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by Shrekles
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:48 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: DUNE 2:OFFICIAL THREAD
Replies: 271
Views: 23671

Re: DUNE 2:OFFICIAL THREAD

It was good but I didn't cream my panties like some on here. Agree. Part 1 was better and a bit of odd editing in this one. There hasn't been any mention of the spacing guild has there? They were a key part of the book in firstly wanting Paul killed and also in hauling the Emporer into line after t...
by Shrekles
Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: DUNE 2:OFFICIAL THREAD
Replies: 271
Views: 23671

Re: DUNE 2:OFFICIAL THREAD

There were a couple of very Monty Python moments in the 2nd movie: Paul "I am not the Mahdi" Fremen 'only the true mahdi downplays..." and later 'I am not the messiah" my mate and I looked at each other said 'he's a very naughty boy' Subsequent to the advent of the not-Mahdi, are there not-Jews hid...
by Shrekles
Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:38 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: DUNE 2:OFFICIAL THREAD
Replies: 271
Views: 23671

Re: DUNE 2:OFFICIAL THREAD

There were a couple of very Monty Python moments in the 2nd movie: Paul "I am not the Mahdi" Fremen 'only the true mahdi downplays..."


and later 'I am not the messiah" my mate and I looked at each other said 'he's a very naughty boy'
by Shrekles
Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:56 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: I was in my thirties
Replies: 95
Views: 2667

Re: I was in my thirties

How many times has Coogee died now?
by Shrekles
Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:39 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: I was in my thirties
Replies: 95
Views: 2667

Re: I was in my thirties

I am the same as Clogs - although much slimmer...
by Shrekles
Sun Dec 24, 2023 4:28 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Things you appreciate more as you get older.
Replies: 105
Views: 9118

Re: Things you appreciate more as you get older.

freddie111 wrote: Sun Dec 24, 2023 1:30 am
Shrekles wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:24 am Whisky
Wtf is that? ;-)
Uisge Beathe - not some swamp water
by Shrekles
Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:55 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Ex Wallaby coach accused of sexual assault
Replies: 95
Views: 6002

Re: Ex Wallaby coach accused of sexual assault

Just a shame it has taken this long Yeah it's ridiculous, given literally everyone in this thread knew. I love seeing conservatives losing their mind finding out his history. "They can't prove anything about the assaults...this is just a left-tard beat up....what...he was fired from his teaching jo...
by Shrekles
Mon Dec 18, 2023 9:21 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Ex Wallaby coach accused of sexual assault
Replies: 95
Views: 6002

Re: Ex Wallaby coach accused of sexual assault

Just a shame it has taken this long
by Shrekles
Sun Dec 17, 2023 9:01 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Your best Rugby memories of 2023
Replies: 46
Views: 2286

Re: Your best Rugby memories of 2023

10 weeks long service leave spent travelling around Australia - including swimming with Whale sharks. I'm sure you had a whale of a time but that's not a rugby memory for me it's the RWC and Currie Cup final. Springboks & VRYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT! I didn't watch much rugby this year so my best ...
by Shrekles
Sun Dec 17, 2023 5:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Your best Rugby memories of 2023
Replies: 46
Views: 2286

Re: Your best Rugby memories of 2023

10 weeks long service leave spent travelling around Australia - including swimming with Whale sharks.
by Shrekles
Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:55 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Ex Wallaby coach accused of sexual assault
Replies: 95
Views: 6002

Re: Ex Wallaby coach accused of sexual assault

I wonder how many of these stories SMH/The Age have in the can... https://www.theage.com.au/national/schoolboy-went-to-police-over-alan-jones-indecent-assault-allegation-20231210-p5eqe3.html More than they need to squash him like a bug. Are they going to drip feed them so that several politicians a...
by Shrekles
Fri Dec 08, 2023 9:32 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Dumb Watches
Replies: 73
Views: 4539

Re: Wrist Watches

I like wearing a watch because it's still a more convenient way for me to check the time than getting my phone out and looking at that. However, I did recently sell most of my fancy watches and my daily beater now is a Casio analogue dive style watch that has an illuminating dial. It keeps very goo...
by Shrekles
Fri Dec 01, 2023 11:29 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Royal Racists
Replies: 82
Views: 4167

Re: The Royal Racists

Ahhh....offended by proxy. It reminds me of this classic episode from Utopia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q04VfKco2k&ab_channel=WorkingDogProductions Nat under investigation for cultural appropriation 'Nobody from the mexican community has complained' HR "I'm not sure they know how to be offend...
by Shrekles
Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Royal Racists
Replies: 82
Views: 4167

Re: The Royal Racists

The article linked to makes no mention of the comments about the baby. It relates to Prince Charles calling a polo chum Sooty, and in terms of context it does state. I know you (and sooty) are from a different generation but when you’re justifying casual racism it’s probably time to take a step bac...
by Shrekles
Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:38 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The late 1900s
Replies: 42
Views: 2422

Re: The late 1900s

Grandpa wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:20 am Had one of these in the early 90s. Just before the great depression. Great little phone it was...

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I had one of those too - nothing little about it at all.
by Shrekles
Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The late 1900s
Replies: 42
Views: 2422

Re: The late 1900s

Auckman wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:58 am What a grand time we had in the late 1900s. Windows 95 and then holy of all technological holies, dial-up internet. When the entire house couldn’t use the phone until you got off the internet.
"wait, I am just downloading something....'
by Shrekles
Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:44 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe
Replies: 226
Views: 12188

Re: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe

Yep - a bit. It means I have to deal with the shit heads such as the turd who told a colleague today when he said you need to wait to go to the toiled 'get the fudge out of my way kant' No doubt they wouldn't say that to you! :lol: Fair play to your efforts, I couldn't do it The last kid who tried ...
by Shrekles
Tue Nov 28, 2023 10:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe
Replies: 226
Views: 12188

Re: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe

Yep - it is quite disgusting where some of the public money goes.
by Shrekles
Tue Nov 28, 2023 10:30 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe
Replies: 226
Views: 12188

Re: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe

Are all current public schools in Australia really so stretched they can't accomodate a minority of these toffs without the need for new schools? I must say the amount of students in private schools in Oz is very surprising. I think it's about 5% in NZ. That's the point, they're not all toffs. Yes,...
by Shrekles
Tue Nov 28, 2023 10:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe
Replies: 226
Views: 12188

Re: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe

About 50% of secondary students go to private schools in NSW. As an example, in my drawing area (Wingecaribee) there are 2 public high schools and 5 private high schools - only one of which is Catholic. Yours is a bit of an outlier area though Yep - a bit. It means I have to deal with the shit head...
by Shrekles
Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:09 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe
Replies: 226
Views: 12188

Re: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe

My point was specifically based on the majority of students staying in private schools so not needing to build hundreds of new schools. Sure, but even a large minority of students leaving would require lots of new schools. I don't know the answer, but I'd be interested to see the modelling. Are all...
by Shrekles
Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe
Replies: 226
Views: 12188

Re: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe

In political terms, what saves this policy is the existence of the Catholic school system. Indeed. But, mistakes in Policies back in the day shouldn't be used as an excuse for an unfair system There are probably zero private schools with demountables on the playing fields Barker had a lot when I di...
by Shrekles
Mon Nov 27, 2023 5:07 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe
Replies: 226
Views: 12188

Re: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe

How is that? Because of facilities? Yep - the state governments would have to build a large number of new schools. It is an often misunderstood fact that the state governments fund public schools and the federal government tops up the funding - they also top up the private schools but to a far larg...
by Shrekles
Mon Nov 27, 2023 4:33 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe
Replies: 226
Views: 12188

Re: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe

:thumbup: the reason why they don't is that it would cost state governments a lot more to build new schools to cater for all the students moving from private schools if the federal govt withdrew funding. How is that? Because of facilities? Yep - the state governments would have to build a large num...
by Shrekles
Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:28 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe
Replies: 226
Views: 12188

Re: Australian rugby schools not culturally safe

Private schools can charge what they like if people pay it. They should just lose their government funding. :thumbup: the reason why they don't is that it would cost state governments a lot more to build new schools to cater for all the students moving from private schools if the federal govt withd...
by Shrekles
Thu Oct 26, 2023 5:01 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 25 July 1981 – Waikato v the boks, she was on the pitch
Replies: 65
Views: 1528

Re: 25 July 1981 – Waikato v the boks, she was on the pitch

That's interesting! In what way(s) did society change, you reckon? Anti-racist tour protesters were encouraged to take up the cause on behalf of Maori in their own country was one outcome. I wondered about this in particular. I think indigenous people here see New Zealand is a guide of sorts for cu...
by Shrekles
Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 25 July 1981 – Waikato v the boks, she was on the pitch
Replies: 65
Views: 1528

Re: 25 July 1981 – Waikato v the boks, she was on the pitch

They could have protested at another game I really wanted us to beat the Boks. NZ changed after that, probably for the better because it opened a lot of eyes. That's interesting! In what way(s) did society change, you reckon? Anti-racist tour protesters were encouraged to take up the cause on behal...
by Shrekles
Thu Oct 26, 2023 12:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 25 July 1981 – Waikato v the boks, she was on the pitch
Replies: 65
Views: 1528

Re: 25 July 1981 – Waikato v the boks, she was on the pitch

The more I hear about peoples' personal stories of the 1981 tour, it makes me wonder why such a divisive tour was allowed to go ahead in the first place. Times were a changing and NZ was finding out the hard way. Muldoon cynically manipulated the chaos to win an election by pandering to pro-tour su...
by Shrekles
Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:49 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 25 July 1981 – Waikato v the boks, she was on the pitch
Replies: 65
Views: 1528

Re: 25 July 1981 – Waikato v the boks, she was on the pitch

I was too young to understand the big picture of what was going on. What was the vibe in NZ during the 1980 Olympics when many of the African nations boycotted the games because of NZ's position at the time on sporting ties with South Africa? That's embarrassing. That was 1976. I was too young to r...
by Shrekles
Tue Oct 24, 2023 9:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29272
Views: 2041936

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

Golf course or more shit box oppressive apartments… hmm Or parkland that is available to all not just people willing to pay exorbitant green fees. It’s a highly utilised public championship level course which has a huge amount of women and kids play on it. Fees aren’t exorbitant at all. The only si...
by Shrekles
Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:34 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2023 Rugby World Cup Final Match Thread - NZ Vs South Africa
Replies: 2845
Views: 45742

Re: 2023 Rugby World Cup Final Match Thread - NZ Vs South Africa

Looks like World Rugby has dropped the crazy idea to not allow the All Blacks and Springboks to play each other in their iconic colours. I wonder if Adidas and Nike have had a quiet word with World Rugby Good, I was wondering about that. Surely even colour blind people can tell the difference betwe...
by Shrekles
Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:12 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: I agree with Nigel Owens re the Scrums
Replies: 82
Views: 2000

Re: I agree with Nigel Owens re the Scrums

Well I can't recall NZ ever getting beasted in scrums to the point that it actually cost them a game. There's been some fairly average scrumming units in the early 2000's but generally it's either been a strength or at worst good enough to get away with. The only extended beasting of an NZ scrum I ...
by Shrekles
Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: I agree with Nigel Owens re the Scrums
Replies: 82
Views: 2000

Re: I agree with Nigel Owens re the Scrums

There's a simple solution here: get better at scrummaging. I don't remember hearing any of these proposals when NZ's scrum was considered a bit weak in the early-mid 2000s, nor when Aus got their heads shoved up their asses in 2007. Scrumming for a penalty was smart tactical rugby back then. How th...
by Shrekles
Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:46 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29272
Views: 2041936

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

Absolute shit house if true. Probably one of the most utilised golf courses in Australia. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/inner-sydney-golf-course-to-be-slashed-for-parkland-as-city-grows-20231022-p5ee2k.html The thing that gets me is that Minns and Clover Moore (in the past) have claimed that ...
by Shrekles
Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:01 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Do England Have A Mental Block Vs The Springboks?
Replies: 25
Views: 644

Re: Do England Have A Mental Block Vs The Springboks?

I must say it is a pleasant change to have these sorts of threads about other teams rather than about the (now over-achieving)All Blacks having choked in a match everybody expected them to win.
by Shrekles
Tue Oct 24, 2023 1:06 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2023 Rugby World Cup Final Match Thread - NZ Vs South Africa
Replies: 2845
Views: 45742

Re: 2023 Rugby World Cup Final Match Thread - NZ Vs South Africa

Is that a woosh? Nic Gill has rated Reiko Ioane the best overall athlete when considering strength, speed and endurance. The interview was with Nick Gill - while rating Rieko he said he was most excited about Newell - basically as they get more training into him the sky will be the limit. He also s...
by Shrekles
Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:13 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2023 Rugby World Cup Final Match Thread - NZ Vs South Africa
Replies: 2845
Views: 45742

Re: 2023 Rugby World Cup Final Match Thread - NZ Vs South Africa

I heard that. Wasn't the previous record held by one of the Franks brothers? I saw an interview recently (can't remember where sorry) with the ABs S&C coach who rated Newell as the best athlete in the All Blacks. Is that a woosh? Nic Gill has rated Reiko Ioane the best overall athlete when consider...
by Shrekles
Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:44 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2023 Rugby World Cup Final Match Thread - NZ Vs South Africa
Replies: 2845
Views: 45742

Re: 2023 Rugby World Cup Final Match Thread - NZ Vs South Africa

Laulala and Tuungafasi have had a powerful scrum this year and they tend to win penalties but they also give away free kicks. Overall Newell is a better player as a defender and cleaner. Newell hold the Crusaders record for the biggest Squat weight at 270 kgs. To put that in perspective, that is mo...
by Shrekles
Sun Oct 22, 2023 11:41 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2023 Rugby World Cup Final Match Thread - NZ Vs South Africa
Replies: 2845
Views: 45742

Re: 2023 Rugby World Cup Final Match Thread - NZ Vs South Africa

Nope - no disagreement. It is nice to be an underdog at the world cup for once.