On a more serious note, has anyone noticed that aperol spritz often tastes quite different, depending on the maker?

PS: Mrs Redleg is quite partial to an expresso martini and I can tell you, from having sneaked a sip here and there, they are quite delicious.

 

Edited August 2, 20232 yr by Redleg

21 hours ago, Redleg said:

On a more serious note, has anyone noticed that aperol spritz often tastes quite different, depending on the maker?

PS: Mrs Redleg is quite partial to an expresso martini and I can tell you, from having sneaked a sip here and there, they are quite delicious.

 

Have to admit rather sheepishly, I had my first pinacolada in many years last night and it was very disappointing. I remember it as a creamy drink and this one wasn’t that at all.

On another note, what BS the AFL spins, with another example being the ambassadorial money they allow some clubs like the rumoured hundreds of thousands of dollars Dimma could be paid by the AFL to coach GC, outside the footy cap for “promoting Queensland footy”.

What pure garbage. Just say you are giving them a handout, to get the coach you want them to have.

Edited August 2, 20232 yr by Redleg

38 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Have to admit rather sheepishly, I had my first pinacolada in many years last night and it was very disappointing. I remember it as a creamy drink and this one wasn’t that at all.

On another note, what BS the AFL spins, with another example being the ambassadorial money they allow some clubs like the rumoured hundreds of thousands of dollars Dimma could be paid by the AFL to coach GC, outside the footy cap for “promoting Queensland footy”.

What pure garbage. Just say you are giving them a handout, to get the coach you want them to have.

My last pinacolada was in Vegas about 8 years ago at Paris casino. It came in a massive Eiffel tower glass and I could see the guy tip half a bottle of rum in. I just managed to make it to the end but got dared to have another one. I was totally floored the next day and could barely move. The mere smell of pineapple juice made me sick for at least a year afterwards. 

4 hours ago, layzie said:

My last pinacolada was in Vegas about 8 years ago at Paris casino. It came in a massive Eiffel tower glass and I could see the guy tip half a bottle of rum in. I just managed to make it to the end but got dared to have another one. I was totally floored the next day and could barely move. The mere smell of pineapple juice made me sick for at least a year afterwards. 

I think mine was just pineapple juice.

On 8/3/2023 at 6:34 AM, layzie said:

My last pinacolada was in Vegas about 8 years ago at Paris casino. It came in a massive Eiffel tower glass and I could see the guy tip half a bottle of rum in. I just managed to make it to the end but got dared to have another one. I was totally floored the next day and could barely move. The mere smell of pineapple juice made me sick for at least a year afterwards. 

So you are good with bananas 🍌 then?

18 minutes ago, DemonFrog said:

So you are good with bananas 🍌 then?

Always DemonFrog! Always! 

Just had the best crab and prawn dumplings ever and in bright red dough.

Haileybury College football team has Matthew Lloyd, Scott Pendlebury and Ty Zantuck as Coaches.

How wealthy is this school?

Edited August 5, 20232 yr by Redleg

9 hours ago, Redleg said:

Haileybury College football team has Matthew Lloyd, Scott Pendlebury and Ty Zantuck as Coaches.

How wealthy is this school?

Doubt they'll have Lloyd much longer.

2 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Doubt they'll have Lloyd much longer.

If the money is right he will stay.

It’s a soft gig.

I was referencing booze gate Red. I thought he might get a DCM over that !

3 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

I was referencing booze gate Red. I thought he might get a DCM over that !

They will keep him.

He won them their flag.

Success is everything.

Edited August 6, 20232 yr by Redleg

Wow.  A couple of years and several hundred pages since I’ve visited this thread.  And I only have to scroll back a few posts to see bananas are still a hot topic!

Congrats on the persistence!

14 hours ago, bjDee said:

Wow.  A couple of years and several hundred pages since I’ve visited this thread.  And I only have to scroll back a few posts to see bananas are still a hot topic!

Congrats on the persistence!

One of the first words mentioned in the The No T$ No B$ mission statement no doubt. 

and now for something different than bananas

 

49 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

and now for something different than bananas

 

Still remember that and Slug Jordon couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

30 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Still remember that and Slug Jordon couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

you mean this?

Quote

On 8 April 1985, during a VFL reserves game, Bourke kicked Sydney Swans ruckman Pat Foy in the groin in response to Foy tagging him throughout the game. When umpire Phil Waight attempted to report Bourke for the incident, Bourke shoved him to the ground and kicked him, and also made contact with a Collingwood runner who was attempting to take him off the ground before running into the stands to attack a Swans fan.^[2]

The match was being broadcast on the Seven Network, with commentator Ray Jordon crying "You've gotta take the boy off!" as the incident unfolded.^[3]

As a result, Bourke was handed a suspension of ten years, equivalent to 240 matches.^[4] It was later reduced to six years.^[5]

 

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

you mean this?

 

Yes.

5 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Yes.

it's a cracker, isn't it

career defining move

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

it's a cracker, isn't it

career defining move

Yep.

Completely lost it and was off his head.

I understand how he felt, half way through the third quarter of the 21 granny, I got up to do the dishes rather than abuse my wife and the TV.  Her cry of,  they have just kicked a goal brought me back very quick.  the dishes waited for a while.

Eff it, I hope I can be at the ground this year if we make it.   Go Dees     Love this thread.

18 hours ago, Redleg said:

Still remember that and Slug Jordon couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

"Whoa hoa..... HEY" 

15 hours ago, 640MD said:

  Go Dees     Love this thread.

Thanks 640MD. The love for this thread is really lovely. I loved creating it and am loving that so many intelligent people have also loved it. I feel it has created many mores loves and lovers as a result. 
The loveliest comments of the posters have always demonstrated their loveliness, in their appreciation of the thread. I personally have felt lovesick and lovelorn when away from the thread for any short period of time. It is a thread that has many lovelocked and loved up and sometimes feels like a love affair with the written word.

As they say, all you need is ❤️ love.

There's not enough nastiness, abuse and back stabbing on this thread!

You need to read between the lines. 
 

but it’s probably done gently . The knife in the back 

a bit like crunchy frogs made with real frogs lightly killed and covered with larks vomit,