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Post by smithy on Nov 18, 2007 3:42:33 GMT 12
Nice one Cookie!
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Post by smithy on Nov 24, 2007 14:48:55 GMT 12
That 20/20 match wasn't too flash was it?
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Post by smithy on Nov 21, 2007 10:29:45 GMT 12
Bangladesh are coming here next and must be hot favourites to win the series............ ;D Don't joke about it Fletcher! It closer to the truth than you think
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Post by smithy on Nov 20, 2007 22:26:10 GMT 12
I'm with you Dave, the heady days of the 80s were our zenith, and there's no way we've improved from the teams of 30 (even 20) years ago in terms of performance in tests and ODIs.
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Post by smithy on Nov 19, 2007 14:23:13 GMT 12
I love cricket more than any other sport. And in all its forms, although test cricket is my big favourite. NZ cricket has been in the doldrums on and off for quite a few years now, and personally I think it's time for a shake up with the domestic competition and also I'd like to see a lot more cash go into the young cricketers coming through and the academy set up (although where that's going to come from is anyone's guess).
Unfortunately I have to go down to one of the English pubs here to watch, as you need satellite TV so you can get BSkyB here for coverage. But the good old Cricinfo website's damn handy. My poor old Dad's been on the phone to me having a good old moan about it. Hopefully it'll improve, although this summer looks like it might be painful to watch.
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Post by smithy on Nov 16, 2007 22:08:45 GMT 12
I reckon he's a dick as well. Obviously didn't see it being over here but had a big yarn with my Dad last night and he didn't mention it (mind you he spent most of the time moaning and groaning about the state of NZ cricket).
Does anybody remember that capping stunt from the mid/late 80s where some Auckland Uni students in white "hot suits" dumped a 44 gallon drum (covered in biohazard or chemical warming stickers) with dry ice in it (and a few holes so smoke was coming out) in the middle of the intersection of Queen and Wellesley Streets? That ended up having daytime Queen St cordoned off and the chemical substances crisis team jumping on a helicopter on their up to Auckland before it was announced as a hoax. Must of cost a few bucks and left some people very pissed off.
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Post by smithy on Nov 14, 2007 23:41:49 GMT 12
FlyCookie writes: From my own observations and experience, I'd say Australia is far, far worse on these fronts than NZ. In the US is varies from region to region. By far one of NZ's most sensible practises is the limited scope for public liability claims - it makes for a more carefree template for general activity and outlook. I don't agree there Cookie, I reckon Oz is actually not as bad as NZ in the PC and nanny state stakes. I left home (NZ) in March of this year and before heading off to Norway, spent time in Melbourne as one of my best mates lives there (I also lived in Sydney for a bit previously). Didn't see nearly the same level of PC crap as unfortunately back home. It's something which is happening all over the world and sad to say it's hit NZ pretty bad. Just look at how Dave said they're not allowed to yell at the new recruits in the RNZAF. Bloody stupid.
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Post by smithy on Nov 14, 2007 23:55:26 GMT 12
Thanks for that Colin, gave me a chuckle!
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Post by smithy on Nov 21, 2007 10:51:24 GMT 12
Cookie you've got good taste, I got addicted to Violet Crumble (and shock horror coming from a Kiwi they're better than Crunchie bars!) when I lived in Sydney.
Miss those dim sims you can get at all the takeaway joints...
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Post by smithy on Nov 16, 2007 1:15:14 GMT 12
Sorry Cookie, thought you were a Sherman Tank!
You'll need at least half a bottle of scotch for suitable medication ;-)
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Post by smithy on Nov 14, 2007 23:32:59 GMT 12
Like with you Americans Cookie knowing where you were when JFK was shot, a lot of Kiwis from that era are the same with the Wahine.
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Post by smithy on Nov 13, 2007 23:24:35 GMT 12
Ah good old windy Wellie eh!
I remember nearly being blown off the top of Mt Vic last time I was down that way. Great pics Joe.
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Post by smithy on Nov 13, 2007 23:21:55 GMT 12
Best way I find (with rental cars etc) is to pop the fuel cap as you drive in and check your rear view mirrors to see which side it has opened on! That's what I do too Bruce!
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GOFF
Nov 13, 2007 23:20:31 GMT 12
Post by smithy on Nov 13, 2007 23:20:31 GMT 12
I don't think that'll happen Cookie. Goff wouldn't be the best ticket for the Labour Party to succeed Uncle Helen. He's pissed too many people off back home to seriously be a big draw card for the voters - anybody still remember the song from the early 90s that that bunch of students did ;-)
Sorry to hear about his family's loss though, very sad.
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Post by smithy on Nov 27, 2007 12:40:20 GMT 12
RAF Lightning V UFO Nice post Smithy, but probably entirely ficticious for a number of reasons. I was 'in' at the same time as the Lightning, and it had some major design flaws , for an interceptor. On internal fuel at high speed, you could measure its duration in MINUTES. They didn't get external fuel [in overwing tanks because there was nowhere else to hang them] until the much later models than that described. Without power, the Lightning had a glide angle of a brick, and a descent into water would certainly not leave it "floating with the cockpit open". There is no way that aircraft could have ended up as described; it could not possibly have 'hit the sea' and stayed in one piece. If he had tried to eject " but the escape system failed", then there would have been no cockpit canopy in any case, as it jettisons before the seat fires, or doesn't. As for a Shackleton "pulling a tight one". yeah, right... A tight turn for a Shack would involve about an awful lot of effort...and a couple of small countries! Thanks Phil, I had a feeling it was balls Maybe you can tell us some more about the Lightning and your time in, I for one would like to hear more.
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Post by smithy on Nov 27, 2007 4:02:22 GMT 12
We get contrails here all the time due to the very low temperatures at altitude here. Sometimes looks like the Battle of Britain as there's lots of traffic from the airport and nearby air force base. UFO-wise, this is one of the strangest I've heard about, an RAF Lightning vs a UFO. Probably a crock but interesting reading... www.ufodigest.com/news/1206/binbrook.htmlEDIT: Just looked up some more stuff about this incident and there's an article on the Beeb about it... news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2256790.stm
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Post by smithy on Dec 4, 2007 12:53:58 GMT 12
She does a better Ziggy Stardust as well
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Post by smithy on Dec 4, 2007 12:04:36 GMT 12
Sorry to hear about your bad news Flyjoe. Seems to be all at once, got an SMS from a mate back in NZ yesterday saying he'd accidently run his dog over and he'd had to have him put down. Here's our little girl who we had to adopt out when we left NZ. Her name is Cookie by the way
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Post by smithy on Dec 3, 2007 23:02:13 GMT 12
Really sorry to hear about Monty Dave.
It's never easy losing a pet but especially in those circumstances.
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Post by smithy on Sept 29, 2006 10:23:48 GMT 12
Nice one Hairy, I like it!
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