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There are women known in the colloquial as rugger huggers, so to hear.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Rugby players can drink an astonishing amount of beer post-game, I'm told. They sing, too, bless them 
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Well, there's Rugby Union (15), Rugby League (13) and Rugby Sevens (7; doh). My favorite is League. Much faster. Quick, simple scrummages. If you don't score on the 6th play of the possession, you give up the ball. Except for the 2 covering the ball, defenders have to drop back 10 meters from the ball for the start of each play.
If you get a chance to record some Aussie rugby league games (FS2 on weekend overnights), give it a go.
If you get a chance to record some Aussie rugby league games (FS2 on weekend overnights), give it a go.
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Then there's this classic hardcover...
For those of you unfamiliar with rugby, the 'hooker' is the #2, center front of the scrum.
But...Are they happy?
Before or after, the after-match pints?But...Are they happy?
There are prolly some times when even the pints dont matter. E.g., the Springboks in the 1995 World Cup. (Invictus is a good dramatization of the events IMO.)
ETA: Fans of the All Blacks might have a differing opinion.
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We played a similar game in grade school. We didn't use a ball, though. The game was called "Tackle" and the rules were simple:
Whoever was "it" took off running with everyone else in pursuit. The person who made initial contact with "it" became the next "it" after the pile of bodies was untangled and then he ran. Tripping was not allowed and the game continued until it looked like medical attention might be needed or recess was over, whichever came first.
It's all fun and games until someone looses an eye, then it's just funny.
That works with BB guns, frozen dirt clods, and rocks, too. Don't ask me how I know. ouch.
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Another discerning patron of the newsstand's staples-through-the-middle department, I see...
Scary stuff out west.
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Tough games:
For a short period in the late 50's the street gangs inna South Bronx had a kind of truce and played each other football (American style) instead of 'rumbling'... I played once with the Dukes, against the Ikes. Rather hard grassy field, regular game with full out blocking and tackling with all players going both ways (offense & defense) and played with whatever equipment ya brung...
I played guard in the line using an older hard leather helmet, nothing else. We had a good tough game and beat the Ikes. Afterwards there were hard feelings and tough trash words, but some of the Dukes had expected this and rode down the middle of the field with two shotguns sticking out of a Plymouth coupe. Game over, no fighting, everyone went home... ( -Sort'a quickly tho, as we were in Ikes territory...)
I guess football was an advance of sorts in gang relations, but this was the only time I saw guns used as a street gang threat in the 50's. Mostly gang rumbles were fought in smaller groups with fists and feet and large belt buckles flapping on rolled up belts that were used as a kind of whipping club.
Amongst the gang one of my friends ended up in the hospital with a broken neck once, and another got a lot of stitches in his arms and face from a razor blade knife used against him in a bar fight. But other than that there were no serious injuries... Bruises, black eyes, sore ribs, a tooth out here and there, were only considered badges of honor in these street 'games'. -We were plenty lucky I guess...
For a short period in the late 50's the street gangs inna South Bronx had a kind of truce and played each other football (American style) instead of 'rumbling'... I played once with the Dukes, against the Ikes. Rather hard grassy field, regular game with full out blocking and tackling with all players going both ways (offense & defense) and played with whatever equipment ya brung...
I played guard in the line using an older hard leather helmet, nothing else. We had a good tough game and beat the Ikes. Afterwards there were hard feelings and tough trash words, but some of the Dukes had expected this and rode down the middle of the field with two shotguns sticking out of a Plymouth coupe. Game over, no fighting, everyone went home... ( -Sort'a quickly tho, as we were in Ikes territory...)
I guess football was an advance of sorts in gang relations, but this was the only time I saw guns used as a street gang threat in the 50's. Mostly gang rumbles were fought in smaller groups with fists and feet and large belt buckles flapping on rolled up belts that were used as a kind of whipping club.
Amongst the gang one of my friends ended up in the hospital with a broken neck once, and another got a lot of stitches in his arms and face from a razor blade knife used against him in a bar fight. But other than that there were no serious injuries... Bruises, black eyes, sore ribs, a tooth out here and there, were only considered badges of honor in these street 'games'. -We were plenty lucky I guess...
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Wow that was 10 pages of informed consent I just initialed, and signed with a witness, and sooner do that than knock heads together
Awright! Who's the informant around here? Dang stool pigeons. (grumble, grump, mumble)Wow that was 10 pages of informed consent I just initialed, and signed with a witness, and sooner do that than knock heads together
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She sold her homing pigeon 110 times on eBay ....
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Not sure if it’s true but there was a rumour that Carol Kaye has sold what she claims is the same pick that she used on a Good Vibrations session many times. Good for her.
She has a web site that sells merch including picks. She was offering bass lessons via skype for $75 but seems to be taking a rest now.
The Official Carol Kaye Web Site
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