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Hard tack I have followed the Dees since 1960 ( I was 11 at the time so you do the Maths).

And yes I was there in 1964 with my father in standing room. No fancy seat in the members.

And I would stand there again as long as I have the strength no matter how long it takes.

I do not care what people call me I have a thick skin except for being called impatient and suggesting that I do not tell the truth.

I resent you suggesting I am stetching the truth. I have followed ( and been a member )of the

Dees since 1960.

The fact I might have a different opinion to you does not make me a liar

Have a look at how many flags the bombers have won since 1964 and how many times they have played in finals.

There major problem is they expect the best and except nothing less.

Call it eating there own if you like but I would swap a bit of our gentleman attitude

for a flag.

Like it or not they are the facts

i fully expect this "Current" MFC to get that attitude OD, but we have to build it up first.

Jimmy and the Board pulled this club out of the Garbage Dump-it does take time to restore a great organization when it has been neglected for so long.

That is the basis for my posts OD. i want Melbourne Football club to be loathed by all, but it must be done right.

 

i fully expect this "Current" MFC to get that attitude OD, but we have to build it up first.

Jimmy and the Board pulled this club out of the Garbage Dump-it does take time to restore a great organization when it has been neglected for so long.

That is the basis for my posts OD. i want Melbourne Football club to be loathed by all, but it must be done right.

On that we are in total agreement I would love going to the match as the hated supporter not the pitied one.

Last year I had collingwood supporters telling me how good we would be in the future.

Condecending pricks!

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I resent you suggesting I am stetching the truth. I have followed ( and been a member )of the

Dees since 1960.

The fact I might have a different opinion to you does not make me a liar

...

Old Dee, I suggest you go back and read my post again. I merely stated that if you have followed them for as long as you say, then you, like I, have seen a flag come our way. That is in no way suggesting you were lying (or even stretching the truth) but was indicating that we have both had the pleasure of witnessing a flag. Perhaps I should resent you for resenting me for something that was never intended?

 

On that we are in total agreement I would love going to the match as the hated supporter not the pitied one.

Last year I had collingwood supporters telling me how good we would be in the future.

Condecending pricks!

we will beat the Filth in future GF's, and for that i am prepared to watch our young raw warriors learn there trade.

which is why yesterday was a good outing. It Had Pressure all the way and the Demons pulled it back, ok it wasn't perfect-But we did not lose, and also denied Sydney a goal for the last 3 minutes.

In the past decades we would have lost that game. Tapscott Game one. He won't forget that one.

On another note

Can any one tell me who was on Bolton i have just watched the replay and could not determine it especially in the third term when he kicked 3 goal she ran in behind on every ocasion

By the way i think the Dees really showed something yesterday

Go Dees


Old Dee, I suggest you go back and read my post again. I merely stated that if you have followed them for as long as you say, then you, like I, have seen a flag come our way. That is in no way suggesting you were lying (or even stretching the truth) but was indicating that we have both had the pleasure of witnessing a flag. Perhaps I should resent you for resenting me for something that was never intended?

I apologise.

I apologise.

No problem :-)

In the words of Harry Nilson - All by Myself - where is everyone?

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Hey Hardtack. "All by Myself" wasnt by Harry Nilson. It was written and performed by Eric Carmen - see below.

"All by Myself" is a power ballad written and performed by Eric Carmen in 1975.

The verse borrows heavily from the second movement (Adagio Sostenuto) of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18, which Carmen believed was in the public domain. Having found it was not only after the record had been issued, Carmen had to come to an agreement with the Rachmaninoff estate. Early versions, therefore, only give writing credit to Carmen while later versions also credit Rachmaninoff.[1] The chorus borrows from a song "Let's Pretend" that Carmen had written for the Raspberries in 1973.[2] Carmen's full version has an extended piano solo and lasts over seven minutes. There is also an edited version of 4 minutes 22 seconds.

The song was the first release from Carmen's first solo LP after leaving the power pop group the Raspberries and was originally recorded by the author and released in December 1975 to great success. It reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 1 on Cash Box Top 100 Singles and number 12 in the UK. The single sold more than one million copies in the United States and was certified gold by the RIAA in April 1976.[3] In a 2006 poll for UK's Five programme Britain's Favourite Break-up Songs Eric Carmen's version of this song was voted seventeenth.

Carmen's original version has spawned numerous cover versions by such artists as Céline Dion, Frank Sinatra, and Igudesman & Joo. It should not be confused with the jazz standard of the same name, written by Irving Berlin and performed by Ella Fitzgerald.

On his second solo LP, Boats Against the Current, Carmen had a subsequent Top 40 hit entitled "She Did It" which was the antithesis of "All by Myself." It is a happy answer to the loneliness and lovelessness described in this song and its equally melancholy follow-up "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again."

The Carmen version is used in the video introduction for Conan O'Brien's "Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour", when an obese and bearded version of the talk show host struggles to cope with losing his job as host of Tonight Show.

 

Thanks Bingers, I happily stand corrected... happily, because I don't mind Harry Nilson and because I really can't stand that song "All By Myself" :-)

Thanks Bingers, I happily stand corrected... happily, because I don't mind Harry Nilson and because I really can't stand that song "All By Myself" :-)

HaHaH! i remember that song, and feel the same way :lol:


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