26 minutes ago, layzie said:

But by night at the manor you can find him with a brilliant shiraz in the finest glassware!

well, only if you like circa 1970s bohemian crystal glass decanter and goblets (chips included)

On 2/6/2023 at 10:01 PM, WalkingCivilWar said:

Red, was wondering if this mini Fritta bear (which I modified) could also be given protection…

Protection from Fritta that is. Everyone else thought it was funny, especially his parents. Fritta, not so much. He seemed most unimpressed. 

Now i instantly thought someone remembers the great RDB    I am sure there were many more bears named Ronald  than Bayley

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I do like this thread, everyone gets sh it on ,  but no offence taken or probably intended, But I do think BBO must have very broad shoulders,  I might well have been his accomplice 45 years or so ago  but Iife intervened

and there was nothing wrong with the 70's apart from the great MFC

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25 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

well, only if you like circa 1970s bohemian crystal glass decanter and goblets (chips included)

I think I have some of those DC. The height of class back then.

14 minutes ago, 640MD said:

Now i instantly thought someone remembers the great RDB    I am sure there were many more bears named Ronald  than Bayley

I’d say that’s correct, MD. Way more Ronald bears. ❤️💙

Fun fact: Re jumper numbers: Fritta had 31, 33 and 35 available. His dad Scott wore #35 for his entire playing career with Coldstream (incidentally, he’s still the record holder for most games played), as did his brother Darcey and also Fritta at one point wore #35. So it was a no-brainer that he wanted #35. But the Club decided HP would wear #35 so Fritta got #31. 

52 minutes ago, 640MD said:

I do like this thread, everyone gets sh it on ,  but no offence taken or probably intended, 

That’s because we are all non discriminatory.

1 hour ago, 640MD said:

I do like this thread, everyone gets sh it on ,  but no offence taken or probably intended, But I do think BBO must have very broad shoulders,  I might well have been his accomplice 45 years or so ago  but Iife intervened

and there was nothing wrong with the 70's apart from the great MFC

I'm not sure it's his "shoulders" that are broad.

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

That’s because we are all non discriminatory.

Oh contraire, I'll have you know I'm very discriminating, just not on this thread ..... although that may be counterintuitive.

9 minutes ago, dworship said:

I'm not sure it's his "shoulders" that are broad.

He wears 7XL Kaftans. “Broad” is putting it nicely.

 I have zero sympathy for him. He brings it all on himself. When I first joined DL he was so mean to me he had me in tears. I stopped posting. About a week later he PMd me with what I was sure would be an apology but all it said was “you need to harden the [censored] up” 

25 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

He wears 7XL Kaftans. “Broad” is putting it nicely.

 I have zero sympathy for him. He brings it all on himself. When I first joined DL he was so mean to me he had me in tears. I stopped posting. About a week later he PMd me with what I was sure would be an apology but all it said was “you need to harden the [censored] up” 

Glad you got back on the horse WCW.

1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

He wears 7XL Kaftans. “Broad” is putting it nicely.

 I have zero sympathy for him. He brings it all on himself. When I first joined DL he was so mean to me he had me in tears. I stopped posting. About a week later he PMd me with what I was sure would be an apology but all it said was “you need to harden the [censored] up” 

A rare moment of compassion on my part and ....... as the great philosophers say ..... 'no good deed goes unpunished'!

2 hours ago, Neil Crompton said:

Glad you got back on the horse WCW.

Would that be this particular horse?

😁

1 hour ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

A rare moment of compassion on my part and ....... as the great philosophers say ..... 'no good deed goes unpunished'!

Truly rare.

24 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Would that be this particular horse?

😁

You know I am the resident thoroughbred man on DL.

A true red and blueblood.

15 hours ago, Redleg said:

You know I am the resident thoroughbred man on DL.

A true red and blueblood.

Are you still abstaining from banana smoothies Mr. Leg?

1 hour ago, old dee said:

Are you still abstaining from banana smoothies Mr. Leg?

that would explain a lot, od 😄

3 hours ago, old dee said:

Are you still abstaining from banana smoothies Mr. Leg?

Yes. I will resume, but trying to shed a few kilos.

On 2/8/2023 at 6:43 PM, Redleg said:

You know I am the resident thoroughbred man on DL.

 

My last 3 runners including in the last at Pakenham tonight have all run 2nd.

Probably demonstrates I am not a winner. 

9 hours ago, Redleg said:

My last 3 runners including in the last at Pakenham tonight have all run 2nd.

Probably demonstrates I am not a winner. 

Demonstrates you are not a quitter Mr. Leg.

Last night I went to my second sporting love with my daughter and no.1 granddaughter. It was a finals match between SEMelb Phoenix and Perth. Yes basketball. The first NBL match I have been to in a very long time. My daughter and I were Tigers fans from way back. When the owners dumped the Tigers to become Melbourne United we quit. My grand daughter loves playing and is good in her age group. She was barracking for the phoenix, I was very quiet because in the Tigers days SEMelb. we’re the mortal enemy. We had a good night and she is more into basketball than ever before. It was a good night but the razzmatazz was over done IMO. Too much and a lot of wasted effort. The other thing that surprised me was that it was not full. 80% but a do or die final and they could not fill the stadium. Oh Perth won after being behind most of the night. There is some justice in the world after all. 

2 hours ago, old dee said:

Last night I went to my second sporting love with my daughter and no.1 granddaughter. It was a finals match between SEMelb Phoenix and Perth. Yes basketball. The first NBL match I have been to in a very long time. My daughter and I were Tigers fans from way back. When the owners dumped the Tigers to become Melbourne United we quit. My grand daughter loves playing and is good in her age group. She was barracking for the phoenix, I was very quiet because in the Tigers days SEMelb. we’re the mortal enemy. We had a good night and she is more into basketball than ever before. It was a good night but the razzmatazz was over done IMO. Too much and a lot of wasted effort. The other thing that surprised me was that it was not full. 80% but a do or die final and they could not fill the stadium. Oh Perth won after being behind most of the night. There is some justice in the world after all. 

Wow a B'ball fan. I did not know that about you OD!

Was mad into the NBL as youngster and went to SE Melb Magic/Vic Titans games a bit. They lost me thought when Fiddes bought the Titans and rebranded as the Giants. Such a great rivalry with the Tigers but I had so much respect and admiration for that team as well. 

46 minutes ago, layzie said:

Wow a B'ball fan. I did not know that about you OD!

Was mad into the NBL as youngster and went to SE Melb Magic/Vic Titans games a bit. They lost me thought when Fiddes bought the Titans and rebranded as the Giants. Such a great rivalry with the Tigers but I had so much respect and admiration for that team as well. 

Private ownership and rebranding killed off thousands of fans. After the demise of The Magic, my family never went to another game. As would happen if the same thing happened in the AFL. Never treat fan loyalty in a cavalier way. 

59 minutes ago, hemingway said:

Private ownership and rebranding killed off thousands of fans. After the demise of The Magic, my family never went to another game. As would happen if the same thing happened in the AFL. Never treat fan loyalty in a cavalier way. 

As I said Ernest my first game since the demise of the Tigers, we go to watch our GD every game and I go to lower league matches.

6 hours ago, old dee said:

Demonstrates you are not a quitter Mr. Leg.

That’s a good way to look at it.

3 hours ago, hemingway said:

Private ownership and rebranding killed off thousands of fans. After the demise of The Magic, my family never went to another game. As would happen if the same thing happened in the AFL. Never treat fan loyalty in a cavalier way. 

I was a massive Magic fan, I went to so many SE Melb events at the time that the team and coach Brian Goorjian felt like family. Remember after home games at Rod Laver where everyone would gather around on level 1 and the team would do autographs and a few speeches? Felt like that happened every week,  the sense of community was amazing.

I Embraced the Titans because, well, it was pretty much the Magic plus D-mac. After that went sideways I just couldn't get around the NBL to that level again.