The UAFC

Rooster wrote:firstly tax is levied as a percentage .

Not 100% true - elements of the tax are by volume.

ColinM wrote:Crude oil price for May delivery was in the $110 region. For July its in the $135 region.

Just to put that in context WTI crude was $8/bbl in December 1998.

Neil F wrote:

BR wrote:I've seen the needle and the damage done ....

Wasn't this song about heroin?

Indeed

They have the something similar at baseball games. Spent a very pleasant afternoon at Yankee Stadium once getting quietly blocked on the bleachers in the sunshine. Guys come around shouting "Beer here!" I found it made the baseball very bareable! Only thing - do you really think the hones...

mikerob wrote:.. they had coolers full of beer AND ice-cream

That's just disgusting!

I hope he's good; he'll need to be.

Paris, mardi 20 mai 2008 Le Conseil Supérieur de la DNACG prononce la rétrogradation du SC ALBI « A l’issue de l’audition des représentants du club le 24 avril, le Conseil Supérieur de la DNACG a décidé de prononcer la rétrogradation du SC ALBI en division inférieure à l’issue de la...

That's a shame. I am told that Albi is a great place to visit. I was really hoping for a trip there one day.

I also read that the decission is under appeal.

I've seen the needle and the damage done ....

Did they actually ever multiply the goals up into points back then, or was that only done retrospectively to compare to the more modern system? It looks like some clubs did. A Cheltenham College system seems perhaps to have been the most widely accepted example and was adopted by the RFU only in 18...

browner wrote:

And, as in Stradey Park, fans will still be allowed on to the pitch after the final whistle.

But not at half-time?

It's bad enough being served stout from some semi-permanent bar in what is little more than a stiff plastic bag, but a mobile beer man... god preserve us!

The recorded information is: Broughton - 2 goals, 3 tries, 3 touchdowns Swinton - Nil The 2 goals came from a field goal (C. Sawyer) and one try (J. Sawyer) being converted (Mudie) into a goal. This provided 6 points for Broughton. No points were awarded for the un-converted tries touched down by R...

cables wrote:I'll be in my box before you are in your box Rooster.

But in your case Cables, it will be a polycarbonate box (to IP66 rating), whereas Rooster's will be polystyrene with KFC printed on the side.

I don't think the french law says you can't have drink in the stadium - I certainly have had plenty in the past. It is just that there are very strict rules about advertising it in association with sporting events (not actually a total ban). But lets face it Heineken would probably rather have a sel...