The Silver Fern

@Victor-Meldrew No, not really. When he found they lied to him how many bots they had on the service, he tried to pull out of the detail but it was going to cost him something like a billion.

Kind of amazing to put together a deal worth 44 billion and not do a detailed review of what you were buying. All seemed rushed for reasons we may never know about.

@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.

@No-Quarter said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@dogmeat said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@gt12 said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

Those things are fucking terrible.

I'm not a cake person at all, but Lamingtons are surely kiddie food. Sponge cake dipped in chocolate rolled in desiccated coconut.

At a morning tea, my weakness is always

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Fark yes!!! Them and parties pies, I could get through a mountain of each

100%! I get really annoyed at work if someone gets catering and they've tried to get something fancy instead of a selection of sausage rolls, party pies and those little quiches. They're also convenient in that I can load up a plate of them and take them back to my desk with minimal interaction with other people in the office.

Forgot about those delicious little quiches!

Only the vegetarian ones are gay 😏

@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.

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I'm a little sceptical of GDP but it seems far more useful and transparent than many surveys of happiness.

GDP – is it really the best measure of wealth?

@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

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

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

@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:

@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Overall:

@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - Overall:

FFS China

Now's the time to invade.

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Unless you are Asian of course.

@Tim said in British Politics:

@Victor-Meldrew

I would almost say that the failure to transform British science into industry in the postwar period was an all time historical tragedy.

British science and engineering were exploding with new results. Antibiotics, Jet Engines, Electron Microscopes, DNA, nuclear power, applied mathematics to materials science, electronics, computers, you name it. They needed a DARPA and a West German style industrial re-investment programme.

Recommend Corelli Barnett's The Lost Victory (if you haven't already read it). Governments, Unions & much of industry were more concerned with keeping smoke-stack industries & coal mines running rather than encourage investment in new industries and products.

Some truly insane stuff went on like still designing new classes of steam engines into the 1960's. Add in 95% tax rates on profits from investment (yes, really) and you had a recipe for disaster.

@mariner4life thoughts and prayers. One like = one care.

@Cyclops said in Super Rugby News:

@Duluth said in Super Rugby News:

Tim Perry.. of all the players who had multiple starts for the Blues he was the worst. Second place is miles behind him. Think of all the crap players that played for the Blues over the decades Tim Perry was number one. Well done.

Managed to win three super rugby titles though!

Didn't really watch him at the blues but he was decent for the crusaders and ultimately managed to push crockett out of starting his last final.

Not to mention a fairytale end to his career winning the M10 Cup with the Mako in his final match.

Six test caps.

And even memorable for the Blues....

Pretty solid, Tim! 🙂

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I agree with him, along with the injury enforced front row change over. I wonder if Foster sees it the same

'The man we've been looking for': Hansen reveals his biggest All Blacks positive

Hansen was effusive in his praise for one key player.

Didn't know where else to post this.

biathlonworld First ever World Champion from New Zealand! 🔥 Huuuge congratulations to @wright_campbell on the sprint victory in the #YJWCH23 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

#biathlon #biathlonworld #biathlonfamily

Damn shame for the kid but would he have seriously made test rugby at 18?

More an issue for our u20

Too busy/lazy to regularly update but fortunately not to train.

Quite a bit of MTB, golf and other stuff so only in the gym 3 times a week. Lots of high intensity stuff including this from Saturday

Warmup - 2km row

6 rounds of:

Each round takes about 5mins so all done pretty quickly.

On Schmidt joining AB selection panel, and where it will take him, I have just finished Steve Hansen's book, he's pretty good mates with Schmidt. He talks of mentions how much trouble Schmidt was having with the pressure while coaching Ireland (had read that before) and though he was NZR's preferred choice to take AB's job he needed a break away. Hope he just takes it easy coming into whatever roles he does and builds from there.

@nzzp said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@majorrage said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

TBF though, I can't blame Aussies for treating the result with a bi of disdain given how much we shit the bed when we toured there last.

at least we could beat the Indians at home, eh 🙂

seriously, give us a proper warmup and a better selection policy and we may have been competitive.

We have Kylo and Devon as well now. Much better team

@MiketheSnow said in NH International Rugby:

@Daffy-Jaffy said in NH International Rugby:

Townsend signs new deal and vows to keep attacking Townsend signs new deal and vows to keep attacking

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend says he is determined to stick with his attacking approach after signing a contract extension until April 2026.

Madness

Unlikely to get out of their Pool, for the second RWC in a row

Genius if they do

I wouldn’t say unlikely. They can definitely knock over SA or Ireland on the day, but yeah, by curious quirk of fate three of the top five ranked countries are all in the same pool whereas minnows like Australia and Wales will get a much easier ride.

@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:

@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:

GET FUCKED SAGE

antony-thrower  /  Apr 28  /  UK News Brits urged to wear face masks again as Arcturus Covid strain spreads across UK Brits urged to wear face masks again as Arcturus Covid strain spreads across UK

The continuous spread of the super-infectious Covid variant Arcturus means the British public should revert to once again using face masks to protect themselves on public transport, it's been claimed

Can't believe people are already wearing them again in London

We popped into Regent Street on the train/tube yesterday. I don't recall seeing one mask on our journey. Even walking through Green and Hyde Parks where it was absolutely stacked and they're setting up for the coronation.

Good

Down Greenwich way a different story apparently

Kahlua Flybye won her heat of the Oaks last night and did it well. She's now a $2 favourite for next weekend's A$200,000 Oaks. #nerves

@sparky said in NH club rugby:

Great stuff, Tom Curry.

Nice, a curry takeaway

@Kiwiwomble said in Lockdown/Covid Check In:

@mikedogz hopefully it passes with little to no symptoms

where are you based? don't think we even have any restrictions if you test positive anymore in aus

Labour should have done this already. You sick? Stay at home. Otherwise you can come and go as you please

@Rugger-Quizzes said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:

3000 or more test runs. New entry on the list.

New Zealand Test Cricket - 3000 or more test runs New Zealand Test Cricket - 3000 or more test runs

Name the New Zealanders who have scored 3000 or more test runs. Figures accurate to 12/05/2021

3.19 remaining........most of this was due to the spelling of one particular name...

@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.

@Paekakboyz if you are looking for a big change, my company has some vacancies in Wellington 🙂

So I went through the process of getting PR about 18 months ago. Fuck. Do I get a refund?

@Crucial said in Brexit:

@MajorRage said in Brexit:

@Crucial said in Brexit:

@MajorRage said in Brexit:

Country can thrive, but won’t, because too many don’t want it to. It’s that simple.

An opinion.

I keep out of this board mostly as it is just polemic and even if you try to be open to both sides and ask for an opposing view supported by fact you get accused of having made your mind up.

Not attacking you or your comment but I'm not stupid enough to think that people's opinions aren't tainted. I actually like to hear both sides and make my own mind up. In this day and age that gets very difficult

Apologies, that posted sound more aggressive than it meant to.

I agree with your response entirely.

The point I’m making is that we will never know the true truth about Brexit. Is the economy down vs Europe since Brexit? Unequivocally, yes. Is it Brexits fault? Yes, and no.

In my view, it’s down more because of the pandemic. An underbelly of this country has been exposed. It has a very large, extremely lazy, sub section. They were lazy before, they got lazier under govt support snd they fight going back.

The thought of picking up the slack is non existent. Blame the govt, instead of working harder. Jobs are EVERYWHERE for the poor. Because people left after the pandemic and the Poms didn’t pick up the slack. They moaned, they whinged …. Then sat on their arses as the vacancies piled up. The media has ploughed so much negativity that ppl have lost faith, and the will, to improve.

It’s sad. Under a United country, it would thrive. Properly. But there are too many who would rather piss, whinge, moan than take advantage of the opportunities.

Back in the early part of this thread when debating/arguing sides this very outcome was predicted. I have worked in environments where it was Euro immigration doing most of the grunt work and on the rare occasions a local would try out they would be gone in hours as it was too hard (or easier not to work).

I think you've highlighted precisely one of the things which is badly wrong with the UK and why so many businesses supported Remain and advocate re-joining the EU.

Why bother about actually motivating your staff, increasing productivity and investing in people when it's so much easier to get cheaper labour from Eastern Europe and blame the locals for a poor work-ethic? And when the feckless, work-shy locals vote to leave the EU, it's so much easier to castigate them and call them names rather than understand their concerns rather than actually do the grunt work of getting the best out of your people. (That said, there are UK sectors with fantastic management - as @MajorRage has pointed).

For me, much of the Brexit debate is/was about making life easier for the wealthier sectors of the country rather than improving growth, productivity and maximising the potential of the whole of the UK. I voted Remain way back, but seeing the negative impact of EU membership in Cornwall (the poorest region of the UK) along with the antics of second referendum advocates, has changed my mind completely.

@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!

@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe 1:

And if you are league supporter, just be sure to remember that whatever sanction a judiciary spits out there is a premium on top of that for any Warriors

Using the WE CAN'T PUNISH FANS AT FINALS TIME clause, because... well..... 😉

@Bones "late switch got us both"

Wow, Celtics coming all the way back. On paper they should have never let it get to this point, getting into a 0-3 hole against a depleted Miami team. Looks like they might have woken up just in time

@Stargazer what's the bet he absolutely carves up for Landers next week.