Winslow Boy Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 18 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said: Playing? PLAYING? Cricket for every Australian means standing out in 40+ degrees, covered in flies that buzz around your face, or climb into the corners of your eyes seeking moisture; cricket means hoping to be allowed to field at long on where you can at least benefit from the spindly shade of the lone gum tree beside the toilet block ; cricket means the long walk to the centre in the oppressive heat while a lone willy-willy briefly accompanies you as it stirs up a hand full of dried gum leaves that swirl around your legs ; cricket means getting hit in the face by the skied ball that you can't see coming at you out of the blinding noon day sun as you stand in the outfield scanning skyward; cricket means warm orange cordial at the drinks break that you throw up 10 minutes later in the heat. Cricket isn't "playing", son! You Aussies don't half moan a lot don't yar. 2 3 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2023 4 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said: You Aussies don't half moan a lot don't yar. It's their national sport. 2 1 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said: You Aussies don't half moan a lot don't yar. ??? I wasn't moaning, I was being nostalgic. We wouldn't have it any other way! Look at you, cricket is all genteel and village greens and white picket fences and a metaphor for being all gentlemanly - "Well bowled sir, I seem to have been caught LBW" "No sir on the contrary, my ball would have missed leg stump by an inch - retain your bat!" and "Nice shot Vicar - if you'd connected with the ball it would have been 2 runs for sure!" etc. And where does that get you? No one remembers who came 7th! Edited November 19, 2023 by monkeysarefun 1 1 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, PhilJ W said: It's their national sport. The Top 20 Happiest Countries in the World for 2023 Finland Denmark Iceland Israel The Netherlands Sweden Norway Switzerland Luxembourg New Zealand* Austria Australia Canada Ireland United States Germany Belgium Czechia United Kingdom Lithuania *New Zealand are mainly that happy cos they can now move to Australia to live and work without needing a Visa. Edited November 19, 2023 by monkeysarefun 3 2 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2023 Morning all from Estuary-Land. Again not a bad night last night, bladder control only hit the button once and I was able to get a couple more hours ZZZZ's afterwards, seven hours sleep in all. Not sure what I'll be doing today, bright sun first thing this morning but now clouding over and rain predicted. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium The White Rabbit Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2023 3 hours ago, polybear said: ... I see F1 has got even more stupid .... I'd like to think that the Team would sue the organisers for damage (how much does a chassis cost?) plus damages due to the penalty but I somehow think that won't happen. No wonder I stopped watching that nonsense years ago. BG Yes (sadly) ... C4 commentators were suggesting £1 million in yesterday's qualifying coverage. Fred Vasseur was understandably caustic in media interviews. 27 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: [Moaning...] It's their national sport. No, can't be right, rank amateurs, they'd be beaten hands down by farmers, exhibition traders and Yorksher folk ... 😉 2 1 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) ... A question. What would have happened to the history of the world if Joseph had said, in Aramaic, “It’s a girl!”? ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/11/19/covid-enquiry-in-the-week-ahead/ Edited November 19, 2023 by Coombe Barton Typo 10 4 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2023 1 hour ago, monkeysarefun said: Cricket isn't "playing", son! Ah. I can see where you're going wrong.... Completely the wrong attitude! 35 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said: Look at you, cricket is all genteel and village greens and white picket fences and a metaphor for being all gentlemanly - "Well bowled sir, I seem to have been caught LBW" "No sir on the contrary, my ball would have missed leg stump by an inch - retain your bat!" and "Nice shot Vicar - if you'd connected with the ball it would have been 2 runs for sure!" etc. And where does that get you? No one remembers who came 7th! And in less than a weeks time, no one will remember who came 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th either. 46 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said: You Aussies don't half moan a lot don't yar. 41 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: It's their national sport. 8 minutes ago, The White Rabbit said: No, can't be right, rank amateurs, they'd be beaten hands down by farmers, exhibition traders and Yorksher folk ... 😉 Perhaps there ought to be a Moaning World Cup.... 6 1 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, Hroth said: Perhaps there ought to be a Moaning World Cup.... There is an overacting World Cup - same as the Kickball one. 3 8 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 6 minutes ago, Hroth said: And in less than a weeks time, no one will remember who came 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th either. Pfffff. I can guarantee that no matter what the outcome, 1.4 billion Indians will! 2 2 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said: ... A question. What would have happened to the history of the world if Joseph had said, in Aramaic, “It’s a girl!”? ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/11/19/covid-enquiry-in-the-week-ahead/ Well, after the near-miss thunderbolt, "Sorry, only joking!!!" Again a nice musical choice. "Clemens non papa" because they had to distinguish the composer from the then current Pope.... 😁 Edited November 19, 2023 by Hroth 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 6 minutes ago, Hroth said: "Clemens non papa" because they had to distinguish the composer from the then current Pope.... 😁 I resisted saying "He's not the Pope, he's a very silly boy!", but seeing as how you encouraged me ... 1 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2023 And just in case anyone was thinking of chancing the weather at Glasto next year... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-67454066 4 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BSW01 Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2023 Good morning everyone Well, it's raining again, so that's no gardening for me today. So I think I'll head downstairs and paint some more clouds. Back later Brian 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) Somehow during the night I managed to switch off the alarm, I probably woke in the night feeling a bit "off" and did it without thinking. I managed to get up, have breakfast, make the phone calls etc and get to church in time and all went well. I've just posted photos here and elsewhere and now will start on the Sunday e mails. After that I'll get lunch then I want to walk round the house with a vacuum cleaner as the GP is ringing me in the morning and if I have the vaccuum on I might not hear the phone. Then it will be jigsaw (I got most of the ouside edges done yesterday) and reading. David Edited November 19, 2023 by DaveF 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 4 minutes ago, BSW01 said: Well, it's raining again, so that's no gardening for me today. So I think I'll head downstairs and paint some more clouds. At least you don't have to go far to find inspiration. 🙂 6 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post PupCam Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2023 Morning All 2 hours ago, polybear said: As they make enough money out of me I reckon they can pay for the printer ink.... You and I are of the same opinion although I suspect that in both our specific cases they don't make an awfully large amount out of us these days. 1 hour ago, monkeysarefun said: The Top 20 Happiest Countries in the World for 2023 Certainly isn't the UK. Even I could predict that based on my own grumpiness! 🤣 44 minutes ago, Hroth said: And just in case anyone was thinking of chancing the weather at Glasto next year... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-67454066 I'd rather have a couple of Deltics ..... ION I made the mistake of looking out of the window just before I went to bed last night and saw a sky full of stars. Puppers thought to himself "Drat! I should have got the telescope out". Oh well, never mind. I went for a quick blow round on the RD this morning just to make sure I hadn't mislaid any airlocks. I hadn't and had to take one pipe off and prime it before I set off. TCs! Just as I was about to leave the neighbour came round to say he and another friend were going to take a run over to Hitchin on their bikes for a coffee and in the case of the other friend no doubt, posing with which ever steed he was on. Undecided I said I might meet him up at the friends after a quick thrash to make sure the bike would keep going. Anyway, it was not at all pleasant on the bike this morning; very gusty with damp, slippery, leaf covered roads to contend with so I thought being at home with the bikes tucked up in the garage was a much more appealing option. I may have mentioned several hundred times before, I ride bikes purely for fun now and if it ain't fun I'm not interested. They'll be other days when it is. It seems Mrs Puppers is to venture to a local garden centre with Daughter-Puppers-in-law and I was asked if I'd like to join them. Hmmm, using every last ounce of my skills of tact and diplomacy I think I got away with it. TTFN 13 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) Damn it, half time at the cricket and at 11:25pm with a 4:45am work start tomorrow its looking like I'll be having a sleepless night.. India's first 10 overs were looking at a 300+ result and in that case I'd have gone to bed assuming an Indian win, but after a brilliant start they lost two quick wickets and fell in a bit of a heap so I think we have enough of a chance for me to have to stay up for the Oz innings... (Apparently a lot is going to rest on when/if the dew appears)! PS This is not a moan. Edited November 19, 2023 by monkeysarefun 11 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2023 2 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: The Top 20 Happiest Countries in the World for 2023 Finland Denmark Iceland Israel The Netherlands Sweden Norway Switzerland Luxembourg New Zealand* Austria Australia Canada Ireland United States Germany Belgium Czechia United Kingdom Lithuania *New Zealand are mainly that happy cos they can now move to Australia to live and work without needing a Visa. I very much suspect that number 4 on that list may well have dropped down - or even off the chart recently. 54 minutes ago, PupCam said: I'd rather have a couple of Deltics ..... HOW MUCH?? 😲😲 Bluddy Hell, Bear can have a weekend at Missenden for that. No mud, no tents, no dodgy burgers, no queues, no cr@p weather..... 2 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2023 @jamie92208 hopes his latest new image will make him easy to spot at the exhibitions..... 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) My Mum used a few of those but she was never allowed to forget her “apples don’t grow on trees, you know” or “I’ve only got two pairs of hands”. Edited November 19, 2023 by Tony_S 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2023 Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Didn't do much this morning except a bit of sudoku and emptying the washing machine, I'll be putting it on the drying rack later. The foxes are back but my pruning the bottom most branches of the evergreen shrubs has stopped them from digging holes underneath them. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted November 19, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2023 4 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: ??? I wasn't moaning, I was being nostalgic. We wouldn't have it any other way! Look at you, cricket is all genteel and village greens and white picket fences and a metaphor for being all gentlemanly - "Well bowled sir, I seem to have been caught LBW" "No sir on the contrary, my ball would have missed leg stump by an inch - retain your bat!" and "Nice shot Vicar - if you'd connected with the ball it would have been 2 runs for sure!" etc. And where does that get you? No one remembers who came 7th! Obviously you know nothing about howcrhevgamebis played in the North. It's sometimes like umpiring a battle (without bodily contact). Ask youngest Herbert! He opens the batting for an unpaid Bradford Premier League team (Pudsey Congs).. its nowhere being genteel! Baz 12 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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