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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:53 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
- Replies: 29346
- Views: 2059308
Re: The Australian Politics Thread
The Goldmine continues: A portly local man who gets his barber to trim his dense facial hair into a cropped beard has become the butt of many jokes this week. The fact that his mates are also tier-1 smart arses does not help things for 30-year-old Jacob Webcke, a Betoota-based office worker. As some...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:17 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thread
- Replies: 2956
- Views: 399554
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thread
- Replies: 2956
- Views: 399554
Re: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thread
Yorkers!Ted. wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:22 amI can just envisage you out on the lawn...Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:54 am Good folk brewing have just taken over management of the local bowling club
Walkable, dog friendly and good beers
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:15 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Renewable Energy Tech
- Replies: 88
- Views: 1849
Re: Renewable Energy Tech
Yeah it can present interesting moral dilemmas. The cost of natural environment habitats/beauty or more carbon emissions? Solar panels produced by Uryger slaves or more carbon emissions? Solar farms being dangerously installed by backpackers who also perform the electrical work which should be done...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:00 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Renewable Energy Tech
- Replies: 88
- Views: 1849
Re: Renewable Energy Tech
Years ago I had a fascinating chat with a yank structural engineer who specialised in deep sea oil and gas platforms and the problems he was trying to manage on a daily basis were just mind boggling. Truely smart dude, and also a bit nuts! Shirley, that shows how to do it though Its not cost effect...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:58 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Renewable Energy Tech
- Replies: 88
- Views: 1849
Re: Renewable Energy Tech
Yeah it can present interesting moral dilemmas. The cost of natural environment habitats/beauty or more carbon emissions? Solar panels produced by Uryger slaves or more carbon emissions? Solar farms being dangerously installed by backpackers who also perform the electrical work which should be done...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thread
- Replies: 2956
- Views: 399554
Re: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thread
Good folk brewing have just taken over management of the local bowling club
Walkable, dog friendly and good beers
Walkable, dog friendly and good beers
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 3:49 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53467
- Views: 2340845
Re: War in Ukraine...
Also, France is one of the few countries who can sustain an expeditionary force far from home. Sure, not at the scale of Uncle Sam, but no-one can do that. France has carriers, heavy lift capacity, modern gen 4 fat jets, a radiant will equipped and sustained standing military (not territorial defen...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:11 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Investing
- Replies: 423
- Views: 18463
Re: Investing
Do you have shares of companies/funds that invest in Lithium? I think it's very risky putting all your eggs in one basket. Mining companies, and no, I don't put all my eggs in one basket. This was just fun to ride Mining companies have been gaining in the last few weeks. I own shares of Glencore an...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:02 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
- Replies: 29346
- Views: 2059308
Re: The Australian Politics Thread
How is asbestos being allowed to end up in playground mulch with no repercussions? Pretty sad state of affairs. What do you mean no repercussions? The investigation is ongoing by the NSW EPA. Yep, there will be serious repercussions. At a minimum, people will lose jobs, and if it's found that peopl...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:00 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW content)
- Replies: 55654
- Views: 9422188
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 1:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
- Replies: 29346
- Views: 2059308
Re: The Australian Politics Thread
What do you mean no repercussions? The investigation is ongoing by the NSW EPA.Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:29 am How is asbestos being allowed to end up in playground mulch with no repercussions?
Pretty sad state of affairs.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:51 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Golden Age of Westerns
- Replies: 105
- Views: 2231
Re: Golden Age of Westerns
I love war and westerns of this era. Seen a bunch. You just have to get used to the depiction of 'indians' as primitive and dim. Its a downward spiral on cultivating racism. Here are a few westerns. I've started with the must-see classics then gone by actor rather than director. And I'm purposefull...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:20 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
- Replies: 29346
- Views: 2059308
Re: The Australian Politics Thread
I think Higgins was raped. That makes her the subject of an antisocial and criminal act. It also says nothing about her as a person, for good or for ill. OTOH, being a LP staffer says enough to me. I wasn't casting dispersions at you ;) The mouth-breathers who claim she is just a grifter on the oth...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:36 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
- Replies: 29346
- Views: 2059308
Re: The Australian Politics Thread
They all just can't help themselves... The scale and scope of arsholery on show is deeply impressive. That said, the whole shebang doesn't exactly compel my attention since it's merely more proof that shitheads gotta shithead. It doesn't help that Higgins and Lehrmann a pair of pasty pig-eyed paras...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:26 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
- Replies: 29346
- Views: 2059308
Re: The Australian Politics Thread
They all just can't help themselves...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:20 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Scandinavian Itinerary Advice Please!
- Replies: 46
- Views: 982
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Achtung, Bored Guitarists. Mark Knopfler
- Replies: 33
- Views: 833
Re: Achtung, Bored Guitarists. Mark Knopfler
His tone is off the charts.
Never seen him live sadly
Never seen him live sadly
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:34 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Listen to your body
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1355
Re: Listen to your body
Thanks, guys, for the kind words, mingled with the sort of humour and disrespect I expect from a bunch of rugby buggers. Luckily, parking is free at the hospital. I am not sure if I will join the high school kids for touch rugby but it is something to keep as a sort of target. It is amazing that yo...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 5:08 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Summer trip to Northern England (maybe Wales) - advice?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 1608
Re: Summer trip to Northern England (maybe Wales) - advice?
Genuinely? :o Yep - I lived up there from 13 - 18 and Welsh was mandatory at my school. They also lied to my parents about the level of English used in classes :lol: Total immersion is the best way to learn! Fair play :thumbup: Diolch! I still read most of my mate's posts from North Wales in Welsh ...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:55 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 2024 The Year of Cow Flu
- Replies: 33
- Views: 811
Re: 2024 The Year of Cow Flu
Bovid 2: Electric Boogaloo.....
If I see Groucho posting on this thread, I'm heading to the hills and making a fort
If I see Groucho posting on this thread, I'm heading to the hills and making a fort
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:42 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53467
- Views: 2340845
Re: War in Ukraine...
I was looking at the Ukrainian attack on the Shaheed drones plant in Tatarstan. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68712158 What is amazing is the drone the Ukrainians were using was not some type of super technology, but a simple tourist aircraft (A22 Foxbat) turned into a bomb that the Russian...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:27 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Summer trip to Northern England (maybe Wales) - advice?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 1608
Re: Summer trip to Northern England (maybe Wales) - advice?
He's going to be much closer to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. And yes I can pronounce it flawlessly, and with ease. I too can pronounce it with ease as I speak Welsh. Genuinely? :o Yep - I lived up there from 13 - 18 and Welsh was mandatory at my school. They also lied...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:22 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Pints thread
- Replies: 38
- Views: 954
Re: Official Pints thread
Wine Wednesday. Even if I don't drink any other day, wine Wednesday breaks the week up a treat. I have met with my friends every Wednesday evening for a few pints down my local for 20 years. It breaks the week up, and also ensures that I keep in touch with my small circle of closest friends. We als...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:13 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
- Replies: 29346
- Views: 2059308
Re: The Australian Politics Thread
Channel 7 really has jumped into bed with some genuine c**ts in recent time. First Ben Roberts Smith and now Bruce Lehrmann. Paying for hookers for a man who at the time was in court accused of rape doesn't look good. Surely the only career path left for Lehrmann is to work for Sky News? The funny ...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
- Replies: 29346
- Views: 2059308
Re: The Australian Politics Thread
Hmmn, most Thai Masseurs who are legit tend to have bigger.... https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.394%2C$multiply_1.3545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_124/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/4788586201e5af556716b38823211a3174d8d81a https://www.smh.com.au/national/more-details-emerge-of-bruce-lehrm...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:19 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Summer trip to Northern England (maybe Wales) - advice?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 1608
Re: Summer trip to Northern England (maybe Wales) - advice?
I too can pronounce it with ease as I speak Welsh.LandOTurk wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 3:41 amHe's going to be much closer to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. And yes I can pronounce it flawlessly, and with ease.Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 3:14 am You have to go to Machynlleth just to say you've been, and can pronounce it
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 3:14 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Summer trip to Northern England (maybe Wales) - advice?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 1608
Re: Summer trip to Northern England (maybe Wales) - advice?
You have to go to Machynlleth just to say you've been, and can pronounce it
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 4:51 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Summer trip to Northern England (maybe Wales) - advice?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 1608
Re: Summer trip to Northern England (maybe Wales) - advice?
Too many suggestions on walks here. A 7 and 9 year old cant go too far/high and will get bored if do more than a couple. So day-trippable here would be Conwy, Chester, Llangollen the rest are NW Wales but you have to go spend a night away for the best places. Just look up all these places I note on...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 8:47 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
- Replies: 29346
- Views: 2059308
Re: The Australian Politics Thread
About time - they helped deliver Howard his Tampa Election: https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-eastwood-mansions-that-signal-the-vast-wealth-of-the-exclusive-brethren-s-hales-family-20240326-p5ffge.html https://www.smh.com.au/national/fleecing-the-flock-exclusive-brethren-businesses-raided-by-tax-o...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:31 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: LIons tickets on sale
- Replies: 58
- Views: 780
Re: LIons tickets on sale
It's been advertised but the actual release date wasn't clear. Yes it's a financial buttress for RA but they have said this themselves. I expect WC tickets to go on sale next week. You know I have seen zero adverts for it - and I read SMH online, etc and browse here. SEO is clearly not a thing for ...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:29 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: FAO bimbo
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1312
Re: FAO bimbo
Similar to Bankers I'd imagineRodneyRegis wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:26 am 'co-lead of the long COVID clinic at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney says that long covid exists'
Imagine the malingerers.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:17 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: FAO bimbo
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1312
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:14 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Police in NSW
- Replies: 18
- Views: 715
Re: Police in NSW
The Police in NSW are a little bit 1950s still Corruption was rampant back then, everywhere you looked. Illegal casinos, SP betting, sly grog shops (we had 6 pm closing). The cops were the worst of the lot. I looked into joining the AFP and NSWPS. Let's just say, I wouldn't b a good fit for them
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:10 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: LIons tickets on sale
- Replies: 58
- Views: 780
Re: LIons tickets on sale
Does anyone else feel that this was a somewhat rushed and poorly delivered ticket release to tide up the coffers and stop Rugby AU from going under? The general feel is that most of the Australian Rugby community were unaware that it was happening and there was little to no publicity in the last fe...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:40 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: FAO bimbo
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1312
Re: FAO bimbo
He's been, rightly, pilloried for cherry-picking his results to a tiny study. Of course he has. :lol: https://www.smh.com.au/national/long-covid-doesn-t-exist-as-we-know-it-according-to-new-research-20240314-p5fcjz.html Dr Steven Faux, co-lead of the long COVID clinic at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sy...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: FAO bimbo
- Replies: 67
- Views: 1312
Re: FAO bimbo
This might be of interest. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-15/long-covid-symptoms-queensland-chief-health-officer-john-gerrard/103587836 This part? What they described in the UK with long COVID in the early days, we know their experience of COVID was completely different to our experience. "It'...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:12 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Police in NSW
- Replies: 18
- Views: 715
Re: Police in NSW
The Police in NSW are a little bit 1950s still
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:34 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: LIons tickets on sale
- Replies: 58
- Views: 780
Re: LIons tickets on sale
Tell 'em they're dreaming!
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:33 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW content)
- Replies: 55654
- Views: 9422188
Re: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW content)
No idea what you were talking about so googled The ‘Nippon clip-ons’ Soon after the Auckland Harbour Bridge was opened it became clear that the bridge was too narrow for the traffic. So less than 10 years later two additional traffic lanes were clipped onto both sides of the bridge. Here, in April ...