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Rich Rule

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  1. How do you make a prostitutes toes curl? Bang her with her tights on!
  2. Depends how you definite the martial arts I guess: Taekwondo has some great kicking moves but as a fighting art it pales in comparison to others. Taekwondo is a sports. No punches to the head and mostly scored with kicks. Boxing is one of the oldest forms of pugilism. It definetly works as a form of self defence. As does Taekwondo, if the person is very good. Yes, it is more of a spectacle than boxing but I would argue far less effective. Plus it is stop start, stop start, stop start. Whereas, other forms of Martial Arts including boxing don’t stop as soon as contact is made. Neither does a street fight. The same comparison can be made from Judo and BJJ/JJ. Judo is a sport JJ is a fighting art. There are other forms of Martial Arts that were developed as a fighting warriors art that are also sports. Examples of this would be Muay Thai and Lethwei. The sports version hasn’t differed that much from the Art. Boxing gloves were introduced in stead of hemp rope in Muay Thai but Lethwei only has the introduction of the ring. They still fight bare knuckle and with head butts. Boxing is known as the sweet science. The art of hitting and not getting hit. Tyson fury is a master of that. Others may look more athletic but Tyson Fury is 6’9”, 277lb and just fought 11 rounds against one of the most dangerous punchers in recent times. He got out down twice, dropped his opponent 3 times and retained the HW belts. Then he busted out a Song whilst in the ring and serenaded the Vegas crowd. Far from one dimensional IMO.
  3. I think it was just a figure of speech. There’s no need to shit kittens about it.
  4. Everyone is entitled an opinion. BUT that right there, is proof that you know zero about boxing. Yes, you are missing a lot. 😁
  5. I often wondered why. I do know that if I have a couple of shots, I will have a pounding headache and be as mobile as a dog with one paw the next day.
  6. I visited many a distillery when I was a kid. My old man would take us fly fishing on the Scottish rivers. As it was a family holiday my dad and uncle would take the family out for a couple of days. Usually on the whiskey trail. There are a few bottles back at my old mans place. I have always had a kind of nostalgic, romance with single malts from the above mentioned trips. In reality, I get the worst hangover from even the smallest amounts. Which is strange as other spirits don’t have the same effect.
  7. I hope Fury finishes him early again just so we can hear Wilders excuses. Wilder does have a punchers chance though. Should be a good fight.
  8. I think it is all subjective. Back in the Uk we used to work job n knock. Basically if you wanted a break, have a quick one then crack on. As long as everyone is on the same page it works very well. Back home by 1-2pm job done and no time wasted. Over here in Norway people tend to take breaks. Usually 7. - 7.30 on-site and start work. Depends on who I am contracting for. Work for 3.5 hours and then have 25-30 mins for lunch. Work from 1100 for another couple of hours and on the road by 1400-1430. Have a break for water of water we if you need it. One of the guys stops regularly at 13.30 - 1400 for 30 mins. If I am working with him I will often work up till 16/17.00. Job dependent. He pays by the hour so a 10 hour day can be quite profitable. That doesn’t include driving to and from the job. It does cover driving to multiple jobs though if we do more in the day. Works for me. Many moons ago, I worked for Greenwich Council. I lasted just over 6 months as the forced breaks drove me mental. I would have much rather done the same amount of work and been home by 10.30 and then had another job in the afternoon.
  9. The perfect, symbiotic relationship.
  10. So did you agree on a location to get a room? Your place, his place or just a seedy motel somewhere betwixt the two? 👉🏼👌🏼
  11. iPhone, Mac whatever.
  12. Any one got a link watch for online watchey?
  13. Freeworker.de
  14. We once turned up to a pretty posh house and their were dog eggs all over the garden. The lady of the house, proper city type was getting ready for work. I knocked on the door and explained the situation of the eggs. I said do you have a pooper skooper as we can’t work with it like that? All polite she says, sure no problem. She found the skooper and walked over to me and tried to hand it. She looked quite upset when I told her it wasn’t my dog so I wasn’t picking any off them up.
  15. Mark, Steve Launchbury had the same problem on one of his tippers. We ended up having to mess about with the control panel in the dash. Hope you get it sorted mate.
  16. Did they not put stitches in in the first place? Looks pretty painful, hope it gets better. I know your pain, I am still on sick leave, due to cutting some tendons and nerves in my fingers that required 4 hours surgery to repair.
  17. I prefer the Norwegian model. A company/SE individual needs to register for MVA (VAT) once they hit 50000 NOK (4500 GBP Approx). That allows the odd job on the side, a lot of people have second jobs, to be done without VAT. BUT, it means anyone who is basically using SE status as a main means of income or even charging more than 4.5k, needs to be registered for VAT.
  18. Are you charging them a rate per inch, plus VAT?
  19. Did you run that kettle over? No mate. 😂 That is my Father in Laws kettle. He got it for his confirmation when he was 15. He must be 70 now. He takes it on every hike / ski trip and always makes his coffee in it.
  20. I know them as Swedish logs or workers candles. whether they found a bit of dead tree to make or just lopped a couple of foot off the end. they would then have a means to boil water and cook in the woods.
  21. I’ve done it with sycamore and birch, both were very seasoned though. Pine spruce or any resin-fest of soft wood works well.
  22. One of my pals used to have a load in his stand at posh country game fairs and arts and crafts events. He would always sell out.
  23. Did you have a very dry summer last year? Are there more seeds this year? A lot of the trees in Oslo look like they are succumbing to DED yet the foliage and vigour looks poor. Yet it is a bumper year for seed production after a dry summer last year. Could be a thought?

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