Speaking of Ska.....does anyone remember " Free Nelson Mandela?

2 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Madness were something different in their day. A quirky band with a fresh sound and fun lyrics.

Still going strong too deevs. Madstock in Finsbury Park was probably their high point. When the 100,000 crowd started jumping up and down it caused a 4.1 earthquake that set off seismic monitoring equipment at the Greenwich Observatory on the other side of the Thames. 

13 hours ago, Redleg said:

First I don’t understand what the CO stands for, have I missed something?

I imagine CO stands for Clayton Oliver, Red.

On 30/12/2023 at 10:05, old dee said:

That makes at least two of us.

Three!

15 hours ago, Redleg said:

First I don’t understand what the CO stands for, have I missed something?

While I don’t see the need for a name change, I wouldn’t totally be against it. Perhaps the “DL no B$ Thread” would be acceptable.

Anyway it does seem to have been a major success and why change a winning formula?

It is the longest, most read, most posted, most pages thread in DL history, so no real need to change it.

This. One does not play around with sacred scrjpture or holy origin stories. The T$ referred to is still a [censored], and the "No BS" part is the classic "more honoured in the breach than in observance" irony. Nothing to see here -- move on!

Edited January 3, 20242 yr by Red and Bluebeard

1 hour ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

This. One does not play around with sacred scrjpture or holy origin stories. The T$ referred to is still a [censored], and the "No BS" part is the classic "more honoured in the breech than in observance" irony. Nothing to see here -- move on!

There is something wrong with your breeches.  It is "breach" in this sense.

36 minutes ago, redandbluemakepurple said:

There is something wrong with your breeches.  It is "breach" in this sense.

Touche!

7 hours ago, redandbluemakepurple said:

There is something wrong with your breeches.  It is "breach" in this sense.

It’s all fixed now, his breeches have been breached!

13 hours ago, Neil Crompton said:

I imagine CO stands for Clayton Oliver, Red.

Yes of course.

So easy to miss the obvious.

Edited January 4, 20242 yr by Redleg

On 30/12/2023 at 19:49, Biffen said:

I'm surprised the Poms rejected Root.

I have a film for you Biff, Saltburn on Amazon Prime.

Should be right up your alley.

Hi @redleg

Thought this might interest you...

https://www.kidspot.com.au/lifestyle/home/people-are-confused-about-the-real-flavour-of-coles-famous-yellow-iced-donuts/news-story/47ca4442e9a089f102ae4948f23d2cf8

On 02/01/2024 at 11:40, WalkingCivilWar said:

That wouldn’t suffice. They brought out the big guns last night at about 11pm. They *each had a go at that god-awful Celine Dion Titanic song. If I didn’t already hate that song with a passion, I do now.

*there’s six of them 😳

Your best bet is to make yourself known to them socially and then work on the actual issue. Vietnamese culture generally shows very little consideration for people unless there is a personal connection.

You don't have to marry their eldest son, though. The very next step down from that is to grab a box of in-season cherries from a proper grocer and knock on the door. This time of year cherries even overtake vitamins as the preferred checked baggage for Australia to Vietnam flights. 100% not kidding. Premium fruit is a Vietnamese social activity and they'll even be sharing on social media how great their neighbour is. You will be officially inducted into the circle of people to be considerate of.

From there eventually you'll be able to set some boundaries. As long as you don't marry their eldest son. Then you'll be expected to bring more cherries every time they karaoke.

9 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

Your best bet is to make yourself known to them socially and then work on the actual issue. Vietnamese culture generally shows very little consideration for people unless there is a personal connection.

You don't have to marry their eldest son, though. The very next step down from that is to grab a box of in-season cherries from a proper grocer and knock on the door. This time of year cherries even overtake vitamins as the preferred checked baggage for Australia to Vietnam flights. 100% not kidding. Premium fruit is a Vietnamese social activity and they'll even be sharing on social media how great their neighbour is. You will be officially inducted into the circle of people to be considerate of.

From there eventually you'll be able to set some boundaries. As long as you don't marry their eldest son. Then you'll be expected to bring more cherries every time they karaoke.

Or play this...

What a good neighbor you would be LG.

1 hour ago, leave it to deever said:

Or play this...

What a good neighbor you would be LG.

Only because society won't allow the kind of savagery that I would prefer to unleash upon people who don't respect basic boundaries.

Curses upon the inventors of things like CCTV and forensics. I could have been such a great serial killer.

2 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

Hi @redleg

Thought this might interest you...

https://www.kidspot.com.au/lifestyle/home/people-are-confused-about-the-real-flavour-of-coles-famous-yellow-iced-donuts/news-story/47ca4442e9a089f102ae4948f23d2cf8

These are the sort of world impacting issues we should be concerned about on DL and credit to you for raising it.

We have enough of stupid footy cr-p on the other threads.

BTW, I think the yellow is pineapple.

Edited January 5, 20242 yr by Redleg

2 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

Only because society won't allow the kind of savagery that I would prefer to unleash upon people who don't respect basic boundaries.

Curses upon the inventors of things like CCTV and forensics. I could have been such a great serial killer.

I'm sorry if I've offended you in any manner . Now or in any post.

Did I mention how wonderful you are?

Back to the cricket. I’m so sick of seeing a petulant Steve Smith performance when he is given out. He blames everyone or everything but himself. And to stand in the middle of the pitch and stare after he was given out is just plain disrespectful and bad sportsmanship. He was a very good player- he no longer is. As for holding up play while a ball of sticky tape is removed from the sight screen area, was just a joke. Time for the selectors to look toward the future. Hopefully he can join Warner on the sidelines. He’s lost my respect as a player.

Edited January 5, 20242 yr by Neil Crompton

4 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

Back to the cricket. I’m so sick of seeing a petulant Steve Smith performance when he is given out. He blames everyone or everything but himself. And to stand in the middle of the pitch and stare after he was given out is just plain disrespectful and bad sportsmanship.He was a very good player- he no longer is. As for holding up play while a ball of sticky tape is removed from the site screen area, was just a joke. Time for the selectors to look toward the future. Hopefully he can join Warner on the sidelines. He’s lost my respect as a player.

I will say I'm glad Warner is stepping down. Not for any behavior issues but simply because he has been out of form for a very long time. Also I didn't get what divine right he had to some sort of send off. Maybe he deserves one but he didn't deserve in form anyway the right to keep playing until he could have a send off in Sydney.

 

2 hours ago, Redleg said:

yellow is pineapple.

I'd bet it's just another rip off from the big food engineering corporations with no flavor and a boat load of chemical colouring. Not that I'm cynical about these things 

Rest assured Mr Leg the world is safe with people like you and I addressing these big issues.

That last wicket stand looks like it may bite us.

Having lived in both Sydney and Melbourne, I've never understood the schedule of test matches in Oz.

Sydney's weather is reliably rainy and should be the first cab of the rank in late November.

Melbourne is reliably unreliable and should be the last in late Jan. But too much tradition too change now.

Edited January 5, 20242 yr by leave it to deever

Did Summers on Melbourne seem hotter when you were a kid?

I remember water restrictions with buckets to fill up our clark pool and swimming Christmas day. 

Visiting Melbourne...St kilda East where I grew up I was reminiscing about taking up street leaves from Great trees and burning them in the gutter. No such fun these days. Oh yes and the fireworks I could get at my local Milk Bar .

Fireworks were the best entertainment money could buy.

I'm seriously considering driving to the Territory to get some.

I also noticed there aren't kids playing cricket in the street with bins like I did until the sun went down.

Probably kids are all on the Internet buying laptops and phones.

 

Sheesh.

 

Edited January 5, 20242 yr by leave it to deever

37 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

 

I also noticed there aren't kids playing cricket in the street with bins like I did until the sun went down.

 

 

Too many dangerous weirdos around.

3 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Too many dangerous weirdos around.

It's true. I think my parents were very negligent letting me and my siblings play outside as kids to all hours. It didn't seem to be on the radaar of most parents forty years ago.

A pedophiles happy days were the seventies.

Edited January 5, 20242 yr by leave it to deever

Good knock from Carey.