Harry

2 hours ago, Spike said:

He was a drunk, a sleaze, a womaniser, lazy, arrogant, and a really shit commentator, but he was our wanker and the only guy in cricket that I loved to love and loved to hate at the same time. 

I enjoyed getting angry at his nonsensical commentary because he was such a glorious cunt. 

Me too mate.

I spent most of my childhood trying to be Andrew Gaze on the basketball court, and Shane Warne on the cricket pitch (or Gilchrist when I had the bat).

I bloody loved this man.

Super, super sad. 

Shocking! That’s probably the first time I’ve feared for an umpires safety. Surely a serious reprimand coming his way.

I found this an interesting watch

12 hours ago, 6666 said:

I think it's more a case of her changing her mind on getting him punished for it because the attention could be more overwhelming than she thought it would be. Or she wants him punished for it but doesn't want his life ruined over it. Could be a number of things. With him seemingly being terrible at controlling his anger, hopefully there's at least some sort distance between the two.

I agree. 

If you've stayed with him through a year or more of violence you're likely to have glossed over alot of bad stuff and have formed a habit of apologising their worst behaviour. From that point I could definitely see her having mixed feelings and at risk of getting cold feet either because of fear of him, concern the punishment for him will be too hard, or concern that you aren't able to cope with the furore you've begun.

I'm worried for this woman not only because of Mason but also because of how she might be feeling right now.

On 31/01/2022 at 06:13, shut up said:

I think the statement would have been heavily influenced by Harriet tbf. Maybe she's scared, or regrets it, or maybe she was hacked & now she's panicking. It does seem to play it down a little though. Surely her dad would be raging 

On 31/01/2022 at 06:28, JoshBRFC said:

 

I don't think it's that someone's paid him off, but rather that he sees Greenwood as his daughters meal ticket... 

Do we really think her family had no inkling of this 12+ month pattern of behaviour?

This is a hell of a game. No idea which way it's gonna go. Medvedev's seeming to be coming back into form at the moment, so it could swing back his way again

The Great.

Anti-historical comedy about Catherine the Great.

Enjoyable watch

On 26/01/2022 at 00:44, Spike said:

There is a 40’ difference between where I am and my hometown.  so cold

I'd like to try a two week sample of a European or US midwestern winter. That's about how much I reckon I could handle.

On 10/01/2022 at 14:42, Spike said:

I have been speaking to some of my mates about it and I've posted online on other places but I absolutely blew my fucking dacks when I saw the PM on the telly during the cricket. Has any other PM spruiked himself like that during a live sports event? Then leach off cricketer's dead wife and lecture women about breast cancer? Then having the gall to do so while cutting funding to medicare?

Australian twitter is a left vs centre cesspool at the best of times, but if there's one unanimous point of common ground it's that Morrison is arguably the worst prime Minister we've had. Barely a human. No principles. No beliefs. 100% reactive. Prioritises nothing except opportunities to jump into frame with two thumbs up hucking "how good?".

I hated Tony Abbott, but at least he was, at his core, a person with some convictions, horrible though they were. 

12 hours ago, Spike said:

@Toinhogot the twins a forklift cert yet?

1 hour ago, Toinho said:

Well, announced today I will need my booster early next year to keep my job. After being told double vaxxed is the way to go… we have another mandate… not really sure how I feel about this right now. 

I honestly think mandates are fucked, especially now the vaccine seems to do so little to prevent infection for Omicron (but still plenty to prevent severe covid). This means a vaccinated person can get it almost as easily as an unvaccinated. So not so much the "community protection net" that we thought it was when we made the original mandates

But what to make of those at my work who haven't got the jab? They're professional engineers. If they look at the kookery and see a legitimate cause to refuse vaccination I can hardly trust their critical thinking skills or decision making on any more important matter.

4 hours ago, The Artful Dodger said:

47,000 extra malaria deaths in Africa last year, mainly children, linked to the reaction to COVID. The prioritising of life across the world has never been more obvious.

We seem to have got the response wrong in many countries, urging measures that couldn't be afforded which have run a risk of having more impact than the virus itself would have.

E.g. Schools shutdown in Uganda for 77 weeks since April 2020, with reports more than a third may never return to school once they do reopen.

59 minutes ago, Happy Blue said:

Well, covid has been going around my daughters school and I've just tested positive again so even natural immunity only lasts so long, I had it right at the start. some of you will be hoping that I die  see how i get on this time. stuck home for 2 weeks I think the isolation period? 

Mate c'mon, nobody would hope that. At all.

Badly maimed by Wolves...? Maybe, sure. But definitely no harm to befall you from covid.

On 25/11/2021 at 12:51, Khan of TF365 said:

American politics has cultist like tendencies.

We are too eager to believe the dumbest stuff said about that group though.

Burns-Murdoch is definitely a good egg.

3 hours ago, nudge said:

 

 

That does suck but this is someone with a huge commercial stake in things, so not exactly an unbiased source 

17 hours ago, Honey Honey said:

The chief minister of the region

“Ninety-nine-point-nine-nine per cent of the BS that is flying around on the internet about the Territory is coming from flogs outside the Territory – mostly America, Canada and the UK, people who have nothing better to do than make up lies about us because their own lives are so small and so sad.

“If anybody thinks that we are going to be distracted or intimidated by tinfoil hat wearing tossers, sitting in their parents’ basements in Florida, then you do not know us Territorians"

 

 

One of those occasions where the Australian inability to mince one's words is pure perfection 

The Simpsons nailed us so well in this clip

https://youtu.be/4JQK4bH0J-o

20 minutes ago, Happy Blue said:

They got camps in Australia for the infected and only allowed out your house in a medical emergency  crazy! 

Some Australian states gave infected persons the option to quarantine in a hospital, to reduce the chance of infecting their family. Is that what you mean?

I can tell you for a fact the two biggest cities are basically reopen and sending everyone back to the office.

But Australia and New Zealand previously required all international Arrivals to quarantine in a hotel for 2 weeks before letting them out into the country at large. 

On 28/11/2021 at 10:12, nudge said:

Israel closing its borders to all foreigners again. 

Fuck this shit.

This will be a short term measure. Just a bit of a "breaks on whilst we learn more" which is a symptom of the current time. It won't last. No government could sell "Delta endemicity but covid zero lockdown for Omicron". 

I hope the data behind this variant amounts to a bit of a false alarm. 

I don't fancy the idea of borders being closed again

We can at least make Futurama jokes, about Lurrrr, the ruler of Omicron Perseii 8

That confusion is why they picked Omicron

59 minutes ago, Rick said:

If he doesn’t win the Champions League this season, there’s a very strong possibility he gets the sack. PSG exist to win that trophy, that’s their number one focus. The league isn’t a write off but they are heavy heavy favourites, the cups wouldn’t have him keep his job. Yeah, managing Messi from the outside looking in seems great. But when you have him acting like a diva, and having more power at the club then how fun can it be really? I would hate to work with Messi & Neymar, they come across like absolute pricks.

He won’t be remembered at PSG unless he wins that first Champions League, and like we have seen time and time again, the PSG players cannot handle the big occasions. He would be insane to turn down a 4 year deal at Utd. Look at their squad, full of brilliant players who can do a whole lot better under a good manager. 

He's clearly been commenting off record to the BBC and others saying that he is interested in stories like this  https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/59372826 . But I genuinely find it hard to believe this isn't just games.

United will bin him off only slightly less quickly than PSG.

Possibly he doesn't enjoy the big ego management, but what logic is there walking away on a squad with Messi, and Neymar to one with Pogba and Ronaldo? 

The only angle I can see is if PSG actively prefer Zidane, and have told him this would be the perfect time to jump ship in a "works for everyone".

14 hours ago, Rick said:

If Utd had any sense (not shown much of it in the last ten years) they would go for Poch right now. He would bin off PSG without question, and considering he only has about 18-20 months on his contract it wouldn’t cost the earth to pay for his release. Surely rather than a pointless interim, you bring him in and he has plenty of time to look at his squad ahead of next summer. 

I can't believe Poch would bin off PSG. That makes no sense to me at all. He gets no closer to his family, and he gives up coaching, and actually walks out on the best player of his generation and the most stacked squad in world football. Why? Will United really give him more control under the next Ed Woodward than he's getting now at PSG under Leonardo?

Not trying to hang it on United here but can't see why you leave a probable Champions league finalist to take the reigns at United.

On 20/11/2021 at 05:50, nudge said:

The lockdown, at least in Austria, is because they are running out of ICU beds.

I'm wondering what's the long-term strategy, in general, too. The virus  isn't likely to go away. There are no sterilising vaccines and efficacy of the current ones wanes sharply in months, requiring boosters and then likely boosters of boosters for a foreseeable future. The virus will also keep on mutating, and since it can still infect vaccinated people, there's the danger of vaccine-resisting and immune system evading strain emerging due to selective pressure. 

So what's the plan here? Vaccine mandates, "green passes" allowing only fully vaccinated individuals to take part in society, and winter lockdowns forever? How is it all going to be implemented? QR codes and ID checks for entering any public space and transportation? How many shots will a person need to be considered fully vaccinated, and when will that status expire, requiring another booster? Will it even be possible to maintain vaccination levels of 90%+ of the population constantly for years? 

 

 

 

I think the way out is expand the hospital system in every country to cater to a new baseline of winter respiratory hospitalisations. 

But it's odd that I don't hear of that happening, and I'm surprised Europe seems to have been caught with its pants down over boosters going into flu season, which was always going to be the annual peak.

48 minutes ago, Happy Blue said:

Sometimes. i've walked away from a serious car crash with just a few scratches from the glass when some old guy drove into the side of me but Covid has a 99.99% survival rate for the vast majority of the population, why even get in the car when you don't need to make that journey?  chances of dying with covid are very slim, sacked 100k+ doctors and 60k+ careworkers will result in more deaths from the 10 more serious illness that are killing more people daily right now   ...why are they going crazy trying to force people to vaccinate?? kids definitely  don't need this

I agree with you that vaccination of kids isn't a big issue, but at the end of the day we are talking about a virus that killed 6 times more people than a bad flu season despite an absolute fuck ton of lockdowns preventing things from getting worse.