Right.. This is part Hawt, part movie review... I'm working from home today, so stuck on 365days on Netflix to see what all the fuss is about whilst I'm "working" and child free. The story line is actually pretty good, fed up girl "meets" mafia boss, lots of danger and drama, and although perhaps weak script, the acting is well... forgivable. Biggie cliffhanger too! Beautiful scenes around what looks like Taormina and a visit to Rome.

One for you (Anna-Maria Sieklucka,and yes she's Polish @Snowy )

One for me

Jesus Michele Morrone , although I adore Italy I've never really been into Italian men but oh my...that man. Both of them are much better looking in the film and obviously they are doing a lot of, ahem, intimate things....

No idea how I will concentrate now and already searching Prime for an English version of the books

5 Italians sleeping with the fishes out of 5 stereotypical fern polish girls. Loved it!

It's nice to have some interest and spice for a game between these two legendary pack of fluffybunnies, again.

Looking forward to it, hope there's lots of mutual hate

@MiketheSnow said in Black Lives Matter:

On a mate's facebook page

I'm not racist, you know that, my gran was black.

Teaching people what they should know goes both ways.

We've had to forget that we were once the slaves of the Romans, then the bloody Vikings, and white people are still being sold as slaves today.

African countries are still selling black people today. ISIS and Al-Qaeda gain a lot of revenue from this activity. Don't hear of people wagging fingers at them.

Slavery was made legal through a law suit brought to a Virginia court by a black slave owner. At least 10 of the first 20 slave owners in America were black.

Yep. From my OU studies, I recall some of the most vociferous opposition to the abolition of slavery came from the African potentates who were raiding their enemies and kidnapping people to sell. They petitioned Parliament & the King to keep slavery going.

The other common (and current) myth is that "capitalism & the free market" was responsible for slavery. One of the most powerful arguments used by abolitionists against slavery was that it is the opposite of a free market, was inefficient, costly and stopped capitalism from operating properly. Much of the opposition to abolition actually came from the churches

@shark said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:

I can't be fucked tending to it, aside from making the rub. I'd ideally like to be able to put it on at say 6am and by 6pm have some approximate Franklin BBQ level brisket ready to slice up.

Sounds like you need to go with a pellet grill

@MiketheSnow said in NH International Rugby:

@Bovidae said in NH International Rugby:

@Rapido Ian McLauchlan was his name. Before my rugby watching.

I would probably pick Os du Randt at LH prop.

McGeechan didn't select as many old timers as I thought.

Os was the LH in that 97 series.

Tom Smith got the better of Adrian Garvey

I know. As you say, the problem was on the other side of the scrum.

Just saying Os would be picked ahead of Smith in my top XV.

@taniwharugby said in Science!:

https://ancientblog.net/1-billion-space-probe-from-nasa-sent-some-mind-blowing-jupiter-photos-back-to-earth-5673/

Those pics look like paintings worthy of the Vatican!

@Bovidae said in NH International Rugby:

@Rapido Ian McLauchlan was his name. Before my rugby watching.

I would probably pick Os du Randt at LH prop.

McGeechan didn't select as many old timers as I thought.

Os was the LH in that 97 series.

Tom Smith got the better of Adrian Garvey

@Bones said in NH International Rugby:

@MiketheSnow I've only just tried to read the article and gave up after the shitty page pop-ups and ads still hadn't finished loading by the time I'd managed to eventually get down to blindside with far too much effort than should have been required.

Didn't miss much Usual suspects