@Frank said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@No-Quarter said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

So now that I've had time to reflect on this, I'm even more angry at the government.

They took 100% of our rights away for more than a month while they implemented the most draconian lockdown in the world. We all went along with it for the greater good, and we got rid of Covid altogether.

And for what? If the virus spreads again, and based on what we are seeing it seems almost inevitable that it will, what then? We can't go back into lockdown. There was debate about whether the cure was worse than the disease with the first one, if we do it again that will almost certainly be the case.

So what was that lockdown for? What was their long term plan? Close the borders until an unlikely vaccine is created? But then if that was the plan, why are they granting exemptions when it only takes one person to spread it far and wide again?

Or are these politicians so hopelessly out of touch that they think they can just do the lockdown again if need be?

I don't see anything coherent around what our long term plan is for this.

Wonder what Baron is thinking?
Can we let him back on for one day just to read the blistering critique?

He wasn't banned, it was self isolation.

Meanwhile in Brazil.

“The better team” never loses a game 19 - 3.

Worth a try

I think NZ rugby took the wrong lessons out of Henry and winning in 2011 after not being sacked in 2007.

Experience only counts if you’re good enough. The argument that we won in 2011 because of not sacking Henry in 2007 didn’t prove that you must have experience, it just proved that if you’ve got the right coach - keep them.

I’ve never been particularly convinced that Grizz would have won in 95, Hart in 03, or Mitchell in 07 just by being retained. 50/50 on Laurie in 1999 maybe.

Unfortunately the NZRU is conservative enough without learning that lesson incorrectly, and the experience lesson has now landed us with Foster instead of Robertson, Rennie, Cotter, or any of the other names who would also be better.

Today was always going to be the happy/sad day of lockdown for me.

Happy: today is Mum's 80th birthday!
Sad: her rest home is only 1.5km away, but it may as well be on the moon for all the good that is at the moment.

The very very slight silver lining of Alzheimer's is that covid-19 is mostly a background thing on the news to her, and she's not worried about it at all.

Work has been busy in lockdown, which has certainly made the time fly. The downside is that there are people out there in some pretty difficult situations, and where there are answers for them - the answers often aren't happy ones.

I'm an old fashioned git too.

Useful or not as a rule, I suppose it does get kids used to following appearance rules for when they matter later in life. Be it hi-vis vests, or realising that facial tattoo's are fine so long as you don't then expect to work for Emirates, etc etc. I guess I'm also a grumpy old git who gets fed up of all such media stories trying to fuel outrage on relatively trivial matters...

Vaea Fifita: the Akira Ioane that they do pick...

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

What the hell happened to the Brits there? Bloody hell.

Can't remember seeing that at that level and stage before... One time where "stay in your lane" would be a fully deserved shout...!

@dogmeat said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@Donsteppa The booking process seems to have become much worse in the last six months. When my brother booked to come down in January it was easy as to book a spot about a month out. I have no idea why demand now so outstrips supply.

I think there's been some wishful thinking over the last 18 months, very roughly - 'at some point most people who want to come home will have come home, and there'll be less pressure on the system soon'. Rather than the more complicated realities facing families, skills needs, urgent business, etc over time.

Tauranga Domain has gone from 'we need a bigger stadium' to 'just right'. Probably not worth spending well north of $100 million for a massive upgrade that might get filled with a tier two All Blacks match every second year. (Just freeload on the 'Tron ratepayers across the hill ), and maybe one Chiefs game a year.

I've been wondering about lights for the Domain, but even that may be a blessing in disguise with September and October sunny afternoon rugby.

From what I've heard

• Most people find the time in MIQ itself better than the expected
• But the booking process is horrific...

The demand/need for travel seems to have been constantly underestimated over the last 18 months....

(And it might even be true... https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2021/07/the-story-of-the-wooden-bombs-dropped-on-german-decoy-airfields-is-likely-true.html)

@crucial said in Olympics Thread:

@donsteppa said in Olympics Thread:

Is that Mark Watson obsessing on and on and on about the Australian result in the canoe slalom in commentary?

He did a bloody good job until then. Was a big difference having a commentator that had done their homework and was able to think on their feet.
The general feed commentary has been rubbish (that includes TJ)

It's rare that someone winning a bronze medal can be made to sound like they'd abjectly failed - and for it to be repeated ad nauseum. We changed the channel in the end...

Is that Mark Watson obsessing on and on and on about the Australian result in the canoe slalom in commentary?

I've caught bits and pieces of SENZ while in the car. My initial impression was "SENZ, it's Kiwi for adverts", but some of the content has grown on me.

Can’t miss those tackles.