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It's only day one and I'm bored af.

I need work to feel validated

Wignu wrote:

Hareaway wrote:Just watched an old landers game on the tube ... Isitola Maka ... how good .?

Anyway take care team

Did Eug make it back ?

He made it back, just by the skin of his teeth apparently.

Did he have a direct flight to CHCH? If not he'll be parked up in isolation at a motel near you (Aucklanders).

Couch wrote:It's only day one and I'm bored af.

I need work to feel validated

Wanna drive a tractor ?

ABfan! wrote:How come supermarkets and dairys are allowed open but not butcher shops or other businesses competing on essentially same market?

eg green grocers like t-market fresh or the mad butcher?

dont get it.

surely they are all allowed open or none?

would it not be better to allow the lockdown "off" say ...every fourth day 12-4 otherwise everythings shut.

progressives and foodstuffs must be rolling around on the floor laughing at this.

Because everything you can get at a butchers or greengrocers or fruit shop etc, you can get at a supermarket or dairy.

So you don't need them open.

Its not about economic competition or "fairness"

Its about stopping the virus by cutting down interaction to the barest minimum

JB1981 wrote:Anyone heard any awkward lockdown stories?

My wife just told me about a colleague’s situation. Her husband told her the marriage was over several months ago but has stalled on selling the house so she thought there was a chance of patching things up. Come the eve of the lockdown he decided he didn’t want to be away from the kids so returned home with his surprise new girlfriend. That’s going to be a fun time together.

JB1981 wrote:Anyone heard any awkward lockdown stories?

My wife just told me about a colleague’s situation. Her husband told her the marriage was over several months ago but has stalled on selling the house so she thought there was a chance of patching things up. Come the eve of the lockdown he decided he didn’t want to be away from the kids so returned home with his surprise new girlfriend. That’s going to be a fun time together.

My mate is locked up with his wife, she was born deaf and her way of arguing is to yell very loudly what she wants to say so he can't get a word in then turn off her hearing aids and ignore him. This happens quite regularly even when they are both working, when they are locked up together........

Gunna be a looooooooooong 28 days for him.

Seneca of the Night wrote:

Hareaway wrote:Just watched an old landers game on the tube ... Isitola Maka ... how good .?

Anyway take care team

Did Eug make it back ?

Maka should have been a great All Black. I wonder what happened there.

John Hart happened. Taine Randell was his No.8.

Between looking after the kids, and work, I'm absolutely stacked out. The missus and I are working in shifts. I do 8 till 2 for work while she looks after the kids, then we swap and I look after the kids while she works until it's time for bed. I'm going to be absolutely drained by the end of this.

JB1981 wrote:Anyone heard any awkward lockdown stories?

My wife just told me about a colleague’s situation. Her husband told her the marriage was over several months ago but has stalled on selling the house so she thought there was a chance of patching things up. Come the eve of the lockdown he decided he didn’t want to be away from the kids so returned home with his surprise new girlfriend. That’s going to be a fun time together.

Oh man that is bad.

I have an opposite story. Mate of mine is officially single but has a lady friend he catches up with 2-3 times a week. He definitely does not want to hook up with her permanently but enjoys her company. They had to make the big decision. Spend 4 weeks living together or not see each other for 4 weeks. They were close to making the call to lockdown together but then her daughter came home from university for the lockdown period so that made their decision for them.

I asked him how he was coping not seeing her and he said they were going to have online virtual sex.

booji boy wrote:

JB1981 wrote:Anyone heard any awkward lockdown stories?

My wife just told me about a colleague’s situation. Her husband told her the marriage was over several months ago but has stalled on selling the house so she thought there was a chance of patching things up. Come the eve of the lockdown he decided he didn’t want to be away from the kids so returned home with his surprise new girlfriend. That’s going to be a fun time together.

Oh man that is bad.

I have an opposite story. Mate of mine is officially single but has a lady friend he catches up with 2-3 times a week. He definitely does not want to hook up with her permanently but enjoys her company. They had to make the big decision. Spend 4 weeks living together or not see each other for 4 weeks. They were close to making the call to lockdown together but then her daughter came home from university for the lockdown period so that made their decision for them.

I asked him how he was coping not seeing her and he said they were going to have online virtual sex.

Ha. Fortunately for him I think that he's OK to move between - the combined three of them can be a single bubble across two houses. The important thing is no leaks between bubbles, not that they're in one house or two (hence kids with shared parenting). I'm clarifying that situation for myself over the next few days.

So, who didn't bother with pants today?

I wonder what the domestic violence rates are going to be next month I expect a sharp spike

Couch wrote:I wonder what the domestic violence rates are going to be next month I expect a sharp spike

Give it a break.

Fat Old Git wrote:So, who didn't bother with pants today?

Aren't you essential?

For anyone with a mortgage and is considering taking a mortgage holiday should read this first:

https://www.stevegoodey.com/would-you-t ... pdhErQrc10

deadduck wrote:

Fat Old Git wrote:So, who didn't bother with pants today?

Aren't you essential?

Yep, but able to work from home.

mr bungle wrote:

Wignu wrote:

Hareaway wrote:Just watched an old landers game on the tube ... Isitola Maka ... how good .?

Anyway take care team

Did Eug make it back ?

He made it back, just by the skin of his teeth apparently.

Did he have a direct flight to CHCH? If not he'll be parked up in isolation at a motel near you (Aucklanders).

Fvck he's a bell isn't he. It's irritating to just read his posts let alone be in the company of the man.

Seneca of the Night wrote:

Hareaway wrote:Just watched an old landers game on the tube ... Isitola Maka ... how good .?

Anyway take care team

Did Eug make it back ?

Maka should have been a great All Black. I wonder what happened there.

His work ethic was, how you say "like Akira Ioane's."

booji boy wrote:

Seneca of the Night wrote:

Hareaway wrote:Just watched an old landers game on the tube ... Isitola Maka ... how good .?

Anyway take care team

Did Eug make it back ?

Maka should have been a great All Black. I wonder what happened there.

John Hart happened. Taine Randell was his No.8.

Nah, no way Maka was mobile enough for test rugby. He was deadly at provincial level but too leaden of hoof for international rugby.

Say what you want about Randell - cruiser, overrated, the worst AB captain in test history - he was at least athletic.

jdogscoop wrote:

mr bungle wrote:

Wignu wrote:

Hareaway wrote:Just watched an old landers game on the tube ... Isitola Maka ... how good .?

Anyway take care team

Did Eug make it back ?

He made it back, just by the skin of his teeth apparently.

Did he have a direct flight to CHCH? If not he'll be parked up in isolation at a motel near you (Aucklanders).

Fvck he's a bell isn't he. It's irritating to just read his posts let alone be in the company of the man.

I really was looking forward watching the Cru with him, he's a good'un.

At least you buggers can go to the shops , we can’t even go out the front door !

I’ll have to make do with the back decking .

Thank goodness I took the advice of the Air NZ customer service and went on the first flight available.

She said many were pushing it back a few days , I guess they are looking at hotels now , with no room service .

Main reason why I pushed it as long as I did was the fact that for my brother it was pretty much a one off , a trip a small inheritance already paid for to my mother’s favourite country in the world . He is of the autistic spectrum and it was all a pretty big deal . Luckily I got my timing right , or I could have been heading to divorce* .

As I said my other 1/2 is seriously committed, can you imagine the most dangerous and mentally unwell offenders having their delusional beliefs systems confirmed ?

It’s the end of the world !!

Kiwias wrote:

jdogscoop wrote:

mr bungle wrote:

Wignu wrote:

Hareaway wrote:Just watched an old landers game on the tube ... Isitola Maka ... how good .?

Anyway take care team

Did Eug make it back ?

He made it back, just by the skin of his teeth apparently.

Did he have a direct flight to CHCH? If not he'll be parked up in isolation at a motel near you (Aucklanders).

Fvck he's a bell isn't he. It's irritating to just read his posts let alone be in the company of the man.

I really was looking forward watching the Cru with him, he's a good'un.

I was gutted when that was cancelled bro .

Couch wrote:For anyone with a mortgage and is considering taking a mortgage holiday should read this first:

https://www.stevegoodey.com/would-you-t ... pdhErQrc10

Yeah but if you're out of work and can't pay the mortgage temporary cash flow relief is exactly what some will need. Nobody that can afford to pay their mortgage should take it up.

jdogscoop wrote:

booji boy wrote:

Seneca of the Night wrote:

Hareaway wrote:Just watched an old landers game on the tube ... Isitola Maka ... how good .?

Anyway take care team

Did Eug make it back ?

Maka should have been a great All Black. I wonder what happened there.

John Hart happened. Taine Randell was his No.8.

Nah, no way Maka was mobile enough for test rugby. He was deadly at provincial level but too leaden of hoof for international rugby.

Say what you want about Randell - cruiser, overrated, the worst AB captain in test history - he was at least athletic.

Not a criticism of Randell just saying that after Hart played him as captain at No.8 and the All Blacks failed miserably (5 consecutive losses) in 1998 he brought Maka in at 8 and moved Randell to 6 and the AB's were much more effective. Thought that would be the selection going forward but oh no, Hart moved Randell back to 8 in 1999. And we all know what happened next

Randall was a very good 6 .

But a quite average to ineffective 8.


Wasn’t Maka taken out of the away game after crushing the Boks , before they began their unlikely comeback to win ?

Or is my memory playing tricks on me .

I also remember ( again perhaps faulty ) Olo Brown making utter mince meat of the Bok front row , over their line , standing up and laughing at them .

Pretty sure this f**ked his back ?

eugenius wrote:Randall was a very good 6 .

But a quite average to ineffective 8.


Wasn’t Maka taken out of the away game after crushing the Boks , before they began their unlikely comeback to win ?

Or is my memory playing tricks on me .

I also remember ( again perhaps faulty ) Olo Brown making utter mince meat of the Bok front row , over their line , standing up and laughing at them .

Pretty sure this f**ked his back ?

Yes correct. The AB's had built a very good lead and Maka had been very effective as a powerful ball runner at 8 helping us dominate the Boks to that point. Then Maka was taken out accidentally by a Robin Brooke elbow in the nose in a lineout and had to leave the field. That was when the Boks launched their comeback and we lost again! Fourth in a row I think. One more loss to the Wobblies in Sydney to complete our anus horribilis.

You don’t remember the scrums ?

Olo Brown was screaming !

I’ve never seen a Bok scrum get so munted.

Did him in even ?

eugenius wrote:You don’t remember the scrums ?

Olo Brown was screaming !

I’ve never seen a Bok scrum get so munted.

Did him in even ?

No I honestly don't really remember that aspect of the game. I know we were pretty dominant up until Maka went off.

Have you read back through this thread Eug? On page 612 SOTN, MIB and myself had an interesting discussion about your intrepid journey home.

Iirc didn't they have an SAS camp and Isi, Joeli and Jonah all turned up massively overweight and all came last in the 3k run. I remember it being on the 6 o'clock news and my mum laughing saying even she could run 3k in 20 minutes. Think I remember reading a book of Jonah's and he mentioned being bummed out they were even smoked by the props but one in particular embarrassed him, maybe someone coming back from an injury.

I did , and had abit of a chuckle .

Thing is I was watching the latest reports like a hawk , and had two people prompting me from that end as well , consisting reading Air NZ’s updates as well .

I was committed to this trip but not irresponsibly .
Having my brother to consider .

I think that I made the correct choices under some stress , but still had a ball.

Kyoto was great thanks .

Plus I was covered completely by my insurance.

Fat Old Git wrote:So, who didn't bother with pants today?

Wow, save something for casual Friday.

JB1981 wrote:

Fat Old Git wrote:So, who didn't bother with pants today?

Wow, save something for casual Friday.

This guy decided not to wear pants down on the farm but came to regret this decision.

https://www.facebook.com/35595851828132 ... 234103415/

Morning car count on Maioro St Akl. 0735 - 0745. 115 cars. Equates to 690 per hour. 5 trucks, 1 bus.

Last night 1740 - 1750. 98 cars. 4 trucks.

What lockdown? (OK, some will be essential workers)

I think you'll have to give the roads a bit of slack.
When it comes time for me to have a shop in a week or so I'll be taking a drive for it.

There's no way I'm calling into the petri dish of Park n spend Lincoln Road or any of the west Auckland mainstream supermarkets. I'll be headed to Remuera New World where everything is onsite.

My plan was to hit up the Aussie Butcher here in Henderson but they've been shut down as not essential, so it's thrown me a bit of a curve as to what to do.

I'm still confident I'll only need to top up every 10-12 days, but I'm going to need to travel across town to keep movement to a minimum.

obelixtim wrote:Morning car count on Maioro St Akl. 0735 - 0745. 115 cars. Equates to 690 per hour. 5 trucks, 1 bus.

Last night 1740 - 1750. 98 cars. 4 trucks.

What lockdown? (OK, some will be essential workers)

Please don't tell me you're sitting at your window counting them.

How does that car count compare to pre lockdown?

Just checked on the grandkids.....secondary school age. Mothers reply.....

Yep all sorted for day 2 here. Both children are in online hangouts with their classes. Had the first one at 8:30am so it’s all go here. They spend the day in meetings for each class and then daughter does the same for dance instruction. It’s very social this lock up isolation. Pretty cool really.

Maioro St a pretty busy road anyway from my experience. The Mt Roskill end of it has a supermarket and a bunch of those ethnic food places which are all presumably running.

I can tell my road (Glengarry Road, Glen Eden) is practically dead in comparison. It's a backwoods road anyway and borders on the Waitakere ranges. It's kind of a main link road between Henderson and New Lynn / Titirangi though so does see a bit of traffic ordinarily. But there's almost none.