606 Rugby - why do you use it?

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I know that's stating the obvious but I must run along the V2 board writing serious well thought out posts (on occasion) interspersed with a large number of fun Wumming with Hersh et al and the occasional serious head to head difference of opinion with someone who is obviously failing to agree with my articulate points and are therefore clueless of course.

So in essence I get (i) serious debate (ii) fun wumming and (iii) the odd

A lot of posters keep it straight and occasionally get into the banter - What do you get out of 606V2? and where did the RugbyShrink go:

My soul has been saved.I cannot thank you enough.Stats are the way.Shant bother watching another game.The stats are the truth and the light.Fantastic.
Time management is superb;a quick scan of the stats and a shufty at the scoreboard means I will not have to watch another game of Rugby.Nearly 2 hours of my life freed up to do other stuff.Might even sell my telly.

miteyironpaw wrote: most of the time it's just a tedious repetitious boresome plague of straight faced humourless thin skinned nationalistic zealots who relentlessly regurgitate the last thing an historical [national] player said on Scrum V and run to the mods every time someone with any other view won't back down and bow down and pay homage to supposed demoge of unquestionable truth.

Hmmmmm - I'm thinking that recommendation isn't going to sell too many tickets to the 606v2 show.

miteyironpaw wrote:

TycroesOsprey wrote:Generally I prefer the rugby discussion with a bit of light hearted banter. The worst wums dont seem to actually know much about the game whatever nationality they come from even when they are kiwis pretending to be English.

Sometimes I wonder why I bother at all to be honest. Occasionally it's a laugh, sometimes you can even learn something or take on board and insightful opinion from a knowledgeable poster that sees something you didn't or comes up with an idea you hadn't considered before (but enough about me) most of the time it's just a tedious repetitious boresome plague of straight faced humourless thin skinned nationalistic zealots who relentlessly regurgitate the last thing an historical [national] player said on Scrum V and run to the mods every time someone with any other view won't back down and bow down and pay homage to supposed demoge of unquestionable truth.

So I take it ou are a little upset?

Taffineastbourne wrote:My soul has been saved.I cannot thank you enough.Stats are the way.Shant bother watching another game.The stats are the truth and the light.Fantastic.
Time management is superb;a quick scan of the stats and a shufty at the scoreboard means I will not have to watch another game of Rugby.Nearly 2 hours of my life freed up to do other stuff.Might even sell my telly.

No, no , NO

You watch the game, enjoy it, have a drink, shout at the referee.

Then

when the game is finished and you have formulated your ideas.

Only Then

do you use stats to confirm your assumptions.

SecretFly wrote:

miteyironpaw wrote: most of the time it's just a tedious repetitious boresome plague of straight faced humourless thin skinned nationalistic zealots who relentlessly regurgitate the last thing an historical [national] player said on Scrum V and run to the mods every time someone with any other view won't back down and bow down and pay homage to supposed demoge of unquestionable truth.

Hmmmmm - I'm thinking that recommendation isn't going to sell too many tickets to the 606v2 show.

I might be wrong but I reckon Mitey is not in Marketing.

biltongbek wrote:

Taffineastbourne wrote:My soul has been saved.I cannot thank you enough.Stats are the way.Shant bother watching another game.The stats are the truth and the light.Fantastic.
Time management is superb;a quick scan of the stats and a shufty at the scoreboard means I will not have to watch another game of Rugby.Nearly 2 hours of my life freed up to do other stuff.Might even sell my telly.

No, no , NO

You watch the game, enjoy it, have a drink, shout at the referee.

Then

when the game is finished and you have formulated your ideas.

Only Then

do you use stats to confirm your assumptions.

My faith in myself is unshakeable.The day that I need a spotty geek with a clicker to tell me what I have just witnessed is the the day that I am due to depart these dimensions.

Taff

I hope your English, cos us laptops officially rule sports!!!

Bluesman,I am not Management.Only a fan.These jokers click away on their laptops looking all-knowing.I KNOW that McBride is doing on-line join the dots and he has nearly finished his first picture(it was a square)

Well the laptops are not the be all and end all, it's the software used, some so sophisticated that they'll work Ashton out in well, seconds.

If only Italy had employed me...

606v2 - I never use it.

Yep,I use my eyes too.It's the old-fashioned way of understanding Rugby.Dinosaurs.Let a machine/robot/geek do your analysis for you coz life is so tough for us in our cozy lifestyles.

To discuss rugby and the gubbins that goes with it. Laugh,argue, have a bit of banter, find out the goss (as MrsBreadvan would say). Also to wonder how our Irish friends can write about 'Ulster squad additions' and 'Earls at 13' and get nigh on 1200 posts!

Mrs offload "you've been working so hard why don't you pop down the pub and chat to your mates about the match"

Offload "thanks love you're right, I need a break. Won't be late"




606v2.....my little guilty secret.

I use it because i have no say at home, Viking lady is the boss there

Mostly to insult people

You Peter? Never, i wont have that

Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler wrote:Mostly to insult people

Sorry , I missed that.

I think we discussed this back around the holidays. Like a lot of us I started to use internet chat whenever Her Majesty's government recalled me for medical assignments in some of the world's less wonderful situations. Living in tents or shacks for months at a time in high stress environments far removed from any sense of normalcy, many times the only connection to the outside world was occasional access to the internet. It was always like a tiny bit of home wherever I was.
Its hard to describe, but a little bit of (ir)regular chat went a long way for a lot of people. Certainly for me.

I know there has been a lot written about how our folks in the field have lacked some basic goods and support, especially recently. However, people of the ground did everything they could for us, and in areas where it didn't compromise security, more often than not there was some limited access to the internet. Which everyone gobbled up, almost all for the same reasons.

This is the only site I use, and that only occasionally. Partially because I have always enjoyed Rugby chat, partially because the chat is usually good. Living in New Jersey, as I do for the moment, has nothing in common with those assignments, but its still a piece of home. Home is truly where the heart is. But sometimes the internet helps.

Dr Grey, you never told me you spent a few months working at St Charles in Merthyr - That's very commendable

I think, like others, 606v2 is a work-avoidance tactic and an oasis of insanity is a sometimes too-sane world.

RubyGuby wrote:and where did the RugbyShrink go

I seem to remember he got banned from old 606 for linking to racist jokes sites. Could be wrong. He did sometimes seem to cross the line.

RubyGuby wrote:Dr Grey, you never told me you spent a few months working at St Charles in Merthyr - That's very commendable

That's funny.
But thats's too dangerous for me! I'd keep getting injured trying to pronounce words like "Ysbyty".

"He did sometimes seem to cross the line."

Unlike Strettle eh! Milk How was the holiday

doctor_grey wrote:

RubyGuby wrote:Dr Grey, you never told me you spent a few months working at St Charles in Merthyr - That's very commendable

That's funny.
But thats's too dangerous for me! I'd keep getting injured trying to pronounce words like "Ysbyty".

Fair Point - Pop into Treliske in Truro when your next in Cornwall - A few rugby loving Saffers there and some sulky Saes at the moment

Taffineastbourne wrote:

SecretFly wrote:

miteyironpaw wrote: most of the time it's just a tedious repetitious boresome plague of straight faced humourless thin skinned nationalistic zealots who relentlessly regurgitate the last thing an historical [national] player said on Scrum V and run to the mods every time someone with any other view won't back down and bow down and pay homage to supposed demoge of unquestionable truth.

Hmmmmm - I'm thinking that recommendation isn't going to sell too many tickets to the 606v2 show.

I might be wrong but I reckon Mitey is not in Marketing.

Not true. I missed landing Coke as my first commercial client when my 30 second Zero commercial narrowly missed out on selection.

Drink the New Improve Coke Zero! It tastes nothing like the old coke, in fact resembling nothing more than the taste of rusty coins soaked in a premed sedative! gives you diarrhea if you drink more than two cans in 48 hours! only tipping out the contents and eating the can could be a less nutritious and pleasant experience! Our cost of manufacturing one unit is so low that now you too can contribute to our 8000% revenue margin! We now use exploitative manufacturing labour techniques in more than 50 countries! But never mind all that! Look at this short video clip or two hot scantily clad women gyrating in slow motion and rubbing up against each other! (exit warning text: do not allow the contents to come into contact with exposed skin, in the event of contact with the eyes flush well with cold water and seek medical advice immediately).

Yeah...............I'd buy that stuff. Third degree burns whilst watching scantily clad ladies gyrate? Psychedelic!!!

It's a fun and often intelligent distraction from work that I inevitably have to do on the computer every so often

I stumbled across it by accident whilst looking for porn. Now i combine the two activities. The more people WUM the better it gets for me. (Just think about that for a second WUMs...)

Carpe Diem wrote:I stumbled across it by accident whilst looking for porn. Now i combine the two activities. The more people WUM the better it gets for me. (Just think about that for a second WUMs...)

So I suppose you use a split screen?

One for wumming and the other for c...

If by "combine the two" you're trying to admit that your views on rugby come across as a load of toss, then you needn't have bothered. The evidence spoke for itself.

Well to be fair if he does it regularly it can't really be that old, eh?

biltongbek wrote:Well to be fair if he does it regularly it can't really be that old, eh?

Good point, fixed it.

It's going to be a bit strange having a chat with Carp Diem now without feeling like I'm being groomed.

Yeah, I will have the thought in my mind of sticky keys on his laptop.

Oh yeah mitey, that feels good. Don't stop.

Well ok then, but it's £1 per reply. If you'd just like to PM me your CC details?

, nice one Mitey, fair play to ya!

I love debating Rugby with posters from all over the world. I love the banter and gatherign a wide range of opinions and hopefully helping people understand my opinions whilst respecting theirs.

biltongbek wrote:Well to be fair if he does it regularly it can't really be that old, eh?

But then he might be going blind, eh?
And if he goes blind, then he can't see his spilit screen?
If he can't see his screen, then he can't put himself in position to........well........you know.....
......talk Rugby.

Carpe Diem wrote: , nice one Mitey, fair play to ya!

I can see a bright future for this...

SKY channel 966 Rugby Forum WUMs revealing all of their prejudices between 02.00-04.00 every week day. Text "RANK" to 89978 for provocatively condescending messages about Wales' chances of completing a grand slam...

miteyironpaw wrote:

Carpe Diem wrote: , nice one Mitey, fair play to ya!

I can see a bright future for this...

SKY channel 966 Rugby Forum WUMs revealing all of their prejudices between 02.00-04.00 every week day. Text "RANK" to 89978 for provocatively condescending messages about Wales' chances of completing a grand slam...

I come on here to pass on my rugby knowledge and experiences, being a former Pro I see it as my responsibility to do so.

We'd be lost without you HERSH!

Thanks fella.

Wait.

Former Pro?

Does that mean you're a pimp now?

You are a quality poster Hersh

miteyironpaw wrote:

TycroesOsprey wrote:Generally I prefer the rugby discussion with a bit of light hearted banter. The worst wums dont seem to actually know much about the game whatever nationality they come from even when they are kiwis pretending to be English.

Sometimes I wonder why I bother at all to be honest. Occasionally it's a laugh, sometimes you can even learn something or take on board and insightful opinion from a knowledgeable poster that sees something you didn't or comes up with an idea you hadn't considered before (but enough about me) most of the time it's just a tedious repetitious boresome plague of straight faced humourless thin skinned nationalistic zealots who relentlessly regurgitate the last thing an historical [national] player said on Scrum V and run to the mods every time someone with any other view won't back down and bow down and pay homage to supposed demoge of unquestionable truth.

I think I used to disagree with Mitey quite a lot but lately he's becoming my hero. This often sums up how I feel about 606. I do enjoy the genuine banter and the knowledgeable posters like red stag but mostly (especially around this time of year) it gets a bit annoying.

I do follow threads and often post but sometimes I get so wound up I have to stop myself getting involved.

Although it does provide the opportunity to freely make up new words like "demoge" to be fair.

Thanks Ruby

RubyGuby wrote:You are a quality poster Hersh

Crawler