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    Quote Originally Posted by Desert Orchid View Post
    Looks like things are a lot better in the rest of the UK than in Scotland. Newspaper reporters up here are among the lowest of the low.

    One of the biggest stories in sport anywhere here has been happening up here for 20 years - and is about to get so much bigger shortly - and they're refusing to tackle it for fear of violent recrimination.

    Think of the media mogul in Mr Smith goes to Washington...

    And reverse the role between him and a certain faction.
    Could you possibly explain what on earth you are talking about?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tanlic View Post
    Could you possibly explain what on earth you are talking about?
    1/100 Some conspiracy involving Rangers and/or the SFA
    100/1 Anything else

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    Best not be..this is no place for that shite
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    Quote Originally Posted by Desert Orchid View Post
    Looks like things are a lot better in the rest of the UK than in Scotland. Newspaper reporters up here are among the lowest of the low.

    One of the biggest stories in sport anywhere here has been happening up here for 20 years - and is about to get so much bigger shortly - and they're refusing to tackle it for fear of violent recrimination.

    Think of the media mogul in Mr Smith goes to Washington...

    And reverse the role between him and a certain faction.
    eh?

    Can we get some clues.

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    I am also slightly puzzled by this one, though given DO’s love of the Shellic, I’d hazard a guess it’s something to do with the Sevco?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Digger View Post
    eh?

    Can we get some clues.
    Is this one ?

    The story is simple enough, really. After a senator (from an unnamed state) dies, the governor must pick his replacement. Wavering between selecting the candidate supported by a corrupt media mogul and the one chosen by some populist committees, Governor Happy Hopper instead ponders the advice of his sons, who suggest Jefferson Smith (Stewart), the head of the Boy Rangers and an all-around wholesome fellow. Ultimately, the governor flips a coin to decide between the mogul's candidate and the committee candidate, but it lands on its side – right next to a newspaper featuring a story on Smith. Seeing this as some kind of sign, Governor Hopper chooses Smith, and is able to sell him to the shady mogul Jim Taylor as someone who'd be easy to manipulate in Washington, D.C.

    To that end, Smith's sponsor in the Senate is the other senator from their state, Joseph Paine (Claude Rains). Paine had been friends with Smith's father all the way up to his death, and speaks to the naïve young man about how impressed he was that the senior Smith took on the most difficult and impossible causes. His words belie his true intentions, though. Paine is beholden to Taylor for his own position as well as any future political aspirations, which include a run to the White House.

    Jeff's genuineness and integrity only become a problem for Taylor, Paine and their ilk when the Boy Rangers leader drafts a bill for the creation of a boys' camp in his home state. The problem is, the proposed location for this campsite happens to be in the same spot that is part of a dam that is to be built as a part of a Public Works bill designed specifically to provide graft to Taylor and his cronies. Naturally, they have to find a way to discredit the person who would oppose them, which provides the source of the movie's conflict.
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    Nicky needs to toughen up too = I cant imagine PFN whimpering like this with a bit of idle chit chat

    When you are at the pinnacle of your sport, you can expect the odd barb to come your way
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    Being called a cheat and a liar is pretty upsetting to most people and the guy is only human.

    For someone who has been at the top for more years than I care to remember he gets some flak most of which is undeserved.
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    Anyone successful has to deal with the stones and arrows of outrageous critics

    Whimpering and pandering isn't going to him any favours
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    And now, for a short intermission:

    Last edited by archie; 20th December 2017 at 8:19 PM.
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    Formely Fist of Fury

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    Post Christmas blog and news that Altior is back cantering

    https://www.unibet.co.uk/blog/horse-...ation-1.982266

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    I hear he is practicing canters as that's all he;; have to do to win :0)
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    Nicky doesn't like cheese, gone down in my estimation
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    Nicky getting married tomorrow and still time to write a blog

    https://www.unibet.co.uk/blog/horse-...mpton-1.986076

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    WTF is he thinking about getting married in the middle of the season. Too many sherries consumed when he agreed to that one!

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    Hang on; what am I missing out on here? I thought it was NTD that was always getting married??

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    What was Hendo on about re Jenkins before the race in the brief interview with Chapman?

    He stated the horse had been put up 11lbs (true) but was only carrying a 5lbs penalty here so Bowen's allowance would bring him back down to the same mark [effectively] (wrong). Had that been the case I think I'd have been all over him like a rash (Burbank was my main bet).

    Unless the card in the RP is wrong, Jenkins was off his new mark today.

    Does he get in the Betfair off 132 plus his penalty (or double penalty)?
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