Plans for Saturday
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I'll start the day with a morning gym session, mainly to burn-off some excess nerves.
The first semi starts fairly early here, 11.15am, so I will wait until half time of that match before having my first beer. (I've got a case of Stellas - ugh - on hand, but am thinking about getting something Japanese - Kirin or Sapporo, probably - or maybe even tempt fate with some Guiness.)
I'll be watching the main event by myself. Wife is in the UK and the Kiwi mates I usually watch with aren't around (one's gone back to NZ and the other is going on a yoga retreat of all bloody things). Plus, I get far to sweary too watch in public. Similarly, to the extent that we lose and I need an immediate post-mortem on the Fern, this is better done from home than at an Irish bar with all my pissed up, jovial Irish mates.
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OK, I'm going .
The others are supporting Ireland, so I'm taking a note, to explain my bad behaviour, in the case that the Irish win.
Any ferners going to be there, I'll be out at Chofu to watch the earlier game if anyone wants a beer.
@gt12 I'll be there at the AB game too. I also will be at Chofu watching the Aussie vs England game I think and will be with a good friend who is Irish (but we will be sitting with a kiwi who got us the tickets). Let me know how to identify you and I'll look around.
Staying in Shinjuku that night, then going to the Japan vs South Africa game the next day. Will be cheering on the Cherry Blossoms but only have an ABs shirt. I heard all the Japanese shirts have been sold out.
Epic weekend coming up! -
No, i don't mean how Shag plans to deal with a rush defense and endless recycling, i mean important stuff.
Where are you watching? What's the plan for a ripping saturday of rugby?
It's a cracking day, with the Everest rolling in to the Caulfield Cup (or the other way around) then in to Aus v England and then us. That's me sorted from mid-afternoon, and the type of day i designed my patio around.
In all honesty i am not even sure i will invite anyone around, i'll sit on the couch outside, in front of the TV, start cracking beers from about 1pm. Curse my inability to find a winner. Switch to the rugby after the big races. Steak on teh BBQ between games, feeling loose and slightly toasted by our game.
Bliss.
@mariner4life said in Plans for Saturday:
Where are you watching? What's the plan for a ripping saturday of rugby?
I'm not watching - doing all I can to neutralise The Curse of the Meldrews.
Learnt my lesson from the 2007 QF.
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@mariner4life said in Plans for Saturday:
Where are you watching? What's the plan for a ripping saturday of rugby?
I'm not watching - doing all I can to neutralise The Curse of the Meldrews.
Learnt my lesson from the 2007 QF.
@Victor-Meldrew said in Plans for Saturday:
I'm not watching - doing all I can to neutralise The Curse of the Meldrews.
Thank you.
I'm not in japan so I'm helping too.
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@mariner4life said in Plans for Saturday:
Where are you watching? What's the plan for a ripping saturday of rugby?
I'm not watching - doing all I can to neutralise The Curse of the Meldrews.
Learnt my lesson from the 2007 QF.
@Victor-Meldrew said in Plans for Saturday:
@mariner4life said in Plans for Saturday:
Where are you watching? What's the plan for a ripping saturday of rugby?
I'm not watching - doing all I can to neutralise The Curse of the Meldrews.
Learnt my lesson from the 2007 QF.
I will be watching. Both losses against Ireland are games I couldn't watch and woke up to see the score.
That sickening feeling when you're unsure if you're awake or having a nightmare.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Plans for Saturday:
@mariner4life said in Plans for Saturday:
Where are you watching? What's the plan for a ripping saturday of rugby?
I'm not watching - doing all I can to neutralise The Curse of the Meldrews.
Learnt my lesson from the 2007 QF.
I will be watching. Both losses against Ireland are games I couldn't watch and woke up to see the score.
That sickening feeling when you're unsure if you're awake or having a nightmare.
@antipodean said in Plans for Saturday:
That sickening feeling when you're unsure if you're awake or having a nightmare.
Known as "1991 Semifinal-itis" or "Cardiff 2007" syndrome apparently.
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I was going to do a quiet one at home but I happened to be at a Irish bar midweek which was all decked out for the WC so I've now booked a table there. Risky move for sure if results don't go my way (or even if they do...), I'll be the only kiwi rest of the group being an international assortment of friends, not really rugby fans but coming along for a gander anyway.
@Rembrandt said in Plans for Saturday:
I was going to do a quiet one at home but I happened to be at a Irish bar midweek which was all decked out for the WC so I've now booked a table there. Risky move for sure if results don't go my way (or even if they do...), I'll be the only kiwi rest of the group being an international assortment of friends, not really rugby fans but coming along for a gander anyway.
Wear Black.
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Haven't really done shit today really except buy plenty of beer. Bring on tonight!!!
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@Rembrandt said in Plans for Saturday:
I was going to do a quiet one at home but I happened to be at a Irish bar midweek which was all decked out for the WC so I've now booked a table there. Risky move for sure if results don't go my way (or even if they do...), I'll be the only kiwi rest of the group being an international assortment of friends, not really rugby fans but coming along for a gander anyway.
Wear Black.
@booboo said in Plans for Saturday:
@Rembrandt said in Plans for Saturday:
I was going to do a quiet one at home but I happened to be at a Irish bar midweek which was all decked out for the WC so I've now booked a table there. Risky move for sure if results don't go my way (or even if they do...), I'll be the only kiwi rest of the group being an international assortment of friends, not really rugby fans but coming along for a gander anyway.
Wear Black.
Definitely, going to Trudeau it up big time
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I’m going mountain biking for a couple of hours ,
Take my mind off it , feeling a little anxious
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Just woke up. Pretty excited for the day ahead!
@mariner4life said in Plans for Saturday:
Just woke up.
Don't be woke it's pissing people off.
@No-Quarter said in Plans for Saturday:
Haven't really done shit today really except buy plenty of beer. Bring on tonight!!!
I'm going out in sympathy with @voodoo and starting to drink now. I think that he said it was only 9 hours until kick off. Fuck.
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Working until about 4pm to catch up on shit I should have done months ago. Wash the car on the way home. Drive past Surfers for a perve. Buy some good NZ beer and then watch a week's worth of missed Home and Away eps until I fall asleep on the couch....
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Working until about 4pm to catch up on shit I should have done months ago. Wash the car on the way home. Drive past Surfers for a perve. Buy some good NZ beer and then watch a week's worth of missed Home and Away eps until I fall asleep on the couch....
@raznomore said in Plans for Saturday:
Working until about 4pm to catch up on shit I should have done months ago. Wash the car on the way home. Drive past Surfers for a perve. Buy some good NZ beer and then watch a week's worth of missed Home and Away eps until I fall asleep on the couch....
Living the dream
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@mariner4life said in Plans for Saturday:
In all honesty i am not even sure i will invite anyone around, i'll sit on the couch outside, in front of the TV, start cracking beers from about 1pm. Curse my inability to find a winner. Switch to the rugby after the big races. Steak on teh BBQ between games, feeling loose and slightly toasted by our game.
Bliss.
This will be me for the semi's, though with the kid - I typically prefer to watch games at home, and don't mind at all being alone. Like the beers to be close, steak coked how I like it, and being able to watch a replay of something at HT if I want
@voodoo said in Plans for Saturday:
@mariner4life said in Plans for Saturday:
In all honesty i am not even sure i will invite anyone around, i'll sit on the couch outside, in front of the TV, start cracking beers from about 1pm. Curse my inability to find a winner. Switch to the rugby after the big races. Steak on teh BBQ between games, feeling loose and slightly toasted by our game.
Bliss.
This will be me for the semi's, though with the kid - I typically prefer to watch games at home, and don't mind at all being alone. Like the beers to be close, steak coked how I like it, and being able to watch a replay of something at HT if I want
I agree with this.
If you're going to coke a steak you should do it yourself. You just want to put enough on to take the edge off - not so much you end up numb.
