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This bloke who shouts 'Get in the hole!' every time anybody hits a golf ball in a televised tournament anywhere in the world sounds American but I'm not sure. I doubt even that benighted nation could ...

I must now address the matter of clapping at well-attended sporting events. You are Mr or Mrs or Master or Miss Average:

* You are at Lord's. The batsman slightly mishits a defensive shot which al ...

It may be the war will be decided by whichever of the Big Two stays in office longer. (I'm not including Trump in that equation.)

I was asked my age today by a bloke hauling my shopping trolley up the steps outside my house. I said I was seventy-nine. It sounded better than seventy-eight which is, to my mind, somewhat wishy-wash ...

As you know, I agree with all this (in general, if not necessarily in detail). Like you, I use references to early Christianity either as the red flag of bogosity or as a guide to when they were writt ...

I agree with the state psychiatrist's diagnosis. Anyone who does something a bit pointless in exchange for ten years in the petit-gulag is as mad as a March hare in my book.

This is what I do myself. So, for instance, for Britain I accept the reality of the Roman occupation because of the archaeology, ignore or radically truncate the Dark Ages, accept the reality of Norma ...

They would be much better off starting afresh and treating anything before 1061 as prehistory. Then it would fall into place.
I don't see how. It would be as if they adopted the Muslim chronology. Or ...

I seem to remember that modern academic historians claim to be relying on seventh century monks who were able to work it out. 'Ya gotta be in a Dark Age to count the years of a Dark Age.' They do not ...

I'm having great difficulty following the logic of Trump's current Iranian policy. He was faced, one has to concede, with a difficult problem when Iran decided--somewhat out of the blue--to adopt a Ho ...

You're such an idealist, Wiley.

1. It's easy to make a contour map of the eighteen greens of Royal Birkdale.
2. It's easy to record each day where the hole has been placed on each green.
3. The only variable is where your ball is ...

Je comprends c'est Samedi noir, chérie, mais cette est notre dernier chance achiever revenge pour Waterloo, donc leavez-vous le crate de bière où c'est. President Macron to the Première Dame

CNN took the unusual step of not broadcasting President Trump's address to the nation this week. The reason, they explained, was that previous televised fireside chats from this President were so full ...

I'm not sure I entirely agree with Andy Burnham that his accession to power is the most important thing to have happened in British politics in the last forty years but I warm to his request for an en ...

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Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 5365 Views: 12928973	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 7:04 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 5365 Views: 12928973	This bloke who shouts 'Get in the hole!' every time anybody hits a golf ball in a televised tournament anywhere in the world sounds American but I'm not sure. I doubt even that benighted nation could ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 5365 Views: 12928973	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 6:08 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 5365 Views: 12928973	I must now address the matter of clapping at well-attended sporting events. You are Mr or Mrs or Master or Miss Average: * You are at Lord's. The batsman slightly mishits a defensive shot which al ...
Topic: Medium Ukraine
Mick Harper Replies: 530 Views: 153240	Forum: Politics Posted: 4:53 am Subject: Medium Ukraine
Mick Harper Replies: 530 Views: 153240	It may be the war will be decided by whichever of the Big Two stays in office longer. (I'm not including Trump in that equation.)
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 3856 Views: 2994990	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:23 pm Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 3856 Views: 2994990	I was asked my age today by a bloke hauling my shopping trolley up the steps outside my house. I said I was seventy-nine. It sounded better than seventy-eight which is, to my mind, somewhat wishy-wash ...
Topic: All Things Roman
Mick Harper Replies: 510 Views: 726192	Forum: History Posted: 12:50 pm Subject: All Things Roman
Mick Harper Replies: 510 Views: 726192	As you know, I agree with all this (in general, if not necessarily in detail). Like you, I use references to early Christianity either as the red flag of bogosity or as a guide to when they were writt ...
Topic: Medium Ukraine
Mick Harper Replies: 530 Views: 153240	Forum: Politics Posted: 11:46 am Subject: Medium Ukraine
Mick Harper Replies: 530 Views: 153240	I agree with the state psychiatrist's diagnosis. Anyone who does something a bit pointless in exchange for ten years in the petit-gulag is as mad as a March hare in my book.
Topic: All Things Roman
Mick Harper Replies: 510 Views: 726192	Forum: History Posted: 11:41 am Subject: All Things Roman
Mick Harper Replies: 510 Views: 726192	This is what I do myself. So, for instance, for Britain I accept the reality of the Roman occupation because of the archaeology, ignore or radically truncate the Dark Ages, accept the reality of Norma ...
Topic: All Things Roman
Mick Harper Replies: 510 Views: 726192	Forum: History Posted: 10:19 am Subject: All Things Roman
Mick Harper Replies: 510 Views: 726192	They would be much better off starting afresh and treating anything before 1061 as prehistory. Then it would fall into place. I don't see how. It would be as if they adopted the Muslim chronology. Or ...
Topic: All Things Roman
Mick Harper Replies: 510 Views: 726192	Forum: History Posted: 10:12 am Subject: All Things Roman
Mick Harper Replies: 510 Views: 726192	I seem to remember that modern academic historians claim to be relying on seventh century monks who were able to work it out. 'Ya gotta be in a Dark Age to count the years of a Dark Age.' They do not ...
Topic: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2647 Views: 1347713	Forum: Politics Posted: 9:16 am Subject: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2647 Views: 1347713	I'm having great difficulty following the logic of Trump's current Iranian policy. He was faced, one has to concede, with a difficult problem when Iran decided--somewhat out of the blue--to adopt a Ho ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6202 Views: 6675629	Forum: Politics Posted: 7:47 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6202 Views: 6675629	You're such an idealist, Wiley.
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 5365 Views: 12928973	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 7:11 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 5365 Views: 12928973	1. It's easy to make a contour map of the eighteen greens of Royal Birkdale. 2. It's easy to record each day where the hole has been placed on each green. 3. The only variable is where your ball is ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 5365 Views: 12928973	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 6:15 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 5365 Views: 12928973	Je comprends c'est Samedi noir, chérie, mais cette est notre dernier chance achiever revenge pour Waterloo, donc leavez-vous le crate de bière où c'est. President Macron to the Première Dame
Topic: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 2959 Views: 1966260	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:23 am Subject: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 2959 Views: 1966260	CNN took the unusual step of not broadcasting President Trump's address to the nation this week. The reason, they explained, was that previous televised fireside chats from this President were so full ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6202 Views: 6675629	Forum: Politics Posted: 4:48 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 6202 Views: 6675629	I'm not sure I entirely agree with Andy Burnham that his accession to power is the most important thing to have happened in British politics in the last forty years but I warm to his request for an en ...