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Lent Term Bop Requests by KSS - Mon 16th Feb 2004, 9:21am | |
Tell me what you want, I might put it in... (4 replies...) | |
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A cox for the 2nd Women by You know you want to, Chris! - Fri 13th Feb 2004, 12:47pm | |
Ode to Chris Pedder Thou that hast more experience in steering a boat than God has in guiding the stars, we beg thee, we plead with thee, descend! once more amongst the ranks of mortals to cox us. In this our darkest hour when all have failed us, it is but the halo of your glory that may lead us to the end of the tunnel. Reliant we are, in thy valiance we trust, our hopes and our lives on the river Cam. (20 replies...) | |
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Please buy me some nice lucozade :) by Berry Fiend - Sun 8th Feb 2004, 2:52pm | |
please can we have some dark berry lucozade for the lard cupboard?? i like it lots :) (12 replies...) | |
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Lent 04 LARD Requests by The Lardmeister - Sun 11th Jan 2004, 1:17pm | |
I'm going shopping for LARD tomorrow, so if you have any sensible suggestions or old favourites, can you put them down here. (15 replies...) | |
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Topical teaser by Esther - Tue 23rd Dec 2003, 12:02am | |
Spot the celebraty in the recent Regatta... (1 replies...) | |
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Do you have a colour printer? by Martin - Wed 26th Nov 2003, 11:06am | |
Does anyone in college have a colour printer and is set up to print photo-quality pictures? I have a couple of photos I need to print at short notice. Any help would be gratefully received - pls email (mail@martinpeck.net) or reply if i could come round this evening to use it. (Will contribute cash and/or paper.) | |
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LARD by Remigo Ergo Edo - Wed 19th Nov 2003, 5:12pm | |
The Mich Term Lard Competition is starting to get quite interesting now. With just over two weeks left before the end of term it's anyone's guess as to who will actually walk away with the trophy. This term there will hopefully be quite a few sub-categories, each of which is elegible for a prize of some kind: Lard King, Lard Queen, Lardiest Cox, Novice Lard King, and Novice Lard Queen, plus anything else I decide to give a prize for. To be elegible for a prize, all you have to do is keep eating lard and make sure you attend the end-of-term dinner. For those of you to whom this all seems a bit strange, this is how it works : Each item you buy from the Lard Cupboard in the Boathouse has a LARD rating which is related in some way to its fat content, so if you're trying to catch up, it's time to ditch the Bottled Water and start eating Flapjacks instead. :-)) The top fives (alphabetically) for the five categories as of last week are: Men : Byrne, Davies, Holland, Ingram, Mycroft. Women : Dennis, Hadrill-Barratt, Lee(Jenny), Russell, Sampson. Coxes : Francis, Minch Dixon, Nanayakkara, Powell, Wolf. Novice Men : Dewbery, Hill, Nicholson, Taylor(Chris), Wong. Novice Women : Gutteridge, Michlig, Munro, Schaefer, Standley. (27 replies...) | |
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Catz womens captain's e-mail addres by Becca - Thu 13th Nov 2003, 1:00pm | |
Hey - does anyone know what Cat's (Catz women's captain) e-mail address is? If you do, could you e-mail it to me at oxist1833@oxilp.ac.uk. Cheers, Bec (situated in Filth) | |
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Fairbairns Bop Requests by KSS - Fri 7th Nov 2003, 12:37am | |
So then, off you go... (34 replies...) | |
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IVs Head by Hammersmith - Thu 30th Oct 2003, 12:22pm | |
I'm hoping to be down watching the IVs Head - aside from the FaT crews and JPD's Goldie III, who's rowing and in what starting position? (4 replies...) | |
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Missing Words by RTT - Fri 17th Oct 2003, 12:32pm | |
Given that HIGNFY is starting again tonight, I thought we could have our own round on the website. So, suggestions please for what might be hidden under the stars: Another must have *************************, just so he can whip it out in meetings. Oh and I guess our guest publication ought to be that unmissable monthly magazine known as Regatta (though this is not from said magazine). (3 replies...) | |
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Mich 03 Lard Discussion by JT - Mon 13th Oct 2003, 9:05am | |
After a bit of moaning from the Women's IV this morning, I have decided to revive the Lard message thread(s). Any comments, suggestions, etc. are welcome, but be warned that I may not ncessarily take any notice of what you write. To forestall one potential whinge, I intend to soon put up a prices list. (9 replies...) | |
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Coxing standard by Dubya - Mon 6th Oct 2003, 11:13am | |
The email about starting up soc-rowing-coxes again mentions people making requests for coxes to sub into outings should state what "standard" of cox they require. It occurs to me that there is currently no way to quantify this apart from the very inadequate "first boat", "second boat", "third boat" etc which mean different and often random things from college to college and from year to year. I wonder if we could set up a coxing standards group. We'd get a bunch of reasonable coxes together and make up a coxing standard test for a bunch of classes. I'm thinking along these lines. Class I. New coxes. Test for this class should require demonstration of COMPLETE knowledge of relevant rules of the river. Class II. Skilled lower boats cox. Test for this class should require demonstrated ability to steer safely and communicate with other river users (eg observe an outing). Maybe a written or practical test on basic rowing technique from cox's perspective. Class III. Skilled college cox. Test for this class should require demonstrated ability to cox safely in racing conditions including some bumps experience, plus requirements for previous classes. Class IV. University level. Should be granted automatically to coxes who get university colors, (upon demonstration of Class II knowledge on the Cam ;). But should also be available to college coxes with substantial off-Cam racing, and pass a test involving coxing a crew of some reasonable standard and getting a pass from that crew. (tbd) Class V. Really good people. (8 replies...) | |
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Chideock by Julia Gog - Tue 5th Aug 2003, 9:42am | |
Does anyone have Cass Chideock's current E-mail/real-mail address? If so, can you drop it to me at juila@may.be. Cheers. | |
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Your best ever outing by Simon - Fri 20th Jun 2003, 9:13am | |
As it's quiet on the boards... I've just had a really productive and constructive outing in the 2-, which made me start to wonder what was my best outing (nb not race) ever. Haven't made my mind up yet, but thought I'd set up a thread in case anyone else felt like doing some reminiscing as well. (10 replies...) | |
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Small Boats' Races by Interested - Tue 22nd Apr 2003, 4:52pm | |
Who were the crews who raced in the Foster-Fairbairn Pairs, Fairbairn Junior Sculls, Bushe-Fox Freshmen's Sculls and Women's Championship Sculls today? (1 replies...) | |
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Secretary Manifesto(s) by Acting Secretary - Tue 22nd Apr 2003, 3:28pm | |
My Manifesto: I will sort out a cheap dinner, and generally run the club, as well as doing all the other things a secretary should do. Matt Byrne "It's a one man, one vote system. And I'm that man." (3 replies...) | |
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Committee cooperation by "webmaster" - Wed 16th Apr 2003, 2:36pm | |
It is becoming amusing... we've had the men's captain coxing the women's 1st VIII and the women's captain coxing the men, and now the webmaster organising the training camp social event, the JT in charge of race entries, kernigit running the training camp... whatever next?! (3 replies...) | |
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May Term Lard Requests by JT - Sat 12th Apr 2003, 8:49am | |
It's that time of the year again - the JT is off to buy even more lard for your consumption. As he has exams, the lard cupboard will not be re-stocked again until the middle of May, so you have until Tuesday to get those requests in. | |
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BP II by esther (never coxing again) - Fri 28th Mar 2003, 2:12pm | |
Am I being really blonde and stupid or does BPII's stern sit really low in the water? Now i'm not suggesting you have fat chuffer coxes but is this true or have I felt safe in the coxes seat for too long? example (doubt it will work: am very dense) /frames/photos/2002/lent2002m2.shtml?3 (7 replies...) | |
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New Head of the Lent's board by Guy - Fri 14th Mar 2003, 8:43pm | |
I don't go to the boathouse very often these days so I only noticed it yesterday. I think it's hilarious. Three years to get and it's still wrong. It's so First and Third. Brilliant. (4 replies...) | |
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Let's play... by Lilt - Wed 26th Feb 2003, 11:37am | |
...spot Matthew Byrne in the Bumps Programme. (14 replies...) | |
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Bumps trends by Dr. Pepper - Tue 25th Feb 2003, 7:58pm | |
Just been looking at the comparison of Lent Bumps positions. The 4th VIII have had quite a roll. Anyone know the last time they were in the 3rd Lents division? Well done on crossing a division boundary today guys. (4 replies...) | |
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"Rowing" - 1904 by Simon - Thu 20th Feb 2003, 6:24pm | |
From WG East's 1904 book "Rowing" (via The Tideway Slug): Rowing terms "SUGARING - Rowing apparently correctly, but avoiding putting in a full share of work." On training "rowing stands alone, in that the exercise in the boat, in addition to walking, is all that is required to get the oarsman fit. No ball-punching exercises or dumb-bells should be practised during actual training. Walking and the boat will do all that is required." "A rowing man should not confine his preparation entirely to the strict traing period, he should keep fairly fit through the winter if he desires to be at his best in the spring and summer. To this end he should row leisurely once or twice a week if convenient and practise ball-punching, skipping and Indian clubs. Indian club swinging is possibly the best of exercises for oarsmen during the winter months" The day's Routine "Turn out of bed at 6:30, certainly not later than 7 o'clock. No cup of tea before getting up, nor immediately after rising, as this is most detrimental." On Boils "If there is any weakness or impurity in the blood a hard course of rowing will generally bring it out in the form of boils" On food "The food at meals should be just whatever one fancies so long as it is plain and wholesome. Pork, rabbit, hare, venison and boiled beef are not allowed. Potatoes must be sparing partaken of. Bacon, shell fish, suet puddings, pastry and cheese complete, I think, the list of banned foods." On Drink "Three half-pints of ale a day are, I think, the best and sufficient drink for a man in training. the Varsity crews include a glass of port after dinner, but I think this is a mistake. If any man or crew seems low or stale I advise soup and an extra half-pint of old ale for a day or two, or a glass of champagne on three days in a week" On 'Staleness' Staleness at the end of training, say two or three days before the race, is much more serious, but can be cured in a well trained crew by a trip for a couple of days or a weekend to the seaside, with, of course, no rowing during this rest. On Selecting a Stroke "good heavyweight oarsmen are generally hard to find, for big, strong men as a general rule are not the best watermen, and do not pull with strength proportionate to their weight. The best weight for a stroke is 11 to 12 stone, over 12 stone a man is apt to be too slow, and few big men are stylish oarsmen" Rules of racing (1904) "15. every competitor must wear complete clothing from the shoulders to the knees, including a sleeved jersey (rule 15 is to prevent the use of the objectionable sleeveless jerseys, exposing the naked flanks and armpits, which have been introduced into amateur regattas by oarsmen of questionable status)" (10 replies...) | |
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Lent Term Lard Requests by Lardy Heifer - Sat 15th Feb 2003, 9:01pm | |
After listening to my whinging about lack of savoury items in the lard cupboard today, Matt suggested that I started a new thread for us all to request lard, much like requesting bop songs. Only obviously for lard rather than bop songs. I want more savoury things, like crisps, twiglets, mini packets of pringles etc. There are probably more but I can't think at the moment. (17 replies...) | |
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Lent Term Bop Requests by MC B Rabbit - Fri 24th Jan 2003, 12:42am | |
The musical marvel that is the bop will be upon us before too long, and unless you want me and Becca to inflict our sordid tastes on you, then you should start thinking of some songs! (24 replies...) | |
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Site visitors by mcp - Wed 11th Dec 2002, 4:07pm | |
Tom the other day remarked on the very large number of people visiting our site via Google web searches. The monthly stats reports around 800 hits in the last month alone. Out of interest I have looked at the log files for the record of what these people have been searching for - here is the list since 1 am on the 8th (hits from google.com or google.co.uk, not including google images or google groups): rowing photography members incest katie friedman national watersport centre nottingham caius boat club jet photographic ben coates info website winter 1280 x 1024 dinner playlist autumn 1024 graham fisher peterborough chris pidcock andrew fisher trinity college fairbairns st johns rich dewire black prince trinity college coleman accomodation jet photographic may bumps firstandthird jet photo cambridge j cazorla college crews navin dasigi comedy rowing jet photographic kamil szczegot cambridge rowing triathlon parties photos college a lee captain trinity motorway disasters head of the river rowing races hammersmith rowing head of the river disasters mpeg cambridge winter head photos 2002 nail biting photos women's henley black prince boatclub sexy parties photos rowing coach job description flash splash 1600 1200 hung balls kamil szczegot beeramid floods october 2001 fairbairns results cambridge cambridge winter head photos women's twat j2o fruit drink fairbains photos old etonian club fairbairns regatta results 2002 msi ms-6378 atx jet photographic rowing equipment rigger jigger HRM a brief history first and third trinity boat club coxing calls fashion socks henry adams rowing bufty rebecca beale rowing training first and third tbc fairbairn cup rowing photos 2002 first and third trinity alex barrett cambridge (3 replies...) | |
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Gym erg style guide by Simon - Mon 18th Nov 2002, 1:42pm | |
Anyone who has used an erg in a gym during the holidays will have been able to enjoy that smug feeling as you under rate someone on the ergs who just does not know how to row and is flummoxed as you pull splits which are far better than them. This thread is to enable us to contrast and compare "gym erg" technique. As well as a fantastic piece of skill witnessed at the Indoor champs, with a contestant tapping up at the finish, my particular favourite is someone at my gym in London who manages to use their back twice in every stroke. Pure class. (9 replies...) | |
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Summer Racing by Martin - Wed 31st Jul 2002, 5:26pm | |
Thanks, Graham, for putting up a few details of Molesey Regatta... Did anyone go to St Neots in the end? (3 replies...) | |
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It's kit Jim, but not as we know it by Simon - Sun 14th Jul 2002, 8:10am | |
While I'm away sailing (and proudly using my 2nd Mays top to protect against the Biscay elements), a small poser to keep you amused over the summer.... What's the most obscure/impressive place anyone's ever worn a piece of 1st & 3rd kit?
And before the pedants jump in: that's geographical place, not which part of your body... (34 replies...) | |
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Cox needed by Simon - Tue 9th Jul 2002, 1:57pm | |
If any coxes reading this are in London on Thursday night and fancy taking out a WS4 4+ for a practice, then please get in touch. Tideway experience useful but not essential. | |
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Mich Term Bop Requests by Optimistic - Sat 22nd Jun 2002, 5:47pm | |
Just thought I'd get in early Iain. Can we have "Move in a little closer baby" by Mama Cass? Listen to it. It's not as slow as the title sounds. (48 replies...) | |
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The Stomp by Anna - Thu 13th Jun 2002, 8:04am | |
The Stomp, come to it. Please. I know it means getting up early but you can go back to bed and it's really poor that we're outnumbered by a bunch of tree hugging muppets when there's so many of us.
Tomorrow and Saturday are our chances to make it up so get your arses out of bed and get stomping. Thank you ladies and gentlemen and GOOD LUCK to all our crews today. (19 replies...) | |
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Suicide Sunday by Out of the loop - Sun 9th Jun 2002, 7:20pm | |
What are people doing on Suicide Sunday this year? | |
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A Plea by A Beggar - Thu 6th Jun 2002, 10:50am | |
Has anyone got lower boats zephyrs that I and possibly a couple of other members of the 4th VIII borrow for the bumps....?
I/we'd be much obliged! (11 replies...) | |
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Best Computer Games of all time by Chris - Tue 28th May 2002, 4:23pm | |
Seeing the excitement being caused by various computer games being posted has reminded me of a thought I was having the other day as to the best computer games of all time. I invite everyone to submit their favourite 5 computer games (in order) of all time. (19 replies...) | |
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Elections by Anna - Wed 15th May 2002, 1:40pm | |
Come on people. We need more candidates standing for the posts on the committee. I can understand that you're all intimidated by the fantastic job this year's committee have done. I know it'll be hard to live up to the standards we have set with our wit, charm, grace, organisational brilliance and general greatness but I think there are people out there who could possibly take over the mantle and even (sharp intake of breath) do as well as we have. I know it's exam term and no-one wants to get into a serious long term relationship now but the committee is a loving partner, it's there for you when you're down, it revels in you successes and when you get carried away and mess up, it helps you get over this and move on to better things.
The more cynical among you can even put it on your CV to make you look good (though I think using partners like that is disgraceful). Go on, you know you want to. Everyone needs someone to love. For more info contact me (Anna) on am407. (3 replies...) | |
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The 3rd VIII need nicknames........ by Cox wannabe, and Chief T-Shirt Buyer - Tue 5th Mar 2002, 10:33am | |
Fellow boaties, the 3rd VIII require some amusing nicknames for their forthcoming T-shirts. If you would like to add any and all of your suggestions here, they will be considered in due course for suitability. (6 replies...) | |
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Lents m1 video by Martin - Mon 4th Mar 2002, 6:52pm | |
Ok, so I'm bored.
The CUCBC message boards have links to videos of Saturday's racing - and in particular m1 around Ditton. Did an estimate of the ratings of the various crews coming around the corner - spot the highest ;-) Caius 36.5 LMBC 34 Emma 35 1 & 3 37.5 Christs 34.5 Downing 35 Jesus 34 Tit Hall 33.5 Robinson 34 Catz 33.5(2 replies...) | |
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Kit by Tomos - Sun 3rd Mar 2002, 5:55pm | |
Does anyone have a 1st & 3rd splash top that they don't wear any more (eg. because they have a Black Prince one or something), they they'd be willing to sell? I'm not too concerned about getting a pristine new one, just something to keep the mud off if I do any more umpiring.
I know this is a cheeky request, but it was extremely successful in getting me a zephyr top last term, and at least I'm not abusing the email list this time... (11 replies...) | |
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Quotes page needs trimming by Dubya - Fri 22nd Feb 2002, 9:01am | |
The quotes board is for "classic" quotes, but it has a lot of rubbish on it at the moment. I think we should have a second, moderated, quotes page, which contains only the most classic quotes, ie ones which have more than passing significance. e.g., "pick it up for the last kilometre", or "bench-press to victory", or "Stroke five, full square, ready go", or "I am so smooth" (3 replies...) | |
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Skimmed Milk by Simon - Mon 11th Feb 2002, 12:11pm | |
Skimmed milk is just water with white colouring. Does anyone actually like it?
And if not, why do members of the club keep buying it when visitng SW15? (2 replies...) | |
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The Justice by the webmaster - Tue 5th Feb 2002, 2:40pm | |
Mr Glass, Mr Talbott and I have almost finished the minutes from December's Justice meeting; publication is imminent.
However, I've been vaguely rooting around for various other bits of Justice info to publish at the same time; e.g. I have got emails sent during its creation and minutes from the 1st meeting etc. I even found the proposed logo. Am I right in thinking there have been 3 meetings? If so, were there ever any minutes or a record of the 2nd one, in December 2000? If anyone finds such things loitering in their inbox, I would like to include them. Although I was absent, I gather that Fisher, G. and Ingram, G. were the Law Lords.... (4 replies...) | |
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Locker Allocation by Kernigit - Thu 31st Jan 2002, 7:01pm | |
John has sent an email out suggesting a policy for locker allocation in which he asks for comments.
My opinion on the matter is that lockers should be given to those people who spend most time at the boat club not on some random lottery. After all the people who spend most time at the boat house will need to keep more stuff at the boat house (e.g. kit, towels, water bottles, maxim, training logs....). The easiest way that I can see to do this is to look at the speed / ability of oarspeople, although another argument would be to measure improvement. Another point that should be made is that if people who are heavy users of the boat house are to be deprived of lockers it might be an idea to be more tolerant to kit / other belongings which is left in the changing rooms - i.e. they can't be thrown away at the first possible opportunity! What does everyone else think? (3 replies...) | |
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Trivia by pub quiz, hotshot - Wed 30th Jan 2002, 9:36am | |
Last night a small deposition from BPBC took part in a pub quiz in Borough. See how you fare on the end-of-quiz accumulator...
1) What does STOL stand for? 2) What is the collective noun for rhinoceroses? 3) Of what is St Clare the patron saint? 4) What is the derivation of the word "posh"? 5) What does VTOL stand for? (46 replies...) | |
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The Committee by RTT - Mon 14th Jan 2002, 4:25pm | |
Having read the forthcoming events info, I am amazed to discover that our Committee is organising nearly everything in the rowing world. Who would have thought that 1+3 ran the Head of the Nene? Or the Pembroke Regatta? Interestingly Guy appears to be kicking up his heels and leaving Simon Blackburn to organise the GoR again this year. What I want to know is, how do they manage? No wonder JW always seems to be awake into the small hours before early morning training!
Also, are they organising Henley this year, and if so a) Will 1st Trinity get pre-qualified for the Grand as is traditional? b) Can I get a Stewards pass? (8 replies...) | |
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Snow by Simon - Wed 26th Dec 2001, 4:06pm | |
Oh wow, it's snowing on the front page of the website (tables view). How cool.
Gawd bless you Tiny Tim, etc. OK, the BBC1 trails at the moment feature some toys - a dinosaur, a car, and a white dog with black ears. The dino represents "The Lost World" (Christmas Day, BBC1), the car is a Robin Relliant from "Only Fools and Horses" (Christmas Day, BBC1) and the fact that they are toys represents "Toy Story" (Christmas Day, BBC1). So what's the white dog with black ears from? Or is it just a white dog with black ears? | |
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Music by The opinion of the entire Baltimore school board - Fri 21st Dec 2001, 12:35pm | |
I note that Jesus' website ** includes a useful .mp3 file of 80 x 30-second snippets of music, loosely suitable for circuits (ranging from Gorillaz to Duran Duran and the "twisty Levis" ad to B*witched). Anyone able to equip the FaT site with somethjing similar, but more musically credible. It would be good desk-listening music for bored employees and also useful for next Term's FaT circuits. Anyone got any ideas of how we'd replay it in the BH?
** that's the Cambridge College, not the spiritual icon. Although, if it were the laatter, it WOULD add succour to the claim that "God is a DJ". (10 replies...) | |
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Graham and Simon's Joke Fest by Simon - Thu 20th Dec 2001, 3:21pm | |
Have just opened a load of Christmas crackers.
Graham: Your starter for ten... (and remember, I must have the answer on my card): "What did the cavemen say when they saw their first flying reptile?" (378 replies...) | |
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BPBC vs Gonville by Dubya - Mon 26th Nov 2001, 7:17pm | |
Aside from the predicted quickness of Boar's Head, BPBC has another rival -- a club that beat them on Tideway last March. Gonville BC. A pint to whoever predicts the time difference between Gonville BC and BPBC I most accurately. |
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