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Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
I'm 44 in June. :-(
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Yes, I remember.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
I'm 44 in June. :-(
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Originally Posted by Sir C
Do you have to be a lefty to not particularly like the Royals or is that part of the definition of being a lefty?
I think it helps with the definition of Lefty but not particularly true.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alberto Balsam Rodriguez
I have no particular allegiance to any party but think the royal family are nothing but an anachronistic bunch of parasites.
Not at all, but as a rule of thumb, not all anti-royalists are lefties, but all lefties are anti-royalists.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alberto Balsam Rodriguez
It's disastrous from a Labour point of view, of course. There are an awful lot of what were once Labour supporters are repelled by that sort of reflexive anti-royalist, anti-patriotic sentiment. Still, if lefties knew or cared what real people thought, they wouldn't be lefties.
A parasite is something which lives off another organism without giving anything back. It's impossible to justify applying that definition to the Royal family. The anachronism thing is entirely subjective. They are only an anachronism if you choose to see them as such.Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
I struggle to see the symbiotic nature of the royals and the public. They live in a big ****ing house in a prime bit of London, which is merely one of their properties, paid for by the public of which some get to wave at them occasionally.
I suppose tourists do wander around Green Park waiting for some very expensive military ceremony to take place on the royal's ****ing doorstep, but other than that . . .
I'm afraid we'll have to disagree on this one, b.
Joe Root plays it pretty well too, in fairness. A far better all-round batsman than MP Vaughan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Let's just hope his back doesn't get worse.
Without a doubt. Hopefully he'll give up the longer form of pyjama cricket after 2019 so it won't have to suffer that nonsense. 2020 should be fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Speaking of 50 overs stuff. Sounds like a great knock from Bairstow yesterday. Interesting that Billings will keep in the one-dayers against Ireland though
You realise that Her Majesty, anointed by God, is our Monarch, defender of the faith, and Empress of India? Do you think the British Empire rules two thirds of the world by accident?Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
Its psychological as well. Even when you do reach the pitch you tend to reach it late which throws the arms out of timing with the head and body. You are also reluctant to throw all your weight onto the front knee which means you don't get properly over the ball. I felt like I was striking the ball in front of me rather than under the eyes. I started punching down the ground rather than the full drive and where is the beauty in that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Defensive strokes are ok on fuller deliveries but there is a temptation to reach a bit where you don't get to the pitch. That I could handle because I always had a great leave, but it certainly made it harder to judge.
Turning for the second run was no picnic either.
That's what boundaries are for, PQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter
They are harder to reach when you cant drive properly. I started to rely on runs shovelled through the on side. I am still ashamed to admit it.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
Still, its not as if I was the biggest hitter or the fastest scorer to begin with. It was a bit like Per losing a yard of pace :)
Explain, please. I *think* I know what you mean but ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Yet despite all this, the remain enduringly popular. With the public :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
The weakening of something that has never been your strength.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Right. Got it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
However, I would just say that just because it may be acceptable that a particular trait has never been a strength, it is a different matter entirely if it actually becomes a weakness.
Or as my son put it the other day, a slow footballer should *never* be found wanting for pace #premierleague
That might be tested when the new fella eventually gets to the crease. Unless by then he has been coached to avoid the silly stuff and play with a straight bat, of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
I have never seen the point of them, but then again I am not “the public” you refer to.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
While I get that you have a King and Queen, and a next in line, it is all the other useless saps that I see referred to that I don’t get.
Your Andrews and the other lad, the bints they marry who become some titled so and so, their offspring who I expect are hideous characters. Harry is another one, not sure why anybody gives a flying **** about these people.
And I expect they are mostly all propped up by your taxes?
I certainly hit in the air far more as I got older and the pitch of the ball got that bit further away. Of course I compensated by purchasing a rather expensive and heavy bat that meant I always had a good chance of a/ getting it over the in-field and b/ reaching the boundary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
The really depressing thing was last season when I found that my ability to pick up the length of the ball had slowed to alarming proportions and I was constantly finding myself neither back nor forward.
Time to stop anything resembling serious cricket, I fear. :-(
Sure, but they've seen worse. And that's actually the point; their enduring appeal is a reminder that our society is an ancient, strong and dignified one and was *not* focus-grouped and spin-doctored into existence yesterday by Wolverhampton Polytechnic political science undergraduates.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Supposedly you need a bloated squad beyond the obvious heir and spare, to maintain the mystique of it all from which the awe and popularity derives.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
I don't see the point of it all myself but if people on the whole like it then so be it. As long as the royals have no real power.
The Civil List has largely been restricted to those who actually perform significant numbers of royal duties these days, so it's not anywhere near as bad as it used to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Also, I can assure you that both our taxes prop up far more useless people in our respective governments/civil services and the *spits* EU than the Royals. I'm happy enough to pay a few pennies a year for the royals.
They are a division of our political and governmental household, yes. So was Barbara the polar bear and Squeak the bunny rabbit too. What of it :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Don't take that tone with me pal.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
I merely asked a question as was evidenced by the question mark.
Now steady on, redg. No need to start having a pop at West Midlands' polytechnics. Not that you'd catch me doing such a bullshĂ*t course.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
And let's not analyse the supposed 'dignity' of some of the previous appointed-by-god incumbents. Bunch of twelve-toes. :jorge:
In short, they're a great bunch of lads and whatever pittance we pay a year is worth every penny not to have this sort of thing happening.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
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Well indeed, don't even get me started on that fĂșcking eejit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Please accept my apologies and this photograph of young Barbara as a peace offering, a small token of esteemQuote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
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Merely using them as an example of "modern method and thought."Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash