it says in the article:

Troy Davis was not only accused, but also convicted of the cold-blooded shooting of a cop, Mark McPhail, in front of dozens of witnesses in a Burger King parking lot in August 1989.

what am I missing?

If it’s bribery and corruption you want, come to africa!

People routinly drink and drive here. If you get stopped by the police it will cost you R100 (about 8 quid) to get off.

I don’t btw!

hmmm interesting development 😉

boks have points on the board already 🙂

Well I’m glad Japan got something anyway . . . Good spirit.

Some of Italys games are like this sometimes – I always feel sorry for any team that doesn’t get anything 😮

Good call Dez! If not Nil then close to it!

oh dear

3 mins – first AB touchdown . . . off a Japanese mistake

edit: converted

worst we get in Jo’burg is the occasional tremor. Freaks you out though – it’s enough to shake the house.

In Greece they tell jokes about “thick Turks”, here in SA – well it’s either “black” or the equivalent to an “irishman” would be a “Van Der Merwe” pronounced Van Der Merva joke.

Isn’t it just like blonde jokes though? Not all blondes are thick. Maybe not even a majority? 😉

I worked on a site once where the main bedroom had a built in wardrobe – the architect refered to it as “a childs bedroom”. I’m not sure he was joking.

It’s on at 10am here in SA – 3 hrs to go, so time for an early morning ride 🙂

I’m pretty sure the AB’s can make it work, but I’m hoping Japan don’t make it easy. How hard each team has to play in these early stages can make a difference later on.

it’s part of their heritage isn’t it? Doesn’t seem to matter if things are good or bad, if it’s someones heritage you can’t touch it.

Heard on the news this week that for the third time since June, a man (not the same man 3 times obviously!) has burned a female family member to death in order to “restore the family honour”. With people thinking like that, what chance is there ??

love that accent (language?)

😮

Thought Russia were gonna equalise in the last 2 mins there.

Cheers NZ! Dark glasses for a few days will help 😉

“Sst – leaned on the keyboard when your head finally slumped forward into bored stupor? I forgive you…this time”

I’m trying to remain “upbeat”, but there’s been a few games so far that have been less than riveting.

I didn’t say “fantastic game”, but Scotland did win.

Muss – I didn’t press return and then leaned on the keyboard 45 mins later!!! what a loser 😳

Good game 🙂

at least both teams are getting their kicks over 🙂

edited for being a spanner.

GAME ON!

I support British teams above johnny-foregner , so “Go Scotland!!”

Canada to upset Tonga, unless they can get themselves organised!

I love trains. Sit and watch the countryside out the window, read a book, have a coffee, nod off. Get there feeling good, rather than stressed 🙂

You could be right TJ. I’m watching tomorrow so let’s see.

No problem.

Need to leave space for all those “traveller” threads afterall 🙂

Some people just won’t take a telling.

Compare the way he handled “the dog issue” whilst riding down a flight of stair, to how this guy does it “on the flat” lol

🙂

cheers bristol – I’ll have a read through that.

smells of fish!

edit: the place, not your friend.

edit edit: well probably not anyway.

Is everyone riding barefoot nowadays? 😉

that would be useful. Cheers.

project – how good is the picture from yours? I’d love to get one and they don’t look too dear, but I want something that gives me a half decent picture at the end? For keeping as reminders of riding rather than safety.

holy cow! lol

how many times can you say “erm” in one minute

You can only imagine the terrible circumstances some people live in, despite the welfare state etc etc, often within a shout of where you live yourself.

probably best not to know too much. It would do your head in 🙁

very good – and as close as it gets. I expect more great play from both teams over the next weeks!

turning into a fantastic game – both ends

the last ten minutes will change everything

very good effort – boks need to focus now.

good grief! lol