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can see both sides of this argument, but I do feel it's for the better.

@Kiwiwomble said in Year in review - big questions:

give it a go although i admit when these things come up im reminded how poor my memory can be!

What was your favourite moment of 2023?
our club quarter final against the rich club in town who had topped the table after the round robin...we beat them at home in the final round (they were that far ahead it didn't change them topping the table)...and then went to theirs the next week and snatched victory with a lineout steal inside our own 22...kick it out...whistle blows...crowd storms the field...beers are had

(id post a small video because i love watching it but i dont think we can)

What was the best thing you purchased in 2023?
55" Samsung Frame tv, all mounted, cables hidden etc...so good, rolling through an album (every 15min) of our travels over the years, love it

What was the best thing you watched/read/listened to in 2023?
this is where i'll really fall over because i feel whatever i put down TV wise....someone will say something and i'll regret my choice....so i'll go with "read" ...."Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir....couldn't put it down and have been considering reading again...which i almost never do

What are you looking forward to in 2024?
Can i say Dune 2?....other than that we have some trips planned including going right up into the arctic circle in Finland in january

i liked this thread so thought i would follow up my post with a couple of pics from our trip into the arctic circle

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Skiing -20°c ish, goggles froze solid just from the condensation i was breathing out

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northern lights whilst doing a snowmobile tour

our record was -41°c....fucking cold, big toes are still a little numb 10 days later

Just a quick update and thanks from my friend, Catherine.

"Did Mt Victoria, Te Papa museum, cable car, Zealandia, Botanic Garden, Lyall Bay, ferry across to Days Bay for a good walk. Amazing city, amazing memories. Please thank everyone for their suggestions - they were perfect!"

Thanks for all the input - was spot on.

@nostrildamus said in Travel:

@MajorRage said in Travel:

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If you know, you know.

that poster made me very homesick.

Mr Vintage NZ Fish Species Tee Mr Vintage NZ Fish Species Tee

There is nothing more Kiwi than the good old fish species poster that you see in your local fish and chip shop.

You need one of these

The power of this stuff continues to amaze me. For some reason a TV series I saw when I was about 12 came back to me. Thought it was a Francis Durbridge mystery and could only remember a character called Tolley.

A good test for CoPilot I though - found it after I asked 3 questions...

@Donsteppa said in Planes:

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It's a far cry from

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@Machpants said in Google drive:

Yeah I'm sure I could figure it if I was there, very hard from Screenshots. Either keep all your files in Google Drive, or nothing in Google Drive and point the add folder bit to all the folders you want to sync - then to work online with them you'll need to go to 'computers'
Just quickly could you expand the My Laptop and the My Drive and screen shot. I am pretty sure you will have the 'documents' folder in both. Which might be confusing google, dunno

Fuck me, I think I've cracked it. I unwittingly had a document folder hiding in plain sight amongst a bunch of duplicate files. And that was the one where the updates are going (checked the location on the newly synced file and there it was). Deleted all of the copies, and I'm left with one set of files, under Computers, that I assume can be used either online or on PC, and they will be synced. Thanks for the help mate, a box of virtual beers are on their way. Anytime you need advice on my specialist subject don't hesitate to ask 🙂

@MiketheSnow said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:

Which one?

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@antipodean said in Xmas Memes:

@booboo they should be available every day

Mrs Boo's hot buns.

@Victor-Meldrew said in New Years Resolutions:

I'm going to (a) get my ankle sorted out and (b) clear out decades of shit I've accumulated.

I'm happy with a pair of socks for Xmas these days.
Seriously too much clutter in our house as well

Fuck, what a fucking mess to start the year.

We’ve been lucky - no one involved that we know of has been harmed in either incident so far, but my in-laws and one team member’s family were evacuated.

Neither live there but no word yet on my team members family home. Hopefully they don’t have too much damage.

I’m not sure even Jimmy Saville got this roasted when he died. Jeepers.

@Frank Ok if that's what is sounds like to you Frank, simply kind of giving my observations as Major was.
I genuinely don't feel the need to ever defend country, I am incredibly happy here, don't think it perfect (have yet to find Nirvana anywhere), but as I said ,I haven't found any countries I have disliked anyway. As I pointed out we can go anywhere and find what's wrong, or right with any country, just not something I tend to do.

Happy New Year and best wishes for 2024.

@MajorRage yeah had a shocker in a cafe here in EB, which is bizarre as it's ridiculously popular (blame it on the French). But across the board absolutely top notch.

Chocolate Dayz in Days Bay and The Hideout in Paihia top of the list so far.

@Catogrande said in Whisky / Whiskey:

Tried some Chita by Suntory. Very drinkable without being entirely memorable. Best described as a whisky for people that don’t really like whisky. Nonetheless, an enjoyable drop. V smooth.

Good description for other Japanese whisky I've drunk

@booboo said in Star Gazing:

Just saw amazing shooting star.

No doubt re-entry of space junk.

Went and leaned on balcony looking for breeze and looked up toward Orion (east-ish) and massive trail blazed past southerly-ish.

3 or 4 secs. As clear as ye olde worlde Guy Fawkes skye rocket. (It wasn't.)

So cool.

Maybe space junk, maybe not.

Saw an amazing one night before last too so had a look to see what was going on (good website this):

Geminids Meteor Shower 2024 Geminids Meteor Shower 2024

The 2023 Geminid meteor shower peaks in December. Find best dates and use the meteor showers animation to see how, where and when to see the shooting stars.

"The Geminids are considered to be one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year, with the possibility of sighting around 120 meteors per hour at its peak, which is on December 13 or 14, depending on your time zone."

The geminids were peak over AKL but would have visible to you and went from 3 Dec to 19th.

Given my previous life involved thousands of hours of staring mindlessly at stars in the middle of the night, I have seen some pretty cool shooting stars, but the other night was as good as I have seen from the ground (no light pollution at my place). Better from 30,000+ feet but very cool none the less.

Probably the most awe-inspiring thing that I have ever seen was a Leonid shower over Northern Alaska with the Aurora as a backdrop. Streams of shooting stars crisscrossing the sky with purple and green wavering curtains all around. Felt like we were just sitting in the middle of it as the stars appeared to even fall below us with our altitude and angle of view. The tropopause at that latitude is so low that the whole show was crystal clear and obviously no light pollution, just staggeringly beautiful.

Today I saw a Toyota Tundra for the first time. They had to park it in a temporary space outside our hotel because it didn't fit in the carpark.

First impressions: obscenely large. Would fit 5 adults easily, sure, but how often will you be doing that?

Land Cruiser is smaller! This thing is quoted at nearly 6.5 metres... 🤔 depending on config.

I see a few of these around now - Dodge RAM 1500, Chevy Silverado, and of course the F150. The staple trucks in our back yard are getting bigger too in terms of the Hilux, Triton, Ranger etc.

Short of needing to tow an obscenely large caravan or horse trailer, I'm not convinced anyone needs that much truck in terms of the Tundra.

"But rural people" I hear from some who have lifestyle blocks (because they need a fucking huge shed to park in). Yeah doesn't always add up - you can get more tray for less money and better performance on dirt and the farm.

When I see that the height + width of this is nearly the same as my dream Rivian R1T, I start to question my choices, having seen it in the metal...