The Silver Fern

@Duluth said in Avatar behaviour - Safari:

@JC

Has this just started happening? Nothing has changed on the site

No mate, not new. I’m just too lazy to address things usually.

Fixed now though.

@Mick-Gold-Coast-QLD

Front row: As a long term student and tradesman in the craft I was delighted when your Con Barrell (Auckland, Canterbury, Crusaders) turned up here some years ago, helping out with our juniors. We have enjoyed discussion on this vital subject many times over. 🙂

Carl Hayman's career fascinated me. He was way too tall for front row, yet then Sir Graham had him switch to tight head back in '03 or '04! I recalled the extra attention I had from my bloke to deal with my height at 6 feet, which was tall way back then - useful for No 2 in the lineout but his focus was on getting the open side technique right, to secure scrum ball. He came from a more educated position than most, he had competed in the field in the '62 Empire Games under an Eastern European master and he worked on precision, as his coach had.

I had a look through the record to find that Hayman was the tallest front rower used by the All Blacks from the late '70s until his departure in 2007.

Of the 21 players just four were less than 40 mm of his height and his most frequent partner, Tony Woodcock, was 90 mm (3½") shorter - at loose head. How did that work? Carl must have had double jointed knees to get his back down far enough, and parallel!

Was there anything else you need help on? 😁

@machpants said in Old Movies:

@mariner4life said in Old Movies:

@duluth looool! holy fuck i forgot about that!!!! that's fucking great

one assumes Peter Jackson won't be putting that in if he ever ends up making that movie?

There is a school of thought the dog's name is the reason why it is stalled. There is no way around it, damned if you're historically accurate, damned if you wash it out. Easier just not to make the movie

The dog's name has been (ironically) over-dubbed as 'Trigger' in most copies of the movie for a long time now.

It was quite funny when watching Māori TV one Sunday arvo and the original cut was playing.

The risk of batting with Inzamam Ul Haq

i love watching a commercial kitchen. Sat next to an open one in St Kilda a couple of years back. I was fascinated by their hot plate. Over actual coals, on a pully system so they moved it up and down depending on what they were cooking. It was awesome.

Fucking great meal too from memory (i also drank a skinfull)

Foster's backline looked great against Ireland. Be interesting to see how they go in the next two games. No problem with Hansen sharing praise with his deputy when he does a good job. Foster will be a serious applicant to the AB's Chief role.

Joseph and Robertson have had much more success as Head Coach so are the favourites to succeed Hansen IMHO.

@bovidae said in Quake:

Scanning through the Stuff article most people near the epicentre felt little or nothing. Bigger shakes in the lower NI and SI.

Anything deep in Central NI tends to throw waves out that get felt far more in places like Welly.
They're the ones that you hear coming like a truck. Luckily they also tend to have lost any sharpness by the time they are felt.
Mind you I have been up Ruapehu when there was one centered nearby. That was a bit freaky.

Info on TVNZ+ takeover of Spark Sport content -
TVNZ+ is set to be the new home of sport in Aotearoa from 1 July. The close calls, the big hits and the even bigger stars. And because we've got it, you get it LIVE and FREE!

From Saturday, a new sports hub will be available on TVNZ+, bringing to you your favourite sports, with live events, replays and highlights. The line-up will be filled to the brim with these sports and more;

🏏 NZ-based cricket: home internationals, all Dream11 Super Smash matches and domestic one-day matches

🏈 NFL

🏍 MotoGP™

🏎 FIA World Rally Championship

🎾 US Open Tennis

🏀 FIBA (Federation International Basketball Association)

🏃 Wanda Diamond League

🇼🇸 Lakapi Samoa (Manu Samoa Rugby)

⭐️ and so much more!

But in the meantime, don't miss The Ashes second test starting tomorrow (Wednesday) from 9pm on TVNZ DUKE and TVNZ+. Brendon McCullum's English side will be chasing revenge after a nail biting loss to the Aussies in the first test.

Competition? What do I win?

@Mokey said in Cripple fight - Bryan Gould has a go at The Walrus:

Didn't we come to the conclusion that back in the Dark Ages when Jones was a lad, he had his heart broken by a New Zealander (I'm not going to specify gender) and that is the source of his everlasting bile?

Gender?

I'd be querying species ...