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- Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:08 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: The good news, positivity thread...
- Replies: 55
- Views: 16319
Ah. I didn't think much got out from this cloistered society, Monty. My apologies to all.Montreal Wanderer wrote:It's an international story, Dujon - she even made wikipedia. A brave little girl but I'm not sure I would like to be anywhere in her vicinity given her rotten luck.
Good luck to both of you, Gemini.
- Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:39 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: How Clever Are You?
- Replies: 717
- Views: 174099
- Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:14 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: The good news, positivity thread...
- Replies: 55
- Views: 16319
This is not a personal story but a local one. Two years ago a car careered into a pre-school centre situated in Sydney. Two young girls were trapped underneath the vehicle for some time. Both were severely injured. One young lass lost one leg beneath the knee, the foot of the other leg, most fingers...
- Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:25 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Whats Your Brazil Name?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 13159
- Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:09 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: World Cup reality check.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2746
It seems, TANGO, that there has been a levelling of the field in performances this time around. Maybe some teams have improved and others are 'pacing' themselves - though I doubt the latter. On the fake injury matter: maybe it's time that players have a certain amount of time to get up off the deck ...
- Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:50 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Ooh, ooh, look at me look at me
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7677
Well done, blurred and Smackey! I wish I was that fit. :( Pennington Flash, eh, Bench. That brings back memories. My great uncle used to have a farm there (Davenport) which I believe has now been demolished and replaced with some form of parkland. As a side line he used to breed maggots for the loca...
- Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:32 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: June 18th: Japan vs Croatia, Brazil vs Aus, France vs SK
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3785
I didn't watch the game (it started around 2:00am here) but after wandering around the traps I understand that Australia's finishing was woeful, though Brazil too missed chances. While I didn't expect the Aussies to win I'm disappointed that they didn't manage to grab at least one goal. Then again I...
- Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:35 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: SET PIECES: No to Diego!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6913
I think you'll find, trotter58, that there's not one post so far which indicates an opinion that Maradona was not an exceptionally good player. I think I'd put Maradona in the same basket as Mike Tyson. Tyson was a brilliant boxer in his younger days, I very much doubt that in his prime he met an op...
- Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:17 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: SET PIECES: No to Diego!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6913
From the outside it certainly looks like Maradona is flawed as a person. George Best was also flawed but didn't as far as I know ever attract attention on the football field for cheating or off the field for taking illicit drugs or shooting up his neighbourhood. By his own admission Best was an alco...
- Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:28 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: SET PIECES: World Cup Memories
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2563
- Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:47 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Jinx Alert - Cisse breaks leg AGAIN
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3557
- Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:06 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: SUN MUSIC.
- Replies: 64
- Views: 24405
Mine is one which reminds of summer rather than one I'd particularly delight in on a summer's day. It was an arrangement of Maria Elena. The artist's name escapes me. Nevertheless it was a guitar piece (naturally, I suppose) superimposed on the sounds of waves washing onto a beach. The guitar was fa...
- Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:32 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: What's on your bookshelf?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 17694
I used to own both the trilogies of the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, plus a small (and darned expensive) filler-innerer which covered a small missing section pertaining to a couple of the characters. Regrettably I lent the first two of the first set to a staff member and, not surprisingly, didn't ...
- Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:41 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Questions you just can't/don't/shouldn't ask...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9242
"I'm a banker" is guaranteed to get a reaction - never good. 26-years of personal experience in that. It's so prevalent that one of the local banks used it in their advertising. They tagged it with a phrase something like, "(pause for reaction) but it's OK, I'm with Dujon's bank. (cue sighs of relie...
- Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:35 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Commerce over Community
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6761
I sympathise, Mof. It doesn't affect me directly (I'm a bit old for bopping around on a dance floor or willingly sending myself deaf!) but the same thing has happened over and over in Sydney, even though it's a city some 20 times as populated as is Bolton. In some cases it has been because of develo...
- Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:15 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: SET PIECES: World Cup - Bolton's Desert Fox
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3651
Thanks for the article, Athers. I'm interested to see how well Mexico fare in this W.C.. They appear to have a decent home league (and the money to keep players at home - there seem to be few Mexicans in other world leagues when compared with the skill pool of them and, say, some South American coun...
- Wed May 31, 2006 1:40 am
- Forum: New Members
- Topic: Afternoon eveyone
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8313
G'day, Trotts (I hope that's not a problem and is just a name), Welcome aboard the good ship Lollypop, though it's not always all sweet and fulfilling. :wink: Don't be embarrassed by your short term following of the beloved BWFC as there's a few of us on here who are also 'Johnny-come-latelies' and ...
- Wed May 31, 2006 1:03 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Enjoy it or endure it??
- Replies: 46
- Views: 14164
Part of the pleasure of working, Gertie, comes from those with whom you work. On that level it seems you have top scores. Even a job you adore can sour if you are forced to work with someone who is, to put it crudely, a total arsehole. Been there, done that. When considering changing jobs (or at lea...
- Tue May 30, 2006 1:33 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: What's in a name? Part Deux
- Replies: 95
- Views: 22567
Mine's as prosaic as that of Faninoz. I live in Australia which is often referred to as 'Down Under'. My name is John. So, when working on some sort of user name I did the obvious (dropping the 'h'). I'd forgotten about the rather famous West Indian cricket wicket-keeper and, when the penny dropped,...
- Fri May 26, 2006 2:39 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Some Triv !!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 12153
Monty, the reference to 'b's and 'd's has indeed passed down through the world of pedagogism. Naturally, like many other aphorisms, it has moved out into the general populace - in a bastardised form - as a basic truth . I refer of course to the phrase 'bees knees'. As we are all well aware this mean...