YES!!!!! @NTA World famous in New Zealand!!!!! Excellent. Having that article published here in NZ is as good as having a passport. Welcome ashore...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/latest/119143490/first-person-in-the-world-to-have-a-tesla-powerwall-battery-pays-less-than-50-cents-a-day-for-power

The Fern has a medalist in the World Masters Games!!!

Willie The Waiter just won Bronze Medal in the individual pursuit!!!

Congrats bro!!!!

@mariner4life said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool :

perhaps, if you are in danger of going fucking blind from playing rugby, you should give it away?

or just wear some goggles.

Oops! It's a loop

@Tim said in Political Memes (memes only):

@booboo Just a funny picture of Chelsea Clinton.

We need an @Tim Meme only thread.

It will have to come with instructions 😁

@canes4life said in Foster signs 2 year extension:

The thing is, if we win the World Cup he will most likely be reinstated again. Ffs.

and so he should be.

Just watching Star Wars again

19 fucking 77

George Lucas. That's just fucked how you nailed that bitch.

There are fuck all movies that don't date but this fucker doesn't.

Boozed by the way

If we win this, all off-season I will be saying "we could have won the damn thing if Jacobsen wasn't injured..."

Remember all those years ago when we joked around about Foster becoming coach.

Oh how we laughed....

Some one must have hacked his account as BSG would always scoff and laugh at those who did grand exits. Must be someone else.

@KiwiMurph said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):

These huas read the fern!

three times in the past week, about a couple of hours after a conversation on these threads, suddenly an article would appear.

@gt12 That is shocking. We have one hole that you can place a pin like that and the grief I get after is constant.

@mariner4life said in Beer thread:

@hooroo said in Beer thread:

@kiwiwomble said in Memes:

@voodoo said in Memes:

@gt12 said in Memes:

@canefan said in Memes:

I bet we all have a photo like that.

How good does that beer look too? That is a VB, or a Carlton Draught, or a Lion Red or a DB. Heck, maybe it's a fucking Rheineck.

Either way, it's cold, sub-4.5% alcohol, and that bloke is about to enjoy 15 of them.

always remember dad enjoyed a Rheineck...or even the odd Joseph Coutts, normally in a swapa crate

First beer I ever had was a Joseph Coutts

My dad barely drank, but when he did, he had a couple of DB Draughts

Fuck. King. Gross

When I was three, I was allowed a sip of the froth off Dad's DB draught. I didn't like it but I felt special as I was allowed it so would always ask.

@crucial said in Memes:

@hooroo said in Memes:

@kiwiwomble said in Memes:

@voodoo said in Memes:

@gt12 said in Memes:

@canefan said in Memes:

I bet we all have a photo like that.

How good does that beer look too? That is a VB, or a Carlton Draught, or a Lion Red or a DB. Heck, maybe it's a fucking Rheineck.

Either way, it's cold, sub-4.5% alcohol, and that bloke is about to enjoy 15 of them.

always remember dad enjoyed a Rheineck...or even the odd Joseph Coutts, normally in a swapa crate

First beer I ever had was a Joseph Coutts

Kuhtze. It was 'No Ordinary Beer'

Thanks! I always remember it as JK so was weird writing Coutts. Thought I had it wrong the whole time.

@kiwiwomble said in Memes:

@voodoo said in Memes:

@gt12 said in Memes:

@canefan said in Memes:

I bet we all have a photo like that.

How good does that beer look too? That is a VB, or a Carlton Draught, or a Lion Red or a DB. Heck, maybe it's a fucking Rheineck.

Either way, it's cold, sub-4.5% alcohol, and that bloke is about to enjoy 15 of them.

always remember dad enjoyed a Rheineck...or even the odd Joseph Coutts, normally in a swapa crate

First beer I ever had was a Joseph Coutts

@godder said in NZ Judiciary:

@crucial Terrible case that, family is loaded with pieces of work. For the defense lawyers, they just represent them to the best of their ability to ensure a fair process. Point out flaws in the prosecution case, ensure the law is applied correctly, and if guilty, provide a list of relevant mitigating factors (if any) for the judge prior to sentencing.

You would have to be paid well, all the same, as that would suck!

@kirwan said in RIP Sean Wainui:

@stargazer said in RIP Sean Wainui:

Video in article:

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2021/10/rugby-codie-taylor-breaks-down-over-tragic-death-of-m-ori-all-blacks-star-sean-wainui.html

Jeez, that was a tough watch.

Really was. Always tough losing a mate

@antipodean said in Hubris:

Decided to check muscle imbalance by doing sissy squats (easy) and nordic curls (hard). This is unsurprising to me given how inflexible my hamstrings have always been, but the difference was stark. So I've decided to concentrate two days per week on increasing mobility and strengthening through the ankles, knees and hips.

I agree. I've never been able to touch my toes with locked knees up until my trainer started me doing exercises that helped this. I keep touching my toes now for the novelty factor! Hip flexibility has improved my golf driving power untold as well.

@dogmeat said in Happiness Scale:

@nzzp said in Happiness Scale:

I always wanted to live rural, but realised after a few years in the city that actually the things I enjoyed were linked to big city life - access to lifestyle, people, events, etc. You can do it all rural - but you have to be really determined and make an effort.

I'm coming under some pressure to move to one of the smaller cities. Pointing out Akl is already small doesn't seem to help.

I want to move into the CBD so there's not a lot of common ground.

Matamata is just lovely mate, so long as you don't mind really average restaurants.... although one of the bakeries just won the Bakels Mince and Cheese pie award. There was no parade...

@kiwiwomble said in Happiness Scale:

@rancid-schnitzel said in Happiness Scale:

@kiwiwomble said in Happiness Scale:

ok, as with a few times ive posted in here....im not sure this is the best place but why not, it will at least touch on several topics

Mrs Womble has a job opportunity in Hobart, Crown Solicitor so a big deal, but we're really struggling to make a call, is hobart too small and family orientated (we dont have kids), we like Melbourne a lot, i can move with my job so thats no issue

it just the stress of moving again, and we would normally go for a long weekend to get a feel for the place but we cant because of covid

She is not leaning towards not taking it because i have things like my rugby club and she saw how much i enjoyed it this year and i am leaning towards going because its amazing opportunity for her

If it's just a temporary thing then go for it. She'll never die wondering about what it would have done for her career and you get an interesting new chapter in your life. With no kids, even better. Just make sure there is a plan for return after a specific time. Nothing worse than being stuck living in a place you don't like with no foreseeable means of escape.

Thats definitely the angle we're taken, keep our place in melbourne rent it out and that should cover renting somewhere over there, only commit to a year or two (need to give it a good go) and then re think

You can happily tell your wife you have the fern nod of approval to move.

@kid-chocolate said in Rough tips and other bets...:

Waller and J-Mac win The Everest with NATURE STRIP. Just held on. Worthy victor, has been the best Aus sprinter overall the last three years. Does Steve Hansen still own a share? If so he’d be receiving a nice chunk of change today.

Yes he does. He watched from Tokyo