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.

 

11 minutes ago, layzie said:

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.

 

Brian was a legend. A great coach and and a super nice guy. A friend has a gym that Brian attends and he speaks so highly of him. My kids loved Adonis Jordan, who sadly only played one or two seasons. The atmosphere at those games was Magic. Although an AFL fan I really thought that Basketball was the next big thing. 

1 minute ago, hemingway said:

Brian was a legend. A great coach and and a super nice guy. A friend has a gym that Brian attends and he speaks so highly of him. My kids loved Adonis Jordan, who sadly only played one or two seasons. The atmosphere at those games was Magic. Although an AFL fan I really thought that Basketball was the next big thing. 

been hearing that since 50/60s for both basketball and soccer, ernie 

6 minutes ago, hemingway said:

Brian was a legend. A great coach and and a super nice guy. A friend has a gym that Brian attends and he speaks so highly of him. My kids loved Adonis Jordan, who sadly only played one or two seasons. The atmosphere at those games was Magic. Although an AFL fan I really thought that Basketball was the next big thing. 

Fantastic coach and a great public speaker, got a lot of time for him. 

27 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

been hearing that since 50/60s for both basketball and soccer, ernie 

Yeah both sheila's games dc.

On 2/9/2023 at 2:39 PM, Redleg said:

trying to shed a few kilos.

Here's a surefire way to shed those kilos, Red… drink water.

Even if you were to change NOTHING in terms of diet and exercise, by drinking a minimum of 2 litres of water per day you’re guaranteed to drop weight, in particular you’ll see a reduction in belly-fat. 

35 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Here's a surefire way to shed those kilos, Red… drink water.

Even if you were to change NOTHING in terms of diet and exercise, by drinking a minimum of 2 litres of water per day you’re guaranteed to drop weight, in particular you’ll see a reduction in belly-fat. 

Sounds good. Where do I get water?

2 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Yeah both sheila's games dc.

Just when I was feeling sorry for you for the the pile on to disparage your good self you go and lead with your chin!!

Edited February 10, 20233 yr by Lucifers Hero

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

Sounds good. Where do I get water?

You know that chrome thing that’s located above your sink, the one on the right hand side? Yeah, well that’s called a tap. 💦 

2 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Here's a surefire way to shed those kilos, Red… drink water.

Even if you were to change NOTHING in terms of diet and exercise, by drinking a minimum of 2 litres of water per day you’re guaranteed to drop weight, in particular you’ll see a reduction in belly-fat. 

Two litres !! I don't use that much for a shower.

 

( Silly bloody sheila idea )

5 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Two litres !! I don't use that much for a shower.

 

( Silly bloody sheila idea )

That might explain the odour when you are outside the manor.

24 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

You know that chrome thing that’s located above your sink, the one on the right hand side? Yeah, well that’s called a tap. 💦 

I thought they were handles for doing pushups with.

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

I thought they were handles for doing pushups with.

They are called "love handles" Red!

2 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Just when I was feeling sorry for you for the the pile on to disparage your good self you go and lead with your chin!!

Come on Luci admit it ............... I reckon you're the love struck sheila that keeps sending those anonymous but doting little missives to The Manor.

On 2/8/2023 at 2:48 PM, WalkingCivilWar said:

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. 

I haven't seen Harry Potter line up too often for the Dees in any position or jumper. But perhaps he is secretly using Polyjuice Potion to look like Harrison Petty? 😆

Edited February 10, 20233 yr by Red and Bluebeard

On 2/8/2023 at 2:52 PM, Redleg said:

That’s because we are all non discriminatory.

But very discriminating (the opposite of criminating).