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What's your best guess at the next eye catching headline?
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Good story always. the rest are just time passers.
What's your best guess at the next eye catching headline?
New Zealand WINS the Cricket World Cup!!
Is that the question also??Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield5
:D:D
There is always a question about Kiwi stuff :p:
Lets take it as
New Zealand to win the Cricket World Cup? :p No. They are in fine form but wont win it IMO.
Who will win the Cricket world Cup?
Romania!!!!!!!!! :laugh:
Who will win Primera division? :devil:
NEW-ZEA-LAND!!!! and that's an end to it!!! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by steveaki13
It wont be the West Indies - beaten by Ireland
Sri Lanka look doubtful, India haven't got much chance (sorry Storm), Pakistan are way past their best.
The best I can honestly come up with is
South Africa, New Zealand final, with Australia and either England, or one of the sub-continent teams making up the other two semi-finalists, even then S.A and N.Z. could both be beaten in the semis any way
Is this the Spanish one?Quote:
Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo
Barcelona ;)
If its the Argentina one, its too early to say.
Who will win Liga 1 in Romania? :devil:
I think Oz are hard to look past :hmph:Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield5
No disrespect to my Aussie mates, but the Aus cricket team are too arrogant. Mitchell Johnson and David Warner are a pair of w@#$ers who are too disruptive. Don't get me wrong they have some great players like Steve Smith and Mitch Marsh etc, but I get the feeling they will lose control and explode at some stage. Having said that they certainly have the ability to win the thing. It will come down to who wins the NZ/AUS game - winner of this one misses South Africa until the final, loser will almost certainly play the Proteas in the semi.Quote:
Originally Posted by steveaki13
Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield5
I have no problem with NZ finally winning it. I have always liked their teams right from when Mark Greatbatch showed how to open an innings back in the early 90s :)
(those coffee coloured shirts were great!)
Frankly, I have completely stopped watching cricket since '11 (2007 to be honest) so I don;t mind if India wins or doesn't. I am fed up of the dumbing down of cricket (mainly the lack of a contest between bat and ball), IPL, our team, the media and so-called fans. I was possibly the only guy in India who did not watch the game vs Pak on sunday!
FCSB :angryfire:Quote:
Originally Posted by steveaki13
Who will win Serie A?
( warning - take care what you say cos pino might ban you :laugh: )
Roma
bye bye folks :p: It was a good run while it lasted...
Who will win Euro 16?
Roma ??? :laugh::laugh::laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm
:wave: Bye bye! I know where to find you! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm
Romania!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Who will win Euro 16?
Who will win FIFA WC 2018?
Romania? ;) England? :rotflmao:
More likely Argentina, Brazil or Germany I reckon.
Who will win the Europa League this season? :D
Oh and bye Storm. Nice knowing you:p
Liverpool! :heart:
Who will win the Premier League?
THis is going to hurt - Chelsea (great I have to go and disinfect my fingers after typing that !!!)
Who will in the MElbourne GP?
Raikkonnen :p:
Hamilton and Nico out at T1
yeah well we can all dream...
Will McL Honda score points?
Yes! Many points! :devil:
Who'll be the donkey of the Melbourne GP? :laugh:
How do you know about that Gadjo? You never head over to the F1 forum do you? :andrea:
Maldonado or Mclaren Honda. Is the likely Donkey's
Who will win the six nations rugby championship?
I don't but the latest posts always appear on the right side of the general forums page. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by steveaki13
{ Not to mention that I follow your posts :angel: )
EnglandQuote:
Who will win the six nations rugby championship?
Who will be the wooden spoon of the six nations rugby championship? :devil:
( don't ask how do I know about the wooden spoon.....)
who cares? well France, not that I follow rugby
atleast its better than American football...have you ever tried to watch AF?
Yes, I always think I would like to watch the Super Bowl and then I sit down and start watching and quickly get bored. so switch off.
Evolution or Creation? Or maybe even both.
Evolution....Although the instant of big bang is also the instant of "creation" of our universe. Most recent theories do suggest that this was just one of multiple universes created. But still hard to know for sure.
Do you like Science Fiction?
I love good sci-fi - books, movies etc. It is my fav genre of things. However bad sci-fi is definitely the worst thing there is.
Do you like decent horror novels and movies?
I enjoy a good psychological horror movie (usually don't read horror novels) but most horror is the gore/slasher kind which I hate.
(and you are right, bad sci-fi, especially in tv/movies is the worst)
Do you think books should be cheaper to make them more accessible and relevant?
I look for good sci-fi books and usually the price is so prohibitive while the silly e-books are only .99$
Yes. The price of books is crazy, they are almost a luxury item. Being ..... erm.... slightly older, I hate using ebooks. I love the tactile feeling of a proper book, it some how makes it more real and believable than reading of a little screen.
Is personal digital technology progressing too far?
I think so, yes.
It is getting to the point of being silly if not it hasn't already. I recently had a debate about Kindle with a friend (much younger) who thinks she started reading again because of Kindle...that worried me a lot.
Reading a book is such a pleasurable activity for me that I simply cannot comprehend a piece of electronics replicating the same feel and satisfaction.
I said it before but anfield you really are my long lost twin it seems when it comes to stuff like this :p:
Do you think electric cars have a real future or hybrids seem to be better short term?
I can't see electric cars having any real mass appeal until the range is substantially better in terms of cost vs range available. If I have to travel for an emergency of some sort, I can't see planning charge times en route, or in preparation for the trip.Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm
Hybrids IMO will continue to become more popular. They have greater appeal due to having both flexibility and increasingly better performance as they develop.
Do you attempt to be a "green" person even when doing so costs a few more dollars?
I tend not to because I am highly sceptical about how "green" some options are, eg what was the environmental impact of making and charging the batteries of an electric car.
What "green" initiatives do you believe in?
Recycling first and foremost. The rest, as they currently are, offer dubious benefits. Solar as prices come down is closer to being a viable option. There are houses around here retro fitting for solar - but the payback is years. I'd consider it if I knew I'd be here for 10 plus years. Going forward and as we need them we are using LED replacement lamps instead of traditional or CFL options. Can't think of much else worth doing at the moment.
Is the death of the personal car going to be a mid or a far future occurrence?
Both, in some respects. Depending on your location, it is closer than we may think. Many cities are doing all they can to keep cars away, with taxes and exorbitant parking costs. In countries like NZ it will be further away, partly because we are 20 years behind the rest of the world (wouldn't have it any other way) an we have limited mass transit i.e. no train services between towns, and limited inter city buses etc. Looking forward to the discovery and development of matter transporters - step in in New Plymouth, dial up London and WHAM you are in London (arms are in Lisbon, Legs are in Luanda, bags are in Luton is a slight drawback though :))
Is there any invention from sci-fi that you can see being real in the near future?
I just read a book called Physics of the Impossible (Michio Kaku) which tackled this exact subject....He seems to think that we are fairly close to invisibility cloak in some form and even a form of teleportation.
I am highly skeptical that anything will happen in the very near future, but in say 100 years or so we might see some of that stuff. Perhaps nanobots or quantum computers..
Have you attended live event of any kind recently?
Unfortunately it's been over a month, and that was at a local bar to see a friends band. We did get tickets recently to a summer show, which lifted our spirits some. More tickets to come Tuesday for when I take vacation. We will catch a local show, travel the next day to see another, and then relax some.
What is the most money you've spent on a liver performance, and was it worth it?
About 15k Rs spent (approx 400 USD at that time) on flight+ticket to watch Iron Maiden play their first ever show in India ( Bangalore)....totally worth it.
I wish I could go to more concerts but just can't and there aren't any really good things close by.
Do you travel without a lot of planning or fret over the small stuff when heading out on a vacation?
A bit of both. I worry try to plan for obvious eventualities before I go it's part of the anticipation of the holiday. But once at the airport I try to switch off and say to myself "That's it! I'm on my way now and if I've forgotten anything I can either do without or buy another"
At the airport do you get your ticket and passport out when you join the check in queue or just before you reach the desk?
Don't know. Being a highly kinesthetic person, my passport/tickets etc just seem to be in my hands when I get to check-in, I have no idea how, when, or why.
DO you pick your travel destinations based on how easy they are to enter i.e. do you avoid places where they are stringent on their border checks, visas etc?
Sometimes getting a visa, esp. an american one, might be a humiliating process. Fortunately we don't need visas whithin EU and it makes things easier.
Have you been to kindergarten?