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by Ted.
Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:31 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

jambanja wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:48 am
koroke hangareka wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:57 am
booji boy wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:50 am

You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave
Fuck, that's got Planet Rugby absolutely nailed.
It’s this place’s theme tune, has been for ages
:nod:
by Ted.
Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:29 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Spot on. Knowing that people out there are gaining happiness, wealth, health, shelter, etc, at another's expense and counting that as a perquisite to self-satisfaction, at least gives an insight to some peoples political thought processes. x( I wonder how many of the same people complain about the ...
by Ted.
Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

We understand it we just want to know what incentive there is in life to grow tall if everyone is going to be made as tall as you. I guess everyone can enjoy their height then. Unless enjoyment is only possible if one uses their height to look down on others. That'd be pretty sad, don't you think? ...
by Ted.
Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:01 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.
Replies: 16
Views: 290

Re: The Semi-official Because they haven't, we will DRUA v CANES Match Thread.

https://scontent-akl1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/438774138_950638673732043_9100122644601925750_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=IxC7bgOasTYAb4HLPyr&_nc_ht=scontent-akl1-1.xx&cb_e2o_trans=q&oh=00_AfDcaH2DWRyoae8M2nLihTISKCchJ_A-3oNx3p9t9znRag&oe=66252A37 Ogre will be pleased. Ben G...
by Ted.
Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Tehui wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:30 am The election trends over the first 6 months since the general election, suggests public opinion hasn't changed too much yet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_p ... l_election
Can those TPU polls be trusted?
by Ted.
Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

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. Moving the brackets and reinstating interest deductibility is easier to understand as a “tax cut” ...
by Ted.
Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:49 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

booji boy wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:57 am
Tehui wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:32 am And Itchy and Scratchy are at it again.

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by Ted.
Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:34 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

jambanja wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:16 pm
Ted. wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:32 pm Eug, just be thankful that you haven't been put through the same experiences that Jammy has.
I really didn't mean for this to be or sound like a woe is me type of thing.
Well it's a bloody good thing that I didn't think you were, Jammy.
by Ted.
Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18221
Views: 832979

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

Haberman: Trump appeared to be asleep. His head would fall down… He didn’t pay attention to a note his lawyer passed him. His jaw kept falling on his chest and his mouth kept going slack. Based on that alone, I'm not so sure. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLOxyI8XgAAqKRh?format=jpg&name=900x900 Nope.
by Ted.
Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

A big shout out to Enzedder for posting a picture that brought people out of the woodwork and generated all sorts of discussion on here (which is healthy, even if we disagree with others). You'll have to find a similar picture to generate discussion about the topic of 'prevention', as it's likely t...
by Ted.
Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Didn't the price of a Big Mac used to be the measure of inflation? A pie at you local pie shop is much more appropriate. :thumbup: No, because of their supposed universality, Big Macs are used to compare various countries economic performance. We'd be f**king everyone up if it was pies. :proud: A L...
by Ted.
Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:19 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jordie Barrett to Leinster !
Replies: 178
Views: 4428

Re: Jordie Barrett to Leinster !

Sod you Leinster. :x
by Ted.
Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

One thing for sure. Stuff is still going up in price. Another 50 cents / pie at the local :x Didn't the price of a Big Mac used to be the measure of inflation? A pie at you local pie shop is much more appropriate. :thumbup: No, because of their supposed universality, Big Macs are used to compare va...
by Ted.
Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

‘God is my boss, not MPI’: Woman vows to keep selling unsafe juice after recall https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350240086/god-my-boss-not-mpi-woman-vows-keep-selling-unsafe-juice-after-recall I wonder, is this one of Tamaki's bunch of narcissistic terrorists, or of that ilk, a Sovereign Citizen or ...
by Ted.
Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Eug, just be thankful that you haven't been put through the same experiences that Jammy has.
by Ted.
Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

While you are correct in a lot of what you say, the graphic in question presents the ideal, not the reality. We are however inherently savages , there is no escaping that sad reality, how else can you explain all the shit stuff happening around the world. No we are not savages. We can have rivals f...
by Ted.
Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Meanwhile…..in the South Island, no ferry planning, a stuffed rail bridge on the Rangitata, one way bridges on all our major highways, collapsing water and sewerage systems, West Coast roads need upgrading, flood wall for Westport, and dolphins in the Lyttleton Port waters. I suppose NActNZ have lo...
by Ted.
Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:34 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Just calling it what it is, human nature does not allow for that kind of aspiration to flourish, otherwise it would have. You like to live in a fantasy world I am happy to deal with reality. I strongly disagree with this. Some cultures, dynasties, social constructs, political and economic systems, ...
by Ted.
Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:21 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

She believed that women should be given preference for the role to equalise the stereotype of it being a male dominated job. What part of the diagram suggests that one gender should be given priority treatment over another? You're seeing what you want to see because you're an internet troll who lik...
by Ted.
Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Are there any former or current teachers on this thread who can share their experience of whether they treated every student in their class exactly the same? Or whether they had to give some students relatively more support while providing less support to the high-flyers? To answer that question yo...
by Ted.
Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:13 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Sonny Blount wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:39 am
Enzedder wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:36 am
Sonny Blount wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:34 am

Well that's up to you. There is no such thing as society, it's just people.
So why do we have laws; and taxes?

First there was the law and taxes, and then behold, because we had these we invented agriculture!
Ahhhhh, dear old Mr Sovereign Citizen.
by Ted.
Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:24 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bondi Junction Shooting
Replies: 290
Views: 6795

Re: Bondi Junction Shooting

Schizophrenia is a horrific condition. I had to study its interactions with the law when at uni. It's pretty grim. People can live with it for years, then suddenly they are cooking their mother in a bullet smoker. A tenant/friend of a friend has it. It was weird cause when I met him 25 years ago, H...
by Ted.
Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bondi Junction Shooting
Replies: 290
Views: 6795

Re: Bondi Junction Shooting

I don't know who or what Rachel Riley is or does but she seems to have been a right wit kant on Twitter. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLJmiixW8AAqJdg?format=jpg&name=medium She's "apologised" but only because she was told to. Man, UK conservatives are really gross people. One assumes MBE stands for ...
by Ted.
Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:13 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

It’s aspirational surely , always with the absolutism you . Just calling it what it is, human nature does not allow for that kind of aspiration to flourish, otherwise it would have. You like to live in a fantasy world I am happy to deal with reality. I strongly disagree with this. Some cultures, dy...
by Ted.
Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:16 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

And helping farmers. Don't forget that, Mr Tehui. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/04/first-term-minister-andrew-hoggard-s-vision-for-reform.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter On a completely different subject Mr Ted, what is your reaction to this opinion piece and the future wo...
by Ted.
Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Fark! just lost 15 minutes of BS. Will try to recreate it, but will trim it down. And helping farmers. Don't forget that, Mr Tehui. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/04/first-term-minister-andrew-hoggard-s-vision-for-reform.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter On a completely differ...
by Ted.
Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Who nominates the employee H&S person? Can the nominee be Ernie from accounting? The employer. Oh right. That'll work then. I'm just talking about who is designated with making sure H&E policies are implemented on a site or within a firm. The Act itself makes it clear that everyone involved in a ta...
by Ted.
Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:05 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52516
Views: 3494553

Re: NZ Politics Thread

And helping farmers. Don't forget that, Mr Tehui. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/04/first-term-minister-andrew-hoggard-s-vision-for-reform.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter RANT Well that is to say helping the farmers that make the most noise,the ones that run round screaming...
by Ted.
Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL Capt Hurricane Hurricanes vs Chiefs Thread - Super Rugby Round 8
Replies: 210
Views: 2038

Re: The OFFICIAL Capt Hurricane Hurricanes vs Chiefs Thread - Super Rugby Round 8

Lakai is basically the same height as Iose. South African 7 is the blindside. Lakai's used to playing 8 and it shows. Long term I agree 7 is his best option but he does need to learn quite a bit and improve his workrate at the breakdown. Why do some of us get hung up on the height of a player in de...
by Ted.
Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:51 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL Capt Hurricane Hurricanes vs Chiefs Thread - Super Rugby Round 8
Replies: 210
Views: 2038

Re: The OFFICIAL Capt Hurricane Hurricanes vs Chiefs Thread - Super Rugby Round 8

Thanks for that at the end. Cam. But jeez, you almost threw it away.
by Ted.
Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:48 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL Capt Hurricane Hurricanes vs Chiefs Thread - Super Rugby Round 8
Replies: 210
Views: 2038

Re: The OFFICIAL Capt Hurricane Hurricanes vs Chiefs Thread - Super Rugby Round 8

What the fudge was wrong with that. There mayl was going back.
by Ted.
Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL Capt Hurricane Hurricanes vs Chiefs Thread - Super Rugby Round 8
Replies: 210
Views: 2038

Re: The OFFICIAL Capt Hurricane Hurricanes vs Chiefs Thread - Super Rugby Round 8

trapper wrote: Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:39 am I really don’t know what to make of Jordie in this game.
All over the place like like a mad woman's puddle.

Amua!