Skip to content
  • Categories
Collapse

The Silver Fern

  • Tipping
  • Team Sheets
  • Highlights
  • Results
    • All Blacks

      Search every All Blacks Test. Filter results by year, opposition, location, venue, city and RWC stage

    • Super Rugby

      Search every Super Rugby since match 1996

    • NPC

      Search NPC results. Only first division matches from 1976-2005. All results from the 14 team competition (2006-present) are included

Im leaving

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Sports Talk
145 Posts 46 Posters 4.8k Views 2 Watching
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • V Virgil

    @MN5 said in Im leaving:

    Jesus Christ…..Wingers leaving thread has descended into Hutt drinking yarns.

    @Virgil you’re a nerd good bloke willing to help out, can we nominate this for thread of the year ?

    It certainly beats anything about Razor….

    Told you bro, don’t do that shit anymore.

    And please don’t bring up the Hutt, took me years to forget I lived there as a teenager

    MN5M Online
    MN5M Online
    MN5
    wrote on last edited by
    #113

    @Virgil said in Im leaving:

    @MN5 said in Im leaving:

    Jesus Christ…..Wingers leaving thread has descended into Hutt drinking yarns.

    @Virgil you’re a nerd good bloke willing to help out, can we nominate this for thread of the year ?

    It certainly beats anything about Razor….

    Told you bro, don’t do that shit anymore.

    And please don’t bring up the Hutt, took me years to forget I lived there as a teenager

    That explains so much

    1 Reply Last reply
    1
    • WingerW Winger

      I've decided to completely remove myself from this forum.

      I will also not be part of the tipping competition. So my apoligises to my Wellington teammates.

      I ask the moderators to now remove my Winger account.

      Thanks and bye

      J Offline
      J Offline
      Jet
      wrote on last edited by
      #114

      @Winger said in Im leaving:

      I've decided to completely remove myself from this forum.

      I will also not be part of the tipping competition. So my apoligises to my Wellington teammates.

      I ask the moderators to now remove my Winger account.

      Thanks and bye

      Dont know you but hope you are keeping well my friend.

      I see a lot of people pouring slurry from their ivory towers.

      It's easy to be uncivil behind an avatar.

      I think it's oft forgotten that there are real folk behind the keyboard.

      And I imagine you came here initially for a love of NZ rugby. Thats why we are all here I suppose.

      Maybe just take a break?

      But if its for good take it easy...

      Everyone on this forum will be dead in 60 years. None of our opinions matter.

      Just ships passing in the night.

      Look after yourself.

      1 Reply Last reply
      2
      • sparkyS sparky

        This thread is absolutely peak Fern. It will never, ever be superseded.

        SnowyS Offline
        SnowyS Offline
        Snowy
        wrote on last edited by
        #115

        @sparky said in Im leaving:

        This thread is absolutely peak Fern. It will never, ever be superseded.

        Test ignore.

        KirwanK 1 Reply Last reply
        6
        • SnowyS Snowy

          @sparky said in Im leaving:

          This thread is absolutely peak Fern. It will never, ever be superseded.

          Test ignore.

          KirwanK Offline
          KirwanK Offline
          Kirwan
          wrote on last edited by
          #116

          @Snowy said in Im leaving:

          @sparky said in Im leaving:

          This thread is absolutely peak Fern. It will never, ever be superseded.

          Test ignore.

          People were genuinely upset when I deleted that. From memory it was half the size of the forum Database in one thread.

          Since Duluth took over running the site such transgressions are in the past.

          As for @Winger, I've been off an on running this forum for 22 years (fucks sake). Over that time, people have come and gone and come back again many times. Hopefully, you'll be one of them. I disagree with you about many things, but the good thing about that is it makes you examine what your opinion is.

          Wish we didn't have to moderate you so much though, that's a bit tiresome.

          The best advice I can give you is it's just people talking on the internet. We don't change anything here, we won't win elections or even really change people's minds. It's a good place to keep up to date on sport and let off some steam, it's not that serious.

          If you think you are spending too much time on here (that's happened to a few people), just post less.

          With some of the new features coming from Duluth, the Fern will be the best place to follow Rugby in NZ. He's really outdone himself.

          Anyway back to the popcorn.

          DonsteppaD SnowyS 2 Replies Last reply
          18
          • KirwanK Kirwan

            @Snowy said in Im leaving:

            @sparky said in Im leaving:

            This thread is absolutely peak Fern. It will never, ever be superseded.

            Test ignore.

            People were genuinely upset when I deleted that. From memory it was half the size of the forum Database in one thread.

            Since Duluth took over running the site such transgressions are in the past.

            As for @Winger, I've been off an on running this forum for 22 years (fucks sake). Over that time, people have come and gone and come back again many times. Hopefully, you'll be one of them. I disagree with you about many things, but the good thing about that is it makes you examine what your opinion is.

            Wish we didn't have to moderate you so much though, that's a bit tiresome.

            The best advice I can give you is it's just people talking on the internet. We don't change anything here, we won't win elections or even really change people's minds. It's a good place to keep up to date on sport and let off some steam, it's not that serious.

            If you think you are spending too much time on here (that's happened to a few people), just post less.

            With some of the new features coming from Duluth, the Fern will be the best place to follow Rugby in NZ. He's really outdone himself.

            Anyway back to the popcorn.

            DonsteppaD Offline
            DonsteppaD Offline
            Donsteppa
            wrote on last edited by Donsteppa
            #117

            @Kirwan said in Im leaving:

            The best advice I can give you is it's just people talking on the internet. We don't change anything here, we won't win elections or even really change people's minds. It's a good place to keep up to date on sport and let off some steam, it's not that serious.

            Especially the bolded part, and even more so when the Black Caps are 20/3.

            "FFS!! Must tell everyone on TSF how annoyed I am!!" 🤣

            1 Reply Last reply
            10
            • KirwanK Offline
              KirwanK Offline
              Kirwan
              wrote on last edited by
              #118

              It's been excellent for that for me. More seriously, the NPC coverage in NZ media is atrocious now. Fern is a great hub for keeping up to date.

              1 Reply Last reply
              7
              • KirwanK Kirwan

                @Snowy said in Im leaving:

                @sparky said in Im leaving:

                This thread is absolutely peak Fern. It will never, ever be superseded.

                Test ignore.

                People were genuinely upset when I deleted that. From memory it was half the size of the forum Database in one thread.

                Since Duluth took over running the site such transgressions are in the past.

                As for @Winger, I've been off an on running this forum for 22 years (fucks sake). Over that time, people have come and gone and come back again many times. Hopefully, you'll be one of them. I disagree with you about many things, but the good thing about that is it makes you examine what your opinion is.

                Wish we didn't have to moderate you so much though, that's a bit tiresome.

                The best advice I can give you is it's just people talking on the internet. We don't change anything here, we won't win elections or even really change people's minds. It's a good place to keep up to date on sport and let off some steam, it's not that serious.

                If you think you are spending too much time on here (that's happened to a few people), just post less.

                With some of the new features coming from Duluth, the Fern will be the best place to follow Rugby in NZ. He's really outdone himself.

                Anyway back to the popcorn.

                SnowyS Offline
                SnowyS Offline
                Snowy
                wrote on last edited by
                #119

                @Kirwan said in Im leaving:

                people have come and gone and come back again many times.

                Taken a few breaks myself. Post if something piques my interest, occasionally just to let others know that I am still alive (in the unlikely event that they actually care).

                @Dodge disappears from time to time, a few others. Nobodies account gets deleted it seems, they just lie dormant until something pisses you off enough to have another go.

                @Winger You never know you might find yourself lurking and an irresistible urge to respond to something. The ruling elite may get exposed and the masses arise to overthrow them or something, you may be feel the need to gloat. You do have the dubious honour of being the only poster that I have ever blocked, but it was too weird seeing the responses to you without actually seeing whatever bullshit had elicited those responses, so you were reinstated.

                V 1 Reply Last reply
                8
                • NepiaN Offline
                  NepiaN Offline
                  Nepia
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #120

                  After reading through this thread I’m now curious what was going on in the, I assume, politics section that caused his departure.

                  I just thiught it was due to the battles over the canes players in the rugby threads that caused the departure.

                  1 Reply Last reply
                  4
                  • S Offline
                    S Offline
                    SouthernMann
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #121
                    This post is deleted!
                    BonesB B 2 Replies Last reply
                    10
                    • S SouthernMann

                      This post is deleted!

                      BonesB Offline
                      BonesB Offline
                      Bones
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #122

                      @SouthernMann get knotted, slag.

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      3
                      • nzzpN Online
                        nzzpN Online
                        nzzp
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #123

                        This thread is peak Ferning

                        sparkyS 1 Reply Last reply
                        1
                        • nzzpN Online
                          nzzpN Online
                          nzzp
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #124

                          Awful analysis, incorrect conclusions, zero insight

                          Wrong about pretty much everything

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          4
                          • nzzpN nzzp

                            This thread is peak Ferning

                            sparkyS Offline
                            sparkyS Offline
                            sparky
                            wrote on last edited by sparky
                            #125

                            @nzzp said in Im leaving:

                            This thread is peak Ferning

                            Up there with Test Ignore and the Nonu-Hammett thread.

                            1 Reply Last reply
                            0
                            • Rancid SchnitzelR Offline
                              Rancid SchnitzelR Offline
                              Rancid Schnitzel
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #126

                              I'll fondly remember him from this thread.
                              https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/432/flag/709?_=1723883513256
                              His commitment to Red Peak and the highly specialist and prestigious field of vexillology were admirable.

                              1 Reply Last reply
                              0
                              • S SouthernMann

                                This post is deleted!

                                B Offline
                                B Offline
                                barky1
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #127
                                This post is deleted!
                                1 Reply Last reply
                                0
                                • Victor MeldrewV Away
                                  Victor MeldrewV Away
                                  Victor Meldrew
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #128

                                  Farewell @Winger. The Fern is what it is for the variety of people who post here and you certainly added to the nobility of the great morass of opinion that is this place.

                                  Sorry to see you go.

                                  1 Reply Last reply
                                  1
                                  • SnowyS Snowy

                                    @Kirwan said in Im leaving:

                                    people have come and gone and come back again many times.

                                    Taken a few breaks myself. Post if something piques my interest, occasionally just to let others know that I am still alive (in the unlikely event that they actually care).

                                    @Dodge disappears from time to time, a few others. Nobodies account gets deleted it seems, they just lie dormant until something pisses you off enough to have another go.

                                    @Winger You never know you might find yourself lurking and an irresistible urge to respond to something. The ruling elite may get exposed and the masses arise to overthrow them or something, you may be feel the need to gloat. You do have the dubious honour of being the only poster that I have ever blocked, but it was too weird seeing the responses to you without actually seeing whatever bullshit had elicited those responses, so you were reinstated.

                                    V Offline
                                    V Offline
                                    Virgil
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #129

                                    @Snowy said in Im leaving:

                                    @Kirwan said in Im leaving:

                                    people have come and gone and come back again many times.

                                    Taken a few breaks myself. Post if something piques my interest, occasionally just to let others know that I am still alive (in the unlikely event that they actually care).

                                    @Dodge disappears from time to time, a few others. Nobodies account gets deleted it seems, they just lie dormant until something pisses you off enough to have another go.

                                    @Winger You never know you might find yourself lurking and an irresistible urge to respond to something. The ruling elite may get exposed and the masses arise to overthrow them or something, you may be feel the need to gloat. You do have the dubious honour of being the only poster that I have ever blocked, but it was too weird seeing the responses to you without actually seeing whatever bullshit had elicited those responses, so you were reinstated.

                                    Taking breaks from the Fern is never a bad thing, i find its best to let the past go and move on.

                                    The Fern should be somewhere to go for a laugh or a good debate, too many take it way too seriously.
                                    @Winger made the right call to take a step back. Touch the grass so to speak.
                                    He's not the first to do so and im sure he wont be the last.

                                    Many seem to like lurking here not drawing any attention to themselves, for a long while that was me
                                    even now i comment a fraction of what i used to.

                                    1 Reply Last reply
                                    4
                                    • P Offline
                                      P Offline
                                      pakman
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #130

                                      W boobooB 2 Replies Last reply
                                      1
                                      • P pakman

                                        W Offline
                                        W Offline
                                        W32
                                        wrote on last edited by W32
                                        #131

                                        @pakman said in Im leaving:

                                        Wait, you’re leaving with him??! I’m guessing you never listened to the words… but maybe you did…

                                        P 1 Reply Last reply
                                        2
                                        • W W32

                                          @pakman said in Im leaving:

                                          Wait, you’re leaving with him??! I’m guessing you never listened to the words… but maybe you did…

                                          P Offline
                                          P Offline
                                          pakman
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #132

                                          @W32 Just the chorus relevant:

                                          He's leavin' (leavin')
                                          On that midnight train to Georgia
                                          Leavin' on the midnight train
                                          Said he's goin' back
                                          Goin' back to find
                                          To a simpler place in time
                                          Oh yes he is

                                          W 1 Reply Last reply
                                          2
                                          Reply
                                          • Reply as topic
                                          Log in to reply
                                          • Oldest to Newest
                                          • Newest to Oldest
                                          • Most Votes


                                          • Login

                                          • Don't have an account? Register

                                          • Search
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          0
                                          • Categories
                                          • Search