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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 7 2025 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong at the MCG
Last post by Thryleon -
We'll never know.   I hears a tale from an ex afl player today who pushed through thr pain barrier.  Was an Achilles injury.  Ended up tearing the hamstring off the bone on the opposite leg as it was compensating for the injured ankle.

Perhaps that's a correlation not causation but the logic has merit.  You could make something worse by playing injured.  Just depends what.  Also depends on the person and the injury.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: VFLW 2025
Last post by crashlander -
A solid win for the girls, all done in the 1st half. Looks like the girls find it hard to sustain the effort for 4 quarters as well.
 Carlton 7 - 6 - 48
Geelong 4 - 5 - 29

We held Geelong goalless in the first half.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by LP -
Quote from: DJC – on
You can't really negotiate with a NPD and Zelenskyy has two to contend with.
The trick is to not negotiate at all.

The best way to deal with such personalities is to simply say "I'll think about it" and never offer an answer, or simply stall the debate never being definitive in a response, always be unambiguously grey in your response, so that the NPD remains confused and unclear about the outcome of any discussion.

For example publicly Trump gets around this in the short term by blatantly lying about people coming to "negotiate with him", but in the background he'll be confused and full of doubt, he doesn't know what to do because he hasn't an answer the deal with, he becomes a victim of his own paranoia as NPDs are full of paranoia.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Zelensky wont play ball by allowing Putin to keep Crimea or anything else they have stolen and Trump and crew have spat the dummy and want to pull out of any diplomatic solutions and leave Ukraine to suffer.
Disgraceful from the USA imo and probably a guide to our future defense plans where we need to consider who we can trust and rely on. Is AUKUS really worth it or would we be better stocking up on missiles and drones and finding some new defense partners?

You can't really negotiate with a NPD and Zelenskyy has two to contend with.

I suspect that we haven't been able to rely on the US for defence aid for some time ... unless it's in their interest.  Fortunately, we have diversified our defence procurement but I suspect that we're not going to get much return for the $3Bn we shelled out to prop up the US shipbuilding industry.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by crashlander -
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Zelensky wont play ball by allowing Putin to keep Crimea or anything else they have stolen and Trump and crew have spat the dummy and want to pull out of any diplomatic solutions and leave Ukraine to suffer.
Disgraceful from the USA imo and probably a guide to our future defense plans where we need to consider who we can trust and rely on. Is AUKUS really worth it or would we be better stocking up on missiles and drones and finding some new defense partners?
In 4 years there will be someone else at the helm in the US, hopefully, someone not as isolationist, not as stupid.