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by lemonhead
Sat May 18, 2024 6:14 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Climate Change - Why don't we care?
Replies: 133
Views: 2671

Re: Climate Change - Why don't we care?

We will of course have to wait for some 2012 moment when a whole continent tips over and falls into lava.

But sooner have these in the bank lest there's ever a hint of middle ground between complete apathy and fatalism.

Besides, if there's money to be made someone's going to be interested.
by lemonhead
Sat May 18, 2024 2:52 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
Replies: 9676
Views: 203422

Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread

And red.

Oh well
by lemonhead
Sat May 18, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
Replies: 9676
Views: 203422

Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread

Lovely score.

Huge game for both sides
by lemonhead
Sat May 18, 2024 7:21 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Climate Change - Why don't we care?
Replies: 133
Views: 2671

Re: Climate Change - Why don't we care?

Let's be having the little bits of good news.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... -chemicals

Clever idea, hope they can incorporate the used oil.
by lemonhead
Mon May 13, 2024 4:55 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

"Every Aspect Of Your Lives Will Change By 2030" - Sunak. I suppose most people on here will be cool with a digital currency? I listened to some of his speech, I couldn't listen to it all and turned off, and it was an incoherent pile of steaming shite unsubstantiated and without any reaso...
by lemonhead
Sat May 11, 2024 2:55 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
Replies: 9676
Views: 203422

Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread

A lot of opportunism from Glasgow in the end. Beyond Bulls tackling, there were half a dozen rucks where several Bulls forwards were standing with hands on hips against either small single Glasgow backs or knackered players with just a hand on. Just one of those forwards could have disrupted posses...
by lemonhead
Sat May 11, 2024 1:38 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
Replies: 9676
Views: 203422

Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread

Grandstampf finish on the way.
by lemonhead
Sat May 11, 2024 1:35 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
Replies: 9676
Views: 203422

Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread

Two bonus points is officially ON.

Perhaps more but let's see if Bulls wake up
by lemonhead
Sat May 11, 2024 12:49 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
Replies: 9676
Views: 203422

Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread

What. A. Try
by lemonhead
Sat May 11, 2024 12:40 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
Replies: 9676
Views: 203422

Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread

3pts a bare minimum return off all that possession.

Feel for Glasgow out there. We got the win even without the red card helped on by a cooler evening kickoff. Looks fecking sweltering mid afternoon and starting to tell. Really need to stay in touch here.
by lemonhead
Sun May 05, 2024 9:29 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

Which major city in the western world doesn’t have stabbing and muggings? It’s part and parcel innit. Not like The Wire - mind you. Despite the spurious and unevidenced claims made be Susan Hall, GB News and YMX, London has relatively low levels of violent crime. There are more than 30 police areas...
by lemonhead
Sat May 04, 2024 6:44 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

They kind of are in the UK and USA. People in the UK would be a lot healthier if they walked or cycled some of their short journeys. Yep, mental. When we lived in London the kids school was a 10 minute walk, we always walked them there, the woman round the corner 2 or 3 minutes nearer used to drop ...
by lemonhead
Fri May 03, 2024 8:29 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

Karl Marx back in Stockport.

The long game pays off.
by lemonhead
Wed May 01, 2024 1:46 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Hainault sword attack
Replies: 61
Views: 1681

Re: Hainault sword attack

EP's pretty much nailed it though, I think.

Mental health, physical health, state support mechanisms and living standards all heading south. Not the best environment for empathy, all told.
by lemonhead
Wed May 01, 2024 10:51 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

He’s a clown, as is the Met. These all happen in broad daylight in the most CCTV’d city in the world. Find my iPhone likely would take them straight there. They just can’t be bothered and no one makes them care. Shambolic Any correlation to police numbers and investment? Recall an officer trying to...
by lemonhead
Wed May 01, 2024 9:33 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

He’s a clown, as is the Met. These all happen in broad daylight in the most CCTV’d city in the world. Find my iPhone likely would take them straight there. They just can’t be bothered and no one makes them care. Shambolic Any correlation to police numbers and investment? Recall an officer trying to...
by lemonhead
Fri Apr 26, 2024 5:57 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Change a classic movie quote, to British
Replies: 29
Views: 720

Re: Change a classic movie quote, to British

Leave the gun. Take the lardy cake.
by lemonhead
Fri Apr 26, 2024 5:46 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Change a classic movie quote, to British
Replies: 29
Views: 720

Re: Change a classic movie quote, to British

"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with baked beans and a nice cup of Tetley".
by lemonhead
Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:42 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

An actual policy pledge! Interesting times.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... g-to-power
by lemonhead
Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:41 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Climate Change - Why don't we care?
Replies: 133
Views: 2671

Re: Climate Change - Why don't we care?

Folk like Andy Cato hopefully have the potential to bring this into the mainstream. Not heard of him, who's he? I have a friend in Sheffield who over decades has been guerilla planting trees on all sorts of untended bits of land, you don't even need to own any land to do something useful. More here...
by lemonhead
Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:43 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Climate Change - Why don't we care?
Replies: 133
Views: 2671

Re: Climate Change - Why don't we care?

Folk like Andy Cato hopefully have the potential to bring this into the mainstream. Not heard of him, who's he? I have a friend in Sheffield who over decades has been guerilla planting trees on all sorts of untended bits of land, you don't even need to own any land to do something useful. One half ...
by lemonhead
Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:32 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Climate Change - Why don't we care?
Replies: 133
Views: 2671

Re: Climate Change - Why don't we care?

What sort of land are you working off, what sorts of trees and what are the results? Always been a huge fan of agroforestry on a small scale; there's also a new book on rewilding out by the owners of the Knepp estate which could give insight on how to build some resilience in the system. We’ve got ...
by lemonhead
Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:46 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Climate Change - Why don't we care?
Replies: 133
Views: 2671

Re: Climate Change - Why don't we care?

The solutions are not that hard, but it's the perception that they're going to cost so much money and make our lives so much more difficult. I live in a Passivhaus (since 2012), brilliant in all respects, it's what turned me into a property man built 3 more since plus 8 apartments, just started wor...
by lemonhead
Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:03 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Not Heineken Cup 23/24
Replies: 1588
Views: 37829

Re: Not Heineken Cup 23/24

Didn't they lose the last one because they rested players for an actual knockout game against Munster, or am I misremembering? They did indeed. And that's my point, go back 3-4 years and the league challenge was that dead in the water they could pick & mix whenever they liked and still win. We'...
by lemonhead
Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:10 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Not Heineken Cup 23/24
Replies: 1588
Views: 37829

Re: Not Heineken Cup 23/24

Won't comment on the correlation between Saffa sides joining the Pro/URC ranks and improvements at national level. Too many other factors in play. But it's beyond arguing that they've ramped up the competitiveness of the league to stratospheric levels based on where it was before. A comp formerly on...
by lemonhead
Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:09 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Not Heineken Cup 23/24
Replies: 1588
Views: 37829

Re: Not Heineken Cup 23/24

Who of the Saffers on here gives the Bulls a chance. For me it's a bit iffy. But I am behind the boys You are on your own. :lol: It'd probably be easier to back them if their own coaching staff did the same! Can understand the pragmatism, they're far better placed to do something special in the URC...
by lemonhead
Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:06 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Kicking off in Israel
Replies: 3137
Views: 145654

Re: Kicking off in Israel

UK polling data is pretty accurate, they speak to roughly one in 500 people. This is one in 4000, but let's say that's still completely accurate. I'm not sold on completely disregarding nuance and putting all the undecideds in someone's camp of choice, almost like you know their individual thoughts...
by lemonhead
Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:58 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Kicking off in Israel
Replies: 3137
Views: 145654

Re: Kicking off in Israel

UK polling data is pretty accurate, they speak to roughly one in 500 people. This is one in 4000, but let's say that's still completely accurate. I'm not sold on completely disregarding nuance and putting all the undecideds in someone's camp of choice, almost like you know their individual thoughts ...
by lemonhead
Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:28 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Kicking off in Israel
Replies: 3137
Views: 145654

Re: Kicking off in Israel

Ok, so that's half an hour I'm never getting back. Long since learned to read the article and not the headline. C69's not too far wrong in asking about methodology and findings. There's nearly four million muslims in the UK so my immediate interest was just how you get all those individual views. Of...
by lemonhead
Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:44 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Supernova incoming
Replies: 15
Views: 505

Re: Supernova incoming

How many Doctoral students are stuck down mines, patiently waiting in the dark for a tiny burst of neutrinos ? Only a matter of time till those neutrinos mutate. Be an absolute bloodbath. Are you sure? It means I'll have to change the bulb for red alert.... Meh, always some excuse. Finale cracks me...
by lemonhead
Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:40 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Supernova incoming
Replies: 15
Views: 505

Re: Supernova incoming

fishfoodie wrote: Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:36 pm How many Doctoral students are stuck down mines, patiently waiting in the dark for a tiny burst of neutrinos ?
Only a matter of time till those neutrinos mutate.

Be an absolute bloodbath.
by lemonhead
Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:15 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Kicking off in Israel
Replies: 3137
Views: 145654

Re: Kicking off in Israel

There's a risk of buying into a sort of horror fest I suppose in discussing these issues but for me, as appalling as the targetting of the aid convoy is, the revelations surrounding the use of AI as detailed above should be front and centre in any debate around criminality in this conflict. That la...
by lemonhead
Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:22 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Kicking off in Israel
Replies: 3137
Views: 145654

Re: Kicking off in Israel

So the Aid workers death investigation is being carried out by err representatives of Israel an "independent professional body" Pmsl I bet if HAMAS appointed an independent professional body from Hamas' ranks they would be rightly laughed at. The investigation was always going to amount t...
by lemonhead
Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:08 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Catch All Rugby Financial Crisis Thread
Replies: 23
Views: 840

Re: The Catch All Rugby Financial Crisis Thread

Talking to one of the local club Presidents recently and he said that the Waikato Union is looking to play at one of the club grounds to avoid the cost of hiring FMG stadium. Add to that the fact that TV coverage is going to be drastically reduced so that Sky can save costs, and we must conclude th...
by lemonhead
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:39 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Royal family in the news again...
Replies: 44
Views: 2434

Re: Royal family in the news again...

Genuinely hope it isn't another Fritz III.
by lemonhead
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:28 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Royal family in the news again...
Replies: 44
Views: 2434

Re: Royal family in the news again...

Jay Rayner say nay. And he should no.
by lemonhead
Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:40 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

Image

I'm confident this absolute shower will find a way.
by lemonhead
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:17 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

Far more embarrassing is the potential 12 million+ people who still want to vote for them.

What exactly was it that inspired you all, folks? Form an orderly line.
by lemonhead
Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:14 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Hairy Biker rides off into the sunset..
Replies: 11
Views: 562

Re: Hairy Biker rides off into the sunset..

RIP Dave.

Not my go to TV but seems they both enjoyed themselves a huge deal and got to live the dream. Need more shows like theirs.
by lemonhead
Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:18 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official U20 Six Nations 2024 Thread
Replies: 263
Views: 6947

Re: Official U20 Six Nations 2024 Thread

Ace! Made me very happy :thumbup: