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Daily Racing Thread Monday 5th. Sept. 2016

Discussion in 'Horse Racing' started by attivo, Sep 4, 2016.

  1. SaveTheHumans

    SaveTheHumans Well-Known Member

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    McIlroy with a brillaint final round to claim the Deutsche Bank and advance to next week. Justin Rose...just shows when golf goes bad, it goes very bad. -11 and T3 at the half way stage of his final round and finished -1 dropping 10 shots and ending his round on +8. Mental game.
     
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  2. SwanHills

    SwanHills Well-Known Member

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    Intel i7 Processor. Quite fast enough, and I waste no time. I am an ex RAF National Serviceman and did my time in RAF 90-Group as a cyphers telegraphist. To be as polite as I can, I do not need lessons on communications from you. Old or new, telecommunications dovetails into the modern era. Things just change, but it is all to the same end.

    That's me out of here for the time being. I have had enough. Goodbye. Been fun most of the time.
     
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  3. SaveTheHumans

    SaveTheHumans Well-Known Member

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    Perfect start anyway Ste
     
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  4. You See

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    Bit touchy arnt we :emoticon-0102-bigsm That old toshiba one used to go on about wasnt that old after all with an i7 in it now was it <doh>
     
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  5. Bostonbob

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    You're right TC. Police came both times but they're basically useless. CSI also rocked up the next day on both occasions. The first time this gang had driven half way across West Yorkshire doing 4 houses. Getting a Range and an M5 and failing with mine and someone's M3 (he had 25 mins of cctv footage as they tried to break his lock). On the same night this weekend they raided someone's house and got 4 cars - a range rover, an m5, an m3 and a fiesta that was blocking them all in.

    The police that came yesterday said it is essentially like the film Gone In 60 Seconds where there's a 'Mr Big' ordering teams of early twenty somethings about and they have lists of cars/houses to target. It happened almost exactly a month after the first go and both times it was raining - it turns out it is not possible to take a finger print when it's wet. What's most worrying is there appears to be someone watching our house and giving them the nod when it's 'safe' to do it. I used to do thousands of miles a month in the car in my old role with loads of time away so i'm so relived i'm now at home every night doing what i do now. Final worry is they have some balls - without sounding like a knob, i'm a big lad and last time i ran out with nothing on and chased them away. If they haven't been carrying any kind of weapon before i assume they probably will start to if they keep coming back.
     
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  6. TopClass

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    Remember mate, your car is worth **** all in the grand scheme of things.

    Let law enforcement do what they are paid to do and you two just take care of yourselves and stay safe.
     
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  7. rudebwoy

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    you'd think it wouldn't be too hard to leave a tempting car as bait to entrap and follow the trail back to the organisers if this is multiple thefts to order -the desperadoes they use are just fodder - but it must be unnerving to know you're being cased ...... lights and noise are going to deter these scroats but it's a sorry way to live ......
    I suppose the wealth inequality that has grown the last thirty years or so don't help - -- this is a feature of all societies that pursue such policies -

    I realise how lucky I am living where few people have anything worth stealing , but it's a sad state of affairs when people will break in your house to get your car keys ..........
     
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  8. smokethedeadbadger

    smokethedeadbadger Well-Known Member

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    Really pisses me off hearing about stuff like this. ****ing scum they are. Your home should be your sanctuary, the place where you both feel most secure. Your missus especially doesn't need this sort of worry whilst pregnant.

    I'm not surprised the police aren't much use hopefully with this latest recruitment drive they've had they'll have enough staff to deal with and care about crime other than rape, murder and terrorism.

    For security all i'd suggest is light and noise as deterrents and good locks (sounds like you've got them already).

    Must be awful having your home compromised like that and I can't imagine the worry and anxiety that goes with it. Let's hope the ****ers get caught soon.

    Changing the subject I had a quick look at your website. Me and the wife like nice a bottle of red any in particular you can recommend?
     
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  9. Bustino74

    Bustino74 Thouroughbred Breed Enthusiast

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    Sir Barney, I know you said Moore is the best jockey riding today, and I'd agree with you, but I'd expect you to see events as they are. Moore rode a real shocker on Saturday and a lesser jockey would have been criticised for it. He rode it as if he couldn't lose and it reminded me of some of his riding 5 years or so back when he seemed to think he had to beat the whole field in the straight. If you are going to head this committee on saying who is to be the top jockey then please let us see a touch of balance and leadership.

    The expression is quite old and was certainly used in the early '70s. But its recent popularity is due to its usage by a main character in Gavin and Stacey.
     
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  10. Chaninbar

    Chaninbar The Crafty Cockney

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    Whilst I'd agree Rudey that inequality is a huge issue it can't be used as an excuse for these feckless ****ers. They're bad people and need locking up for a long time when caught plain and simple.
    All the best to you and the misses Bob. I know jack about wine but am partial to Malbec, don't know why but I've rarely had one I didn't like.
     
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  11. Bostonbob

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    Cheers bud. Appreciate the comments. It is a bit crap having the anxiety if I'm honest.

    Reds - depends on what you tend to go for but my favourites are:

    El Ilusioniste from Ribero Del Duero in Spain which should start to rival Rioja soon enough. Excellent bottle. Full of fruit. Quite jammy.

    Anything by Garage Wine Co. They're run by a Canadian friend of mine called Derek who moved to the Maule Valley to make wine. There was an Earthquake in 2010 that killed off a lot of production in the region because the big producers (ie the stuff you'd get in a supermarket) couldn't rely on the roads in and out which meant the small farmers that used to sell via cooperatives couldn't get the trade any longer. Derek set up MOVI which looks after those farmers. Most harvest using their hands, a cart and a horse and instead of chucking it all in a big cask with grapes from all regions, they now make their own wine from their own grapes and the results are outstanding.

    My final choice is a producer from South Africa called Blank Bottle. Run by Peter Walser, he makes 30 different types a year but most only get made once. It depends on the grape quality that year. Hugely innovative. A trailblazer in New World wine. Peter designs the labels himself and his three kids help seal them all in wax. It does help that he makes the best French grape varietal wines in South Africa. I have a lot of his wines that no one else in the UK has. The ones that are available are from one other supplier and they're on Michelin star restaurant wine lists at £100 a bottle. Mine, obviously, are a quarter of that price.
     
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  12. Bostonbob

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    You're not alone.

    Malbec's a great grape and by far the most popular red at the moment.

    https://www.squashedgrapewine.com/products/high-altitude-malbec-syrah


    This is my most popular wine and it's a belter. Completely sold out when I opened a taster bottle at the Skipton food festival.
     
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  13. Sir Barney Chuckles

    Sir Barney Chuckles Who Dares Wins

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    Yes, would admit he did seemingly give Stargazer a lot to do but I’m sure this was due, to a large extent, in the confidence he must have had in the old boy easily being able to pick off the 10 rivals in front of him. His positioning did though yes lead to the ‘trouble in running’ that Stargazer went onto suffer. However, on another day gaps would have appeared and he could have scythed through the field without a care in the world. Would I give Ryan 10/10 for that ride…no. But still think he is by some way the best in the business.

    Ahhhhhhhh, yes ‘Gavin and Stacey’. One of the handful (if that) of sitcoms made since the turn of the millennium that are actually remotely humorous.
     
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  14. Onlyfoolsandhorses

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    Goes and wins at Epsom today at 8/1 :(
     
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  15. rudebwoy

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    I backed it today on the basis that it was expected on Monday but didn't lead -today it did -jockey ?
     
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