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rubecula reacted to MikeO in ALCOHOL. Found any new drinks lately?
I've become a convert from red to white in recent weeks, bottle of Chilean Cono Sur Bicicleta Gewürztraminer going down very nicely I have to say.
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rubecula reacted to Bill in Sporting Anagrams
At least you got it right Rubes.
I said from various sports, but its just Footy and Cricket players.
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rubecula reacted to StevO in Blue Bill's shiny new stadium at the docks...
I’d expect the vast majority of additional seats to be regular seats, an extra 15,000 executive seats wouldn’t be filled. They have already discussed wanting to get as many “normal” supporters in as possible, so I don’t think you need to worry mate.
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rubecula reacted to MikeO in Tim Cahill
Dear Tim Cahill,
To be honest, at first we enjoyed the attention. Nobody thinks twice about us corner flags. We're just colourful pieces of cloth whose chief purpose in life is line demarcation.
It's not a glamorous calling.
Nobody notices a corner flag. Our job is to be as invisible and unimportant as a contestant from an old reality TV series.
You changed all that, Tim Cahill.
You brought us into the spotlight by rushing towards us after you scored and boxing the living crap out of us as part of your signature celebration. And like we say, it was flattering at first.
But we soon learned to fear you.
As you boxed us and slapped us and treated us as your personal punching ball, we came to dread your mere presence on the field.
Because the thing about you, Tim Cahill, is that you always seemed to score. How? We will never know. But you could seemingly conjure goals at will, right when your team most needed them.
And then it would be flag-punishing time.
No flag anywhere was ever safe. Whether you played for the New York Red Bulls or the Socceroos or Everton FC or anyone, one of us poor innocent flags would cop it.
And everyone would think it a big joke.
"Box the corner flags," they'd say.
"Flog us, that'll be good for a laugh!"
Hahahahahaha.
Did anyone ever think about it from our perspective?
Did anyone ever stop to consider how our sides ached, our cheeks smarted, when Australian football's finest unleashed his fists of fury? It was as painful as it was humiliating, it really was.
But do you know what?
We hate to admit it, but we have a grudging respect for you, Tim Cahill. See, we corner flags are football fans too. We love seeing the beautiful game played fairly, skilfully and with the utmost passion.
You were never the tallest, fastest or strongest. But your instincts were impeccable, your timing perfect, your finishing always clinical.
You, Tim Cahill, have always been a pure footballer. And while we're glad that our pain will soon end, our spirits are flagging that the career of a true genius is almost over.
You're an unflappable character, Tim Cahill. Trust us, that's the biggest compliment a flag can ever give anyone.
https://tendaily.com.au/news/sport/a181119orz/a-tribute-to-tim-cahill-from-the-tormented-corner-flags-of-the-world-20181119
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rubecula reacted to Sibdane in What Grinds Your Gears...
I envy anyone who is happy and isn't separated from their partner and has a child with them. I honestly can't imagine anything more stressful, especially around the holidays.
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rubecula got a reaction from Cornish Steve in Predict Our Result: 2018/2019 Season
Burnley 0 - 2 Everton
Richarlison
Brighton 2 - 3 Everton
siggy
Everton 3 - 3 Leicester
Bernard
I should be back online by then, if the players named do not play I will leave it to steve to put a name in place if that is ok?
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rubecula reacted to Cornish Steve in Predict Our Result: 2018/2019 Season
Just PM me with your predictions, or post them all in a single post.
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rubecula reacted to Matt in Predict Our Result: 2018/2019 Season
Just shove a load up now or PM Steve based on the fixed list, maybe with a first and second choice scorer in case one doesn’t start (if Steve agrees). I don’t mind doing it, just know I won’t have much time
which reminds me
everton 1-1 spurs
Gylfi
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rubecula reacted to Matt in Predict Our Result: 2018/2019 Season
I’m flying on Friday mate, but will try to remember
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rubecula got a reaction from pete0 in Longest Thread!
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The International Fixed Calendar (also known as the Cotsworth plan, the Eastman plan, the 13 Month calendar or the Equal Month calendar) is a solar calendar proposal for calendar reform designed by Moses B. Cotsworth, who presented it in 1902.[1] It divides the solar year into 13 months of 28 days each. It is therefore a perennial calendar, with every date fixed to the same weekday every year. Though it was never officially adopted in any country, entrepreneur George Eastman adopted it for use in his Eastman Kodak Company, where it was used from 1928 to 1989.[2] (
(Wikipedia)
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rubecula reacted to Palfy in Brexit...
I agree so why are we allowing MPs to decide on whether we except a deal or not, whether you wish to remain or leave it's not the cleverest of things to do, I just find it so hard to contemplate that we would allow the lying scum bags the defining decision on our futures.
Surely I can not be the only one who feels this way, it must be out decision.
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rubecula reacted to Romey 1878 in Jack Clarke
https://www.clubcall.com/transfers/2018/12/12/leeds-ace-linked-with-everton-switch/
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rubecula reacted to markjazzbassist in January Plans
i don't want dembele. dude has had issues everywhere he goes, he's balotelli mk ii. countinho is languishing on their bench, i'd take him (i know he would never come here).
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rubecula reacted to MikeO in Ellis Simms
Can't find a thread on him but this seventeen year old lad we got from City last year is banging them in for the under 18's, 18 in ten games so far! A goal every 48 mins. Ably supported by Kieran Phillips (12 in 11) and the team not too shabby either by the look of it.
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rubecula reacted to Bill in Ditloids
There you go lads, between Rubes, Mike, and Pete, i think you got most of them.
DITLOIDS
1. 2 = OEPN -- Two Only Even Prime Number
2. 2 = W on a B -- Two wheels on a Bicycle
3. 3 = T a L -- Three Times a Lady
4. 4 = H of the A -- Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
5. 4 = A in a P of C -- Four Aces in a Pack of Cards.
6. 5 = T on a F Five -- Toes on a Foot
7. 5 = L in a L -- Five Lines in a Limerick
8. 5 = R on the OF -- Five Rings on the Olympic Flag
9. 7 = H of R -- Seven Hills of Rome
10. 7 = C of the R -- Seven Colours of the rainbow
11. 7 = S on a FPP -- Seven sides on a Fifty Pence Piece
12. 8 = N in a O -- Eight Notes in a Octave
13. 12 = M of a J -- Twelve Members of a Jury
14. 12 = A at the LS -- Twelve Apostles at the Last Supper
15. 15 = M on a DMC -- Fifteen Men on a Dead-man's Chest
16. 18 = H on a GC -- 18 Holes on a Golf Course
17. 20 = Q in a R -- 20 Quires in a Ream
18. 39 = B of the OT -- 39 Books of the Old Testament
19. 64 = S on a CB -- 64 Squares on a Chess Board
20. 66 = B of the B -- 66 Books of the Bible
21. 76 = TL the BP -- 76 Trombones Led the Big Parade
22. 118 = E in the PT -- 118 Elements in the Periodic table
23. 180 = MS at D -- 180 Maximum Score at Darts
24. 360 = D in a C -- 360 Degrees in a Circle
25. 1000 = Y in a M -- 1000 Years in a Millennium
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rubecula reacted to MikeO in Ditloids
No pressure than.
2=Only Even Prime Number
...for starters. I'll have a proper look later. Take issue with Rubes on 5. 4 = A in a P of C apples in a pint of cider though.
http://www.kgbanswers.co.uk/how-many-apples-does-it-take-to-make-a-pint-of-cider/18120021
4 Aces in a Pack of Cards I'd have thought.
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rubecula reacted to markjazzbassist in 2018-19 FA Cup
sage rubes we shall call ye. some sort of druids in your bloodline i'm sure of it
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rubecula got a reaction from markjazzbassist in 2018-19 FA Cup
I have a very odd feeling about the fa cup this year
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