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Post Fri May 08, 2015 12:39 pm

Heather wrote:Today I have learned that the British public are a bunch of closet Tories who do not give a **** about anything. Will be packing my bags for foreign climbs methinks.


Sounds like it might not have to be such a far move if you go to Scotland.
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Post Fri May 08, 2015 3:49 pm

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Heather wrote:Today I have learned that the British public are a bunch of closet Tories who do not give a **** about anything. Will be packing my bags for foreign climbs methinks.


Sounds like it might not have to be such a far move if you go to Scotland.


I was thinking somewhere warm preferably somewhere that doesn't have the same government either.
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Post Fri May 08, 2015 6:25 pm

Heather wrote:
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Heather wrote:Today I have learned that the British public are a bunch of closet Tories who do not give a **** about anything. Will be packing my bags for foreign climbs methinks.


Sounds like it might not have to be such a far move if you go to Scotland.


I was thinking somewhere warm preferably somewhere that doesn't have the same government either.


It was a joke about the good showing for Scottish Nationalists. But I can completely understand if you are gloomy about it all.
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Post Fri May 08, 2015 7:38 pm

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Heather wrote:
Sportin' Life wrote:
Heather wrote:Today I have learned that the British public are a bunch of closet Tories who do not give a **** about anything. Will be packing my bags for foreign climbs methinks.


Sounds like it might not have to be such a far move if you go to Scotland.


I was thinking somewhere warm preferably somewhere that doesn't have the same government either.


It was a joke about the good showing for Scottish Nationalists. But I can completely understand if you are gloomy about it all.


Indeed. Much of England was apparently persuaded by the right-wing media that the Scots are a load of hairy baxtards who are coming to murder us all. The Scots Nats are now left with a whole pile of MPs who have no power at all in the UK because they've let in a Tory majority. Basically, we're fecked.
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Post Fri May 08, 2015 8:45 pm

You all have my sympathies. Today is Cameron's finest hour, it's all downhill from here.
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Post Wed May 20, 2015 3:34 pm

This will mean nothing to most on this raft, but I was idly browsing footballers, from different eras, and how many times they'd played for their country...so, the thing I learnt today is that Charlie George played one game for England and was substituted after an hour..shocking...and that David Batty played 42 times for England...although they're from different eras, it pretty much sums up the England set-up and what type of player they favour.
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Post Thu May 21, 2015 8:37 pm

old barney greyheron wrote:This will mean nothing to most on this raft, but I was idly browsing footballers, from different eras, and how many times they'd played for their country...so, the thing I learnt today is that Charlie George played one game for England and was substituted after an hour..shocking...and that David Batty played 42 times for England...although they're from different eras, it pretty much sums up the England set-up and what type of player they favour.


No surprise really. Workhorses rather than fancy dans has always been the England preference. Stan Bowles and Alan Hudson barely got a handful.
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Post Fri May 22, 2015 12:25 pm

soulfinger wrote:
old barney greyheron wrote:This will mean nothing to most on this raft, but I was idly browsing footballers, from different eras, and how many times they'd played for their country...so, the thing I learnt today is that Charlie George played one game for England and was substituted after an hour..shocking...and that David Batty played 42 times for England...although they're from different eras, it pretty much sums up the England set-up and what type of player they favour.


No surprise really. Workhorses rather than fancy dans has always been the England preference. Stan Bowles and Alan Hudson barely got a handful.


My point eggzackly! Hey, UFCM are in same league as Boston again next season! :D
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Post Fri May 22, 2015 5:29 pm

old barney greyheron wrote:
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old barney greyheron wrote:This will mean nothing to most on this raft, but I was idly browsing footballers, from different eras, and how many times they'd played for their country...so, the thing I learnt today is that Charlie George played one game for England and was substituted after an hour..shocking...and that David Batty played 42 times for England...although they're from different eras, it pretty much sums up the England set-up and what type of player they favour.


No surprise really. Workhorses rather than fancy dans has always been the England preference. Stan Bowles and Alan Hudson barely got a handful.


My point eggzackly! Hey, UFCM are in same league as Boston again next season! :D


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Post Fri May 22, 2015 11:34 pm

Heather wrote:
Sportin' Life wrote:
Heather wrote:Today I have learned that the British public are a bunch of closet Tories who do not give a **** about anything. Will be packing my bags for foreign climbs methinks.


Sounds like it might not have to be such a far move if you go to Scotland.


I was thinking somewhere warm preferably somewhere that doesn't have the same government either.

Well, one out of two....
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Post Sat May 23, 2015 9:09 am

A thing I've learned today (provisionally). Most Irish people are full of common sense. Thankfully the marriage referendum on same sex marriage has been passed. We're the first country to have a free vote and say YES !!!!!!
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Fr. McGreer wrote:A thing I've learned today (provisionally). Most Irish people are full of common sense. Thankfully the marriage referendum on same sex marriage has been passed. We're the first country to have a free vote and say YES !!!!!!


That is great news, I wish Phillip had lived to see it.
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Post Sat May 23, 2015 2:26 pm

Fr. McGreer wrote:A thing I've learned today (provisionally). Most Irish people are full of common sense. Thankfully the marriage referendum on same sex marriage has been passed. We're the first country to have a free vote and say YES !!!!!!


Great news. Well done, people of Ireland. 8)
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Post Sat May 23, 2015 4:11 pm

firehazard wrote:
Fr. McGreer wrote:A thing I've learned today (provisionally). Most Irish people are full of common sense. Thankfully the marriage referendum on same sex marriage has been passed. We're the first country to have a free vote and say YES !!!!!!


Great news. Well done, people of Ireland. 8)


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Post Sat May 23, 2015 5:57 pm

Currently, an actually double rainbow in the sky above Dublin. Clearly, God approves.

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