The Silver Fern

So are we going to have a “Vote for the best catch of all time “ poll?
Been great reliving some classic moments!
Dan and Skippy!!!

@KiwiPie said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:

I reckon it is going to be one of England, Australia or India with the West Indies next in the rankings. I really don't think this NZ team is good enough, batting too reliant on KW and RT (who aren't going to reach a 350+ score) and bowling too reliant on Boult with the new ball.

What KP said

@KiwiPie
Awesome!!!
As the TSF original cricket correspondent couldn’t have gone to a better bloke

I found TSF just before the Sydney 2000 Bledisloe!
I read it every day but don’t post anymore....
Oops I just did

In 2000 I took my 4 & 2 year old sons to the Sydney Easter Show and we visited the Wallabies stand. They had the full set of cups back then.<br>
RWC, Bled, Cook etc and I remember saying to them "Treasure this moment lads because you will never see all these cups together in Australia again"<br>
Right so far.....

I am really enjoying this!<br>
Channel 7 in Oz always takes great delight after the first couple of days in showing Oz is 5th on the medal table and NZ is 31st.<br>
So now they are 10th and we are 14th they no longer make the comparison.<br>
And we've won more than half as many medals as them.<br><br>
Now bring on the Bledisloe!!

<p>There is no way that apology would have been accepted in Australia.</p>
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<p>LGBT??? Is that all ya got????</p>
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<p>In Sydney apologies must be addressed to the LGBTIQA Rainbow community.</p>
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<p>We don't want anyone missing out!!</p>
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<p>And on a personal note (given my advancing years) I recently learnt I am part of this Community.</p>
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<p>A is for Asexual and as I don't really care as much as I used to...........</p>
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<p>So let me state for the record that I am part of the LGBTIQA community!</p>
<p>I am offended! (by most things)</p>
<p>Some one give me some sort of grant to pay for the issues society is forcing on me!!</p>

<p>"Kiwis can fly"    Yep! Used to have that one.</p>
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<p>Loved Walker breaking the 3:50 mile and then this...."The following year Walker broke the world record for the 2000 metres, running 4:51.4 in <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo' title="Oslo">Oslo</a>, <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway' title="Norway">Norway</a>, on 30 June<strong> 1976</strong>. He smashed the existing ten-year-old record held by <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Jazy' title="Michel Jazy">Michel Jazy</a> by nearly five seconds; Walker regarded this run as the best he ever ran. <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cram' title="Steve Cram">Steve Cram</a> broke the record on 4 August <strong>1985</strong>, running 4:51.39 at <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest' title="Budapest">Budapest</a>, <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary' title="Hungary">Hungary</a>"</p>
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<p>He "smashed" a 10 year old record by five seconds that took another 10 years to break!</p>

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<p>I think John Walker's gold for me. We watched it in a motor camp in Timaru and my sister and I had to go and ask the camp owner if he would turn on the TV so we could watch it. Then the whole room filled up with people watching.</p>
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<p>Was a huge middle distance fan in the '70's and our guys were truly world class.</p>
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<p>John Walker, Rod Dixon and the very interestingly named Theodorus Jacobus Leonardus "Dick" Quax all medalled at the Olympics.</p>
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<p>Quax was the 5000m record holder and Dixon went on to become the first non American to win the New York marathon</p>
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<p>I remember Walker winning the gold and thinking " Well that's what I expected anyway"</p>
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<p>Sort of like the AB's playing Scotland....</p>

<p>I've been here since 1999. In the old days it was like a public bar in a country pub with a bunch of blokes talking footy and hanging out.</p>
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<p>The pub got renovated in the mid 2000's and a few of the old guys dropped off as the new crowd came in and have continued to do so since.</p>
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<p>Been some true characters on here and I've learnt heaps about rugby plus been able to follow NZ's other sporting success's like the Basketball World Champs.</p>
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<p>Still check out TSF every day and find it invaluable in keeping up with Kiwi sport.</p>
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<p>I'm the old fella with the 7oz beer that never says anything now.</p>

[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1351557484' post='321634']<br />
I think the weigh in for Saturday-Sunday-Monday was something like<br />
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94.9<br />
98.3<br />
94.9<br />
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I can relate to that exactly Nick!!<br />
Have my kids every second weekend and no matter how I try to monitor it by the time I drop them back on Monday the good work has been undone.<br />
Much easier now to get it back to a respectable weight after a blowout though.....<br />
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Congrats on cracking 95!! Its where I'm at as well right now.<br />
Love the moment when you crack it then run around the house naked yelling out FIGJAM FIGJAM!!!

14th May - Currently weighing in at 111kg I have a wedding to attend on November 4th .........<br />
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One week out from the wedding and I've trimmed down to 95kg.<br />
My diet was certainly more crappy than I thought!<br />
Exercised hard for the first month but have done very little since to be honest.<br />
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Cutting out tea, coffee and all sugary drinks ( with the exception of a few grogs in the weekend)and replacing them with water has been really important I believe.<br />
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Anyhow I'm pretty happy with the way things have gone and my waist is the smallest its been in 25 years.<br />
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Got another wedding in March and the target weight is 87kg.<br />
Will need to start exercising to achieve it so will start after the weekend when I intend to eat and drink shiteloads!!!!!

Agreed Bart - Was really looking at a shock tactic to the body to get me going and have achieved that.<br />
Now I need to plan a sustainable ongoing healthy diet diet and crank up the exercise.<br />
Correct?

Had a good first week.<br />
Ate fruit through the day and one meal at night (Shiftwork)<br />
Drank 4 litrers of water a day and nothing else.<br />
Busy at work so only did 4 exercise sessions of oone hour at a time.<br />
Dropped 5kg!!!<br />
Fully aware that now I have to start putting serious work in exercise wise to get down to target weight but as Bart said having bthat early result is a great motivator.

OK - So I've cut all the excess sugar from my diet ie no grog, cordial, soft drink or suagry foods.<br />
Bought a big stack of fruit to compensate and I'm drinking four litres of water a day.<br />
I only have one main meal a day as it is ( get a bloody good feed at work )<br />
Exercising one hour per day currently 20 mins on rowing machine and 40 mins walking.<br />
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I'm 6 foot and big boned - Just need to get rid of the gut and especially the man boobs.<br />
Such an unattractive look!!!<br />
Man boob tips anyone? <br />
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As a reward for my effort I'm going to allow myself one night to have a few drinks but that will be monitored closely (and not by me)<br />
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Thanks for the tips fellas.

Cheers guys

Ok. I've read this forum many times so I know how well so many of you have done and its now time for me to take this thing seriously!<br />
Currently weighing in at 111kg I have a wedding to attend on November 4th which I have to be looking good (be thinner) for.<br />
I have too much sugar in my diet (that would be alcohol) so obviously that has to go, but apart form that I have a fairly healthy diet.<br />
I've got a rowing machine. Its not flash but tells me how far I've gone and how long I've been going.<br />
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What do the experts think is an achievable target weight by then and what tips can you throw my way?