Scooter boy
I cant understand why all the vitriol is directed at Coutts and Butterworth? There were plenty of other team memberes who decided to ply there trade some where else and nobody seems to give those blokes a hard time...
Not just in yachting either, heaps of other sports where sportsmen and women choose to go offshore.
To be fair we should just hate everyone equally shouldnt we? Where is the sense of justice?
e mare libertas
I think Jim has a point, but I'm sure this thread wasn't an intentional troll...
Anyway, previous posts about America's Cup yacht racing not being a proper 'national' sport are entirely accurate. I don't really see why any of us should give a toss about what happens. Including whether 'Team NZ' win, lose or sink.
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
parting of the sensory
I guess mebbe you had to have been here? But it's true - it's not about sport, just money, so it makes it hard to identify with 'our' team (especially when 'our' guys are on many of the teams).Originally Posted by Paul in NZ
It's not called "The City of Sales" (or "Snails" when you're talking about the traffic) for nothing, you know. Just about everything here is about money...
See you in Christchurch in a few years, when we move back to a place with a REAL lifestyle.
Oops! Just realised I didn't answer this question.
Russell is a very nice place to visit, in the Bay of Islands.
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Pasta farts
So whats different about the "auckland attitude" to the rest of the country?
Is it the rest of the country that thinks we shouldnt have them back because somehow they turned their back on their country? Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. Thats not directed at you Paul btw.
Meh. Im not in an arguing mood. I should do some work.
Forum whore
Interesting....
Normally I could not give a rats arse about sail boats unless I happen to be sailing on one...
However, the difference is that these guys played the 'Team NZ' card with the 'Lets Get Behind The Black Boat' thing and took donations from people. The whole red socks thing was another example....
Lets be honest, to get to the top in most sports you need an unhealthy amount of self belief that borders on arrogance. Mr C has that in spades. With out going into the who thing, it appears the man has serious issues working with or for anyone and ultimately it will be the ruin of him...
Should we care? No, yachting is a nasty, spiteful and petty activity and desperately unworthy of any nations support (as a nation). Some people are better at hiding this than others but the whole protests and lawyers thing is a frigging joke!
What I do maintain is, that these people played the emotion card and they cannot be surprised at the reaction. It's part of the deal! It's like becoming a TV celebrity then bitching about the lack of privacy when your smelly little secrets are found out. It goes with the job!
Personally, Coutts is just a figure head. I genuinely think the lot of them that defected are prize pricks and I would not cross the road to piss on them if they were on fire... The difference being, I was bought up in a family that had the shit kicked out of it in the depression and you learn that you do what you have to do to survive BUT there is a line that you don't cross...
They crossed that line....
They pay the price....
Forum whore
Tom Scotts cartoon in the Dominion Post this morning
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
(PostalDave on ADVrider)
Forum whore
The whole 'red socks' thing was a nation behind the late great Peter Blake not Team NZ and the money grabbers that exist now.
Bring back Russell....HELL YEAH! Not only is he kinda cute but he can bring the cup (oh and a bundle of revenue) back to NZ. They may have crossed the line but are you telling me Rossi races for free ...or Schumacher ? I dont think so! RC won the cup and retained it and thats way more than any existing person can do both financially and publicly for NZ. Dean Barker with all his cute looks and kind media persona cant win races. OK guys lets put Mandy Smith aside for just one minute
The Americas Cup is worth a damn fortune. We need to swallow some pride.
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Forum whore
The heck we do.....
Then again, I ride a crappy old Moto Guzzi so what the hell would I know...
Paul N
Pasta farts
I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit...its the only way to be sure.....THAT THIS THREAD DIES.
heheheheheheh.
Just chillin'
Man what a can of worms this is turning out to be ....I'd rather be out on my bike in the fine weather than watching some boat going round and round a couple of bouys .... the only time the viewing was any good was when the aussies stopped sailing to go looking for scallops or whatever it was that side-tracked their very short attention span !!
Bring on the weekend ......
A man can move much faster without a millstone around his neck, so if he gets the chance to lose her he'd better drop her and run like heck !! .. (10cc "Modern Man Blues" - Deceptive Bends)
Forum whore
Wow I wasnt expecting that. I guess I was aiming at the point of view that if its good for NZ then why not - we need all the financial exposure we can get dont you think. The Viaduct seems now deathly quiet. It is commercial sport and where the money is they go.
Wish I owned a crappy ole Guzzi ...ummm
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Una Storia Italiana
You do...... its in the laundry, with ya washing in it. Sit on it and turn her on.... hey presto just like riding an old Guzzi
well thats what I do when I want to remember them good old days.
cheers DD
(Definately Dodgy)
Forum whore
Pompus gits >----that way
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Immature and proud of it.
If Coutts is a traitor, what is Team NZ for taking Ernesto's money?
This is right up there with Chinese made red socks.
Una Storia Italiana
"watch it"
cheers DD
(Definately Dodgy)
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