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The big news from Westminster this afternoon is that the Home Secretary has announced a review on the legalisation of cannabis for medical use – something that has become a big issue because of the Billy Caldwell case.
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Sajid Javid is a PM in waiting.0
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Primus inter pares.0
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Mr. Alistair, just checked and cannabis can cause paranoia, addiction, and contribute to respiratory disease [Biological Psychology: An Introduction to Behavioral[sp] and Cognitive Neuroscience, by Rosenzweig et al].
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I had tickets to today’s ODI.
Blasted sciatica.0 -
Trump is now a freelance crime statistics agency.
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Could today be the day a team scores 500 in a ODI ?TheScreamingEagles said:I had tickets to today’s ODI.
Blasted sciatica.
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FPT:
It's an interesting chain of events. Attitudes towards Tobacco and Alcohol are hardening on public health grounds, yet at the same time attitudes towards drugs currently illegal are softening.
At some point, they have to meet in the middle.0 -
His lack of the English language is quite shocking. 'Others countries'??williamglenn said:Trump is now a freelance crime statistics agency.
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Roy run out. 159-1 off 19.3 overs. Hales to come.0
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Are attitudes towards alcohol hardening with the public ?Slackbladder said:FPT:
It's an interesting chain of events. Attitudes towards Tobacco and Alcohol are hardening on public health grounds, yet at the same time attitudes towards drugs currently illegal are softening.
At some point, they have to meet in the middle.
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Surely the contribution to respiratory disease depends on the means of ingestion?Morris_Dancer said:FPT:
Mr. Alistair, just checked and cannabis can cause paranoia, addiction, and contribute to respiratory disease [Biological Psychology: An Introduction to Behavioral[sp] and Cognitive Neuroscience, by Rosenzweig et al].0 -
Mr. Eagles, hope your get well soon.
Mr. Gate, I'm too pure and virtuous to comment on means of drug use beyond what I've read in biopsychological textbooks.0 -
Agreed.TheScreamingEagles said:Sajid Javid is a PM in waiting.
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You should see what hydrogenated vegetable oil does to the human body.Morris_Dancer said:FPT:
Mr. Alistair, just checked and cannabis can cause paranoia, addiction, and contribute to respiratory disease [Biological Psychology: An Introduction to Behavioral[sp] and Cognitive Neuroscience, by Rosenzweig et al].
Cannabis should be legal, regulated and taxed. I'd be in favour of legalising it but banning smoking it in public places including parks (similar to Colorado). If people want to toke in their back gardens - fill yer Birkenstocks.
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Every (expletive deleted) non Native American is from an immigrant community!williamglenn said:Trump is now a freelance crime statistics agency.
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1009071330661142533?s=21
And I'm in contact with the descendants of a great uncle who clearly, although we're still working on the details, left England 'under a cloud'!0 -
Fingers crossed.TGOHF said:
Could today be the day a team scores 500 in a ODI ?TheScreamingEagles said:I had tickets to today’s ODI.
Blasted sciatica.
I saw them score 444 two years ago.
They’d have got more as the Pakistanis pulled it back in the last few overs.0 -
Javid is the only sensible choice for next Tory leader.0
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I think it certainly is with young people, aren't they drinking less?TGOHF said:
Are attitudes towards alcohol hardening with the public ?Slackbladder said:FPT:
It's an interesting chain of events. Attitudes towards Tobacco and Alcohol are hardening on public health grounds, yet at the same time attitudes towards drugs currently illegal are softening.
At some point, they have to meet in the middle.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/datablog/2017/may/06/more-than-a-quarter-of-young-adults-in-the-uk-do-not-drink-alcohol-in-data0 -
So is Jeremy Hunt.AndyJS said:Javid is the only sensible choice for next Tory leader.
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Yes, but the first one (1972) was before world rankings were introduced in 1975. Even so, apart from his world championship win in 1982, he never won another ranking tournament in his career.SouthamObserver said:
Higgins was world champion twice, wasn’t he?david_herdson said:
Three out of four there. Alex Higgins only ever won one ranking tournament in his career - a greatly overrated player.DecrepitJohnL said:
AP McCoy. Alex Higgins, George Best and Mary Peters for older readers.El_Capitano said:
Seamus Heaney.TheScreamingEagles said:Plus what has Northern Ireland brought to the mainland apart from bigotry, terrorism, bombs, death, and the regeneration of Manchester?
Struggling a bit beyond that, though. Van Morrison is decidedly not a plus point.0 -
England nearly always do well at Trent Bridge, both the one day and test teams. The ECB were fools not to play there for the next two Ashes series.OldKingCole said:Roy run out. 159-1 off 19.3 overs. Hales to come.
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Javid/Gove ticket election vs whoever the traitors can put up.0
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I don’t think many people would be against the use of cannabis-based medecines, properly tested and regulated, to relieve pain, help cure diseases etc.
That is not the same as saying that the sort of skunk which can cause serious problems should be legally freely available to all and sundry.0 -
If only there were a cure.TheScreamingEagles said:I had tickets to today’s ODI.
Blasted sciatica.
https://metro.co.uk/2017/10/27/woman-cured-of-sciatica-within-hours-of-using-cannabis-oil-she-bought-online-7030958/0 -
That's due to more furreners and virtue signalling class warriors.Slackbladder said:
I think it certainly is with young people, aren't they drinking less?TGOHF said:
Are attitudes towards alcohol hardening with the public ?Slackbladder said:FPT:
It's an interesting chain of events. Attitudes towards Tobacco and Alcohol are hardening on public health grounds, yet at the same time attitudes towards drugs currently illegal are softening.
At some point, they have to meet in the middle.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/datablog/2017/may/06/more-than-a-quarter-of-young-adults-in-the-uk-do-not-drink-alcohol-in-data
Heaven help us when this generation get to 40 and figure out they wasted their youth on twitter instead of getting blasted and laid.
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Trent Bridge is the quickest scoring one day ground in the game.0
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India A have just had a good go against Leicestershire.TGOHF said:
Could today be the day a team scores 500 in a ODI ?TheScreamingEagles said:I had tickets to today’s ODI.
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I think they've been getting laid. Might have been sober while doing it, though!TGOHF said:
That's due to more furreners and virtue signalling class warriors.Slackbladder said:
I think it certainly is with young people, aren't they drinking less?TGOHF said:
Are attitudes towards alcohol hardening with the public ?Slackbladder said:FPT:
It's an interesting chain of events. Attitudes towards Tobacco and Alcohol are hardening on public health grounds, yet at the same time attitudes towards drugs currently illegal are softening.
At some point, they have to meet in the middle.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/datablog/2017/may/06/more-than-a-quarter-of-young-adults-in-the-uk-do-not-drink-alcohol-in-data
Heaven help us when this generation get to 40 and figure out they wasted their youth on twitter instead of getting blasted and laid.0 -
It would be interesting to see a survey on whether the public support the legalisation of cannabis for recreational purposes.0
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True Los Angeles story. We have a friend with a beautiful bassett hound, which sadly has liver cancer. Dog is undergoing chemotherapy, and was wasting away as won't eat. Dog is fed cannabis, and now has decent appetite, and is improving.Cyclefree said:I don’t think many people would be against the use of cannabis-based medecines, properly tested and regulated, to relieve pain, help cure diseases etc.
That is not the same as saying that the sort of skunk which can cause serious problems should be legally freely available to all and sundry.
Beware of extrapolation from small datasets.0 -
You mean not all dogs would respond as well to the same treatment?rcs1000 said:
True Los Angeles story. We have a friend with a beautiful bassett hound, which sadly has liver cancer. Dog is undergoing chemotherapy, and was wasting away as won't eat. Dog is fed cannabis, and now has decent appetite, and is improving.Cyclefree said:I don’t think many people would be against the use of cannabis-based medecines, properly tested and regulated, to relieve pain, help cure diseases etc.
That is not the same as saying that the sort of skunk which can cause serious problems should be legally freely available to all and sundry.
Beware of extrapolation from small datasets.0 -
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On topic, Javid senses it might not be long till his moment comes, and to a large extent what he does now might even create it: creating a credible alternative to May hastens her downfall.
I don’t think he cares a jot what May thinks of that, but, he does need to be careful not to overplay his hand.0 -
I’ve done a survey on just that.AndyJS said:It would be interesting to see a survey on whether the public support the legalisation of cannabis for recreational purposes.
For the record I wouldn’t support it. It is something that would lead to all sorts of unintended consequences.0 -
Sales of alcohol rose in Colorado after prohibition of plants was ended.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/31/alcohol-industry-sales-marijuana-colorado
"Tax records show that alcohol sales have continued to grow in Colorado despite the rapid rise of recreational marijuana. Even as tax revenues from marijuana nearly tripled between June 2014 through May 2015, alcohol sales continued to steadily increase as well, with alcohol excise taxes rising 2.1%, the same increase as the year prior."0 -
Wonder if Senegal can rescue Africa's dire start to the tournament.0
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He was a total disaster, but was capable of things no-one else has ever managed. He played Jimmy White in the semi-final in 1982 and that was quite possibly the greatest snooker game ever. His 69 break to tie the game at 15-15 was unbelievable:david_herdson said:
Yes, but the first one (1972) was before world rankings were introduced in 1975. Even so, apart from his world championship win in 1982, he never won another ranking tournament in his career.SouthamObserver said:
Higgins was world champion twice, wasn’t he?david_herdson said:
Three out of four there. Alex Higgins only ever won one ranking tournament in his career - a greatly overrated player.DecrepitJohnL said:
AP McCoy. Alex Higgins, George Best and Mary Peters for older readers.El_Capitano said:
Seamus Heaney.TheScreamingEagles said:Plus what has Northern Ireland brought to the mainland apart from bigotry, terrorism, bombs, death, and the regeneration of Manchester?
Struggling a bit beyond that, though. Van Morrison is decidedly not a plus point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAO48WSZnRU
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How is 'sales' measured? Value or quantity? Are people buying higher priced booze, as opposed too White Lightening and the like.TGOHF said:Sales of alcohol rose in Colorado after prohibition of plants was ended.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/31/alcohol-industry-sales-marijuana-colorado
"Tax records show that alcohol sales have continued to grow in Colorado despite the rapid rise of recreational marijuana. Even as tax revenues from marijuana nearly tripled between June 2014 through May 2015, alcohol sales continued to steadily increase as well, with alcohol excise taxes rising 2.1%, the same increase as the year prior."0 -
Paging DavidL.
Don’t you dare say anything on how well England and YJB are doing.0 -
Well, he's certainly better at the optics than the current person sitting in the chair (I hesitate to say in power).tpfkar said:
Agreed.TheScreamingEagles said:Sajid Javid is a PM in waiting.
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Looks like Theresa May is the Cabinet pot plant.0
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Some of that may be just natural population growth, I understand that a lot of Californians are heading that way. Some of it may be a growth in people going on a 'recreational' holiday indulging in boos and pot.TGOHF said:Sales of alcohol rose in Colorado after prohibition of plants was ended.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/31/alcohol-industry-sales-marijuana-colorado
"Tax records show that alcohol sales have continued to grow in Colorado despite the rapid rise of recreational marijuana. Even as tax revenues from marijuana nearly tripled between June 2014 through May 2015, alcohol sales continued to steadily increase as well, with alcohol excise taxes rising 2.1%, the same increase as the year prior."
I suspect at the alcohol per person in changing very small, but I don't know.0 -
Bairstow just blootered his hundred.
Not much of a contest, though.0 -
Sales = $ taxable value. Not au fait with how the US tax different alcohol strengths.OldKingCole said:
How is 'sales' measured? Value or quantity? Are people buying higher priced booze, as opposed too White Lightening and the like.TGOHF said:Sales of alcohol rose in Colorado after prohibition of plants was ended.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/31/alcohol-industry-sales-marijuana-colorado
"Tax records show that alcohol sales have continued to grow in Colorado despite the rapid rise of recreational marijuana. Even as tax revenues from marijuana nearly tripled between June 2014 through May 2015, alcohol sales continued to steadily increase as well, with alcohol excise taxes rising 2.1%, the same increase as the year prior."
Not sure they have white lightning though.
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Jesus Christ, I go to make a coffee after Roy wicket and when I come back Hales already has 30.
800 runs in the day?0 -
Possibly but the big fear was that pot sales would seriously depress alcohol sales. It just hasn't happened.BigRich said:
Some of that may be just natural population growth, I understand that a lot of Californians are heading that way. Some of it may be a growth in people going on a 'recreational' holiday indulging in boos and pot.TGOHF said:Sales of alcohol rose in Colorado after prohibition of plants was ended.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/31/alcohol-industry-sales-marijuana-colorado
"Tax records show that alcohol sales have continued to grow in Colorado despite the rapid rise of recreational marijuana. Even as tax revenues from marijuana nearly tripled between June 2014 through May 2015, alcohol sales continued to steadily increase as well, with alcohol excise taxes rising 2.1%, the same increase as the year prior."
I suspect at the alcohol per person in changing very small, but I don't know.
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He did win the 1983 UK Championship , beating Steve Davis in the final.david_herdson said:
Yes, but the first one (1972) was before world rankings were introduced in 1975. Even so, apart from his world championship win in 1982, he never won another ranking tournament in his career.SouthamObserver said:
Higgins was world champion twice, wasn’t he?david_herdson said:
Three out of four there. Alex Higgins only ever won one ranking tournament in his career - a greatly overrated player.DecrepitJohnL said:
AP McCoy. Alex Higgins, George Best and Mary Peters for older readers.El_Capitano said:
Seamus Heaney.TheScreamingEagles said:Plus what has Northern Ireland brought to the mainland apart from bigotry, terrorism, bombs, death, and the regeneration of Manchester?
Struggling a bit beyond that, though. Van Morrison is decidedly not a plus point.
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Two dot balls now, though.FrancisUrquhart said:Jesus Christ, I go to make a coffee after Roy wicket and when I come back Hales already has 30.
800 runs in the day?
Hales is slacking.0 -
Traitors? They must be the ones helping Russia to achieve its ends?MaxPB said:Javid/Gove ticket election vs whoever the traitors can put up.
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No Gove is more an ideas man than a front man. He would actually do stuff, rather than be a bland pointless manager like Hammond has proved to beBigRich said:
I don't think we help anybody by making accusations of 'traitor'MaxPB said:Javid/Gove ticket election vs whoever the traitors can put up.
But I do think that Javid at No 10 and Gove at 11, (or the other way round) could be good for the country.0 -
Do those who do the out-group signalling and insults know how they come across to those who aren't in their in-group? Or even to some (many?) of those who are in their in-group?
Whenever I see the words: "traitor", "xenophobe", "Remoaner", "liar", or similar (from either side), I assume the comment is content-free and it's just a toddler-tantrum and skip to the next one.
If the intent is to persuade others or change opinions, it truly is an utter failure. If it's just to pleasure oneself and/or signal what a reliable chap(ess) someone is to others on "their side", I suppose it's effective, but it doesn't half swamp the meaningful signal with pointless noise.0 -
Concentrating on the cricket so had to think about that one for a minute!BigRich said:
I don't think we help anybody by making accusations of 'traitor'MaxPB said:Javid/Gove ticket election vs whoever the traitors can put up.
But I do think that Javid at No 10 and Gove at 11, (or the other way round) could be good for the country.0 -
Is that so that Gove can betray Javid and let the ‘traitor’ win?MaxPB said:Javid/Gove ticket election vs whoever the traitors can put up.
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England should send in Jos butter next!0
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Gove's achievements in his ministerial posts have been superlative.williamglenn said:
Is that so that Gove can betray Javid and let the ‘traitor’ win?MaxPB said:Javid/Gove ticket election vs whoever the traitors can put up.
One of the most effective ministers in the last 30 years.
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Yes, some would have seen falling alcohol sales a benefit, others a risk, in reality not a lot changes that much. Just things get slightly better,TGOHF said:
Possibly but the big fear was that pot sales would seriously depress alcohol sales. It just hasn't happened.BigRich said:
Some of that may be just natural population growth, I understand that a lot of Californians are heading that way. Some of it may be a growth in people going on a 'recreational' holiday indulging in boos and pot.TGOHF said:Sales of alcohol rose in Colorado after prohibition of plants was ended.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/31/alcohol-industry-sales-marijuana-colorado
"Tax records show that alcohol sales have continued to grow in Colorado despite the rapid rise of recreational marijuana. Even as tax revenues from marijuana nearly tripled between June 2014 through May 2015, alcohol sales continued to steadily increase as well, with alcohol excise taxes rising 2.1%, the same increase as the year prior."
I suspect at the alcohol per person in changing very small, but I don't know.
Slightly more freedom for people to enjoy themselves.
Slightly less people going to prison/thought the courts.
slightly more tax raised.
slightly better relations between the police and some parts of the community.
slightly more legitimated jobs.
slightly more people able to get treatment for medical conditions
slight incentive to people to more to the area.
This will not change the would, but it will be slightly better as a result.0 -
Agreed!TGOHF said:
Goves achievements in his ministerial posts have been superlatives.williamglenn said:
Is that so that Gove can betray Javid and let the ‘traitor’ win?MaxPB said:Javid/Gove ticket election vs whoever the traitors can put up.
One of the most effective ministers in the last 30 years.0 -
Splits emerging in Merkels party as Berlin CDU side with CSU and tell Merkel to make concessions0
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Less cash flowing to criminals. It's a win win all round.BigRich said:
Yes, some would have seen falling alcohol sales a benefit, others a risk, in reality not a lot changes that much. Just things get slightly better,TGOHF said:
Possibly but the big fear was that pot sales would seriously depress alcohol sales. It just hasn't happened.BigRich said:
Some of that may be just natural population growth, I understand that a lot of Californians are heading that way. Some of it may be a growth in people going on a 'recreational' holiday indulging in boos and pot.TGOHF said:Sales of alcohol rose in Colorado after prohibition of plants was ended.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/31/alcohol-industry-sales-marijuana-colorado
"Tax records show that alcohol sales have continued to grow in Colorado despite the rapid rise of recreational marijuana. Even as tax revenues from marijuana nearly tripled between June 2014 through May 2015, alcohol sales continued to steadily increase as well, with alcohol excise taxes rising 2.1%, the same increase as the year prior."
I suspect at the alcohol per person in changing very small, but I don't know.
Slightly more freedom for people to enjoy themselves.
Slightly less people going to prison/thought the courts.
slightly more tax raised.
slightly better relations between the police and some parts of the community.
slightly more legitimated jobs.
slightly more people able to get treatment for medical conditions
slight incentive to people to more to the area.
This will not change the would, but it will be slightly better as a result.
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Yes I missed that one, but again its not going to be that big, The latest numbers I have seen suggests that Pot makes up just 20% of US drug imports form Mexico and just 5% of the profit, but any drop in good so again a slight improvement.TGOHF said:
Less cash flowing to criminals. It's a win win all round.BigRich said:
Yes, some would have seen falling alcohol sales a benefit, others a risk, in reality not a lot changes that much. Just things get slightly better,TGOHF said:
Possibly but the big fear was that pot sales would seriously depress alcohol sales. It just hasn't happened.BigRich said:
Some of that may be just natural population growth, I understand that a lot of Californians are heading that way. Some of it may be a growth in people going on a 'recreational' holiday indulging in boos and pot.TGOHF said:Sales of alcohol rose in Colorado after prohibition of plants was ended.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/31/alcohol-industry-sales-marijuana-colorado
"Tax records show that alcohol sales have continued to grow in Colorado despite the rapid rise of recreational marijuana. Even as tax revenues from marijuana nearly tripled between June 2014 through May 2015, alcohol sales continued to steadily increase as well, with alcohol excise taxes rising 2.1%, the same increase as the year prior."
I suspect at the alcohol per person in changing very small, but I don't know.
Slightly more freedom for people to enjoy themselves.
Slightly less people going to prison/thought the courts.
slightly more tax raised.
slightly better relations between the police and some parts of the community.
slightly more legitimated jobs.
slightly more people able to get treatment for medical conditions
slight incentive to people to more to the area.
This will not change the would, but it will be slightly better as a result.0 -
253 after 30 overs...... 506???????0
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Must be depressing being an Aussie bowler right now. Heart of stone, etc, etc.OldKingCole said:253 after 30 overs...... 506???????
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I’m in favour of legalising cannabis so long as there are swingeing penalties for talking about it in public. Whisky and wine bores are bad enough.0
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I don't fancy David Willey bowling on this pitch....I think he could go for a lot of runs.0
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I’d packed some sandpaper in my backpack for today’s match.Anorak said:
Must be depressing being an Aussie bowler right now. Heart of stone, etc, etc.OldKingCole said:253 after 30 overs...... 506???????
Will have to take it on Sunday.0 -
Brexit bores top the listAlastairMeeks said:I’m in favour of legalising cannabis so long as there are swingeing penalties for talking about it in public. Whisky and wine bores are bad enough.
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Was given some very nice samples of both for Fathers Day.AlastairMeeks said:I’m in favour of legalising cannabis so long as there are swingeing penalties for talking about it in public. Whisky and wine bores are bad enough.
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They won the toss and chose to bowl..Anorak said:
Must be depressing being an Aussie bowler right now. Heart of stone, etc, etc.OldKingCole said:253 after 30 overs...... 506???????
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Cannabis would be a bit cutting edge for a Father’s Day present an 80 year old, to be fair.OldKingCole said:
Was given some very nice samples of both for Fathers Day.AlastairMeeks said:I’m in favour of legalising cannabis so long as there are swingeing penalties for talking about it in public. Whisky and wine bores are bad enough.
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If you're waiting for delivery of a new Tesla, it may be manufactured in a tent.
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It's a thought. Haven't smoked tobacco for over 50 years though, so I'm not sure I'd manage to roll a spliff.AlastairMeeks said:
Cannabis would be a bit cutting edge for a Father’s Day present an 80 year old, to be fair.OldKingCole said:
Was given some very nice samples of both for Fathers Day.AlastairMeeks said:I’m in favour of legalising cannabis so long as there are swingeing penalties for talking about it in public. Whisky and wine bores are bad enough.
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You do have to admire his nothing is impossible / solution to every problem attitude. Make a refreshing change from brexit negotiations.williamglenn said:If you're waiting for delivery of a new Tesla, it may be manufactured in a tent.
twitter.com/elonmusk/status/10089060876118835210 -
can somebody translate 'kfa'williamglenn said:If you're waiting for delivery of a new Tesla, it may be manufactured in a tent.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/10089060876118835210 -
Kick f...ing ass.BigRich said:
can somebody translate 'kfa'williamglenn said:If you're waiting for delivery of a new Tesla, it may be manufactured in a tent.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/10089060876118835210 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvBny8-F3eUAlastairMeeks said:I’m in favour of legalising cannabis so long as there are swingeing penalties for talking about it in public. Whisky and wine bores are bad enough.
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This is absolute carnage. 304 in the 33rd over. It's cricket Jim, but not as we know it.0
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It is true that there weren't as many ranking events until the mid-1980s (the UK championship became one in 1984), though why that didn't attract ranking points in the early 1980s when tournaments that were played over shorter distances did, I don't know.Yorkcity said:
He did win the 1983 UK Championship, beating Steve Davis in the final.david_herdson said:
Yes, but the first one (1972) was before world rankings were introduced in 1975. Even so, apart from his world championship win in 1982, he never won another ranking tournament in his career.SouthamObserver said:
Higgins was world champion twice, wasn’t he?david_herdson said:
Three out of four there. Alex Higgins only ever won one ranking tournament in his career - a greatly overrated player.DecrepitJohnL said:
AP McCoy. Alex Higgins, George Best and Mary Peters for older readers.El_Capitano said:
Seamus Heaney.TheScreamingEagles said:Plus what has Northern Ireland brought to the mainland apart from bigotry, terrorism, bombs, death, and the regeneration of Manchester?
Struggling a bit beyond that, though. Van Morrison is decidedly not a plus point.
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kicks flucking assBigRich said:
can somebody translate 'kfa'williamglenn said:If you're waiting for delivery of a new Tesla, it may be manufactured in a tent.
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Even Native Americans are descendants of immigrants (the Mongols and Tartars are the ones who didn't head East).OldKingCole said:
Every (expletive deleted) non Native American is from an immigrant community!williamglenn said:Trump is now a freelance crime statistics agency.
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1009071330661142533?s=21
And I'm in contact with the descendants of a great uncle who clearly, although we're still working on the details, left England 'under a cloud'!0 -
Thanks, I was thinking a dyslexic 'Can fix anything' but that makes more senceAlastairMeeks said:
Kick f...ing ass.BigRich said:
can somebody translate 'kfa'williamglenn said:If you're waiting for delivery of a new Tesla, it may be manufactured in a tent.
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Boooooooooo.....0
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Bairstow out for only 139. He must be gutted.0
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That's the end of Bairstow, for 139. 310-20
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You've cursed us again.DavidL said:This is absolute carnage. 304 in the 33rd over. It's cricket Jim, but not as we know it.
See my post at 3:51pm0 -
It's ineffective as a form of advocacy.Andy_Cooke said:Do those who do the out-group signalling and insults know how they come across to those who aren't in their in-group? Or even to some (many?) of those who are in their in-group?
Whenever I see the words: "traitor", "xenophobe", "Remoaner", "liar", or similar (from either side), I assume the comment is content-free and it's just a toddler-tantrum and skip to the next one.
If the intent is to persuade others or change opinions, it truly is an utter failure. If it's just to pleasure oneself and/or signal what a reliable chap(ess) someone is to others on "their side", I suppose it's effective, but it doesn't half swamp the meaningful signal with pointless noise.0 -
Woops, hadn't caught up with the thread yet. But Buttler in now.TheScreamingEagles said:
You've cursed us again.DavidL said:This is absolute carnage. 304 in the 33rd over. It's cricket Jim, but not as we know it.
See my post at 3:51pm0 -
Although that's a decline in per capita real consumption, when you remember that Colorado's population is growing at 1.5% per year, and inflation is north of 2%.TGOHF said:Sales of alcohol rose in Colorado after prohibition of plants was ended.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/31/alcohol-industry-sales-marijuana-colorado
"Tax records show that alcohol sales have continued to grow in Colorado despite the rapid rise of recreational marijuana. Even as tax revenues from marijuana nearly tripled between June 2014 through May 2015, alcohol sales continued to steadily increase as well, with alcohol excise taxes rising 2.1%, the same increase as the year prior."0 -
This is not good enough...at this rate we won't get to 500!0
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+1Andy_Cooke said:Do those who do the out-group signalling and insults know how they come across to those who aren't in their in-group? Or even to some (many?) of those who are in their in-group?
Whenever I see the words: "traitor", "xenophobe", "Remoaner", "liar", or similar (from either side), I assume the comment is content-free and it's just a toddler-tantrum and skip to the next one.
If the intent is to persuade others or change opinions, it truly is an utter failure. If it's just to pleasure oneself and/or signal what a reliable chap(ess) someone is to others on "their side", I suppose it's effective, but it doesn't half swamp the meaningful signal with pointless noise.
The quality of debate on here would be greatly improved if word such as these could be blocked, just as MPs are not allowed to accuse each other of lying.0 -
Buttler playing silly what-sits. Two scoops, both failed. Six now though.0
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I think when I first watched a one day international in the 1990s the world record score was about 310 for one innings after 50 overs.OldKingCole said:That's the end of Bairstow, for 139. 310-2
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Goal for Senegal. 1-00
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Much better bowling from Aus. Take the pace off and very full. England take note.0
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335-3. Buttler gone. Whose idea was it to bring him up the order.0
