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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 8:31 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
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Re: NZ Politics Thread
Interesting Swiss case brought against the government for lack of action on climate change breaching peoples right to life. https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/04/25/climate-change-how-a-landmark-legal-victory-in-europe-could-affect-nz/ Found this an important point which Shane Jones might want to compreh...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:23 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
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Re: NZ Politics Thread
Interesting Swiss case brought against the government for lack of action on climate change breaching peoples right to life. https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/04/25/climate-change-how-a-landmark-legal-victory-in-europe-could-affect-nz/ Found this an important point which Shane Jones might want to compreh...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:51 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
That's fair analysis from GON. I had similar issues with some of the Ministers in the previous government. That being, some of these people have had years in opposition to prepare for a specific Ministerial role. They should all be subject matter experts and be able to hit the ground running. It's ...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
I'm in Auckland, the vaping situation is worse than when I was here last year. I thought one of the righty tighties on this very thread told me that cracking down on vaping was one of the things that the new govt would do? Or was that just the Nats if they were governing alone before being hijacked...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:44 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Force vs Crusaders Match Thread
- Replies: 114
- Views: 1821
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:20 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Force vs Crusaders Match Thread
- Replies: 114
- Views: 1821
Re: Force vs Crusaders Match Thread
Disappointing loss obviously. Not surprising to see fans of other teams piling in on us and Rob Penney. F**k you guys and the nothing-teams you support. I have faith that we have the players and staff to turn it around once we navigate through this unprecedented injury crisis. We've also copped two...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:13 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beating the Crusaders
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1183
Re: Beating the Crusaders
As a Tahs fan, I can console Saders fans by suggesting that this is the time to declare yourself ‘over’ SR, suggest it’s lost it’s way etc …then start raving about your local ‘grassroots’ NPC or Club side* *that’s winning Sadly they can't even fall back on their women's Super Rugby team because the...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:14 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beating the Crusaders
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1183
Re: Beating the Crusaders
Was that 98 or 99?Tehui wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:48 amDoes anyone remember how much the Crusaders were paying to win the Super Rugby comp in 1998, when they were last after 4 rounds?
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:05 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beating the Crusaders
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1183
Re: Beating the Crusaders
I assume he meant the original Crusaders. I assume he meant the Canterbury provincial team prior to the advent of Super Rugby. I'm sure that's exactly what he meant which kind of outs him as a casual who was just trying to appear down to earth & relatable. Yeah nobody else would make such a minor a...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:23 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beating the Crusaders
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1183
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:20 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beating the Crusaders
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1183
Re: Beating the Crusaders
Welcome to a recession year, Crusaders fans. You might as well write the season off now. Tbf to the Crusaders fans they all said this would be a 'rebuilding' year given the loss of talent, new coach etc. But I guess a team with the record of excellence they have built up over the past 25 years even...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:12 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beating the Crusaders
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1183
Re: Beating the Crusaders
I think we all know where this started. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLmtQXqakAAOFeq?format=jpg&name=small x( Assumed he'd be a Blues fan. You don't remember him claiming he'd been a Crusaders fan since he was a kid (despite him being being 26 years old in 1996)? Hmm ... vaguely, now that you mentio...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:59 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beating the Crusaders
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1183
Re: Beating the Crusaders
Blues have never come last..... :twisted: Are you sure? Even in Pat Lam's final season and the worst seasons of the John Kirwan error? Kiwi teams have only come last twice in the history of Super Rugby. Highlanders in '97, and Crusaders in '96 Just shows how quickly both teams turned their fortunes...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:56 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beating the Crusaders
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1183
Re: Beating the Crusaders
Blues have never come last..... :twisted: Are you sure? Even in Pat Lam's final season and the worst seasons of the John Kirwan error? Kiwi teams have only come last twice in the history of Super Rugby. Highlanders in '97, and Crusaders in '96 We would have been bottom Kiwi team in those years I su...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:38 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53746
- Views: 2376869
Re: War in Ukraine...
Another pro Russian saffa The alternative view is that Ukrainian lives are being sacrificed in an unwinnable proxy war between NATO and Russia and that all this latest tranche of funding will do is to prolong the conflict. The average age of a Ukrainian soldier is 43. No amount of money will reduce...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:35 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beating the Crusaders
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1183
Re: Beating the Crusaders
Serious question for Crusaders fans. Have the Crusaders EVER had such a poor season previously? I recall 1996 wasn't great and they had the odd lean year even under the great Robbie Dean's (2001) and missed the playoffs some years under Blackadder but has it ever been this poor? I ask this from the ...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:27 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beating the Crusaders
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1183
Re: Beating the Crusaders
Assumed he'd be a Blues fan.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:26 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beating the Crusaders
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1183
Re: Beating the Crusaders
Most New Zealand super sides have had this kind of confidence crisis on a semi-regular basis, where multiple elements line up for the perfect storm (new coach, player exodus, injury crisis and tough early draw) all compounding on each other. What’s remarkable is how long the Crusaders have gone wit...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 11:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Blues v Brumbies @ Eden Park - Yesterday
- Replies: 102
- Views: 987
Re: Blues v Brumbies @ Eden Park - Today
Bindi wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 12:48 pm Wildkard taking the loss well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQNBTPSIzo4
That is quality post match analysis. A refreshing change from the usual dross.
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:46 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
I'm in Auckland, the vaping situation is worse than when I was here last year. I thought one of the righty tighties on this very thread told me that cracking down on vaping was one of the things that the new govt would do? Or was that just the Nats if they were governing alone before being hijacked...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:29 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:27 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Assume he means Tussock on the Tahs Saders thread. Combination of confusion and auto errect. :lol: Ah yes, that did cross my mind. Combination of a typo and just plain wrong. All you rabid Crusaders fans merge into one after awhile. :lol: Pleeeaaassse!!! I'm a long suffering Blues fan.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:19 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Well this thread has taken an unexpectedly entertaining turn. :-] tubbyj telling it like it is! :smug: Tubby is the same that disgraced and embarrassed himself on the Tags Saders thread, is he not? By all means, hitch yourself to his wagon. WTF is the Tag Saders thread? No idea about that.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:24 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Well this thread has taken an unexpectedly entertaining turn.
tubbyj telling it like it is!
tubbyj telling it like it is!
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:50 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
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Re: NZ Politics Thread
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leaveMonkey Magic wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:20 amI've got more the vibe of a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:23 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Thinking of it in racing terms, we might all be on the same track, but everyone has a different starting point. Those who feel they've got where they are through hard work sometimes don't realise how far ahead of others they have started. Boosting people up doesn't suddenly negate the hard work tha...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:20 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
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Re: NZ Politics Thread
I also think you guys are making way too much of Jammy's 'dog eat dog' statement. It's a competitive world and so it should be.
Why is that anathema to you?
Why is that anathema to you?
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
The idea of "getting ahead" is problematic. Getting ahead of what or whom. Well it's not that hard is it? If you're struggling to pay the bills and put food on the table from payday to payday getting ahead might be as simple as being able to pay the bills and even saving a little for a rainy day or...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:57 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Reciprocity is a social norm whether negative or positive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocity_(social_psychology) Despite Jammy's protests if I did a nice favour for him he would likely feel compelled to do something in return in the future. For example if I shout him a pint while we watch t...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:57 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
:lol: Funnily enough I've always thought of you and Jammy as a tag team (aside from when you went solo as a face for a while in the early Covid days). Maybe on some issues but I'd never come between Jammy and Eug when their ongoing feud turns full slugfest! :lol: Poor Jammy he's been waiting on you...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:31 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
I need to find a better book, I’m struggling with the one I’m on at the moment so I come here as a distraction and next thing you know… It's always entertaining watching you and Eug go toe to toe but it's a bit rough for you when he's tag teaming with UncleFB. :D :lol: Funnily enough I've always th...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Even when I was without a roof and sleeping rough for a few weeks there was support from strangers and I could eat pretty well due to the Krishnas . Serious question mate. How did you wind up in this predicament? Turned up in Sydney . Got a job with a guy who was fixing up his terrace in Paddington...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:12 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Works for me Yeah it's just this thread that brings us crashing back to earth! :lol: I need to find a better book, I’m struggling with the one I’m on at the moment so I come here as a distraction and next thing you know… It's always entertaining watching you and Eug go toe to toe but it's a bit rou...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Is linking tax brackets to inflation happening? Is that included as a "tax cut"? Yep that's coming. Ta. I'm guessing it's considered a tax cut despite the fact that not linking it never seemed to get referred to as a tax increase. Which would have been a more accurate description. Yeah I've seen th...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Still a lovely place to live FB.......and if it wasn't for the media, I would have a clue what's going on around the place. The view out my front window is serene, neighbours talk to each other, and there's still three squares a day (and that's not Stevenson Famous ones) Yeah mate, stop watching th...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:14 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
One thing for sure. Stuff is still going up in price. Another 50 cents / pie at the local :x When I touch down in Auckland on Friday NZ better be the land of milk and honey I was promised with the election of the new three headed govt. Will I even be able to afford my 6 monthly pie? Well at least i...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:05 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Yep that's coming.Fat Old Git wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:40 am Is linking tax brackets to inflation happening? Is that included as a "tax cut"?
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:04 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:01 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52642
- Views: 3528826
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Still a lovely place to live FB.......and if it wasn't for the media, I would have a clue what's going on around the place. The view out my front window is serene, neighbours talk to each other, and there's still three squares a day (and that's not Stevenson Famous ones) Yeah mate, stop watching th...