Sunday, 20 August 2006 Footy Tipping Results : Round 20 Another crappy round for tipping. Just 3 correct tips this week. I am in a slump Week 20 Home Draw Away (12.15 87) Magpies (12.17 89) Bulldogs (16.9 105) Crows (14.14 98) Cats (14.6 90) Swans (9.9 63) Bombers (15.16 106) Hawks (19.10 124) Dockers (17.12 114) Saints (7.14 56) Lions (7.10 52) Eagles (16.18 114) Kangaroos (12.10 82) Demons (20.12 132) Blues (14.11 95) Tigers (21.14 140) 99 correct tips for the season. There is no way I am going to win the tipping comp now, as I trail the leaders by 9. [listening to: Rock & Roll Music [Live] - Mental as Anything ] 6:26:34 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • My Hobbies Speed Test : How fast is your connection? Do your own at http://www.speedtest.net/ How crappy is my uplink. I need to investigate that one [listening to: Rock & Roll Music [Live] - Mental as Anything ] 5:43:49 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Geek On This Day : Aug 20 August 20: St. Stephen’s Day in Hungary. 636- Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid took control of Syria and Palestine in the Battle of Yarmouk , marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabia. 917- Bulgarians led by Tsar Simeon I drove the Byzantines out of Thrace with a decisive victory in the Battle of Anchialus. 1882 - The ” 1812 Overture ”, an orchestral work by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (pictured) , was first performed at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. 1968 - At least 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops and 5,000 tanks invaded Czechoslovakia , abruptly ending a period of political liberalization known as ” Prague Spring ”. 1991- Estonia regained its independence in the Singing Revolution, breaking away from the Soviet Union. 3:54:14 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Geek © Copyright 2006 Frank Arrigo. A Geek Microsoft Blogger Last update: 1/09/2006; 9:28:55 AM.