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Wednesday 22 September 2010

England win Lords' Ashes Test. An apology.

Er… within minutes of my posting this morning, that critical wicket fell and I was proved to be the ignoramus I admitted being in my original posting.

I can only say that England tried a lot harder this morning than they were doing last night.

But it is an incredible thought that having beaten this bogey of no win against the aussies at Lords since 1934, it is worth mentioning that my grandpa who had been to the relief of Khartoum in the 1870s, may well have watched the match in 1934 and will certainly have read about it.

Anyway, collapse of stout party I’m off to nurse my credibility and my wounds.

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4. My bet would be on Australia
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1. Saltaire Sam 20 July 2009 at 1:13 pm

   Don’t worry about it, Jon. 99 times out of a hundred you would have been right!

   And stand by for the Aussies to blitz their way through the rest of the series.

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2. Britt_W 20 July 2009 at 2:17 pm

   All is forgiven, Jon.

   Besides, as I’m more familiar with the Swedish game of “Bränn-boll” than I am Cricket – I’m not THAT bothered either way, to be honest.
   We all played Brännboll when I grew up. It’s similar to cricket, but a lot less complicated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brännboll

   And as Vikings, we never had to wear white, whimpish lip balm either!

   After all that, and as I must admit feeling a bit Britt-ish nowadays anyway – I’m very happy England did so well!

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   1. Britt_W 20 July 2009 at 4:46 pm

      Something went wrong with that link…
      I try again:
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brännboll

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   2. Britt_W 20 July 2009 at 10:04 pm

      Grrr… This, then: http://bit.ly/Z6jJY

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3. Bob 20 July 2009 at 3:51 pm

   Hi,

   I a very strong believer in the Space programmes and believe we landed on the moon, could I ask a question however?
   Has Nasa ever mocked up a shot for PR purposes if it was not practicable to obtain real life shots?
   ie on google there is well known Space footage, but at 1.33 mins there are spectacular high quality footage of rocket separation just after going into orbit, is this real life or a demonstration of what occurred?
   best wishes
   Bob

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4. Nick Christian 20 July 2009 at 4:58 pm

   All is not forgiven, Jon. Would appreciate the refund of my quid at your earliest convenience.

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5. Paul Rhys 21 July 2009 at 10:30 am

   All the great bloggers miss the target sometimes:

   http://blogs.walesonline.co.uk/sport/2009/07/ashes-bloggers-get-it-sooo-wro.html

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6. Dennis Junior 9 August 2009 at 6:42 am

   Jon Snow:

   All is forgiven….Apology is accepted….

   ~Dennis Junior~

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