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Hmmm Im a lot more synical than you! Why, you think this was plan A all along?

I don't understand your point at all. Someone wrote Harry Potter (one person, several editors). People wrote the Bible (many authors, many editors, many translators). What's the difference? One of them has flying broomsticks, the other has a seven headed dragon, both have witches. There are facts in both. They are both books of stories. written by people. But the bible is based on publicaians from many 1000s years ago. none of us know what is true and what isnt. Harry Potter is a made up story (a tale if you like) based on fantasy Exactly, we know the stories in Harry potter are fiction because the author has said they are such. We do not know if the stories like Jesus rose from the dead are true or not, you and I presume they are and would be near certain, but the authors etc havnt said they were not.

Looking forward to Mendes Mcgregor in Vegas next weekend but i probably wouldnt have booked a trip over for it. If McGregor wins hed fight Aldo and obviously id prefer to watch that fight but cant afford to go to Vegas twice in a year. I get both sides of opinion to the Interim belt but it doesnt really mean anything to me, getting the belt of Aldo makes you the best, not picking up the interim belt off mini Mendes (who has lost to Aldo already). It is crazy Aldo has fought 7 times in the UFC and has now pulled out of 5 fights. Fair play to Dana and UFC for this plan B, they are very good at keeping fans happy (or less pissed off)

An appeal to popularity is a fallacy. It doesn't matter how many people something. Either it's true or it isn't. (That's 50/50.) Besides; which God? Pretty much every religious person believes in a different God (or gods). Most Christians don't believe in the volcano god / mountain spirit / air god /drug delusion described in the Bible they share with the other Abrahamic religions There is only one Harry Potter. Arguably more people believe in Harry Potter than in any personal definition of God. Unless you are talking about "something out there" which is deism and not religion or theism and god with a small "g". There is a difference between Harry Potter and gods etc. Harry Potter we know is not true as the writer who wrote it does not claim it as fact. Dont get me wrong i am no believer (i think its illogical) but i dont think that is a great comparison. Although 99.9% sure the things in the bible did not happen, we can not be certain. We can be certain Harry Potter didnt (something in the books)

Agreed, for many reasons. Even if Mcgregor wins there will still be many doubters/haters saying he shouldn't have got the fight and he'd lose to a wrestler if put against one. Mendes will get a shot then if he wins that the doubters will talk about Edgar. All 3 fights would be huge. If Aldo wins he defends his title again against Edgar and Mendes......Boring. I dont know if you can tell, but im really excited Hmmm. Needs more exclamation marks. Meant more by the amount of posts i have posted in here recently, as i am not one who posts very often. oh and.... VEGAS BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! C'mon McGregor you Beaut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Agreed, for many reasons. Even if Mcgregor wins there will still be many doubters/haters saying he shouldn't have got the fight and he'd lose to a wrestler if put against one. Mendes will get a shot then if he wins that the doubters will talk about Edgar. All 3 fights would be huge. If Aldo wins he defends his title again against Edgar and Mendes......Boring. I dont know if you can tell, but im really excited

my favourite also

Just think of it like hes a great salesman, he gets paid fortunes for what he is doing.

Long term champs in the last 2 years(?) have all lost their belts except Jose and ronda (but shes not human)

Originally Jose Aldo came from a very strong BJJ background (black belt and won some serious competitions before going MMA) He however prefers to "strike to please the knockout hungry crowds" and hes very good at it McGregor is a striker but used to be more of a counter striker who gauged distance and then pounced after, even in his first fights in UFC He has since moved abit away from that and now more stalks his opponent. He has very good knockout power and he now relys on this and his chin. This is more exciting and probably helped with the hype but alsot means he actually gets hit more now than he used to. One would hope CMG will be a better striker than Aldo because if hes not he is screwed. If Aldo is losing the striking he is likely to resort to getting in close and using his BJJ. If that happens CMG is probably screwed. They both have tools to win, Aldo probably has the better tools but i honestly think that all the hype has helped Conor alot. Aldos hype is deserved, it is unknown if CMGs hype is deserved. I hope so

I have a serious soft spot for Ryanair, although try to avoid them now if possible as i can afford to these days. I went to University in Dublin (UCD) but my family live in London and without ryanair i would not have been able to fly between the 2. Just checked and i got 3 sets of return flights for 12 euro total including taxes and fees. Thats 6 euro a flight or 36euro for all 6 flights. I lived in Dublin for 5 years and probably spend an average of £30 - £40 a flight over that period. So thank you Ryanair, you were amazing and i appreciate what you did for me.

My only theory is people that drink Carling have never tried any other lager. It was the first drink I regularly ordered in the pub when I was old enough to get served. But I didn't know any better, it was just a drink I knew of! I always laugh when you see someone on facebook post something like "just relaxing with a nice pint!" and the picture is a pint of Carling. This but for Fosters. Bluegh

Thank God! McGregor fighting Mendes for the Interim Belt probably doesnt really make sense for the sport but will keep the fans happy, especially all us Irish going over. Im super excited!

I wonder what will happen if Aldo does have to pull out. Presume that fight will be rearranged and Lawler McDonald will be the main event. Dana is a smart guy, knows what fans want and usually can correct any issues but i dont think there is really time to do anything. Dont get me wrong, id expect fans to understand the circumstances but doesnt meant they/we wont be frustrated

Yeah, im nervous and will be pissed if the fight doesnt happen. What use is giving money back anyway, we have booked flights and accom, cant not go now.

He has such terrible aim he even missed his own head...

Seat Belts and Air bags are seen as better forms of safely in a car but not on a bike for obvious reasons

IMO alot safer and easier to make money than playing with the market. You dont need to buy a House, there are Property investment funds that crowd fund and so you only need sometimes as low as 5k to invest (but obviously you have little control over your investment) One i am signed up to (although not invested) is a minimum of 20k and you are likely to have to keep your money in for 2 years but expected returns are 20% p.a If you get involved in one of the properly investment funds is it just for a set period of time, say money locked in for two years at a time? Anywhere you would recommend looking to get more information kind sir? The one i mention above is called cogress, they have a fair amount of info on their website. If you sign up, they will send you individual property investment opportunities. So you invest in one of these projects not a fund thus you wont get your funds or any profits back until the project is over. They seem to have a couple new project to invest in every month and so you can pick one that appeals to you. The company i work for do a very similar thing but less frequently and for high worth investors. The reason i know of cogress is they are developing an opportunity we turned down at the last minute. They do actually do referral fees if someone invests so let me know if your keen and i will be happy to split it. This is really not why i am suggesting it and i have mentioned them to family and friends.

IMO alot safer and easier to make money than playing with the market. You dont need to buy a House, there are Property investment funds that crowd fund and so you only need sometimes as low as 5k to invest (but obviously you have little control over your investment) One i am signed up to (although not invested) is a minimum of 20k and you are likely to have to keep your money in for 2 years but expected returns are 20% p.a

And he has had his hair cut Filming for this season finished months ago, he can grow it back by the time they start filming again Also in the books Jon has the ability to warg into animals like Bran can, his last word in the book is 'ghost', maybe he wargs into him just before death and lives on through him? should probably be in a spoiler!!!!

Free Transfers get higher wagers as a team does not need to pay a transfer fee. Imagine there is a transfer fee but its paid in weekley installments to the player and subtract that from his wages For example 20k a week for 5 years is 5m so if he is getting 65k, thats the same as a 5m transfer fee and 45k, which sounds about right in the current market

Got to consider the knock on effect this will have on the other players at Swansea. Williams, Shelvey, Sigurdsson, KS Yeung will all be looking for the same soon. Agree, sigurdsson being their best player and getting the big move from spurs and Williams being the captain and his agent cooking up the arsenal interest would still both be doing very well to be on £60k a week, this new guy is on >50% more a week than the rest of the squad, will impact their entire wage structure, big gamble So they put him on 60k a week and pay the 36k a week as a signing bonus (9m) I imagine this 96k a week includes signing bonus.... but thats just a guess

Samsies

For the avoidance of doubt, there have been no moving of the goalposts-My stance has been the same throughout. I confirm that I have not been goaded however the problem has arisen due to your inability/unwillingness to read my posts properly. Perhaps if you took a little more time and did not read what you want it to say, you would realise this. Nope, I think I finally understand them now. Sherwood has done nothing wrong. Let's agree to disagree Well glad we got there in the end fancy a go at Ron Saunders now? He failed to change things in the final match of the season against Arsenal, the year we won the league. How about Brian Little? Won us the league cup the week before but when we played Liverpool in the semi the week after, he also failed to change things. Terrible managers them pair.