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Rock and a hard place. Tories now are too nasty for the traditional conservative voters, whose primary concerns would be economy/tax and making your own way. Spent too long worrying about the boats. And not nasty enough for the far right who want to sink the boats. And no clue on economy.

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Child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. As a young dad, when my wife was taking #1 & #2 boys to a new superhero film, I ended up taking #3 daughter to a separate film. Coraline, a Tim Burton film. Wtf, I mean wtaf. Jesus Christ, they had no eyes!!! Scarred me more than missy.

I'm uncomfortable with London buses (and also football pitches), as I think they're not fixed in size, they're approximate. You know where you stand with Wales and Belgium.

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I'd say they're more distant, well most of them anyway. What happened to the good old fashioned (admittedly British) approach of using Wales or Belgium as units of measure for describing things happening to areas around the world?

Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Looks like Top14 has introduced a 45 second timer on penalty kicks (conversions too?), have I got that right? Not sure the 60 sec clock doesn't work or is too much? There are other aspects of game/time management which irk, but not the shot clock. #TOP14

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Nice interview too from wise old head Charlie O'Shea. The Young Sam™ depth chart is in rude health today.

Bulls looked very powerful, and like they could score with any attack. Great fight and some good management in the last 15. #MUNvBUL

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The scrapping has been top notch. And maintained right to the end too. #MUNvBUL

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We need some sort aort of score I fancy. #MUNvBUL

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Fair play to Rudolph there. Strong finish in the 73rd minute! #MUNvBUL

I'm very nervous for the last 10-15, after allthe energy that's been spent.

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Charlie O'Shea again. He needs to buy some lottery tickets this weekend. #MUNvBUL

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Interview liability. It will be that. Remember the winning URC where he was player of the match.

Charlie O'Shea looks like a safe solid pair of hands, and so far a decent temperament. Should give AF another safe option if young Sam has a wobble in the 6N and needs some time out. #MUNvBUL

Indeed. Maybe there's an advantage playing the Bulls at lowtitude and it'll be fine....

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Sean Edogbo And Gleeson also looking very energetic. I wonder how many of them will.have to play 80, but not originally planned. #MUNvBUL

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Bulls 8 almost doing a handstand on the ground there before the pen was given. #MUNvBUL

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Charlie O'Shea started ok, I suppose... #MUNvBUL

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That looks nasty for Milne. Hope it's not a portent for our fortune tonight. I'd take a result, any which way. #MUNvBUL

Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Watching Question Time and listening to Suella Braverman contort herself in some sort of British-not-English immigration diatribe. Someone on the panel mentioned 'undercurrents or racism', I'm wondering if 'overcurrents of racism' is a thing. Nothing undercurrent about Braverman.

Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Not really. There are millions of brown Britons, and also millions of 'British' racists. The odds are extraordinarily high that this type of encounter will happen thousands of times a month.

Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Man City is Lance Armstrong. Could we have a number of years with asterisks.

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Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I see Australia prevailed in #RugbysGreatestRevelry today. When did Rassie's 3 squads last have an off season? Are Argentina getting a handout globetrotters test too?

Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've sort of enjoyed a self-imposed rugby exile for a month or more now ( if they won't make a clear season end, I'll do it myself), and I'd forgotten how nice it was not to hear Ryan Wilson commentating on Glasgow.

Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If that's true, that's properly class!

Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Really nasty Djokovic vibes there. No problem at all with an idiot who wants to stand against vaccinations (apart from the obvious). But stand up and be honest. Don't lie, grow a spine (and maybe a brain).

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Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Brilliant first bit. Legendary parenting. Erm, you're now betting your 29 yr old son or any of his friends don't use bsky/twitter and/or have enough clues to work this out. Should have taken to the grave.

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Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ouch. I'm currently looking at rebuilding an old W10 server to Linux, and replacing its old 3tb drives with new 8tb ones and adding a media streaming volume(s). Bugger. Though I do have the CPU and some RAM, the PSU and the case. AI/market the issue for the storage cost? A bubble that'll burst?

Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Everything he touches turns to Ineos. Amusing in the context of sports banter, less so if you consider his promise to build the Ineos Grenadier in S Wales, then changed his mind and built in France. Brexit idiot. He's a rich man's Tim Martin!

I'm looking forward to November, and straight-facing my saffer buddy with "Rugby's greatest what, sorry missed that. Why didn't they promote it a bit more. Who'll be in it next year."

On a scale of 1 to red, how stupid would you say you are?

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Anyone remember that education minister in the UK, or was it shadow minister, who wanted everyone to be able to get above average grades. Yes everyone. Yes average.

Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I know people who were cancelling US commitments in Feb 25, just weeks after the Trump (and then Musk) show had started. And it's only got worse. Tricky to cancel on this scale, but the place is a shit-show, and it's his continued choice.

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The script for The Bourne Conundrum is still a work in progress.

Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I think we may have found the negotiator best suited to fronting the other side on the Straits of Hormuz issue.

Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Not a chance to put out a decent (non test player) provincial side vs a midweek ABs and get 30-40k fans in and make a few dollars? Haka bla bla haka bla bla respect bla bla values bla bla.

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Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Don't worry this site is anonymous, there'll be thousands of you, probably tens of thousands. Definitely no chance or identifying you.

Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Really, you don't want provincial games, just a test series? Aren't full tours kind of special?

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Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Yes that sounds about right. John Terry was always a charming piece of work. Remember all the race stuff with him and Ferdinand.

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Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Loving the "grow the game" patter. It's the same group of rugtards thinking that squeezing ever more dollars (yes dollars, cos that's how they think) from the same small pool of fans, maybe 1-2 million in the whole world, is growing the game. Meanwhile 2nd tier rugby remains disconnected from 1st.

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Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

UK we have vape shops but the big thing is barbers. My town of 100k has 10 of them, which means we're all getting haircuts about every 6 days. But in the days of the dying high street, they do pay the council a rent for the shop and then HMRC tax for their declared profit. Quandary for authorities.

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Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Maybe we could all get to keep a bit of the gold in our house, as well.

Brian Berry @briangberry.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I think being a £1m player, for someone like Pollock, means getting a good 300-400k salary, including central contract. Then additionally getting lots of promo and sponsor deals. I'm not convinced Hearn understands how few people globally are interested in rugby.