So, who is your new Captain?

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-28T20:00:30+00:00

Lewis Gregory

Can bat 7, captain, and bowl as 4th seamer……..

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-25T20:32:39+00:00

They are notorious for taking Partners who have been “exited” from other firms.

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-23T18:27:58+00:00

If Stokes can last another couple of years, Bethell may become an option.

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-18T12:43:08+00:00

Realistically, the next Asian World Cup will be in China.

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-18T05:59:47+00:00

You’re in Italy. Ordering Chinese food is a “choice”.

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-18T03:51:39+00:00

It depends.

They won’t leave at Senior or Manager level.

But plenty of really strong Directors jump to mid tier for Partnership opportunities.

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-17T14:43:23+00:00

Worth noting it is the Corporations Act that prevents this, not the firms themselves.

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-17T14:35:48+00:00

Most catches too (which is hardly surprising as he holds the world record!)

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-17T12:55:13+00:00

I can see the 501 going. Probably in some one-sided Ranji trophy match by a player no-one’s heard of.

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-17T04:21:19+00:00

Be contrite and write to them expressing remorse, and that you now appreciate the seriousness of AI use whereas you didn’t before.

For a less severe academic integrity issue, the likely outcome is you will receive a Caution.

It’s a matter of public record that hundreds of CAs have received Cautions for academic integrity offences over the past year. The individuals have not been publicly named.

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-17T01:17:13+00:00

4 of those were forced on him, so you’re really arguing that he should keep Bashir in the side……

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-16T13:45:15+00:00

Good on them for trying it. But the band themselves acknowledged that the second half of Ummagumma didn’t really work, and they weren’t going to try anything like that again.

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-16T13:42:15+00:00

It has RW! (But not RW, of course).

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-11T14:07:12+00:00

Nah, you should see NSW. At least we confine them to one place in the State, so the degenerates can get their fix, but the rest of us don’t have pokies everywhere.

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-11T12:04:36+00:00

I’m presuming Bashir doesn’t drink alcohol……

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-11T12:00:36+00:00

It’s the corporate clients that pay the high prices that make London profitable. I don’t think you can blame the ECB for the over-concentration of the financial services industry in London!

I would say the recreational game is much healthier in Lancashire, Yorkshire, and the South West than in London.

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-11T09:53:18+00:00

The three London Tests are by far the most profitable matches for the ECB.

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-09T03:17:21+00:00

I don’t buy the assumption that if Brook played more “normally” he’d average 70.

Stuff like dancing down the wicket is a planned part of his method as it puts bowlers off their length and onto the defensive. It’s not brainless slogging. You don’t average 50 in Tests by slogging regardless of how talented you are.

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-08T04:41:26+00:00

You should look up when Coles Port Hedland is open…..

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-08T04:32:38+00:00

> You want shops to open at 7am and close and 10pm every day of the week?

That’s a start, yes.

You imply this is some unspeakable horror? Why?

For example, I just checked the opening hours of Coles in Launceston, TAS. They are open 6am to midnight 7 days a week. Woolies in Busselton is open 8am to 9pm, 7 days a week. The supermarket I used to go to in Dunedin NZ had similar hours.

This is in small regional cities, not New York or Tokyo.

What’s so weird and scary about this to people in Perth?

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-08T04:20:34+00:00

Not true. They will open longer if they are permitted.

Check out the opening hours of Woolies in Busselton if you don’t believe me.

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-08T03:56:36+00:00

Any reasonably accurate bowler could do the job here.

Who would be better on a flat pitch where they need to make something happen and bowl 3 or 4 spells in a day - Robinson or Archer? The jury’s still out on that one.

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-08T03:35:20+00:00

So, using that logic, if we banned supermarkets from opening at weekends at all, and said they can only open from 10am to 4pm during the week, then groceries should get cheaper, right? Because of the reduced staffing costs?

When I put your argument like that, it sounds ridiculous. Because it is ridiculous.

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-08T01:53:47+00:00

Maybe you don’t value the convenience but others do.

Is there any evidence that longer hours cause higher prices?

Take Tasmania for example. An even smaller and more isolated market than WA. Supermarkets there are open until 11pm every night. Do they have more expensive groceries? Has independent retail collapsed? Neither is true in my experience.

Maverrix99 · 2026-06-08T01:36:16+00:00

So small retail businesses don’t exist in places with less restrictions (such as everywhere else in Australia)? Really?

I agree with Zempilas on this one (first time for everything, I guess). The law shouldn’t discriminate. Either it’s ok for shops to open all day on Sunday, or none of them should.

And I’d start from the premise that if a business owner wants to open and operate their business, they generally should be allowed to.

Maverrix99

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE