What's your nationality?

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I'm interested in the composition of 606v2 - there's certainly a lot more Scots than I'd have expected for a start!

I checked on google map, cornwall is nicely to the side of England, why did Cornwall never tried to get independance?


Is there a reason why you guys feel that way?

It also seems your climate and weather ain't half bad, I might even survive there.

There is a campaign for Cornish independence but it doesnt enjoy enormous support. Cornwalls wealth from mining (mainly tin I believe) has long since subsided and now their main industry is tourism. Cornwall would not be able to survive economically as an independent nation. That said, I guess it could as a nation within a union with Wales and England, should the Scots decide to take their leave but it does seem fairly pointless and more of a gesture than anything else as they would be fully dependent on England and Wales to survive

Cornwall is fine rugby, golf and surf in abundance

Do you think they will allow me to come in with my 10 rand and a son who might one day be able to play cricket for them?

I also want to bring the wife and motorcycle.

biltongbek wrote:Do you think they will allow me to come in with my 10 rand and a son who might one day be able to play cricket for them?

I also want to bring the wife and motorcycle.

I'm sure you'd be most welcome. Remember that the Cornish word for wife and sister is exactly the same: mum

damngoodOvalball wrote:There is a campaign for Cornish independence but it doesnt enjoy enormous support. Cornwalls wealth from mining (mainly tin I believe) has long since subsided and now their main industry is tourism. Cornwall would not be able to survive economically as an independent nation. That said, I guess it could as a nation within a union with Wales and England, should the Scots decide to take their leave but it does seem fairly pointless and more of a gesture than anything else as they would be fully dependent on England and Wales to survive

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I'd say many would like more say over our affairs (like the welsh assembly) but have no desire to leave the UK.

biltongbek wrote:Do you think they will allow me to come in with my 10 rand and a son who might one day be able to play cricket for them?

I also want to bring the wife and motorcycle.

Does he play rugby?

Now you see that reminds me of the jokes they make about the people who live in Boksburg here in Gauteng........................



But I am sure it isn't the same thing.

ChequeredJersey wrote:

biltongbek wrote:Do you think they will allow me to come in with my 10 rand and a son who might one day be able to play cricket for them?

I also want to bring the wife and motorcycle.

Does he play rugby?

He prefers cricket.

biltongbek wrote:

ChequeredJersey wrote:

biltongbek wrote:Do you think they will allow me to come in with my 10 rand and a son who might one day be able to play cricket for them?

I also want to bring the wife and motorcycle.

Does he play rugby?

He prefers cricket.

Bat or Bowl?

biltongbek wrote:I checked on google map, cornwall is nicely to the side of England, why did Cornwall never tried to get independance?


Is there a reason why you guys feel that way?

not enough of the population are cornish to want it now and it was taken away such a long time ago i don't think it'd work now.

Having said that, places with much less than 500K people do exist and do well enough,

trebellbobaggins wrote:

damngoodOvalball wrote:There is a campaign for Cornish independence but it doesnt enjoy enormous support. Cornwalls wealth from mining (mainly tin I believe) has long since subsided and now their main industry is tourism. Cornwall would not be able to survive economically as an independent nation. That said, I guess it could as a nation within a union with Wales and England, should the Scots decide to take their leave but it does seem fairly pointless and more of a gesture than anything else as they would be fully dependent on England and Wales to survive

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I'd say many would like more say over our affairs (like the welsh assembly) but have no desire to leave the UK.

Trebell, out of interest has a devolved Cornwall ever been seriopusly discussed at national (UK) government level?

You could always join us boyos...Cymru & Kernow...Celts unite

Both languages are practically identical anyways

Yup he'd certainly do well with the rugby here Bilt.

BridgendBoyo wrote:You could always join us boyos...Cymru & Kernow...Celts unite

Both languages are practically identical anyways

You'd have to build a big bridge across or else be forever separated by darkest Devon and Somerset.

trebellbobaggins wrote:

biltongbek wrote:I checked on google map, cornwall is nicely to the side of England, why did Cornwall never tried to get independance?


Is there a reason why you guys feel that way?

not enough of the population are cornish to want it now and it was taken away such a long time ago i don't think it'd work now.

Having said that, places with much less than 500K people do exist and do well enough,

Samoa have a population just a little under half of that, Tonga even fewer, and they manage to be ranked ahead of a third of the 6N teams. It's just incredible that so many giant nations feature Samoan or Tongan born players in their first choice line ups.

ChequeredJersey wrote:

BridgendBoyo wrote:You could always join us boyos...Cymru & Kernow...Celts unite

Both languages are practically identical anyways

You'd have to build a big bridge across or else be forever separated by darkest Devon and Somerset.

Small details. Russia and Azerbaijan both have areas cut off from other countries. We'll just use ferries innit

ChequeredJersey wrote:

biltongbek wrote:

ChequeredJersey wrote:

biltongbek wrote:Do you think they will allow me to come in with my 10 rand and a son who might one day be able to play cricket for them?

I also want to bring the wife and motorcycle.

Does he play rugby?

He prefers cricket.

Bat or Bowl?

Well he is only 8 now, so still developing skills, but the head coach of the u9 told me that he has a natural eye and talent for batting. Not that I would like to say this, but he has the same attitude as KP.

trebellbobaggins wrote:Yup he'd certainly do well with the rugby here Bilt.

That is a bit of a touchy subject for me, he loves cricket, but hopefully as he gets older he will fall in love with the greatest sport in the universe.

BridgendBoyo wrote:You could always join us boyos...Cymru & Kernow...Celts unite

Both languages are practically identical anyways

Indeed, Love to. It was the saxon migration into the areas between us that drove the wedge in the first place.

we could kick them out of devon and somerset and link back up again?

Many of my friends support wales not eng due to being celtic. I'm always torn as Cornish lads tend to play for eng due to being in the RFU structure. Though right now the only cornish lad plays for wales, so wales it is.

biltongbek wrote:

trebellbobaggins wrote:Yup he'd certainly do well with the rugby here Bilt.

That is a bit of a touchy subject for me, he loves cricket, but hopefully as he gets older he will fall in love with the greatest sport in the universe.

we're not as good at it though there are plenty of places to play and develop and the good ones often end up further up in somerset to play at the high level.

trebellbobaggins wrote:

BridgendBoyo wrote:You could always join us boyos...Cymru & Kernow...Celts unite

Both languages are practically identical anyways

Indeed, Love to. It was the saxon migration into the areas between us that drove the wedge in the first place.

we could kick them out of devon and somerset and link back up again?

Many of my friends support wales not eng due to being celtic. I'm always torn as Cornish lads tend to play for eng due to being in the RFU structure. Though right now the only cornish lad plays for wales, so wales it is.

My old rugby coach was the Cornish pirates scrum half dad, Alan Cattle. Maybe Cornish clubs could switch to the WRU? Though that wouldnt be a great idea seeing as theyre skint

Oh nice.

At least we get more of your guys down now to play the Cornish pirates at various times.

Where you living Trebell I'm between Falmouth and Truro

Irish born and bred, lived in the Shaft for 10 years before moving to God's own county of Tyrone, although I'm closer to the Monaghan border than my nearest town in Tyrone... Family are all from Tyrone/Monaghan (not far from Tommy Bowe's homestead)

Lived in Glasgow for 4 years now so could qualify on residency but love Ireland more than anything... Just don't want to work there when I graduate!!!

Over in Lanner ruby.

trebellbobaggins wrote:Over in Lanner ruby.

Shix!! I drove through Lanner on the way to Redruth 3 hours ago - Come on Pirates!!!

Born in England, Irish Grandparent and was approached a number of decades ago to see if I was interested in age group rugby for Ireland (they must have been desperate, but I was much bigger than just about anyone else I know in my age group, and quick).

Lived in Turkey and France, but will always be English.

When do we get our referendum on the union; I suspect it would show up some surprising results that would be very unpalatable for the politicians.

biltongbek wrote:There are more posters here from Cornwall than SA.

But Biltong, you count for at least 10 posters!

Mr Fishpaste wrote:

biltongbek wrote:There are more posters here from Cornwall than SA.

But Biltong, you count for at least 10 posters!

Then you must understand what task it has been to infiltrate these Europeans and take control of them, I am almost certain I've got them surrounded

RubyGuby wrote:

trebellbobaggins wrote:Over in Lanner ruby.

Shix!! I drove through Lanner on the way to Redruth 3 hours ago - Come on Pirates!!!

Beep as you go through!! I shall wave. I'm up on the side of the Carn there, Pennance.

Indeed

(must admit i'm a druth follower really but do wish the Pirates the best).

Born in England with English parent and English grandparent. Going back another three generations have them all English (except we don't know for sure who my Gran's dad is so there are possibilities). Closest is my great-great-grand father who's surname was Jones (although parents were from London area).

I've traced my paternal line back to 1752 and most lived in Norton near Leek (until my granddad moved to the big city [Stoke]) and were miners all the way back.

EDIT: Pretty boring, only interesting thing is my surname changed in mid 1800's and changed back around 1900.

"To be born Welsh
is to be born privileged.
Not with a silver spoon in your mouth,
But music in your blood
And poetry in your soul" - Wilfred Wilson

He decided to leave out the line...

"and love rugby like no tomorrow see Butt"

I'm just happy to be human, any further granularity in self-limitation just causes blind w*****s to argue over which abstract Lat-Lon value is better.

iso wrote:I'm just happy to be human, any further granularity in self-limitation just causes blind w*****s to argue over which abstract Lat-Lon value is better.

iso wrote:I'm just happy to be human, any further granularity in self-limitation just causes blind w*****s to argue over which abstract Lat-Lon value is better.

Best comment I've seen on this site to date.

Spread the word. We may even evolve as a species.

Nah. Dont be daft Gibbo.

You been chewing them tulips again Gibson

Stats do prove though that Lat 4.68°N Long 160.37°W is the best on this planet..and I should know, I own a hammock there.

If you read anything into any stats whatsoever, you cannot possibly know anything about rugby. Someone proved that on a thread a few days ago

slartibartfast wrote:

iso wrote:I'm just happy to be human, any further granularity in self-limitation just causes blind w*****s to argue over which abstract Lat-Lon value is better.

So what teams do you support? and why?
Anyway what's so special about being human. Dolphins are people too you know. They have feels. Cut them do they not bleed?
I'm a vegetarian.

ChequeredJersey wrote:If you read anything into any stat whatsoever, you cannot possibly know anything about rugby. Someone proved that on a thread a few days ago

I was involved in 8.37% of that very argument. But I think I might have caused 28.2% of the trouble that brewed up around it. Luckily enough, I was only 3.72% guilty - which is well below my thread disruption average

Fly, that post means absolutely nothing to me without knowing the standard deviation.

ChequeredJersey wrote:If you read anything into any stats whatsoever, you cannot possibly know anything about rugby. Someone proved that on a thread a few days ago

Ain't that the truth. I have been freed from conventional thinking, I have seen the light, it is now my mission in life to rid the rugby world of statistics 25% of the time, the other 75% of my time will be to verify analysis based on factual evidence, video and technical analysis.

So what is the percentage of PK's you get on a yearly basis biltong?

eirebilly wrote:So what is the percentage of PK's you get on a yearly basis biltong?

I growl, people run away.

So you deal them out? What daily percentage of PK's do you deal out to the poor people around you?

I am a fair man, it is seldom necessary to deal them out, it is only necessary to warn once.

You're a fair man biltong

Yeah, unlike some have said on here, I am a NICE South African.