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@canefan i enjoyed it, agree on Brosnan, does some good stuff outside on Bond.

Just finished behind her eyes... Maaaaaaan that was different! My tipsy self needs those skills imagine the fun🧐.... Trying not to spoil!!!

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@booboo said in Happiness Scale:

@canefan I think @NTA may have been referring to the adult teams

I thought he was. Thought I'd post on a tangent anyway. This is the way

Fuck I'd love to see this

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/05/ship-hovering-above-sea-cornwall-optical-illusion

Well that was all a bit of an anticlimax, but I'm glad you are all safe and dry!

Monster: DC Sniper

Very interesting story about the 2 guys involved and one of them who was under 18 years and changes to the US constitution which would see him 'eligible' for parole next year!!

https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=492552&refid=asa

Anyone watched the new Adam Curtis series?

@ploughboy said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

dont really know what to say but this is where wokeism has got to

https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300244316/overcoming-inequities-in-cricket

I’m outraged there hasn’t been a single All Black of Indian or Asian origin. Stay tuned for my disgruntled article on it.

If this kid is any good at cricket he can fucken well join a club and use all their gear and rely on volunteers like me ( I coach my boys team ). There’s a few brown faces amongst the kids in the various teams at the club and they’re certainly not all Indian.

Christ this article is woke bullshit.

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@kirwan said in SpaceX:

@nta That's a cool looking robot

I'm reminded of the current series of War of the Worlds

@no-quarter said in F off with the damn PC Brigade:

@crazy-horse said in F off with the damn PC Brigade:

@no-quarter said in F off with the damn PC Brigade:

@crazy-horse said in F off with the damn PC Brigade:

@no-quarter wasn't it them that stopped The Red Pill being released in NZ?

I didn't realize they banned it. That goes way outside what they state on their website as that is pretty obviously politically motivated. Probably another example of the PC brigades exaggerated influence on society.

I am not 100% sure that's why I put the question out there. I know it was next to impossible to get hold of.

Oh lol. A short bit of googling revealed nothing, it's a bit of a mystery why it's not available in NZ. I figured no NZ companies wanted to pick it up given the "controversy"surrounding it.

It is available on Amazon Prime Video in NZ. Just checked, still available.

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@antipodean said in Dogs and bitches:

Yeah it's not the dog as he doesn't display the same behavioural issues with the wife. I have a good idea what the problem is and how to fix it, mainly related to his overexuberance and my reaction.

They are smart and pick up on everything (both dogs and wives - hmmm, the latter can be debatable).

@antipodean said in Dogs and bitches:

I have a good idea what the problem is and how to fix it, mainly related to his overexuberance and my reaction.

On the right track then. The energy that they have and what they portray to you is QI along with what you give back. My wife did an online thing when we got our wee girl called "Zen dog", I think that there is a book as well.

My pooch (sitting next to as I type) is generally well behaved, but if a rabbit is around, she's going to chase it. Birds she knows are no go, along with sheep. She even knows that tennis balls may belong to other dogs, or people, hers are fine. All of that came from her interaction with us and it is well worth it.

Have fun with your puppy they are really cool (especially when they lose some of the exuberance).

Recently finished Prodigal Son by Gregg Hurwitz (I'm always tempted to type Nathan Hurwitz, the off spinner), the latest in the Orphan X series. Just a good fun read where the bad guys generally get their beans.

Have also started the Mistborn trilogy for my sins. Have never been much of a fantasy fan, but I got put onto Wheel of Time twenty years ago - and I figured I owe Sanderson a few extra book sales after he finished off the sprawling mess that Jordan eventually turned WoT into.

@mikethesnow said in RIP 2021:

The Saint has gone to heaven

Him and Greavsie were one of the best double acts out there

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56250355

Legends.

@paekakboyz said in Parenting:

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@MN5 general playground advice for the boys?

@machpants said in Twitter:

@booboo Close 1 year difference 😉

top shelf pedantry

@mariner4life said in How's the weather?:

Half hour in the pissing rain cyclone proofing the house in case it gets any worse.

Power issues all over the city, not helping traffic. And the system is coming north. Should be a fun 24 hours. Kids schools already closed tomorrow

what a waste of fucking time that was

Literally an hour after i posted this, the rain eased and the wind died off. Bloody system has pissed off east, and it's just a drizzly shit day today

Still heaps of people without power even this morning, and a fair bit of clean up in some areas, but it all seems to be south of Cairns

@nzzp said in Science!:

@bones said in Science!:

@nzzp yeah I think one of the first replies to the tweet mentioned scientific studies...

I'm on the Fern. You think I read the tweet or replies? FFS

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@voodoo said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

Not a question that popped into my mind!!!

Unlike the ping-pong ball trapped in the bloke's rectum....

I see Paul Wight aka the Big Show in WWE has just signed with AEW.

@mariner4life See mate, my missus tells me I driving slower. But f*** it I just retired and moved home to godzone, so I figure I got all the time in the world. Mind you I do tend to set cruise control on 100 kph but I kind of figure there is too much to see in this country to rush. I may take off from lights a little slower than I used to, but figure I save the full revs for when I need it. I know when in Aus I tended to drive bit more over speed limit etc, but I practicing being one of thses grumpy old slow bastards and enjoying it so much. To be fair I make sure I leave cruise control on at passing lanes as I get pissed with people whi HAVE to pass car in front and then all are travelling at same speed anyway.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56178802

Ten years today. Wow. Horrible loss of life, a vastly changed city scape and so many different individual stories of the day. Feel free to share yours.

I was early for a haircut at Settlers Crescent in Ferrymead so was parked up on the side of the road, looking at my phone (maybe work emails but just as likely I was on Facebook). It suddenly started shaking violently. A side to side motion mostly from memory. I could see street lamps swaying. This lasted for a while but I don't think it seemed all that long whereas others recall it seeming to last for ages. Cracks opened up in asphalt footpaths and driveways but I think the road at that stage was ok. I pulled up into the driveway of my hairdresser where they'd all come outside. Ladies had foils and colour in their hair. There were lots of tears.

@taniwharugby ...not going to read it...but that headline doesn;t make sense

I started gettign annoyed at Sky when it stopped being add free...thats what you use to pay for

@nta said in Music production software:

The Boy had Garage Band for his Macbook. Given that a shot? He successfully coordinated one of the Dwarf songs from The Hobbit using himself as 5 bass vocal parts + 1 guitar...

He's got student access to the full Adobe Suite now of course, so is doing his music, stage production, and multimedia with that.

Haven't tried recording to it. He messed around with it years ago on ipad, haven't had a go since he has started getting serious.

@taniwharugby said in The thread of learning something new every day:

Today I learned that Kevlar was discovered after trying to create lighter materials for tyres anticipating gas shortages.

So the Arabs in the 70s caused the Americans to develop kevlar which they then wore when they invaded in the 2000s.

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SWIFT sets up JV with China's central bank

SHANGHAI, Feb 4 (Reuters) - SWIFT, the global system for financial messaging and cross-border payments, has set up a joint venture with the Chinese central bank’s digital currency research institute and clearing centre, in a sign that China is exploring global use of its planned digital yuan.

@booboo said in Bogans with kids:

Do they're no longer friends with the dog owner?

Feel for the dog: gets strangled, gets ... well ...

Agreed. Dogs running around in an excited state and parents of a three year old think it's fine he approaches a strange dog and attempts to strangle it. Dog and owner now face a high price. Kid is psychologically impacted . Parents complain about first world health care response.

@Higgins in the interests of justice I always feel that the family shouldn't have any input.

I must say I'm surprised at the sentence. This individual seems beyond redemption and as strange as it may seem given my previous occupation, I've always been opposed to the death sentence. People like him are making me reconsider that stance.

@RoninWC hope it works out for him mate. Tough year for many.