tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388979.post7456540359365707832..comments2024-03-27T07:37:20.144+00:00Comments on electrichalibut.co.uk: Wimbers post-mortemelectrichalibuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14365477143816746297noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388979.post-67608455607374830602007-07-09T17:27:00.000+01:002007-07-09T17:27:00.000+01:00However scary I might find going up in a plane, I ...However scary I might find going up in a plane, I don't think the situation would be improved at all by jumping out of it. Even if I <I>was</I> wearing a parachute.<BR/><BR/>Half rice half chips, please.electrichalibuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14365477143816746297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388979.post-14455429935784171202007-07-09T15:53:00.000+01:002007-07-09T15:53:00.000+01:00yessss...I seem to have turned into the proprietor...yessss...<BR/>I seem to have turned into the proprietor of my local chinese takeaway with my last comment.<BR/><BR/>She <B>di</B> enjoy <B>i</B>, eh?<BR/>(Velly much so).The Black Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10041328339344144512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388979.post-67464268945924740802007-07-09T15:49:00.000+01:002007-07-09T15:49:00.000+01:00Glad you enjoyed the plane photos.The only times I...Glad you enjoyed the plane photos.<BR/>The only times I've ever been up in a plane (almost) that small, I jumped out of it.<BR/>'Twas a good day, we were blessed by beautiful wevvarh, and Anna di enjoy i, which was the whole idea.The Black Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10041328339344144512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388979.post-91471753779635163462007-07-09T14:12:00.000+01:002007-07-09T14:12:00.000+01:00Well, I disagree, mostly, but not entirely, about ...Well, I disagree, mostly, but not entirely, about the Tour de France. But I'll leave the details for a post specifically about it which I'll do when I get time.<BR/><BR/>Back to tennis, I think the way Federer will win the French is if some kind person takes Nadal out early doors and leaves the way clear for Quentin Tarantino, I mean Federer. By the time they meet (which as they're #1 and #2 will be in the final) Nadal will be totally "in the zone", plus I think Federer's got a bit of a mental block about playing him on clay now.<BR/><BR/>Haven't been keeping up with the rugby much; the Tri-Nations seems to have been a bit inconclusive this year what with the Springboks mucking about with their team etc. <BR/><BR/>Saw the plane pics - rather her than me I must say. Though strangely I have been up in an aircraft of similar size and found it less scary than going on a commercial jet aircraft. Probably because I could see out of the front window and talk to the pilot.<BR/><BR/>I left an annoyingly pedantic comment as well. Enjoy!electrichalibuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14365477143816746297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388979.post-37380863158039072312007-07-09T11:44:00.000+01:002007-07-09T11:44:00.000+01:00Right.Of "Wimbers" and the weekend's sport in gene...Right.<BR/>Of "Wimbers" and the weekend's sport in general then...<BR/><BR/><B>Wimbledon</B><BR/>Nice to see Federer equal Borg and take a fifth on the trot.<BR/>Nice to see Borg congratulating him afterwards also.<BR/>I'm sure "Rafa" will eventually beat "Roger" on grass, maybe as early as next year.<BR/>And I'm also sure the reverse will not happen on the Parisian clay.<BR/><BR/>As for my outside tip, the biwwion-foot tall monster, Ivo Karlovic, well that fecker exited in the first round. Just as well I didn't have a couple of squid on him eh?<BR/>And as for your tip, "A. Rod", well, maybe he's still in with a shout at Wimbledon, though Nadal and Federer do seem in a different league at present.<BR/><BR/>Regarding the women.<BR/>You are quite correct mentioning the Williams' sisters "gamesmanship". I was bleating about that to Anna all fortnight.<BR/>Cheats. Pure and simple.<BR/><BR/><BR/><B>International Rugby Union</B><BR/>You may well be right when you suggested that the Wallabies may well be dark horses in the upcoming RWC.<BR/>Even without a great pack at present, they are slowly and surely working their way back into world cup reckoning, starting to settle on a side (rather than arseing about wih various positions like recently), and beating New Zealnd and Seth Efrika. I still cannot see past The All Blacks and The Wallabies though.<BR/>And don't mention the new Scotland RWC strip...<BR/>Why oh why oh why etc... etc...<BR/><BR/><B>Tour de France</B><BR/>I was in London on saturday evening, knocking back a few foamers of London Pride. I couldn't understand why everyone seemed to be wearing fluorescent cycling caps, until I realised that the cyclists from the tour had completed a London stage of the Tour de FRANCE, around the Mall, and allegedly 1 million people had gone to see it? Surely not?!<BR/><BR/>1)Cycling is a hobby. As a sport its boring beyond belief.<BR/>2)The Tour de France should be kept in France. As in the name of the event. You know.<BR/>3)Interesting fact regarding cyclists (professional cyclists, anyhoo). They have the lowest resting heart BPMs of any type of athlete - one as a resting BPM of 30-35! Anytime he goes to the dobby, the dobby panics, and starts administering adrenaline!<BR/>They can take their heart rates from 35 to 200 and back again in a very short time, repeatedly, and have the "biggest hearts" in athletics. Ahhh. Bless 'em.<BR/><BR/><B>F1</B><BR/>Shame Lewis Hamilton couldn't win at Silverstone.<BR/>I didn't watch it as firstly Anna was flying over the chilterns at the time, and also I seem to remember that Silverstone never used to have that much overtaking action (its <I>too</I> fast), apart from during pit-stops.<BR/><BR/><B>Golf</B><BR/>Colon won at the K club, producing the best golf he's played for 8 years. (His words, not mine). Is he peaking just in tme for "Carnasty" in a fortnight?!<BR/>Maybe, though I still think his "moobs" and his silly-boy temper tantrums will prevent him from winning a major. EVARH. (They may be famous last words, but thats just my opinion).<BR/><BR/>Regarding golf, "Twenty-Six" had a good week again, making a profit, albeit a tiny profit, with Fasth coming second, and Peter Hanson coming joint "turd" as they say at the K club.<BR/>I think it was the 26th <I>post</I> that "Twenty-Six" tipped a first and second in a golf event (though I may be wrong there), and next weeks tournament, the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond is the twenty-sixth <I>golf tournament</I> that I'll be tipping on!<BR/>A good omen? Maybez? You'll just have to log on later in the week and see.<BR/><BR/>Also regarding golf, my Jenningsbet Fantasy Golf Team (8 golfersin total, in Europe and the USA) is up to 196th out of over 7,500 before this weeks tourneys. Now bearing in mind that out of my 8 fantasy golfers selected this week, Fasth, Hanson, Furyk and Woods ALL finished in the top 6, both sides of the pond, and all the udders made the cut comfortably, I'm expecting to be in the top 100 (out of over 7,500, like I said), when this weeks points are tallied up.<BR/>I'm in with a shout I reckon, if I keep it up.<BR/><BR/>Ok. Thats it.<BR/>As Gordon Ramsay might say...<BR/><BR/><B>Weekend's sports review.<BR/>DONE.</B>The Black Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10041328339344144512noreply@blogger.com