The Silver Fern

Clarke taken in the air?

Segner excellent run

@voodoo Big Night was good fun. Hundred foot journey was excellent as well. Ratatouille takes some topping as a food movie though.

Saw 'the taste of things' at the french film festival last year. On the big screen the food porn was off the charts. Gluttony literally there!

Description below - it was great to watch

Set in France in 1889, the film follows the life of Dodin Bouffant as a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie.

@Bones said in Happiness Scale:

Time for the trip of a lifetime @nta, get a couple bags!

I ate Dicks in Seattle. Tasted really good

@NTA mate that's tough news. Hang in there, hope it goes as well as possible

@canefan said in The Masters!:

@dogmeat said in The Masters!:

@canefan Decent haggis is bloody nice.

Rather have that than some of the American fast food style shit detailed.

It's basically sausage right?

@sparky said in The Masters!:

A really great tradition, but some of those menus are not very appealing.

Scotty's nailed it though - sounds fantastic:

For the appetisers, Scheffler is serving cheeseburger sliders 'Scottie-style', firecracker shrimps, and 'Papa Scheff's' meatball and ravioli bites.

Texas-style chili is the first course, followed by a choice of wood-fire cowboy ribeye steak or blackened redfish for the main.

A warm chocolate chip skillet cookie served with vanilla bean ice cream is the dessert offering.

@canefan said in NZ Cricket:

He made some mind-boggling decisions at times. But you have to give the guy his flowers

Still reckon we should have played Boult over Scott K against England at the Mount. Yes, I can bear a grudge.

Most egregious was not getting warm up games in Aus for our tour. You cannot succeed without acclimatising.

@Chris said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

@george33 said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

@Chris is Scott Barrett fit, thought he had a hand injury?

I think he is good to play.

possibly not good to play well, but good to play

@Chris said in NZ Cricket:

Gary Stead has ended up the most successful coach NZ has had over all 3 formats,Results wise he is miles ahead of any other coach.

and yet he inherited Hesson's team - and he was a better coach.

Stead was/is very very conservative as a selector. That said, he's left the team in solid place, so well done!

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

Morons are the safety concern here

Feel sorry for the train driver. That shit isn't something you'd want to have to deal with.

@HugeCarrot2 said in Help with a travel itinerary to NZ:

When in Hokitika the gorge tends to be the popular tourist spot. Hoki in general is quite easy to stroll around as the beach is right alongside the business district,

Hokitika is a great spot to base yourself for the Coast. Very cruisy, enough amenities to have fun, right by the beach.

Pro tip: if you're staying on the Coast, don't get accommodation in a multistorey building or (if you can avoid it) a brick building. The Alpine Fault will let go at some point, and you don't want to be inside one of those if you can possibly avoid it. Timber is your friend.

@Duluth said in Blues v Hurricanes:

Akira has been a massive loss

Massive. He did a lot around the field, even if people didn't see it. Huge defensively as well.

@Canes4life said in Blues v Hurricanes:

Just hope the Canes are on the right side of the ledger this time.

TAB has
Blues $1.45
Canes $2.60

@Duluth said in Blues 2025:

The Blues have, however, lost seasoned prop Ofa Tu’ungafasi, who will undergo neck surgery with the full rehab process to rule him out for the rest of the season.

I liked to acknoweldge. Ooof.

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:

Also, who is Rhys Mariu ?

young batter, possibly our future Test opener.

Good innings from Mitch Hay here, critical he keeps going

@dogmeat I'm voting for him just for those mutton chops

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2025:

.....it would be true to form to try and make one of our greats play differently to his strengths

Good call. What would Henry do (yes it's a wristband)

@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2025:

Conrad Smith in our current shape would have been fucking useless.

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