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Typical bloody cocky! Always thinking about yourself! What about important matters - such as the impact of rain on the Boxing Day Test?

boxing is a barbaric sport , bbo

i much prefer fox hunting or alpaca baiting

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    i've got a gut's ache

    So now you are 4 hours into your hangover, are you feeling tired and the head is a throbber.

    I'm jealous. I was the dedicated driver yesterday. You can only drink so much mineral water.

    Today sitting back watching the cricket and lubricating the tonsils.

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    So now you are 4 hours into your hangover, are you feeling tired and the head is a throbber.

    I'm jealous. I was the dedicated driver yesterday. You can only drink so much mineral water.

    Today sitting back watching the cricket and lubricating the tonsils.

    wasn't so much the grog pig dog, it was the (gross) over indulgence of pavlova that brought me undone

    as i slept in this morning i thought of jazza milking the cows in the rain

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    wasn't so much the grog pig dog, it was the (gross) over indulgence of pavlova that brought me undone

    as i slept in this morning i thought of jazza milking the cows in the rain

    Was doing a jig when rain was dropping.

    Whatever we get this time of the year is money in the bank.

    Was thinking of biffo and his mates standing in the rain trying to solicit customers for the illegal medicine game.

    Then in the dark recesses of my mind ,a picture of BBO trying to AI a feral animal in romsey gave me a little smile .

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    wasn't so much the grog pig dog, it was the (gross) over indulgence of pavlova that brought me undone

    as i slept in this morning i thought of jazza milking the cows in the rain

    Some thing are worth the pain, DC, and I would rank pavlova over-indulgence as one of them ... (shaded only by over-indulgence in trifle, and the right sort of plum pudding).

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    Was doing a jig when rain was dropping.

    Whatever we get this time of the year is money in the bank.

    Was thinking of biffo and his mates standing in the rain trying to solicit customers for the illegal medicine game.

    Then in the dark recesses of my mind ,a picture of BBO trying to AI a feral animal in romsey gave me a little smile .

    Dance away, jazza. Rain at this time of year is great for the veggies, and the roses, and the hydrangias (and the fuchsias :) )

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    Dance away, jazza. Rain at this time of year is great for the veggies, and the roses, and the hydrangias (and the fuchsias :) )

    fuchsias! sounds like a good name for a footy team.

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    fuchsias! sounds like a good name for a footy team.

    Just as long as you don't argue for the Invincible Whites ... :blink:

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    Spoke to my nephew, who knows someone who played with Petracca, who described him as Ablettesque.

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    I trust that's not a reference to Nathan Ablett.

    I wouldn't have wasted the 10 seconds typing if it was.
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    Just awoke after a big big day at the cricket. Ashes cricket is always exciting.

    Thankfully the weather gods ignored that selfish cow cocky Jizza and it didn't rain.

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    Just awoke after a big big day at the cricket. Ashes cricket is always exciting.

    Thankfully the weather gods ignored that selfish cow cocky Jizza and it didn't rain.

    Ha,we got 6 mil.

    And thats not a referance to DCs appendage either.

    Truth time=had a blowout yesterday and drove to town,and like a gutter crawler i went looking for somebody with a ciggie,{didnt want to buy a pack and end the dream}anyway after 10 minutes of doing laps couldnt see anybody worth talking to and botting a ciggie.Drove home in disgust and ate ,drank and ate again.

    Another day of hell has passed.Wish i was a drug fiend like Biffo,at least he knows where hes heading.

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    Ha,we got 6 mil.

    And thats not a referance to DCs appendage either.

    Truth time=had a blowout yesterday and drove to town,and like a gutter crawler i went looking for somebody with a ciggie,{didnt want to buy a pack and end the dream}anyway after 10 minutes of doing laps couldnt see anybody worth talking to and botting a ciggie.Drove home in disgust and ate ,drank and ate again.

    Another day of hell has passed.Wish i was a drug fiend like Biffo,at least he knows where hes heading.

    Hey Jazza

    How long has it been.

    My thought is that you need to keep off em but I was always a light smoker and gave up pretty easily after a horrendous night with hangover and small plane trip with much vomiting . couldnt look at alcohol or ciggies for a bout a week and the first ciggie made me recall the horror. After many months went to footy with a mate (lives down your way at Yambuck) who smokes Old Holborn rollies and the aromatic smell is enough to attract me. But can still only have one and the taste is enough to put me off for another season. The ciggies do affect your tastes and good food and wine need to be appreciated without the tobacco dominating.

    In short I hope you can remain off the ciggs and keep yourself distracted with thoughts of a glorious season for the dees.

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    I wouldn't have wasted the 10 seconds typing if it was.

    So you're excluding Nathan but there were other Abletts if I recall correctly including Garry Ablett Senior and Junior as well as a few others being brothers and/or cousins of Senior as well as the Tucks and that's not to mention the products of inbreeding that isn't confined only to the Romsey area but apparently also occurs out Drouin way.

    So which Ablett is our boy being compared to:

    * Senior who ended up playing mainly as a forward who was 185cm, 97kg.

    * Junior who is a champion in the midfield who is said to be 182cm, 87kg.

    * Other (name)

    Petracca is 186cm, 92kg.

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    So you're excluding Nathan but there were other Abletts if I recall correctly including Garry Ablett Senior and Junior as well as a few others being brothers and/or cousins of Senior as well as the Tucks and that's not to mention the products of inbreeding that isn't confined only to the Romsey area but apparently also occurs out Drouin way.

    So which Ablett is our boy being compared to:

    * Senior who ended up playing mainly as a forward who was 185cm, 97kg.

    * Junior who is a champion in the midfield who is said to be 182cm, 87kg.

    * Other (name)

    Petracca is 186cm, 92kg.

    What is this WJ?

    Quiz Monday!

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    More rain.

    The stars are aligning and we might have a downpour on NYE.

    Anybody interested its been probably 190 days.And every now and then the body screams for its nicotene.

    Wentt fishing yesterday and caught 6 posters,didnt even use the best bait.

    BTW, Biff got kicked out of Colacs only nightclub,{nuffies den}and has made his way back to Prahran.

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    What is this WJ?

    Quiz Monday!

    Nah, just arxing a question.

    BTW, I just read one of those SuperCoach write ups about Petracca on Facebook and it says he averaged 129 points during his two TAC Cup years kicking 63 goals from 29 games. As a bottom age player he scored an astonishing 210 SuperCoach points in the 2013 Preliminary Final collecting 9 contested marks, collecting 23 disposals and kicking 5 goals, 5 behinds.

    The boy can play just a little bit.

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    More rain.

    The stars are aligning and we might have a downpour on NYE.

    Anybody interested its been probably 190 days.And every now and then the body yscreams for its nicotene.,

    Wentt fishing yesterday and caught 6 posters,didnt even use the best bait.

    BTW, Biff got kicked out of Colacs only nightclub,{nuffies den}and has made his way back to Prahran.

    Double century in sight, jazza. Don't throw it away like Steve Smith. May it rain for the whole week! As for the fishing, it sounds like you are getting quite a catch. Pity you have throw most of them back :-) Perhaps you could fish for marlin before long?

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    Mainly get "eastern suburb catfish" these days.

    Notice the government has taken away another revenue string from dairy farmers today.

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    So you're excluding Nathan but there were other Abletts if I recall correctly including Garry Ablett Senior and Junior as well as a few others being brothers and/or cousins of Senior as well as the Tucks and that's not to mention the products of inbreeding that isn't confined only to the Romsey area but apparently also occurs out Drouin way.

    So which Ablett is our boy being compared to:

    * Senior who ended up playing mainly as a forward who was 185cm, 97kg.

    * Junior who is a champion in the midfield who is said to be 182cm, 87kg.

    * Other (name)

    Petracca is 186cm, 92kg.

    The comparison was to Gary Jnr, as far as accumulating the possies, but also to Gary Snr in regards to the freakish goals.

    Petracca is more like Gary Snr's size and is apparently a strong overhead mark, but also able to create goal from nothing.

    This team mate of Petracca's and his former Coach, have both said that they think the Saints were mad to pass him up.

    FWIW, the Saints acknowledged that Petracca is the better player, but that they drafted for need.

    I hope he is as good as some are saying, we need a few breaks. If he is, we have really got lucky with this draft.

    On paper only, I think this is one of the best draft/trade periods I can recall for us.

    One thing we know, is that Roos has changed 50% of the list since he arrived and there will be a few more changes at season's end.

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    The comparison was to Gary Jnr, as far as accumulating the possies, but also to Gary Snr in regards to the freakish goals.

    Petracca is more like Gary Snr's size and is apparently a strong overhead mark, but also able to create goal from nothing.

    This team mate of Petracca's and his former Coach, have both said that they think the Saints were mad to pass him up.

    FWIW, the Saints acknowledged that Petracca is the better player, but that they drafted for need.

    I hope he is as good as some are saying, we need a few breaks. If he is, we have really got lucky with this draft.

    On paper only, I think this is one of the best draft/trade periods I can recall for us.

    One thing we know, is that Roos has changed 50% of the list since he arrived and there will be a few more changes at season's end.

    Yep there will be.

    The list is now looking better but time will tell how good.

    IMO these guys on the list are not AFL Std that will help us rise and need to be replaced

    McKenzie, Mitchie, Riley, M Jones and Bail.

    The following will need to have improved results in 2015 or they could find themselves playing elsewhere in 2016

    Fitzgerald, Toumpas and what of Garland a very ordinary 2014 and is a RFA at the end of 2015 and there seems no indication of a desire from either side to re sign.

    As always the 2015 season holds a lot of interest.

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