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Mr Mike

Well, no, I didn't, because that actually happened. You may have, though. :lol: https://i.ibb.co/k6zgV5Dx/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-12-05-19-PM.png Given the subsequent injury to another loose forward, Vai'i, presumably Papali'i remained as cover once Jacobson was fit again. Can you please point me ...

Mr Mike

I saw nothing suspicious when I visited the Island.

TBF Epstein had died five years earlier, so they had plenty of time to tidy up a bit.

Mr Mike

I am interested in Mr Mike's views on this partisan comment from the NYT: In clearing the way for President Trump’s efforts to transform American government, the Supreme Court has issued a series of orders that often lacked a fundamental characteristic of most judicial work: an explanation of the c...

Mr Mike

Here you are: God knows how much money he gets paid. I think it's probably more common than you think. I think so. I remember a boxer who apparently was capable of taking out an opponent with just one punch. However he generally avoided discussing his pugilistic abilities. He was clear that it was ...

Mr Mike

I think most Kiwis know Nisbo isn’t really up to international standard but he comes as a decent bloke and has been there forever. On an organizational level, I think many of the rugby and broadcast fraternity have rallied around him after he lost his wife so the connections are strong and personal....

Mr Mike

I couldn't find the "Blues thread" but this is a joke surely... It has been their home ground since the inaugural Super Rugby season in 1996, but are the Blues’ Eden Park days numbered? The Auckland rugby franchise has begun canvassing the views of supporters on whether they would be in favour of a...

Mr Mike

Flankerdownunder wrote: ↑Wed Jul 16, 2025 5:41 am Isn't this the guy who liked to watch porn on the taxpayer's dime?

Yes. Here’s the CCTV footage at the hotel checkout.

https://youtu.be/r1pumYgwWoQ?feature=shared

Mr Mike

Went to see ‘Girl from the North Country” last week and enjoyed the full Duluth experience. Thanks to you and rabbit-holing, I now know that Duluth's port is able to receive shipping from the Atlantic! :blush: :lol: Excellent trivia gem. I wouldn’t make it past the poutine and smoked meats in Montr...

Mr Mike

ROLDY wrote: ↑Wed Jul 16, 2025 5:16 am This is weird thread.

Pro sports people don’t owe you anything and as an adult you should lean on them as heros.

did you mean “shouldn’t”?

Mr Mike

In an ideal world, I'd have loved to see Hotham start and swapped Love and DMac, but this will do nicely still. Is it too cheeky to ask where you're getting these? Love looks very good at 15 in Super rugby in the dry. July in a test match on a wet evening, I wonder if he'll just have the same issue...

Mr Mike

I don't know what nonsense and shenanigans you're meaning (I don't support either of those party's in case you were searching for a nibble) but I'm sure if Jones was in those party's he'd be at the forefront of it. Rubbish. Yes he would be, he's a rabble rouser/a peacock, his politics are flexible....

Mr Mike

I actually like it. It's brutal for us who are mad fans, but it shows that for some pros it's just a job, and that's like most of us isn't it? Just a way to put food on the table and pay a mortgage. I think I remember reading (and Yanks correct me if I'm wrong), but the European lad who is top MVP ...

Mr Mike

I think my kiwi accent is awesome and never try to hide it. Honestly I doubt I could even if I tried, I don't have a good ear for accents and I would probably end up sounding retarded. (Queenslander) No need to hide it when it does so well with the ladies in Texas. Vvoted World’s Sexist Accent. Sed...

Mr Mike

I think my kiwi accent is awesome and never try to hide it. Honestly I doubt I could even if I tried, I don't have a good ear for accents and I would probably end up sounding retarded. (Queenslander) No need to hide it when it does so well with the ladies in Texas. Vvoted World’s Sexist Accent. htt...

Mr Mike

And for the millions of us without standard "American" accents, who like to visit the national park system, are we required to carry "papers"? The joys of being legally required to always carry a physical green card that will take months to be replaced if stolen or lost. That said, if you can’t do ...

Mr Mike

I suspect you may need to get out of the DC area bubble with its self-affirming crisis mentality. The foreigners attracted to that area are generally a volatile mix of mental fragility and pervasive paranoia who spend too long in the destructive cycle of excessively indulgent self interested handwr...

Mr Mike

And for the millions of us without standard "American" accents, who like to visit the national park system, are we required to carry "papers"? The joys of being legally required to always carry a physical green card that will take months to be replaced if stolen or lost. That said, if you can’t do ...

Mr Mike

What's with PR constantly digging at the AB's, they've been doing it for years. https://www.planetrugby.com/news/all-blacks-v-france-five-takeaways-as-scott-robertsons-side-monster-les-bleus-but-new-zealands-disrespect-a-disappointment A senile commentor mixes up players and suddenly it's disrepecf...

Mr Mike

Watching the game again, it's pretty hard to accept the consequences of a dangerous lifting tackle and rather unsavoury afters to the head are the same as a player who pretty instinctively moves his hand to the ball, knocking it on. I want someone to go back and collect all of Marshall’s moaning ab...

Mr Mike

Unfortunately for her an "opinion" is not a criminal verdict. She is liable and she knows her shielding via the constitutional debate clause does not extend to public space forums. Stupid mistake. There's a pretty massive difference between a corporation and a politician in terms of appetite for de...

Mr Mike

FujiKiwi wrote: ↑Mon Jul 14, 2025 3:05 am Great pun in the OP.

Strongly support this. I was thinking Black Eyed Peas but respect the Elton work.

Mr Mike

The joys of being legally required to always carry a physical green card that will take months to be replaced if stolen or lost. My favorite in house counsel is a British citizen of Indian ascent married to a French man of Spanish ascent with a Spanish name. With her dark skin and Latino sounding n...

Mr Mike

How's the Texas drawl coming along Mr Mike? :lol: My wife has convinced herself that I have a resemblance to Matthew McConaughey based off one extremely flattering photo at a wax museum in Las Vegas a decade ago and her fading eyesight, so to keep the magic alive (after over three decades, I do occ...

Mr Mike

What’s with all the whooping and crowing? It was the nature of some of the performance , especially when down to 14 . Accurate and innovative, attacks from all over the place with nice variation. We could have just done the usual running it wide again and again with the counter attack . Relying on ...

Mr Mike

And for the millions of us without standard "American" accents, who like to visit the national park system, are we required to carry "papers"? The joys of being legally required to always carry a physical green card that will take months to be replaced if stolen or lost. That said, if you can’t do ...

Mr Mike

Thankfully, the dollar has gone down, so that will offset thes costs. Yep. Add cost to get in when once they are there the tourists spend on food and beverage and souvenirs plus accommodation. Easy to see how that stable genius managed to bankrupt casinos. And for the millions of us without standar...

Mr Mike

Apologies for the Daily Heil link but this is hilarious https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14899507/donald-trump-supporting-new-hampshire-dad-canada.html Canadian greencard holder of 40 years locked out of the country. He's a maga retard of course. I would say that it's hard to have sympathy,...

Mr Mike

Tehui wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:31 am
Sprig wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 9:55 am
Monkey Magic wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 9:53 am Think the biggest issue was the best chief went off. Vaa'i is quickly making himself one of the most important players we have on the field.
Day and Night difference between Vaa'i and Finau.
Tupou Vaa'i is fast becoming a player the ABs can't afford to play without.

Great to see.

Mr Mike

Rugby journalism’s Alanis Morissette.

Mr Mike

TheFrog wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2025 2:39 am I hope Galthie has this one translated in French and posted in each of his players' rooms.

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/all-blac ... -saturday/

They may have mistaken the article for Galthie’s game plan.

Mr Mike

Wignu wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 9:15 am
Mr Mike wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 9:07 am Hopefully we can see some sustained execution from NZ this half.
Your try sir

Have to break some oeufs…

Mr Mike

Hopefully we can see some sustained execution from NZ this half.

Mr Mike

Good coaching on display . Far more direct - better intensity and option taking . Had a feeling the team was threatening this . All the nay sayers are hiding behind their sofas now. Go AB’s ; a couple of great combination tries . Everyone stepping up . Crikey there are some thin skins on display he...

Mr Mike

Wignu wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 8:48 am
Mr Mike wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 8:47 am Nisbo having a nightmare with names.
Might need to wheel out Murray Mexted, at least he had the 'Winston Peters' aura about him

Laughed at how much trouble he was having with CLW. A brown guy wearing 8, must be Savea.

Mr Mike

Nisbo having a nightmare with names.

Mr Mike

Are you old enough to have seen Marshall play? I liked Marshall as a player... suited the team in the mid 90s... but Smith top for me, then Going, Loveridge and maybe Marshall next... Marshall's autobiography is the most boring All Black book, though McCaw's is close. But I like Marshall as an anal...

Mr Mike

Thinking of doing something a little bit different/riskier for a break with the wife in September Anyone ever done Albania or Montenegro Any thoughts/rcommendations I'm sat in Kotor now. Montenegro isn't exactly risky, but is phenomenally beautiful. I work in travel, so am privileged to explore a l...

Mr Mike

Gordon Bennett wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2025 6:57 am If the consensus on Wellington Scoop is anything to go by then he's got a strong chance of being the next mayor.

Mr Mike

I thought the all blacks were going to smash the French E team… why are they stressed about a ref? Test is in Wellington, mate. 2 wins, 2 draws & 4 losses in our last 8 tests there :shock: isn’t another stadium close to that record in the country. Clearly the worst ground, even Australia has beaten...

Mr Mike

Anyone who knows their shit would be looking at Renewable Natural Gas from agriculture. Potentially net-negative in terms of GHG but would require huge changes in how we manage livestock. :lol: As we speak, keen young persons are setting their sights on a career in faecal engineering. https://newfa...

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