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by thor
Mon Sep 07, 2020 5:30 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RIP the internal combustion engine!
Replies: 1699
Views: 217922

Re: RIP the internal combustion engine!

Electric cars are starting to get interesting. Quite like some of the 2&3 seat micro ecars being designed in Europe. Microlino and Uniti one specifically. Would be very tempted by one as a runabout in the next 1-2 years. Also if they bring the Honda e to NZ would get one for my mother straight away.
by thor
Wed Sep 02, 2020 10:00 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New Zealand‘s car racing heritage - McLaren
Replies: 19
Views: 2667

Re: New Zealand‘s car racing heritage - McLaren

I’d say we have better designers than drivers, currently Rod tempero, https://www.rodtempero.com/ and Hulme, http://www.hulmesupercars.com/ do some impressive stuff, previously Britten. Plus a guy in Chch is having a crack at a McLaren f1 homage in his garage
by thor
Wed Jul 22, 2020 7:46 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Migraines.
Replies: 44
Views: 2865

Re: Migraines.

I started with headaches, then picked up a sore throat. When I spoke to the NHS healthline hoping to get antibiotics for the throat they insisted it was covid. After a day or two I lost taste and smell, so accepted the prognosis was probably correct. They were only testing those hospitalised at tha...
by thor
Mon May 18, 2020 3:00 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51893
Views: 3456585

Re: NZ Politics Thread - NEW ZEALAND ALERT LEVEL TWO THREAD

The wage subsidy extension is great but it's meant to be for the employees so why not just pay the employees 8 weeks -weekly, automatically. Way easier to control this way. Hearing of way too many employers taking the full-time amount but only paying part time. Also lots are making the employees wo...
by thor
Tue May 12, 2020 4:07 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27082
Views: 1992007

Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health

How's everyone getting on? Messing around doing legs yesterday and tried some pistol squats. I can't do them properly, balance is off and I'm so inflexible in my hamstrings that I can't stick my non-standing leg out in front properly. Can do them at the top of the stairs with a little bit of arm as...
by thor
Wed Apr 22, 2020 1:48 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Gronkman Cometh?
Replies: 12
Views: 1969

Re: The Gronkman Cometh?

Makes the NFC south intriguing, I favor NO to win but wouldn’t right off any of the others
by thor
Thu Feb 20, 2020 3:56 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Passive index funds - your thoughts financal gurus?
Replies: 71
Views: 7974

Re: Passive index funds - your thoughts financal gurus?

Thanks CR and backrow, exactly the sort of thing I was after. Risk tolerance is strong. We are mainly invested in property and returns are strong/ stable there so can be relatively aggressive with the shares. I’ve proposed the idea to our share broker/adviser and he is putting together a mix of fund...
by thor
Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Passive index funds - your thoughts financal gurus?
Replies: 71
Views: 7974

Passive index funds - your thoughts financal gurus?

I’m currently in charge of my mother’s funds after my father’s passing. Funds are split between an active fund managed by a bank and individual shares via a broker (this usually has quarterly trading of some of the portfolio plus dividend proceeds are used to purchase more shares). The funds & divid...
by thor
Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:23 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Any Advice Appreciated - CAPE TOWN Travel Tips
Replies: 68
Views: 6670

Re: Any Advice Appreciated - CAPE TOWN Travel Tips

Chilli wrote:Meet up with Sards for a braai
Get a tattoo with Sards
by thor
Thu Feb 13, 2020 9:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Any Advice Appreciated - CAPE TOWN Travel Tips
Replies: 68
Views: 6670

Re: Any Advice Appreciated - CAPE TOWN Travel Tips

We got an airbnb in sea point, nice area with lots of good bars, cafes and restaurants. Great food and wines at Beau Constantia winery plus a nice drive to it and can travel on to the penguin colony. Have a coffee or drink at the silo hotel Ubered everywhere, walked around Cape Town a lot and didn’t...
by thor
Thu Feb 06, 2020 5:29 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3336277

Re: China virus cases triple as infection spreads

Alternatively the headline “Corona Virus, slightly worse then the flu” probably isn’t going to get too many hits If this is slightly worse than the flu and that's it, why are 60 million people in one country blocked off from the rest of Chinese society, why are Chinese cities normally bustling ghos...
by thor
Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3336277

Re: China virus cases triple as infection spreads

Alternatively the headline “Corona Virus, slightly worse then the flu” probably isn’t going to get too many hits
by thor
Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:06 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3336277

Re: China virus cases triple as infection spreads

Where are these media doomsday articles? I've largely been reading the live news feeds for more than a week and they've only been listing factual events, government actions, statistics, and emotional human interest stories. The only opinions that have been proffered are those of high-up Western hea...
by thor
Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:46 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3336277

Re: China virus cases triple as infection spreads

A seemingly reasonable balance to the media doomsday articles, by a vaccinologist: ANALYSIS: The emergence of 2019 novel coronavirus is not an exceptional event, after all, infectious diseases have to come from somewhere. What is new is the fact we have the technology to identify it fast, track it, ...
by thor
Sun Dec 15, 2019 7:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The UFC Thread
Replies: 395
Views: 42770

Re: The UFC Thread

El Homerino wrote:Any streams??? the one i was using just got taken down :frown:
http://watchwrestling.la/watch-ufc-245- ... 19-online/

stream 6 best for me
by thor
Wed Dec 11, 2019 7:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Netflix: The Game Changers
Replies: 110
Views: 6637

Re: Netflix: The Game Changers

You obviously know little about farming or hunting. I was a farmer and my brother a professional hunter, who now breed pedigree cattle...next :lol: My brother is a state champion shooter and cattle breeder. Is that funny too? What jamba was implying simply is not accurate for the overwhelming vast ...
by thor
Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Netflix: The Game Changers
Replies: 110
Views: 6637

Re: Netflix: The Game Changers

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-ca ... -every-day

Life looks brutal. Sustainable, regenerative and carbon negative
by thor
Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:22 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Netflix: The Game Changers
Replies: 110
Views: 6637

Re: Netflix: The Game Changers

jambanja wrote:
Mog The Almighty wrote:You obviously know little about farming or hunting.
I was a farmer and my brother a professional hunter, who now breed pedigree cattle...next
:lol:
by thor
Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:41 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mog has a couple of salads.
Replies: 567
Views: 47603

Re: Mog has a couple of salads.

That's not how it works bimbot. Unlike yourself, I form an opinion based on the facts and/or the best knowledge the real experts have. Thats the opposite to forming an opinion and then searching out anything you can find to reinforce it, which is what you do. Which is why you can only post crappy r...
by thor
Fri Oct 25, 2019 9:56 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mog has a couple of salads.
Replies: 567
Views: 47603

Re: Mog has a couple of salads.

The problem here is simply you don't know what you're talking about. An apex Predator is a predator at the top of the food chain that is not preyed upon by other animals . Lions are apex predators. Grizzly Bears are apex predators. Great White sharks are apex predators. You personally are not even ...
by thor
Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mog has a couple of salads.
Replies: 567
Views: 47603

Re: Mog has a couple of salads.

No it won't because that land will be used to produce crops needed to fill the protein void left by not eating meat True. But it takes about 100 calories of grain to produce just 12 calories of chicken or 3 calories worth of beef. The bang for buck in meat production is very small. I doubt that I h...
by thor
Wed Oct 23, 2019 5:15 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mog has a couple of salads.
Replies: 567
Views: 47603

Re: Going Vegan.

I try not to eat much beef so have been trying out various vegan burger options. Honest Burger do a pretty good recreation of a juicy beef burger in vegan form. I've gotta say that vegan fast food is smashing it at the moment. Beyond Burger are amazing - and the range of vegan coleslaw and cheeses ...
by thor
Tue Oct 22, 2019 10:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mog has a couple of salads.
Replies: 567
Views: 47603

Re: Going Vegan.

In summary, the mass meat industry is exactly as benign if not more benign than plant based agriculture? You really think that? Because all the evidence and literature says categorically the opposite. No i think if you wish to do the least harm you care about where your food comes from and not whet...
by thor
Tue Oct 22, 2019 9:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mog has a couple of salads.
Replies: 567
Views: 47603

Re: Going Vegan.

In summary, the mass meat industry is exactly as benign if not more benign than plant based agriculture? You really think that? Because all the evidence and literature says categorically the opposite. No i think if you wish to do the least harm you care about where your food comes from and not whet...
by thor
Tue Oct 22, 2019 9:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mog has a couple of salads.
Replies: 567
Views: 47603

Re: Going Vegan.

I try not to eat much beef so have been trying out various vegan burger options. Honest Burger do a pretty good recreation of a juicy beef burger in vegan form. I've gotta say that vegan fast food is smashing it at the moment. Beyond Burger are amazing - and the range of vegan coleslaw and cheeses ...
by thor
Tue Oct 22, 2019 9:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mog has a couple of salads.
Replies: 567
Views: 47603

Re: Going Vegan.

I try not to eat much beef so have been trying out various vegan burger options. Honest Burger do a pretty good recreation of a juicy beef burger in vegan form. I've gotta say that vegan fast food is smashing it at the moment. Beyond Burger are amazing - and the range of vegan coleslaw and cheeses ...
by thor
Tue Oct 22, 2019 5:29 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mog has a couple of salads.
Replies: 567
Views: 47603

Re: Going Vegan.

Not really helpful to look at what our ancestors did to decide what is best for us. Ancestors lives in a world of scarcity, and did not have modern medicine and randomized controlled trials etc. The discussion was about how we evolved, my point was human evolution and differences between our ancest...
by thor
Tue Oct 22, 2019 3:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mog has a couple of salads.
Replies: 567
Views: 47603

Re: Going Vegan.

Definitely post update, be interesting. Am not a fan of veganism myself but each to their own and eating your greens is certainly healthy... No worries I will do. I'm a bit excited trying it out, but can't promise I'll last the whole month if after a week or two it becomes obvious that I'm not resp...
by thor
Wed Oct 09, 2019 6:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Flash and/or expensive watches thread ...
Replies: 154
Views: 15871

Re: Flash and/or expensive watches thread ...

The problem with the well known watches , Rolex, Tag etc is you are paying a lot for their branding. My preference is to spend that money on a lesser known brand that is more unique and interesting. Chrono24 is a great place to discover watches plus can save a fortune if you don’t need a brand new w...
by thor
Fri Sep 20, 2019 10:24 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Fasting
Replies: 157
Views: 5747

Re: Fasting

I fast for 12 hours in 24 hours most days. In other words, you don't start eating as soon as you wake up? :lol: Well 4 hours either side. It’s actually all that’s required for better blood sugar health. Dude, you need to get more than 4 hours of sleep!! ;) And further to the point, I'd be shocked i...
by thor
Fri Aug 23, 2019 10:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: James Haskell signs MMA deal with Bellator
Replies: 281
Views: 24202

Re: James Haskell signs MMA deal with Bellator

Heavyweight is probably a reasonably safe choice for him as most HWs rely more on power then technique. So he doesn't have such a skill deficit to overcome. If he has judo and bjj experience, natural power and learns some defence he could go pretty well especially if he isn't chinny.
by thor
Fri Aug 23, 2019 2:51 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: James Haskell signs MMA deal with Bellator
Replies: 281
Views: 24202

Re: James Haskell signs MMA deal with Bellator

He's probably trained in MMA/ boxing for a few years as a lot of these guys are pretty into it. I do wonder what's the best case scenario for Haskell at 34 though. He's unlikely to win any titles, and will be on the receiving end of a fair few beatings. It's a pretty good move for Bellator but not ...
by thor
Fri Aug 16, 2019 9:47 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27082
Views: 1992007

Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health

Thinking I might do a cycle of creatine, any recommendations for amounts or a particular type? I found this video very helpful: On creatine, Eric Helms gives a fairly comprehensive overview here. If you want more detail. https://youtu.be/r9eCtOFIf40 With regard to your specific question, a scoop of...
by thor
Thu Aug 15, 2019 8:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Replies: 27082
Views: 1992007

Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health

Thinking I might do a cycle of creatine, any recommendations for amounts or a particular type?
by thor
Wed Jul 10, 2019 11:39 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: First time fatty; need help losing weight
Replies: 682
Views: 37715

Re: First time fatty; need help losing weight

Clive wrote:So where is the OP no thanks for the good advise, I'll tell you where he is gorging on cakes hiding in a wardrobe.
What are you trying to achieve?
by thor
Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:45 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: First time fatty; need help losing weight
Replies: 682
Views: 37715

Re: First time fatty; need help losing weight

But if you actually successfully reduce the amount of energy that you are absorbing (relative of course to the amount you are expending) then you will lose body weight. The fundamental laws of physics apply to everyone, even fat people. You can't have a net negative energy intake in a closed system...
by thor
Wed Jul 10, 2019 4:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: First time fatty; need help losing weight
Replies: 682
Views: 37715

Re: First time fatty; need help losing weight

Because the overwhelming failure of people to maintain a healthy weight means it might be a little bit more complex then calories in calories out. Nope. People are fat because they put too much food (often of shitty nutritional value) into their mouths. That's it. Why our society has such a problem...
by thor
Tue Jul 09, 2019 4:15 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: First time fatty; need help losing weight
Replies: 682
Views: 37715

Re: First time fatty; need help losing weight

Not all calories are the same. Keep peddling that cliche you read in Womens Own but be aware it's bullshit, . Jesus christ, is it your time of the month princess? I'm not the fatty here :lol: No, it just annoys me when people that display a basic misunderstanding of high school science offer their ...
by thor
Tue Jul 09, 2019 12:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: First time fatty; need help losing weight
Replies: 682
Views: 37715

Re: First time fatty; need help losing weight

Don't know why were trying to help this bloke out really as with most fat bastards, they are weak and lack application they are not prepared to put in the effort, billions of pounds are going to be wasted on a fat problem that we can't control. There is a ton of advise out there but there really is...
by thor
Mon Jul 08, 2019 9:27 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: First time fatty; need help losing weight
Replies: 682
Views: 37715

Re: First time fatty; need help losing weight

And what you are missing is that 500 calories via donuts versus 500 calories from a lean steak are going to have a different effect to the person eating it. One will spike blood sugars, leave them craving more sugar and will allow them to be hungry earlier. The majority of diets fail and thinking a...