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Why do you have to turn any major news article into something political, or politics in general? this was a tragedy that had nothing to do with politics.

Loads of Bees swarming my Blackberry bush this time of year.. Wasps will come a bit later on, end of July/August normally..

I said before in here that declaration was daft. I know Stan thinks we bombed a few chances, and we did, but you never have the perfect match anyway, you get drops and missed stumpings/run outs happen. I totally get if we picked up two wickets in those last few overs on Day 1, maybe its a different story but that was bordering on naive for me and ultimately we didn't have enough runs. It's weird seeing an Aussie side play so conservative and defensive but I do wonder if we are just playing into their hands. I'm pretty sure they are content to let us do our thing and knowing the risks can easily backfire for us if they remain disciplined. They bowled sensibly in the right areas knowing we'd go hell for leather and we gave far too many wickets away doing that. Just look at how many wickets Nathan Lyon got, something went wrong there. You look at our batting scorecards, so many times our players got in at the crease, looked set then gone. Bottom line however is this. As much as I think we were on top for most the match, we've ultimately lost it and I think the Aussies have won without reaching top gear. Massive boost. Even worse, we've lost a test where Smith and Marnus had 2 bites of the cherry each and managed just 35 runs. Normally you win those games if you keep them quiet. Doubt that will happen again surely. England have to get Wood in the team. More pace. Ali was a complete liability tbh, injured or not, he looked like a guy that hadn't played that level for a long time and he isn't needed at Lords. Go with four seamers. I'd keep Bairstow behind the stumps for now however, if he had another iffy game, Foakes could come in, could sacrifice Pope if he doesnt kick on. I like Pat Cummins, comes across a genuine nice bloke. Was pleased for him with his knock. Rather share a beer with him than Glen McGrath that's for sure P.S Agree with @Stan, Robinson is an absolute gimp. Needs to shut up and just concentrate on his bowling. Back it up before you start thinking your an absolute boss in the middle. Embarassing behaviour.

Try lowering the rent a bit...

Ah nice. I hope to see some eventually. My bee hotels still have rooms available. I know wasps usually come a bit later, but with it being hot quite early, we often had them as early as May here in the last few years.

Congrats mate, I can't say I'm not envious

Congratulations @Stan

@Stan Maternity classes for future daddies....

Congrats!

Awesome news! Congrats Stan!

Well done Stan.

Be my guest, treat yourself Same as you, don't mind at all. As long as it's healthy and well, girl or boy is fine

WAAHOOOO, you are gonna be a daddy!!!! Congrats, what are you hoping for, a girl or boy? me and the wife didn't worry whatever sex it was a long as she and the bairn was ok, good excuse for me to have a whisk(e)y on you tonight

Oh my days! Congrats mate xxx

So I'll be more active in this thread from December...

The controller by itself is not the crazy part, as controllers are also used by the military in some countries. The mental part is that they relied on a wireless connection, which any gamer will know can be highly unstable/unreliable. Military application of controllers always uses a wired connection. They did have spare controllers on board in case it failed, but this particular model (Logitech G-F710) relies on a 2.4GHz cordless connection, meaning you need a USB dongle plugged in for it to connect. Each controller will only connect to the specific dongle that it was shipped with, and judging by the way this shitfest went, there is a real possibility they were not aware of this. So all of those spare controllers would've been useless unless they came with their corresponding dongles on board. Then there's the fact that they used a 2011 knock-off brand, which again, every gamer will know is highly unreliable.

That's fair mate, again that's just how I am, if I feel something isn't being loyal to me or all the other fans; I can't be loyal back; but I also understand having a lot of attachment to something, it can be hard to let go. I generally care about people and it upsets me how a country like Saudi Arabia can treat its people so badly but then go play football manager in a foreign country. If it were my choice all clubs would be owned by the fans, as if that'd happen.

Have you guys seen any bees, wasps or bumblebees so far? I've only seen a few bumblebees so far this year, and most of them were on the ground and looked like they were dying. Kind of worrying.