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Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

  1. geitungur akureyrar

    geitungur akureyrar Well-Known Member

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    John Goodall, his football testimonial was for Derby County and he played cricket for Derbyshire. He also played and managed Watford
     
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  2. Jsybarry

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    They were both part of his testimonial as a WFC player. I don't know if this'll help, but the cricket match was against Langleybury CC.
     
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  3. oldfrenchhorn

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    Nigel Gibbs? 1992 and 2002.
     
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  4. Jsybarry

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    OFH, I wouldn't call 10 years "a few months". This was in the 1980s.
     
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  5. oldfrenchhorn

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    At my age it is a blink of the eyelid. :emoticon-0100-smile
     
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  6. colognehornet

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    Luther Blissett ?
     
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  7. Jsybarry

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    Bloother had the right position and like AC, is a cricket enthusiast.
     
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  8. colognehornet

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    Steve Sherwood ?
     
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  9. Jsybarry

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    Over to you cologne. The one thing I still remember from the cricket match was John Barnes destroying the Langleybury bowlers, including a six that went out the ground and landed the other side of Langleybury Lane.
     
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  10. colognehornet

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    Known as a very early form of biological weapon of mass destruction, the army of Xenophon was nearly destroyed by this means. Pompey lost 3 squadrons to this in 69 BC and 5,000 of the Russian foes of Olga of Kiev were also defeated by the use of this early weapon of mass destruction, which was only possible in a wet spring. What was it ?
     
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  11. yorkshirehornet

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  12. colognehornet

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    Nope, sorry Yorkie.
     
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  13. yorkshirehornet

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    is it some form of marsh gas?
     
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  14. colognehornet

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    Nope....nothing to do with gas. As I said it was normally only possible just after a spring which had been unusually wet (or cold) - in some regions it would be possible every spring - parts of the Caucasus and Black Sea area for example. There are also parts of the Himalayas where this can still be a problem.
     
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  15. yorkshirehornet

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    some sort of insect?
     
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  16. colognehornet

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    Starting to move vaguely in the right direction.
     
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  17. yorkshirehornet

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    some sort of nasty bug then...multiplies in wet spring??

    You suggest Himalayan.... mmm... not sure.. mosquitos don't really go into the mountains...
     
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  18. colognehornet

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    Not just the Himalayas Yorkie, but also other areas with an acidic soil with low Ph value.
     
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  19. colognehornet

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  20. yorkshirehornet

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    ah... Rhododendrums...( they are the plants you see everywhere in the Hims.)
     
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