ah! not seen that before!

so could we ask the mods to signpost that in some way?

Why is this the wrong forum for criticism of fartball culture? On my breadcrumb trail it says “CHAT FORUM”

It’s not the BIKE forum FFS!

It’s not any individual team that’s the problem – it’s the game itself, which encourages and promotes:

tribalism
racism
misogyny
homophobia
religious sectarianism
violence
cheating
tattooing and body piercing
face-painting
ludicrous displays of triumphalism
thick-fat-blokes-in-football-shirts-as-leisure-wear-ism
coming-on-every-ten-minutes-on-rolling-news-channels-ism

Football is a simple children’s game widely adopted by simple blokes because it’s simple

Breast implants – just the thing for a middle aged dad?

In a decent school with a nice middle-class intake it’s the best job ever for variety, stimulus, challenge and deep personal satisfaction

In a “less advantaged” school it’s a living hell which will destroy your sense of vocation and your self-confidence.

Aviemore’s really cheap for Xmas skiing.

So are Glencoe, Glenshee, Nevis Range and the Lecht

I’ve never voted Tory

And I’ve never voted for New Labour either

I’ve never gone to one of those football matches where you have to pay to get it

I’ve never bought drugs from a drug dealer

I’ve never been to a “gig”

I’ve never been to a “music festival”

I’ve never shagged a woman and regretted it

Based my comment on a BBC report – check it out

Since my quote has a more recent date than yours, mine is more likely to be accurate because of the likelihood that your quote is from a report that was corrected after inaccuracies were detected.

Despite your cynicism, the BBC does usually try to adhere to journalistic ethics.

Do you have a grown-up view on this issue, are are you just bleating from under the bridge?

Based my comment on a BBC report – check it out

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8073532.stm

Chuck Norris does not clean up politics

Politics cleans itself up, and then asks Chuck Norris if it is clean enough

I like the rhythmic effect of “polishished”.

Polishishing the dashboard with GT85 – a new euphemism for masturbation.

Its lubricating qualities are a bonus for the circumcised, and the nice smell is a bonus for the unwashed.

Sorry – Maryport!

Housesteads Fort. Chesters Fort. Vindolanda Fort. Corbridge settlement.
Wallsend reconsructed fort. The stretch of wall overlooking Crag Lough/Broomlee Lough. Marycastle

If God disapproved of homosexuality s/he wouldn’t have made the anus such an (allegedly) comfortable and satisfyingly tight fit to the average erect penis.

After all, there are other orifices in the body. God clearly didn’t intend us to indulge in ear sex, or nostril sex, or eurethra sex, or tear-duct sex

Blasphemy I can cope with (I’m an atheist)

It’s solecisms I can’t bear to be accused of

Emos listen to Nightwish? Amazing!

Glad to hear that they at least

have a bit of a nordic theme to some of their songs

Right

93 year old (according to RudeBoy) back on here to correct misconceptions with a bit of historical accuracy

Has anybody on this thread actually read “Boys’ Own”?

Regarding “boys own” movies (whatever that means…):

That last post just about sums it up!

Cos I have

And although I like tits (a lot) there were no tits in Boys Own. Almost every film suggested fails the basic test:

A Boy’s Own film deals in some way with the British Empire

So: Zulu; Breaker Morant; the Four Feathers: the Thirty-Nine Steps; The Man Who Would be King; Beau Geste (French Empire here, of course)

Most of the posters on here just don’t get it because they haven’t read Boy’s Own.

However, Baden-Powell’s “Scouting for Boys” (oooh err Matron) is in print and will give the ignorant some sort of starting point for defining a true “Boy’s Own” film

It’s perfectly clear than nobody on this thread has EVER read a SINGLE ISSUE of “Boy’s Own”

For example, the idea that “Gangster” or “Gangsta” films would EVER be considered as “Boy’s Own” adventures is utterly and completely mistaken.

If you haven’t lived it, you need to do your research.

FFS – “The Godfather” as a Boy’s Own film?

I’ll give you the ultimate “Boy’s Own”

“The Four Feathers” or “The Thirty-Nine Steps” are your starting references

“Under Siege” FFS! It’s got tits in it!!!

Age is not an arbitrary number. Nowadays, thank God, there’s no standard definition of a 40 year old.

What ages people mentally is when they stop thinking “Christ, I’ve still got a lot to learn.”

What ages people physically is ill-health, some of which it is possible to avoid.

So:

Keep your mind inquisitive
Keep riding your bike

You’ll have a good chance of putting two fingers up to the Grim Reaper, and people will say “You look pretty good for 40!”

I’m probably the only one on here who actually had a subscription to “Boy’s Own”.

The essence of “Boy’s Own”-ness is that it involves the British Empire, faintly racist attitudes, stiff upper lips, camping, Army officers, gentlemanly codes of conduct and servants

So “The Four Feathers” it is.

One caption (from imperfect memory) in the film reads: “The camp of the Fuzzy-Wuzzy army”!

Not done the Sustrans one, but a few years ago I did the “Wheelwright” one, which follows Wainwrights rambler C-to-C (as far as is possible with our incredibly restricted bike access laws) A superb route. (Mostly)

What about NightWish? Are they Viking? They’re certainly into mythological ramblings and such: “Master, Apprentice, Heartborn Seventh Seeker, Warrior, Disciple” etc

Someone please let me know if I’ve committed a musical solecism

Anything from Outwell

Fantastic quality – loads of little design features that you will love

Incredible stitching and general manufacturing excellence

Incredibly good value for money

Get yourself round to some of the tent exhibitions – you’ll see how Outwell outperforms all the others

Go to their website and look at the “How to put up Outwell tents2

I’m a fan!

My works van has a bad driveing sticker in the back,the number is for a sex line, bet it causes a panic when they ring it, and when the bill comes in, especially if theyve used a company phone, or the wife rings it, strangely most people ring it twice, as first time they think theyve mis-dialed.

project

Is this actually true? The “How’s my driving” sticker gives a sex line number? And you are OK with this – you think it’s funny?

Genuinely interested in your response

Hope none of the above contributors will take offence at this. It just seems to me to sum up something about the British talent for self-deprecation and satire. Really sorry if it upsets anyone – my first father in law was a navigator in Lancasters during the last 3 years of the war and I know he would have smiled

(Sorry to make you cut-and-paste, but linky help seems to have disappeared from the Reply box)

Whatever you do avoid AOL. They have massively oversold on lines they were well aware were never going to be able to sustain even their advertised minimum speeds.

I’m currently paying for 2Mbps, having forced them to admit that my previous “8Mbps” was a complete scam given the kind of connection I’ve got.

During the evening (which is when I want to use it) I’m lucky if I get 0.3Mbps. I’ve complained to them endlessly – they just send out long, technical emails telling me it’s my system that’s the problem.

Oh and don’t bother trying to complain to any of the usual “consumer protection” groups like Trading Standards – apparently this computer stuff is too complicated for them!

From what you say I’m guessing there was very little suffering.

So although it’s small consolation, this death was a little easier for both of you than it might have been.

Commiserations

Chuck Norris doesn’t have to claim expenses. The expenses know they’re his.

Chuck Norris has no need for expenses, for this would suggest that Chuck Norris needs to pay for the things he wants in the first place

Brilliant guys, thanks!

My post was sort of based on the old joke: If Chuck Norris asks you what time it is, you say “What time do you want it to be?”

But now I can see that Chuck Norris does not need to ask the time. Time knows what Chuck Norris wants it to be!

LOL

Quinn

Thanks – that’s brilliant!

Bam Central
Nedlam

I geddit now!

I wondered how long it would be

Since I posted on here before you did, you clearly didn’t wonder that long!

And if you read my post, you will see that my objection in both cases relates to applying cheesy effects to footage that could perfectly well stand up for itself as originally shot

Then we’ll take you seriously

Who is this “we” of whom you speak?

Are you some sort of spokesperson for cheesy video effects?

I have made no tiltshift videos, for reasons which must be obvious, so cannot comply with your suggestion that I post one.

But I predict that, a year from now, tiltshift will be dead and gone, an ex-technology, pushing up the film-making daisies, it will be no more, it wilL be the Norwegian blue of video gimmicks

Please could you explain?

across with Bam central/nedlam

hi grizzlygus

punters

where did the betting metaphor come from?

tabloid driven Islamophobia

Are you claiming that none of the above objections might be raised by a devout Muslim?

childish, and puerile

Tautology. If you think the first insult applies, the second one is redundant and repetitious

unrelated threads

Several of the earlier posts drew attention to the fact that Dr Alice is female. My post draws attention to the fact that there are other possible reactions to women TV presenters other than “Phwooooaaarr”

clearly obsessed

Look up the meaning of obsession, and then see if you can square it with the fact of one mischievous post

I despise many of the teachings of all the major world religions

It doesn’t mean I hate people who believe those ideas

This may all be a bit too grown-up for you, but, hey, you insulted me first

tiltshift is short-term gimmicky bollocks which appeals to the sort of film makers who like to use loads of different pre-set transitions and effects

the music is copyright protected and the film-maker is ripping someone off by using it in this context

Advice to film maker:
1. lose the cheesy “effects”
2. find or create music which doesn’t violate copyright
3. your unadorned footage is good enough to stand on its own – FFS just let it!

If I wanted to put police resources into securing a sudden, dramatic fall in crime in Scotland, I wouldn’t start in Harris. I’d start with the Weegees, for obvious reasons.

Shouldn’t this programme be BANNED on the grounds that it’s highly offensive to Muslims?

A WOMAN

with her hair exposed

and her arms exposed

and the curves of her body all too clearly visible

mixing unchaperoned with unrelated men

driving cars

offering explanations about where humans came from which are totally in conflict with Koranic truth

Fatwa?

much of anger is a reaction to other people breaking your self imposed rules

My spectrum of sources of anger about rule-breaking ranges from people anti-socially parking across white lines in car parks to countries illegally invading other countries.

These are not “self-imposed rules” that other people are unaware of. My anger arises from the fact that people committing these acts know their behaviour is unacceptable, but persist in it.

Sincere apologies RudeBoy

Sloppy thinking on my part

The Israeli State, and the Jewish religion, are institutionally racist.

Many, many individual Israelis, and individual Jews, are not racist

Sorry – hope this makes my position clearer – and thanks for the correction

The next president of South Africa will be a Zulu

Tribalism rocks! (NOT)

When can we expect the next Brigantian Prime Minister of Britain?

You see that’s the problem with Africa – in Europe we stopped defining ourselves as tribes over a thousand years ago (apart from the Scots, who had to be shown the error of their ways in 1745, and the Israelis, who are not just tribal but actually racist)

Oh and the number of VCs awarded at Rourke’s Drift was intended to be a propaganda distraction from the disaster just over the hill at Isandlwana.

No disrespect to the Welsh guys themselves though – that must have been like Custer’s Last Stand – only with survivors!

juan – qué?

It’s a great job in the right school, hell on earth in the wrong one.

Avoid like the plague any school where the chair of governors is a berk who claims he recruits, works with and sacks teachers and who uses phrases like:

performance management

a whirlwind of new initiatives

reading the Rose Report

the National Curriculum and all it’s abundant frameworks

Assessment of learner performance

Assessment for Learning and Assessing Pupil Progress

rolled out

constant review of project outcomes

Audacity is excellent -it’ll record anything that’s playing on your computer. You might have to fiddle with the input sources etc, but it’s really easy to use and offers the option of saving in a variety of formats inc. WAV, MP3 and OggVorbis

Oh and it’s free