Banter RDT CLXXXII - Searching for stars in a thunderstorm
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I have now also seen MI7 and it holds up even with Archer dialogue running through your head for the last half hour.
Argh! Retinas! Seared like tuna steaks!
Argh! Retinas! Seared like tuna steaks!
Mr Eagle
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No spoilers plz. Some of us don't know what happens to the tuna until this weekend...
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That's how I would have scored it, Hafez was catching his breath, not advancing the fight, but I don't trust UFC judges one bit. And we've seen how some judges rate ground control, like when Volk was getting back packed in Perth with no damage being done.
JDM should get on the Sydney card and I expect he will have a lot more energy doing a single weight cut rather than two cuts while also planning for 3 different opponents over the fortnight
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Well put.
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Any Commonwealth Games fans out there?
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It is weird how the allure of hosting major events like Olympics, Commonwealth Games, World Cup etc.. has become less and less over the years. More and more people just starting to realise its not worth the hassle and cost.
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Billions sunk in to hosting, and a lot of times the infrastructure gets left to rot.
It's a white elephant
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Politically, is this a win or loss for Dan Andrews? It's certainly a bold move.
Just saw that, was sitting here thinking "I didn't think you could just cancel the Commonwealth Games like that"
Nek minnut Basil or Roger or whoever is like good news everyone, the covid camp we built is now the Commonwealth Games village!
Miguel Sanchez
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It’s an ending. That’s enough.
Did some reading, host city was meant to be picked in 2019, then 2020, covid hit so it was finally picked in 2021. So if some other city does take it on, they'll be at least two years behind schedule, but more like four.
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Just get Birmingham to host it again maybe? They would have all the infrastructure in place from 2022
I think its a good move. Bit of fiscal responsibility in the face of political embarrassment.
Big Dan just doesnt GAF anymore- he does what he thinks is best and wears the flak. Don't think there is anything the oppo can throw at him now that would be as bad as what he copped during Covid.
Big Dan just doesnt GAF anymore- he does what he thinks is best and wears the flak. Don't think there is anything the oppo can throw at him now that would be as bad as what he copped during Covid.
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Still a few who have criticised the move.
But you get the feeling they would have also been as vocal if they had gone through with it and it had blown out to $7B as projected.
But you get the feeling they would have also been as vocal if they had gone through with it and it had blown out to $7B as projected.
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It's the Olympics for countries tired of losing to China and the US.
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I've never liked either, just not my type of thing. I understand the drive of the competitors but myself find it very boring from a spectator's perspective.
Each to their own I guess.
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It's all the non mainstream sports. For the mainstream sports that are included, it's not the pinnacle event.
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Yeah it’s just the national pride that keeps you interested but yeah most of the sports are so boring
You have clearly never sat through an entire dressage competition, played on repeat by Ch7 between 9am and 3pm.
Worth blowing off a week of work for.
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Olympics and CW games were bigger when 24/7 sports channels weren't a thing. Having sports on non stop for two weeks was an incredible novelty and now it's not.
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Think the concept of “Commonwealth” games is a bit dated as well. How many of the competing countries are actually still part of the Commonwealth?
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