The Silver Fern

@Canes4life I still am

@Virgil I have only ever watched the first four star wars movies (by order of production). The first three were ok but massively over hyped. The fourth killed it for me. Lucas combined syrupy sappiness with fucking awful plots and characters Jar Jar Ewoks etc. Screaming piles of shit in the main.

@MN5 Great coaches but not sure i'd define either Rassie or Ted as good blokes. Plenty of guys that do meet those dual criteria though for what its worth. BJ Lochore at the top of the list

@MiketheSnow

In the same period
Bundesliga 7 winners
La Liga 5 Winners
Serie A 5 Winners

Yeah none of those 17 look to be struggling in the way that West Ham, Everton have latelky. Well Spurs and United but they will get their shit together surely.

Having said that when Fulham went down in 2014 the pre season poll of pundits had us at 12th. A change of Manager at any of Palace, Brentford, Bournemouth, Fulham would make fans nervous.

Outside the top 6, Newcastle, Villa and probably West Ham all the other clubs are going to be relegated one day. It's simply a question of staving off that day for as long as possible and enjoying it while you can

Baz didn't win it. Mitch Johnson did for 7-68 and 5-59 v South Africa at Centurion.

Hadlee, Ajaz, Satnav

Other winners were in 2018 and 1949 That should make it easy

Our 5th Wisden Trophy Winner NZ has produced 3 winners in the last eight years.

Who are the 5? and for what performance?
NB there have only been actual winners since 2022. Prior to that they are notional

That would be ironic after LA 84 effectively demonstrated how to host a successful games after the disasters of Munich, Montreal and Moscow.

@Cyclops Given the talent within their squad Fulham should have stayed up in the 20/21 season but for Parker.

Manager's can improve just like players but given his previous failures in the Prem with Fulham and Bournemouth I wouldn't be confident if I was a Burnley supporter.

Look at all the draws they've had in the Championship. Classic Parkerball. History suggests it gets found out at the top level

@MN5 Brave to bring up Led Zep in a conversation about shitty lyrics.

Tina

Beautiful little Samoan film. Heartwarming comedy with some dark moments.

Samoan music teacher at decile 1 school in Christchurch loses her daughter in 2011 quake. 4 years later she's still grieving and reluctantly ends up at a snooty elite school. It isn't as stereotyped as you would expect except for a couple of the teachers who are caricatures.

It's beautifully shot, it's funny, the acting by the lead Anapela Polata'ivao is measured and understated. Gently examines racism, class and Samoan identity.

It'll make you laugh, cry and both at the same time. Has a couple of twists. Doesn't have the saccharine ending you anticipate. The singing is glorious especially the final curtain. Audience applauded at the end!! Also did a collective intake when the main character was called a black bitch.

5 acapellas/ 5 harmonies

edit: Because this is the Fern. No tits Fortunately

Except three seasons ago Fulham, Bournemouth and Forest were the promoted sides. All have stayed up, consolidated and are pushing for Europe. Helped by several of the 'powerhouse clubs' having shat the bed.

@Machpants also a refusal to listen to advice from the junta who needed a successful war to remain in power just as much as Maggie did. The last but one Arg Ambassador to the UK told Galtieri that if he invaded the evening papers would be "all leave cancelled as troops recalled to barracks", that there would be an emergency session of parliament resulting in a naval task force being sent to the Sth Atlantic to retake the islands. Exactly as it played out.

David Owens said the Argies had planned something similar in 1978 but that the Labour government had very publically sent a nuclear sub to patrol the Falklands which scared the Argies off.

I was living in London. It was pretty hard not to get swept up in the jingoism - until the body count started rising. Remarkable (last?) force projection by UK. I remember Canadian Defence Minister saying if the task force had steamed up to the St Lawrence there wouldn't have been a thing Canada could do to stop it.

Won the Tories the next election and staved off the planned defence cuts.

@taniwharugby You're forgetting Nicklaus in 86

Funny old game golf. Rory had it in the bag but repeatedly looked like he was going to do a trademark choke. Hopefully getting the monkey off his back will mean he can be more composed in future.

But for carding the 4th worst round 3 score Justin Rose coulda shoulda wone the green jacket comfortably.

McIlror wins

According to NASA’s Orbital Debris Program Office, there are over 8,800 metric tonnes of defunct satellites, spent rocket stages, broken components, and collision fragments in orbit. Only ~43% of objects are actively used for communication, navigation, scientific missions, or military surveillance.

This debris orbits at up to 28,000 km/h, posing a major threat to spacecraft, satellites, and the International Space Station.

Related Facts:
💸 To get all this mass to orbit in the modern day, even with SpaceX's extremely low cost of $2,700/kg, would cost over $37 billion.

🛰️ As of 2024, there are ~36,500 tracked objects in orbit larger than 10 cm, and millions of smaller untracked fragments.

🚀 The Kessler Syndrome is a feared cascade scenario where collisions create more debris, triggering an unstoppable chain reaction.

🛡️ The ISS regularly performs debris avoidance maneuvers to prevent catastrophic impacts.

🧹 Active cleanup missions are in development, including magnetized tethers, robotic arms, nets, and laser systems.

🌐 The U.S., China, Russia, and private companies like SpaceX are the largest contributors to orbital hardware.

📡 The growing space economy makes orbital debris one of the most pressing 21st-century environmental issues, though it’s invisible to most people.

Harrison Schell

All Human-Made Orbital Hardware in One Image

57% of the total mass of all human-made objects in Earth's orbit consists of defunct or inactive objects. The Data: According to NASA’s Orbital Debris…

Harbour legend

Remember watching him at #4 in the lineout doing opposed drills at AB training at Onewa in 94. Was pretty handy too.

Hugely influential on sports medicine in NZ. Way too young

@NTA My wife was diagnosed with MS over 30 years ago.

The understanding of how it works, and the most effective treatments are light years ahead of where they were in those days.

A majority of sufferers especially with modern interventions manage life without it overly impacting. You'll be inundated with advice and treatments. Take it all with a massive dose of cynicism. The well-intentioned advice is usually deluded and improvements down to the placebo effect and the relapsing remitting nature of the disease. Very east to mistake causality for correlation with MS. Spoiler alert: Bee Venom (and the like) doesn't work

Listen to your body. The two biggest things that can lead to adverse progression are trying to push through and not managing stress. If you feel a bit knackered, you need to rest. Not just take it easy but proper do fucking nothing rest.

All the best mate. Happy to yarn about it any time.

@canefan Decent haggis is bloody nice.

Rather have that than some of the American fast food style shit detailed.