The Silver Fern

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@voodoo said in TV Serieseseses:

I absolutely loved the first 4 seasons of TMMM - devoured it.

Thanks for the tip. Started watching S5 and was really disappointed.

Will try again from S1.

@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:

@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:

Sisu (2022) - IMDb Sisu (2022) - IMDb

Sisu: Directed by Jalmari Helander. With Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo. When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, Nazi soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.

4.5 Wicks of 5 Blondies

Sisu
Yep - that was fun.
Finnish Eastwood fighting Nazis as imagined by Tarantino/Rodriguez on a coke-binge.
Can't go fucking wrong.
4.5 flying body-parts out of 5 mining-picks to the skull. Or knives through the skull? Or unnecessary gratuitous shots of the insides of a human being?
Sisu.

I love this movie already and I haven’t even watched it.

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More than likely been posted but new to me

@nzzp it is convenient for shifting stuff around but most of my grunt work is in GCP so I'm not pulling TB out of the cloud

@taniwharugby said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/132140027/hell-trials-its-own-buy-now-pay-later-scheme--except-you-dont-have-to-pay-until-youre-dead

I'd ear so many pizzas that it wouldn't be long before I died of a heart attack. Fuck you kids, you get nothing is all going to hell!

@MN5 said in Wellington Hostel Fire:

@SynicBast said in Wellington Hostel Fire:

I'm all good. Thankfully I live in a boarding lodge in Mt Vic overlooking the Basin rtahre than Loafer's Lodge which catered for a rather different level of clientele. I've been working 7 days a week until very recently which is why I've been absent (that and falling out of love with rugby).

Really appreciate the concern.

As long as you’re still in love with cricket, I imagine the views of the basin would be magnificent.

Yeah, although the hedgerow has grown so much it obscures the view from our deck, but up on the second floor I am perfectly positioned at the southern end , around wide mid on. Still bitching mightily about makeweights like kuggeleijn being preferred to Boulty

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I'm not sure that's possible 😜

@MiketheSnow said in What are you listening to, right now................:

Like an underfed Coldplay song and much the better for it.

@Catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:

@Victor-Meldrew

Life is too short to drink cheap wine.

If you want to serve Two Paddocks at an impromptu BBQ with Tesco sausages you should feel free, I say.

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That's a rought guide. It's how they measure the cost of the API access.

Finished semi 2, and the final. Enjoyed it actually. Amazing how quickly a tune can earworm with just a second listen.

Still not as good as last year, though, which was a cracker.

@Tim She could make a video about washing clothes and I would watch. 😉

@taniwharugby Yes lots of people will be harrowed by this for life.

I cannot understand why these poor decisions were made. My only guess is over-familiarity meant that the risk was undervalued. Like people driving worse in their own neighbourhood or from a personal perspective doing dumb shit in my home DIY that I would never accept at work. But I don't short-cut when I have responsibility for others.

I have a soupcon of sympathy for those being deemed culpable, as they will have to live with this for the rest of their lives, but at least they have a rest of their lives.

@NTA said in VPN Question:

Speed test obviously affected

Checked at home with VPN enabled and disabled. Much of a muchness at these speeds.

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@Machpants said in Tech Purchase Thread:

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@gt12 said in Tech Purchase Thread:

I’m looking at a soundbar so accepting suggestions.

We recently replaced our tv with this:

Apologies for the annoying brat but its the only one in English.

We were having heaps of trouble with the TV being impossible to see (we are up high with heaps of light) and strangely the projector is better than a TV. The speaker is less than ideal though so I’m looking for a Bluetooth soundbar

I would be interested in suggestions too. I have tried a few times to buy one but I am overwhelmed by all the choices. A bit like when I tried to update my stereo a few years ago. I gave up.

I know people have views on Sonos (a bit like Apple) that they appear expensive and you potentially buy into a whole system but their build and sound quality is excellent as is the user friendliness with set up. You will find better (and worse) but these are no gimmick. Options for different budgets provide different features. If you simply want a speaker then the basic model may suit (but you might get better bang for buck elsewhere) but take a step up and you get something with various 'smart' modes and an ability to tune itself to the room.

I have Sonos arc, sub and 2 ones as rear speakers. Used for tv and music. Very happy with it.

If you want a soundbar but not too pricey I suggest Sonos beam.

The Beam 2 is good value, I agree. If you drop the Ray, you'll get nice sound but could probably get an equivalent other brand for less.
There is a Bose priced the same as the Beam which I would guess is just as good in build/sound quality but I like the the TruePlay function (the room acoustic thing talked about above),
Another good function on the Beam is Nightplay which will mean you can watch at lower volumes and have the quiet sounds enhanced but the loud sounds softened.

I'd have that on all the time, the number of movies you watch that the dialogue is so quiet nek minute your eardrums are gone with an explosion

They also have a function to enhance dialouge without dulling the big noises if you so wish. Then you could be deaf in both ears

So the shit weather just keeps on coming.

So many parts of NZ under watches and warnings with narrow 'river' of rain travelling near enough north to south down from the tropics.

Saw something today saying we had had 80% of our annual rainfall already this year in whangarei, I think it was Napier has had 110%, assume Auckland, Coromandel along with other areas must be up there too.

@MN5 said in Anzac Day:

Thank goodness there are avenues to try and address this nowadays.

Not sure how those 'avenues' would cope with large numbers but yes, any forces member that comes back from a war zone goes into a decompression programme on return now.

Falcon Heavy went again this morning:

Depending what you're into when it comes to Podcasts

Sports
No Laying Up - Golf Podcast
The Loop
The Howie Games
Locked on Dodgers
Son of a Butch with Claude Harmon
New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce

Entertainment
Smartless
Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

@Tim I thought they were going to cry in happiness at one point.

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@Catogrande said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

@MN5

“Judgy Mums stare, but I don’t even notice them“.

How does she know they’re staring then?

The tits obviously block her view

@Kiwiwomble said in Gaming/VR:

@nostrildamus ive seen those and they look like huge fun without ending with loads of useless plastic when you get bored

you obviously have the ability to still play through you tv with a pro controller, was just now talking to a mate about him controller and if it was worth it

yes I didn't know it could drive a big external monitor, that is def useful.

@MiketheSnow said in Documentaries:

Pepsi Where’s My Jet
Excellent

I'm three episodes in and have decided I don't like anyone on either side of this.

Pretty interesting doco though.

@NTA said in Star link:

@Kirwan said in Star link:

@Hooroo said in Star link:

Big box arrived with Starlink on it.

Too scared to open it!!

Is it a mission to set up?

So jealous, I want pics please. And do a speed test for us nerds.

Wouldn't be able to touch the fibre connections you get over there for speed, surely?

No it doesn’t but sits nicely in the gap between copper/wireless/cellular and fibre.
Comfortably capable of being a work horse for two working from home running concurrent teams meetings.
The modem/router that comes with it is much better quality than your usual ISP rubbish as well. I have it set up out in the paddock where I have the office/caravan but connect a TV to it in the house 40 metres away to stream sport.
Haven’t brought the Ethernet adapter so I can set up mesh yet.

@Tim Received an email from Latitude as I have a Gem Visa card for hire purchases (hardly ever use it). However, it appears I don't need to do anything, as they'll have an old version number of my driver licence. I signed up for the card in 2015, and replaced my licence in 2017 when it was due, so it'll have a different version number. I must say the email I received wasn't hugely clear.

@Hooroo said in Gluttony / Indulgence ...:

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@voodoo said in Gluttony / Indulgence ...:

I draw the line at cheerios. Disgusting little things

fuck off fluffybunny

@Smudge @Hooroo fight this fucker

Fuck that dickhead!!!

Oi!