Nigel Day

Fine thanks John, but not modelling. I hope everyone on here is staying OK too. I've been following the jokes recently and thought that this latest lot were too good not to pass on. And they won't have given the mods and cause for concern either..... Edited By Nigel Day on 09/05/2020 17:40:11

Just asked a 6-year old if he understands why there is no school.  He said yes because they are out of toilet paper. On the bright side, I am no longer calling this shelter-in-place. I am an artist-in-residence. After years of wanting to thoroughly clean my house but lacking the time, this week I discovered that wasn’t the reason. You’re not stuck at home, you're safe at home. One word can change your attitude and one cough can change your life. Coronavirus has turned us all into dogs. We roam the house all day looking for food.  We’re told “no” if we get too close to strangers and we get really excited about car rides. If you thought toilet paper was crazy ... just wait until 300 million people all want a haircut appointment. 2020 is a unique Leap Year. It has 29 days in February, 300 days in March and 5 years in April. Wearing a mask inside your home is now highly recommended. Not so much to prevent COVID-19 but to stop eating. If you keep a glass of wine in each hand, you can’t accidentally touch your face. This cleaning with alcohol is total b.s. NOTHING gets done after that first bottle. Kinda starting to understand why pets try to run out of the house when the door opens.   Does anyone know if we can take showers yet or should we just keep washing our hands???   You think it’s bad now? In 20 years our country will be run by people home schooled by day drinkers….   I swear my fridge just said: “what the hell do you want now?” Whoever owes you money, go to their house now. They should be home. Edited By Nigel Day on 09/05/2020 08:12:52

Darth Vader meets Luke Skywalker on Xmas eve... Vader: "Luke, I know what you're getting for Christmas." Luke: "No, you can't!" Vader: "Yes Luke, I've forseen exactly what you're getting." Luke: "No, not even Leia knows!" Vader: "Yes Luke, I know what each gift is." Luke: "No, that's impossible, how you could you possibly know?!" Vader: "Luke, I've felt your presents." Merry Xmas to all and a Happy New Year.

Oooh, that does look really good Nev.

I didn't see Ireland take a step backwards the whole game.

Superb from Ireland, deserved winners. Poor from England. Inaccurate and errors when their chances came. I was hoping that the first three games were the blip and the Scotland game was back to normal. Not to be. Very much still a work in progress.

That would be amazing given their performances as little as 18 months ago. Like with England, it shows how quickly things can turn around.

I'm not too confident Donald and I wouldn't put a whole heap of money on it but England SHOULD win, probably by not a lot, but on form they ought to. There's a lot more resilience, determination and sheer bleeding-mindedness in this England team than most of those that have gone before. That said, I'll still be watching the match from behind the sofa....

Yup, I reckon England have now found their mojo. Eddie Jones won't let them get too confident but they've a very good record recently and are now selecting from the first choice players. Ireland are still a very good side but your money would have to be on England, even if it is with fingers tightly crossed!

Hi TartanMac. The kit is worth it but I recommend checking the parts when they arrive. Mine was missing a couple (few?) sheets. It's pretty good though. I'd say that the plan was for intermediate+.and a bit tricky to follow. I've only built 3 from plans before but one of them was a Dennis Bryant Chipmunk and I had plenty of people to help me a long the way. I'm only an average builder at best but with a bit of thinking and help from others on here I'm doing OK. I hope this helps? Edited By Nigel Day on 13/03/2017 18:34:22

I've not been watching the build up but I've just heard from my wife that Farrell's playing. If the Times is to be believed that was never really in doubt. Phew! I know that he's not the be-all and end-all of the England team but I think that England will need to have their strongest team and be at their best for today's game. If they play like they did before the 6-nations they should be OK, even if Scotland are playing well. If not......

Brilliant Ted and thanks for the update. Nigel

Yes, although it's normally more important when Northern Hemisphere sides play Southern Hemisphere sides or there's a SH ref involved in a NH match and vice versa. Historically they've tended to treat a few areas of the game slightly differently so it pays to make sure that you know how a particular ref will act in key areas of play.

Let's see if it's still 2nd and 5th after the 6 nations is over Donald.

As I mentioned earlier, the antidote to the non-rucking is pick and go. It works well enough for teams to start rucking enough. It shouldn't last long enough to stop the game from being entertaining. The ruse was a legal attempt by a struggling team to level the playing field - in order to win. They shouldn't have been allowed to make it work. The tactic has been used before and in relatively high-profile games. The England coaching staff should have recognised it, known how it was countered and got that message down to the pitch quickly. You might have hoped that some of the brighter/senior players would have known how to counter it too. A number are touted as having 'great rugby brains' after all. Yes, I was flummoxed too - but I'm an ordinary fan who knows less of the rules than the players and don't watch that many games beyond England and Lions game plus a few Premiership/European ones. The England management should have done a bit better - and so should the England team. We're only a couple of really key players down and much is made of our very strong squad where the coach says he's able to pick almost any 15 from them and still have a full-strength team. Watson and at least one of the Vunipolas would make a difference - but we're hardly hobbled without them are we? The coach and the players admit that they're not playing that well. I'm just saying the same thing. Do I think that they can, and will, beat Scotland and Ireland? Yes!