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Places to state the bleeding obvious.
I will start.
Rachel Riley has just blocked Craig Beevers on Twitter

That was not obvious to me at all.

Ian Volante wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 12:15 pm That was not obvious to me at all.

I think your comment was more obvious than the OP.

Ok.
I didn't realise that Craig's Right wing politics were not common knowledge.
Apart from Countdown the only thing that they had in common was a mutual dislike of Jeremy Corbin

In retrospect I should have named the thread Quelle Surprise

I don't follow the politics of previous Countdown contestants too closely!

Ian Volante wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2019 12:36 pm I don't follow the politics of previous Countdown contestants too closely!

Sorry in my bubble of the Scrabble community I didn't realise .

The bad person in that scenario is Rachel Riley, unless he was bullying her personally.
If it was purely a block based in a difference of opinion, that's disappointing.

aw

L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:48 pm The bad person in that scenario is Rachel Riley, unless he was bullying her personally.
If it was purely a block based in a difference of opinion, that's disappointing.

I don't do Twitter but from Craig's perspective it seemed an overreaction.
But then on Facebook he accused her of being a member of the Evil left wing Channel 4 media.
I can surmise apart from Countdown the only thing the had in common politically at least is a loathing of Corbin.
Thus dispelling the myth the enemy of my enemy is my friend .
Edit I'm repeating myself from original post lol.
Old timers disease

L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:48 pm The bad person in that scenario is Rachel Riley, unless he was bullying her personally.
If it was purely a block based in a difference of opinion, that's disappointing.

Anyone can block who they like for whatever reason they like (or no reason at all) - no public justification needed.

L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:48 pm The bad person in that scenario is Rachel Riley, unless he was bullying her personally.
If it was purely a block based in a difference of opinion, that's disappointing.

I think you're disappointing.

The people who complain about being blocked for a difference of opinion usually have odious opinions and deserve to be blocked for them.

I only block people for being abusive or very personal because they have lost the argument.
Everyone else will be dared/goaded to block me first

Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 11:51 am I think you're disappointing.

Likewise.
You disappoint me daily when I tune in to watch Countdown and you're *still* not in the challengers chair.

Fiona T wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 7:49 am Anyone can block who they like for whatever reason they like (or no reason at all) - no public justification needed.

i know that, but only the worst sorts of people would do it over a difference of opinions... which makes me question the OP. There must have been a very good reason for a sensible person like Rachel to have done it.

Trawling through my Facebook I found that Rachel blocked Craig because he disagreed that Westmonster (?) was a fake news site peddling crap about not opening our borders to refugees.
Hope this helps

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 6:59 pm Trawling through my Facebook I found that Rachel blocked Craig because he disagreed that Westmonster (?) was a fake news site peddling crap about not opening our borders to refugees.
Hope this helps

Just did some googling and it turns out Westmonster was founded by Aaron Banks, who also founded the leave.EU campaign, who have been famously truthful in all of their dealings with the public.

Ben Wilson wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 7:23 pm Just did some googling and it turns out Westmonster was founded by Aaron Banks, who also founded the leave.EU campaign, who have been famously truthful in all of their dealings with the public.

Interesting.
So it was idiotic of him to defend them then. Still not a good reason to block someone ...unless of course the exchange was obnoxious or rude (which I am going to have to assume it was.)

The upshot of all of this is that I sent our Craig a friend request on facebook to see what the craic is... and yes, he is proving to be unashamedly right wing. Good value so far.

L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 8:11 pm

Ben Wilson wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 7:23 pm Just did some googling and it turns out Westmonster was founded by Aaron Banks, who also founded the leave.EU campaign, who have been famously truthful in all of their dealings with the public.

Interesting.
So it was idiotic of him to defend them then. Still not a good reason to block someone ...unless of course the exchange was obnoxious or rude (which I am going to have to assume it was.)

The upshot of all of this is that I sent our Craig a friend request on facebook to see what the craic is... and yes, he is proving to be unashamedly right wing. Good value so far.

Yeah I've had many a bag of popcorn reading through his stuff.
But as he is both a Countdown Series Champ and a Word Scrabble Champ to boot , I cannot bring myself to blocking him.
Not adverse to trying to wind him up though

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 1:08 pm In retrospect I should have named the thread Quelle Surprise

Or No Twit Sherlock, given the dominant subject matter in this thread.

L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 6:41 pm

Fiona T wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 7:49 am Anyone can block who they like for whatever reason they like (or no reason at all) - no public justification needed.

i know that, but only the worst sorts of people would do it over a difference of opinions... which makes me question the OP. There must have been a very good reason for a sensible person like Rachel to have done it.

I don't know. I think some blockings could be described as an overreaction, but is it that big a deal to block someone in the general scheme of things? "The worst sorts of people"?

I don't really use Twitter much anyway, but as far as I understand the block feature is a bit stupid anyway. By blocking someone you can block them from seeing your publicly viewable Tweets while they're logged in, but not when they're logged out because they're publicly viewable! Really, it should just stop you from seeing their stuff.

It's called Fishlake.

Football and rugby players are at greater risk of dementia.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 7:13 am Football and rugby players are at greater risk of dementia.

Not more than a boxer surely or other combat sports where head trauma could happen like MMA

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 9:08 am

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 7:13 am Football and rugby players are at greater risk of dementia.

Not more than a boxer surely or other combat sports where head trauma could happen like MMA

Greater risk compared to your average person. It came up on BBC Breakfast this morning.

Related article.

But yeah, it always irked me at school that we were expected to play rugby and head the ball in football. Surely engaging in such risky activities should be a choice, not a compulsory part of education. Anyway, I basically played ball avoiding for the most part. Fuck that shit.

This is why PE lessons at school are often really badly thought out ideas for keeping children fit. They only suit the jocks.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 12:42 pm But yeah, it always irked me at school that we were expected to play rugby and head the ball in football. Surely engaging in such risky activities should be a choice, not a compulsory part of education. Anyway, I basically played ball avoiding for the most part. Fuck that shit.

This is why PE lessons at school are often really badly thought out ideas for keeping children fit. They only suit the jocks.

I missed a term of school due to avoiding Judo in PE

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 6:15 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 12:42 pm But yeah, it always irked me at school that we were expected to play rugby and head the ball in football. Surely engaging in such risky activities should be a choice, not a compulsory part of education. Anyway, I basically played ball avoiding for the most part. Fuck that shit.

This is why PE lessons at school are often really badly thought out ideas for keeping children fit. They only suit the jocks.

I missed a term of school due to avoiding Judo in PE

You got to do Judo in PE?! And you avoided it?!?!

Edited.
Liz Truss won't be PM this time next year

Callum Todd wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 6:34 pm

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 6:15 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 12:42 pm But yeah, it always irked me at school that we were expected to play rugby and head the ball in football. Surely engaging in such risky activities should be a choice, not a compulsory part of education. Anyway, I basically played ball avoiding for the most part. Fuck that shit.

This is why PE lessons at school are often really badly thought out ideas for keeping children fit. They only suit the jocks.

I missed a term of school due to avoiding Judo in PE

You got to do Judo in PE?! And you avoided it?!?!

Had an evil big brother, so I'm phobic about being pinned to the floor.
You can add swimming to that list

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 6:56 pm

Callum Todd wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 6:34 pm

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 6:15 pm
I missed a term of school due to avoiding Judo in PE

You got to do Judo in PE?! And you avoided it?!?!

Had an evil big brother, so I'm phobic about being pinned to the floor.
You can add swimming to that list

What, you don't like swimming because of your big brother, or you don't like been pinned to the floor underwater?

Ian Volante wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 9:54 pm

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 6:56 pm

Callum Todd wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 6:34 pm

You got to do Judo in PE?! And you avoided it?!?!

Had an evil big brother, so I'm phobic about being pinned to the floor.
You can add swimming to that list

What, you don't like swimming because of your big brother, or you don't like been pinned to the floor underwater?

Probably both.
Think my brother tried to drown me when I was 2 or 3.
Im OK in the water but not putting my head underwater.
Needless to say I have lost touch with my brother

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