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Brit

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  1. 4th place allows teams to play in the big european trophy next season. Talking a lot of extra income (I think around $100 million for Manchester United), those kinds of sums are a big deal (especially since players join clubs mostly by paying large transfer fees).
  2. Pretty much the definition of brave. Be scared of doing something with real risk, and then doing it anyway for the good of others.
  3. Obama Richard Dawkins Stephen Fry Brian Cox (physicist, not actor) Salman Rushdie
  4. The Young Ones. Black Adder. The Good Life. Bottom. The Comic Strip Presents.
  5. The city of Auckland - the urban area rather than the district (which is larger) - has one third of the total population of New Zealand. Yes they are going to have less cases as their population is smaller. But they acted far quicker than other governments and are already reaping the rewards.
  6. Pretty much a certainty, I'm afraid. This is a worldwide issue, not a US specific one. I am aware of one death (two doors down) that is almost certainly COVID19 (guy came back from a holiday in Italy just as this started, developed a fever and cough, died but never even went to the docs). He had not been tested then and it is unlikely he will be soon (if ever) since we also do not have enough tests for our health care workers let alone for those we can do nothing for.
  7. Who knows when the US will start levelling. With Florida and other states only now just starting to put in measures there may be some weeks ahead before any kind of slow down on a national level kicks in.
  8. Bravo. If I ran 8k I would be coughing and spluttering so much I'd be rushed to the ICU !
  9. I would say this is likely. The Chinese ignored the early stages of the outbreak and millions passed through the area before the lockdown. I imagine deaths and cases are both higher, although with their lockdown it is possible that the numbers of new cases are now very low.
  10. 969 deaths in Italy in the last 24 hours. I imagine the UK and US will see similar figures in the coming week or two.
  11. And there are still people saying he has changed his position and attacking him rather than reading what he really said (if we keep up this social isolating then we could reduce the death toll to only around 20,000 (!!!)). And now Boris the Clown has the virus. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52060791
  12. Books Gardening Home maintenance (While other people were panic buying bog rolls I bought paint...) Netflix Boardgames (solo if no kids - and never Monopoly!) Early morning walk before anyone else is around
  13. Still counts as he can no longer add to the gene pool. Really a stupid way to go. Sad. But really, really dumb.
  14. Should have sung some Alice Cooper rather than Don McLean...
  15. The current Wembley stadium was built for football (soccer), with the ability to host NFL games and Rugby League. The former Wembley stadium was the Olympic site but was demolished 16/17 years ago. The new Wembley is an excellent, modern stadium. It is more likely games will be played at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium instead, though. Also - plenty of NFL fans in the UK.
  16. Wow. Some performance against New Zealand! If anything the score was closer than it should have been, and it is rare that you can say that with New Zealand on the losing side. It was always going to take a good team playing incredibly well to beat the All Blacks and England delivered. Time to cheer on Wales (for the sake of Northern Hemisphere solidarity...) Swing low, sweet chariot...
  17. As a Roman said A dead fish always smells good Or something like that
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