-15 combo you've got there. :oops: I forgot half those players were in our squad. It must be hard to sit on the sidelines for so long, then then get thrown into an invitational XV to play a dead rubber game. At least Bosch will come on after 55 mins and increase the a...
by Sandstorm
Fri May 17, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
Replies: 9676
Views: 203428

Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread

Sharks: 15 Boeta Chamberlain, 14 Yaw Penxe, 13 Diego Appollis, 12 Eduan Keyter, 11 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10 Lionel Cronje, 9 Tiaan Fourie, 8 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 7 Simon Miller, 6 Tino Mavesere, 5 Reniel Hugo (captain), 4 Corne Rahl, 3 Khwezi Mona, 2 Dylan Richardson, 1 Dian Bleuler. Replacements 16 Dan Jo...
by Sandstorm
Fri May 17, 2024 9:26 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: SupeRugby 2024...
Replies: 465
Views: 5580

Re: SupeRugby 2024...

Gumboot wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 8:52 am Canes win an untidy game 32-24.
I watched some of that and both teams tried hard, but were generally inaccurate.

The hardest part (besides Justin Marshal on comms) was the awful television coverage - hardly any replays and then usually of the wrong infringement that the ref blew up for. :crazy:
by Sandstorm
Fri May 17, 2024 8:20 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Biden and US politics catchall
Replies: 6612
Views: 293380

Re: President Biden and US politics catchall

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 8:14 am It remains staggering that the Commander in Chief is held to a far lower standard, if any standard, than teenage reservists when it comes to national security.
Nuts
by Sandstorm
Thu May 16, 2024 7:00 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
Replies: 9676
Views: 203428

Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread

OomStruisbaai wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 5:18 pm Excellent news for the Stormers

T-Rex staying in CT :thumbup:
by Sandstorm
Thu May 16, 2024 11:41 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Depluralise a film or TV show..
Replies: 50
Views: 840

Re: Depluralise a film or TV show..

tabascoboy wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 11:38 am
Chitty Bang
:clap:
by Sandstorm
Wed May 15, 2024 3:24 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 6210
Views: 541222

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

David in Gwent wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 3:05 pm I see that the Slovakian Premier, Fico, has just been the subject of an assassination attempt.

Fico didn't want to the sign the WHO pandemic treaty and has switched recently from Pro-Western values to certain sympathies with the Russians.
CIA?
by Sandstorm
Wed May 15, 2024 2:28 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 6210
Views: 541222

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

Uncle fester wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 2:18 pm This isn't helping.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/ar ... dApp_Other
Factories in China and India innit.
by Sandstorm
Wed May 15, 2024 1:57 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

I hope those lads with small willys get just as much support. :thumbup:
by Sandstorm
Wed May 15, 2024 1:26 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

Well, quite, but even if we restrict to specifically what DAC posted above - teaching kids about sex. Give an average adult a diagram of a vagina and ask them to fill in the labels, how many are going to accurately distinguish between the labia majora and minora. Would they think to acknowledge tha...
by Sandstorm
Wed May 15, 2024 12:59 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

Furthermore, you should be teaching your kids about sex and all that it entails and not leaving it to the fucking school. Of course part of the reason the school has to step into so many issues is because you can't rely on parents to even broach a topic, let alone provide accurate information. How ...
by Sandstorm
Wed May 15, 2024 12:27 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

No sex education at 9, full-blown transexual sex video instruction in 4K from 10 years old in school.
by Sandstorm
Wed May 15, 2024 12:11 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 552022

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

sockwithaticket wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 11:00 am
Sandstorm wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 10:50 am
epwc wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 10:36 am Cohen? Nah, he had a purple patch but he wasn't a great wing. Shit on the Lions tour
2007 RWC Final :oops:
That was Mark 'Usain' Cueto.
Ah yes. Thank-you.
by Sandstorm
Wed May 15, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 552022

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

epwc wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 10:36 am Cohen? Nah, he had a purple patch but he wasn't a great wing. Shit on the Lions tour
2007 RWC Final :oops:
by Sandstorm
Wed May 15, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 552022

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

Woddy wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 10:29 am Croft
:clap:
by Sandstorm
Wed May 15, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

All the good work by the Tories in the justice department paying off! Another pillar of the state slowly but surely crumbling away https://twitter.com/TheLawSociety/status/1790669296802111838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1790669296802111838%7Ctwgr%5Eaf374bdf469ac156917ac0b91...
by Sandstorm
Wed May 15, 2024 9:00 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 552022

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

Tichtheid wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 8:55 am
Sandstorm wrote: Tue May 14, 2024 9:50 pm Plus he played blindside.


That actually made me like him even more, he was terrible at it.
by Sandstorm
Tue May 14, 2024 9:50 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 552022

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

Plus he played blindside.
by Sandstorm
Tue May 14, 2024 3:42 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Northern Lights UK
Replies: 27
Views: 508

Re: Northern Lights UK

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Tue May 14, 2024 3:30 pm
Had lost interest by Sunday.
Me too. :lol:
by Sandstorm
Tue May 14, 2024 1:17 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Blues Birthdays
Replies: 137
Views: 2841

Re: Blues Birthdays

Tichtheid wrote: Tue May 14, 2024 6:55 am Sidney Joseph Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959)
He died on his birthday? Hope it was after the party. :grin:
by Sandstorm
Tue May 14, 2024 1:08 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official NPR Golf Thread
Replies: 778
Views: 28119

Re: The Official NPR Golf Thread

TedMaul wrote: Tue May 14, 2024 12:13 pm Just come back from the Trevose May Festival. 3 days tournament, 48 teams of 4, the winning team won by 14 shots from nearest challenger. Absolute disgrace.
There's always one group who take it seriously, stay off the booze and play the front 9 better than the rest of us fun-types. :thumbdown:
by Sandstorm
Tue May 14, 2024 1:06 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

My mate is Head of IT projects at Rothschild and he has assured me that they currently have no spare headcount to try to take control of the global Digital Currency market at this time. :wink:
by Sandstorm
Tue May 14, 2024 1:03 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

yermum wrote: Tue May 14, 2024 12:49 pm Capital formation in the late 1700s was obviously a scam. The entire funding of the Industrial Revolution was actually a long term plan by the Rothschild banking dynasty to usher in a secret cabal of shadow bankers to control the west through finance and space lasers
:clap:
by Sandstorm
Tue May 14, 2024 12:36 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

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by Sandstorm
Tue May 14, 2024 11:29 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

Tichtheid wrote: Tue May 14, 2024 11:25 am This reminds me of the Robbie Coltrane character Mason Boyne. His wife says that she thinks the Pope is a very nice man, Boyne says, "Pope is just an anagram of the word Epop, I'll give you another four letter word beginning with E - Evil."
"I rest my case"
:lol:
by Sandstorm
Tue May 14, 2024 10:28 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

Tuesday 14 May 2024: It's not a bit mad, I can't give you names and places because I just don't have them but I struggle to understand people who think all these things happen independently. Saturday 4 May 2024: I wonder, based on zero fucking evidence, whether the theatrics we've seen with Tory off...