The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Antananarivo Arms, Madagascar

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Hello and welcome to the Antananarivo Arms 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 Madagascar, where 35,000 raucous fans recently watched the home side upset Namibia in a 110-point thriller.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no tampering with the pictures of the Madagascan team war dance, Japan/NRL-bound Sonny-Bill Williams, Bradley Wiggins and the prematurely-retired Mark Boucher above the bar.





Old Pub: https://www.606v2.com/t32066-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-pub-oxford

They run classes at the international sports village in Newport. I'm going to my first session this evening.

Good luck walking the next day!! It's great fun though!!

I'm really looking forward to it. It's about time I got back into gymming it.

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:Pete, just to let you know that Sportguru/SportBru appear to be accepting pools for the AP and Rabo

Cheers mate, will have a look at home tonight. I've flat out QC'ing (ugh) a pile of SQL code for our Dubai office

14 pages down, 8 to go.

Penblwydd hapus, Dreamer -

And Happy Birthday Nelson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P90dKxlsUJo

Happy birthday dreamer!

Gotta go... having a bad day week year decade.... .....

rodders wrote:Happy birthday dreamer!

Gotta go... having a bad day week year decade.... .....

Rodders its actually THIRTEEN years since Ulster won the Heineken Cup* not 10

*The only benchmark of happiness

.....

Its grand Rodders. I've got a secret strategy: Pretend that the Rabo and B&I Cup are really important!!!

rodders wrote:Happy birthday dreamer!

Gotta go... having a bad day week year decade.... .....

Rodders, don't be taking another break on me! We miss you on here!

And happy birthday Dreamer.

Happy Birthday Dreamer have some bubbles

Happy burfday dreamer.


Dunno if that lot goes together.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I've been weeks working on a new company website. I clicked on "Reset" instead of "Delete" and it has reset EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!

for stag!.... ......

Ok its not that bad.

I just remember that me being the super organised son of a gun that I am, that I backed up about 75% of my workings which I can copy and paste and upload which has taken most of the sting out of it.

However still a pain and will probably take me a full working day to fix.

Does the big boss man know about this fiasco?.... remember hes not a man to be trifled with... .....

Rodders - its not something that would be an issue. Its my own project for work and I'm well within the timeline I set myself once I buckle down on it.

Sorry to hear Stag. Hope it hasn't set you back too much man!

Stag,

Less 606'ing, more work then. Sure your contributions on here won't be missed anyway

Just been on a 19 mile ride. Pretty decent, bar learning the hard way again what goes down must come back up. Old age will come to you all one day.

My grandfather had a tumble in the house and thought he'd broken his ankle. Thankfully he hasn't, but he's in a bit of pain bless him.

Happy birthday Dreamer.

Ah Rev, you think just because I now work in a place called "Newport" that me and you are equals!

BTW Rev, really sorry to hear about your grandad

I've always thought of as equals Stag. Soulmates if you will.

Ah he's ok, I'm sure. Tough as old boots. Good mining heritage and all that.

red_stag wrote:Ok its not that bad.

I just remember that me being the super organised son of a gun that I am, that I backed up about 75% of my workings which I can copy and paste and upload which has taken most of the sting out of it.

However still a pain and will probably take me a full working day to fix.

Rule No 1. of Computers: ALWAYS Backup, before you change ANYTHING.
ALWAYS make it easy to recover lost data. Or, if possible - make it AUTOSAVE, in whatever discipline you are active with.
NEVER work on a LIVE copy. Work on a COPY of it, to replace it - when it is finished and tested. FLIP-FLOP.

I learned that the hard way. Deleted the whole Krupps Database for Ireland, in the 80's. Turned to the OPs guy, and said "So anyway, when was the last full DB backup taken mate? I can recover this quickly"

He looked at me and blushed. "Errrrm, last week? "

I near died on the spot. Took me near 24 hours non-stop, to rebuild it.

Had procedures put in place, to back it up every 15 mins after that.

Hope our SKYPE chat didnt effect this Stag.

Risca Rev wrote:Stag,

Less 606'ing, more work then. Sure your contributions on here won't be missed anyway

Just been on a 19 mile ride. Pretty decent, bar learning the hard way again what goes down must come back up. Old age will come to you all one day.

My grandfather had a tumble in the house and thought he'd broken his ankle. Thankfully he hasn't, but he's in a bit of pain bless him.

Happy birthday Dreamer.

For Rev's Granda.
That can be really scarey for them. Had it with the Ma so many times. Knocks their confidence.

P.S. Stag may diss you, roysh, but I love you. You hunk.

You de man Gibbo

Evening pub,

and a restorative for Rev's Grandad.

Quick for me then I really must go and pack the car. Off down to Norfolk at daft o'clock in the morning to meet up with sis and family who are down there on holiday this week. Should be an enjoyable few days, Isobelle has no idea we're coming

Won't be on here for a few days so have a good rest of the week and weekend people

prop_lyd wrote:Good luck walking the next day!! It's great fun though!!

You weren't blydi kidding, were you?! I winced every time I changed gear on the way home! But I really enjoyed it, looking forward to Saturday's class now! :-)

We were talking about Kettlebells earlier, in case that last post confused anyone.

Night all.

Howdy folks! Hope everyone's swell. Many happy returns dreamer!

Played brilliantly at football on Monday. Had an absolute shocker today. Like actually horrible. So much so I might actually retire for the summer. Bought a chocolate brownie traybake from work on the way home to drown my tears. It doesn't even taste half as good as it looks. What a dissapointing day.

WillyGilly wrote:Howdy folks! Hope everyone's swell. Many happy returns dreamer!

Played brilliantly at football on Monday. Had an absolute shocker today. Like actually horrible. So much so I might actually retire for the summer. Bought a chocolate brownie traybake from work on the way home to drown my tears. It doesn't even taste half as good as it looks. What a dissapointing day.

No No No! Dont retire Willser. Use the hurt and play a blinder next game.

Im being inspired by Victoria Pendleton, on BBC 1 now. What a woman.

Believe!

And savour the biscuit.

WillyGilly wrote:Howdy folks! Hope everyone's swell. Many happy returns dreamer!

Played brilliantly at football on Monday. Had an absolute shocker today. Like actually horrible. So much so I might actually retire for the summer. Bought a chocolate brownie traybake from work on the way home to drown my tears. It doesn't even taste half as good as it looks. What a dissapointing day.

No retiring Willy.

Everyone has their bad days, don't let the one off day affect you. These downward spirals are what lead to becoming a better player! You will gain experience and learn from your mistakes, and show everyone who is boss.

Who do you play for anyway?

Probably a girls team, knowing our Willser. Hence the sheer devastation. No more shower-moments.

When Mrs G and I visited Florida we saw the special school that Ray Charles went to in St Augustine (a little known gem off the tourist trail and an antidote to that Blydi mouse). Anyhow when we got home (a couple of days before 9/11) she told my parents "and there was this school for the dead and the blind where Stevie Wonder went..."

Jeezuz, I just love kids.

Evening all, just got in from a st johns duty!! So shattered but met Kim Collins....nice bloke!!
Bed time now, training for work and then rugby training....roll on the weekend

Evening all. Tired.com, worked until 9 pm, now hopefully the programmer in Dubai can fix his mistakes before I get to work in the morning.

It's a weird night for sound "travelling" tonight. Unfortunate, as my flatmate has some quite "expressive" company staying over.

Tired.com too Halfway thru my week of nights. That'll be 60hrs racked up for the week come the end.

I'll have to catch the Vic Pendleton doc on the ol iplayer later. She is one stunning girl alright...

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

WillyGilly wrote:Howdy folks! Hope everyone's swell. Many happy returns dreamer!

Played brilliantly at football on Monday. Had an absolute shocker today. Like actually horrible. So much so I might actually retire for the summer. Bought a chocolate brownie traybake from work on the way home to drown my tears. It doesn't even taste half as good as it looks. What a dissapointing day.

No retiring Willy.

Everyone has their bad days, don't let the one off day affect you. These downward spirals are what lead to becoming a better player! You will gain experience and learn from your mistakes, and show everyone who is boss.

Who do you play for anyway?

Just muck about with friends rors.

Girls playing football gibbo? I can't think of any worse. They have the right to vote what more do they want?

Girls in the showers though? What can I say? I'm all about equality and rights for all.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18884472

Thanks 02, I'm still thoroughly annoyed with you though.

Cheers for that Willser. I'll wait and see if the wife and I get that back. We both were affected

Swanny, thanks for his beer. I'm sure he can't wait to have one again when he's probably a bit more mobile. I hope by the time you read this, you'll have had a lovely time in Norfolk.

WillyGilly wrote:

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

WillyGilly wrote:Howdy folks! Hope everyone's swell. Many happy returns dreamer!

Played brilliantly at football on Monday. Had an absolute shocker today. Like actually horrible. So much so I might actually retire for the summer. Bought a chocolate brownie traybake from work on the way home to drown my tears. It doesn't even taste half as good as it looks. What a dissapointing day.

No retiring Willy.

Everyone has their bad days, don't let the one off day affect you. These downward spirals are what lead to becoming a better player! You will gain experience and learn from your mistakes, and show everyone who is boss.

Who do you play for anyway?

Just muck about with friends rors.

Girls playing football gibbo? I can't think of any worse. They have the right to vote what more do they want?

Girls in the showers though? What can I say? I'm all about equality and rights for all.

True. I lost the run of meself there.

Great on bikes though. Fast. In all fairness. Just been wowed by the tenacity & belief of Vickie Pendleton this avo.

She has my full support in the Olympics.

She doesn't need your support gibbo. Those Lycra cycling suits do a great job.

Okay mods seriously how long before one of my sexist jokes earns me a ban?

I tried everything mate. Everything. Racism, sexism, takindepishism. I think they need our lycra support.

A healthy site needs young and slightly older characters I spose.

Nite young Luke. Believe in the Force.

Everybody having a lie-in this morning then? Ok, I'd better turn on the grill and the kettle/coffee machine. Strong espresso for me please!

Bore da pawb / good morning all, I'll have a paned if I may, Mrs Penfro!

My legs are still aching from the kettlebells class yesterday. It's like I have a knee-trembler every time I walk up or down the stairs (but with none of the pleasure). Fortunately there are none at work!

Morning all especially you Lucky!! It's great fun isn't it?! I had to stop a while back due to ankle problems but may pick it up again, really works your core and if you stil at it you notice your strength improving and your legs hurting less!! Your brave cycling home after it!!

I didn't cycle home, I meant changing gear in the car. Every time I had to put the clutch down, I felt it in my thighs - same on the way to work this morning! It is really good though, works your whole body.

Ah right ok!! Yeah plus you can push yourself as much as possible!!