Posts by Raymond A Francis
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To quote The Duke of Wellington it"wasa dammed close thing"
Apparently he really said
"Its been a damned nice thing — the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life
Which does sum the night up rather well
I was introduced to TAB betting last evening when I turned $18 dollars into $212 with 4 correct choices on a mixture of dogs, trotters etc
Just a pub thing after a hard day in the sun after manning the gates at a local car racing event
Just before I doubled the winning and put them in my back pocket (and this is the important point) I was seriously tempted with a bet for the french to win and a under 12 point difference, not sure what we or rather the Collection for the Blind would have made on that -
Oh yes, in my case some natural ability ( genetic, one cousin an ex-AB and a relation in the present team) but no real interest in sport
So have the talent but not the desire
And I know plenty on the other side of the equation who have the desire but not the talent, got to feel sorry for them -
Great game with far more open play than I expected at this end of the RWC
My only problem was the use of the boot by NZ, kicking the ball at this level is just delivering the ball to the oposition hoping they will drop it or knock it on
It only worked against the aussies because the either kicked back or rather allowd our boys to catch it
The French almost lost using the same tactic
It is not a good idea, better to keep it in hand and do the hard yards -
Hard News: The Politics of Absence, in reply to Islander,
I have heard similar talk, certainly think you could be right on the Maori seats but have my doubts about the National seat as unfortunatly the Labour man is almost invisable
I am not a betting man but would be prepared to take that leg of the trifecta -
Great fun and helpful
The fun part is trying to skew the results to the way you think 'cause I keep get STV as a second option which I thought I didn't like ie the ranking of candidates which I feel is a crock
More education for me obviously -
Serious question; how long has that been going on ( the Mexican trumpets before every kick-off), noticed in the earlier games and love it, who said NZers were a passionless people eh
So much better for those of us who are not at the games when compared with the Mexican wave -
Field Theory: Rugby World Cup stories, in reply to Steve Barnes,
So who would you like to run the country Steve?
Elected politicians
Un-elected lawyers (Judges) who we have trouble sacking
Bunch of ancients who wrote a constitution that we need a bunch of the above lawyers to tweek to keep it up to-date
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Another bunch of lawyers in another country telling us how to run things
And I might say that other country would allow the so called "illegal" video recordings to be presented in Court -
Loverly writing
And I think Robyn has nailed it"I guess the advice I'd give is to think of it not as "returning home", but rather moving to a totally new country that you've never lived before. Eventually, though, you'll wake up one day and it will feel like home again".
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I was impressed with Len Brown on Q&A yesterday (not my default position) he seemed to take full credit for the so called "disaster" and was not prepared to enter into a slanging match with the Goverment. Now that might because he is looking at the long game but well done that man
Then I read Tracy Watkins into-days paper and she claims the Government was promised officals on every train carriage and plenty of buses and as we know these were not delvered
I feel Auckland should have a long hard way things are run and maybe ensure paid officals do what they are paid to do -
And of course the whole thing only proves what we in the South have always been led to believe "Couldn't run a pissup in a brewery"
Which as far as I can see is quite unfair, things were not perfect thanks to the huge numbers and the push not to use the roads but no riots and from all accounts huge amount of kiwi goodwill