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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 4083
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 1:56 pm: | |
The football World Cup is fast approaching. (Yeah we know that you guys call it Soccer).
A shop in Aberdeen is now selling sweatshirts and T-shirts with the A.B.E.logo. These show the team you will be supporting throughout the competition. Purchasers of these shirts will be supporting Anybody But England !
Sarcasm is alive and well in the Granite City.
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paul forsdick (Pondpaul)
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Username: Pondpaul
Post Number: 614
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 2:24 pm: | |
of course me being an English person I always hope everybody will beat Andy Murray and I was glad when Roger Federer won in Australia |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
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Post Number: 147
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 2:41 pm: | |
Me too. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Post Number: 4084
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 2:52 pm: | |
It's only supposed to be a bit of fun Paul. Some entrepreneur has seen an opportunity to make some money. The shop manager is English and he thought is was highly amusing that they had had a warning from the police for displaying them in their window. "Even the English people who come into the store think it's a laugh and just a bit of tongue-in-cheek football banter".
Only a tiny percentage of Scots will buy them. There are bigots/racists on both sides of the border. You will probably have seen "We Hate Man U." merchandise. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Post Number: 4085
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 2:57 pm: | |
It looks like the idea for the ABE shirts has been nicked from England.
http://www.antimanu.co.uk/Merchandise.html |
paul forsdick (Pondpaul)
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Post Number: 615
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 3:32 pm: | |
The quote I always like on a t-shirt and my favourite one goes like this
There are 3 kinds of people in the world, those that can add up and those that can't |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Post Number: 4086
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 3:44 pm: | |
They don't come much better than that! Here is another one I found quite recently.
Many a true word. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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Post Number: 1301
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 6:49 pm: | |
USA! USA! USA!
Hey, if we can beat Canada in hockey, we can do well in the World Cup!
(Mike, where are you? I need back-up!) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Post Number: 4087
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 7:03 pm: | |
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Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Post Number: 1405
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 11:44 pm: | |
I just hope we can get to Canada again in the Olympic finals. Canada made Russia look bad today. But the finals may be a different story. I hope not. As to the World Cup. It would be nice to get in the finals for the US. But I know so little about Football/Soccer. That I am no help. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Post Number: 4088
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 3:15 am: | |
I think that the USA will surprise a few people in the World Cup. You'll do OK. It's just a pity you are in the same group as England. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Post Number: 4951
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 9:19 am: | |
I saw a guy wearing this T-shirt in the pub a couple of days ago. I had to admit that it is witty.
Now don't shoot the messenger. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Post Number: 1623
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 12:20 pm: | |
You just had to bring this up again. I thought the World Cup battle had died off. Perhaps Ken (either one) will know who is on the US side. I don't. So all I have to do is join a Scottish based team and I can play on their Cup team? Interesting. At least in Hockey you really have to be a citizen of the country. Go Estonia! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Post Number: 4956
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 1:08 pm: | |
Now hang on there a minute Mike. Just because your wife is away to a wedding doesn't automatically mean that you can have an opinion, does it?
The World Cup is just four weeks away now. Our tellies will be awash with it as each and every game is screened. An endless procession of experts will enlighten us with their pre-match analysis and then eat humble pie in the inevitable post mortems that will ensue. The news and current affairs programmes will be full of it. Every pub will be screening the games too. There will be no escape. Heaven help us.
Incidentally, the list on the T-Shirt is remarkably unbiased. Of the 14 players mentioned, 50% are English. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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Post Number: 1204
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 2:20 pm: | |
The only thing i am waiting for with the World Cup is a penalty battle with England. The Cup Final shows again their ability with penalties. ;-) |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Post Number: 1624
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 7:11 pm: | |
Well for one thing my brief time of being on my own is over. Everyone is home safe. BTW a note for the Kens. On the way to the Jacksonville airport my son spied a very large anaconda. Looks like they are now firmly a part of the community. Now for the Cup. All most of the folks around here will care about is how Mexico is doing. I may watch a little. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Post Number: 4959
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 3:26 am: | |
Sorry your vacation is at an end Mike.
We used to sell snakes many years ago, including a few anacondas. Other shops did too. It was not unusual for us to get called out to go and uplift a snake from someone's garden etc. Either they would escape or people would simply let them free. At least our winters would be too cold for them to survive.
It is widely acknowledged that there are numerous big cats wandering around in the U.K. Very recently a professor guy had a close encounter with a female lion. He said it ran away. I'd not have noticed that as I'd have been running in the opposite direction.
Mexico eh? Alternatively known as Team California no doubt. They are in with a chance of getting into the next round. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Post Number: 1626
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| | Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 10:53 am: | |
Team California. Very true. Every win will be celebrated with large parades. A loss is very serious. Hopefully it won't happen on a bad call.
I have stumbled upon to many snakes in my time. All kinds. Most of the rattlesnakes have already been given the last rites thank goodness. But I have had encounters with live ones. I don't think I would like to meet up with a anaconda though. It could swallow even me. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Post Number: 4965
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 11:31 am: | |
There are only three snakes indigenous to the Uk. Of those only the Adder is venomous. Even that is relatively harmless as it is "rear fanged" unlike your Rattlers and most other venomous snakes that have fangs at the front of their mouths. I have never seen a snake in the wild. Surely they are entitled to their own habitat and shouldn't be persecuted. There are some humans that I'd not afford the same courtesy. We could compile lists. See if we get any matches. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Post Number: 1627
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 1:35 pm: | |
My list would be too long. Unfortunatly I have had to do away with two rattlers myself. One was in my friends garage and it was only luck that I didn't get bit. The others I have seen while playing golf or fishing or out in the desert and I have been very happy to leave them alone. Other snakes I have run into. King Snakes. Albino King snakes. Which are very strange to see. And numerous kinds of garter and striped racers. But I have never run across a coral snake or it's mimic. Which name escapes me at the moment. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Post Number: 4968
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 1:56 pm: | |
There are circumstances when it must be necessary to kill venomous snakes Mike.
There are many beautiful snakes. The ones you forgot the name of are my favourites, the Milk Snakes. Liz and I had a beautiful pair for several years, Honduran Milk Snakes. The female laid eggs fairly often and we did incubate some. The young are almost impossible to feed though.
Ken is FREE! His imprisonment is over!
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Markus Reischl (Markus)
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Post Number: 1207
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 1:57 pm: | |
"I have never seen a snake in the wild."
The question is WHY? Who fears most the snake or you Richard?
BTW we have had today a totally mild (?) evening and i got stuck with my neighbour and 5 8eers and my self made cherry liquor. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Post Number: 1628
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| | Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 3:33 pm: | |
It has always been my opinion that the snake fears anything larger than itself. Now a 20ft Anaconda probably fears nothing. Most of us are happy to leave wild critters to themselves. But sometimes you have no choice. A rattlesnake hiding under boxes in a garage is dangerous. If I could figure anyway to get it back in the wild safely I would. If I am in their territory then they will be left alone.
Now back to the World Cup. I am picking Brazil. Why because they win a lot. And that is the lenght of my knowledge. Is Pele still part of the team? Beckham can be on my team. (Victoria of course) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 3:34 pm: | |
Snakes are pretty uncommon in the UK. The Smooth Snake is not found in Scotland at all. Grass Snakes are absent in large parts of Scotland and Adders are not present everywhere either. The chances of seeing any are slim as they are very secretive by nature. They can easily hide amongst the heather etc. An interesting fact for you.....75% of the world's heather is found in the U.K. It is much rarer than rain forest.
I'm certainly not scared of snakes. I've handled a 1000+. The biggest one was about 3 metres long and about as thick as a woman's thigh. It ate whole rabbits. Dead ones Kathy. In fact none of our snakes got live food.
It was mild here today too Markus. About 14°C. We would tend to say home made cherry liquor, or home brewed if it was 8eer. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 3:42 pm: | |
Yes Mike, Pelé is the Brazilian goalkeeper. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Post Number: 1629
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| | Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 4:28 pm: | |
The goalkeeper? Really. I guess when you get older that's where they put you. See how much I know about soccer/football. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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Post Number: 764
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 5:02 pm: | |
Richard, I think you're "pulling our legs". I don't know much about soccer, but I think he would be too old to play today. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Post Number: 4975
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 5:33 pm: | |
I didn't say he is a young goalkeeper Kathy. He is fantastic. You won't find a single match where he has let in a goal. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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Post Number: 765
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 5:51 pm: | |
Now you have me intrigued. I swear I remember him playing when I was much younger, so he has to be older than I am. I guess I'll have to take your word on this one. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Post Number: 4977
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 7:24 pm: | |
Pelé was born on the 23rd of October, 1940 in Três Corações. His father is the Brazilian centre half. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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Post Number: 766
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 - 9:08 pm: | |
OK. He's about 7 years older than I am. I can barely walk one block, and he's playing in the World Cup. What can I say? |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Post Number: 1630
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 12:45 am: | |
Richard is indeed having some fun with us Kathy. I should tell him about how well Gordy Howe is playing in the Stanley Cup playoffs. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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Post Number: 1209
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 12:54 am: | |
Mike, not only Richard. I enjoy reading your conversations. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Post Number: 4978
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 3:43 am: | |
The Brazilian crowd often pray for Pelé and his dad. "Blessed be the father, the son, between the goalie posts". |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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Post Number: 1358
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 7:11 am: | |
Richard, I appreciate the sentiments. Now my parents no longer will have a MONOPOLY on my time!! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 9:23 am: | |
Glad to have you back Ken. We have a sarcasm imbalance at the moment. Some people have even resorted to talking sense! OMG! |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Post Number: 1631
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| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 12:17 pm: | |
And some are still talking Nonsense. Next you will have us believing Pele's grandfather is at midfield. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 12:48 pm: | |
Pelé's grandfather doesn't play football any more Mike. It's far too strenuous. People of his great age find that golf is about as much as they can manage. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Post Number: 1632
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| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 3:53 pm: | |
Speaking of golf. I won the last tournament I played in. It was an away tournament at a difficult course. I needed all my handicap strokes to do it. Made my entry fee back and almost paid for the gas to get there. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 4:02 pm: | |
Well done Mike!
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 5:13 pm: | |
OK guys. Pick a card. Any card. Remember what it is but don't tell anyone.
Now I want you to think about your card for 20 seconds. I am going to read your mind and make your card disappear.
Follow the link in the next post to see if I know your card. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 5:18 pm: | |
../19/7773.html"#f7f7f7"> | Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 5:33 pm: | |
Tricky tricky tricky. Amazing. Ok. It took me two tries to figure it out. I admit it. I am slow. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 5:37 pm: | |
Not everybody will figure it out.
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Jeralyn Taylor (Annika)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 7:00 pm: | |
Just got back from a trip to Kennedy Space Center, where I watched the final launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis! It was spectacular! Thanks to my daughter's working at another NASA base, we had a permit to park on the base. There are only 2 more launches on the schedule, before the Shuttles are retired. If you have not seen one in person, this is something to check off your Bucket List! |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 8:10 pm: | |
Are you going to tell those of us who didn't figure it out? |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 8:11 pm: | |
Ok. I got it. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 12:37 am: | |
Richard, the trick is as old as the dinosaurus. I don't need your link. I know, which cards there are. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 3:51 am: | |
Sorry Markus, I didn't realize you were as old as that. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 5:50 am: | |
As old as you? Far from it. My Grandma told me. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 6:02 am: | |
Your grandmother! Didn't she play in goal for Bayern Munich? |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 7:01 am: | |
How do you know? We h0ld this as a secret over the centuries. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 9:41 am: | |
Yes. I'd keep quiet about it too. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 7:39 am: | |
3 more days until the big event and still no word from Paul or Trisha????? |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 7:59 am: | |
No Ken.I am not a great follower of football. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 9:53 am: | |
This will never do!
F.I.F.A.
En Francais.....Fédération Internationale de Football Association
Et en Anglais.....International Federation of Association Football
I hope the USA don't send a soccer team! They'd have to be disqualified. Is it likely that by participation in this FOOTBALL extravaganza the US have finally conceded that soccer is only played in the States?
Yes! I have been to the pub. How did you know? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 10:01 am: | |
En español, el fútbol |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 10:02 am: | |
In Deutsch Fußball |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 10:08 am: | |
Português, o futebol |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 10:11 am: | |
Even the Swahilis have got the drop on you guys.....Kwa lugha ya kiswahili, football |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 10:15 am: | |
Oh,dear,dear,dear!
In Afrikaans.......sokker.
Martin Luther King may be turning in his grave. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 1:13 pm: | |
I must really be out of touch. I thought football was only played in the United States. And I hate to tell you soccer fans, football is much more interesting. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 1:15 pm: | |
BTW, did Chicago play the hockey game yet? If not, I'd like to watch it. I'm not a big hockey fan, but I have to root, root, root for the home team. Wait a minute, that's another sport. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 1:49 pm: | |
American Football is played in the USA and practically nowhere else. Football as I have pointed out in several languages is played in every corner of the planet. It is not called "The Beautiful Game" for nothing. Just because Americans have chosen to call it soccer will never change the fact that it is called Football, a game played with a ball and the feet. Go figure. The USA are playing in the FIFA World Cup in a couple of days time. The second F stands for Football. There is no S in the name.
You stated quite correctly that football is much more interesting. The vast majority of people in the world totally agree with you.
Controversy already. Without a ball having been kicked. Yeah! |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 2:02 pm: | |
"Without a ball having been kicked. Yeah!"
Richard, that's not quite correct. Sometimes, they treat the "egg" also with the foot to get a additional point or doing a field-goal (3 points). That happens maximum 10 times a game in a normal game. Mostly about just 5 times. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 2:45 pm: | |
I meant American football is much more interesting. Is that what you meant? I'll take a guess and say "no". |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 6:06 pm: | |
Kathy. Eight o"clock tonight on NBC. We will see if the Hawks can win the Stanley Cup.And I agree with Kathy. American football is much more interesting to watch. Everytime the ball is put into play something can happen. In soccer/football you just have a bunch of guys whining and crying ever time they are touched. And then you have the multiple cheap shots. I know there might be nuiances in the game that I may miss. But generally it can be a snoozer. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 7:08 pm: | |
Just like any sport you have to have a vested interest. Chelsea v Manchester U? Who cares? But 8 years ago when USA was kicking butt and taking names, I got up early in the morning to watch them and root them on! |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 10:12 pm: | |
Well Kathy the Blackhaws win. Since it couldn't be the Ducks or the Kings I am happy it was them. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 3:45 am: | |
Suffice is to say that the vast majority of the world disagree with you.
A few years ago one of our TV channels put on American Football every week. It was so unpopular that it had to be dropped. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 3:50 am: | |
I missed the game, Mike. Didn't check the forum after 5:00 CST. I bet Chicago must have went wild. Portage, Indiana, where I live, is considered a suburb of Chicago, and so it is our team too. Now, if we could just get the Cubs going, but that's the impossible dream. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 4:06 am: | |
American Football is a lot like Bullfighting. It's hardly caught on anywhere except where it originated. Nor is it likely to.
Given your changing population, how long do you think it will be before California gets its first bullring? (Arnold has been talking bull for some time now).  |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 4:13 am: | |
The day that any state gets a bullring is the day I'll renounce my US citizenship. But I don't think it could ever happen here. We've got very powerful animal rights groups. When I was young, my father started watching a bullfight on the TV. I started crying, and even he had to turn it off. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 4:31 am: | |
Bullfighting has been one of the most popular sports in Mexico for over 400 years. Given that some of your southern states are getting flooded with Mexicans to such an extent that council meetings are conducted in Spanish, it seems likely that they will foist this upon you under "discrimination" or "racial intolerance" legislation. Something akin to the relentless spread of mosques into Christian countries.
How long before you get your first Spanish president too? You've already got a Kenyan one. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 4:38 am: | |
Do you really think that a country (the US) that makes cockfighting illegal is going to legalize bullfighting? I've been to Mexico. I was there for about 10 minutes before I made my husband take me back home. They can keep they're customs, but they can't bring them here. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 4:59 am: | |
It seems to me that we said much the same about mosques and burkas. Now they are everywhere. It appears to me that we always let these people have their own way simply to keep the peace. It's not impossible that California or some other state will demand independence from the USA.
I'd hate to be alive 100 years from now. It's going to be a horrible new world. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 5:21 am: | |
On that I agree with you, Richard. But in my opinion, it's already a horrible world. Why do you think I'm always crying. It's not only my life that's tragic. It's the whole world's life, especially in the US which no longer resembles anything it used to stand for. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 5:24 am: | |
I'm going back to bed. I woke up with my usual headache, and it won't go away. Talk to you later today when I'm back from the senior center where lately I've had to fight off the advances of lecherous old men. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 7:26 am: | |
You have a fan club Kathy????? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 7:33 am: | |
Here is another old guy for you. He should cheer you up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgontSmBwv4 |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 1:57 pm: | |
Yes, I have a fan club, but I keep losing members as soon as I say the word "no". Still, they keep coming. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 6:16 pm: | |
I found Richard a job! They want somebody to teach the international umpires working the World Cup English swear words so they would know whether to penalize the players or not! (I would have posted this sooner but can you believe that my job blocks this site? The HORROR!!!) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 4:35 am: | |
Top of my list of offensive words would be "job" Ken. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 6:16 am: | |
Joint top would be "soccer". |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 7:24 am: | |
Don't you mean "football"? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 8:02 am: | |
Second top would be "on your bike".
Speaking of which, I'm going to be on mine on tuesday. We're leaving for a few days R&R on Mull soon after the funeral. Liz needs to unwind.
I don't know how many football matches I'm going to miss in the Football World Cup. I'll find a pub and watch the USA football team playing football against the England football team. A footballing feast. I'll not be around to take a few free kicks at all any sundry. I'll have to leave that to you and Mike, Ken. The balls are in your non-tennis court. Do you reckon that anyone will get booked for dribbling round the referee? Ungentlemanly conduct it's called.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDRBDX3nt_o |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 12:44 pm: | |
Here's an interesting story I just read about happenings in the World Cup.
http://www.comcast.net/articles/sports-soccer/2010 0611/WCup-US-Elephant/&cid=hero_side1/ |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 12:51 pm: | |
Drivers should be aware that any piles of elephant droppings at road junctions should be treated as mini-roundabouts. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 1:03 pm: | |
Here's another tidbit I just picked up.
http://www.romereports.com/palio/Vatican-reveals-i ts-favorites-for-the-2010-World-Cup-in-South-Afric a-english-2253.html |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 1:08 pm: | |
"the Pope's official bets are on Spain, Brazil, Argentina or England to be world champions"!!!!
The Pope gambles!!!!
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Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 1:10 pm: | |
I just report the news. I don't analyze it. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 4:07 pm: | |
Good one Kathy. Richard will have to Mull that one around for a while. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 4:16 pm: | |
Do you mean at the pub? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 5:26 pm: | |
I was merely pointing out that you should not believe everything you see of hear even if does appear to come from a source you trust, in this case Rome Reports. It will be interesting to see how accurately they report the abuse problem. It gives a whole new meaning to "suffer little children" etc.
We've been to Mull a couple of times previously Mike. The last time we took another ferry from there across to Iona. I was surprised that there is a pub on that tiny island.
On our Orkney trip we took an additional ferry from there onto Rousay. A local described it to me as "A great place. Two pub5 and nae polis". |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 6:35 pm: | |
I know you will have a good time on your trip. I won't be there. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 9:07 pm: | |
I have only one thing to say and then no more. Sexual abuse occurs in every facet of society, including all religious and secular organizations. The Catholic Church doesn't ho/d a patent on it.
You're not going on a trip again so soon, are you? It gets mighty lonely here without you. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 10:13 pm: | |
I heard on the news tonight that the U.S. has beaten England before in the past, so I'm taking back my prediction. I now predict the U.S. will be the winner tomorrow. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 3:34 am: | |
My final word too. Sexual abuse has been rife amongst priests in all corners of the world since further back than I can remember. It's been swept under the carpet for decades and the perpetrators allowed to get off Scot free. Victims are no longer prepared to tolerate it so the church has finally been forced into reluctant action. What kind of people did they think they were going to recruit when celibacy is mandatory? Their views on contraception are equally ridiculous. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 5:28 am: | |
If celibacy was the problem, how do you explain the abuse of Protestant ministers which is higher than priests? Richard, you frighten me in your seemingly hatred of the Church. Will we eventually be treated as the Jews were by the Nazi's? Just a thought. You can disagree over our views on contraception, but to call them ridiculous is not right. Maybe if you knew the reason for our views, you would understand. I respect you and think you are a fair person. Why not try and see both sides of the issue and then make up your mind? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 6:33 am: | |
I didn't even mention the Catholic church Kathy. I have no doubt that abuse of this nature is not unique to them. In denominations that do not demand celibacy it would be interesting to know what percentage of the abusers were married (to a person of the opposite seks).
I do not hate the church. I gave practically everything in my mother's house to them. I hate many of the people they employ. Ministers and/or priests are preying on the vulnerable in a premeditated manner. Emotionally disturbed people should be able to trust them implicitly, but they can't.
As regards contraception, what possible reason can the church have for denying that choice to people in third world countries who can hardly feed themselves far less another baby? |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 6:39 am: | |
"Will we eventually be treated as the Jews were by the Nazi's?"
Why didn't you write "Will we eventually be treated as the Blacks and the Indians by the white people in America."? ('Which still happens!)
I am knowing that it went wrongly in Germany, when i was visiting the USA, i am not so sure they do.
"Why not try and see both sides of the issue and then make up your mind?"
I am sure, RICHARD can see both sides of an issue, ...
That will be the only post from me to this issue again, that means no answer in this forum necessary. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 7:30 am: | |
Yes. Let's confine it to history.
Tonight..........USA v England. I'm looking forward to it. The USA are massive underdogs. Theoretically they shouldn't have a ghoster. But, as Jimmy Greaves once said, "It's a funny old game".
Let's not be to quick to prejudge the outcome. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 11:17 am: | |
I won't say anything more about it. BTW, thanks for all of your criticisms. Just what I needed today. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 3:31 pm: | |
England 1 USA 1. Most of the play was by the English. US was playing defense all the way through the second half. (which was all I watched) Lots of players standing around. Not much movement to get into the open. The foul calls all seemed legit to me. Still. A lot of crying. A player gets nicked on the ankle and starts waving his hands around and yelling at the other player. The same player will then kick an opponent in the groin. (sorry Kathy) and wonder why everyone is upset. That's football/soccer to me. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 3:49 pm: | |
Well well! And well done. The USA played well enough, against a team that fancied their chances of winning the competition. On this evidence they have no chance.
The only hand waving that I saw was from players to the ref, asking why there was no foul given. Some players feign injury in an attempt to get opponents sent off. This is becoming less frequent as they themselves are often sent off for trying this "professional foul". Many players get very seriously injured every season. One foul can cause permanent damage. More than a few have been killed.
I was surprised to see that one of your substitutes was born in Aberdeen to Scottish/English parents. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 6:10 pm: | |
Rooney was the most visible in the hand waving department in what I saw. And he did his own share of hard play. It will get worse as the games go along. For all teams. But that is the way it goes. We call the "professional foul" here as "diving". It happens mostly in hockey. But basket/ball is another sport where it happens. Often called a "flop" too. Having the Scotsman may be a good omen. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 1:41 am: | |
I found another goalkeeper for England.
http://www.gifbin.com/983745
(I couldn't upload the gif, i don't know why, but always failed.)
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 4:11 am: | |
Surely you are not saying that the English keeper wasn't up to the job Markus. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 4:17 am: | |
Surely not. How you dare i could say that.  |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 4:18 am: | |
Surely not. How you dare i could say that. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 5:00 am: | |
There are several Professional Fouls. "Diving" is when a player has been fouled and he dives forward into the penalty box when the foul has happened outside. Getting a penalty is usually a massive advantage. It's become rarer because refs have finally cottoned on to it. With so many cameras focussed on the action all the time it is becoming difficult to get off with this kind of thing. Players like Thierry Henry have been branded as cheats for cynical fouls. They all know that they may fool the ref but they can't fool the cameras. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 5:15 am: | |
In case you missed it (like Robert Green).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17_d84H5UC4 |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 7:15 am: | |
The link didn't work. FIFA has canceled it. But I didn't miss it. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 7:17 am: | |
Is this the same man or a twin?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7vO_aV53ks |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 8:57 am: | |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji3iGd10c9s |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 8:15 pm: | |
Germany did well Markus. Who do they play next? What kind of team does Slovenia have? |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010 - 1:17 am: | |
They play against Serbia, but don't ask me about them. Serbia has to win, because they lost against Ghana. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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| | Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010 - 2:28 am: | |
It's only the second time that Slovenia has played in the World Cup EVER, and since they beat Algeria, they are leading the US and England's bracket. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010 - 10:04 am: | |
If.....make that WHEN Germany win their group they will play whoever is second in the England/USA/Ghana/Slovenia group. I'd bet the England fans are hoping to avoid that clash. Therefore England HAVE to win their group. Second means playing Germany, and third or fourth means they are heading home.
Don't blink. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 1:14 am: | |
Richard, i don't fear it could be England after the first games in that group.
"I'd bet the England fans are hoping to avoid that clash. Therefore England HAVE to win their group."
Another possibility is to loose their group.  |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 1:34 am: | |
In an England v Germany clash I would forecast a score of 1-3 in favour of Germany. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 1:51 am: | |
Who should shoot the goal for England? Ah, i forgot, the Germans score again 4 goals. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 11:01 pm: | |
Interesting game today between South Africa and Uraguay. A red card and a penalty kick. Other than that just a 90min commercial for Riccola. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 4:50 am: | |
I didn't see the commercial for Riccola (or were you being funny?), but on the news I did see the people in a parade with their horns and dancing some sort of funny dance. It was hilarious. I felt like I was watching a Riccola commercial. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 9:56 pm: | |
You figured it out Kathy. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 18, 2010 - 3:55 pm: | |
WE WERE ROBBED!!!
Where is Richard when we need righteous indignation? He can do it better than anybody! |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 18, 2010 - 4:08 pm: | |
Ken, you are right. It was a robbery. None of the german experts could it understand. How good it would have been, if the USA would have scored 3 points. Now they have to win against Algeria. I don't think that England can win Slovenia. Only with a lot of luck. That means, Ken, there is a lot of hope and you have both of my thumbs, even when i am at that time in Bulgaria. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 18, 2010 - 4:23 pm: | |
I have seen the replays. I have no idea what the ref saw. There was holding and shoving on both sides. I hope Richard had a chance to see it. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 18, 2010 - 5:18 pm: | |
I don't think so. Holding and shoving was mostly from the Slovenian side. Only one American were holding a little. When he wouldn't, he would have fallen down. Would he have got a penalty? As long as the referee did not explain, what was wrong from the American side no one will understand. But as you said, Mike, maybe Richard have seen more, as we are used with solving games. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 18, 2010 - 5:31 pm: | |
The only thing I saw was that the goal scorer pushed off the defender a little. But it was very minor. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 2:16 am: | |
Then you saw more than me and the german experts. They all said, that the man who scored the goal did nothing. And you can believe they watched all possible slow motions several times. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 2:28 am: | |
I don't know if you saw the game between Germany and Serbia. All said after the game, that it was a very fair game (also the Serbia players didn't understand the yellow-red-card for Klose). Just 26 fouls, BUT 9 yellow cards. When you have a closer look onto the referees in this World Cup, then i must say, i didn't see so far one, that he is right to be at work in South Africa. Sometimes it is very odd what say see. That makes no fun watching games.
BUT maybe i am one week free of this problem, because i am from tomorrow on for one week on vacation in Bulgaria. On the other side, i am sure they will have TV-s or big screens and they surely will show every game. But it is much more relaxing to watch a game from the pool sight with a cocktail (or two or three or...) in your hand.  |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 1:33 pm: | |
When I see the whole play from the beginning. I see a push off from the goal scorer. Which as I said was very minor. Read VERY. There was also an American player holding onto a Slovenian player. But there were also two Slovenians who had US players well wrapped up. So the goal should have counted. We will never know what the Referee saw or thought he saw. Have fun in Bulgaria. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 1:47 pm: | |
Are they saying Edu was offside? BULL! |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 3:14 pm: | |
No. All say, the goal should have counted.
Thanks! (All wishes!) |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 12:15 pm: | |
Congratulation USA. It would have been unfair if America wouldn'thave done it with in Summary 2 regulare scored goals. The referees in this world cup are blind as bats. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 7:09 pm: | |
USA!!! USA!!! USA!!! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 - 1:07 pm: | |
Who would have put money on USA winning their group? I thought they could well get second spot, but FIRST????
I've seen all their games and they played well in every one of them. They were ROBBED more than once, but these things have a habit of leveling themselves out. Maybe their next opponents will have a good goal disallowed.
I was happy that France got knocked out. They STOLE Ireland's place.
No input from Paul or Trisha!!! Strange! I saw two of the England games in separate pubz. Almost everyone was rooting for them. They were playing so far beneath what they are capable of it was like watching Scotland in disguise. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 - 1:28 pm: | |
Welcome home. I guess everything went fairly well since you were gone for a while. Hope Liz was able to relax and have fun. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 - 1:58 pm: | |
Thanks Mike, we had a great time. We had only intended spending about 5 days on Mull and going home for my dental appointment, but the weather was so good that I phoned and cancelled it. We spent a day on Ardnamurchan when we got off Mull and then on to the World Heritage site at New Lanark before spending the rest at our favourite haunt of Dirleton. Liz had an exceptionally lazy day when we took the train into Edinburgh and visited the Royal Yacht Britannia and then Hollyrood Palace. We could quite easily have stayed away for another week. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 - 3:56 pm: | |
Sounds like a great trip. Looking forward to the pictures. I forgot to ask. How are the Vuvuzela lessons going? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 - 4:21 pm: | |
Glad you brought the vuvuzela subject up. I firmly believe that these should be inserted in such a manner that only an inch or so protrudes. They are an abominable racket and have ruined this World Cup. Nothing can equal tens of thousands of fans singing their own team's anthems. Watch this and tell me I'm wrong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awositUJYLM |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 - 4:29 pm: | |
The combined choirs of Liverpool and Celtic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfgqi-UahE8&feature =related
Vovozelas!............Give me peace! |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 - 6:12 pm: | |
I understand there will be a new vuvuzela, pipes, and drums catagory in the World Pipe Championships this year. I don't think they will be played from the position you suggested though. Although it would be interesting. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 - 8:00 pm: | |
Did you guys hear about the woman you tore her windpipe blowing her vuvuzela at one of the matches? She's on a liquid diet for 2 weeks and can't talk, either. (Insert sexist Richard comment here!)
Welcome back, friend!
P.S. GO USA!!!! BEAT GHANA!!!!
P.P.S. Any predictions on the England-Germany match? Richard? Markus? |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 - 8:11 pm: | |
I saw on the news tonight that there is an octopus in Germany that correctly predicts things, and he predicted Germany would win. I'm not kidding. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 2:28 am: | |
Hi Ken, Glad that you are enjoying some of the football. Cop a load of this............
After correctly forecasting the 4-0 Germany score I predicted that England and Germany would both qualify and meet in the second round. I still fancy Germany to win, but England were quite impressive in their final game, so a score of 2:1 in favour of Germany may be nearer.
I was sitting in the boozer at Dirleton with a good friend of mine watching the last England game. He had his red England top on. I had to get to the bar two hours earlier than normal to give him my support. The sacrifices I make for my friends!!!!
I hope the woman who tore her throat gets a vovozela from her husband at Christmas. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 2:33 am: | |
BTW Ken, Ghana are no mugs. Anything better than a 2-0 score in Ghana's favour would be a GREAT result for your guys. I hope it's a draw. USA might do pretty well with penalties. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 2:48 am: | |
Ghana knocked us out of the World Cup 4 years ago, so we have REVENGE on our minds!! |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 3:36 am: | |
No German doubt that we will win the game against England. If in normal time or after penalties does not matter. They all believe that history will repeat. That means bad signs for England. I am not so sure. Only when Germany can score an early goal it will be quite sure that they will win. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 3:44 am: | |
I agree Markus. I'd not bet any money on the outcome. A single piece of good/bad luck could swing the result in either direction.
But if it is a draw then Germany are almost certain to win the penalty shoot-out. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 3:50 am: | |
Here's the article about the World Cup prediction.
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/06/26/psychicoctopus- predicts-germany-to-win-againstengland.html |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 4:57 am: | |
I predict that Team USA will give me something my own mother can't (or won't) give me: a clean sheet! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 5:10 am: | |
Tell her to try Persil. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 5:13 am: | |
Since no one seems interested in my prediction, I guess I'll go back to bed. I'm only trying to contribute guys. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 5:50 am: | |
The article appears to have been thought up just to get some free publicity Kathy. The octopus maybe just preferred the colour of one of the flags. I'd like to see how it would cope with a drawn game. The octopus lives in Germany, so it would be reasonable to think that whoever put the food in the boxes would put its favourite food in the box he/she wanted to be chosen.
They should have done it with a similar sea creature so that they could have said that they were Squids in after backing all the predictions. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 1:05 pm: | |
I'll stick my neck out and say USA by 2 - 0. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 1:10 pm: | |
I have a trivia question for you guys. What country has won the most World Cups? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 1:16 pm: | |
Almost everyone from each continent where football (as opposed to soccer)is played will answer that one without hesitation Kathy. They are also the only team to have played in every World Cup. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 1:19 pm: | |
I see you know the answer. I didn't know it. I just found out. We'll see who comes up with the answer first besides you. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 1:22 pm: | |
Humor me, Richard. Another bad day for me. I'm trying to have some fun. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 1:30 pm: | |
Which is the greater? The number of states in USA or the number of countries in Africa? |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 1:52 pm: | |
Is this a trick question because Africa is a continent and the USA is part of a continent? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 2:10 pm: | |
A straight question. Do you think there are more States in the USA than there are serarate countries in Africa? Alternatively are there more than 50 countries in the continent of Africa? |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 2:28 pm: | |
I'll have to start writing them down. So if someone else knows the answer, be my guest. This could take me all night without cheating (which I would never do). |
paul forsdick (Pondpaul)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 3:41 pm: | |
I think there are about 57 in Africa but could be more or less if you include 2 Congo's you may or not include Western Sahara ( I think this is disputed) you may also add Mauritius and Madagascar although these are in the Indian ocean |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 3:51 pm: | |
You knew all that!!!! |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 4:41 pm: | |
This should be in the Trivia thread. Name the countries of Africa. I'll play Kathy. How about Brazil. No chance left for the USA today. All done. Good game though. And I learned a little more about football. The attacking sides goaltender can get into the play. But can he take possession of the ball with his hands? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 5:29 pm: | |
The goalkeeper can only handle the ball inside his own goal area Mike. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 7:36 pm: | |
Mike, you're right about Brazil. Sorry about the soccer game. I just got home from church and read the bad news. As for naming the countries of Africa, how many do you have to get right to be the winner? See you in the trivia thread if I get inspired. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 10:24 pm: | |
Richard. Does that mean he can touch the ball with his hands but not take possession? Otherwise why did he go after the ball with his hand? Kathy. I don't know how many countries would make a winner. Just knowing some of the obscure ones should count for a lot. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 2:58 am: | |
The goalkeeper is only allowed to handle the ball within his own goal area, otherwise it is a foul. The only time you are liable to see a goalie in the opposition half is in the dying minutes when a single goal would change the result. If he handled the ball in these circumstances he would probably be sent off for making a professional foul.
Brazil is in Africa? The things I've learned in this forum. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 9:02 am: | |
The Germany v England match has not kicked off yet but my back is up already!
"Now the National Anthem of England" came over the tannoys, followed by a rousing rendition of "God Save The Queen". It took decades to educate the England fans not to use the Union Jack as the England flag. How long will it take them to stop using the British National Anthem? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 11:52 am: | |
I actually felt sorry for the England fans who'd traveled all the way to South Africa. Fabbio Crapello should reimburse each and every one of them after his team's dreadful display against Germany,(in particular).
It came as a relief that their disallowed goal was not the whole reason they lost. With all the technology at the match it should have been automatic that the decision was reviewed immediately. Disgraceful! |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 12:48 pm: | |
But as you said, maximum 25 minutes of played a little better wasn't good enough for us and i don't think, that the not given 2:2 would have made England a winner. BTW Capello said in an interview after the match, that his team has made a good game. Richard, please tell me, what game did he watch?
And i was nearly right with my 4 goals from Germans in your 3:1 forecast: it would have been our goalkeeper who didn't look well by the 2:1 .
Who will be the next? Argentina or Mexico? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 1:05 pm: | |
Capello needs new glasses. The English TV panelists agreed that England were lucky not to have been beaten by a bigger margin. On a positive note no England fans have been arrested during the whole tournament.
Argentina to beat Mexico by one goal in a very tight and maybe bad tempered game. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 1:12 pm: | |
I fear you are right. But maybe is Argentina better than Mexico, because they are then the favorites and not Germany.
Do you know what Kathy's octopus did forecast? |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 2:24 pm: | |
It's no fun to watch the games with such referees. The next game with an important wrong decision in favour of Argentina. I can understand that the Mexicans are angry. |
paul forsdick (Pondpaul)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 3:22 pm: | |
I went off football when Maradonna punched the ball into the net, all those world cups ago and was credited with a goal. They should have video referees to stop all these obvious errors like most sports.
still I did not watch any of the world cup today but watched England beating Australia at cricket to go to an unbeatable 3-0 lead |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 5:58 pm: | |
Thank you, Markus. I knew my octopus story was important, but no one believed me. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 6:16 pm: | |
Thought you'd be interested in this article about today's World Cup regarding England's loss.
http://www.comcast.net/worldcup/story.asp?i=201006 27192657560000101&ref=rec&tm=&src=IFB |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 11:50 am: | |
On TV just now, courtesy of Basil Brush..................
What's the difference between the England football team and a tea-bag?
The tea-bag stays in the cup longer. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 7:20 pm: | |
How about this one: Germany heard an errant whistle and thinking the half was over, left the pitch, and it still took England 10 minutes to score. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 1:13 am: | |
Do you really think they can do it in 10 minutes? (Ah, they change Rooney against another player.) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 10:38 am: | |
The whole squad looked tired and jaded. We all KNOW what they are capable of having seen them in domestic and European matches over the years. Too long a season? Too hot? Too much noise? ............ Too much money?
Their fans were robbed. Fabbio Crapello should be wearing a mask.
Other star players have also flopped. Ronaldo! Dreadful. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 4:05 pm: | |
Just a question. Who is in charge at FIFA? The Marx Brothers? |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 4:13 pm: | |
An old dinosaur from Swiss. As long as he still survive nothing will change. We have to hope for the next century, but then maybe only Richard is still alive. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 4:56 pm: | |
He will be well pickeled. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 5:14 pm: | |
Pickled? Sounds like sour grapes to me.
The next World Cup is in Brazil in 4 years. I would put a LOT of money on the 2018 one being in USA. Bill Clinton wasn't in South Africa to negotiate a franchise for vuvuzelas. He was sitting beside Mick Jagger! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 5:16 pm: | |
You'll note that they didn't send George Bush. He'd have bought the darned things. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 6:56 pm: | |
No! PICKELED! That means unable to spell the word. Peckeled, Packeled no Peppered oh wait Pickled. Which is what I will be if we have the World Cup here. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 2:24 am: | |
It's been calculated that hosting it cost South Africa 3.5 billion pounds. We know that American tax-payers are awash with money. You guys can afford it. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 5:42 am: | |
I hope you're joking, Richard. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 5:51 am: | |
Money is one of the very few things that I don't joke about Kathy. Deadly serious I'm afraid. Your big-shot politicians will stitch you all up as usual. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 12:12 pm: | |
I must take a different approach here Richard. Public funds are not given out like they once were for sporting events. That's one reason why Los Angeles cannot get an (American) Football team. The Olympics that have been hosted here have been privately funded. Now that does not mean that the government in their wisdom  could not try to do it. But it is against the peoples wishes. Also remember that Soccer/football is not that popular here. It was interesting to me that there were not that many US players with Latin names. I am guessing that not enough Hispanics are able to get into College programs and the fact that we have no semi-professional or amatuer leagues to bring them out. Or very very few anyway. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 12:16 pm: | |
One other thought. It would still cost the federal, state and city money in the end for extra protection. So who knows how much public money would be spent. But most of the cost would have to come from the private sector |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 12:17 pm: | |
I get the Vuvuzelas concession. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 12:26 pm: | |
I get the vuvuzelas concussion. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 1:18 pm: | |
I misunderstood you, Richard. I thought you meant that we, the tax payers, have a lot of money. Actually, most of us now with this recession are hardly making ends meet. The rich in the US only constitute 10%. Right now, we're mostly lower middle class, with a lot of us unemployed. So we can't afford it. And I don't know if it's made public or not, but there are more and more poor people in the US every day. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 1:37 pm: | |
It's the politicians who think that the public are awash with money, some kind of bottomless pit, not me. They play games of one-upmanship with politicians from other countries. Coming out on top is all that matters, beating the others. Then they'll think about how they are going to raise the money.
The USA might fare better than many other countries that have hosted the games. You definitely have more than enough stadiums. No need to built more you'd think. The biggest outlay would be with security. Thousands of foreigners arriving in your country would be ideal cover for terrorists and illegals. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 1:46 pm: | |
Are there any countries anywhere where the economy is not in trouble at this point in time? I'm sure you know the US has more than a trillion dollar debt, and I hear the global economy is bad. I was just wondering if any country knew how to manage better than the rest of us. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 1:57 pm: | |
I think that every country in the "developed world" is in the same boat. The knock on effect is that they spend less money and this affects "third world" countries too. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 6:07 pm: | |
Our printing press for making money works better than any other countries. And our government is really good at spending more than they have. But we could make a list of other countries that do a good job of spending too. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 6:28 pm: | |
The USA may be in a relatively better position than you think.The late news programme I watched tonight is forecasting another huge financial meltdown encompassing most of the Euro Zone banks including Germany. More than half of the German population want to ditch the Euro and return to the Deutschmark. The trouble is that they are owed so much money by other EEC countries that doing so would be a disaster for them too. Troubled times ahead. (Except for the fat cats).
Here is the sport's headline of the decade from one of the English newspapers today. Andy Murray, "Flower of England". You couldn't make it up. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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| | Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 9:01 pm: | |
Wouldn't the meltdown you're talking about affect the US? I think we're in a very precarious position too, and our President is only making it worse. We're in for another recession, and we haven't even gotten out of the present one. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Friday, July 02, 2010 - 5:31 pm: | |
Interesting finish to today's Ghana/Uraguay match. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Friday, July 02, 2010 - 5:58 pm: | |
A tragic ending for Ghana Mike. Yet again it has been demonstrated that cheating can win a game. What message has this sent out to everybody who plays football/soccer? The guy who got sent off for blocking a certain goal is now a hero in Uruguay. The guy who missed the last minute penalty will have nightmares about it for ever. The goal should have been awarded. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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| | Posted on Friday, July 02, 2010 - 6:08 pm: | |
Richard. I really don't think the guy from Uraguay should be called for cheating. It was a reaction to a hard shot. I doubt he had time to think. Of course he should have taken it in the head or face. Perhaps a rule change is in order. Indeed a lot of rule changes. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 1:45 am: | |
No, Mike, it was clearly no reaction. He wanted to play the ball with the hands for not to get the goal.
Richard, the Ghana player maybe will have nightmares, but the African fans are more mad. He has to fear for his life. When i remember right, then one African player (don't ask from which country) cannot play anymore football, because of fans who injured him so badly because of a game he wasn't playing well and the team didn't win because of that. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 4:29 am: | |
I also remember this guy........Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga (13 March 1967 - 2 July 1994) was a Colombian footballer who was shot and killed in Medellín. It is widely believed that he was murdered due to his own goal in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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| | Posted on Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 5:10 am: | |
Richard, i didn't meant that guy in Colombia. I really heard of an African player. He is not dead, but got badly injured. I think it was because of a game in the Africa Cup. But maybe i remember wrong. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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| | Posted on Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 5:41 am: | |
I knew we were talking about different players Markus. I tried to find the African player but couldn't. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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Username: Markus
Post Number: 1404
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 7:20 am: | |
As i said, maybe i remember wrong. What i am sure is, that the player got death threats (?). If then also something happens i cannot tell. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5308
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 10:43 am: | |
Deutschland,Deutschland über Argentinien!!!!! |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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Username: Markus
Post Number: 1406
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 1:27 pm: | |
After the question: Who is Rooney?
I must ask: Who is Messi?
BTW the yellow card against Müller was not fair. When i saw right, he didn't play the ball with his hand, Messi did. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5309
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 1:33 pm: | |
Maradonna was quoted as saying that European teams are not good enough to win the World Cup.
I can't wait to see Germany in action again. 4 against Australia,4 against England, 4 against Argentina! Next! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5310
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 1:33 pm: | |
Maradonna was quoted as saying that European teams are not good enough to win the World Cup.
I can't wait to see Germany in action again. 4 against Australia,4 against England, 4 against Argentina! Next! |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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Username: Markus
Post Number: 1407
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 1:57 pm: | |
I hope Paraguay, but it will be Spain. The next Final-game. And then, against Holland. Thanks to god, that this is then the last final-game for the Germans.
BTW it is first time since long, that it is really interesting watching the Germans play football. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5311
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 2:09 pm: | |
They attack very quickly out of defence. They are a joy to watch. They have made fools out of some very famous players. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5314
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 7:23 am: | |
Dear Mr.Maradonna,
Please let us know how many European teams are left in the World Cup. This may help to refresh your memory. A messi business for you and your team eh?
The Netherlands should make short work of Uruguay Markus,(0:2)maybe. Germany should beat Spain (3:1) perhaps. But the final!!! That will be trickier to predict.
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Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1046
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 8:17 am: | |
Has everybody but me stopped playing PGS while the World Cup is going on? It's getting kind of lonely here. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5315
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 8:23 am: | |
I've even had to resort to playing my own PGS games Kathy! Is everyone on a winning streak.
BTW,
The is much more tennis on our TV than football at the moment. Wimbledon! |
Jeralyn Taylor (Annika)
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Username: Annika
Post Number: 166
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 8:56 am: | |
I play PGS and/or Act Sol every day. No interest in soccer.
Happy Independence Day! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5316
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 9:15 am: | |
There's a coincidence. I've no interest in soccer either. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1047
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 9:35 am: | |
Wimbledon! How long does that last? Sports are not my forte. I'm on a winning streak in a couple of my games, but a couple of them are hard, but I know everyone seems to be following the World Cup, so I've been trying to tackle them myself or else lose them. Yes to all our US members, Happy 4th of July! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5318
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 9:53 am: | |
I didn't verify this Kathy, but I found "21st June to 4th July 2010" on one website. There is continuous coverage on BBC (in particular) for several hours per day. I'm not a big sports fan either. The World Cup in the exception and even then I just pick a few matches that have particular interest to me. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5319
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 9:56 am: | |
I am busy with other things. I've been giving Liz English lessons. Today I taught her what the Y in D.I.Y. stands for. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1048
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 10:02 am: | |
I wish I could do more, but when you're basically a shut-in without much energy or strength to do much, things like PGS help my day go faster. Believe me, I'd much rather read all day but can't because of my eyes. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1748
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 12:55 pm: | |
You must have been at the public house. Hence all the comments on my photos. Or was it in response to my one little comment on someone boring a certain doctor to death. I am surprised there was no comment in here about the Spain/Paraguay match. Another strange one. I am playing PGS and 101. I had another case of somebody posting a bunch of hands to go into #1 in Agnes Bernauer. With a winning percentage of 26.4% to my 65%. I just could not stand it. I really have to find something else to do. Although I have been reading US Grants memoirs. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1049
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 1:05 pm: | |
I read that Grant was not a very effective president and that he drank a lot. Let me know your opinion of him when you're finished with the book. BTW, biographies are my favorite books. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1749
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 1:15 pm: | |
One myth I think should be put to rest. He did not drink a lot. The rumor game from a newspaper man who got it from another officer who Grant had to reprimand. And who, like some newspaper men today, ran the story. All through the civil was the northern newspapers did not exactly report the truth on lots of things. In fact they were were rather negative. And the southern ones overplayed every southern victory and called losses wins. More later. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1750
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 1:16 pm: | |
The rumor CAME. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5320
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 1:25 pm: | |
I didn't watch the Spain match Mike, hence the lack of comments. No, I rarely go to the pub at weekends, or evenings come to that, except when we're away. Your comment was accepted in the manner it was given. BTW, do YOU have any pink pants?
You'll never learn with those stats. There are people out there who will stoop to anything to top a table, but to do it with a pathetic percentage is bewildering. "LOOK AT ME! See how STUPID I am?". I'm playing Madame at the moment. Un oiseau in the hand is worth two of George Bush.
Apart from that WE are decorating. Suggestions for Thomas for words that should be banned would be, DIY, Gloss paint. emulsion paint, vinyl silk paint and magenta. How is it possible to send a woman out for a specific colour of paint and for her to come home with something totally different. Do they just like the sound of the word magenta? And why did she have to open it and have a look at it when she got home? You open it, you have to keep it. The result is that the woodwork will be practically the same colour as the wallpaper we bought for the bedroom a few months ago. It's still lying in the cupboard. Never mind, I'm sure WE will think of something we can do with it. Now we need new paper. Thank God I have the dentist tomorrow. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5321
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 1:28 pm: | |
The rumour came, the rumour game. Many a true word. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1050
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 2:51 pm: | |
I don't see the point of playing 101 if stats can that easily be maneuvered. Even though you're playing the game for fun, the effort you put into it should be rewarded with an honest score. I'm glad I didn't put out the money and order 101 after my trial version ran out. You know how frustrated I get with the cheaters. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5323
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 3:02 pm: | |
The thing is they are not cheating. In 101 it is possible to be top of a table without winning a single game. You just need to amass a high points total by playing a silly amount of games. The people below you could have 100% record and you a 0% one. I've never been able to see any logic in it. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1051
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 3:18 pm: | |
This issue may be one for the psychiatrists. Why be illogical when playing a game just to see your name at the top of the scoreboard? What deep dark secrets are there to be uncovered in such people. Or maybe they are just jerks. Oops. I guess I shouldn't say that, especially on Sunday. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5324
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 3:42 pm: | |
Allow me..........jerks! |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1052
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 3:51 pm: | |
Thank you. BTW, how is the weather in your neck of the woods? It's 92 degrees here, and I think my brain is melting. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5326
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 4:35 pm: | |
It's about 12°C at the moment. It is forecast to be 19°C (66°F) tomorrow. We had about 40 minutes of the most torrential rain earlier this afternoon. The force was akin to a fire-hose! Incredible. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
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Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1054
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2010 - 6:10 pm: | |
We had that type of rain all last week. Within 5 minutes, it rained so hard, I had 3 inches of rain on my patio. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1420
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 7:26 am: | |
Markus, nobody here in the States is giving Germany a chance. They say Spain is too experienced. Do you want to post a rebuttal? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5354
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 7:31 am: | |
Germany to win EASILY.
A rebuttal? Is that some kind of slimming cosmetic surgery? |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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Username: Markus
Post Number: 1421
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 8:54 am: | |
When our defensive is playing well, then we will win. When they play badly, then penalties. When they play worse, then we will loose. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1424
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 5:40 pm: | |
My boss (who loves football) let me take time off this afternoon to watch the match ( as long as I wouldn't get her in trouble by blabbing about it). Worth working overtime to pay back the time. What a match!
Can't wait for Sunday!
(If Spain or Netherlands can win a World Cup, is Richard visiting the States very far behind?) |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1760
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 6:14 pm: | |
It was a good match. But not for Markus. At least the winning goal was a fair one. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5374
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 6:14 pm: | |
Glad you enjoyed it Ken, but in all honesty I've seen a great number of better games. At least there will be a new name on the trophy no matter who wins. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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Username: Markus
Post Number: 1425
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 2:13 am: | |
Yesterday you saw, why all experts have claimed (?) the Spain team for the best in the world in the last 2 to 3 years. They devided (?) the room perfectly and you can only win against them, when you move a lot and very fast. That was that, what the Germans did so far, but not yesterday and that's why they lost. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1430
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 4:30 pm: | |
I wasn't going to watch the Germany-Uruguay match but thank God I did because that was a match! UNLIKE today's match, which was incredibly boring!!!! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5421
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 4:48 pm: | |
Thank God it's over! Neither of those teams deserved to be in the final. Spain and the Netherlands? Mike has scored more often that them recently. Holland decided that they were going to try and kick Spain off the pitch. Spain were totally inflexible and tried to go through the middle of the Dutch defence every time, and the Dutch knew that!. A poor advert for football.
Germany were my World Cup winners despite what the records will say.
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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1431
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 4:55 pm: | |
Winning a World Cup with only EIGHT goals all the way thru the tournament? Unheard of!
Germany was certainly the most entertainining team, that's for sure!
So, what's my next international sports experience? Cricket? All right, Paul, bring it on! |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1772
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 5:18 pm: | |
I agree with what both of you said. Although we know I know nothing about the game. But I know enough to have seen some very sloppy play. Yellow cards were all deserved. One yellow might have been a red. The foot to the chest being the one. I thought the Dutch were too interested in the refs calls or non calls. But I don't think I will ever understand this game. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5422
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 5:33 pm: | |
Flair appears to have been stifled by some managers in this World Cup. They just appear to want to play safe and hope for a boring draw so that the outcome can be decided by penalties. We used to see some dazzling free kicks every time it came around. Teams would insert one of their own players into the opposition's defensive wall and then step swiftly to the side as the ball tore through the gap where he had previously been.
FIFA should leave the ball alone. Having a new type of match ball for every World Cup is a joke. It's detracting from the game and skill is going out of the window.
I've never been a great fan of Cricket but at least it can be more entertaining than the rubbish we endured tonight. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1432
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, July 12, 2010 - 5:56 pm: | |
Mike, thought you might like this cartoon that was in the paper today.
Check out http://comics.com/get_fuzzy/
If you (or anybody else) is looking at the link after today, you need to put in today's date (7/12/10) to get the comic I'm referring to |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1774
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Monday, July 12, 2010 - 11:08 pm: | |
We should start rating the dives as in the Olympics. Ken we see it in basket-ball too. But football/soccer has some real 10S. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5443
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 2:18 pm: | |
Someone just sent me this.
Emile Heskey (England) 62 caps and 7 goals.
Rene Higuita (Columbia) 68 caps and 8 goals.
Jose Luis Chilavert (Paraguay) 74 caps and 8 goals.
. . . . . . Pretty similar until you realise the last 2 are goalkeepers.
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paul forsdick (Pondpaul)
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Username: Pondpaul
Post Number: 639
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 2:24 pm: | |
Strange
I think that New Zealand actually won the World Cup as they were the only team who did not lose a match |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 5444
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 3:56 pm: | |
The only way you could explain it is if the goalkeepers took penalties. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1714
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 6:11 pm: | |
Richard, I've been meaning to ask you: what do you think of Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022 for the World Cup? |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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Username: Markus
Post Number: 1867
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 4:31 am: | |
Money rules. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6238
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 7:19 am: | |
Markus summed it all up in two words...."Money rules". The whole thing has been exposed as totally corrupt.
Britain, or more accurately, England is hosting the Olympics in 2012, whilst Scotland has the Commonwelth Games in 2014. I think England were being a bit greedy anyway in trying to get the World Cup too.
Qatar,pronounced catarrh, is a wonderful site for the World Cup. The 130 degrees is sure to suit everyone, as is the complete ban on alcohol. They have such pleasant and peaceful neighbours too. It's just a stones throw away from Iran,Iraq,Afghanistan and Somalia. I can't wait. World Cup Qatar........ sponsored by the Taliban perhaps. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1715
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 7:20 am: | |
Can you imagine what it is going to be like for the footballers to play in Qatar in the summertime? HOT!!!! They are going to need to practice in Florida to get used to the heat. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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Username: Markus
Post Number: 1875
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 7:36 am: | |
When i heard right, then they plan to cool down the stadiums (?) with an unbelievable amount of energy, just wasting it for such a stupid thing. They are also thinking about to put it into the winter month. We will see what happens. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6239
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 8:32 am: | |
You did hear right Markus. They are proposing to build air conditioned stadiums/stadia (both correct plurals). The problem will be that visitors and players are going to be subjected to huge differences in temperature. I hope Scotland don't qualify. We start to cook in temperatures above 70. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1716
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 11:05 am: | |
And 70 is considered chilly here in Florida! |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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Username: Markus
Post Number: 1876
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 2:52 pm: | |
And i think they have to stock (?) up the number of players allowed from 22 to 33 to make sure, that they have always enough players for a game who are not lying in bed with the flue because of the huge differences in temperature. But that will be the chance for the USA to get world champion. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1717
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 3:31 pm: | |
USA!
USA!
USA!
USA!
USA!
(Now where is my vuvuzuela?) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6244
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 4:11 pm: | |
It's in between Columbia and Guyana Ken. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2014
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 5:57 pm: | |
That makes it either Venezuela or Brazil. They are between Columbia and Guyana. I don't know where Guyana Ken is. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6245
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 6:05 pm: | |
God! This could be a l-o-n-g winter! |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2015
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 6:34 pm: | |
That's why bears hibernate. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1718
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 6:45 pm: | |
Birds do it
Bees do it
Even educated fleas do it |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
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Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2016
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 11:05 pm: | |
I hope Richard doesn't resort to doing it. Terrible thoughts come to mind. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
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Username: Markus
Post Number: 1877
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 11:54 pm: | |
I didn't know, that there is a PGS-version for birds, bees and educated fleas. Maybe also for Dobermans? |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
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Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1720
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 17, 2010 - 6:49 am: | |
I always thought Richard was more like a pit bull. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
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Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6248
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 17, 2010 - 7:30 am: | |
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Markus Reischl (Markus)
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Username: Markus
Post Number: 1878
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Friday, December 17, 2010 - 9:49 am: | |
Richard's prayer for L - O - N - G winter. |
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