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5 minutes ago, Houseplant said:
Come again?
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Just now, JKD said:
Not impressive from England, with 2 gifted tries to Italy. As previously mentioned, England wouldn't have much chance against the other 3 teams we've yet to play, unless a miracle happens 🤔
Very much a 2-tier tournament this year. Scotland, Ireland and France will fight it out for the championship and everyone else will fight it out to avoid being bottom.
1 minute ago, Mice! said:Second half was a bit messy, too many substitutions maybe?
Glad Italy got on the score board though, they've definitely improved even though they looked lost in the first half.
That can't have helped. I'm unconvinced by Van Poortvliet, Hassell-Collins was anonymous for large chunks and Farrell's kicking was way off the mark. Marchant looked the best of our backs by a country mile.
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6 minutes ago, Mice! said:
Spot on, but I'm enjoying seeing the pack dominate, the tackling is brutal and pushing the Italians back.
Now it would be nice to see the backs with ball in hand.
Yup. And it's great to have at least one game plan that works well. I just think he made the wrong call with Farrell at fly-half. We know what we get with Farrell when he's in the England 10 slot. What we don't know is how effective Smith can be when he's at fly-half but without Farrell clogging things up at 12. I think this would have been a great opportunity to find out, knowing that if needed we could revert to type to make sure we don't lose.
Predictable, safe England. Not the sort of rugby that will do damage against Ireland or France.
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An effective if not eye-catching first half. We're so lacking in flair though. We need a bit of dynamism in the midfield
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6 hours ago, billytheghillie said:
Totally agree Bob, it is there choice, no one is running about sticking needles, substances into there body, they do it on there own accord. As for the mental health, family situations, under pressure carp, it doesnt wash with me. Simple solution= say no!
That is the attitude that causes so many deaths from suicide, mostly amongst men. It's the attitude that stops people looking for help in the right areas and it's the attitude that drives them to drink. I've seen it far too often for it to feel anything other than commonplace. Then it's left to people like me to help pick up the pieces for their kids.
You know what I hear from the adults about their drinking? 'I never thought it would happen to me'. Nobody chooses it. Some are much more prone to it than others, but for many, it's insidious. It creeps up without them ever aware it's happened. It is not THEIR choice. It's often too late way before they're conscious a choice could have ever been made.
My issue with this method of treatment is that alcohol inhibits cognitive processing. Allowing people to keep drinking stops them from thinking clearly and hides the reality of their own situation. I genuinely hope I'm wrong and that it does work, because for some it will be the only thing that does, but I'm not convinced yet.
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1 hour ago, gmm243 said:
Was also at the match today,just home now. 14 hours door to door but i was driving and had to wait for their in-laws to have a few pints after the match. Had my youngest son and his cousin there for their first visit to the Aviva. It was a wonderful atmosphere and will hopefully have formed a few mwmories for them. Obviously the win made their day but I must also say how impressed I was by the French fans. We were in amongst them on all sides but they were welcoming,mannerly and very humble in defeat. Even though a lot that were near us were in their 70's they shook hands with us at the final whistle and the young boys too and even though their English was not great they tried their best to chat.
I was down last November when Ireland were playing the South Africans. I wish I could say the same for their fans....
It's the same with cricket. Even aussies are nice enough to sit next to; they're harsher on the players than fellow fans. But SA fans have just got a nastiness about them. It's more embarrassing in cricket, because they have a lamentable track record of choking in the biggest competitions!
It sounded like a wonderful match on TV. There's been some great play from the three best teams in the comp. Whichever one of Ireland, France or Scotland wins the tournament will have thoroughly deserved it.
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I tell you what, Scotland vs Ireland's going to be a fun match! What a fabulous win by them. As a competition, it's hotting up nicely. I'm hoping England bounce back tomorrow, but Wales look pedestrian
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35 minutes ago, Minky said:
Well, there is a program on the at the moment. .9 to..10 ish on Fri 10th. Pretty in depth analysis of all the nown facts. Apparently the police were invited to be part of the program. .. BUT they have declined. ?????? Why.? Do they think that they are above the public.? As an aside though there are in the region of 3 to 4 hundred thousand people who are reported missing IN THIS COUNTRY every year. !!!!
What would be the point? They'd only state the facts, which are known already. They're not going to dive headlong into conjecture, or say whether they suspect a crime's been committed, or if they think she's actually now in Aruba - or if they're approaching the point where they are stuck for ideas.
It's probably best that anyone running the operation is actually out there, running the operation, not stuck in a studio somewhere infuriating the public because they can't give the answers the public thinks it deserves.
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53 minutes ago, aldivalloch said:
Well, well, the self righteous are out in force today.
I presume that the OP is using the word Krankieland to refer to Scotland. That's where this project is being run.
It was featured on the radio the other day, and the spokesperson interviewed explained that the intention is to sign up alcohol-addicted individuals to a programme which is designed to wean them off by controlling their intake in such a manner as to avoid them going into withdrawal. It was made abundantly clear that the cost of their alcohol is deducted from their personal means. If those means are benefits, so be it.
It was made equally clear that experience so far of controlling the subjects' drinking is that it has taken significant pressure off the police and medical services which would otherwise have been required to deal with the fall-out from episodes of excessive drinking.
I take great issue with the word "alkys". It's deeply disrespectful to fellow human beings who have become addicted to alcohol for a whole range of reasons - for example, abuse, relationship break-down, PTSD, mental ill-health.
For the record, the farmer who gave me my first permission was an alcoholic who had been "dry" for a number of years. He's gone now but he was a dedicated family man, generous to a fault, and he knew more about the natural world than anyone I've ever met.
So, to all you who have allowed your self-righteousness to ridicule this attempt to turn around the lives of your fellow men and women, what are you doing to help them? Got any constructive suggestions? Sitting on your smug backsides and directing your venom at them won't cut it.
I wish you goodnight, and caution you to consider the adage, "There but for the grace of God go I."
I would say that 'significant pressure' probably isn't going to be removed by taking seven people out of the situation. And I disagree with your implication that this is about turning their lives around. Yes, for some it might stop things getting worse. But that's stagnation, not improvement. As @Rookandrabbitsays, it's about finance, not welfare. There seems to be so many flaws in the process, not least of which is the fact that they're still able to buy alcohol outside the programme. Reporters being greeted by a man swaying down the corridors, clearly inebriated, suggest that we're talking fine lines of limiting alcohol consumption.
It's really difficult to pin down any of the research coming out of Canada. The first peer-reviewed papers aren't terribly helpful, because all CMAPs from which their data were collated were run in such varying manners, with different outcomes and goals that it's difficult to pin down any particular success. Even basic things like criteria for qualification and alcohol provision differed. There is also the huge danger that these kind of programmes in the long run remove the incentive to quit. Yes, for some abstinence may never happen. But for how many could it have been a reality, but was never achieved because there was an easier option of not having to quit? One of the Canadian peer reviewed papers stated that alcohol price was a massive factor . The more expensive it is, the less was consumed. Negative substitutionary behaviour was demonstrated, but interestingly theft of alcohol was low and almost half just...went without alcohol. That's odd, seeing as this is a service that's meant to be targeting those who can't give up. It kind of suggests it's not about the alcohol at all. If that's the case, just giving them alcohol will, as I said, simply lead to stagnation. It doesn't improve the underlying issues. That same paper also concluded that long term MAP users were indeed less likely to ever give up. The implication there is that these services run the risk of keeping people as alcoholics.
There are serious concerns with projects like this. It's not about getting on a high horse, it's about questioning the effectiveness of them in the long term and whether they're actually genuinely bettering the lives of the service users. On both counts, I say they will ultimately fail. -
I found an article on it. It's a pilot scheme for 10 individuals to see whether giving them controlled amounts of alcohol can stop the cycle of binge buying which leads to pressure on the hospitals in emergency care. It's being sold as a way to save money - giving them what they need stops them costing the NHS more in ambulances and treatments. It's based on a Canadian model. Right now, it seems to be an attempt to help the absolute worst alcoholics for whom traditional therapies don't/haven't worked.
Of the ten? Well two have been booted out and one left of his own accord. 30% failure rate in a few months. It doesn't sound like it's being that effective really! The way the article's written, it doesn't feel like there's any incentive to actually quit, it's just keeping them hooked, but in a potentially less expensive way...when it actually works and they don't just go out and buy more anyway...
Sold as ground-breaking, feels like giving up on tackling the cause.
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3 hours ago, Vince Green said:
A friend of mine, his son in law walked out of work at lunchtime and jumped off a bridge.
No family problems, no money worries, no trouble at work. His wife said he was fine that morning and colleagues said he seemed relaxed and normal at work in the days building up to it.
Totally inexplicable for everybody who knew him. He left behind a wife and a seven year old daughter.
It's just awful, isn't it? Sometimes it really is like that.
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43 minutes ago, mpmilo said:
I would of thought looking at the family set up, professional people , new jobs and a young family seemingly everything to live for, also not known to police.
What else could be done to ensure he was not a risk ?, anything could of set of events. Im not going to try and guess what it was that led to this tragedy.
But for you to blame somebody for not doing their job ?
Indeed so. If someone's kept their mental health struggles hidden, there's very little that can be done to investigate. I've lost track of the number of people who've said they never saw it coming when a family member commits suicide. Tragically, sometimes it's just too well hidden.
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22 minutes ago, Mice! said:
You play who's in front of you, if they qualify they can play, England haven't only got English players.
I thought Dombrandt did well and worked hard, but the little mistakes cost you at this level.
Maro Itoje and Ollie Chessum were hardly mentioned so had a very quiet game,
then the other centre, joined in the midfield by Joe Marchant. Marcus Smith is at fly-half with Jack van Poortvliet at scrum half. These three did very little I thought, and if your centre isn't doing much then your wings aren't getting the ball.
Young came on and put a kick over which was possibly the first good box kick putting pressure on, when your playing at home there is no excuse for so many wasted kicks.
This is too much the problem with a lot of players. Worked hard...but mistake after mistake. And you're so right about our centres. What worries me is they don't try to get into the game. It feels as if they think it will happen naturally. But if it doesn't, they don't go looking for ways to get into it. They coast without much ingenuity. Previous favourites at centre went looking for the action. Say what you want about Manu, but he's never in the shadows where our current centres like to idle
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Scotland fully deserved that. What moron told England it would be a good idea to play a kicking game against a side that want to run from deep with the ball? In the closing stages England got to the 22, kicked and lost the ball. We regained on the return kick, worked to the 22, kicked and lost the ball. We regained on the return kick, worked to the 22 and...conceded the penalty. WHAT'S THE POINT!? It's like a Beckett play, such is the repetitive futility.
Some wonderful rugby from Scotland and rightful winners. I just wish the change of coach for England had resulted in a change of thinking. No other side tries to win by incessant aggregate gains with kicking, so why are we so arrogant to think we're the only ones who can do it and win?
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6 minutes ago, millrace said:
Actually thoight wales would give a better account than they have....to much reliance on the old guard....?
There are a lot of familiar faces. It must be a concern for them that there is no one taking over from the previous generation.
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20 minutes ago, millrace said:
Oh yes........lets get stuck in boys!!!!!!!!.......
They appear to be listening...
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On 01/02/2023 at 10:24, cash1 said:
This morning my wife shouted through from the kitchen " come and see this small hawk" I'm pretty sure it was a Hobby or Merlin. Not much bigger than a black bird, very Falcon looking and with shorter lighter built legs than a Sparrow Hawk. I got a grainy photo on my phone sadly our proper camera's battery was flat.
Pop up the photo here? Should be able to get an ID for you!
We have had as many as eight great northern divers in Portland harbour this winter, but only occasional sightings of red and black-throated. We have a Richard's Pipit in Weymouth too. I need to find another reason to go down there, because it's a very unremarkable bird, on the other hand I've never seen one, so I feel obliged to make an effort!
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This week's double was actually better. Much like it's better to have a cold than cholera.
In parallel we've been watching from Emilia Fox's entrance onwards and the difference between the early ones and our present lot is embarrassing. Back when they picked actors to act, not tick a diversity box. When they had script writers who could write a script, not a smorgasbord of barely connected moralising clichés.
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1 hour ago, Jaymo said:
Took 12…..
I prefer being able to go beyond 6 as well...When it's needed!
🌎 Feb 1, 2023 🌍
🔥 182 | Avg. Guesses: 5.43
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1 hour ago, Jaymo said:
But wordle was easy today!!
Wordle's kind of losing its edge for me; there's too much blind luck to it. Globle's where the party's at really.
1 hour ago, humperdingle said:No idea… I just read the title of the OP, didn’t bother reading the first post in the thread and just came up with some rubbish that popped into my head. Just like how most threads go 😂
Could be worse. I saw just the title of @Green hornet's thread about Lee ultimate dies. I genuinely wondered who Lee Ultimate was, how did he get such a cool name, and how did he die.
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Has anyone made one? If so what strength magnets did you go for? I'm finding it tough to work out how strong they'd need to be in order to have enough force to work through the wood.
Many thanks
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10 minutes ago, 39TDS said:
I bought a "posh" kitchen knife in a shop and they told me I couldn't put it in the dishwasher.
I told them I most definitely would be. They weren't happy and told me my warranty was void.
Don't know what the fuss was as it is still fine many years later
It really depends what the knife was made of. A carbon steel blade with a wooden handle is probably a bad idea. The heat, steamy atmosphere and the chemicals in the detergent would be a bad combination to expose a carbon steel blade to. Like I said it's a moot point here as we don't own one!
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3 hours ago, Mungler said:
I have a full spectrum of knives and sharpeners and observe:
1. If you make a big deal about your knives, you’ll never use them fully or properly. I know so many people that won’t dish wash their knives, will only sharpen them on a Japanese whetstone on a full moon using oils from a rare strain of linseed. So, get a knife that you are prepared to dish wash and sharpen. Global fit this bill for sure and that is our main out on the counter in a block ‘go to’ knife to grab.
2. Keep an eye on what butchers use. They’ll Be nylon handled dishwasher friendly and something they are prepared to sharpen constantly and to destruction. Victornox fit this bill. Also, you nick, bend or damage one and it’s no big deal.
3. If you want something special but not outrageous money and which people use in the industry, give anything from F **** a go - the knife is called F D.I.C.K but the swear filter is not having it - I keep a random eye out for on line specials.
edit : the red handle range off Amazon - look at the reviews.Thanks for that. I will, however, say I categorically refuse to put any knife through the dishwasher for good reason. We don't own one.
We do actually have a couple of Victorinox knives and they're not too bad at all. Certainly for the money it's hard to beat them
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Just tuned in as I'd forgotten about it.
Smith wins in Round 4! Good good. Eubank's record is looking more and more average
6 Nations 2023.
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Great discussion on England's tactics from John Barclay...
Six Nations 2023: Former Scotland captain John Barclay is "confused" by England's attack - BBC Sport