I’s be more scared of the McDonalds. 

10 hours ago, BAMF said:

They take a picture and send it through the app to prove they have delivered it.

Ive had a few occasions where Ive had to retrieve it from my neighbours door.

You can choose between the DoorDasher handing you the food, or leaving it at your door and knocking to let you know it’s there. I always choose the latter. On this occasion dude didn’t knock so he likely left the food, saw the bat then took of fearing for his life. 😅 I know he didn’t knock because my house was silent at the time and I was in the next room and we always hear when someone knocks.

Poor bastard earned his wages that night 😂

4 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I’s be more scared of the McDonalds. 

I hear ya. I ordered it for my son who loves fast food and has a bottomless pit of a stomach, but I don’t eat it myself. That one order set him back $60!

13 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

I hope I never have to use it.

 I also keep a cricket bat under my bed. I really hope I never have to use that either. It’s a Gunn & Moore, worth quite a bit. I’d hate to see blood and bits of brain on it. 😭

Ghostie, what are you using that bat for?

25 minutes ago, ManDee said:

Ghostie, what are you using that bat for?

Is that a Bed Bat??

8 minutes ago, ManDee said:

Ghostie, what are you using that bat for?

Home invasions happen. If I go down, I’ll go down fighting. That said, home invasions are rare around here. That’s because the home invaders live in the area and so they know they ain’t hitting pay dirt here. 😂

1 minute ago, picket fence said:

Is that a Bed Bat??

Nah it’s a front door bat. The bed bat is a beautiful Gunn & Moore cricket bat. If I kill someone I’ll do it in style. 😁

9 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Nah it’s a front door bat. The bed bat is a beautiful Gunn & Moore cricket bat. If I kill someone I’ll do it in style. 😁

Now Ghosty, I still have several of my Bats from my illustrious cricket career including my STUART SURRIDGE ULTRA SHORT PERFECT ( 3 Centuries including 2 in a row) and my DUNCAN FEARNLEY 5 star 1 century. I have a knackered Gun & Moore under the bed for emergencies!

19 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Now Ghosty, I still have several of my Bats from my illustrious cricket career including my STUART SURRIDGE ULTRA SHORT PERFECT ( 3 Centuries including 2 in a row) and my DUNCAN FEARNLEY 5 star 1 century. I have a knackered Gun & Moore under the bed for emergencies!

My Gunn & Moore ain’t knackered like yours. It’s been knocked in but hasn’t really been used much.

At my last house I had an old Grey Nicolls by the front door but it got stolen. 🙄 

Edited January 5Jan 5 by Ghostwriter

1 hour ago, ManDee said:

Ghostie, what are you using that bat for?

A bit of an asides, but back in the day, I had a mate with a beat up old 70s/80s Carona or something, who used a cricket bat to hold up the vinyl interior roof lining on that car, which had become somehow detached and would sag down without the presence of the bat!

45 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

A bit of an asides, but back in the day, I had a mate with a beat up old 70s/80s Carona or something, who used a cricket bat to hold up the vinyl interior roof lining on that car, which had become somehow detached and would sag down without the presence of the bat!

Cricket bats have so many uses. You can even play cricket with them! 

2 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

A bit of an asides, but back in the day, I had a mate with a beat up old 70s/80s Carona or something, who used a cricket bat to hold up the vinyl interior roof lining on that car, which had become somehow detached and would sag down without the presence of the bat!

Bat free here.

But cue another rabbit hole for the T$B$: dodgy car stories. I'll continue with a very mild one and I'm sure they'll get significantly worse.

A shout-out to the very particular dodginess of 1970s British cars, providing story opportunities more or less from new.

In our case, selves newly twenty-something, me driving then girlfriend's (Brit-born) dad's Morris Tasman down The Hume (pre 'M31'!) in a rain storm, in a hurry (probably to return the car?)

Wipers. Just. Stopped.

Rain didn't.

And the journey must continue, unabated, and considerate of the traffic's need for speed:

With head out the window.

47 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Bat free here.

But cue another rabbit hole for the T$B$: dodgy car stories. I'll continue with a very mild one and I'm sure they'll get significantly worse.

A shout-out to the very particular dodginess of 1970s British cars, providing story opportunities more or less from new.

In our case, selves newly twenty-something, me driving then girlfriend's (Brit-born) dad's Morris Tasman down The Hume (pre 'M31'!) in a rain storm, in a hurry (probably to return the car?)

Wipers. Just. Stopped.

Rain didn't.

And the journey must continue, unabated, and considerate of the traffic's need for speed:

With head out the window.

We’re lucky you’re here to tell the story!

i have one: out the back of bum[censored] somewhere on the way from Melb to Sale, no one around for miles, driving downhill and my bonnet flew open! I pulled over, regained my composure then secured it with my Doc Martens shoelaces and went on my not so merry way. Of course it happened again (twice) before I reached the next town. Interestingly, it’s not as bad as you’d imagine. It frightens the bejesus out of you but apart from a small crack in the corner of the windscreen neither me or the car were damaged. 

5 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

My Gunn & Moore ain’t knackered like yours. It’s been knocked in but hasn’t really been used much.

At my last house I had an old Grey Nicolls by the front door but it got stolen. 🙄 

Ive always wondered why wi fi calls me Gunn and Moore,.... now I think I have the answer! 🤣

Edited January 5Jan 5 by picket fence

8 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

I hear ya. I ordered it for my son who loves fast food and has a bottomless pit of a stomach, but I don’t eat it myself. That one order set him back $60!

Certainly not “cheap” anymore. No wonder kids can’t afford to purchase a house anymore. 

And they are talking about $12.00 a cup of coffee by the end of the year.

Two friends and I decided to do a road trip along the Silo Art Trail in Vic as a final hurrah prior to my move to Sydney a few years ago.  One fateful night, out near Lake Tyrell, my mate and I left our other mate (who sleeps early and like the dead) behind to go see an abandoned Volkswagon camper van which apparently looks like it floats in a sea of stars reflected in the salt lake.  On the drive over we talked ghost stories and horror movies.  We arrived at the lake park, whose entrance was lit up in eerie red.  A sign directed us to drive to the look out via the sand dunes.  We drove blithely on but a little on edge, as we realised the path through the sand was marked by... hazardous waste containers?  

We made our way through the maze, joking how it could be a serial killer's lair, onwards to the camper van.  Unlike the photos on google, it was burnt out and had creepy posters of white faces with bloody tears running down, looming out of the dark.  In our fear we reversed, picked a new path through the maze of waste containers marked with warning symbols and skulls.  After a minute or two of haphazard driving we stopped and burst into laughter at ourselves for being so easily frightened.  

But we forgot the sand dunes, and discovered shortly after that we were bogged... we gathered our courage to open the car doors and venture into the pitch black, no signal on our mobiles, and dig ourselves out.  Then we saw headlights coming...

Turned out to be a delightful young man who works in marketing and camps with his rescue greyhound, rather than a serial killer 😂  He tried to help us out but after a while it became apparent daylight and maybe a professional tow truck was needed.  Our new mate took us back to town and stayed overnight in the spare room of our Airbnb as our thanks 😊 (but to the surprise of our other friend who woke in the morning!)

14 hours ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

Two friends and I decided to do a road trip along the Silo Art Trail in Vic as a final hurrah prior to my move to Sydney a few years ago.  One fateful night, out near Lake Tyrell, my mate and I left our other mate (who sleeps early and like the dead) behind to go see an abandoned Volkswagon camper van which apparently looks like it floats in a sea of stars reflected in the salt lake.  On the drive over we talked ghost stories and horror movies.  We arrived at the lake park, whose entrance was lit up in eerie red.  A sign directed us to drive to the look out via the sand dunes.  We drove blithely on but a little on edge, as we realised the path through the sand was marked by... hazardous waste containers?  

We made our way through the maze, joking how it could be a serial killer's lair, onwards to the camper van.  Unlike the photos on google, it was burnt out and had creepy posters of white faces with bloody tears running down, looming out of the dark.  In our fear we reversed, picked a new path through the maze of waste containers marked with warning symbols and skulls.  After a minute or two of haphazard driving we stopped and burst into laughter at ourselves for being so easily frightened.  

But we forgot the sand dunes, and discovered shortly after that we were bogged... we gathered our courage to open the car doors and venture into the pitch black, no signal on our mobiles, and dig ourselves out.  Then we saw headlights coming...

Turned out to be a delightful young man who works in marketing and camps with his rescue greyhound, rather than a serial killer 😂  He tried to help us out but after a while it became apparent daylight and maybe a professional tow truck was needed.  Our new mate took us back to town and stayed overnight in the spare room of our Airbnb as our thanks 😊 (but to the surprise of our other friend who woke in the morning!)

This has given me an idea as a prelude to my training reports

14 hours ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

Two friends and I decided to do a road trip along the Silo Art Trail in Vic as a final hurrah prior to my move to Sydney a few years ago.  One fateful night, out near Lake Tyrell, my mate and I left our other mate (who sleeps early and like the dead) behind to go see an abandoned Volkswagon camper van which apparently looks like it floats in a sea of stars reflected in the salt lake.  On the drive over we talked ghost stories and horror movies.  We arrived at the lake park, whose entrance was lit up in eerie red.  A sign directed us to drive to the look out via the sand dunes.  We drove blithely on but a little on edge, as we realised the path through the sand was marked by... hazardous waste containers?  

We made our way through the maze, joking how it could be a serial killer's lair, onwards to the camper van.  Unlike the photos on google, it was burnt out and had creepy posters of white faces with bloody tears running down, looming out of the dark.  In our fear we reversed, picked a new path through the maze of waste containers marked with warning symbols and skulls.  After a minute or two of haphazard driving we stopped and burst into laughter at ourselves for being so easily frightened.  

But we forgot the sand dunes, and discovered shortly after that we were bogged... we gathered our courage to open the car doors and venture into the pitch black, no signal on our mobiles, and dig ourselves out.  Then we saw headlights coming...

Turned out to be a delightful young man who works in marketing and camps with his rescue greyhound, rather than a serial killer 😂  He tried to help us out but after a while it became apparent daylight and maybe a professional tow truck was needed.  Our new mate took us back to town and stayed overnight in the spare room of our Airbnb as our thanks 😊 (but to the surprise of our other friend who woke in the morning!)

I wanna go on your next road trip!!!!

15 hours ago, picket fence said:

Ive always wondered why wi fi calls me Gunn and Moore,.... now I think I have the answer! 🤣

Coz you’re lying under my bed?!!!!

21 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

Cricket bats have so many uses. You can even play cricket with them! 

Maybe you can. It has been proven conclusively that I definitely cannot.

2 hours ago, picket fence said:

This has given me an idea as a prelude to my training reports

I'm honoured, PF!  Can't wait to see what you cook up!

1 hour ago, Ghostwriter said:

I wanna go on your next road trip!!!!

Careful what you wish for, GW... you might just get it!  😂

Actually you'd love my mate, he does magic tricks and you'd both chatter on endlessly.  New year resolution to intro you...! 

Although every Dees game that he has attended, we've lost... and he is a non-practising Bombers fan...

Edited January 6Jan 6 by DeelightfulPlay
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1 hour ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

Careful what you wish for, GW... you might just get it!  😂

Actually you'd love my mate, he does magic tricks and you'd both chatter on endlessly.  New year resolution to intro you...! 

Although every Dees game that he has attended, we've lost... and he is a non-practising Bombers fan...

You had me at magic tricks…

 

 

… you lost me at Bombers fan (non-practicing or otherwise)

not sure if anyone saw this interview with Jaspit Bumrah yesterday after the match?

"A lot of experience and learnings. A lot of the younger players have come in, and the learnings will help us in future. They have gained a lot of experience and they will go from strength to strength. It is all about adapting and learning. We will want to take the learnings forward."

Sounded very similar to some MFC post game press conferences