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Geldof attacking fishing boats from a yacht really didn't come off the way that he wanted it to. Story of his life I guess. 15 is how many people you have in rugby union, Guavanaut fucked around with this message at 13:25 on Jun 5, 2021 |
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I think you'll find Nelson wasn't playing boules, he was admiring the binmen taking his bins away. That's why he was late.
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Jun 5, 2021 12:24
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:But isn't that how we defeated the Spanish Main with whatsizface Drake? - can't be assed to google - playing bowls on Plymouth Ho or whatever it was, by having speedy little boats nipping in and out in a seemingly disorganized manner instead of the more disciplined Spanish galleons? Drake refused to fully engage with the Spanish as they traversed the Channel because they were both outnumbered him and were more heavily-armed and had loads of troops on board, so a close-range battle would have been a slaughter. Instead he waited until they anchored at Dunkirk and sent in fireships to break up the formation, allowing 2 or 3 English ships to ambush individual Spanish ships - the English, being mostly Now personally if I were in charge of the Remain forces, once I realised I'd lost the gage, I'd have sent the Momentum flotilla in close to the rear of the UKIP squadron, enraging the fishermen - presumably both the best sailors and best fighters in the UKIP line - and hopefully pulling them away, then sent my main force into a reverse crossing-the-T on the UKIP van and forced them into a boarding battle - I'm certain Geldof and Church could take Farage and Hoey without breaking a sweat. Much like at Trafalgar the idea is to let chaos and entropy do a lot of the work for you.
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Jun 5, 2021 12:31
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Guavanaut posted:Geldof attacking fishing boats from a yacht really didn't come off the way that he wanted it to. Story of his life I guess. Pretty sure American football sides only have 11 players on the field at any time (5 linemen, 1 qb, 1 rb, 1 te, 3 wr would be a common offensive lineup)
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Jun 5, 2021 12:34
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Speaking of naval battles the World War 2 channel did a fantastic video on the world's first carrier vs. carrier battle a couple weeks ago https://youtu.be/k6WVEe_F6lw And the battle of midway is coming up (first video drops tomorrow I think) and I'm excited
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Jun 5, 2021 12:36
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forkboy84 posted:Pretty sure American football sides only have 11 players on the field at any time (5 linemen, 1 qb, 1 rb, 1 te, 3 wr would be a common offensive lineup)
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Jun 5, 2021 12:46
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Hurling, the best sport.
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Jun 5, 2021 13:00
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Edmonds in particular going after Health & Safety is even better when you remember his career almost ended because a guy died on a show he was hosting because they cut corners.
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Jun 5, 2021 13:03
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I guess "there's far too many laws and also they're too soft on the people that I specifically don't like" has been around forever for people that don't actually like the idea of impartial rule of law, Zizek has spoken about it in Yugoslavia, Eco has written about it in fascist Italy, poo poo I'm sure that Plato has gone on about it, but there's something very specifically late 00s Britain about the "there's too much health and safety and also string up the drug hoodies, love and light xox" flavour.Dead Goon posted:Hurling, the best sport.  it's good.
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Jun 5, 2021 13:30
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the lads wear tight shorts but they're not as chunky as the big rugby lads and don't touch each other as much, 6/10 homoeroticism sport imo
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Jun 5, 2021 13:39
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 rishi is standing on a chair in this photo and he hasn't a baldy what language them ladies are even speaking imo
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Jun 5, 2021 13:46
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Pour one out to a real one: https://twitter.com/dawnhfoster/status/1401031543003484163
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Jun 5, 2021 15:06
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:And the battle of midway is coming up (first video drops tomorrow I think) and I'm excited Who dya think is gonna win this year? It'll be too close to call I reckon.
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Jun 5, 2021 15:14
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Drake refused to fully engage with the Spanish as they traversed the Channel because they were both outnumbered him and were more heavily-armed and had loads of troops on board, so a close-range battle would have been a slaughter. Instead he waited until they anchored at Dunkirk and sent in fireships to break up the formation, allowing 2 or 3 English ships to ambush individual Spanish ships - the English, being mostly I'd have hidden the momentum flotilla in Poplar Dock and formed a feigned retreat into Blackwell Basin with the remain boats, to try and lure the kippers into Blackwell Basin. Once they're in, turn the remain flotilla around and get the momentum flotilla to emerge from Poplar dock at the sides.
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Jun 5, 2021 15:22
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crispix posted:the lads wear tight shorts but they're not as chunky as the big rugby lads and don't touch each other as much, 6/10 homoeroticism sport imo
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Jun 5, 2021 15:38
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Azza Bamboo posted:I'd have hidden the momentum flotilla in Poplar Dock and formed a feigned retreat into Blackwell Basin with the remain boats, to try and lure the kippers into Blackwell Basin. Once they're in, turn the remain flotilla around and get the momentum flotilla to emerge from Poplar dock at the sides. Listen I defended you over the Starmer thing but I warn you now, if you get London geography, hydrography, or particularly docks wrong one more time I will run you out of here like a common pygmy.
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Jun 5, 2021 15:46
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... poo poo the bed now I'm more curious about the mole people of the underground.
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Jun 5, 2021 16:12
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Oscar Romeo Romeo posted:... poo poo the bed now I'm more curious about the mole people of the underground. It's the giant rat people of the Thames riverbanks you've really got to watch out for.
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Jun 5, 2021 16:22
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They're called Rumbles.
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Jun 5, 2021 16:24
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Listen I defended you over the Starmer thing but I warn you now, if you get London geography, hydrography, or particularly docks wrong one more time I will run you out of here like a common pygmy. Capitalist pig doesn't want to flood canary wharf's underground parking Azza Bamboo fucked around with this message at 16:42 on Jun 5, 2021 |
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Jun 5, 2021 16:37
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Pistol_Pete posted:They're called Rumbles. Funny how they can't pronounce their R's, isn't it?
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Jun 5, 2021 16:48
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Howard Beckett's turning out to be pretty cool: I kinda wish I could join Unite, just to vote for him but I'm already in the CWU. Can you be in 2 unions at once?
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Jun 5, 2021 17:06
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Jun 5, 2021 17:12
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Has Gibbo confirmed?
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Jun 5, 2021 17:12
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Speaking of naval battles the World War 2 channel did a fantastic video on the world's first carrier vs. carrier battle a couple weeks ago For all your naval needs this is the lad you want: Drachinifel https://www.youtube.com/c/Drachinifel/videos been following him for a couple of years now, mostly covering everything up to the late 1940's as good information after that is usually classified or can't be verified.
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Jun 5, 2021 17:20
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Long live the King Singers.
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Jun 5, 2021 17:43
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Listen I defended you over the Starmer thing but I warn you now, if you get London geography, hydrography, or particularly docks wrong one more time I will run you out of here like a common pygmy. Hey twisto I meant to ask you actually, I’m back in London for a few days and wanted to do some good touristy stuff but maybe off the beaten track? My partner loves east London history and I know that’s your thing so anything to do with modern (last couple hundred years or so) east end history that you wouldn’t find online easily would be wicked. We like macabre stuff too, anything a little subterranean, generally ghoulish things.
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Jun 5, 2021 18:01
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Heavy Woollen Independent guy isn't standing in Batley and/or Spen apparently, which makes it probably a harder hold for Labour. Poor old Starmzy
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Jun 5, 2021 18:15
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Pistol_Pete posted:Howard Beckett's turning out to be pretty cool: I kinda wish I could join Unite, just to vote for him but I'm already in the CWU. Can you be in 2 unions at once? there are smaller unions inside Unite itself that get treated as branches for their internal purposes, so there aren't exclusivity clauses. I know people on exec committees that are openly members of three unions (semi-independent branch and the IWW). Don't know about CWU, though. also for gensec elections you can vote as a community member of Unite, which is cheaper.
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Jun 5, 2021 18:19
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Jakabite posted:Hey twisto I meant to ask you actually, I’m back in London for a few days and wanted to do some good touristy stuff but maybe off the beaten track? My partner loves east London history and I know that’s your thing so anything to do with modern (last couple hundred years or so) east end history that you wouldn’t find online easily would be wicked. We like macabre stuff too, anything a little subterranean, generally ghoulish things. Well of course until about 1750 East End history was basically "This is a field", so it's all relatively modern. Off the top of my head, not all of them may be open when you're here: Macabre stuff: - https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/rlhmuseum - London Hospital museum, Elephant Man bones and surgical implements - Any of the half a dozen Jack The Ripper walking tours while you're in the area (not my thing so can't really recommend one over the other) - https://secretnuclearbunker.com/ - A little outside London (but still accessible by public transport, car's easier though) - if you're a fan of that particularly impersonal horror of the Cold War this is the place for you East end history: - https://www.thebrunelmuseum.com/ - Brunel Museum, not very macabre but very definitely underground. - http://www.eastendwalks.com/?page_id=2 - any of David Rosenberg's walks are right up this thread's street (pun intended) Also keep an eye on https://www.ideastore.co.uk/local-history-whats-on for Tower Hamlets local history exhibitions and https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/ for all sorts of interesting little exhibitions, talks and so on.
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I can recommend the secret nuclear bunker; ended up just following roadsigns there a couple of decades ago and it was great
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I just came across this article, which is a fairly banal "Brexit and Covid are making it hard to find hospitality staff" piece, but I enjoyed this linequote:“It’s hot, and it’s long hours. For the amount of skill you need, the pay has never been great, so these jobs have always suited migrant workers,” Cobb said. Increasing the hourly pay offered for a chef by a quarter to £12 any hour hasn’t brought in any more suitable applicants. “That’s how I know the staff don’t exist.” Ah yes, an unpleasant skilled job with long hours in the southeast, but he went all the way up to £12, the highest wage there is, so obviously the laws of supply and demand no longer apply. Probably a bit like the speed of light. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jun/05/brexit-and-covid-plunge-hospitality-into-crisis
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Jun 5, 2021 18:45
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Incy posted:I can recommend the secret nuclear bunker; ended up just following roadsigns there a couple of decades ago and it was great Ahhh I remember the one near where I grew up. It had a rat as it's mascot and I don't think anything is more funny than seeing a sign saying "secret nuclear bunker"
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Well of course until about 1750 East End history was basically "This is a field", so it's all relatively modern. Amazing! Think the nuclear bunker might get a visit from something awful forums poster jakabite this week. That’s all really good, cheers mate
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Jun 5, 2021 19:21
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These days...
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Jun 5, 2021 19:38
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Oh poo poo time to get interested in football briefly again Cam eeeeeern!!
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Jun 5, 2021 19:55
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Communist Thoughts posted:Oh poo poo time to get interested in football briefly again Come and post in The
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Jun 5, 2021 20:05
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This is a man who leads.
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Jun 5, 2021 20:14
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Dead Goon posted:Hurling, the best sport. Irish guy dating a friend of mine took us for a chuck round in the park, it was good fun and I asked if there were any social teams. He turned dead serious and said don't, the only people playing in London are psychos, who just play to hurt someone, and ex pros, who just play to hurt someone.
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https://twitter.com/tezilyas/status/1401218902479286273 Feels nostalgic.
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