@mariner4life said in Hello Boomer...:

@voodoo said in Hello Boomer...:

@mariner4life said in Hello Boomer...:

@No-Quarter totally works at NBL games

It does, but...

I'm a basketball guy through and through, played since I was 5 blah blah blah. And I still watch and follow the game.

BUT, there is no getting away from the fact that basketball fans at live games are by and large fcking weirdos. So many games I've been sitting there and feel like I'm at a Dungeons and Dragons Convention. It's a beautiful combination of family fun and a great night out for inbred couples.

where the fuck are you going to games?

Taipans, I heard.

@mariner4life said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:

fuck i love Steve Waugh. He's up there with the prime alphas (with Viv)

Did you guys see taht thing that was floating around facebook last week about the England captain being completely alpha-ed by Viv. It's fucking great

Heh heh! That was excellent. PLay who you want, it does not matter.

@antipodean said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:

@Hooroo His mental toughness and will to win was amazing.

Absolutely. What sealed it for me was when he had to tough out a torn medial ligament during the Ashes in England. He said after he scored the century that he had to show England that Aussie were tougher.

I was at the match and was kind of supporting England until then

@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:

Steve Waugh is still the king though. Here is further evidence:

Favourite.Cricketer.Ever!

@barbarian said in Aussie Cricket 2019/20:

This looks like it's going to be incredible viewing:

Interesting how Steve Waugh is surprised he was still being booed going back out.

It's funny seeing Serena at the end of the match shaking hands. She absolutely dwarfs her opponents in height and sheer size.

@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:

latest gym pest whinge

fluffybunnies in stringlets working out with either no towel, or something inadequate, like a fucking tea towel (FFS). It's hot even in the airconed gym you feral pigs. Bring appropriate equipment.

Also fluffybunnies who try and use two stations at once. It's not your private workout area fluffybunny

Running still going, but in a nice change, i'm doing it with my boys. Slows it down a bit, but not much. 5km park run on the weekend they are doing in 32 mins, which is pretty good. And then we are doing a 7km during the week at about the same pace. The heat does get to them a bit though, even doing it at the start and end of the day.

I expect the older one to get faster pretty quick, as he is absolutely built for it, but the youngest is surprising the hell out of me with how he is busting them out.

I'm seeing a PT at 0530 each a few times a week and I even feel guilty when she has me covering two piece of equipment. There aren't a lot of people there at that time though

@Machpants said in Tennis:

@Paekakboyz said in Tennis:

I think Budge is one of the best operators in NZ. Dude has built awesome relationships with players and organizers, and he plays the long game really well to. Just keeps upping the ante every year.

Well done and I bet he was happy Serena got the W too

Serena has got the W in four different decades! She's probebly the most amazing athlete of this era

Really??? That is incredible. Was her first ATP win (or equivalent back then) in the late 90's?

Not all bad news regarding Luke

*Gatland said the Chiefs had been managing Jacobson's return.

"He's been settling back into a lot of conditioning work and started to do some contact work," he said.

"The aim for Luke is to come in for round three once he's got up to speed with all the fitness and contact work, when he feels comfortable.

"The most important thing is to get a full clearance from the medics. He looks sharp and is pretty excited, and looking really good."

Gatland told Foster the All Blacks have an open invitation to attend trainings and speak to the players. He sees promoting players into the test squad as an essential part of his job.

The Chiefs are sleeping in tents and sleeping bags this week, in preparation for Friday's pre-season game against the Blues in Waihi.

All Blacks will not be available but Gatland hopes some will line up in the Super Rugby opener at Eden Park on January 31.
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@Tim That sucks for Luke.