Is this documentary only available on BBC iplayer? Then I and other persons outside the UK can’t watch it.
Yeah I think so. I very rarely watch the BBC so wasn’t aware that others can’t see it. I’m sure it will be on Netflix or somesuch soon.
If you use a VPN and set it to UK you should be able to.
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depending on the vpn
Got blocked from some Facebook group yesterday. It’s an ultra group run by what turned out to be someone called Ria Bright who’s name I’ve heard of elsewhere negatively.
All started when she posted some antivax stuff, about killing kids, poison, sheep, “Do YoUr ReSeArCh” were all trotted out, apparently 1000s are dropping dead from heart problems all these elite athletes 
there was then a rant about her banning people because the sick individuals were laughing at “children being murdered” so I “laughed” at that and was gonna leave the group but in that 1minute I’d been banned, blocked and probably abused behind closed doors . Group was ultra runners massive,
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Our new member Anna S will probably recall this. I joined a new Ultra group that was asking for members on ST. (I think it’s called Ultrasignup’ ) and apart from being very US centric and having weird ‘community groups’ for specific races, it’s an ok forum.
Then along comes this woman who was straight up batshit crazy. She started a rant about another woman claiming they were younger than they were and how RDs weren’t taking any action.
I made the mistake of asking ‘how is that any advantage’? and got both barrels about how I was supporting this massive conspiracy and blah blah. I said something like ‘FMD I was just asking a question’. then she came back with something else, at which point I bid her a good day.
Then she started posting quotes from emails to the RD about how she had proof of this woman’s age from passports or something and then started hassling some legal entity for the race which ended with ‘don’t ever contact me again’.
I have no idea what her problem was but she was box of frogs certifiable.
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Trail and Ultra Running? Trail and Ultra Running UK?
Your post is useless without links 
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Talking of batshit crazy, I wonder how Julius from the old forum coped with lockdowns, vaccines, etc.
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No doubt however he’s doing…it’s his own ‘fault’.
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I have a mate going on about this, I asked him for his data to show it has increased but other than a vague notion of an Italian footballer, he couldn’t share the info as fb would ban him. 
He could WhatsApp or olde worlde SMS me a link.
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I ‘think’ that arguments from both ends of the spectrum always existed. The Internet & SM seem to have increased the hysteria/gravitational pull around points of view, so that there is a constant state of either indoctrination or plain uncertainty around information & facts provided on any given matter.
Apply to any hot topic as req’d.
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Oh I remember this well. Ended up reporting her because she mentioned said women’s name and where she lives. You can’t join a forum and start posting other people’s personal details. Yep, she was a really angry person and for some reason she was taking this other woman’s age cheating very personally 
idk. If a 60 year old wants to take on 45 year olds, I say good on her!!
I had to google FMD after you wrote that - it’s very rude FP, hope you never talk to me like that 
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he normally says FML 
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“Fix my lighthouse” much more civil!!!
This was the first entry for FML in the Urban Dictionary, made me chuckle!!
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once you go there it kind of sucks you in and you find words and phrases that will either make you guffaw or horrify you! nearly as good as the Viz Profanisaurus… 
I have an entry in UD…
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I hope for you it wasn’t the skittle story 
from the FML definitions.
just had to look at that
I usually spell it out. It’s all those years living in Oz, we’re very direct. Remind me to tell you about how I had to make the ‘office culture’ adjustment when I moved the the UK. 
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I cant link as I can no longer see the group “ultra runners massive” I think. It’s one of those groups i joined, and isn’t very active really and I never post to. It was the first time in ages it popped up on my feed, inviting ridicule. All go troll
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Im sure thats where I’ve heard this Ria’s name from before, either accusing others of cheating, or something to do with race series cheating…I may be wrong but the minute I see her name i had that vague recollection of conspiracy.