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31 July 2004
 I had a wheelie great time :-) Last weekend I met up with Dan Uk and Crowley from the Sportsbiker website. We rode off to sunny lincolnshire to a quiet B&B where Racy was waiting for us with some nice cold beers. A quick change and off to the local pub to talk crap over a pint or 2. Next day we went to the Jimmy Fireblade Wheelie School. I don't think that's his real name. We then proceeded to spend the day acting like little kids, riding up and down an airstrip, trying to hoist the front wheel into the air. No real reason, but everyone loves a good wheelie. Midway through the day I started to get the hang off it but then lost it. Only had a quick go on my bike. I'll get some more practice in next week when the bike is back from it's service. You can stunt from the safety of your own home Some Links This Land is my land The Real Address of the Nation How it should have been written A modern day tale for modern kids Bitch slap Remember a while back when I liked the new US to the Germany of 1930's? Flag waving through fear and all that? Well, it looks like some citizens of the US have decided to take matters a step further with a "show your colours" stance. One Nation Under God encourages "immigrants" to show just how much they love their adopted country. Hang on, remind me, which North American country was invaded by "immigrants" who slaughtered the vast majority of indiginous peoples and displaced those who remained? Which country prides itself for being the land of opportunity? Bunch of fecking hypocrites. Check this out 18 July 2004
From Anne Gwynne, a Welsh Nurse living in Nabulus Today in Nablus, a total force of two tanks: one of which was a very big tank - Number 2, and Number 13, which is made to move something as big as an apartment block; two army personnell carriers; eight large armoured Druze jeeps; and five other armoured jeeps entered the city. The soldiers occupied three houses - of course, these are actually people's homes. [This took place] from 6 o'clock this morning until quarter pas 7 this evening. When they occupy your home, they either shoot the door down or hit it with their boots and break the lock and burst in and put everbody into one room in the whole block and there they remain without food or water for the whole day until they decide to go - or indeed for two or three days. They then go to the roofs of these occupied homes, where! of course they have a wonderful view of the children in the street below. It's the first day of the school holidays today - oh that's why they came, of course, it's the first day of the school holidays! And therefore there are many children in the daytime, not just after three or four o'clock. And there were hundreds and hundreds, possibly thousands of children in the streets, literally everywhere. They would provocatively drive up and down, and when the children would start throwing stones each time, they would then [start out in] bursts of fire at them. They're very large bullets. I haven't seen such big ones as today. They're 10 centimetres long, they are enourmous bullets! They're not huge cannonballs [as I called "cannibal" in a previous transcription], but they are very very long. I'm going to get some to bring back with me to Berkley. When you used those for firing at children throwing stones, they injured 50. Eight of them are fighting for their lives tonight with ! chest wounds and groin wounds. Groin wounds bleed very badly, and they lose most of their blood before they get to the hospital - and of course the chest wounds are horrible - they lose their liver and bits of their lung. By 10:00 this morning, ___ Hospital was already full, and in another two hours, Al Rafidiyah Hospital was full. The overflow went to Al Watani, and a lot went to a speciality private hospital called the Nablus Hospital, which is also now full. We don't have any more room for any more injuries tonight. I'm sure they are___. These are *all* children. This is the point that I wanted to make particularly. I checked on this very carefully. Almost everyone is under 15, and most were under 12. Over half of them were shot with these large live bullets. About 40% were shot with steel rubber-coated bullets. They sound quite friendly; [but] they're not, believe me. At 7:15, after this exercise in entrapment, they exploded a bomb in each of the homes that they occupied, destroying a room, and left." There are some photos on this link WARNING THESE PHOTOS ARE VERY GRAPHIC 17 July 2004
I'm Back Sorry it's been so long but my puter was hijacked by a rather nasty Trojan. More on that another time.
Just a brief post to tell you about the Cheltenham v Blues pre-season friendly.
Despite being charged 50% more than usual for a game, the ground was full with the Brummies taking about 2/3rds of the gate. The food was nowhere near the standard of last season's fodder served up at Burton, so I went hungry. Little Kwacky meanwhile stuffed her cakehole with organic pasta and tomato mush.
Blues lined up with :-
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Melchiot Taylor Upson Clapham Johnson Izzet Clemence Gray Dunn Forssell The home side's Jerry Gill got a very warm reception from the visting fans.
Dunn looked very keen and was roaming all over the pitch, picking up the ball and running at defenders. Gray showed off his pace and ability, linking up neatly with Forssell who set up Izzet for the Blues goal. At the back, Tiny looked composed and wasn't afraid to keep the ball until he could pass to someone with space. Before the game Melchiot made a special effort to spend time with the junior fans - 1-0 in the hearts and minds camp. Melchiot and DJ linked up nicely on the right hand side but DJ still can't beat a man. This was spotted by Dunn who frequently went to his rescue. Izzet looks solid in the centre but it was Dunn who went for the spectacular with a free kick, the ball just millimetres above the Cheltenham bar. Gray's pace troubled the Robins but a short pitch meant he couldn't exploit his skill. Expect to see Gray as a regular sub next season - he'll run at tired defences and get something from it. Some nice crosses in from the young lad but there were signs of frustration when things weren't going his way. I'm sure Bruce will iron that out before Gray replaces Stan. There was only one change at half time (Nico for Maik). The hosts got an equaliser from an unchallenged header. The scorer just happened to be the replacement for the player Tiny had earlier laid out. After 60 minutes Carter, Cisse, John and Morrison all came on replacing Forssell, Melchiot, Izzet and Clemence. Of the new players Carter impressed the most with some good runs from the heart of the pitch and some nice crosses. Talking of crosses, did I mention that both Izzet and Melchiot can cross the ball to another players feet? Motteram was the last sub, coming on for Dunn. Now this lad is good. Very quick but he's got fast feet and can keep the ball close to him whilst waltzing through a defence. Missing today were the likes of Lazaridis, Heskey, Gronkjaer and Savage, players who I imagine will be in the starting line up once the season starts. In all it was the usual friendly. Good natured fun with the locals and a chance for Blues to check out the new faces. Big up to Southy for making the effort today ;-) |
