Training - Wednesday November 19, 2014

[jules7 792]

First time posting many years of reading, my first car was an MGB maroon in colour with chrome wire wheels, used to take the wheels off and clean them in the trough with a tooth brush. Every time I took the hard top off I would crack the window screen with the clips from the soft top, consequently didn't take the hard top off very often. Also didn't take it out in the rain very often as I didn't want the chrome wires to get dirty. Loved that car almost as much as my demons. The police loved pulling me over to check out the car. Oh the memories.

[old dee 23,915]

First time posting many years of reading, my first car was an MGB maroon in colour with chrome wire wheels, used to take the wheels off and clean them in the trough with a tooth brush. Every time I took the hard top off I would crack the window screen with the clips from the soft top, consequently didn't take the hard top off very often. Also didn't take it out in the rain very often as I didn't want the chrome wires to get dirty. Loved that car almost as much as my demons. The police loved pulling me over to check out the car. Oh the memories.

Over drive model?

[ManDee 7,236]

First time posting many years of reading, my first car was an MGB maroon in colour with chrome wire wheels, used to take the wheels off and clean them in the trough with a tooth brush. Every time I took the hard top off I would crack the window screen with the clips from the soft top, consequently didn't take the hard top off very often. Also didn't take it out in the rain very often as I didn't want the chrome wires to get dirty. Loved that car almost as much as my demons. The police loved pulling me over to check out the car. Oh the memories.

Welcome Jules, I have car envy. Would have gone for a red one myself.

[old dee 23,915]

Welcome Jules, I have car envy. Would have gone for a red one myself.

Back then I could not afford a soft top. One of my good friends had one.

I still have the desire.

Whenever overseas my wife and I hire one, anything with a soft top.

We keep saying "next time " but sadly I am running out of next times.

[jules7 792]

Yes OD it was the Over Drive model it was a fantastic machine. I had no say in the color bought it second hand, dad did all the negotiations and helped me to keep it purring. Had it for 5 years and only had 33,000 miles on the clock when I sold it. Got a Mazda RX7 and it didn't have a patch on the MG.

[binman 44,174]

I didn't get here till late 70's sadly, so missed out on Zig and Zag, wonder what the PC brigade would think of their 'act' now

Oh i don't know perhaps that silly, over the top PC brigade my think their act was appalling given one of them was a convicted pedophile.

But seriously are you for real? You make a shocking comment seemingly aimed at minimizing and trivializing Rolf Harris's crimes and now this? Really?

And just in case you seriously did not know about Zig and Zag (which i struggle to believe given the coverage) here is a reminder (a quote from this article):

' And publicly there was no-o-o trouble. They were even named joint Moomba Monarchs in 1999. That honour was withdrawn when it was revealed that Jack Perry had been convicted in 1994 of sex offences against his grand-daughter. The case had received no publicity and the comic team kept working with kids.

The scandal not only meant that one of Australia’s most famous clowns was a pedophile but that his partner, McKenzie, knew it and for years continued the charade as a comic duo with his child-molesting partner.'

Edited November 20, 2014 by binman

[bing181 9,343]

Mine was a Wolsley. The days of The Tarax Club ...

I have a bottle of Tarax orange in my little collection of ancient beverages.

[Cards13 9,117]

First time posting many years of reading, my first car was an MGB maroon in colour with chrome wire wheels, used to take the wheels off and clean them in the trough with a tooth brush. Every time I took the hard top off I would crack the window screen with the clips from the soft top, consequently didn't take the hard top off very often. Also didn't take it out in the rain very often as I didn't want the chrome wires to get dirty. Loved that car almost as much as my demons. The police loved pulling me over to check out the car. Oh the memories.

Great first post on a footy site haha. Welcome.

[jane02 3,777]

Thanks for answering the diet question, Saty, it confirms what I had heard. Interesting that some love it and others think it is bananas...

I have heard that Port Adelaide led the way, and loved the results. What seems different now is the acceptability from a physiological point of view, rather than it being a 'diet' fad.

Changing topic, Tapscott as a double no show does not look good for his future with us. Maybe someone else has whispered in his ear...

Last week there was a seminar in Melbourne called Low Carb Down Under and our own Tom McDonald was interviewed. He has been eating this way for some time and his incentive to decrease CHO was for his digestive system. He is not trying to lose weight in fact he stated that he has always been underweight. He has decreased his gluten and grain but still manages to maintain 100-200gm CHO per day by adding sweet potato and bananas to his diet.

His normal breakfast is bacon, eggs and sausages with added sweet potato. Before a game he will eat spaghetti bolognaise, cheese, veges and sweet potato.

He has decreased wheat, gluten and processed CHO but does not follow extremely low CHO patterns.

Interesting stuff.

[Demoneyes 562]

Saty, does this mean Bernie can only drink Pure Blonde now instead of Carlton Draught?

I doubt he would drink either if he has any taste!

[Demanding Success 298]

I just read the eagles article on the afl page. I'm sooo happy we don't have a list that big of players not doing full training. We wouldn't recover from that.

[Barney Rubble 1,576]

lol - he would have been too old by the time the stag came out

my first car was a mini 850 - loved it. always wanted a cooper s or a morgan but couldn't afford it

Mine was a Cooper S but sadly snapped a con rod on my weekly trip

back home from sydney. One more to the grave yard. Was replaced by the more sedate Morriss

1100 float on fluid. aarrh pure luxury.

[jnrmac 20,205]

Mods

Can we change the title of this thread...

Tragic old footy nuts reminiscing about their first cars....

[Akum 2,660]

Mine was a Cooper S but sadly snapped a con rod on my weekly trip

back home from sydney. One more to the grave yard. Was replaced by the more sedate Morriss

1100 float on fluid. aarrh pure luxury.

Used to run a youth group and had to drive them all home in my Morris 1100.

The most we got in it at the one time was 12. Tho' that included one in the boot.

[monoccular 17,607]

Mine was a Wolsley. The days of The Tarax Club, Happy Hammond, Zig and Zag and Sennits icecream.

Bring it back.

Pelaco Inquest 7pm Saturday was compulsory viewing when the panel discussed and dissected the six games played at 2:10 pm every Saturday. Most weeks Melbourne won......Ahhhh, the memories.

[Roger Mellie 4,145]

I had an Escort, 1.3 litres of unadulterated power, it even had rally stripes! I dreamed of having an MG B.

Me too (minus the GT stripes).

Went like the clappers, great car!

Zero street cred. v the MGB

[chook fowler 19,665]

Post the Wolsley it was the GT Cortina with the lotus engine. Loved that car.

[ben russell 764]

Came here to read about the boys at training but instead read a couple of pages of elderly folk talking about their first cars. Well I feel a bit left out so what the heck..

92 Mitsubishi Magna was my first ride. Ah it was a gem..

The real selling point was that it was converted to gas but I later found out that it was not converted properly which meant my precious first car was an absolute lemon.

The very first day I got it I managed to run it straight into the back of my mates car who slammed on the brakes to stop for a rabbit. A god damned rabbit.

Ah the good old days..

[Uncle Fester 2,848]

Yellow 5ltr HQ Monaro.

I was such a bogon.

Now I drive a red 6ltr VE SS.

I'm still a bogon, but with a little more cash

[ManDee 7,236]

I just love all this pre-season footy talk.

After the Escort a V8 XR Falcon then the ultimate XA GT Coupe, that was a rocket, I wish I still had it, glady swap my Beema.

[bing181 9,343]

VW Beetle.

[nutbean 8,838]

Mods

Can we change the title of this thread...

Tragic old footy nuts reminiscing about their first cars....

I'm going to reminisce about Zig and Zag.

In the 60's The Kingsway overpass - a join between two spans dropped about 4cm causing the shutdown of the Kingsway. I remember Zig and Zag doing a a parody on their show of dropping a coconut on the Kingsway causing the span to drop. My parents reliably told me that for many years after I would go hysterical if we were travelling over the Kingsway overpass because "zig and zag dropped a coconut on it and it is going to collapse and we are all going to die"

Edited November 20, 2014 by nutbean

[old dee 23,915]

Mods

Can we change the title of this thread...

Tragic old footy nuts reminiscing about their first cars....

You mean you want to talk about the team tearing it up on the track in November.

Don't worry there will be a new tread today.

[old dee 23,915]

I'm going to reminisce about Zig and Zag.

In the 60's The Kingsway overpass - a join between two spans dropped about 4cm causing the shutdown of the Kingsway. I remember Zig and Zag doing a a parody on their show of dropping a coconut on the Kingsway causing the span to drop. My parents reliably told me that for many years after I would go hysterical if we were travelling over the Kingsway overpass because "zig and zag dropped a coconut on it and it is going to collapse and we are all going to die"

I can now see how you became a Dees fan nutbean

[Bluey's Dad 3,419]

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