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Yorick
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by Yorick » Wed Aug 23, 2023 8:48 pm
The Ruskies gave him 2 billion dollars to pay his army.
Daft bugger should have bought a desert island and saved some troops to defend him.
gremlin
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by gremlin » Wed Aug 23, 2023 10:02 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 8:48 pm
The Ruskies gave him 2 billion dollars to pay his army.
Daft bugger should have bought a desert island and saved some troops to defend him.
I reckon he was flying home in order to stand precariously close to an open window in a high-rise building.
Remember Anne Diamond!
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by Count Steer » Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:22 am
Place your bets.
1. He was on the plane.
2. He wasn't on the plane.
3. There were no high ranking Wagner people on it.
I'd be a bit surprised if he was dim enough to load up a plane with him and other top Wagner boys and fly across Russia. Even an outfit like BP won't let too many execs get on one civilian flight.
Coincidentally the Bellingcat Russian expert said, in the FT a couple of weeks ago, that either Prigozhin or Putin would be 'out of action' within the calendar year.
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.
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by Yambo » Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:53 am
It's a funny old world where Prigozhin is considered a celebrity.
David
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by David » Thu Aug 24, 2023 9:25 am
Potter wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:31 am
Yambo wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:53 am
It's a funny old world where Prigozhin is considered a celebrity.
He’s been in the news a bit more than Cliff Richard and Ginger Spice.
Not so much in Russia.......
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by Horse » Thu Aug 24, 2023 9:30 am
Count Steer wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:22 am
I'd be a bit surprised if he was dim enough to load up a plane with him and other top Wagner boys and fly across Russia.
According to the reports, there were two planes. Decoy and 'real'?
If so, a bit of insider trading within Wagner or the airport to know which one to take down.
Even bland can be a type of character
Demannu
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by Demannu » Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:25 am
Apparently he lived in a bungalow!
David
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by David » Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:49 pm
Demannu wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:25 am
Apparently he lived in a bungalow!
So do I....should I be worried?
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by KungFooBob » Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:50 pm
David wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:49 pm
Demannu wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:25 am
Apparently he lived in a bungalow!
So do I....should I be worried?
Only if you're prone to falling to your death from heights.
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by ChrisW » Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:53 pm
Potter wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:31 am
Ginger Spice.
Not been watching the F1 recently I take it....
David
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by David » Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:56 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:50 pm
David wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:49 pm
Demannu wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:25 am
Apparently he lived in a bungalow!
So do I....should I be worried?
Only if you're prone to falling to your death from heights.
We have steps front and back....and I have been working at height on a wobbly step ladder....I'm calling spider Shepherd as we speak....
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by David » Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:59 pm
In truth, when even companies like BP disallow more than one upper management per plane, I really can't see why Wagner would put their two top guys (or even one) on a plane over Russian controlled air space...
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by KungFooBob » Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:03 pm
David wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:59 pm
In truth, when even companies like BP disallow more than one upper management per plane, I really can't see why Wagner would put their two top guys (or even one) on a plane over Russian controlled air space...
...with an explosive case of wine.
Demannu
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by Demannu » Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:46 pm
David wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:49 pm
Demannu wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:25 am
Apparently he lived in a bungalow!
So do I....should I be worried?
Not unless your wife decides defenestration would be a suitable excuse on the insurance claim!
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by Bigjawa » Sun Aug 27, 2023 10:24 am
ChrisW wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:53 pm
Potter wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:31 am
Ginger Spice.
Not been watching the F1 recently I take it....
Never has a pair of saggy baps opened so many doors...
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by Taipan » Sun Aug 27, 2023 4:14 pm
Searching for Sugar Man is on Sky Documentaries today and 16:20 and obviously now on catch up.
NC750X mpg
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by Skub » Fri Sep 01, 2023 7:49 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 5:45 pm Paul Bird.
Fuck me. I heard Hodgy wish him well during 1st practice.