daisycutter

well if stubbornness or ignorance were a virtue you'd be a saint, colin

not sure "reassurance" has the best connotation, nut maybe "realisation"?

i thought the video was fairly conclusive gv one view clearly showed the stumps lighting up millisecs (couple of inches) before the ball (might) have hit the stumps the conclusion being that his foot made contact with the base of the stumps first those last two overs had everything

lets agree to disagree then dr john there has been more than enough arguments of the irish "troubles" and i don't feel inclined to add any more except to add that the central issues imo are irish nationalism reunification of ireland removal of the "hated" english hegemony

and don't forget lots of unfastened lightweight plastic chairs

nice double negative pickup there ldvc.......yes, call me tweedledee if you like

must have watched that 100 times and still love it cost to coast at its best

you could add bulldogs and saints to that list too in recent years but it doesn't mean that there isn't a chronic un-eveness in the system and that nothing shouldn't be done about it by some indications one could conclude that the un-evenness is even increasing in the manic chase of dollars and tv dictatorship

QED

nah moonie, i think he has just gone troppo and probably morphing into a human being or ubermenschen i'm sure the lads will knock it out of him and he'll return to normal when he's back in hayseedland

what struck me a lot was how hands off bails and neeld seemed to be at training...neeld more so it seems to me roos is much more hands on and involved. can only be a good thing methinks

bbo, geopolitics has never been about the "everyday xxxxxxx people in their own home" but glad you are having an epiphany of sorts on your travail of the far east don't forget to visit the orangutans too

i'm confused, are you talking of the traditional riff-raff, the faux riff-raff, the neo riff-raff, the hipster riff-raff or the bougoise riff-raff?

just one point crompton the ira were undoubtedly catholic and the orange undoubtedly protestant. that just happened to be the demographics but i don't remember the ira ever claiming to act in the name of their (catholic) god or vice a versa likewise their actions in no way coincided (or followed) with any church dogma or doctrine the issues were not religious nor claimed to be so i don't think your analogy is apt

thankyou bbo, as always a true gentleman how is your epithany coming on at the training camp?

just the foibles of a common man et

c'mon colin i'm yet to read an intelligent post from you yet

free popcorn at half time?

sheesh d-l and i had you pegged as a futon man person.....igtb

and don't forget the trans-sexuals. seriously under represented here. more food for thought

let's not start one of those endless arguments about the derfinition of free speech and what it means and doesn't means

where have all the old fashioned godless terrorists of the left gone?

interesting also did you notice this article was written in nov 2011 and not in response to recent tradgedy

you have fungus on your........? yuk

jack can you redo it tomorrow but this time don't use your car (or catch a bus)