Alan Medic

I'm not sure horses need our protection. When I were a lad, in the garage of my best friends house someone had painted on the wall ' horse sense is that faculty which prevents horses betting on humans'.

So you follow what the bookies say in other words.

You'd have missed him if you spend your time watching BB I reckon. He's not in the news that often but if he gets deported to Sweden and then America after a storming of the Embassy in London, then you will probably hear more about him.

Do you only back 'faves' Mick?

Sol, don't you feel a bit stupid buying something you should have recognised wasn't what you wanted? Isn't that why you are angry?

Antrim were the first Ulster county to appear in an All Ireland final, in 1911 and repeated the feat again in 1912, losing on both occasions. Antrim's surprise football semi-final success came out of the blue in 1911. The Ulster secretary got sick that year and never organised a provincial Championship. So Antrim arrived with no practice to play Kilkenny and won by 3-1 to 1-1. The following year they beat even more prestigious rivals, Kerry. Heavy rain on the day, and over-indulgence at a wedding the day before were blamed for the shock 3-5 to 0-2 defeat. Antrim's County Board decision to introduce a City League in 1908, one of the first in Gaelic history, was a more legitimate explanation. The 1946 Antrim football team was regarded as one of the most exciting of the era, taking advantage of the newly reintroduced handpass. Joe McCallin's two goals helped beat Cavan in the Ulster final but Kerry roughed them out of the All Ireland semi-final. The opening of Casement Park boosted the games in Belfast, but from the late 1960s the troubles hampered sporting life in the football heartlands of Belfast, particularly Ardoyne. Political violence meant that the county could not build on the under-21 team of 1969, one of the finest in Ulster history (Din Joe McGrogan, scorer of the goals that put Antrim in the final, was killed by a Loyalist bomb). The countys Vocational Schools team has made it to 2 All Ireland Finals in 1968 were they beat Galway and in 1971 were they were beaten by Mayo. A drawn Ulster semi-final with Derry in 2000 was one of the highlights of Antrim's recent football career alongside winning the Tommy Murphy Cup in 2008, beating Wicklow in the final and gaining revenge for losing the 2007 final to the same opponents. The current senior manager is Derry's Liam Bradley. Antrim also made history in 2009 by getting to the Ulster Championship final, the first Antrim team to reach it in 31 years. They were runners-up to All-Ireland champions Tyrone. Oh yes Mick, I'm well aware of the shift. They got to their first Ulster Final in 31 years in 2009.

Shure she probably thinks the famine was when we ran out of fags and drink!

If someone is 'racist' how do you make them not be 'racist'? Does hate work?

That would be from an expert whose team lost 8-26 to 1-15 to Limerick. I mean.....Limerick!

As a matter of interest Tom, what's your view of people riding horses?

Just watched a great game of wheelchair rugby. Semi-final where Canada pipped USA 50-49. Grate stuff. ETA Who spells 'great', 'grate'?

I agree but not sure about stuffing the cat.

The Castle on CP Road are showing it. Just phoned them.

Carter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > "Please don't do that. It scares the neighbours." > > Bearing in mind, they are people I saw almost > every other day. Has the media scared everyone so > much that they would rather piss themselves at the > sight of a weapon, rather than just speaking to > the person. It's nothing to do with the media. It's to do with you and your gun.You may see these people every other day but they obviously don't know you well enough to know you have a gun. If I were them I would have done the same thing. You may be a nutter after all about to go on a shooting spree.

Okay. I guess I just don't like Americanising things if it's not necessary.

I think half the reason it's so longwinded is because they have to have breaks for adverts.

It seems it will be a red button option on the Beeb. Hopefully you have one.

Dr.Why

I can't help but feel if you put 'Autumn' in your title you would get more responses.

You've completely dismissed the hooker and tight and loose heads. As for 1st five eights, you'd probably be lost. Have you mentioned flankers and the fact forwards are not really expected to do the pretty stuff in rugby as they might be in other sports?

If you could, it would be interesting to know what the relationship is between how wealthy a country is and how many people die as a result of 'materialistic' crimes. Guns or no guns. What pushes people over the edge to decide to resort to crime where sometimes it appears to be simply based 'what you have' is what I want. I don't have what I would like by a long stretch,but I'm not about to try and obtain it by means other than legitimate ones.

Thanks to my attention to detail I got someone sacked at work this week. Had mixed feelings about it.

El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I've always found it ironic that a society hooked > on it's own myths about indivuslism and heroes > has, as its main national sport, a game that is > basically the ultimate team game where everybody > has an incredibly limited role that fits into a > machine. Surely the quarter back (why is he called that?) has THE most important role?

It's amazing really that there is one guy in the 'team' that just comes on for kicks (very witty, I know). Imagine applying the American football 'rules' to 'soccer'. There's a corner kick and two new teams come on, a defensive one and an attacking one. By the way they had a College game in Dublin last week-end at Lansdowne Rd, as a sort of one off. Some 35,000 Americans flew into Ireland for the game which was a big boost to the economy.

Does anyone here get American football? I understand it to a point and think it's longwinded and boring, but I don't know why Americans like it so much. I heard one broadcaster last night saying how waiting for yesterdays opening match of the season was like waiting for Santa at Christmas. I presume the BBC are getting some of the action cheaply from the NFL in the hope of expanding its fan base.