Yo soy un hombre sincero

I know how Fortune is ever most friendly and alluring to those whom she strives to deceive, until she overwhelms them with grief beyond bearing, by deserting them when least expected.

Riding for Team Columbia, Mark Cavendish crosses the line first after a thrilling sprint at the end of the fifth stage of the Tour de France from Cholet to Chateauroux

Cav wins again Stage 9

And again Stage 10

And again Stage 12

5 bets on the tour de france - 5 wins average win odds 5/2

BRITISH CYCLING IN THE OLYMPICS 2 GOLDS and 1 SILVER SO FAR! Chapeau!!!

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Winners make the rules, losers follow them.

This year: 20 MTT final tables but only 3 wins. RB freeroll 38% ITM.

Sunbeams will soon smile through

Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?

The Bear's Current Missions:

The Bear is so crap at poker that he has now retired.

Grumpyometer: 1

Scale key 1 - icy 2 - cool 3 - chilled 4 - normal 5- irritable 10 - extremely grumpy do not approach. Sometimes HC - hors categorie - so steep a climb (in Le Tour de France) it can't be classified, so grumpy a bear he can't be classified.

The Bear Creed:

The Bear has so many strengths that amaze me and no weaknesses. He can cause trouble and eat astonishing amounts and be amazingly grumpy. If he smiles then you should be screaming. If he sings you should feel like crying. He eats when he's happy. and eats when he is unhappy. In fact he eats all the time. He is never afraid and he does not give a fig about love or whether you love him. There is and never has been anything wrong with him and he never forgets his own worth because he is AAA, TopNotch and the Crown Jewels rolled into one. Don't pass this or anything else, especially my berries or nuts, onto anyone else.

This is a parody of that note found on virtually ever female's page - you must have seen it. If not you can see it below in the board postings.

Bare Bear Rules:

1. eat

2. drink

3. sleep

4. be grumpy (very important!).

Our motto:

Take what you can, give nothing back.

Independent Poker Site Review

If you try to bully any bear then realise that you are already in trouble and you don't know it

Bears' Admirations:

The British Lion

British (more particularly English) and proud of it too.

Britannia

Magnificent!

The British Bulldog

Handsome and fierce just like us bears.

Bobby Moore, West Ham and England

Bobby Moore, the greatest footballer ever, played for our team, West Ham United FC, the only club team to win the World Cup.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Great chap and a bit grumpy 'black dog' too just like us bears.

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson

A real hero - "Thank God I have done my duty" - Norfolk and Portsmouth connections.

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

Battle of Waterloo, 18th June 1815 stopped the resurgent french tyrant, Napoleon Bonaparte.

King's Royal Rifles

The King's Royal Rifle Corps, famous for its scarlet and rifle green uniforms, is the only British regiment to have been raised in the American colonies. It was formed in 1756 as the 62nd (Royal American) Regiment largely from American colonists and fought with distinction along the Ohio river in the French and Indian Wars. In 1759, at Quebec, it won from General Wolfe the motto `Celer et Audax` (Swift and Bold). After the War of Independence, the regiment moved to the West Indies and Canada, but retained the Royal American title until 1824. In World War 1, the regiment was expanded to 22 battalions and saw much action on the Western front. Over 12,000 soldiers of the regiment were killed while eight members won the Victoria Cross and over 2,000 further decorations were awarded. Not surprisingly, the regiment retains close connections with the United States, particularly Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Before the American entry into World War II, 18 American citizens volunteered to return to the old colours and were commissioned as officers. In 1966, the regiment was almalgamated into the Royal Green Jackets which has recently been amalgamated into The Rifles. The regiment was the first to be equipped with the rifle, hence its name, and Victoria Crosses, the highest award for gallantry, have been presented to 24 of its members during its history. (Factual note, the Regiment has no colours as riflemen were not required to rally to the colours. Instead battle honours are recorded on the cap badge as illustrated. At the time of the Great war, the regiment had more battle honours than any other Life Infantry regiment.)

Riflemen 35692 and 5508.

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson in the War of Northern Agression

The Bonnie Blue Flag (North Carolina Brigade)

We are a band of brothers and native to the soil

Fighting for our Liberty, With treasure, blood and toil

And when our rights were threatened, the cry rose near and far

Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star!

Chorus:

Hurrah! Hurrah!

For Southern rights, hurrah!

Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.

Georges Clemenceau

"Any man who is not a socialist at age 20 has no heart. Any man who is still a socialist at age 40 has no head."

On Woodrow Wilson, "What on earth is the Lord Almighty doing that he does not take him to his bosom at once?". On wilson's 14 points, "The good Lord had only ten." Wilson pfffffffffffffffff!

FDR

A great President of the USA

Shirley

"I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather." "I have a temper on me that could hold back tides. "

Jesse No_Xcape Zeroincline

Jesse is an internet poker legend/God - if you want to play ipoker better then check his videos out.

Sopranos

Pine Barrens

"**** this ****"

de Havilland Mosquito

Remarkable aircraft, "The Wooden Wonder", made of plywood by furniture manufacturers! De Havilland designed the aircarft to have such a thrust/weight ratio that it could literally outrun enemy fighters and had no need for defensive armament in its bombing and reconnaissance roles. Reichsmarschall Göring "when I see the Mosquito I turn green and yellow with envy"

Photo is from the film 633 Squadron - good music & flying - dodgy acting, miscasting and script.

There are none flying today. But, there are plenty of merlin engines and it is quite possible that a flying replica could still be created. Wouldn't that be great!

Tribute to my Aussie friends

No wocking furries mate.

Marie-France Pochna

Author, biographer, lecturer, TV host/producer.

It's not the taking part, it's the winning that matters

Confusion to the enemy!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl,

The Bear

Non, rien de rien. Non, je ne regrette rien.