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Bruce Hamilton

For those from distant days of Usenet groups such as nz.general. I noticed a death notice for Brian Dooley, and a family friend has confirmed in nz.general that he was the entertaining and irascible inhabitant of NZ Usenet. Details can be found in the thread in nz.general.
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June 9, 2011 8:37am
Murray

Ok theres a taniwha on the tracks… what to do? http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10731108

I say we send in Callum Forbes and Peter Lyon to deal with te dragon old school. They’ll work for a lot less than the song and dance option and it has culteral precedent.

Given we’re a “multiculteral partnership” this should be fine with the apointed Maori representatives of the ACC shouldn’t it.
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June 9, 2011 8:49am
Diziet Sma

RIP Brian.

‘Pawlenty to Call for Deep Tax Cuts’
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/06/07/pawlenty-plan-deep-tax-cuts-and-a-google-test/?mod=e2fb
I think his ‘Google Test’ is interesting. Adopting new tech has always been the hallmark of dynamic cultures.
‘In order to offset any lost tax revenue — and to tackle the deficit — Mr. Pawlenty calls for something called “The Google Test” to determine whether the government should be involved in a program.

“If you can find a good or service on the Internet, then the federal government probably doesn’t need to be doing it,” Mr. Pawlenty says. “The post office, the government printing office, Amtrak, Fannie [Mae] and Freddie [Mac], were all built in a time in our country when the private sector did not adequately provide those products. That’s no longer the case.”

PM wins row with Nick Clegg over crackdown on Muslim extremists
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jun/04/pm-nick-clegg-muslim-extremists
How could this not be a good thing.

1080 all the way. Some of those newsreaders should keep their moronic views to themselves. Green killers.
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June 9, 2011 8:54am
ciaron

A note to jay-walkers:

just because the cars aren’t moving, doesnt mean there isnt a cyclist going PDQ in the adjacent cycle lane, so take a damn good look to the left before you step out, or better yet; use the provided pedestrian crossing located 5m away.

Thankyou.
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June 9, 2011 9:10am
tristanb

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5119087/Man-denies-threats-to-Coca-Cola-staff

I’m glad I’ll be dead in 100 years given the state of humanity’s breeding population:

Invercargill man and father-of-eight Chris Hodgkinson yesterday hit out against the soft drink’s manufacturers and rebutted the company’s claims he had made death threats against its Invercargill staff. “As long as I’ve known her she drank Coke every day. No hot drinks, nothing, just Coke,” he said.
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June 9, 2011 9:12am
Murray

Sweep the leg ciaron!
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June 9, 2011 9:12am
manikineko

question: why is the image for the ipredict stocks -North Korea to detonate nuclear device in 2011- a screen shot of the puppet from Team America?
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June 9, 2011 9:13am
mikenmild

Ma’a Nonu cut by the Hurricanes? How could that happen?
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June 9, 2011 9:17am
ciaron

I hit the guy doing about 30km/h. didn’t have a choice seeing as he suddenly appeared in front of a van as I was alongside said stopped van with cars parked to my left… guy didn’t know what hit him.
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June 9, 2011 9:20am
AlphaKiwi

How New Zealand Missed The Knowledge Wave

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10730834
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June 9, 2011 9:20am
PaulD

ciaron , if you were doing 30kph 5m from a crossing how do you think the paint would have helped?
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June 9, 2011 9:30am
shoreboy57

Is Taniwha the new euphemism for hand-out?
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June 9, 2011 9:31am
Murray

Its a dragon shoreboy.
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June 9, 2011 9:35am
ciaron

PaulD; If pedestrian had been using provided crossing in the manner in which it was designed located 5m behind me, he would not have blindly stepped into my path from my right, leaving me no room or opportunity to avoid him.
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June 9, 2011 9:36am
Diziet Sma

Graham Capill may get parole
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/5119037/Graham-Capill-may-get-parole
Which Party is going to pick up this tireless crusader?
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June 9, 2011 9:39am
Viking2

Some people just need to learnthe hard way. even supposedly intelligent ones.
Move on
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June 9, 2011 9:41am
nasska

Diziet Sma

There’s only one party that specialises in recycling worn out politicians & he’s too young to meet their age barrier.
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June 9, 2011 9:47am
Lindsay Addie

Taniwha = The ultimate weapon for the anti progess mob……
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June 9, 2011 9:49am
Longknives

tristanb- I find it hilarious that he denies she drank ten litres of Coke a day and gives the much more ‘respectable’ figure of four litres! I like Coke (as a spirit mixer mainly) but who the hell could even drink a 2.25 litre of the stuff?
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June 9, 2011 9:52am
Longknives

What if the Taniwha disapproves and disrupts the Rugby World Cup? Surely Horotiu should be ‘appeased’ in some form as a precaution??
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June 9, 2011 9:58am
Murray

I’ve already offered a culterally accpeted solution Longknives = men in armour on horses with lances.

Problem solved. Two cultures working together to move forward, its a beautiful thing.
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June 9, 2011 10:01am
AlphaKiwi

@ Longknives

I can easily get through a 2.25L bottle of Coke or any other soft drink in two hours. I’m trying to cut back to one bottle a week now. The shit ain’t good for you.
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June 9, 2011 10:02am
Neil

Re the Hurricanes. Not really a fan but my view which might not be PC.
I’m not convinced that rugby should be a top spot on a blog site but I’ve been dying to say this for ages.Apologies to those who find this offensive.
As a southerner I have always had a negative view of the Hurricanes with their opinionated supporters and their so called superstars.
I am not overtly racist but the Hurricanes suffers from the same malady that these free spirit super star teams of playing brilliantly when allowed to but failing when they face uncompromising opposition . Plus the mercurial elements of Maori and Pacific Islands with their natural brilliance but often being awol when playing these hard nosed teams like the Crusaders and the South African teams.
To see Ma’a Nonu wandering around the paddock this year has been amazing while the TV commentators are gasping in anticipation when Nonu will make that break through.
Both Hore and Nonu grew individually for the game, not the team .
Compare the ethics of the Hurricanes and the Crusaders. There is no comparison however some critics rave on about the brilliance of the Hurricanes. Look at Mark Hammet’s efforts. The Hurricanes did not like the “d” word.
Hore is at the edge of his career’s end but I think he thinks he will waltz into the Highlanders.(perhaps he will have more time to seal watch in Otago Harbour!!!!)
As for Nonu- my feeling is that Nonu would add little to the “team”.What will happen with the All Blacks and Mr N.?
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June 9, 2011 10:02am
adze

Sorry to hear about Brian Dooley, Bruce. Has the cause of death been released?

I never knew the man personally, but he was a link to my earliest forays into the online world, before the world wide web, in the wild west of FidoNet and Usenet. I ran a Bulletin Board on an Amiga 1200 and it was a much smaller ‘community’ back then, where the closest thing to ubiquitous broadband speeds was owning a 14.4k modem. Names like Brian Dooley, Terry Bowden and Daniel Ayers are still familiar to me.
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June 9, 2011 10:16am
lofty

@Longknives.. 2.25 liters of coke + 40 oz Black Heart = perfect mix. Just a nice wee session.
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June 9, 2011 10:16am
Lindsay Addie

The Destiny Church has thrown the toys out of the cot about Govt funding drying up:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10731094

Well boo fucking hoo.
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June 9, 2011 10:18am
ciaron

O.K., whats on the Hughes thread that causes web marshal to prevent me from opening it?
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June 9, 2011 10:25am
georgebolwing

Trans-tasman notes that there has been a “shift in political gravity”, with support for the Government continuing to grow (http://transtasman.co.nz/home/free-articles/play-of-the-week-gravity-shift.html).

It concludes:

“But the wider population has cottoned on to realities Labour seems oblivious to. The party’s promises, its policies, its priorities and its whole attitude is based on the assumption the run of mostly debt-fuelled and hollow prosperity of the noughties is still with us, or at least is just around the corner again.”

I agree: Labour just doesn’t seem in tune with the current issues facing New Zealand and New Zealanders.
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June 9, 2011 10:26am
Bruce Hamilton

Adze,

“Dooley, Brian – On 6 June, 2011 peacefully at Village at the Park, Newtown aged 79 years.”
I went back to nz.general for the first time in many years to post the notice, as we’ve almost all dispersed from the original 300 Baud entertaining character-based discussions from NZ Usenet, Fidonet, BBS, and predecessors, but Brian apparently posted there till late last year. It’s not as smelly as the “cesspit of nz.*” of earlier years.
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June 9, 2011 10:33am
wf

2.25 litres of coke = 2250 calories, unless they’ve changed the recipe recently.

Great for building big fat bodies, diabetes, incipient heart disease, rotten teeth and so on.

You’re onto it, AlphaKiwi. Keep up the good work.
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June 9, 2011 10:48am
Murray

Lindsay they got nearly $900,000 of tax payer money, they’re pissy because they didn’t get MORE.

Not really what I’d call “dried up”.
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June 9, 2011 10:53am
nasska

Ciaron @ 10.25am

Just a discussion on the normal humdrum events in the daily life of a Labour MP…..alcoholism, homosexuality, attempted rape, swiss balls, sodomy. Nothing out of the ordinary….better check the settings on Web Marshall.
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June 9, 2011 11:06am
lofty

@wf, yeah but, but ,but the rum kills the calories wf, everyone knows that!
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June 9, 2011 11:10am
s.russell

Obviously coca cola must be banned. It can kill you. Water should also be banned, as drinking too much of it can also be deadly (see http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=strange-but-true-drinking-too-much-water-can-kill).
In fact, we shoud ban life. Nothing will be able to kill us if we are already dead.
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June 9, 2011 11:13am
meh

Ciaron – your text sensor threshold must be set pretty low, I’ve got webmarshal here and isn’t triggering on it.
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June 9, 2011 11:17am
ciaron

meh, the rub is that I cant change the settings 🙂
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June 9, 2011 11:26am
cha

China, buying the world.

China has been steadily increasing its foreign investments outside of bonds in recent years. Between 2005 and 2010, it made more than $224 billion in overseas investments and also entered into engineering and construction contracts of more than $94 billion, according to data compiled by The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C
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June 9, 2011 11:30am
Murray

No one is getting out alive s.russell.

You can’t change those settings either.
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June 9, 2011 11:41am
laworder

Ciaron wrote

I hit the guy doing about 30km/h. didn’t have a choice seeing as he suddenly appeared in front of a van as I was alongside said stopped van with cars parked to my left… guy didn’t know what hit him.

Bet he knows now! Hope you were not hurt yourself. And as viking 2 said, some people just need to learn the hard way, although I doubt that applies to many people that can claim to be intelligent. I have airhorns on my bike to warn people in such situations, but if the damn fool stepped out from behind a van without even looking then I doubt that would have done any good anyway. Damn fool is lucky it was a cyclist not a truck that took him out

I dont know how some people get through their day without injuring themselves. Obviously this one didnt 🙂

Regards
Peter J
see http://www.sensiblesentencing.org.nz
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June 9, 2011 11:44am
KiwiGreg

@ cha over the same period per the UN (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/TableViewer/tableView.aspx – so as reliable as Helen Clark…) the US outbound FDI was over a trillion.
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June 9, 2011 11:47am
ciaron

@ Laworder; neck sprain, shoulder sprain, lower back sprain, slight concussion… None of it bad enough for a spell off work.

Just in case its not clear, the guy stepped out of stationary traffic, not parked vehicles.
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June 9, 2011 11:49am
Murray

In other words he was breaking the law and caused a injury accident. By law he had 24 hours to report it.
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June 9, 2011 11:54am
Ender

Just heard a rumour of a breaking story about an MP and a hooker?? Anyone shed more light?
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June 9, 2011 11:58am
wreck1080

The NZ dollar has hit a record high against the british pound today.

I reckon, we will see the pound at should to .70 in the next year. The kiwi dollar seems to just keep rising the more the government borrows.

While farmers are doing great since commodity prices are rocketing, non-agricultural exporting businesses are bleeding.

And, this government has the absolute gall to ‘borrow’ money they don’t need just because they are getting a good interest rate.
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June 9, 2011 12:05pm
Murray

wreck your answer is going to fix what Obama broke.

Let us know how that works out for you.
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June 9, 2011 12:14pm
laworder

Ciaron wrote

Laworder; neck sprain, shoulder sprain, lower back sprain, slight concussion… None of it bad enough for a spell off work.

Glad you arent too badly injured. I went back to work the same night I went into somebody’s windscreen a few years back, did less damage to myself than I did to the car 🙂

Just in case its not clear, the guy stepped out of stationary traffic, not parked vehicles.

Oh my God, thats a double dose of stupid! You could call that a double down 🙂 And what injuries did this fine example of intellectual prowess sustain may I ask?

Regards
Peter J
see http://www.sensiblesentencing.org.nz
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June 9, 2011 12:57pm
laworder

I see the possibility that the Graham Capill thing may get paroled is already causing discussion over on the Trade Me message boards. Personally I think it is only fit for medical experimentation myself.

If it had received a reasonable sentence in the first place, eg 3-400 years then I would have no issues with parole at one third 🙂

Regards
Peter J
see http://www.sensiblesentencing.org.nz
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June 9, 2011 1:02pm
AlphaKiwi

@ Murray

What did Obama break?
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June 9, 2011 1:03pm
mikenmild

Not much debate today. Anyone seen the Metro article on the government’s response to the magazine’s ealier story about the SAS in Afghanistan?
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June 9, 2011 1:10pm
ciaron

He felt well enough not to need an ambulance. He dissapeared while I was checking my bike.
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June 9, 2011 1:11pm
Ryan Sproull

Is Diziet Sma the same person as Unaha Closp?

Or are there now two totally awesome names on Kiwiblog?
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June 9, 2011 1:13pm
KiwiGreg

Iain Banks – great author with terrible politics…
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June 9, 2011 1:15pm
AlphaKiwi

@ciaron

In China, that person hit would lay on the ground rolling around “in agony”. The policeman would tell you to take the person to the hospital and pay for the hospital visit and all subsequent treatment. You would have to pay them that day. The cost of the treatment is calculated by the “victim” giving a ball park figure. It’s normally a couple of thousand RMB. That’s about two months of the average salary in China.

Thank your lucky stars you don’t live in China. 🙂
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June 9, 2011 1:15pm
Ryan Sproull

Iain Banks – great author with terrible politics…

His politics are awesome. Bring on the Culture.
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June 9, 2011 1:21pm
pdm

mikenmild (63) said:
“Ma’a Nonu cut by the Hurricanes? How could that happen?”

Easily really – especially when you make your own arrangements and don’t stick to the game plan.

As I have said on many occasions – Nonu will lose more games for you than he will win for you.

Actually it is good to see a Hurricanes coach weilding some discipline I hope it sticks – unfortunately history suggests that Hammet will be another Hurricanes coach who falls by the way side.
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June 9, 2011 1:25pm
mikenmild

pdm

You would have him out of the ABs then, too? And Hore?
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June 9, 2011 1:31pm
Diziet Sma

The Culture series is a great fantasy. Much more inspiring than the Manifesto fantasies.
Some of my best friends are Socialists but I don’t condemn them for being wrong. They’re too wonderful.
No, I don’t associate with Drones. Only Minds ;-P
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June 9, 2011 3:01pm
Jimbob

Most of the Rugby World cups are won with penalties. Who gives away the most penalties?
Who goes missing in defence, but when he defends he uses shoulder charges or high tackles?
Who gives away a penalty at ruck time at least twice a game? He plays in the front row.
It will be interesting to see the way these two play for the AB’s.
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June 9, 2011 4:03pm
Pete George

Tough enough?

No parole for longest jailed prisoner

New Zealand’s longest serving prisoner Alfred Thomas Vincent has been declined parole, with the Parole Board saying the high risk he presents making his chances of ever being released bleak.

Vincent, 73, is in his 44th year in prison.
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June 9, 2011 4:44pm
Hurf Durf

Hilary Calvert says something sensible, bedwetting extremists have a tantrum, good old trusted state media breathlessly regurgitate said tantrum without question.

We are all animals. What right do we have to force animals to live in cages, just so we can have eggs?”

Says Sue Kedgeley of the Neo-Leninist Eco Party. But remember, it’s Calvert who’s deranged and tewwible.

Gotta love public broadcasting.
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June 9, 2011 4:44pm
Mick Mac

thanks Pete.
Yeah tough enough now to add to the list and build more immoral prisons!
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June 9, 2011 5:10pm
Viking2

laworder (41) Says:
June 9th, 2011 at 11:44 am

Ciaron wrote

I hit the guy doing about 30km/h. didn’t have a choice seeing as he suddenly appeared in front of a van as I was alongside said stopped van with cars parked to my left… guy didn’t know what hit him.

Bet he knows now! Hope you were not hurt yourself. And as viking 2 said, some people just need to learn the hard way, although I doubt that applies to many people that can claim to be intelligent. I have airhorns on my bike to warn people in such situations, but if the damn fool stepped out from behind a van without even looking then I doubt that would have done any good anyway. Damn fool is lucky it was a cyclist not a truck that took him out

I dont know how some people get through their day without injuring themselves. Obviously this one didnt 🙂

Regards
Peter J

Well now we have established without doubt what the problem was.
You were riding a fucking bike. No doubt clad in Lycra. Its is entirely your fault. No doubts, no argument.
From all us motorists.
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June 9, 2011 5:12pm
Viking2

Let’s get radical, challenges Brash.
NZ could only climb back into the ranks of the wealthy with a change of attitude and behaviour but New Zealanders had ” deeply ingrained cultural characteristics”, a disdain for commercial success, no strong passion for education and a tendency for immediate gratification. The economy would not improve significantly while 350,000 working age people received tax-payer funded income support. He suggested lifetime limits on how long able-bodied people could claim state benefits.

Problem is that he said this 10 years ago and no one listened.

Another incisive blog from Lindsay. Go have a read.

http://lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com/
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June 9, 2011 5:18pm
KiwiGreg

@ Pete George – no. I’d execute him. I think locking someone up for life is inhumane and far better to let him have another turn on the wheel, hopefully this time not as a irredemible paedophile.
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June 9, 2011 5:23pm
Johnboy

Thank God for June the 18th. It can’t COME soon enough. 🙂
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June 9, 2011 6:15pm
nasska

An elderly man suffered a massive heart attack. The family drove wildly to get him to the A & E department of the local hospital.
After what seemed like a very long wait, the Emergency Doctor appeared bringing bad news. Sadly, he said, “I’m afraid he is brain-dead, but his heart is still beating.”
“Oh, Dear God,” cried his wife, her hands clasped against her cheeks with shock! “We’ve never had a Labour supporter in the family before!”
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June 9, 2011 7:08pm
pdm

mikenmild (67)

“You would have him out of the ABs then, too? And Hore?”

Nonu definitely and I have been consistent on this for several years. He is more a liability than he is an asset and as Jimbob (347) says he gives away far too many penalties. Add to that his poor positional play, high number of turnovers and inadequate defence he is not worth his place.

Hore is a different proposition. I personally have no problem if he wants to have a pint or two during the week. However I think you would agree his play has been sub standard most of this season – why? I actually think Hika Elliott has gone past him as the number 2 hooker in the country so it will be interesting to see their match up at the weekend.

Have a read over at The Sports Geek sometime. http://scarletmanuka.blogspot.com/
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June 9, 2011 7:17pm
weizguy

“We are all animals. What right do we have to force animals to live in cages, just so we can have eggs?”

I don’t think I’d come to the same conclusion as Ms Kedgley, but why are you scared of the question? In what way is it deranged?
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June 9, 2011 8:37pm
mikenmild

pdm

Can’t agree with any of that. Nonu has been a superb contributor for the All Blacks, a much feared opponent and remains central to the RWC plans. As for Hore, it’s hard to see him missing out this year given Henry’s loyalty to players who perform for him.

It is always hard for us fans to guess at what is going on in a team environment, be it the Hurricanes or the ABs. We only really get scraps of information and rumours. Whatever it is that Hammett thinks he’s up to probably isn’t known yet. Journalists will be the last to tell us, given their dependency on team management.
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June 9, 2011 9:09pm
pdm

mikenmild.

Have you had a read over at The Sports Geek as I suggested. I liken Nonu to cricketers like Graeme Hick and Kevin Pietersen – flat track bullies. Like Nonu they perform well against weak teams and in games that don’t matter. One of the reasons the Hurricanes have not won any titles (and Wellington is pretty much in the same category) is that players like Nonu, Weepu, Smith and Tialata crumble under the pressure of games that must be won and just don’t perform. I am pleased that SBW has turned out to be as good as his publicity suggested – I was a major sceptic – because he is a far better proposition than Nonu for the World Cup and I would have a 100% fit Kahui alongside him at centre.

I did not say that Hore would be out of the All Blacks, after all he is in the leadership group and I think it is right to assume that anyone in that group will be picked unless they are injured. Even then it wouldn’t be the first time we have taken injured players to World Cups. What I did say is that from what I have seen Elliott may now rate as the no2 hooker – certainly if one was picking on Super XV form.
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June 9, 2011 9:48pm
Brian Harmer

Bruce Hamilton and others … thanks for the notice re Brian Dooley. He was a classic Lancashire lad with a penchant for argumentation, and a certain droll wit. Socially he was a nice guy and I am sad to learn of his passing. Thanks for letting us know.
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June 9, 2011 9:51pm
Nookin

pdm
I would exclude Smith from your list. He is real class in the mould of Bruce Robertson.
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June 9, 2011 10:06pm
Viking2

Teachers will be required to learn the Maori language and culture under new rules to be introduced next month, but the Secondary Principals’ Association says making it compulsory will cause resentment.

Absolutely correct. The whole point about education at school is to teach young people how to be able to survive in an increasingly complex world. If these stupid racists think compulsory teaching of a Neanderthal language is going to in anyway improve the lives of our increasingly Asian population or most of our existing population then they are in planet cuckoo land and should be locked up in a nut house.

The Nats. should be locked up with them for allowing these racists to impose this shit on Kiwi’s.
With the teaching profession facing a big loss of teachers in the next few years as many of them retire we have a problem.
Who other then the racist element is going to sign up to teach??

Roll on education vouchers and broadband. Broadband because education will become more sophisticated and students will be able to chose their teachers for any given subject. e.g. I am aware of a young lady who teaches physio on line from here. top pupils all over Europe. Paid for the work but hampered by slow broadband.
The future is coming to you and the sooner the better.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/5124638/Te-reo-compulsory-for-teachers
Racists go away.
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June 10, 2011 7:01am
Manolo

Q: When will Key and Smith desist of continuing with the ETS scam?
A: Never!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/09/collapse-chicago-climate-exchange-means-strategy-shift-global-warming-curbs/
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June 10, 2011 7:25am
pdm

Nookin – Smith seldom fronts in the big games and is no where near the class of Robertson. Far too slow for one.
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June 10, 2011 8:34am
mikenmild

pdm
“players like Nonu, Weepu, Smith and Tialata crumble under the pressure of games that must be won and just don’t perform. ”

You are kidding, right? Any anti-Wellington bias there? Kahui for the RWC? What’s it like in fantasy land?
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June 10, 2011 9:02am
pdm

mikeenmild – this is probably getting dated now but my final word is this – in short the Hurricanes have been a disaster since day one of Super Rugby. Rarely contenders regularly pretenders populated with cheats and thugs..

How many semi finals have the Hurricanes won – ONE and they never fired a shot in the final.

How many semi finals have they lost – several and every time they never fired a shot.

I rest my case.
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