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Jeff the Bear

Pentagon tells Trump to fudge off when he asks for a military parade and send off. Hopefully the crew of Air Force One tell him the same thing when he lands in Florida, and toss his bags out onto the tarmac... https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/us-election-donald-trumps-request-for-huge-military-styl...

Jeff the Bear

First memory - Ieuan Evans rounding Underwood to score in 93. I must have watched games before that, but that is the first time something momentous enough happened to stick in the mind. Happiest memory - Equal between Gibbsy splitting the English defence in the last minute in 99, and beating Ireland...

Jeff the Bear

I reckon you could get a fairly fierce bidding war between Sky, BT and Amazon. I have a sneaking suspicion that Amazon will win (and bid big as well).

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If there is any truth in the rumours re Obama’s collusion with former Italian Prime Minister, Renzi, then they should be facing serious convictions. Jaw dropping. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Seriously Derps, get a grip. You’ll soon see! “Over the next 10 days we get to see the machines that are crooked...

Jeff the Bear

I have good news and I have bad news. The Bay of Islands has so many dolphins, that the local charters offer money back guarantees if you don't see any. Bad news is the government has recently banned people swimming with the dolphins as they've been 'loving them to death'. https://i.stuff.co.nz/trav...

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Which 'sport' has earned him more money? Darts by some distance. There's a decent amount be made in darts these days if you're decent. He's made about 2 million pounds in 7 years, 1.3 of which in the last 2 years: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/uk-sport-news/how-much-gerwyn-price-worth-19556548

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It was like watching a BDO final. :lol: It was distinctly better than that. The middle sets were about as good as anyone has ever played in a final. Yes, Anderson didn't really come to the party, but apart from his late wobble, Price's darts were ridiculously good (highest one set average in a Worl...

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I think I speak for all right minded rugby folk in wishing ex rugby Pro Gerwyn Price congratulations at winning the darts World Championship and becoming World No.1.

Jeff the Bear

Mick is going all in here. Mick how about if there is no evidence of fraud found and when Biden becomes president next January, you have to flounce? OK. If both conditions are met. As if you don't know, but he's making the point that no matter what happens, in your head, the conditions will never b...

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Shit everywhere Jeff. You've probably become inured to it living there that long Maybe I lived a cloistered existence back in the UK, and maybe it's something that ths peoples in the outer reaches of the British Isles also partake of, but it was something of a shock to the system to have to deal wi...

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Shit everywhere Jeff. You've probably become inured to it living there that long Maybe I lived a cloistered existence back in the UK, and maybe it's something that ths peoples in the outer reaches of the British Isles also partake of, but it was something of a shock to the system to have to deal wi...

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But regions with driving distance of major cities – including Northland, Coromandel and the top of the South Island – have seen high growth

They're not wrong. I went to Mangawhai yesterday and it was heaving with, what I presumed, were Jafas. Didn’t see anyone shit on the street mind.

Jeff the Bear

My office in Northland celebrates 'Mid-Winter Christmas'. We essentially get two office parties. I like the idea as I'm still yet to get used to summer Christmas time. We even got the Christmas tree out this winter and let the boys decorate it.

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guy smiley wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 11:09 pm Gotta love Garage Project

They are a bit style over substance, where the major difference between some brews is the fancy can art. Having said that, I've got a few of their cans in my beer fridge, and they can make good drops.

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...according to the Western Wail: 50. Sam Simmonds He hasn't played for England since 2018, but that's their loss. For his double-winning club Exeter, the back-rower has been an inspiration en route to being named European player of the year. 49. Josh Adams Not a vintage year for Adams, given his tr...

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I’m almost hoping for a believable excuse from Smith... like he broke his hand on the ring walk or something... Look at that face - not a mark on it. Just got to accept he got battered by the much better fighter. I know it looks like he just went in there and took a beating for his money but I can'...

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Canelo is such a tank. Just relentless in coming forward.

Smith needs to do something if he wants to win. Can't help but feel he's there for the payday though and he's more interested in protecting himself for future fights.

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Anonymous 1 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:14 pm I know Canelo is favourite and the judges would never give it to Smith but I've got to have £50 on Smith knocking out the granite jawed Alvarez

Whats your odds?

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Never gets old:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRp1sYi ... uggieBear1

Tbf, the try was deserved if no other reason than Sexton put in possibly the worst kick from hand in history.

Jeff the Bear

"Incinerated"

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This Australian government is awful. That's all I've been saying for this entire thread, yet when I say even more moderate things about our government I get called A-CCP, AC-jingping and Mao Zedong's Choice. Shame on all of you mocking AC Ping over his balanced, well thought out critique of the LNP...

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I reckon the fight either ends with Fury being sparked out, or Fury winning on points. I genuinely couldn't say which is more likely. Fury has proven, even against one of the worst technical boxers in the game, that he can still be caught, which means you'd expect Joshua to be able to land a good fe...

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I'm no longer convinced that having young men (and women) potentially getting early dementia just for our entertainment is morally justified. That puts boxing, MMA and other combat sports in a rather awkward spot :) It's probably worth pointing out that all these sports started off as amateur, and ...

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MrDominator wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:20 pm The Taffs planning their open top bus parade already.

You've gotta love it.

Just because we put up more of a fight against the eventual World Champs instead of your lot is no reason to get pissy.

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The more I look at it the more I think Wales might somehow crawl their way to a semi final :lol: Me too. 3 years is a long time. Oz and Fiji are similar basket-cases to Wales. It's well within the realms of possibility that in 3 years time that Wales could be the top team once again in that group (...

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2007 - Wal / Fiji / Aus 2011 - Wal / Fiji 2015 - Wal / Fiji / Aus 2019 - Wal / Fiji / Aus 2023 - Wal / Fiji / Aus Yes...quite the coincidence. Drawing Fiji 5 times in a row is a 1 out of 4 occurrance multiplied by 5, or 0.098% chance of occurring (1 out of 1024). Drawing Fiji and Australia in 4 Wor...

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My friend tells me that getting a VPN is pretty cheap, and that he has had great success with NordVPN. He told me to stay far away from Tunnelbear.

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Theflier wrote: ↑Sat Dec 12, 2020 8:06 pm Same Davies same shit

He's been good off the tee recently, but he's been shite today.

Jeff the Bear

As night follows day, as soon as Griffiths starts looking good, he gets injured.

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Terrible defending from the Dragons.

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Ben Carter is going to play in the 6 Nations at this rate. 19 year old lock looks the best one on the pitch.

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To complicate things, Morocco took a leaf of Israel's book by sending 130,000 colons into Western Sahara.

The shitty bastards!!!

Jeff the Bear

I'm not a neurologist, but surely MRI is the most sophisticated scan we have for the brain? Yeah, I found that a bit bizarre, but I think CTE can only be identified after death, so I presume that is where they are going with it. Having said that, conspicuous by its absence is a suggestion of what e...

Jeff the Bear

It isn't that long ago we had no idea how many stars had planetary systems like ours. Now we know they are ubiquitous. It wasn't that long ago when we didn't know how many rocky planets would be in the "Goldilocks" zone. Now we know it is common. It wasn't that long ago we thought that Earth might ...

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So what new rules are we potentially looking at? This is apparently the demands of the those that are going to take legal action: 1. World Rugby to accept that playing professional rugby can lead to CTE and other neurodegenerative diseases. 2. Regulated training to be introduced limiting contact to...

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There's no evidence, but there is plenty of statistical analysis that ranges the possibilities. That's the whole point of the drake equation. ... and also the Fermi Paradox. The Drake equation doesn't assume intergalactic travel and/or the ability to harness the power of a star by constructing some...

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There's no evidence, but there is plenty of statistical analysis that ranges the possibilities. That's the whole point of the drake equation. ... and also the Fermi Paradox. The Drake equation doesn't assume intergalactic travel and/or the ability to harness the power of a star by constructing some...

Jeff the Bear

I know the US is a highly litigious country, but their ex players didn’t just get told that football was tough, harden up. The NFL also actively withheld research into the ill effects of repeated head trauma . Rugby is on a slippery slope here. We’ve all seen it coming. It must be stressed though t...

Jeff the Bear

I know the US is a highly litigious country, but their ex players didn’t just get told that football was tough, harden up. The NFL also actively withheld research into the ill effects of repeated head trauma . Rugby is on a slippery slope here. We’ve all seen it coming. It must be stressed though t...

Jeff the Bear

Granted, I'm probably not the only to call it, but I did write this 15 months ago: https://forum.planetrugby.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=91528&p=6229679&hilit=sue#p6229679 I've said it before, but I reckon the focus on head knocks is a direct response to the (genuine) worry that someone, in the not to d...

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