How long you been here?
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It was certainly an interesting time for the fern.
I do recall someone posting at halftime in the game thread that even though we were up, it did have the 99 feel to it all. Proved to be on the mark.
The post match meltdown was pretty funny IMO. I couldn't delete posts fast enough.
However all the Barnes related stuff was a low point in Fern history from my perspective.
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there was a SA poster who was posting some tee about choking over and over until he got banned within an hour or so...
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I remember there was a guy with Mooloo in his name that would ridicule anyone for feeling nervous in the days leading up, its a certainty he would say , this is not a dangerous French team he said, France are shit ,
Pretty sure he went missing , I looked out for him afterwards to see his reaction , but never saw him again
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My profile says 13 years, which seems an age, but would tie in with RWC 2003.
Seems like many of my posts have disappeared over the years. Remember one when we were debating ABs 12 at point when DC was tried there and pointed out Nonu would be awesome there if he could kick! -
I shared the 2007 drama with fellow Ferner, the esteemed Shark. The power went out at my dad's place just out of Christchurch, so I called Shark and asked if I could pop in to his place above the Night N Day at Lower Riccarton. Got there (purchased some snacks on the way up - as you do) and slowly watched the horror unfold. I don't even know if we spoke after the final whistle - I think I just left in shock.
He may or may not have finished off my prawn chips.
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@dK said in How long you been here?:
@Kruse said in How long you been here?:
38 minutes - I finally had to sign up instead of just lurking, to get rid of the highly visible white screen while at work.
Dammit.Welcom to the crazy house
You can check out, but you can never leave!
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Since about 8am, when I logged in to read the comments on the All Blacks vs Pumas and Qantas Harmless Wallabies vs Springboks.
Why do you want to know this? Are you from Border Protection or Medieval Death Cult Watch? ... oh, I see now.
January 16, 2007
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@Kruse said in How long you been here?:
38 minutes - I finally had to sign up instead of just lurking, to get rid of the highly visible white screen while at work.
Dammit.Welcome to the fern . Did you know I had a pre Bledisloe breakfast with Jerome Kaino, Damien MacKenzie, Joe Moody and Liam Squire?
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Profile says 7 years but definitely recall being a frequent poster somewhere around the cricketing summer of 06/7. Must not have moved the account properly after the last migration.
First solid memory was a thread entitled being Mills injured which pretty much consisted of posters cursing the OP for making them think Muliaina was out in the lead up to the RWC rather than Kyle Mils out of the Australian summer.
Read some of the articles for a couple of years before that too.
Was camping for the 2007 QF (watched a truck stop somewhere in mid north NSW) so missed out on that debacle but the Henry vs Deans fallout was an absolute shit storm and instead of new posters it was old vets.
PaarlBok will forever be the greatest.
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13 years ago while living in UK. Needed moral support during RWC and wasn't getting it on PR. For all the wackos we've had here over the years, they're tame (or banned quickly) compared to that place.
I think I self banned off all rugby discussion for a week after 2007 QF. Was just coming right then Wellington choked in yet another NPC final.
Cricket season couldn't start soon enough. At least we're used to being plucky underdogs there.
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Started during lions tour 2005. Have given myself a couple of time-outs, and even tried the competition for a while. I did get banned from GAGR for arguing with the lord of GAGR though (short-term only).
But like a fly to a piece of shit, I just keep coming back.
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@MajorRage said in How long you been here?:
Started during lions tour 2005. Have given myself a couple of time-outs, and even tried the competition for a while. I did get banned from GAGR for arguing with the lord of GAGR though (short-term only).
Mine was permanent. Turns out he didn't like being called out on a lie.
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I ended up quitting as I got sick of the tone of the board being that Kiwi's were of a lower class than Australians. Well that and the Queensland/NSW slagging matches got a bit boring.
Maybe it's changed now, maybe it hasn't. I occasionally read the articles on the front page, and to be fair, some of them are of a high quality. But I'll leave the forums to themselves.
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@Duluth said in How long you been here?:
I didn't really post in the rivals days. Maybe 1 or 2 posts a year when someone really pissed me off.. must have been Phooey?
stink you can't read click through to the comments from the link above. was looking forward to reading whatever genius comment I made back in 2004 about Lomu. At a guess I'd say I prob called him a fat lazy waste of space.... ha!
I really have no idea how I ended up at this site. Sh*t I'd love to know how much $$$ in terms of hourly pay my various companies have spent on me talking bollicks on here!
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@Hooroo said in How long you been here?:
I think I joined in 2001 after a year in England. Met tonnes of ferners in that time. Most awesome, some pork chops and some just a little bit weird.
yeh good point we used to catch up semi regularly. Prob only one nutter I remember..
Wonder what ever happened to The Eagle... can't really remember other people that used to post that have disappeared.
Cept Phooey.. but I just take it he left because he finally agreed with me that Reuben Thorne is farking sh*t. ha.
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@kiwiinmelb said in How long you been here?:
I remember there was a guy with Mooloo in his name that would ridicule anyone for feeling nervous in the days leading up, its a certainty he would say , this is not a dangerous French team he said, France are shit ,
Pretty sure he went missing , I looked out for him afterwards to see his reaction , but never saw him again
There seems to have been several incarnations/variations of that Mooloo. They start out reasonable, but when challenged they get a bit psychotic - proven wrong, they disappear. Not sure whether they're all the same person or whether the genes have spread wider into the Waikato population.
The most recent one was determined that Richie should dropped for Cane.
