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Uh....what happened chaps?

No the bodybuilder oke was called Phil something, IIRC. I finished March 93 because I got expelled from Howick High School for jaaging poepies aan maybe not entirely dissimilar to the okes in the video. Grew up in Merrivale...

We were in Red Beach/Silverdale for a couple years. Very good road biking out that way, you are utterly spoiled for choice. Also, great neighbourhoods, everything you need is close by (countdown, pak n save, etc).

Heh. Back in Maritzburg in the mid 2000s I was set upon by a well known bodybuilder type and his young thug mates, they must have been hopped up on cocaine or something. Unprovoked they smashed the living daylights out of my BMW 330Ci with a baseball bat, totally ruined it. Went to the cops, laid charges, led the cops to the scene where they were still brandishing the bat...well, after bodybuilder guy 'spoke' with the cop, likely talking out of his wallet, that was the end of that. Then there was the time I got punched in the mouth, twice, by a thug who'd nearly knocked me off my bike (yea I waved my hand at him). That one also didn't get very far...late 90s, that one was. Also in Pmb...The Friendly City.

And some armchair philosophy! Kant would like a word, we're still not sure who the good men or the bad men are and what defines each as such

Classic Bike Hub Friday...we're discussing engineering now instead of sharing our legal expertise

26 or 29?

Funnily enough, Splat, I was once shot with a paintball after 140km (somewhere near Broadacres). The splat splatted on my thigh and I too was very far from amused.

I might have trouble recognising you okes haha

I'd be keen to shoot through for a day trip. Need to dust off the machine...

I have a few: Great result for David Seymour and ACTHappy to see Winston Peters and Shane Jones out (although this is a two-edged sword...watch what happens at Ilhumatao, for example)The Nats were in disarray and the poll reflects it.Stunning result for Labour, particularly in light of their multiple demonstrable failures in every policy area, and the continued mendacity of Jacinda Ardern on eg child poverty and COVID 'hard and early'.Good result for the Greens, especially with the Auckland Central electorate seat. But they probably will not be part of Government because of Labour's outright majority.I'm not thrilled with the result as the Labour majority will probably come with bigger government and lots more interference in our private lives. But 'alea iacta est', as the Romans say in the Asterix comix. The die is cast...

The right answer.

Congrats Wayne! Very exciting...

Awesome names for that heavy, barely functional, but '90's era Campagnolo beautiful' rubbish. Euclid, Centaur, Icarus. Probably Icarus was the most prescient name at launch...

Immediately remembered that intro music for Vyfster. Can't recall much besides, though.

Allen Millyard is a freakin backyard genius. In other news related to moto noise, I have taken to doing enduro riding around my (rented) house with my 7 year old. He hits the Suzuki JR50, while I smash it on his JR80 (he's a bit nervous to use the clutch on such a tight course, he's worried he'll crash into his mom's M3). Yesterday we built a ramp together onto a wooden box, 5 inch plank up, and a 60cm drop off on the other side. He hasn't hit that yet, but I did a couple times...he wheelies the 50 all over the show though. When he gets home from school, the first thing I hear is 'hey Dad, let's ride motobikes that are too small for us'. Who could resist that Haven't had neighbours complain about the 2 stroke noise yet...despite some spirited revving, the lil 80 wheelies nice and you can do pretty mean powerslides too

This was the time the shares plummeted from above R70 to just R2 - around 2001-2002. Delisted from JSE in 2010 and went to the LSE...

My view is totally keep the hell away because I can't see the market sustaining itself with our biggest industry gone, immigration gone, and hundreds of thousands of unemployed in the wings. This is why I have reluctantly sold my house ahead of what I believe will be quite substantial pain. You're absolutely right, my view is a year or 2 into the future, totally derisked, with about 20 percent cash in the share market so I have plenty of liquidity. Please bear in mind though, most of my theories are half baked and therefore should never be taken as serious advice but rather treated as anecdotes from a know it all who knows blow all. I've been wrong plenty in the past and I may well be wrong now...apparently the market is going gangbusters, but that is beyond my comprehension so I am going to hold tight and wait it out on the supposition that the only risk I face now is the risk of losing out on hypothetical gain, so it isn't a tangible loss per se should I prove mistaken

I was just getting started in the tech industry in those heady days. I remember the panicked look in the eyes of DD shareholders...

First bike Suzuki JR50 - single gear, no clutch, very small = nice and easy to understand the concept of the throttle, kicking it into gear, balance, easy handling etc. Even bigger kids can get started and familiarise themselves with this dinky lil thing; I can ride it, to give you an idea. Second bike: Suzuki JR80. A lot more powerful and quite a bit bigger and heavier, 5 speed gearbox and clutch. Nice 2 stroke powerband. Didn't take long for my older boy to get the hang of clutch and gearbox. Was thinking of moving from the JR50 to a Kawa KX65 or KTM SX65, but the Suzuki is deffo a better 'step up'. The KX and SX are pretty powerful and 'vicious' on the power delivery, where the Suzbox is nice and gentle. Also, a brand new JR80 is $2995, with a 5 year old one on TradeMe going for around 2200, so it is at the same time affordable and holds value very well...

As have I. Auckland Airport another trading at a big discount; actually, a fair portion of the NZX is still trading at around a 30 percent discount, so I am loading up on companies I know, and hoping my poor understanding of economics and the economy somehow works out for me

I've heard mixed things about Smartshares; I quite like Sharesies because it's so simple (I too am dof) and it does give easy access to the US sharemarket, with a currency exchange fee of 0.4% to turn NZD into USD. It's immediate, too, so once you have dosh in Sharesies, it's a click of a button and you have USD to blow on parlous and fragile tech stocks etc

Does anyone here do Sharesies? Or what other options are you using to gamble with your life savings?

See what I did there

I just liked that Dave because I am lekker.