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An ex president hawking shoes now?? That looks like Hulk Hogan’s idea of something classy to wear to the mall. Edit: Just remembered that Zuma hawked socks after his disastrous stint. “Two peas in a pod”, or should that be pees?

Hah! Yes, lost both the rape defamation cases, lost the NY fraud case, lost the presidential immunity case in the capital Appellate Court with a unanimous judgement (including the judge that Trump had appointed). All in just a couple of weeks. Only 91 more felony criminal cases to go...

Limited options as I hardly ever take pics with my visually limited old phone, my phones tend to last for ages.

Nah those allegations usually reflect events as they happened. For one instance, Ronaldo’s fan boys keep dismissing evidence against him as fake. In fact, the leaked transcript from his first Las Vegas Police Department interview was published on the site Football Leaks. It’s just one of many thousands of authentic docs related to footie that were hacked. Ronaldo also added that he’d apologised because he’s not usually that rough. And yet the LVPD declined to prosecute. It’s tough enough gaining a conviction or some kind of acknowledgement through financial compensation. Even in the UK justice system less than 4% of sex assault-rape reports made to police go to court, and only around 1% result in conviction. I’ve seen how slanted against complainants the criminal justice system is wrt sex assaults in the cases of two friends. (Edit: Furthermore, an ex found that even her medical practitioner mom was disbelieving when she reported sex assault in her early teen years by a trusted family friend.) Abused women then also have to deal with the prejudices, or wilful ignorance of actual evidence, from the player’s fanboys. Despicable behaviour and even acknowledgement of guilt is glossed over, as in the Kobe Bryant case. At any rate, no presumption or prejudice against Horner without evidence.

Who are you referring to here?

The former Giro d’Italia winner Tao Geoghegan Hart wrote last year that “the sport of cycling in the UK is at a low that I’ve not seen during my time”. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2024/feb/06/cycling-boom-was-not-here-to-stay-and-lack-of-institutional-will-could-keep-it-away

… or if you can stomach it, how about taken from source? England and pro footballer Andros Townsend’s dietician has him on a plate of chicken feet at supper every day.

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Hah! There are several medical practitioners on here, and most hubbers are very well informed. FWIW, Mamil’s suggestions will work for more than just fungal infection/irritation. A couple of days use when necessary would be the first intervention. Burnshield gel or the bulbinella from my garden is great for mild skin irritation/insect bites. Don’t disregard your pharmacist as a great first port of call.

TBF I won’t be surprised if it happens in a year or two. Been a while. Since last they won the league Wenger got his first pro player contract, won the French league as a player, retired, became a manager, won the French league as a manager, won the English league 3 times, retired as a manager.

Not the best pic from me old phone, or me. I very much like an Orient and a Seiko as dailies, but I asked Swiss relatives about more affordable Swiss watchmakers with some heritage (simply not interested in Rolex and their dishonest marketing hype, for one). Roamer was one of those appreciated in Switzerland and I wanted to add a skeleton. Edit: A bit of Roamer infamy. Paul Tibbets wore a Roamer while piloting the Enola Gay to drop the atomic bomb over Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.

It’s a stunt by an RET and WMC myth pushing Zuma-ite, failed entrepreneur, fibbing fabricator trying to deflect from his own legal and business failures.

Most misleading, as is to be expected from this shyster. Absolutely NOT the reason why his group has been so massively devalued. A few facts: Survé plundered the PIC and civil servants’ pension funds in an investment contract with a no-penalty no-payback clause which amounted to theft. When he was found out his group took gigantic losses and four banks have closed his accounts due to reputational risk. No bank will touch his businesses any longer, he uses an expensive banking proxy. Some of that loot was used to buy V&A Waterfront penthouses and to pay salaries and other costs in his other businesses. For one his newspaper holdings have taken massive losses, clicks and circulation figures aren’t even disclosed any more. Same news group that pushed that “woman gives birth to 10 babies” nonsense. His one paper, as supposed proof, published the results of an investigation by an agency which he failed to disclose had recently been established and was owned by him. There is so much more... Amnesty International award for “Struggle doctor” in 1989. Assisted Bafana Bafana to adapt to international soccer for the 1996 Afcon win. Assisted the Indian national cricket team as “mind coach”. All lies, all three of those entities (including management and team captains) stated that they’d never heard of him. Anyone remember how he claimed, in his autobiography and to anyone who would listen, to be Nelson Mandela’s physician when in reality he had just finished high school at the time? That happened.

All the whingeing, the trying to get opponents sent off, his dour game plans, him insulting the ref in the car park, more red cards than anyone else in Serie A during his tenure. Nah, I really don’t want to see all that in the EPL. I found it nuts when Levy and the board appointed him, terrible fit. Turkish League, that’s his fit.

"For Spurs to sack him just days before a cup final shows how bad it had got. What a farce. Now he feels more Alan Curbishley than Sir Alex Ferguson.” - John Cross

I took a chance with Powafix Powastrip as I was unable to source aluminium aircraft paint stripper. I found that I needed to be fairly generous with the gel for a thorough tube-by-tube job. Drop sheet, gloves, stiff silicone spatulas to scrape, and I found those wooden ice lolly stokkies great for the more resistant bits (so it doesn’t scratch), then Scotchbrite pads, and Autosol aluminium polish with a soft cloth to finish. Holographic transfer decals were done same-day at the local print shop. Entire job and re-assembly took two days. LBS guy paid me to do his HT after seeing mine. Finish is similar to Fleming’s, not overdone. Of course you can finesse lesser or greater shine. As for top tube glare, I don’t ever notice it at speed with eyes further ahead on trails. I find that I have to dry/wipe the down tube after each ride or the condensation dripping from the water bottle will leave water marks. If I sweat onto the top tube, it requires a gentle rinse and thorough wipe immediately after the ride. After my next polish and re-decal I’m going to clear Armour-Ride it.

This old git’s last 76km of the year to round up to the next k.

One of my fave SA born musos, and also an avid cyclist, Gregory Alan Isakov is based in that neck of the woods. Edit: Also, his latest is on BBC Radio’s list of albums of the year.

There’s an adenovirus-rhinovirus that’s swanning through several continents that is unrelated to Covid or post-covid syndrome. Many healthcare pros are using the diagnosis term 100 days cough. Mine was brutal with such persistent hard coughing that small pieces of my throat surface were being coughed away. Took a few weeks afterwards for the cough to disappear fully.

We are so k@k that I’ve given up on watching footie here. “We just can’t so let’s just cancel it.” 😛

My son-in-law and his partners have supplied the techwear and analysis software to the Springboks and All Blacks and quite a few franchise teams for (I guess) about a half dozen years. I’m told that some European ski resorts have started using their tech. Very seldom see them and I know next to nothing about the tech so that was an interesting read, thank you.

How telling, at least nine of Unai Emery’s regular starting lineup were also in Steven Gerard’s starting lineup. Gerard 32.5 winning percentage and Emery 62.75%, close to double the win %.

I see some startled looks and smiles at the international footie commentary when Czech Republic's Masopust is mentioned, more so when commentators get excited about Masopust's goals.