Boo Khaki

AQ is just one of a multitude of tools they use. I don't know whether your own GP would give it any credence, but that's not really here nor there because your GP wont be carrying out an assessment anyway, it's just their job to refer you on to the appropriate people. Personally I don't put much stock in AQ test alone, because it's very obviously intended to flag some pretty stereotypical autistic traits but doesn't take any account at all of some other pertinent factors. I don't score particularly highly on AQ test, above the threshold, but barely so, whereas my female relatives who are what I would describe as 'screamingly obviously autistic' don't score highly on it at all. The problem with self-administered AQ test is it depends on the respondent actually having some insight into their own behaviours. A lot of genuinely autistic people honestly believe they have no issues with social cues, nuance etc, so they'll answer so on the AQ test despite the test 'fishing' for a 'definitely agree' answer to detect a possible autistic trait. It's horrendously flawed and poor methodology IMO.

Yeah, we used to play 16x 8 ball overs way back in the early 80's. Was great fun, but the quicker bowlers hated it

They've been left behind by the emergence of big corporate, in-house teams like Merc. Before, it was Ferrari who did absolutely everything under their own roof, while Williams and McLaren always had to deal with relationships with Renault/Merc/Honda/Porsche etc, so they had the inherent advantage there even though they very rarely actually exploited it. There's a long-term efficiency, stability and efficacy about Merc, and even Red Bull to an extent, that Ferrari have not had to deal with prior to the last ten years, and it's making them look like bumbling amateurs by comparison. It's not really Ferrari going backwards, more that they've stood still while a couple of other operations have surpassed them, and they are no longer able to get away with some of the 'foibles' that they used to. The only real time Ferrari has operated on that level was with the Todt/Brawn/Schumi triumvirate, and they just haven't had anything or anyone with that sort of drive, determination, and discipline around since, hence why they're not holding it together when confronted with Merc and RB. Even when Kimi won the title it was still against a McLaren/Merc partnership, Williams-Toyota, BMW-Sauber, and Redbull was really in the formative years after the Stewart/Jaguar nonsense, so he wasn't really up against the behemoth that Merc are, or that Red Bull have become. Merc v FIAT in any scenario; who are you backing?

Can't play with a soaking wet ball, and the pitch becomes unplayable anaw. Same in Baseball. They stop the moment there is any sort of standing water or when the rain becomes heavy enough it is impossible to keep the ball dry. Also a player safety issue. Even when it's bone dry its not unusual to slip on your arse when you are turning to come back for a second run. In drizzle it happens constantly, and there's a real danger of broken ankles/legs/hips. I saw a guy dislocate his hip and have to be taken away by ambulance batting in bone-dry conditions, it's a nightmare when there's a bit of dampness around because the strip is usually cut really short, then you have longer, slippier grass on either side.

And there's the predictable 'heroic Bazball failure' that will have everyone chatting about how awesome it is and ignoring the idiotic chucking away of the first two Tests.

How long before the current Maranello team boss ends up wearing a pair of concrete wellies? What is this? Their fourth guy in the past 7 or 8 years?

I've had a look on Sky Sports F1 site but I can't find the official book of condolences

HSV are mired in a more prolonged and profound 'banter years' laughathon than Sevco were when they failed to get out of the Championship. They're more of a figure of fun now than a figure of hate.

We're running at a near £1 million loss year on year. One or two decent gates aren't going to bring that back into the black, so the owners will be servicing the debt regardless. If they've decided a set budget for the season and anything earned over and above expectation genuinely goes back into the playing budget pot, then fair enough, but that would be an odd way to run a club that is perpetually operating at a loss anyway. I can see it being an issue from a player's point of view, in that they should be wanting to win every single game and every single competition they can, but as a fan if you offered me a League Cup win every single season for the next ten years or a solid mid-table finish this season coming, I'd take the latter. A League Cup win wouldn't be any more significant to me than a Tennents Sixes or B&Q Cup win, nice to have, but nobody really gives a shit.

Well we know where a fair chunk of it went.

Going to be an interesting few years in that division with Lawrence now the undoubted lead QB in the South and the other teams' recent draftees looking to catch up. I've said before I have enormous doubts about Richardson and Levis reminds me a lot of Carson Wentz, I also think CJ Stroud could well flame out completely, but I doubt all three fail entirely so it'll be a good watch seeing who steps up.

TBH, Max is going to run away with the title regardless, so if I was him I'd be tempted to go full 'my steering locked' mode just to provoke the inevitable toddler-tantrum from #44

Of course it is. Everything is relative. If you have a tiny budget then any sort of reasonable sized one-off gate receipt is going to be of much more significance than it would be to a bigger club with a bigger budget, but the League Cup lost what little prestige it had as soon as it lost the Continental qualifying place, and even the prize money is pitiful, so personally speaking, I couldn't care less about how seriously or otherwise any Dundee manager views it, and if they want to treat it as a fitness and squad rotation exercise ahead of the league season then that's perfectly ok by me.

Why? It's an utterly meaningless diddy cup. The only potentially worthwhile endeavour is the gate receipts from getting pumped by an arse-cheek in the Semi or Final. It's absolutely right that the majority of managers treat it as nothing but a pre-season warm-up, because that's all it deserves.

Be a wee shame if the pair of bellends on the front row punted each other into the scenery at the first corner.

Pishing doon

Looks like Friday is the lucky day chosen for the one day the Padres O shows up this week. Just NOBLETIGER'd the Tigers as well.

I felt this was really the trap game. Looking at beating Italy, Austria, and Denmark to render the Ireland game a free hit. Scotland avoid the embarrassment of losing to an article of clothing

Jersey requiring snookers.

Head utterly clueless

No sure what England's sudden obsession with bowling down legside is all about. They did this at Headingley anaw. Fair enough to a guy like Smith who habitually walks across his stumps, but actually bowling it as a plan to guys who stand up straight its just weird.

That's a shocker from Smith

At least a wee blast of 2Unlimited

Disappointed the trumpeter no longer plays 'Moeen... Moeen... Moeen... MoEEEEEEEEEEEEn!' to the tune of Dolly Parton's 'Jolene'.

Have to go some to top Joylord Gumbie.