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So man/woman civil partnerships are officially a thing now?

Thanks for that, though it suggests he still played soccer at a reasonably high level.

(pretty sure I saw the "international" claim made before Addict was published, maybe in a chess - possibly Chess - magazine?)

There was the Romanian turned German IM Bela Soos, who played football for his native country at international level.

Depends rather on what those "other measures" are.

By "the first film" in this instance do you mean the late 1960s original?

EJH was referring to the first "modern" Planet Of The Apes film, he made no comment on either of those that you mention.

I really don't think it was *that* bad, but each to their own as ever.

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:49 am

I hope he's better in it than he is in last night's film

Your low opinion of it is interesting, the modern POTA films seem to be well regarded by many.

His dismissal of the present PM with a single four letter expletive is entertaining, though.

Cancer at 15, that's pretty awful.

Hmmm, not sure about such sweeping generalisations myself.

(and some notorious previous "sharp practice" merchants have been European)

Naka tried to take a (losing) move back a few years ago, didn't he?

That probably didn't go down well with many of his peers, now that you mention it.

What do you mean by "improve"?

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Tbf one suspects that our royals might be preoccupied by other matters today.