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by Fat Old Git
Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52423
Views: 3489964

Re: NZ Politics Thread

booji boy wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:05 am
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"?
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.
by Fat Old Git
Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52423
Views: 3489964

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Is linking tax brackets to inflation happening? Is that included as a "tax cut"?
by Fat Old Git
Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18164
Views: 830309

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

Apparently every legal scholar says this trial shouldn't go ahead. Every single one of them.

I'm sure that must be true. The Donald wouldn't lie right?


Edit. Typo.
by Fat Old Git
Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:37 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52423
Views: 3489964

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? There'll be a M...
by Fat Old Git
Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:15 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52423
Views: 3489964

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Yes, you would think supply infrastructure would be a higher priority. It's not a North vs South thing. It's needs for businesses all over NZ to get their goods to customers, and / or receive the raw materials they need for their manufacturing.
by Fat Old Git
Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:29 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

The language they're using about there being a response at a time of their choosing is eerily similar to that used by Hamas prior to the horrible Oct 7th attack.
by Fat Old Git
Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52423
Views: 3489964

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 Fat Old Git
Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

Making references to post WW2 protocols were made for a reason and the protocols written as such. Literally no grasp of the subject matter have you ? And the mandates have already caused problems across many other vaccine programs and the return of diseases many countries had lost. Exactly as warne...
by Fat Old Git
Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:03 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

You can't make Nazi comparisons people. Those need to be saved for true horrors against humanity such as public heath restrictions and vaccine mandates. Making references to post WW2 protocols were made for a reason and the protocols written as such. Literally no grasp of the subject matter have yo...
by Fat Old Git
Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Pie Makers of Auckland
Replies: 152
Views: 11753

Re: Pie Makers of Auckland

Copenhagen bakery here in Christchurch used to make an awesome butter chicken pie. Sadly discontinued. I suspect they sourced authentic filling from a local restaurant. One of the local Indian places used to do an even more awesome version, but it disappeared when they changed owners. So I'm more th...
by Fat Old Git
Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

You can't make Nazi comparisons people. Those need to be saved for true horrors against humanity such as public heath restrictions and vaccine mandates. Cheers FOG. Agree, can we keep some of the emotions and abuse in check please guys. Not sure if you're joking or not. Are you? I was having a go a...
by Fat Old Git
Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread
Replies: 306
Views: 3276

Re: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread

I'm old enough to remember when Australia was in procession of the Bled and benefited from a number of 1 all series "wins". We finally thought we had reclaimed it only to have the ref play about 2 hours of extra time before awarding a penalty for that utter cnut* John Eales to kick over to break ou...
by Fat Old Git
Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:51 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

You can't make Nazi comparisons people. Those need to be saved for true horrors against humanity such as public heath restrictions and vaccine mandates.
by Fat Old Git
Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:01 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

All looks like a bit of staged face saving. No damage done, Iran saying they consider the matter closed, US not backing a response. Staged face saving? Firing deadly missiles and drones at another nation is a staged face saving activity? Imagine China did that to Taiwan, or Japan? Or if Scotland di...
by Fat Old Git
Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:54 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread
Replies: 306
Views: 3276

Re: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread

The ref having final say over when fulltime is, is nothing new. As Mr B mentioned the Crusaders only have themselves to blame after the players made a series of 4 ridiculous fundamental errors. I'm old enough to remember when Australia was in procession of the Bled and benefited from a number of 1 ...
by Fat Old Git
Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:01 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52423
Views: 3489964

Re: NZ Politics Thread

They'd be cleared out by security for not having bought a ticket to the game. Either that or the fence would be 3 times the height.
by Fat Old Git
Sun Apr 14, 2024 1:21 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52423
Views: 3489964

Re: NZ Politics Thread

https://www.health.com/thmb/UDKjvny-R1c2CswGIZzHrpuXOCw=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/IISC_EqualityEquity-b19db87d63d1464192a8d5b508fd7237.png While I generally agree with the sentiment, in the real world there's often a tall guy sitting on a chair demanding...
by Fat Old Git
Sun Apr 14, 2024 12:56 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

Isreal and Iran. The poster children of Western interference in the region.
by Fat Old Git
Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Iranian drones heading towards Israel - AND IT’S LIVE
Replies: 14
Views: 1114

Re: Iranian drones heading towards Israel - AND IT’S LIVE

Enzedder wrote: Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:53 pm Image
Let hope reality doesn't follow the theme of what happened next in that movie.
by Fat Old Git
Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

What's the likelihood that every armed group and nutjob near Israel with access the rockets will start firing them at Israel once the drones get into air defence range?
by Fat Old Git
Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thread
Replies: 2956
Views: 399422

Re: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thread

I was impressed by Emerson's Little bird. Definitely reminded me of it's big brother. And I could quite easily have had more than one.

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by Fat Old Git
Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:13 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread
Replies: 306
Views: 3276

Re: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread

I'm starting to doubt that we will do the 8peat.
by Fat Old Git
Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:09 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

Come off it, we've gone so far beyond 'fire control' and 'fire discipline' or any of those other phrases... They hunted down three clearly marked aid vehicles they knew were there and made sure to kill the survivors as they tried to escape into more clearly marked aid vehicles... They've entered 'k...
by Fat Old Git
Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:00 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread
Replies: 306
Views: 3276

Re: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread

I don't really engage in social media now days but it seems to me that there are people on this forum suggesting that there are dicks on social media and even dicks on the bored at times. It's not a good place to make judgements on the real world. Search for any opinion or reaction you want to see ...
by Fat Old Git
Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52423
Views: 3489964

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Well, it's offcial: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/04/oceans-and-fisheries-minister-shane-jones-scraps-sea-lion-safeguard-amid-declining-population.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter and yet dolphins continue to be treated like they are something special. Smug bastards. Smug l...
by Fat Old Git
Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:47 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

How many of the 13000 Plus children killed so far would be classed as "the aggressor"?
by Fat Old Git
Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

It would be nice if Hamas were prosecuted for the war crime of using civilians as human shields. Would also be preferred for the last sentence below to move from "debated" to "codified". Asymmetric warfare is here to stay. I am interested to know why the Rome Statute has not been ammended to close ...
by Fat Old Git
Mon Apr 08, 2024 1:47 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

It's great just being able to blame the inherent evil of anti-Semitism as the root cause of all these troubles. A wonderful excuse to never ever have to consider any other root causes or address any grievances. The terrorist's are all just inherently evil and didn't at all start out looking like thi...
by Fat Old Git
Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:24 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Listen to your body
Replies: 61
Views: 1351

Re: Listen to your body

Early Thursday morning, I had a mild heart attack, no massive pains or sweating or the like, but a general feeling of my chest being squeezed. So I drove to the ER and was shuffled straight into the operating room for a 2.5 hour op using catheter. They inserted three stents and I am able to sit up ...
by Fat Old Git
Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52423
Views: 3489964

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Cheers fellas. Booji, I celebrated the interest deductibility by setting up the tax payments for the 22/23 financial year for the "profit" that all went to the bank. I'll get to do the sane this time next year fir the 23/24 financial year before perhaps getting a year off in 2026 just in time for a ...
by Fat Old Git
Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52423
Views: 3489964

Re: NZ Politics Thread

I'd say I now know how fans of other teams feel, but let's be honest. I'd need another 20 years or so of failure to truely be able to understand that... :P

Hurrifan. Yes, occasionally. Some of them very interesting and informative.
by Fat Old Git
Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:35 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52423
Views: 3489964

Re: NZ Politics Thread

For want of the better place, he's not posted for awhile so does anyone know what FOG is up to? Last post 31/12/23 but last lurking visit today. I think his inactivity is a New Year's resolution when he got to a round figure of posts. If you're reading this FOG, and if (when) the Sadists win, you h...
by Fat Old Git
Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:31 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

Jesus Jammy what on earth is wrong with you ? What an absolutely meaningless waste of time post, how about highlighting the bits of what I’ve said you disagree with, then we can have a discussion. Not his style. FOG will give it a go but he also lives in a land where they have magic bombs and bulle...
by Fat Old Git
Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:10 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18164
Views: 830309

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

Should also be noted that Biden saying he will implement some of the Republican demands on border control in exchange for continued support for Ukraine as frightened a lot of people into coming now for fear the situation will change in the near future and they'll miss their chance. So a surge isn't ...
by Fat Old Git
Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

FFS jammy, I even gave you some examples. I'm not going to keep repeating myself or rehash the entire discussion because you don't want to believe the answers. You can look up the answers to most of those quite frankly bimbo level questions yourself. Your "outside of Hollywood" comment really was th...
by Fat Old Git
Sat Dec 30, 2023 4:25 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

Except plans have been put forward multiple times, and have included things like. - treat Hamas as a criminal organisation and go after them using suitable tactics for that. Think the US and drug cartels for example, or the UK vs the IRA. - Using appropriate munitions and tactics to genuinely minimi...
by Fat Old Git
Thu Dec 28, 2023 3:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

We'd look really sensible if you were further away from us...
by Fat Old Git
Thu Dec 28, 2023 1:00 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

Bimbot can see Gaza from the basement of his mum's flat in London don't you know. It's only about 3600km away after all.
by Fat Old Git
Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:25 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9086
Views: 283806

Re: Israel declares state of war

Nothing to hide. No siree... The Committee to Protect Journalists has accused the Israeli military of targeting journalists and their families in Gaza amid the highest death toll of media workers in any recent conflict. The New York-based CPJ said at least 68 journalists and other media workers had ...
by Fat Old Git
Mon Dec 25, 2023 2:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52423
Views: 3489964

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Have a great Saturnalia one and all!