@Bovidae said in Worst songs of eras:
It's still not as bad as late 1990s Aerosmith. You know the song I'm talking about.
I don't know the song you're talking about but I'll subscribe to this fun thread anyway, cos I don't wanna miss a thing.
@Bovidae said in Worst songs of eras:
It's still not as bad as late 1990s Aerosmith. You know the song I'm talking about.
I don't know the song you're talking about but I'll subscribe to this fun thread anyway, cos I don't wanna miss a thing.
@booboo said in Happiness Scale:
Plans for Saturday.
Leave here shite and briny in the a.m. Head towards the big smoke.
Leave Mrs Boo to guard the cats and sit the house.
Stop in Sunny Coast to collect female offspring.
Proceed to gold class cinema on North side of Brisbane for late morning screening of Dune 2.
Order lunch to have with movie while reclining.
Watch Dune 2 with female offspring, with whom I had watched first instalment (Mrs Boo not fussed).
Proceed to accommodation on South Bank of River mid afternoon.
Have quiet or two with offspring.
Proceed by foot to Suncorp, approx 15mins, late afternoon, early evening for very civilised 6:30 kick off (thanks to Queensland's refusal to join the civilised world in enjoying daylight "savings" (as Qlders know it)).
Watch Chiefs play as well as they did last week (work with me here jinx gods), with likely uninterested offspring who only came because I am old and I'm going to die soon and she should spend more time with me (actual phrasing). Seats somewhere between 10m and 22, broadcasting side of the field*.
Breakfast Sunday somewhere on South Bank.
Return home, dropping offspring on way.
Added bonus of not watching Blackcaps v Aus.
What are you poor people doing?
- bonus points if anyone is old enough to recall who used to use that phrase in commentary ...
Off to Invercargill on Friday night. So that's my weekend ruined.
Not really. Off to the races on Saturday for a great day out at very affordable prices.
Peach of a ride got Think It Over home over Fangirl.
On a personal note, had my 50th win as an owner in January. #leviathanowner
Time to bump this thread after a year since posts.
Orchestral utterly dominant in the NZ Derby. She'll be very hard to beat in her Sydney assignments in the autumn.
Lots of good horses to watch at the moment (and today, no less). Storm Boy, Fangirl are just two others going around today.
Would probably sneak into the Albion Cricket Club (Dunedin) all time XI, I guess.
Might have to open the bowling with Sneds though, as we're spinner-heavy (Mark Craig, John Bracwell, Nathan McCullum)
@KiwiMurph said in Other Cricket:
@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
Fleming was a very good test player
With a test average under 40...
Well, up until his last test.
So, Michelle Obama is now 3rd fave on Betfair, having previously being at triple figure odds. There MUST be something to it.
@Kiwiwomble said in Where are they now?:
@MN5 said in Where are they now?:
@booboo said in Where are they now?:
And in news that shocks noone ...
Sad to hear.
Kelleher was a bloody exciting player and always came across ok to me in interviews albeit definitely dumb as a sack of hammers.
Sounds like he’s a fucken arsehole on the piss as many people are sadly. Not good for someone of any age but even worse as he’s approaching his late 40s.
Kelleher is a prick, was a couple of years ahead of me at school, at uni we had a private function at the Cook and he tried to get in, actually said "do you know who i am"...unfortunately for him a couple of us knew him before he was an AB and so told him Yes...and thats why we dont want you coming in
He went back as a sixth-year (or dare I say seventh-year?), didn't he? I heard he was playing for the OBs 1st XV, when he was about 19. You and I will probably know similar people (I was at LPHS 1992-1996).
@MajorRage said in Grumpy Old Man:
Whinge 2 for today.
That a picture of Travis Kelce with Taylor Swift is the photo the BBC is using for their article of the KC Chiefs vs the 49ers being in the Superbowl.
She. Isn't. The. Story.
She isn't the story, but you could almost guarantee that photo would double the click-through rate on that story.
And SM, a lot of those things you suggest, the ODT would be open to, I'm sure. But you need both sides to buy in for that to work. As you and I have discussed in the past, the Highlanders don't have media relations high on their priority list.
Difference between Cully and the ODT is that Cully seems to be 98% on the Highlanders round and covers almost nothing else. Whereas the ODT covers every sport under the sun. So it stands to reason that Cully is going to scoop a few more yarns on the Landers when that's all he's focused on.
And when you have an organisation that is as utterly hopeless and useless at media relations as the Highlanders, it's amazing how much coverage they actually do get.
ODT is down to three full-timers in the sports department, including Hayden as sports editor. They have stringers galore though for club sport. The fact they still cover South Otago club cricket and North/Central Otago rugby and the like is impressive, and I hope the good people of Kaitangata, Roxburgh and Duntroon never take that for granted.
And I love his consistency in his hatred for the Crusaders (or "the enemy" as he referenced in that list re: Christian Lio-Willie). It winds up a few readers no end.
@Duluth To be fair to my good mate Meiks, it was just a sidebar to his profile on JRK.
@mariner4life said in Extreme Weather:
And don't get me started on southern based media hyping weather events up here all to hell, making out like we are about to get wiped out, or the whole of cairns has been washed away, when nothing could be further from the truth.
They are already breathlessly on the ground in Townsville, ready to report on this human disaster. And using old footage to create the impression that it's all kicking off, when you can quite clearly see the reporter on the beach in a light breeze and no rain.
Fuck off you vermin.
The publicity officer for FNQAnon UNLEASHES on the southern media!
@dogmeat said in NZ Politics:
@Smudge Given every party has a history of arsehole MP's doing unlawful shit do we really need to witch hunt the Green leadership. They will be hit in the opinion polls. They have lost (apparently) one of their biggest assets.
Personally I give the mental health dialogue some credence simply because Golriz's behaviour was so fucking stupid and unnecessary. Particularly the recidivism. I mean if you've already ben caught nicking stuff once, surely it's barking to try the same thing from the same shop.
I hope parliament moves on and gets down to the more serious business of getting the issues facing the country sorted rather than wasting time and energy on a side show. Leave that to the media and if it comes to it - the justice system.
I was simply outlining the processes and clarifying what can and can't be done.
No harm in having a crack in general debate anyway. That whole hour is just a dumpster fire (and I'm not sure it's needed, along with several other long-standing debates that they slot in at the start and end of the year which could go too).
@dogmeat said in NZ Politics:
@Windows97 MSM has been leading every report with this. It's the summer silly season. This dropping into the news cycle has been mana from heaven for the media.
Don't go all @winger. Nothing suspicious here. Probably don't want to have to moderate all the shit that would get posted. Most political stories the comments get closed pretty quickly after about 50% of all posts have to be deleted.
Also it's an active police investigation and while an arrest may not be imminent (in which case, sub judice would apply), there's more legal downside than upside to opening the comments on such a story.
Be good if a number of Govt MPs from National/Act/NZF narrow in on that on the first general debate of the year. They'll have 6-7 of the 12 speaking slots.
@MajorRage said in NZ Politics:
@gt12 said in NZ Politics:
I'm fascinated to hear when the Green leaders knew what had happened.
At the end of the day, if they knew that someone was doing such activities - and therefore should no longer be an MP and receiving our tax dollars, and they hid it / slowed down the news cycle - so/while that the person could stay on holiday - they should be 100% in the gun.
This is a very good point which Luxon should be asking in parliament. It's not unreasonable for this to be investigated.
He can ask in a general debate (or an urgent debate if one happened to be granted by the Speaker on the first day back) or push in media standups for the Greens to release further info but the Greens are an Opposition party. Only members of the Executive (Ministers) can be asked Oral or Written Questions and be required to answer.
Only other avenue could maybe be a complaint of privilege but I don't think that would be relevant in this instance.
Sorry for the nerd mode.