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Football / Re: 2015 Women's World Cup - Canada

« on: June 11, 2015, 07:01:29 PM »

Thailand trying to let Ivory Coast know what time it is ...

Thailand are lucky to come away with the win. Their last goal was clearly offside and Ivory Coast could have been at least 2-3 goals better had it not been for the post. Good competitive game nevertheless.

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Cricket Anyone / Re: WI vs Australia, Second Test, Kingston, Jamaica. June 11-15

« on: June 11, 2015, 03:02:51 PM »

Anybody else notices that twice this year Bishoo has taken 6 wkts in a match and been dropped for the very next match.

I suppose to believe that Permaul will take wkts.

VB

Commentators said  he is injured....some kind of hand/finger injury.  Samuels is unwell also.

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Football / Re: 2015 Women's World Cup - Canada

« on: June 08, 2015, 07:18:28 PM »

Ecuador down 3-0 to Cameroon; game approaching the 60' mark.

Meanwhile, in the US-Australia match, the best thing is Tony DiCicco schooling whoever that is next to him chatting nonsense. The Aussies look compelling, especially their ball movement. The second half could be blistering.

The US took their game up a couple notches in the 2nd half..the Ozzies can't seem to keep up.

Indeed! We are at risk of the scoreline not reflecting what Australia has contributed to this game. They have been a pleasure to watch.

They started really impressively; nice pace and fluent movement and caught the US off guard for a bit....the scoreline at the end of the first half could have been a lot different were it not for some fine saves by Solo.

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Football / Re: 2015 Women's World Cup - Canada

« on: June 08, 2015, 07:11:51 PM »

Cameroon 6, Ecuador -0, full time.  Wonder if we would have put up a better fight.

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Football / Re: 2015 Women's World Cup - Canada

« on: June 08, 2015, 07:08:30 PM »

Ecuador down 3-0 to Cameroon; game approaching the 60' mark.

Meanwhile, in the US-Australia match, the best thing is Tony DiCicco schooling whoever that is next to him chatting nonsense. The Aussies look compelling, especially their ball movement. The second half could be blistering.

The US took their game up a couple notches in the 2nd half..the Ozzies can't seem to keep up.

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Cricket Anyone / Re: WI vs Australia, 1st Test, Rosseau, Dominica, June 3-7, 2015

« on: June 08, 2015, 07:30:37 AM »

We need a genuine fifth bowler.We had these men at around 190/8 and they made over 300.

Bravo anyone??

Lack of depth in the attack isn't the problem; if the bowlers were good enough to get the top 8 out they should be good enough to get the last 2. I blame poor tactics......we seem to lose the plot when we feel  we have a team against the ropes.We abandon the approach which brought success against the top order and adopt all manner of bullshit tactics that make you wonder if these fellas have any brain at all..

Bravo, pollard, Simmons and Narine need to be in the test team.. That is the lack of depth that is missing

Simmons has to earn it. Due to KP's lack of FC games I would observe him for TT or have him train with the team.

The mistake they made is not having Simmons train as the back up 'keeper.

VB

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The backup 'keeper for whom? West Indies or T&T?   Every territory in the region has a front-line specialist  'keeper; Simmons is not even a backup 'keeper for the backup 'keeper in the T&T setup....it would be nigh impossible for him to seal a place in the test team as a 'keeper when there are specialist 'keepers in the region to fill that spot.
As far as 'keepers go, the only person I can see displacing Ramdin from that test spot ( which he may be in danger of losing if he doesn't contribute with the bat more often) is Dowrich...
Simmons may have a role to play in the test team, but as a specialist batsman.

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Cricket Anyone / Re: WI vs Australia, 1st Test, Rosseau, Dominica, June 3-7, 2015

« on: June 06, 2015, 08:22:03 PM »

We need a genuine fifth bowler.We had these men at around 190/8 and they made over 300.

Bravo anyone??

Lack of depth in the attack isn't the problem; if the bowlers were good enough to get the top 8 out they should be good enough to get the last 2. I blame poor tactics......we seem to lose the plot when we feel  we have a team against the ropes.We abandon the approach which brought success against the top order and adopt all manner of bullshit tactics that make you wonder if these fellas have any brain at all..

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General Discussion / Re: Burger King opens 14th T&T restaurant.

« on: June 04, 2015, 11:45:59 AM »

Big up obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes! Eat yuhself to death Trinidad.

Noted. However, I would suggest that our local foods ( doubles, roti, etc.) contribute more to morbidity than the imports, though at the end of the day it all boils down to choice.

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General Discussion / Re: Gays Thread.

« on: June 03, 2015, 05:22:39 PM »

Lol...Caitlyn got moved to the gays thread    Is a man who identifies as a woman and engages in sexual relations with women considered gay? 

As odd as Bruce/Caitly Jenner is, he's/she's still probably the most normal one in that family.

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Cricket Anyone / Re: Why no Gayle?

« on: May 31, 2015, 04:48:45 AM »

He's playing in the NatWest T20 series in England.

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General Discussion / "Free-spirited "biker dies following dream.

« on: May 03, 2015, 07:40:52 AM »

Ordinarily, I wouldn't post articles about vehicular accidents or road fatalities but this one had me a little depressed.  It was only a few days ago that I tuned in to the evening  news just in time to catch a sports feature on a young, aspiring, female motorcyclist. I never met her but I found her free-spirited nature  very refreshing and I wished her well in her pursuits.  A mere 4 days later I turned on the news only to learn that this young lady lost her life in a tragic accident....involving her motorcycle.

Sometimes life renders  you speechless....all I can say is R.I.P Ms. Mohammed.



‘Free-spirited’ biker dies following dream
By By Carolyn Kissoon carolyn.kissoon@trinidadexpress.com
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/-Free-spirited-biker-dies-following-dream-302324041.html
Story Created: May 2, 2015 at 10:05 PM ECT

A year ago, Aislinn Mohammed realised her dream to become a biker like her father and uncle.

And despite warnings by her mother, Mohammed sold her car and purchased a Honda 600 motorcycle.

Mohammed, of Nacir Trace, Preysal, lost her life yesterday when her vehicle slammed into the cable barriers near the Freeport overpass.

Mohammed, 30, was returning home after liming with friends—a group of bikers—at a restaurant in Chaguanas.

Police said Mohammed, an employee at Imtech Marine Ltd, was riding south along the Solomon Hochoy Highway, when she attempted to exit at Freeport around 1.30 a.m.

The motorcycle spun out of control and Mohammed was flung into the air, landing on the median 50 feet away.

A motorist who witnessed the accident said he stopped to assist the woman.

The man said he held the injured woman, but her body became limp after two breaths.

Police said the group, who was riding with Mohammed, was not aware of the crash as they were too far ahead of her.

The Sunday Express visited Mohammed’s home yesterday, but her mother, Valarie Mohammed, was too distraught to speak.

Her father, Haseeb Mohammed, was preparing to bury his daughter.

Mohammed was the couple’s only daughter. Relatives said her only brother, Safian Mohammed, was trying to console their mother.

Her cousin, Miranda Mohammed, said Mohammed was a free-spirited woman.

“She was the happiest, most fun-loving person you would ever meet. Her father and uncle were bikers and a year ago she decided she wanted to be a biker too.

“Everybody warned her, but she said this was in her heart and she really wanted to do it. She sold her car and bought a bike. She had little falls learning to ride, but no serious accidents,” she said.

Miranda Mohammed said she last spoke with her cousin on Friday around 8 p.m. “We were talking about a charity boat cruise I am doing. She was excited and bought the first two tickets. Now I think I am going to dedicate that cruise in her name,” she said.

Mohammed’s Facebook page was flooded with tributes from her 5,000-plus friends yesterday. She was not married and had no children.

Her cousin said, “She has a big circle of friends. She was dating a guy who was a biker and he died in an accident about a year ago. But that did not stop her from following her dreams.”

Mohammed will be laid to rest following a funeral service at her family’s home at 2 p.m. today.

Last Monday, she was featured on CNC3’s Sports News as one of a few women bikers in the country.
                                    ***********************************
Link to Sports Feature:
http://www.cnc3.co.tt/sports/female-biker

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Cricket Anyone / Re: 3rd Test: WI vs England, Kennsington, Barbados, May 1-5, 2015

« on: May 02, 2015, 07:19:46 PM »

Well what a dramatic day of cricket. England lost their last 3 wickets for only 17 more runs this morning. Then we were bowled out for 189, with only Blackwood putting up any resistance with a solid 85. Now the brits are reeling at 39/5. They have a lead of 107.

This is why I love test cricket!...a game of "glorious uncertainty".

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General Discussion / Re: Bond Rating Downgrade

« on: May 02, 2015, 05:59:23 AM »

Minister of Finance dismissed this rating. He said it's not a true reflection of T&T economic fundamentals. 

Typical response.  Had the rating been positive you would hear them boasting about it being the result of PP policy and that the praise from Moody's is an acknowledgement from a respected agency that the PP has the country on the right track. But a negative rating...."who is this Moody??".."they don't know what they're talking 'bout" 

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Cricket Anyone / Re: Simmons should pick a Trini Dominated Test Squad...

« on: April 25, 2015, 03:47:02 PM »

  sound good but it won't happen

He forget to mention Deryk Murray as Manager.

why not...

its not like TT can do any worse, they would actually beat teams and compete

I guarantee you that TT would not win a single test match as an independent team.  The idea of going it alone is absurd...we haven't won the regional 4-day title in years ....hell, we can't even post decent totals against nothing teams  like Windwards and Leewards.....but bring on Australia and South Africa...

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Cricket Anyone / Re: Second Test: WI vs England, St. Georges, Grenada, April 21-25, 2015

« on: April 25, 2015, 03:33:39 PM »

It's back to business as usual with the Windies  They could have easily drawn this match. Losing six wickets in the morning session in the manner they did was inexcusable.

I'm glad a batsman was able to score a century in each innings of each match, but if we are to post challenging totals we need at least 2 centurions per innings with some supporting cast members as well...sub-300 totals are just not good enough.
Now on to "little England" for the last match...

(Chanderpaul hasn't had a decent score in back to back series; I think the writing is on the wall for him...maybe time to call it a career.)

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Cricket Anyone / Re: First Test: WI vs Enlgand, North Sound, Antigua, April 13-17

« on: April 17, 2015, 03:32:28 PM »

W.I hold on for the draw! Well played to Jason Holder; maiden century in first class cricket 
If some of the top order fellas didn't give their wickets away we could have pushed for the victory...but I'll take the draw. On to Grenada...

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General Discussion / Re: Deportation Thread.

« on: April 05, 2015, 11:18:02 AM »

A Jewel Thief’s Audacious Comeback
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/fashion/17CROOK.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&


Derek Khan, imprisoned in New York for pawning borrowed jewelry, he is now designing a jewelry line.
Daryl Visscher for The New York Times

DEREK KHAN arrived in Dubai last November the same way he arrived in New York nearly 30 years ago — dead broke and determined to be famous.

He was drawn to the desert metropolis by an acquaintance, a freelance writer he had once asked to help write his memoirs, who told him that Dubai was a city so preoccupied with its future that no one would be interested in his past. Mr. Khan, who is 50, was convinced that there he could restart his career as a stylist to the stars, just as soon as he figured out who they were.

“People here, they know,” Mr. Khan said during a late-night phone call this week from a villa where he is staying in an exclusive compound known as Emirates Hills. “But they try not to know. They don’t like to dwell on the negative.”

To a sizable contingent of the hip-hop and fashion worlds, Mr. Khan’s felonious history is so well known that it seemed unlikely he would ever resurface publicly. In 2003, he was imprisoned for pawning more than $1.5 million worth of jewelry he had borrowed from Harry Winston, Graff, Piaget and other companies on the pretense that they would be worn by his celebrity clients.

During the 1990s, he had been the most sought-after stylist in the music business, celebrated for changing the prevailing look of artists like Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige and Lauryn Hill from street fashion to Prada, Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent (labels that then became a part of the rap lyric lexicon). He had used the money to fuel a lavish lifestyle, supplying an entourage of friends with Champagne and dinners at Mr. Chow.

His downfall, following his arrest, was swift and humiliating. When he was released from prison in 2005, his green card was revoked, and he was deported to his native Trinidad, with, he said, all of $10 in his pocket.

But in Dubai, Mr. Khan is again a star. He has appeared as a commentator and a makeover specialist on Dubai satellite channels and on the covers of celebrity magazines, including OK! Middle East and Mondanité, which have treated Mr. Khan’s arrival as validation of the worthiness of the United Arab Emirates as a stylish destination.

Declared Mondanité: “When one of America’s premier fashion stylists decides to make Dubai his home, you know that we have finally truly become a fashion capital to be reckoned with.”

And from XPress, a style supplement to The Gulf News: “Celebrity designer Derek Khan says he finds Dubai women 100 times more stylish than Los Angeles celebs.”

No mention of his incarceration appears in the accompanying press.

“They’ve never brought it up,” Mr. Khan said. “A lot of people who have a background come here. It’s like a new Australia.”

He has been accepted into the society of wealthy expatriates and Saudi royalty, even by those Mr. Khan said are aware of his prior accommodations. Timm Lemcke, a German property developer, said he invited Mr. Khan to stay, for free, in his villa, which has a swimming pool in the backyard. (“He’s a nice guy,” Mr. Lemcke said. “I had no problem with it.”)

But surely the most surprising development in Mr. Khan’s life in Dubai came shortly after he appeared as a guest on “HerSay,” on the Dubai One network. He was approached by a jewelry company that wanted him to design a Derek Khan collection.

“I thought I’d never see jewelry again,” Mr. Khan said.

The company, Hof Jewellery, once had a store on Old Bond Street in London (hence, the British spelling), but it has focused almost entirely on its wholesale business since the 1990s, often designing diamond necklaces anonymously for other stores.

Maria Oustwani, the Dubai-based general manager at Hof, said that the company plans to reassert its brand over the next three years by opening stores in Saudi Arabia and that she believes Mr. Khan will help draw attention to its collections. His 35-piece collection will be sold this fall. Ms. Oustwani said Mr. Khan would not be paid until the designs go on sale.

“He took Dubai by storm,” she said. When they began discussing the collection, she said, he confessed that he had pleaded guilty and been in jail for reselling borrowed jewelry.

“We think Derek has paid his dues,” Ms. Oustwani said.

Some who knew Mr. Khan in New York would disagree.

“I am sick to my stomach,” said Eve Goldberg, a vice president at the William Goldberg Diamond Company, one of the concerns involved in legal action against Mr. Khan that was unable to recover the jewelry he borrowed. Ms. Goldberg described Mr. Khan as a “con man.” “If he was smarter and not a criminal, he could have been very successful,” she said.

“It’s funny. I kept imagining him getting out of prison and having the nerve to call me.”

The worst part of prison, Mr. Khan said, was losing his friendships from the fashion world. Despite the nature of his crime, he was surprised to find that none of his former clients visited him at Rikers Island, or at two upstate prisons, the Watertown Correctional Facility and the Ulster Correctional Facility. Mr. Khan continued to follow their careers in the pages of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, and his reading selections — along with the awareness of his formerly pampered lifestyle — made him a target of other prisoners and also guards.

“I was given the worst things to do, like scrubbing the toilets,” he said, “even though I was capable of helping G.E.D. students.”

When he was released and returned to Trinidad, Mr. Khan, for the first time, allowed himself to feel depressed.

“It was at that moment that I realized that this was worse, even, than jail,” he said. “It was hot and humid and alien to me.”

Mr. Khan had not been in Trinidad since his teenage years. His mother, who died in 2002, and his siblings had long ago settled in Canada. As a youth he had moved to New York and worked as a sales assistant at Yves Saint Laurent and Givenchy. In the ’80s, as he tells the story, he met Madonna and made a deal to manage her backup dancers. His big break came a few years later, dressing Salt-N-Pepa in borrowed Chanel, a makeover that caught the attention of Motown Records, which hired Mr. Khan to work with new artists as they were signed.

“He had a very powerful following in the fashion world,” recalled Brian Jones, a friend from that period who was working in Motown’s video production department. Artists would demand Mr. Khan’s services as part of a “glam squad”; he would go on tour with them to style their clothes and imagery, and also to entertain them. He appeared on countless talk shows and on “America’s Next Top Model” as a guest judge.

Cheryl Lala, a childhood friend, remembered seeing Mr. Khan talking about Pink on a VH1 special. Years later, after his return to Trinidad, she was surprised when driving down a street in Trincity to see Mr. Khan walking the other way.

“What impresses me about Khan is that he is never down,” said Ms. Lala (who is not related to the professional golfer of the same name). “You would think he would be depressed, back in Trinidad, no money, no place to live, but he is always looking up.”

Ms. Lala invited Mr. Khan to live with her. A successful copy writer for political campaigns, Ms. Lala used her own money to pay for Mr. Khan’s ticket to Dubai, a visa, hotel rooms and other travel expenses worth more than $20,000. She said the money was not a significant amount to her, “no skin off my nose.”

“I said, Way hey, Khan, the only way I’ll get you out of my house is to pay,” she said, laughing. “I wanted to help him get back on his feet again.”

Mr. Khan has landed. All that weighs on his mind today is whether to order up more diamonds, more rubies or more pearls.

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General Discussion / Re: T&T 2015 General Elections Thread

« on: March 29, 2015, 09:59:09 AM »

http://www.tv6tnt.com/news/PM-Supporters-297567081.html?m=y&smobile=y

I am now starting to understand how the current government won the last elections in 2010. A lot of knuckleheads now reside in T&T who don't have much of a political education and who will give their votes for crumbs or a yellow t-shirt.

The knucklehead, sycophantic, diehard party faithful  have always been there and will always be...but they weren't the ones who decided the outcome of the last election and they wouldn't decide the outcome of the next election either. It's the younger, educated masses who see beyond party colours and vote on the issues ....they will decide the outcome. However, they aren't the ones who are being pandered to, they aren't the ones being addressed by the political parties....but they are the ones who will have the biggest impact come elction day.

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General Discussion / Re: T&T 2015 General Elections Thread

« on: March 26, 2015, 08:04:59 AM »

Parliamentary privilege is a hell of a thing yes......

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Cricket Anyone / Re: New Zealand v West Indies, World Cup 2015, 4th quarter-final, Wellington

« on: March 21, 2015, 07:55:54 AM »

We didn't seem to have a plan at all.....If Samuels held on to that Guptil catch when he was on 4 things may have been different....talk about making us pay for a mistake 
Our WC ended before it even started but it's officially over now. I could only hope Phil's addition will usher in a new dawn in WI cricket....I live in hope.

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Cricket Anyone / Re: New Zealand v West Indies, World Cup 2015, 4th quarter-final, Wellington

« on: March 20, 2015, 08:50:16 AM »

I think our best chance is to bat first if we win the toss. Gayle in for Smith... Hope our top order fires and hope the middle order continues so we could reach to at least 320-340.
New Zealand have been unbeaten but they don't look unbeatable....Bangladesh gave them a good run and Australia almost defended a sub-200 total.  Drop Roach for Ben or Miller....The key would be to get Brendon McCullum out early and cheaply because he can take the game away from you really early on. We need to fire in all 3 areas today - batting, bowling and fielding.....we are certainly the underdogs but we could get the win if we decide to actually fight.

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Cricket Anyone / Re: 2015 WC, Pool B, WI vs India, Perth, Australia, March 6, 2015

« on: March 07, 2015, 05:50:10 AM »

Why I have the feeling that South Africa sell out?

Don't be Bitter.  It look like we are out....

I feel sorry for Jason Holder.

We don't deserve to be in quarter finals at all. Lloyd said this WC was about rebuilding a team for the future, well he should be a happy man now because when your house has  been completely demolished the only thing left to do if rebuild  .

I feel it for Holder as well. He seems an intelligent fella and I think he can go far as long as he has the  support he needs. 

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General Discussion / Re: T&T 2015 General Elections Thread

« on: March 04, 2015, 10:38:47 AM »

Bourbon the government know the motion iz ah waste of time. But it will create another topic to distract the public.

This is quite apparent unless you are blind or highly gullible.
As usual the PPG is taking the general public for fools and is relying on the ignorance of most of their supporters to buy the nonsense that the PM preached on the platform.

No confidence motion my ass....if Kamla thinks her government is so strong then she should call a general election and let the citizens decide. After all, the ultimate display of no confidence in Rowley will be a resounding rejection of him at the polls....not so madame PM??

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General Discussion / Re: Dana Seetahal murdered

« on: February 22, 2015, 11:17:45 AM »

Getting the killers is a great accomplishment but I'm quite interested to learn who put out the hit in the first place. I fear this person may go untouched, but I hope to be proven wrong.

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Cricket Anyone / Re: 2015 World Cup Pool B: West Indies vs. Pakistan, Christchurch. Feb. 20. 2015

« on: February 22, 2015, 11:13:31 AM »

Really impressed with Afghanistan. With all the crap gong in that country, and they been able have a team and perform creditable.

Indeed!  If they got about 20 to 30 more runs they could have beaten Sri Lanka....they were undone by lack of experience at this level, but if they continue to progress they'll be a handful  next time around.

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Cricket Anyone / Re: 2015 World Cup Pool B: West Indies vs. Pakistan, Christchurch. Feb. 20. 2015

« on: February 22, 2015, 05:28:05 AM »

Interesting world cup thus far. All matches involving an associate nation vs a full member have been surprisingly competitive...no associate nation has been outplayed/ outclassed. On the other hand, all the matches between the full members have been one-sided 

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Cricket Anyone / Re: 2015 World Cup Group B: West Indies vs. Ireland

« on: February 16, 2015, 04:38:19 AM »

Congratulations Ireland. This was not an upset. It was expected... We have no business participating in the World Cup.Its a shame the ICC haven't imposed sanctions on the board. I would preferred one of the minor countries to be given a chance in instead of us. We don't deserve to be here. Its not OUR right..It is a privilege and we don't deserve to be there.



 

Agree 100%.  This is completely embarrassing and disrespectful to West Indian cricket supporters.
Congrats to Ireland but there is no way this WI team should lose to them ;man for man we are better, but it's like the players have forgotten how to play, or worse, they just don't seem to care. I say send them home and end this farce now...enough is enough.

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Cricket Anyone / Re: 2015 CPL Thread.

« on: February 11, 2015, 11:55:54 AM »

Trinidad and Tobago won the right to host the semi-final and the final of the 2015 Limacol Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 competition.

Read somewhere that USA and UAE were bidding for the rights as well. I could understand the USA, but UAE?? Imagine playing the prelims in the Caribbean then having to fly all the way to the Middle East for the semis and final, madness!

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General Discussion / Re: Chaguaramas Water Park

« on: February 02, 2015, 05:43:35 AM »

Looks impressive but the one way in, one way out issue is a real headache and needs to be addressed if such large-scale development on the NW peninsula is to take place.
Wanted to go zip-lining a couple weekends ago....saw the traffic after Carenage and decided to turn back...couldn't handle that.

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Cricket Anyone / Re: SA vs. Clive Lloyd Shit side, 4th ODI: Port Elizabeth, Jan. 25, 2015

« on: January 25, 2015, 10:09:10 AM »

We finally won one!!! Well done Russel, Samuels, Sammy etc...good knocks!   Happy for Jason Holder, glad he tasted victory. This is our first win against SA after suffering 16 consecutive defeats at their hands !