The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub

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Welcome to the virtual rugby pub - a place where you can come in for a sly beverage and discuss whatever's on your mind, or just eavesdrop on the regulars if you fancy a break from all the rugby chat.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no defacing the collage of great current hookers pictures on the bar. We've got Tincu, Ledesma, Ford, Best, Thompson and Bennett all in action. Graffiti's a banning offence

So pull up a chair....what'll it be?




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You don't need all that nonsense....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I&feature=youtube_gdata_player

You just need four chords.


Morning

Pete I was watching that video only last night. Weird!!



Hows all with you. Seems the English media is doing all it can to hurt their teams chances.



To me apart from poor discipline it looks to be going well for your boys.



Also Welsh fans - is this it for Stephen Jones.

Ta bud, I'm sure I'll be back on more sooner rather than later but for now tata pub. Oh and I'll be cheering for the blues at the stadium this friday

Is it the Hibero-Centricness of the pub? Its been known to happen.

red_stag wrote:Is it the Hibero-Centricness of the pub? Its been known to happen.

Is what the Hiberno-Centricness of the pub Stag?

The unwelcome trends that Prop has noticed here. He said he's gonna limit himself to commenting on wales games here.

red_stag wrote:Pete I was watching that video only last night. Weird!!



Hows all with you. Seems the English media is doing all it can to hurt their teams chances.



To me apart from poor discipline it looks to be going well for your boys.



Also Welsh fans - is this it for Stephen Jones.

All good with me mate, apart from being knackered having to be mumy and daddy to the kids to a certain extent whilst the wifes hand heals up, oh and having a busted computer.

England are going on ok, discipline at the breakdown is an issue, but not one that can't be rectified pretty simply. I don't hold with the school of thought that we need to be crucifying teams at this stage. You build into world cups and need to perform in the knockout phase. Nobody is going to give us the trophy for putting 100 points on Romania.

LDCPete wrote:You don't need all that nonsense....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I&feature=youtube_gdata_player

You just need four chords.


Morning

Pete, in my post I've only mentioned one chord!

Notch wrote:

LDCPete wrote:You don't need all that nonsense....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I&feature=youtube_gdata_player

You just need four chords.


Morning

Pete, in my post I've only mentioned one chord!

Mate, I had no idea what you were talking about being not muscially blessed, you could have been mentioning 1 or a 101 chords!

biltongbek wrote:My friend at this stage i am having enough trouble to learn enough chords to play more songs, to learn more variations of the same chord is way above my standing at this point.

Besides now you are just making me feel even more derpressed thanks for that.

To give you an example on F, i just can't seem toget my hand over enough to play the correct F So intead of doing

1
2
3
4
o
x

I do
1
2
3
x
x
x


Cheating.

and have you seen some of the suspended chords.

it seems a task too far.

Gbsus2

you don't strike the a and d string.

That's not F! That's F#

Stick at it buddy, you'll get there. A lot of things that seem really hard now will seem easy after you practice hard at them for a few months. Don;t worry about how long it takes because everyone learns at different rates.

I wonder will that England win in Dublin turn out to be vital later in the tournament.

Ah Stag, the pub can be hiberno-centric at times, but it's not a problem from what I can see. I dip in all the time and don't always comment if the discussion is something that I either have no knowledge of or no opinion on. It's not a problem, people are free to talk about what they like in here and it is only natural that people will talk about things that are close to them, so as there are many Irish in here, the will by nature be much Irish discussion. (Plus you feccers can talk for....... well...... Ireland )

Notch wrote:

biltongbek wrote:My friend at this stage i am having enough trouble to learn enough chords to play more songs, to learn more variations of the same chord is way above my standing at this point.

Besides now you are just making me feel even more derpressed thanks for that.

To give you an example on F, i just can't seem toget my hand over enough to play the correct F So intead of doing

1
2
3
4
o
x

I do
1
2
3
x
x
x


Cheating.

and have you seen some of the suspended chords.

it seems a task too far.

Gbsus2

you don't strike the a and d string.

That's not F! That's F#

Stick at it buddy, you'll get there. A lot of things that seem really hard now will seem easy after you practice hard at them for a few months. Don;t worry about how long it takes because everyone learns at different rates.

Yep F# it is, and it sounds damn close to F, so will have to do for now.

Mickado wrote:When you say "voicing" do you mean that you can also play a Cmaj as:

0
1
0
2
3
3

?
I'm not familiar with properly musical terms. My pal got his masters in Music last week, i should really mine him for some tips...

Yesh pal. That may be written a Cmaj(G) because the bass note is G. It's just the addition of one note but what it means is its the second inversion of the chord because the bass note is not the tonic (C). So it implies a very slightly different harmony.

Think of the bass notes a anchors and the treble notes as melodic leads. If the chord is C major but the melody is resting on a G, you can fret the G on the E string to be in unison nicely with the melodic line. Also, don't forget a lot of chords are essentially interchangeable.

For instance, Amin7 is A-C-E-G. You'll notice that C major is C-G-E. So if you're playing a song like the house of the rising sun that goes from A minor to C you can play the change as.

0 - 0
1 - 1
0 - 0
2 - 2
0 - 3
x - x

This means you only change the bass note and keep your fingers on the shape lower on the fretboard so it makes your job MUCH easier. Being able to play fluently is about economy of movement. The less you have to move your fingers the quicker you'll be able to correctly position them.

Also, because Amin7 is so, so similar to C major you can use it as a chord substitution for C at certain times for an interesting affect. This is called diatonic reharmonisation.

Oh, and for anyone who thinks this is double dutch; you should see me trying to explain the intricacies of rugby to my musician friends!

I have no idea what you just said there Notch, I thnk the only word I recognised was rugby!

red_stag wrote:I wonder will that England win in Dublin turn out to be vital later in the tournament.

Why? Assuming you're playing them are you? Sorry to burst your bubble, but you won't get past Wales (unless Fiji do you a massive favour and dump us out).

I'm pretty much in a can't be bothered coming in here mood too, especially with limited Internet like I have at the minute. I'll be in here a lot less now anyway, with courses etc over the next week. Probably a good thing. If I wasn't so keen on trying to find out from anywhere news on Lydiate, I'd be offline right now (not sure why I look in yer mind).

Morning all.

One for the "News of the Weird" files
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/cricket/news/article.cfm?c_id=29&objectid=10752550
Former NZ cricket great (and current Sky NZ executive) Martin "Russell's Cousin" Crowe is coming out of club cricket retirement aged 49 in an effort to make the Auckland 1st class side and cross off a couple of milestones -retirement due to chronic knee problems meant he finished on 247 1st class games and 19,608 runs.

Good on him if he manages it, but how gutted would you feel as a player if you missed out on a 1st class spot to someone twice your age ...

red_stag wrote:I wonder will that England win in Dublin turn out to be vital later in the tournament.

Yes it will help us on two fronts (should both England and Ireland reach the SF):

a) It will allow us to approach a potential England game without the burden of being odds on favourites.

b) It will delude England into thinking they can beat us.

Go offline anyway Rev. Would do me a big favour that.

Notch, just cut to the chase. How do I play Wonderwall…

FFS

Mickado wrote:Notch, just cut to the chase. How do I play Wonderwall…

FFS

Sure anyone can tell you that. Not me, because I can't remember the chords off the top of my head, but most people...

That's how it goes at parties if I'm playing the guitar. I'll play something and someone will ask me about it and I'll talk a bit about it. Then they'll say 'can you play (Pop song)' and I'll say- "well, yeah, in theory but I've not actually ever looked at learning the chord progression and I'd need to hear it and take some time to figure it out by ear so... no".

At which point they'll look disappointed and leave to talk to someone else

12 years of playing guitar and I still can;t use it to pick up girls at parties apparently. There you go.

Hearing that am i glad i didn't spend my youth on a guitar then.

Ah that’s a killer. See I can remember SOME songs some of the time, but when it comes to a party I’m more likely to play completely the wrong chords, but most people are completely unlikely to notice.

MBTGOG wrote:Don't go offline Rev. I can't handle pining for you every night and crying myself to sleep.

Blinking heck, no need to be such a sissy over it. I'll be back when my Internet is better. Stop being so precious.

I miss Wales v Namibia because of this stupid course next week.

Anyway, think I'm going to head for a KFC

The Samoa v Fiji game this Sunday is sold out. How awesome is that. I'm hoping it's going to be one of the games of the pool stages.

Thats unreal Munsty. Especially as its in Eden Park.

It's not that unreal, its equivalent to Ireland playing Wales in Twickenham, no doubt that would sell out

Notch,

Just learn to play Wonderwall and Pokerface and you will be sorted!

You don't have to like them. But then again you might not like the sort of girls who like that sort of music so...

Nah, just be yourself!

red_stag wrote:Pete I was watching that video only last night. Weird!!



Hows all with you. Seems the English media is doing all it can to hurt their teams chances.



To me apart from poor discipline it looks to be going well for your boys.



Also Welsh fans - is this it for Stephen Jones.

Explain yourself!






(In all seriousness though, do you mean is this his last international comp or something then I'd say yes, but we new that before the rwc anyway)

MrsP wrote:
Notch,

Just learn to play Wonderwall and Pokerface and you will be sorted!

You don't have to like them. But then again you might not like the sort of girls who like that sort of music so...

Nah, just be yourself!

Literally could learn in an afternoon but can't be bothered and would rather just play something else

Dreamer - I mean for the national team.

Then aye this will be his last competition playing for Wales. I think the original plan would have been to have him last until the 6N's to ease one of say Priestland or Tovey in, but due to injury we've called on Priestland sooner then we were planning I think and I'm still amazed at how easily he's slotted in, tis great.

I think Stevo will get some game time against Namibia and possibly Fiji and is a great guy to have around the squad in a wc environment, but yeah this'll be it for him I reckon.

prop_lyd wrote:Sorry stag I'm having a pretty bad week and I'm noticing some trends I'm this pub and think I'm going to step away 'from it and not post as often for a while unless the Wales match is on.

Prop, thats exactly why I felt the need to leave earlier. The break has done me good, I think.

Jeez I've just come back and Prop leaves?? I hope that it's just coincidence

See you soon

Anyone see those try scoring stats I put in here yesterday?

Not an indicator of much but interesting if taken in isolation.

Australia are the only team to have not conceded a try.
The only teams to have scored less tries than Ireland are Georgia, USA and Wales.
Namibia, Canada and Scotland have scored more tries than Ireland.

Mickado - yes I remember that post. I'm not surprised by Oz's defence. It is always impressive at world cups. When they won it in 1999 they conceded only one try in the whole tournament. Anyone remember which team breached their line.

G'day all

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:Mickado - yes I remember that post. I'm not surprised by Oz's defence. It is always impressive at world cups. When they won it in 1999 they conceded only one try in the whole tournament. Anyone remember which team breached their line.

G'day all

I was 14, all i can remember is power rangers!
How's the form Hound? It's wazzing down raining here, but after the weekend, i'm still glowing. And i'm not JUST talking about the GAA!

Two things, the latest world rankings;

Spoiler:

And an article about Ospreys vs Ulster

Soooo...
Bikkies.

What else has you glowing apart from the Dubs then?

Do I need to visit the milliners?

Its old so you've probably seen it.



https://www.606v2.com/t14454-zinzan-brook-gaelic-football-and-hurling-fan

MrsP wrote:
Soooo...
Bikkies.

What else has you glowing apart from the Dubs then?

Do I need to visit the milliners?

Jeysus, not that kind of glowing! I meant the rugby!!

Jeysus, not that kind of glowing! I meant the rugby!!

That, and the secret radioactive waste dump buried deep underneath Dublin that has begun to seep into the water supply...

I've said too much!!

Just checking!

Are hats still in fasion?!!

There’s that too Notch, but I’m not complaining about the gigantism of the arms. It makes scratching yourself in those hard to reach places a sinch!

Of course!

If you want to get ahead, get a hat!

As all the hip and happnin' young people say!

I've quite a small head. Hats don't suit me.



I'd liked to have had been in the bowler hat/fedora era nonetheless

red_stag wrote:I've quite a small head. Hats don't suit me.

Small? Sure it's more like the head of a pin! You could hardly balance anything on that thing

I can't say I ever noticed your small head. I myself own a variety of hats- my favourite of which is a green beret that I bought for a gig with a band called Toy Army, the dress code for the band was military themed.

I can just see you in a bowler hat right enough Stag!

Sure, start a new trend!

Be like this guy.

Except, not so yellow!

I can wear a beanie but I look ridiculous in a cap. I'd quite like to get a bowler hat.

Can’t wear hats neither.

Maybe it’s an Ulster thing…?