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Have done nothing all season, then suddenly…..
 
Alcohol-free beers for  everyone!

Uh oh wind delay suddenly…

Celebrating 's greatest addition to global gastronomy!  Pineapple on pizza.
 
Naples' famous pizza chef Gino Sorbillo stuns traditionalists by including PINEAPPLE toppings for the first time - and even films himself breaking the Italian taboo | Daily Mail Online

Celebrating 's greatest addition to global gastronomy!  Pineapple on pizza.
 
Naples' famous pizza chef Gino Sorbillo stuns traditionalists by including PINEAPPLE toppings for the first time - and even films himself breaking the Italian taboo | Daily Mail Online

Winter is back!
 
Thursday - Two alpine events and 4 Hills Qualifier, Football stadium biathlon
Friday - Two more alpine events and 4 Hills Part 1
 

Winter is back!
 
Thursday - Two alpine events and 4 Hills Qualifier, Football stadium biathlon
Friday - Two more alpine events and 4 Hills Part 1
 

FIDE Chess the latest sport to ban men from its female events. Still eligible for the men's or mixed sex events of course.
 
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/12/cheering-for-mass-murder.php

Just a bump & reminder about the annual Gelsenkirchen race on Thursday!  

Just a bump & reminder about the annual Gelsenkirchen race on Thursday!  

Woaah, Naeslund had a huge lead with just a couple of gates to go, then inexplicably headed straight down the hill and missed a gate!  She got bronze because the fourth place rider had disappeared before her.

Wahoo!   Bronze for Dave Ryding!  

Cross-posting this from the biathlon thread. Watching biathlon from Belarus today & would you believe that this was the only time since the Chur Big Air in October that I have seen any winter sport on a brownfield track?
 
It’s incredible really, everywhere has snow!   Not just artificial or stored snow, but actual snow!  I go back over 20 years where we had three consecutive pre-Xmas biathlon races in Pokljuka because none of the other tracks had anything!

Wahoo!   Bronze for Dave Ryding!  

Look forward to lots of cancelled stages this summer.
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/67795045

Yep, only   &  are allowed to be coal-fired now. The good news is they are building lots of new ones. 

Yep, only   &  are allowed to be coal-fired now. The good news is they are building lots of new ones. 

Not straight away, but it’s coming.  

Same thing happened to  in Margaret Thatcher's time. Everyone had been lying about the economy for decades, but even now she still gets the blame because she started to tell the truth.

Same thing happened to  in Margaret Thatcher's time. Everyone had been lying about the economy for decades, but even now she still gets the blame because she started to tell the truth.

The difference is that Milei is being honest about the mess that Argentina is in, whereas the Peronists have been lying for decades. 

The difference is that Milei is being honest about the mess that Argentina is in, whereas the Peronists have been lying for decades. 

Also, it's not Christmas in the Orthodox lands, so a full programme of  &  cross country & biathlon.

Whole pile of traditional pre-Xmas skiing events.

Was watching all day yesterday & still did not have time for bobsleigh!

Best thing is that his sister Posy was on Comms for  Eurosport!  Best day since cyclist Magnus Bäckstedt commented on his daughter Zoe winning the Junior World Championsips.