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  Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff
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  @nzzp said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff: @Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff: @nzzp said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff: @taniwharugby said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff: I won a Turkey at an Xmas Cheer Golf Tournament, farking huge M/f it was! Never did turkey before, and didnt do a good job of it! Good turkey is really hard. The best you get is 'mildly moist in places' -- and to cook it properly you probably need to chop it into pieces, in which chase why bother having a turkey in the first place Personally, I far prefer 2-3 good chooks to a turkey. That, and plenty of good crispy skin with succulent moist meat... I am sorry but I totally disagree with this! Done correctly it isn't too hard to do a perfectly moist turkey through out in a standard over. I find Delia Smith's Christmas Turkey unbreakable for a perfectly cooked Chrissy Turk Fair enough - but I have found it rare to get a decent turkey from people. Maybe I'm too influenced by Meathead - see link below on his thoughts. Have done a few in my time, but I find they are never as good as a well cooked chicken. https://amazingribs.com/tested-recipes/turkey-recipes/bbq-and-grilled-turkey-recipe-ultimate-turkey-easily-adapted-cooking I think the bigger they are the harder to get even cooking, but it is possible. The father in law cooks the traditional bird with stuffing every Xmas. He's like a machine, perfect every time. I have done Franklin's method a couple of times and it was great each time. Worth exploring
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  Beer thread
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  a night of Panhead Superchargers fucked me over well and truly. At the time they go down as smooth as any other beer but fuck me the hangover the next day was horrific. Ex dropped the boys round pretty early, let's just say alot of the day was spent watching youtube/gaming. outstanding drop but Lakeman is even better I reckon.
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  Lime Scooters and the like types
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  @Hooroo said in Lime Scooters and the like types: @Nepia said in Lime Scooters and the like types: @Hooroo How much was the trip, I saw the pricing for the new company that's starting in Welly and they seemed pretty expensive. I only loaded $10 and it gave my $6:88 credit (which I assume is because of the FX rate and they operate in USD?) The 1.7k trip cost US$4 but I put the scooter on hold (which you pay for) as I went to two different cafes so total time with scooter 20mins. (I think you pay buy the minute) I think I have heard it works out to be about $20/hour Cheers! Two cafes?
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  Wellington weather etc
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  @Hooroo said in Wellington weather etc: @Nepia said in Wellington weather etc: @Hooroo said in Wellington weather etc: @Nepia said in Wellington weather etc: @Smudge said in Wellington weather etc: Forgive the pun, but I find Wellington's wind reputation to be overblown. I moved here a couple of years ago, and yes, it can be a bit - shall we say -breezy. But the truly blustery days - at least those that affect you when you live in/near the CBD - are probably a couple of handfuls a year. Palmy was as windy (there's a reason the wind farms are there) just with none of the redeeming features of Wellington. GT's! That is all I would take from Palmy and plant in Wellington. TBH, GT's is one of those things that situationlly good, boozy weekend in Palmy, awesome - living in Palmy, only go there when friends are down for a boozy weekend. I once had a seven piece fish burger from there and it still sits in my memory as being very satisfying. Yeah, I agree, on a boozy weekend ... try eating that midweek.
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  Re: Movie review thread...
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  @antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...: I know I should see this before reviewing, but I'm prepared to make a prediction and say you should see it. A cross between Unforgiven and Gran Torino Yeah, I was right. Much more Gran Torino than Unforgiven. 3 beaners out of five crackers.
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  Dad advice sharing thread.
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  @mooshld said in Dad advice sharing thread.: Am thinking of seeing if he has any friends who would join up at the same time to ease his transition. But a lot of parents seem weary of signing up a 5 year old to rugby. This^^^ I think its a good approach for any team sports. Try and find a mate to go along and join up with them. In team sports, it can be a bit daunting if you dont know anyone else, particularly at that age.
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  Stupid shit you see on the internet
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  What are you listening to, right now................
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  Turning the clock back nearly 40 years and thrashing Stiff Little Fingers - Hanx on the headphones at work at the moment. Saw them live last night for the first time ever despite this album being one of my favourites ever since it came out in 1980. Still crack out a good gig with plenty of energy. Bonus was Eddie and the Hot Rods as support. Edit: Jake Burns managed a call out to the events in NZ last week. I won't mention exactly how he led to his comments as the thread would have to shift quickly to the politics thread. The sentiment was appreciated though.
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  TV Serieseseses
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  Is Dan Soder still on that show?
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  Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****
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  OK, so I've now seen Solo. I was hoping to post this last week but it took me three goes to sit through the film. It really just didn't grab me. The large part of this was probably the lead actor. He really suffered by not being Harrison Ford and didn't really pull off the essence of Han Solo for me. The build up was also a little tired and somewhat dis-jointed (although that might be worsened by me dipping in and out of it). The latter stages were better, particularly the time spent in the Millennium Falcon. I quite liked the way the new guy did the Lando character, though also in agreement with others on here in that I didn't really see the need for the possible droid love interest. As Daenerys said "How would that work"?
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  Blokes Advice - relationships, family matters, Tinder stories etc.
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  @Bones said in Blokes Advice - relationships, family matters, Tinder stories etc.: @MN5 said in Blokes Advice - relationships, family matters, Tinder stories etc.: @Bones said in Blokes Advice - relationships, family matters, Tinder stories etc.: @MN5 he says, most likely after passing through KCs on Saturday night on the way home. Is that the kareoke place ? I do like their beef on a hot plate. Not sure that's a euphemism I want to pick apart. It's not. the interweb has ruined you.
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  50 Years of Star Trek
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  Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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  @Bones said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet: @Catogrande that kid just slid off a cliff. As long as it's not his kid then job done.
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  Bogans with kids
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  @booboo I feel like Disney and Sonic will end up in the woo thread.
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  Woo
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  @JC Ah, that makes sense.
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  Science!
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  Read that story about hot tea increases your likelihood of cancer by 90%? Then read this thread about the differences between relative and absolute risk
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  Favourite Comedians
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  @MajorRage yeah when I search it, lots of heckles come up but doesn't seem to anything in them about Rack...
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  Old TV Shows
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  @Nepia said in Old TV Shows: @taniwharugby said in Old TV Shows: @Nepia it's on IMDB so it must be real https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271902/?ref_=nv_sr_1 @booboo I remember the name Children of Fire Mountain but just looked at it on IMDB too and shows as 1979 (I was 5) and doesnt look familiar to me. Phew, I'm not crazy! I wonder if they were part of a series? Hmm, I thought Greer Robson was in Dog Star but IMDB says no. Similar era to Mad dog gang meets rotten Fred and ratsguts wasn’t it? Edit:see that was mentioned above
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  PC build/upgrade thread
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  No idea where I'll get my decent reviews from now, for new PC parts - gutted https://www.pcgamer.com/hardocp-is-getting-mothballed-as-kyle-bennett-leaves-to-join-intel/
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  Classic Games
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  @antipodean yes, going to use MAME for most games, and Stepmania for dancing games (currently got an aftermarket soft pad but want to build my own metal one)