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They literally introduced a mid half drinks break for the 94 WC, this is not bloody new :furious:
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They literally introduced a mid half drinks break for the 94 WC, this is not bloody new :furious:
Was there not a hilarious, and rather furious, argument between Jack Charlton and some officials about water breaks? I seem to recall that.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
****ing Americans hosting ****ing world cups. Once was bad enough. Twice is taking the piss.....
Not even just US, Canada & Mexico as well, so all 3 get a pass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
At least Mexico is a football country...Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
True, is Carlos Vela still going? The master of a beautiful finish when the team was already 4-0 upQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter
He retired just a few weeks ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Clearly wasn't going to make the WC squadQuote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
If the hottest recorded temperature on Earth is 56.7?C (134?F), and occurred at Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California, on July 10, 1913 - What exactly was going on that year? I don't recall hearing about some arsehole glueing themselves to the floor to stop the horse and carts passing by.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
https://x.com/Carbongate/status/1940315725715083302 indeedQuote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
I notice it?s raining this morning with temperatures back to the low 20?s for a while. Does this man the climate grifters can stop w?nking into their socks and let the rest of us get on with summer ?Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Surely the whole point is whether there is a gradual and consistent shift upward in average temperatures. And apparently there is.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7sisters
The worsening extremes are not the evidence. They are, at best, symptoms.
UHIE, more concrete. higher temperatures.....no coincidence the "record" temps are all taken at airports. Having been around for over 50 years, I can't say I notice any difference. Plus what is the 'right' temperature? Was considerably warmer in the middle ages.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Up here was nice yesterday, only 23C, down to 18C today and looking the same plus rain for the next week.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7sisters
I am afraid it is too complicated for me....Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Yesterday was ****ing hot, and I could do without it. That much I do know :-)
I also know that every solution to climate change seems to involve me having to pay more for something, and that money generally going to people I would consider to be c*nts.
Have you any idea what the temp is in Paris atm? My mate says it's boiling over there in the '30s. They've had to leave all the parks open, closed schools and the top of the Eiffel Tower. Closed a nuke power station cos the river used to cool it was so hot. High 30s in the south of France.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
In Spain it's up to 46C, that's like Delhi before monsoon comes. Wild fires in Turkey. And the heat bubble in western Europe is moving eastwards with Germany and Czech about to be hit.
When I was on the Gilets Jaunes protests in Paris before Covid, it was 19C in Feb and we were walking on the marches in tee-shirts. And as someone who lived off and on in Paris between '93 and '05, this really wasn't normal.
And I don't know about the middle ages, but in the early modern period and after, between 1607 and 1814, the Thames froze over for ice fairs seven times. In the winter of 1962-63, the Thames estuary was frozen in Herne Bay near us in Margate. You could walk out over the sea for a mile and more, by all accounts.
All the feedback loops that were predicted when I started studying this in the '90s {reading James Lovelock and the like} are coming to pass - the melting ice gaps raising temps so the forests {Amazon, Siberia, Canada etc} burn releasing more CO2 , causing the tundra permafrost in Canada and Siberia to melt, releasing CO2 and methane, all of which have happened. The next result will be the release of methane where the sub-sea oceanic plates meet - which we are starting to see - releasing loads more methane.
The last time that happened was the final part of a 6C rise that saw the Permian mass extinction 252m years ago, which saw 90% of marine species and 70% of land vertebrates go extinct.
It's all coming to pass. We live in the age of Kali Yug and we're all gonna be wiped out. I hope the cats take over.
We have 1bn years before the sun expands and boils off all the oceans. But that's more than enough time for intelligent life to evolve again - after all, the dinosaurs only went 65m years ago.
Here were those changes predicted in a 2007 book called Six Degrees:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_De...lanet#Contents
Have a gander and see what was predicted and compare with what we've been seeing happen in the last decade or so.
Yes, 38C yesterday and 34C right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
Absolutely stifling. Et les Frenchies clime ne marche pas tres bien :-(
Co2 is a trace gas - 0.04%, wikipedia is basically funded by greens. It's a massive scam and a complete grift. The ice caps are not melting. In fact Antartica is actually gaining in mass and the Arctic has barely changed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
Follow the money!
Absolutely nothing to do with the shifting of the magnetic poles of the earth (we're overdue a pole reversal) and the movement of magma. (Have we had any eruptions recently?)Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
And what causes this? Cow farts and 3 litre V8s, obviously...
Anyone who believes this is caused by a gas that is a miniscule part of the environment needs to get themselves sectioned.
It's what my mate in the 4e said. Vachement stifling. Hope you, Mrs WES and hounds are all managing to cope. Even in Margate, Puddle Paws the cat found it a bit too hot.Quote:
Originally Posted by WES
Yeah, you really need decent clime in that temp.
I don't know when you first went to Gay Paree in summertime buy anyone who thinks this is just normal is deluded. They've never had to open the parks at night before when I've been there.
You must know that this is really abnormal and things are deffo getting hotter.
All the best, and remember that if you wanna take Mrs Wes to my fave local restaurant on Ile St Louis, it's this won:
https://www.tripadvisor.fr/Restauran...de_France.html
Ganpati bless.
If you'd clicked the wiki link, you'd have seen it was simply a page about the book. It's not making any claims itself, it's just telling you what the book was about like a wiki page of a play or film tells you the plot.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
And I donate money to wiki and am one of their mil-hist editors. So I'm not really a green if I'm editing pages on the period 1914-45 being Europe's 2nd Year War or the propaganda documentaries of Humphrey Jennings in WW2.
It would have been sensible to have actually looked at the wiki page before commenting on it.
I have a bit of a reputation as a smart arse, but this is one subject where I am happy to admit I know **** all.Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
So I hope you and PSRB are right. Although that means I hope I am being conned.... hmmm, that's a bit of a thinker. 😃
So you really think you know more about this than, say, James Lovelock, Companion of Honour and Fellow of the Royal Society, who came up with Gaia theory?Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
He invented the electron capture detector and, using it, became the first to detect the widespread presence of chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere. While designing scientific instruments for NASA, he developed the Gaia hypothesis. ...... He also worked for MI5 and was the real life Q.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lovelock
And you, despite never having studied this academically, think you know more about this subject than he does?
This is as bad as speaking to the pro-Palestine lot who've only ever heard of the Balfour Declaration but know nothing about the history of Palestine from the late Ottoman period onwards when I've got a ****ing first in Imperial History.
If you really think you know more than the experts who've devoted their entire lives to studying subjects then you have no idea how academia works.
Maybe do some reading, Peter. I have no understanding of chemistry or biology, but even I can get my head 'round the basics just by researching the academic consensus and how and why it's changed over time {like historiography when studying history.}Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
It makes sense. Just click that wiki page for the book Six Degrees I posted above:
"Special coverage is given to the positive feedback mechanisms that could dramatically accelerate climate change. The book explains how the release of methane hydrate and the release of methane from melting permafrost could unleash a major extinction event. Carbon cycle feedbacks, the demise of coral, the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, and extreme desertification are also described, with five or six degrees of warming potentially leading to the complete uninhabitability of the tropics and subtropics, as well as extreme water and food shortages, possibly leading to mass migration of billions of people."
At some point, I will try and give it some thought and get my head around it. Like I finally did with The Who in recent years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
But for now, I'd rather focus on cricket and war. It's just more..... fun 😁
Oh, yes. Definitely wait for the end of the test series. What did you make of the first day, btw? Jaiswal and Pant both looking great again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peteill
Also, with Jadeja batting as he can {3 FC triple-tons before he first got called up} and Washington Sunder to come, they have a much stronger tail and I worry about Tongue. Let's pray he can mop them up tomorrow.
But we really need Wood or Jofra instead.
When did we last have a top 7 so good that a Bethel couldn't get in?
But when did we have a bowling line up this weak? Branderson we always going to be impossible to replace at the same time. {Though we never thought we'd have a Brook come through while Root was still playing at the top of his game.}
Thank Ganpati Stokes is starting to get back to his best with the ball. Great to have a 4th seamer of his quality. Carse will hopefully fulfil his potential but I'm gutted Ollie Robinson didn't.
How do you reckon this game and series pan out?
So what conclusion have you reached on The Who, Pedro? :rubchin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
I decided they are distinctly second tier, some good songs but they just never reach the level that I want to listen to too much of them. Sort of like Zeppelin. And I hate Won't Get Fooled Again :puke:
The Indian umpire seemed slightly biased, 3x umpires call decisions that all went India's way.......Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
I think the first thing is these are decent wickets, and you cannot expect to knock over India's top order. These are fine batsmen who can play in our conditions. Our own batting line up is excellent and I am excited to see Bethell play again. He looks very special.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
I like Carse, and think he can do well in the Ashes. Woakes is Woakes. He bowled well yesterday but I hope for everyone's sake he doesnt bowl in the Ashes. Tongue just bowls too many bad balls.
My biggest issues with our bowling so far is a failure to bowl a consistent line. We've seen fair bounce on both wickets, and batsmen struggle when you bowl above top of off. Too often we bowl too wide, or stray to the pads. THat is not good enough.
For the Ashes, I just can't see us taking 20 wickets. I hope Archer has a miracle breakthrough, I hope Carse has a good summer and goes there confident, and I hope Atkinson comes back. But I still see us coming up horribly short.
You have to listen to them differently, they are an odd band where the rhythm section are the lead instruments. I get it now. They are fantastic at their best. If you dont like Wont Get Fooled Again then you may as well not bother with the rest....Quote:
Originally Posted by WES
I think Who's Next and Quadrophenia are fantastic albums.
But you are more of a Radio Gaga man, arent you :-)
Be careful with the deference to expertise, there. This is one of my concerns. You read all the experts and, as you say, you can understand it without really understanding chemisty, or biology. But you cannot challenge it....Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
easy, Tiger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
I know academia works for whoever is funding it. Just like everything else.
My mind about this was swayed years ago by a visit to GeoMon in Amlwch and their scientific explanation on rock formation and the climate 000'a of years ago. All of which, humans had little or no affect upon. Including the average temperature being way above what it is now. There is a reason the starting point for all these current measures was chosen to be in the 1800s.
https://specials-images.forbesimg.co....jpg?fit=scale
Many believe an ideology not a science. Is prolific truant, Greta Thunberg a scientific expert? I thought not, yet one of the most influencial in this area, and she's basically come out as a rabid lefty - who knew? Who is funding her?
Extinction Rebellion? bunch of Marxist ****s again - http://www.resilience.org/stories/20...t-the-climate/
Just Stop Oil, the same.
Even Chuck was spectacularly wrong on climate http://www.independent.co.uk/climate...s-1738049.html
We'll disagree on this, shall we?
Had to admit, I called not out straight away to all of them. I was surprised at how close they were.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
I dont mind an umpire who isn't easily swayed... but then I was a batsman :-)
I believe we previously put the Queen debate to bed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
You've raised it again, p. #noveltyact
Thought the one he padded up to was out, they should always be given out, imoQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Well, if by a Radio Gaga man you mean that I can appreciate any kind of music based solely on its merits without any external, often sociologically based, biases, then yes you are right :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
I like What's Next, Quadrophenia is too much Who for me. I think if you love traditional R&B as I do, you will always struggle with Entwhistle and Moon as a rhythm section, and I do. I would admit a blind spot with WGFA, I think I may have been subjected to it once when I had an apocalyptic hangover.
Ah, well... you see I was plagued by The Who as a kid. My parents never stopped playing it and droning on about it. So I have what young people today would describe as 'trauma' :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by WES
Quadrophenia isn't everyone's cup of tea, I get that. Good film, though :-)
I've been listening to Tim Buckley recently. Weird *******, but there are some real gems in there.
I've no idea what you are getting at with sociological bias. I like Hammer to Fall. Radio Gaga is just a rotten song. Pap.
Live I thought it was not out, but on replay you could see the pad was still moving outside off after impact, which skews the view of it. Watching the replays I thought it was hitting.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
I get what you're saying but with the degrees I took seriously {at the LSE aged 18-21 I was just doing drugs} when I did OU History BA and then a UKC WW1 studies MA late 30s and late 40s, I get how an academic consensus work. How theories are developed and challenged and evolve through peer review and research building on previous research.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
So while I can't challenge what they say about the release of sub-sea methane, for example, will do to the planet, I can understand that if all these experts are saying very similar things, but with just slightly different models giving slightly different weights to the myriad variables in the multiple regressions then they probably know what they're talking about.
Also, all those feedback loops that were predicted in that book Six Degrees, in part based on the work of James Lovelock {and the author also read all the papers in the centre for it at Cambridge} have since started to come to pass.
The idea when it was written was that at 2C, the polar ice caps melt. {That's why it was always about keeping the rise below 2C in the '90s.} With less white to reflect the sun and more dark water to absorb the heat, the temp rises to 3C. Then the forests like Amazon, Canada and Siberia burn. This raises it to 4C and the tundra melts releasing C02 and methane raising it to 5C. And that causes the release of all the subsea methane at the oceanic plate boundaries and that last happened 252mya for the Permian Mass Extinction as it rose to 6C and most life died.
And all those feedback loops are already starting to happen. The polar caps haven't fully melted, yet we're already seeing burning forests {not just tropical Amazon, but Canada at 38C ffs} and the melting tundra and even the start of the subsea methane.
So while I can't challenge the facts in a subject I don't understand, I can understand the way an academic consensus has come about and have watched as the predictions come true.
I get what you're saying. I think my cynicism around the whole thing is based on the hopelessness of it. Seems the only way you make a difference is by the entire world signing up to fundamental changes tot he way we live. And that just isn't realistic. It isn't how international politics or economics work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
So we just focus on charging people more for stuff and destroying art and sporting events.
If it is all true, we are ****ed. I prefer to focus on cheerier things like war, famine, genocide and The Who ...
The Who being the least cheeriest of that group...Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter