That's ridiculous. Not often I feel sorry for the Reds. They deserved to score then.

@Paekakboyz said in Building myself back up:

@Rancid-Schnitzel shudder to think what your food bill would be. You guys must mow through the kai!

Youngest isn't so bad yet but eldest is ridiculous. Luckily he prefers quantity over quality so I get off pretty lightly. There is also a school mother who works at a big supermarket chain who nabs heaps of bakery stuff that they want to chuck out. That makes a big difference because eldest eats 6-8 rolls for lunch each day. I also live off chicken and rice so I'm a cheap overhead. One of those dudes selling that Home Fresh or whatever it is where they send stuff to your house was at the door yesterday and I just had to laugh. Eldest would inhale most of a family meal.

Is that Bevis or Butthead playing scrum-half for the Reds?

Wtf? That's probably the worst TMO decision I've ever seen.

@barbarian said in Aussie Politics:

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Aussie Politics:

But was Andrews elected because of climate or because a shit load is being done in Victoria at the moment? For all his faults my understanding is that he has kicked off a heap of projects and the wheels are turning nicely. Cranes and construction everywhere are always a good look. Makes people think that things are getting accomplished.

Oh of course there were a lot of factors at play there too. But Andrews, I'd wager, is the most left-wing leader in this country by a margin. He's very vocal in his views on climate, LGBT rights, etc.

For sure, but Victoria is pretty left-wing isn't it? Actually while Labor obviously have a Qld problem, the Libs appear to have a Victoria problem. Not much blue there.

As an aside it was great to see Julia Banks humiliated. Would be difficult to find a more self entitled cry-baby in politics. Awesome captain's pick there Malcolm.

Caught some of the Parramatta game last night. That new stadium they have there looks absolutely superb.

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@jegga said in TV Serieseseses:

@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:

@jegga said in TV Serieseseses:

@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:

@jegga said in TV Serieseseses:

@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:

@jegga said in TV Serieseseses:

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in TV Serieseseses:

@jegga said in TV Serieseseses:

I would stoked if they made a miniseries of the German version. This one looks decent though.

You guys may be thinking of the Forgotten Soldier? Brilliant book about half Frenchie on the Eastern Front. That Dutch director who made Total Recall (veerhoven?) was talking about making a film about that, but it was years ago. The Finnish theatre of war was pretty amazing. The Winter War is a good film and I'd love to see this latest one. The stuff the Finns did in WW2 was absolutely incredible. Tough as fecking nails.

That’s the one. There’s some doubt about if all true or not, cracking read though.

The Finns in the continuation war did amazing things , gets a bit complicated with the Nazi involvement though

Yeah, always feel a bit sorry for the Fins. They really had no option but to align themselves with the Nazis even though they weren't really "on their side".

The Germans tried to give iron crosses to three Finnish Jews who fought alongside them .
It got really messy at the end when the Germans had to evacuate after the Finns were given a deadline to join the allies too. Really interesting part of the war .

That was called the Lapland War IIRC?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation_War

Nah, I was meaning the one between the Nazis and the Fins when the Fins swapped sides. Let me check Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland_War

With you now, I thought you were talking about the earlier part. They did very well considering. I think some Swedes joined them along with the Germans but not in an officially recognised way

Several thousand, including many Norwegians and even Hungarians (because of the linguistic connection I guess). What's weird is that during the Winter War the Allies were preparing plans to assist the Finns against the Russians by invading the north of Norway. Norway were shit scared of the Germans and didn't want to let them in. Could have had a major outcome on the war if the whole thing had gone ahead.

Churchill goaded Germany into invading Norway that way . It cost the poms an aircraft carrier when they did turn up though.
The allies gave the Finns some obsolete stuff like Gloster Gladiators and Brewster buffalos that they took the armour out of and tore the Russians a new one with .

This is a cracking read, I had no idea that Churchill was actually seriously expecting a nuclear strike on the uk for a couple of years due to the Nazis having Norwegian heavy water.

https://www.amazon.com/Hunting-Nazi-Bomb-Sabotage-Deadliest-ebook/dp/B07HNTRGH6

Should also be mentioned that the Winter War is the origin of the Molotov Cocktail. Molotov being the Soviet Foreign Minister at the time.

Think Friday has to be my designated rest day. Buggered and sore. Swimming last night. Head coach and former Olympian took over. Good bloke. Did a mix of stuff which tbh wasn't as bad as the young bastards, but the 10x100m with 10sec in between was a cnut.

Shouldn't complain though. My eldest had to go 60x100m yesterday. Yep, that is 6km. He was severely Friar Tucked after that.

@jegga said in TV Serieseseses:

@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:

@jegga said in TV Serieseseses:

@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:

@jegga said in TV Serieseseses:

@Nepia said in TV Serieseseses:

@jegga said in TV Serieseseses:

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in TV Serieseseses:

@jegga said in TV Serieseseses:

I would stoked if they made a miniseries of the German version. This one looks decent though.

You guys may be thinking of the Forgotten Soldier? Brilliant book about half Frenchie on the Eastern Front. That Dutch director who made Total Recall (veerhoven?) was talking about making a film about that, but it was years ago. The Finnish theatre of war was pretty amazing. The Winter War is a good film and I'd love to see this latest one. The stuff the Finns did in WW2 was absolutely incredible. Tough as fecking nails.

That’s the one. There’s some doubt about if all true or not, cracking read though.

The Finns in the continuation war did amazing things , gets a bit complicated with the Nazi involvement though

Yeah, always feel a bit sorry for the Fins. They really had no option but to align themselves with the Nazis even though they weren't really "on their side".

The Germans tried to give iron crosses to three Finnish Jews who fought alongside them .
It got really messy at the end when the Germans had to evacuate after the Finns were given a deadline to join the allies too. Really interesting part of the war .

That was called the Lapland War IIRC?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation_War

Nah, I was meaning the one between the Nazis and the Fins when the Fins swapped sides. Let me check Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland_War

With you now, I thought you were talking about the earlier part. They did very well considering. I think some Swedes joined them along with the Germans but not in an officially recognised way

Several thousand, including many Norwegians and even Hungarians (because of the linguistic connection I guess). What's weird is that during the Winter War the Allies were preparing plans to assist the Finns against the Russians by invading the north of Norway. Norway were shit scared of the Germans and didn't want to let them in. Could have had a major outcome on the war if the whole thing had gone ahead.

@barbarian said in Aussie Politics:

I think putting the election result down to a single issue is a bit silly. As is the idea that Morrison swept to power and Shorten was soundly rejected by the electorate.

The margin in this election was still relatively fine. Morrison has a very slim majority. And I'd argue that Labor actually lost this election in northern Tasmania and Victoria. Queensland was always going to be a shit show for them (although nobody thought it would be bad enough to lose Longman and be in trouble in Lilley).

What was interesting was the seats that Labor should have held/picked up down south - losing Bass and Braddon, and failing to win Chisolm, La Trobe, and pick up a slightly safer Lib seat like Flinders or Deakin. A difference of just five seats takes Morrison back to 73, and Labor up to 72 where they stand a realistic shot at forming power.

It's easy enough to look at Queensland and bring it back to mining, climate, tax etc. But Victoria? This is the state that elected Dan Andrews in a landslide. Climate was clearly an issue on the agenda, and yet the Liberals held seats they were predicted to lose.

I don't think there is one answer as to why that happened, but I think taxation and the economy was higher on the list than climate in driving Victorian votes, and probably northern Tassie too.

But was Andrews elected because of climate or because a shit load is being done in Victoria at the moment? For all his faults my understanding is that he has kicked off a heap of projects and the wheels are turning nicely. Cranes and construction everywhere are always a good look. Makes people think that things are getting accomplished.