@Bones said in BIL Lions - Warburton: not the Test captain?:
BOD fans must still be really bitter the Lions won, having dropped a has been and replaced him with a can do...
Wouldn't be a proper lions series without BOD being dropped by a kiwi and being bitter about it .
@NTA said in Beaver book:
This thread is far less pornographic than the title suggests.
Were you looking for a book about a fluffybunny?
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
I'm not sure why it's a big deal, just don't watch it if you're not interested (like haka and anthems). It's a few minutes out of a nearly 3 hour game and pre match.
You appear to be new to the internet.
Laurel Hubbard pulls out of the women’s weightlifting due to injury, medical staff suspect she twisted a testicle.
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@Rugger-Quizzes said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #2:
ABs staying at the intercontinental in Wgtn near my work and saw a few of them about. Nice to see most of the tight 5 head off to Fritz's Weiners for some food! Saw Crotty as well, didn't seem to be limping about so maybe hammy not as bad as thought!
Odd, I haven't received my breakfast invite yet.
Apparently BOD was a pundit on the Irish coverage and didn't take the result well. If anyone has the footage and can post it I will be eternally grateful
@ACT-Crusader said in All Black Squad for Rugby Championship:
I swear all you have to do is wear a red n black jersey and you are a certainty....
@rancid-schnitzel said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@mn5 said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
Joe Stanley was the big hard midfielder of that era and was under 90kg if I recall correctly.
Just makes me realise how much the AB selectors missed a trick by not picking Marty 'Chuck' Berry. He woulda absolutely dominated.
According to his stats, he was 83kg. That's probably lighter than Andrew Mehrtens.
That’s not saying much.Have you seen Mehrtens lately?
He was at the cafe when I had breakfast with Joe Moody , Jerome Kaino , Damien McKenzie and Liam Squire . Mehrts defence was always a bit suspect but he can tackle any buffet by the looks of him.
@canefan said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
If you assume that the police and lawyers' case got through to the truth, then it's typical BS from the bully's mum. Great camera work to film it all yourself while getting the bash
Filmed in portrait mode too . Clearly the bully is a fluffybunny of monumental porpotions .
@stargazer said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Man, so much hate in this thread. Clearly lockdown is getting to some people. Or too much alcohol.
I'm out.
Kia ora all and gfys.
I'm sure you're out @stargazer, most people who are fully onboard with the cult of Ardern think the opposition is out of line questioning policy let alone anyone one social media. Its not exactly a healthy state of affairs and you'd have to go back Robs mob in the Muldoon era to find anything similar here.
I see you think Wiles is beyond reproach , fuck knows why. She's been utterly desperate to be famous and before covid came along she had a couple of attempts at trying to get some sort of fame, including a bizarre Ted talk about the vital issue of gender bias in lego minifigures
She's seized onto covid like a stray tim tam on the floor and she's used it to build a brand and is actually monetised it from fools donating to her. Of course she hasn't actually stuck to covid she's spouted left wing talking points and supported every government decision while deriding any scientist who disagrees with the governments covid approach and has been well rewarded for it . A quick look at her twitter reveals dozens of people thanking her and posting messages of support, due in no small part to her blocking the many thousands of people who criticise her.
My old mad died four weeks ago and we had to wait till level 2 to have a funeral more than 10 people can attend , we had the funeral yesterday and we all wore masks as per rules she helped put in place Rules she doesn't think apply to her apparently, she makes the rules and she's supposed to set an example instead she laughs it off and takes to social media to talk about how a morbidly obese person exercises.
image url)Except she wouldn't have been surprised because she rang Bloomfield to tell him that was another of her lies .
Dr Bloomfield said he received an explanation from Dr Wiles.
"I've had a message from Siouxsie who described what happened. From what she told me, it didn't sound like protocols were breached, and I don't think that the person who went into the water what they did could be described as a swim," he said.
So we wait four weeks to say goodbye to my old man , we obeyed the level 2 rules when mum was in the hospice but she can go 5km from her home and loll around on the beach while her friend goes swimming? Oh get fucked.
I know people seem to think Ardern and co have covered covid well because we didn't get slammed like some countries overseas. That was down to luck more than management , don't believe me? She rode her luck far too long putting off mass gatherings and border controls for as long as possible so she could garner some overseas coverage from march 15 commemorations and then had to go into the worlds toughest lockdown or has she put it hard and early .
.My old man had his first stroke the month before lockdown and was in the stroke ward in hospital , the hospital gradually ramped up their restrictions until one day I was locked out and forbidden to enter. So we went into lockdown and we were dreading any phone call in case it was someone ringing to tell us he'd died alone in hospital and we never got to say goodbye. We did our best to accept that everyone was making sacrifices and this was ours, you can imagine how furious we were when Simon Bridges had to get an online petition together to actually set up a quarantine because before that you could get off a plane from pretty much anywhere and head to the nearest supermarket queue and then to your unmonitored self quarantine.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/04/coronavirus-national-s-petition-for-mandatory-quarantining-received-unprecedented-response-simon-bridges.html
Think about that for a second, we go into the worlds hardest lockdown and leave our borders effectively open.
The government has spent 18 months sniffing their own farts and hasn't increased icu capacity and we have doctors and nurses leaving because the incompetents that run immigration can't be bothered processing their applications. If we get an outbreak like Sydney expect carnage .
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/450641/almost-3000-doctors-and-nurses-waiting-to-apply-for-skilled-migrant-residence
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/07/more-than-1000-registered-doctors-and-nurses-waiting-in-new-zealand-residency-queue.html
We've been riding our luck throughout all of this , anyone who expects the architects of kiwibuild or the vaccine rollout to be competent is delusional and theres only so many KFC workers you can throw under the bus. Speaking of kiwibuild expect small building companies to fall over due to materials shortages and delays of at least six months on some supplies and larger companies hoarding materials. Also people who have used kiwisaver as a deposit on a new home are now finding out the huge materials price increases mean that they aren't eligible for a mortgage anymore and will have to cancel their builds.
On to the media ,the team of $55 million [and counting] it'd be nice if they actually applied the same amount of scrutiny to the government as they do to National or act . Its down to a combination of our left leaning media class being in thrall of Ardern and her and her and her handlers constant threats to cut off access if they ask hard questions . Michael Morrah deserves praise for being one of the only ones to be actually asking hard questions.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/bruce-cotterill-local-media-need-to-find-their-teeth-again/RB2EERPJ7KEFIULKOWPYQJYPTE/
One final thought @stargazer people like you and the others who have mainlined the Ardern Koolaid seemed to have learned nothing from the past five years. its very obvious when people are belittled and ignored by the smug media and political classes and when they are told what they can see with their own eyes isn't happening you end up with Trump and Brexit .
At the moment labour and national are pepsi and coke policy wise, don't expect this to last as Ardern keeps pushing further and further into endless lockdowns due to their incompetence at the border ,propping up a compliant media, He Pua Pua and three waters etc. Whichever one of National and Act promise to roll back the most of Arderns bullshit has my vote and if you ask around I reckon you'd find I'm very much I'm alone in thinking that.
End rant and once again gfys
Just a quick PSA I can't confirm that alcohol will be delivered by supermarkets, so you have 2 and a half hours to get some if your plan is to not leave the house for four weeks.
much aroha to all of you, stay safe. Catch up in a while
He was a practical joker when he was in the black caps wasn't he?
By practical joker I mean annoying attention seeking twat.
"Elizabeth Warren got kicked out of another race where she doesn't belong"
Ouch.
@jegga Does he mean that our Israel wears a Nigerian flag in the ring maybe?
Reading the comments, it seems as the UFC shows the flag of country of birth. Which amusingly, would be Aussie for Styris
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@jegga Does he mean that our Israel wears a Nigerian flag in the ring maybe?
He was born there, lived there till he was 10 but country of birth is listed as nationality by the UFC
So Styris would be an aussie.
Full name Scott Bernard Styris
Born 10 July 1975 (age 44)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
I've seen pictures of him with both flags, he posted this after the rwc semi final