The Silver Fern

A mate has today secured a pair of cat 1 tickets so it looks like I’ll unexpectedly be spending Sat night in Paris … and I’m back for both semis the following weekend. F*** I hope I get to enjoy both trips.

@majorrage said in Grumpy Old Man:

Just got off our morning meeting. I get really bored with the staleness of it, so always throw in some random personal anecdote to try and break the monotony.

So this morning - "Morning folks, great day here ... bit chilly, but turned on the radio this morning and Smells by Teen Spirit was playing, so I think it's gonna be a great day.

We've got a couple of new grads on our wider team. Here is the next part of the convo

Grad 1: "I've not heard of that, whose that by"
Me: "Nirvana, classic tune"
Grad 2: "Who's Nirvana"

They can fuck off.

Never mind.

@MN5 said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):

@taniwharugby said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):

@MN5 me either, but been many years since I went to a B & Q, that IIRC is same as Bunnings?

Ah right. Matte White.

Well, that took the gloss off that tweet. You could’ve just satin silence.

@catogrande he misheard. Thought it was tax evasion rather than vax evasion.

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Latest Banksy evidently. Looks like it’s dividing opinion on social media. I think The Queen would’ve quite liked it.

@NTA said in New Years Resolutions:

Resolutions....

Same shit as always: be healthier. I seem to let this one slide a lot but with 50 in sight and the recent health scare I'm cutting it fine.

Saw a show tonight about a community in SW Victoria who help maintain a national Park walking track. The bloke swinging a hoe was 90 and looked in better shape than a lot of 70yo I've seen.

How old was the hoe he was swinging?

@mofitzy_ said in T20 World Cup 2021:

Is there any other sport where a coin toss is so influential on the result?

World Heads or Tails Championship.

@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

I'm at a family weekend in Kent for the Final. I have a choice of watching it with Mrs M's children and young grandchildren (neither are really all that into rugby) or slinking back to the hotel and watching it on my own.

I'm taking a half-bottle of Single Malt and opting for the hotel room.

I’ve had 2 epic weekends in a row in Paris, with mates. Some of them are going back, others making a flying trip from NZ. Sat, I’m choosing to park up on my own at home in London and watch it from behind the sofa with some half decent red.

Well it just proves that despite his form, Telea is not in fact, The Messiah. He’s just a very naughty boy.

Monday - Greg
Tuesday - Ian
Wednesday - Greg
Thursday - Ian
Friday - Greg
Saturday - Ian
Sunday - Greg

The Gregorian calendar.

I was playing Bonopoly last night, its like Monopoly but the streets have no name

@MN5 Sangakkara was on the same train back to London from Cardiff on Sat. He was happy to talk to fans and pose for selfies even though he clearly wanted to relax by himself. My son got a selfie with him which even topped the 30 quid the boy made from collecting the returnable beer cups at the ground!

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:

Live nearby Sunny with a light breeze

Looking forward to this. Taking son#2 as a treat for his GCSE results yesterday.

I’ve just watched him try to put on his RWC19 AB jersey. Strangely, there seems to be a big difference in size from the fresh faced cherub 4 years ago to the grunting, hairy, Neanderthal today.