Curmudgeon
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What a relief, I had completely misinterpreted the thread title.
I thought you had assembled some heavy artillery along with some brainwashed acolytes to act as gunners and this was your message to begin bombardment of the shopping centre.
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Division A
Board_stupid beats arabjoe by resignation.
A 4 knight skirmish in the middle of the board ended with Joe's queen being caught in the crossfire when it got pinned to the king by a bishop.
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3 minutes ago, .buzzy01 said:
Crowd is 433. Do Cove have any supporters?
The crowd going with 3 up top in a bold formation, although they're probably confident against this Cove mob.
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6 hours ago, mathematics said:
I’m more worried about the death of mankind than I am of my own personal death.
Is Mrs mathematics planning something? Should we all be worried?
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Some start to the weekend.
GIRFUY anyone who wasted their Friday night watching the turgid FA cup.
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We've gone up a gear since Bangala came on.
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Division A
Board_stupid beats markf268 by resignation.
This will be a frustrating one for my opponent. About 20 moves in there was nothing in it, but a lapse of concentration blunders a rook, which there's probably no coming back from.
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On 19/01/2023 at 15:37, scottsdad said:
You can burn 12 calories per, er, session.
Combine it with jogging in the park and the calories start burning off.
I'm impressed you're able to keep your rhythm going while jogging. I doff my cap to you, sir.
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Division A
Board_stupid beats PnBMathematics by checkmate.
I was under a bit of pressure in the opening when Mathematics played a strong first 10 moves only to completely throw away his position in the next few moves by going two pieces down. The outcome was probably just a matter of time after that.
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26 minutes ago, Albino Rover said:
Division A
Defeat against Board_stupid
Well beaten by a superior player, the loss was inevitable within the first 15 moves - I would say I'm glad just to have taken him to 50 moves but it could have been over quicker if he wanted it to be!
Thanks @Curmudgeonfor a schooling in chess, fully expect to see your name in a Champions' League position at the end of the season.After you lost your knight early on I didn't risk doing anything fancy and just simplified down the position by exchanging when the opportunity arose.
You've had a decent start to the league so I expect you to be in this league next season too. Although it's a tough division it's a great learning opportunity and I know I've improved due to the quality of opposition in it.
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Division A
PurpleKangaroo89 beats Board_stupid by resignation.
The game swung back and forth early on, but I managed to get into a decent position and ahead on material only to completely implode at the first sign of danger.
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Division A
Board_stupid beats Invergowrie by resignation.
A bit of a wild game, the analysis was quite critical of us. Although it had settled down to a roughly even position and was looking like it might be heading for a draw when a defensive lapse let my queen in ro settle things.
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Division A
Board_stupid beats Plesslie999 by checkmate.
I got an early pawn fork on a bishop/knight. Once you go a piece down in this league it's hard to come back from, which proved to be the case.
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8 hours ago, Thane of Cawdor said:
I actually feel a bit guilty for disliking this frolicsome, good-natured puppy, but his relentless smiley and inoffensive nature irritates me a great deal. As does his vacuous wittering on important political issues.
7 hours ago, velo army said:Greenie for using "frolicsome".
You, however, sir, are a curmudgeon.
Greenie for being a curmudgeon.
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As there's been some interest in my team here it is so you can admire its genius/idiocy without having to go looking for it.
Frank Field politics
Frank Field heimlich manoeuvre
John Gorman entertainer
John Gorman football
Don McLean music
Don MacLean entertainer
Randy Jackson music
Randy Jackson music
Mick Jones music
Mick Jones music
Roger Taylor music
Roger Taylor music
Tommy Lee music
Tommy Lee Jones actor
Tom Jones music
I've basically already conceded any chance of winning, but I'm hopeful of avoiding finishing pointless.
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5 hours ago, alta-pete said:
@Curmudgeon WTAF is your entry all about please? I might be wrong but I don’t think you get double points for a double entry (wrong movie maybe?)….
I wanted to come up with a theme that was even more ridiculous than last year's alphabet themed entry and this is what I came up with.
I had a couple of setbacks during the year as originally I was going to go with 7 pairs of names with number 15 being Andy Goram (before he even announced he had cancer), but that idea was scuppered. I also had to drop James Caan from my list when he selfishly kicked the bucket.
Fortunately there were no other deaths in my list that that gave a reprieve to Brian Cox and Alex Jones who were on standby.
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I'd be very disappointed if the Vatican wasn't colloquially known as Frankie and Benny's when both Popes were alive.
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Division A
Board_stupid beats markf268 by resignation.
No blunders from my opponent, but a series of small wins was enough to deliver the points.
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5 hours ago, FFCinthearea said:
I% is still 1% that won't make it's way into an already shattered economy. Is it fair that someone in Scotland earning £25k is paying 2% more than the rest of the UK? They're not exactly high earners FFS.
It doesn't seem fair at all. Although someone in Scotland earning £25k pays less income tax than someone in the rest of the UK so perhaps you should direct your scorn towards Westminster.
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@Richey Edwards in my opinion you're definitely one of the top two P&B posters in your household.
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16 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said:
I'm confused by the system again.
According to Wikipedia, they've already decided who plays in the semi-finals, to be played around the New Year.
But, BT Sport are listing a bunch of quarter-finals being shown this weekend?
So are the playoff teams set or not? If so, what are the BT games for and do the playoff teams just sit around twiddling their thumbs for three weeks? Why don't they play more rounds?
This weekend's games are for the level below so a different set of playoffs altogether. That's the FCS (Football Championship Subdivision), the more familiar league is the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision).
There's no promotion or relegation between the two, but occasionally a team from the FCS might get invited to join the bigger league.
The FBS playoffs are due to expand to 12 teams in a couple of years' time, which considering there's about 130 teams seems overdue.
Absolutely agree that it's a confusing setup.
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44 minutes ago, tamthebam said:
Peggy Mount
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8 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said:
I'd take that Bald Eagle more seriously if it didn't walk like Bernie Clifton.
You've embarrassed yourself here, sarge. It's the ostrich that has the strange walk while Clifton is clearly sitting on its back trying in vain to control the thing.
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26 minutes ago, RedEd said:
As someone who was on that ferry
Hmm, it's a mystery who initiated the food flinging in the first place.
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P&B Chess League - Season 8 coming soon….
in The General Nonsense Forum
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Division A
Board_stupid beats PurpleKangaroo89 by resignation.
I felt I had the worse of the opening, but a couple of errors meant I was just about to go a rook up when the towel was thrown in.