@Catogrande said in British Politics: It's rarely in GEs that the fringe parties have anything other than a swing effect to one of the two main parties. We be seem to living in times where the "rare and unprecedented" is becoming the normal.

@MajorRage said in Chiefs v Reds: Reading that the replay showed the last held up as worth a look as scored? That legit or bollocks? Bollocks Reds would be going bonkers if it was down. Looked well and truly held up.

@Kirwan opened it on my phone and just spent a minute looking at the first panel

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/bs2n3o/were_back_heres_your_terminator_dark_fate_trailer/eoiira8/?context=8&depth=9 Q Did y'all know how hilarious COMMANDO was (in a great way!) while filming it? A As soon as I carried a thousand pound log with one arm I knew it was funny. But let me share the scenes you didn’t see that I tried to get in. I wanted to cut off a guy’s arm and kill him with it. This wasn’t in the script. He would throw a knife at me and after he missed, while his arm was still extended, I chop it off at the shoulder with a machete and beat him to death with it. Needless to say, I was asked by the head of the studio, Larry Gordon to come to his office. And he said “what the fuck is the matter with you? Do you want to make money with this movie or an x-rated movie?” I said “you’re right” and he said “get the fuck out of my office.”

Quick next question! Brave woman.

@Kirwan can I get a HELL YEE-AH!* *please be good

@Paekakboyz said in Building myself back up: @Rancid-Schnitzel shudder to think what your food bill would be. You guys must mow through the kai! Youngest isn't so bad yet but eldest is ridiculous. Luckily he prefers quantity over quality so I get off pretty lightly. There is also a school mother who works at a big supermarket chain who nabs heaps of bakery stuff that they want to chuck out. That makes a big difference because eldest eats 6-8 rolls for lunch each day. I also live off chicken and rice so I'm a cheap overhead. One of those dudes selling that Home Fresh or whatever it is where they send stuff to your house was at the door yesterday and I just had to laugh. Eldest would inhale most of a family meal.

@Higgins I don't think anyone was 'rating' him at all. I only mentioned him in discussion about who the props might be for this season because he was in the squad last season. He played a couple of games early last season and went OK, until he was injured out of the comp, but we have plenty of depth this season so he may not be picked this year. He has been playing in that Perth based rapid rugby competition so may not even return to Auckland? Also rating him on his performances for Wellington 5 years ago may not be so relevent to today. He is alot more experienced now including some seasons in europe.

Maybe I’ve been out of the loop for too long. I try to keep up with the new names etc but I am finding it hard to watch the canes this season. The WC year has meant anything but consistent selection and I understand the perceived need for that. But most of the games have looked like preseason games. Fuck all crowd. So bugger all atmosphere. Not a lot of top draw play and as good as the Jags have been this year there was no fucken way we should have lost to that team. I dunno may six years in the bogan Mecca that is the Gold Coast I’m just too far removed. Honestly I think they just look shit. But so do all the other NZ teams, Crusaders aside. And I don’t think my living in OZ means I’ve suddenly developed a dislike of NZ rugby...

@Catogrande said in Harvey Weinstein: @MajorRage said in Harvey Weinstein: Well, if America wasn't the most fucked up place in the world before, it is now. Be a dirty douche bag your entire life ... pay 44m .. solved. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48393721 Surprised? Me neither. Not in the slightest.

Bought a new Ping driver & 3 rescue hybrid. Shot 87 yesterday, with 7 pars. Previous records were 92 and 4 pars. New tools, new man! Although the old rage is still there ... I played Hoebridge whcih is near my house - it's not the most difficult course, but has it's good and bad holes. Toughest one for me as always been the number 1 stroke hole, a 442 yard (yesterday length) dead straight par 4. Anyway, new driver and one of the best shots of my life got me about 5 yards out for the birdie putt. I of course, walked off with a 5. Par 5th 9th, 535 yard dog log. Sweet drive, sweet rescue, sweet pitch - maybe 3 yard out birdie putt. I walked off with a FUCKING SEVEN. 4 putted the bastard. AND .. was playing with my old man who played utter dogshit and hacked his way down the hole. Halved the hole. I fucking HATE golf. I mean LOVE golf!!!

Anyone read Mark Mansons new book, Everything is Fucked? Its got me hooked pretty much straight away, about half way through now. I found myself nodding and agreeing with a lot of what he says. Basically explaining how we think, why we do things, why religion exists, tribalism, value hierarchy, beliefs, why kids and young adults behave the way they do. Worth a read if you like that sort of thing.

I bought a Dell T110 ii with 32Gb of memory as a server to play with at home. Got it used for 120 euros. That should keep me out of trouble for a while. Its a toy of sorts I guess.

One that may have flown under the radar - Back to life Premise is a woman released from prison after 18 years and trying to be positive about a new start. I won’t say much more plot wise as it unfolds nicely. Comedy/drama in the vein of Gervais’ After life. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8594510/

I started using Google Podcats and it is working well thus far. I really enjoy Hidden Brain, it is well edited and the host seems like a very knowledgeable nice guy. For some reason I also don't mind the honesty of Dax Sheperd, his sidekick has an annoying voice though.

I see 6 potential DNPs on our bench. Like an NBA team in the playoff, we seem to be tightening our rotation. Although, our bench props should be able to match the Crusaders' bench props, so they might get on this week.

All Blacks 7s squad for the London Sevens this weekend: 1 Scott Curry (c) 2 Tim Mikkelson (c) 3 Tone Ng Shiu 4 Jona Nareki 5 Dylan Collier 6 Vilimoni Koroi 7 Scott Gregory 8 Andrew Knewstubb 9 Regan Ware 10 Kurt Baker 11 Joe Webber 12 Sione Molia *Joe Ravouvou is the travelling reserve. “It’s really encouraging to have most of the guys fit and available, we are really excited by this team we’ve got,” said All Blacks Sevens Coach Clark Laidlaw. Speedstar Joe Ravouvou has been named as 13th man, which Laidlaw says shows the strength of the backline and rewards players like Jona Nareki and Regan Ware who are having breakthrough seasons. Olympic Qualification is also front of mind, the All Blacks Sevens currently sit in third behind USA and Fiji. They are nine and 23 points ahead of South Africa and England respectively and need to produce two solid performances over the coming weekends to cement their position in the top four. Pool games Saturday, 25 May (NZT) 10.42pm: v Scotland Sunday, 26 May 1.48am: v Ireland 5.16am: v England LIVE on Sky Sport Pop-up 2 (Channel 56)

@taniwharugby What he said - still 3 more rounds including this one.

Tomorrow, Lindisfarne plays St Paul's Collegiate at home at 11.00am. St John's College plays their 2nd CNI away against Rathkeale College (12pm). Apparently, there's also a 2nd XV game between Hastings BHS and Napier BHS (at HBHS, 10.45am). Couldn't find 1st XV games for Hastings Boys and Napier Boys.

Drake got into the heads of the Bucks.