@NTA said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:

@Virgil said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:

Want to see class rewatch Kane getting his ‘match winning’ 100.

Class is awesome.

Trophies are better.

Amazingly Warner isn’t even the biggest fluffybunny in that photo

@R-L said in Lockdown Check In:

Had a few nice days in Cornwall, Looe, over the weekend, came home early as it seems spending time with my husband is actually a shit idea and looks like I'm probably getting divorced pretty soon.
Sounds like I'm joking but I'm not. Let's hope we don't get lockdown again anytime soon.

Been there done that but you can come out of it as great friends if you’re both grown up about it and above all compromise. My ex wife ended up with a great bloke, they have two kids who I adore and she just wrote my other half a sickening ( in a nice way....I think ) lovey dovey birthday greeting today. They’re basically bffs and naturally yours truly bears the brunt of any grief. Turns out I haven’t gotten any better at housework over the years.

Don’t ever fight in front of the kids or have a go at hubby just to ‘one up’....not sure how many kids you have but always remember that one. You might be in for a rough few months or years....depends on you and your situation. Luckily for me my ex was willing to work at things, as was I. No lawyers ( apart from those needed for property division etc ) compromise, putting the boys first etc. My folks and I even went to her sisters wedding this year prior to lockdown. It was a fucken awesome shindig and we were touched we got the invite.

Hopefully you both remember you got married in the first place for a reason. Maybe you drifted apart, differed as the years went by, other parties ( MN5 raises a guilty hand ).....but particular when there’s children involved it’s SO important to put differences aside and focus on the fact that person is the other 50% of what made the kid (s).

Best of luck to ya, you’ll come out the other side stronger

@Virgil said in Police Officer reported shot dead:

@Hooroo said in Police Officer reported shot dead:

@Virgil said in Police Officer reported shot dead:

No one should go to work and not expect to make it home safely.
I guess we are lucky at least these are so rare, first instance since 2009 accoutring to the media.

I'm pleasantly surprised by that stat. It feels more regular.

Yeah it is a reassuring stat but then any lose is terrible. I’d imagine other parts of the world it’s a daily occurrence.

Just the 33rd in NZ. Sadly for my family, as a few ferners are aware, one of those was my Grandad.

Shit like this always makes my Mum in particular pretty sad so I best give her a bell. Never nice to see her fathers name on the news.

No words to describe the piece of human filth who committed this latest offence so I won’t even bother trying.

What if someone in a wheelchair needed a dump while Aaron was off having fun?

Rugby players are worse than Hitler.

@taniwharugby said in Parenting:

@NTA rarely do either of us ever take our phones into our room, we dont use iPads much either and never for watching stuff in our room (we do have a TV in there though) more so since Miss 11 stood on one of them and has cracked the screen.

TR Jnr is pushing the boundaries on his phone, but I say we dont have ours in our room, so neither do you.

Ex and I got the boy an Iphone for his 12th birthday last friday. Needless to say there's already an absolute shitload of Star Wars and Bond memes getting sent. Just totally over the top. Some of them aren't even that funny.

I suspect he'll get annoyed at the constant bombardment and block my number sooner or later.

@sammyc said in Roger Tuivasa-Sheck:

@cgrant said in Roger Tuivasa-Sheck:

Do the ABs need him for the 2019 RWC ?
For the back three, they have : Ben Smith, Israel Dagg, NMS, Jordie Barrett, DMac, Naholo, Ioane, Savea, Havili, Duffie and Tamanivalu, plus maybe Nanai, Alaimalo, Will Jordan and Caleb Clarke if they can step up.

No

Bit of a long winded rambling post but you made your point eventually I guess

@antipodean said in Aussie Rugby in general:

@Machpants said in Aussie Rugby in general:

When he posts it loud and proud on social media, it is everyone's business

He broke the Inclusion Policy of AR (2014) that he signed up to, just the same as everyone who signs up to specific behaviour for their job. He got a warning last time - apparently not this time

If everyone just went about their daily lives and ignored his post the world would be a better place. Instead everyone is running around drawing attention to it, magnifying the problem they assert exists. Does anybody think sacking him will stop him posting religious nonsense?

What does the ARU think his fellow religious PIs think about this outcome?

I disagree with this 100%.

He’s in an incredibly privileged position, even by pro sportsman’s standards. He’s been clearly warned to tow the line when he’s done this in the past.

He hasn’t.

He’s upset a whole bunch of sponsors who help foot the bill for his massive salary.

Fuck him and all he stands for.

On the piss in town last night and I have to say that every single Lions fan is an absolute GGC. Great folk to talk shit with. Such a decent bunch. My Mum is a fan too after getting her car stuck on the ledge of a drive she was using to turn around in. A group of about 6 of them lifted her car ( Suzuki swift ) back onto the roadside. Legends.

Town is just pumping. 2005 all over again, only difference is my fucken head aches way more than it did at 28.

@canefan said in R.I.P. 2020:

@booboo said in R.I.P. 2020:

@pakman said in R.I.P. 2020:

Dave Halligan. The AB who wasn’t?

Meant Hewie got a look in which kept whatever the equivalent of ranting on the internet in 1981 was fully active.

Talkback?

It's still a thing. I remember listening to Radio sport a few years back the morning after an AB loss. Some old bloke whinged that Richie McCaw had let him down personally and that he made much better decisions when he captained the ( insert generic bumfuck New Zealand town ) under 21s back in 1959.

Apparently that's the same amount of pressure as a test match in South Africa in front of 60,000 Afrikaaners. .

@taniwharugby said in Cannabis debate:

Seriously?

My guess is this person wants to know which way they should vote

DISCLAIMER: ****I didnt read the article, just the headline

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https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300117812/election-2020-if-jacinda-ardern-supports-cannabis-legalisation-she-should-say-so

I find that definitely helps with the outrage and offence

@Bones said in Highlanders 2021:

@shark said in Highlanders 2021:

Thompson has been a bloody good player for 5-6 seasons. He may have been below par this year but he's still put together a much, much more impressive body of work than Walden.

Yeah who cares if he's playing awful, he was great in 2019. That's really sound thinking. Wonder why he fell off a cliff this year? Almost like he was made to look even better by a player inside him...

You must be all over the NMS signing, I mean how good was he 5 years ago?

His recent sprint training with Owen Franks really paid off

@JK said in UFC:

@raznomore said in UFC:

Somethings brewing. Lots of chatter about Izzy right pec. I noticed during the ring intros that it looked weird. People are claiming it’s Gynecomastia.

I really hope it’s just a pec tear.

He got asked about it in the post fight press conference and just replied "why you looking at my titties?" and moved on

I heard that one alot in my tinder days.

@Victor-Meldrew said in R.I.P. 2020:

@MN5

Staple band in NZ in the 60's - seemed on TV all the time.

Some NZ music royalty started their careers with Max Merritt over the years - Billy Christian & Bruno Laurence in particular. For that he deserves a big thumbs up.

I rang the old man and mentioned it. He said he wasn't much of a fan but then again he's pretty brutally honest when it comes to music.

This is a trait I'm glad I inherited.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/2018765611/max-merritt-slips-away

I bet ‘journalists’ have been waiting years just to use this line.

Hopefully Jake the Muss is raising a quart bottle as a tribute....