The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub, Oxford

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Hello and 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 Pub has made it's way to Oxford - the new location for newly promoted London Welsh.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no tampering with the montage of pictures of Lyn Jones above the bar.




Old Pub: https://www.606v2.com/t31486-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-pub-beal-feirste

Seriously you've never seen so much feckin glass. I reckon if I stack em in a row and get them at the right angle I'll be able to spot a mossie on Neptune AND set it on fire.

It's essentially a Hubble in waiting.

Rav, I doubt there's anyone left daft enough...

That just might happen. There is usually one surprise every year. Connacht getting one over Quins this season and Aironi against Biarritz last.

True Rav. Also, Ive a gut-feeling that an Irish side will not make the Final in Dublin. Be a shame cos Id love to see a Leinster v ASM Final. Imagine the fans, the noise and the colour they'd bring? They are without doubt the best fans in Europe. Be brilliant.

The finals got Chiefs v Zebre written all over it!

Id love to see Chiefs in the Amlin Final at the RDS.

Yerman would go mental if they won it. Would I like to see that.

Louise Mench! Man.

And Jonny Rotten sitting beside her. Mad.

I just tried the citizenship test.

Got 12 right though some were guesstimates. I got 4, 8 and 14 wrong too!

Looks like we all got similar questions wrong. Perhaps that says as much about the educational curriculum in this country as it does about ourselves.

Teachers pet!

Hope you had a great evening Swanny.

I did thank you Gibbo, was lovely to see them all and I'll keep in touch with some them

Ozzy, it could well do, and we're a range of ages too.

Actually, whilst you're here, do you know when the 101 service came into existence? I was vaguely aware of it but never needed to use it before tonight. It was a great idea by somebody.

It's been around for a while to be honest, but not widely used. Forces agreed in the last couple of years that a standard non urgent number for all would be easier for everyone. I know my force completely disconnected our old 0845 number last month.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Non-Emergency_Number

Oh I see! I just thought it was a new thing that had been brought in comparatively recently. I have to agree that a standard number is easier. Most people don't carry the number of their local station with them and what happens if you're elsewhere?

I was driving home from my mums one night and came round a bend on a country road to find a load of cows on the carriageway. It was late and so traffic was very quiet but I had no other option but to ring 999. Having 101 is a great, especially now I know they can divert you to 999 if they think it's serious enough.

Question: Are the young regs any less educated and aware than us fossils?

I think most of them are smarter, strongly-opinionated and are armed with the requisite ammunition to be so. Must just be that this Pub attracts them. Maybe less experienced and somtimes giddy, but that's par for the course in Life. But in the Wide-World... it frightens me how dumb and easily-influenced they are. It really scares me. Generalisation of course, but it never fails to amaze me just how many of them there actually are. And there is no reason or excuse for it, everything is on the Net if you want to learn. Ignorance is the real enemy.

They are just talking about our Test on Newsnight! Dimbelby failed it!

littleswannygirl wrote:Oh I see! I just thought it was a new thing that had been brought in comparatively recently. I have to agree that a standard number is easier. Most people don't carry the number of their local station with them and what happens if you're elsewhere?

I was driving home from my mums one night and came round a bend on a country road to find a load of cows on the carriageway. It was late and so traffic was very quiet but I had no other option but to ring 999. Having 101 is a great, especially now I know they can divert you to 999 if they think it's serious enough.

Ah, so 101 is for anything other than accident/emergency? Good idea. But for 999 et al, I think it should be an international standard for speed and clarity. Could save even more lives. 112 is used here. Dont care what it is, as long as it is standardised. 911 is already taken by Al Queda. So that's out.

112 is used here as well Gibbo, just most people don't know it. I think 112 is standard across western Europe.

Ozzy3213 wrote:112 is used here as well Gibbo, just most people don't know it. I think 112 is standard across western Europe.

FAIL Gibbo! I am too long away.

Yeah, sorry Gibbo, it's just dawned on me that you will have no idea what I'm talking about! 101 is a direct non-emergency police line, ideal for stuff like this evening when I wanted to report something that could be a problem but wasn't an emergency. I didn't even know we had 112 here until I read the link Ozzy posted.

As for your other question, jeez, let me think about that one!

Great convo on Question Time, Johnny Rotten and Minch saying they have both taken Class A's. Different experiences. MORE! Educate and inform.

News just in... I failed my citizenship test!

I flunked on:

The Great Britain question - I went with the UK option and included Norn Iron.

The imposition of English Law on Wales - I went 14th century and it was the 16th century, well that's just sloppy-assed subjegation - ergo "not my fault".

The trade that a large number of skilled workers didn't enter Britain with in the Middle Ages, I guessed at engineers as I doubted they were in great demand, what with the lack of decent iron and steel and general engineering stuff, turns out the answer was carpenters, I wonder what them there engineers made stuff out of then? Wood probably = feckin carpenters don't it?

I'm ashamed to admit I was a century out on the potato famine, but in mitigation would plead that as a child (up to the age I left home at 21) I was force fed spuds on a daily basis morning noon and night to the extent that when I did leave home I would willfully and maliciously mutilate innocent taters in blind revenge. In fact the first time I learnt about the potato famine, I actually assumed my mother was responsible for it and went to confession by proxy - and I was CofE - so don't tell me the left-footers have the market cornered on guilt.

Finally I flunked the NHS question by plumping for Harold "you've never had it so good" Macmillan - then I realised it was a question about the NHS...

Annnnnyyyhoo, the upshot is that I'm officially out of here and have already submitted a claim for compensation on my Gramma Skewel edumification.

See ya later suckers. Whoa, I'm goin' to Barbados...

I'd give the amazing spiderman a solid 8 out of 10. Saw it in 3d too which was spectacular, and I'm not for 3d in any way. Emma Stone... Pffft... Meh alright I guess.

Morning all!! It's friday!!!! Meaning it's flat-warming day too so lots of will be floating round later!!

Bore da pawb / good morning all, Friday a-feckin'-hoy!

I scored 12 in that citizenship test. The ones I got wrong were:

1. Which countries make up 'Great Britain'?

7. What proportion of the population of the UK were killed by the Black Death?

8. Which kinds of skilled workers did not come to England in large numbers from Europe in the Middle Ages?

I really should have got the first one right.

Great Britain is England, Wales and Scotland? Am i right? the UK includes NI...

Actually, is Wales a country or a principality? Just England and Scotland then...

Take the test and find out!

rugbydreamer wrote:I'm just very relieved that I got the Welsh one right. My Mam got it wrong = bragging rights to me!

Oops, I got that one wrong, had you lot subjugated much earlier!!

Morning all, hope that everyone is well. Special Friday treat, bacon sambos with grilled & spicy

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:Take the test and find out!

I'd be worried that i'd pass it

rugbydreamer wrote:Yeah, guess so, although you know I was actually disappointed there was no out and out Scottish question in there.

But sure I took a pretty big interest in Irish history when I was growing up (my name is entirely responsible for this, I blydi hated it when I was growing up as no one could pronounce it so my Grandma told me to read up on it instead and where it came from so I could find something about it I liked, smart lady she was ), so should have got that one really. Ah well.

We're too independent, see?

PJHolybloke wrote:Evening pub , I bought some windows off of ebay, I didn't really pay much attention to the number and sizes of said windows, which was probably where I went wrong.

I only wanted one for my posh shed, my back garden now looks like the Crystal Palace. If the sun makes an appearance for even 20 minutes tomorrow, my house will burn down; so will my neighbours and my neighbours' neighbours.

Always check size and quantity, and then double check to make sure...

That's all.

I can see it now, the Black Country's very own Eden Project!

Gibson wrote:Question: Are the young regs any less educated and aware than us fossils?

I think most of them are smarter, strongly-opinionated and are armed with the requisite ammunition to be so. Must just be that this Pub attracts them. Maybe less experienced and somtimes giddy, but that's par for the course in Life. But in the Wide-World... it frightens me how dumb and easily-influenced they are. It really scares me. Generalisation of course, but it never fails to amaze me just how many of them there actually are. And there is no reason or excuse for it, everything is on the Net if you want to learn. Ignorance is the real enemy.

They are just talking about our Test on Newsnight! Dimbelby failed it!

Nah, it's just that we've forgotten more than they've learned already!

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Gibson wrote:Question: Are the young regs any less educated and aware than us fossils?

I think most of them are smarter, strongly-opinionated and are armed with the requisite ammunition to be so. Must just be that this Pub attracts them. Maybe less experienced and somtimes giddy, but that's par for the course in Life. But in the Wide-World... it frightens me how dumb and easily-influenced they are. It really scares me. Generalisation of course, but it never fails to amaze me just how many of them there actually are. And there is no reason or excuse for it, everything is on the Net if you want to learn. Ignorance is the real enemy.

They are just talking about our Test on Newsnight! Dimbelby failed it!

Nah, it's just that we've forgotten more than they've learned already!

Most of the ancient history we learn about nowadays well let's be honest you guys were living it. That's an advantage.

PJHolybloke wrote:News just in... I failed my citizenship test!

I flunked on:

The Great Britain question - I went with the UK option and included Norn Iron.

The imposition of English Law on Wales - I went 14th century and it was the 16th century, well that's just sloppy-assed subjegation - ergo "not my fault".

The trade that a large number of skilled workers didn't enter Britain with in the Middle Ages, I guessed at engineers as I doubted they were in great demand, what with the lack of decent iron and steel and general engineering stuff, turns out the answer was carpenters, I wonder what them there engineers made stuff out of then? Wood probably = feckin carpenters don't it?

I'm ashamed to admit I was a century out on the potato famine, but in mitigation would plead that as a child (up to the age I left home at 21) I was force fed spuds on a daily basis morning noon and night to the extent that when I did leave home I would willfully and maliciously mutilate innocent taters in blind revenge. In fact the first time I learnt about the potato famine, I actually assumed my mother was responsible for it and went to confession by proxy - and I was CofE - so don't tell me the left-footers have the market cornered on guilt.

Finally I flunked the NHS question by plumping for Harold "you've never had it so good" Macmillan - then I realised it was a question about the NHS...

Annnnnyyyhoo, the upshot is that I'm officially out of here and have already submitted a claim for compensation on my Gramma Skewel edumification.

See ya later suckers. Whoa, I'm goin' to Barbados...

Me too, different questions flunked, mind, but a cool neuf! Neuf said, I say

Anyhew, back to breakfast:

I love history. There are so many periods and places I'd like to see if I had a time machine. I have a theory on time travel: at some point in the (possibly distant) future we work out how to travel back in time, and people throughout history have caught glimpses of time travellers; in the olden days* they interpreted them as angels, and more recently as aliens.



* - AKA 'the days of yore'.

Discussion:

Do you wish you could have been born in another time/place? Looking at you Lucky!!

So many to choose from, Stag! I would love to have seen the Aztec and Inca empires before the conquistadors arrived.

Interesting theory Lucky, it begs the question that if these time travellers wanted to show them selves to people then why not show them selves to more people more often. And if they didn't want to be noticed then why not disguise themselves as regular folk, rather than aliens or angels. And why are they only seen by people with no scientific credibility, unless science was not the path to time travel...?

Stag, I'm happy where I am, i'd love to travel to the future, but only to appreciate the technology, if i was born in the future i wouldn't appreciate it as much, like modern day folk, i'd take it for granted.

Yes. Around 500-1000 years in the future when we have solved the energy crisis and developed faster then light speed travel for our spaceships.

I just got 9 in that test........guess I finally get to get away from thie government then!!

Maybe we don't develop the ability to disguise ourselves as regular folk, Mick.

Morning all, Crusaders leading the Chiefs by 4 with 30 mins left, good game so far. Edit, controversial TMO try to the Crusaders, nice one Bryce Lawrence! Carter's conversion bounces off the post, 2nd time tonight.

I got 12 in that test, just as well as I have to sit the real test in a few months from now. Got the GB q and the English law in Wales wrong.

Try SBW, crashes through 4 players. Terrible kick Cruden, Chiefs 21 Crusaders 25

Full time Crusaders win 28-21, after the Chiefs spent the final 5 minutes attacking the red and blacks' line. Great match.

Oh yes, when I am on my holidays in France, it will be at same time as Munster v Stade Rochelais which is just 70km away.

I'll be downloading that one, Pete, great match - keeps you in the hunt?

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

PJHolybloke wrote:Evening pub , I bought some windows off of ebay, I didn't really pay much attention to the number and sizes of said windows, which was probably where I went wrong.

I only wanted one for my posh shed, my back garden now looks like the Crystal Palace. If the sun makes an appearance for even 20 minutes tomorrow, my house will burn down; so will my neighbours and my neighbours' neighbours.

Always check size and quantity, and then double check to make sure...

That's all.

I can see it now, the Black Country's very own Eden Project!

Mate, you've no idea how close that is to the truth. Infact, if the weather clears this afternoon, you probably will be able to see it, God knows what I'm going to do with them all.

rugbydreamer wrote:Yeah, guess so, although you know I was actually disappointed there was no out and out Scottish question in there.

But sure I took a pretty big interest in Irish history when I was growing up (my name is entirely responsible for this, I blydi hated it when I was growing up as no one could pronounce it so my Grandma told me to read up on it instead and where it came from so I could find something about it I liked, smart lady she was ), so should have got that one really. Ah well.

Have you been to an American airport yet? My mom shares the same name as you and yo should see them try and pronounce it. They think it's some sor of African or Ghetto name. Irish History is quite interesting, the last 100 years can get you a bit muddled up with all the different parties/organisations and history of NI has so many different groups but still interesting.




Willy, hoping to see Spiderman next week, I heard it's aimed more at the females (maybe why you liked it ) but still getting decent if not great reviews. As far not liking Emma Stone, watch Zombieland beofre making a fully informed decision.


Haven't seen Saders v Chiefs but it will make it's way onto Youtube in the next day or two.

rugbydreamer wrote:messages all passed on.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/quiz/2012/jul/05/uk-citizenship-test?fb=native

I only got 10 out of 15 and you need 11 to pass

13 for me and no I'm not telling you which I got wrong.

Well must be a true brit at heart, got 13 out of 15

I got 9 out of 10.

The ones i got wrong were 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 14

I'm glad i didn't pass, Dubliners are often called west Brits anyway.