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Been a bad year for ex All Blacks
Jonah Lomu aged 40 died today
Jerry Collins aged 34 died 5 June
Norman Berryman 42 died 22 June
Rest in peace big fellas 
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Yeah, I just heard the news about Jonah Lomu on the TV news.
Hard to believe that he could go so early - when he played it looked like it would take an Uzi to just slow him down!
Farewell to probably the best Rugby player of all time: rest in peace, sir. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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yes ... I guess this is appropriate
Ka mate, ka mate! ka ora! ka ora!
Ka mate! ka mate! ka ora! ka ora!
Tēnei te tangata pūhuruhuru
Nāna nei i tiki mai whakawhiti te rā
Ā, upane! ka upane!
Ā, upane, ka upane, whiti te ra!
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Yes. Very appropriate.
Not like the over commercialised ones you see all the time.
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I'll never forget him running striaght over that poor Englishman on the way to a try. 1995 World Cup, if memory serves.
Or the following message ("herogram") from an NZ schoolboy:
"Remember, Rugby is a team game. You other 14 guys, pass it to Jonah."
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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He lived bigger than most of us, may he be remember with awe.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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An Exchange between Will carling and an English Player before a game with NZ
Carling "Tackle him low, get your arms around his Thighs"
England Player "My f***ing arms don't reach around his thighs"
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It is terribly sad news. Listening to the news this morning, one of his ex-team mates said that the kidney problem he had was exacerbated by exercise. He knew he had the problem in his teens and yet carried on playing.
Truly one of rugby's all-time greats, he redefined the role of the winger combining speed, agility and power to a devastating effect.
veni bibi saltavi
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: he redefined the role of the winger combining speed, agility and power to a devastating effect.
I modeled my wing play on him.
Minus the speed, agility, and power of course, and the devastating effect.
Essentially I was a big fat bloke who ran straight over people, but in my mind I was channeling Jonah.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I grew up playing back row from almost my first game of rugby. By the time I was 14, I stopped growing and 5'11 10 stone flankers don't get far even in under 16's! So I moved out eventually settling on the right wing, but I never lost the desire the get in there and I was more than happy playing crash ball. My body wasn't too happy though. 
veni bibi saltavi
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As discussed before I think, as a kid I played scrum half because there was only me and the number 8 who really knew what we were doing. Against most teams we could control the games between us, against 'rugby schools' we got annihilated.
When I returned to the game as an adult my knees were shot so bending and turning were problems and I spent most of my time on the wing. I was surprisingly quick for a bloke of 6'2" and 19 stone (first open run of the game was almost always greeted with a cry of "sh*t he's quicker than he looks" from somewhere behind me) , and if the opposition wingers did manage to get in my way then I did enjoy running straight over the top of them.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Reminds me of one of NZ's long retired boxers who appeared on the celebrity Wheel of Fortune.
When asked to pick a letter he picked "O for awesome"
So if you ever ask a kiwi spell something out it would probably O for awesome rather than O for Oscar or Orange 
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Like a roach infestation . . .
You really need to clean out the warehouse next door (Belgium) or it's of little consequence.
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Yup
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I'm glad to see that film-makers are following in his tradition by releasing a slightly better version every two years or so.
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isn't it Moore law ?
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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They will bring out the S version in 6 months time as well!
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That movie doesn't even show reality slighly... so yeah they could redo a part of it every two years to get it more into reality 
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HobbyProggy wrote: doesn't even show reality slighly
Not even slightly?
I think even Woz disagrees.
Woz said: In some prior movies, I saw [the actors] simulating Steve Jobs, but they didn't really make me feel like I was in his head understanding what was going on inside of him - his personality.
and much more...
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34188602[^]
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I'll stick to my point, i hate apple 
But yeah i exagerrated a bit.
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HobbyProggy wrote: i hate apple
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