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Also a great article by Max in the Sun on the contribution Bernie and his family have made to our club. The gist  is that they have helped transform the club into a family, a band of brothers who live and breath for each other. A great read and gives great hope for our future.

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    He's right about Dominos too.

    I used to think that you couldn't make a bad pizza before I ate a Dominos'.

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    12 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

    He's right about Dominos too.

    I used to think that you couldn't make a bad pizza before I ate a Dominos'.

    I've been beginning to think you can't get a decent pizza anywhere anymore.

    Thin base, gourmet, wood fired?

    All code words for rubbish...

    Seems everyone is cutting the inputs and increasing the price...

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    2 minutes ago, rjay said:

    I've been beginning to think you can't get a decent pizza anywhere anymore.

    Thin base, gourmet, wood fired?

    All code words for rubbish...

    Seems everyone is cutting the inputs and increasing the price...

    And yet, when you get away from the chains, the local pizzaria is likely to be a gem.  Found a local near my place that is half the cost of Crust, and 3 or 4 times better.  Agree on Domino's - awful.  May as well eat the box.

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    1 minute ago, rjay said:

    I've been beginning to think you can't get a decent pizza anywhere anymore.

    Thin base, gourmet, wood fired?

    All code words for rubbish...

    Seems everyone is cutting the inputs and increasing the price...

    Franchising has started to push the decent family stores out.

    I remember the pizza wars in Ballarat where Don Ciccio's were able to sell $5 pizzas with decent ingredients with a Dominos located next door to them. Us simple country folk were amazed at this and wondered how they did it.

    It wasn't until they were busted for dealing amphetamines using the shop as a front could we see how they managed it.

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    15 minutes ago, rjay said:

    I've been beginning to think you can't get a decent pizza anywhere anymore.

    Thin base, gourmet, wood fired?

    All code words for rubbish...

    Seems everyone is cutting the inputs and increasing the price...

    Jessie's Pizza. Thick crust and a large under $10. My favourite. 

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    Where's Jack's neck gone? He looks like Gladstone Small.

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    29 minutes ago, rjay said:

    I've been beginning to think you can't get a decent pizza anywhere anymore.

    Thin base, gourmet, wood fired?

    All code words for rubbish...

    Seems everyone is cutting the inputs and increasing the price...

    Cannot forget the Friday night special in the 70s, after drinking beer until closing time: a fully loaded Capricciosa pizza, 24-inch in diameter, with black olives, anchovies, ham, capsicum, 3 cheeses, basil, tomatoes and paste at the bottom, onions, pepperoni, fresh chopped mushrooms (no canned muck), more ham, more cheese and the price? $1.50 @ Venezia Pizza, Glenferrie Road, Malvern. In those days, you could drink a gutful for $15, all night ... And the footy on Saturday to follow with a pie and dead horse, donuts and more beer. Character building. 

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    10 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

    Cannot forget the Friday night special in the 70s, after drinking beer until closing time: a fully loaded Capricciosa pizza, 24-inch in diameter, with black olives, anchovies, ham, capsicum, 3 cheeses, basil, tomatoes and paste at the bottom, onions, pepperoni, fresh chopped mushrooms (no canned muck), more ham, more cheese and the price? $1.50 @ Venezia Pizza, Glenferrie Road, Malvern. In those days, you could drink a gutful for $15, all night ... And the footy on Saturday to follow with a pie and dead horse, donuts and more beer. Character building. 

    i remember it all so well

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    18 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

    Cannot forget the Friday night special in the 70s, after drinking beer until closing time: a fully loaded Capricciosa pizza, 24-inch in diameter, with black olives, anchovies, ham, capsicum, 3 cheeses, basil, tomatoes and paste at the bottom, onions, pepperoni, fresh chopped mushrooms (no canned muck), more ham, more cheese and the price? $1.50 @ Venezia Pizza, Glenferrie Road, Malvern. In those days, you could drink a gutful for $15, all night ... And the footy on Saturday to follow with a pie and dead horse, donuts and more beer. Character building. 

    Friday nights at Chasers in the early 80’s - All you could drink for $12, $10 for girls until some [censored] complained it was discriminatory so it was bumped up to $12 for all

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    12 minutes ago, FarNorthernD said:

    Friday nights at Chasers in the early 80’s - All you could drink for $12, $10 for girls until some [censored] complained it was discriminatory so it was bumped up to $12 for all

    Friday October 5 Chasers... 7.30 onwards

    ”Hard & Fast” returns to celebrate 30 years

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    First time a read of Demonland has made me hungry.

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    Point 1) on topic: Max could do stand up, no worries.

    Point 2) off topic: try making your own pizza, easy, cheap and twice as good as thin crust commercial crap.

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    1 hour ago, FarNorthernD said:

    Friday nights at Chasers in the early 80’s - All you could drink for $12, $10 for girls until some [censored] complained it was discriminatory so it was bumped up to $12 for all

    George was at the door at Chasers,  Great memories! 

    Crinitis pizza in Carlton is expensive but sensational (Frankie Fingers with gorgonzola!) Otherwise Torino's Special in Heidelberg!

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    2 hours ago, Lord Ivanhoe said:

    George was at the door at Chasers,  Great memories! 

    Crinitis pizza in Carlton is expensive but sensational (Frankie Fingers with gorgonzola!) Otherwise Torino's Special in Heidelberg!

    Love that place. Pizza by the metre! Would love to go there more often.

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    Permission to start 'The decent pizza' thread on the general board.

    (In my best Lieutenant George voice)

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    3 hours ago, McQueen said:

    First time a read of Demonland has made me hungry.

    Or want to go clubbing...

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    6 hours ago, FarNorthernD said:

    Friday nights at Chasers in the early 80’s - All you could drink for $12, $10 for girls until some [censored] complained it was discriminatory so it was bumped up to $12 for all

    I could never waste good money on drinks for girls, once I realised (after explanation from a mate and combined observation over two double-dates) that they were competing with one another for the fanciest drink mixed in a shaker, just for them.

    They seldom enjoyed their drinks, but kept saying that those drinks were 'gorgeous!' yet never savoured the beverages as a bloke does with a beer.

    If it had an exotic name, that was its prime importance.

    So, we gave them a couple of 'Stingers", to test the theory; and then, explained why those drinks were called 'Stingers" (2 parts white creme de menthe, two parts cognac, one part vodka).

    Y'see, goils, when we go up to Hotham for a ski in winter, a certain part of the anatomy gets very cold as we ski very fast. At the end of each run, we duck into the tavern for a Stinger, pop our frozen anatomical piece in our glass and then, back in the trousers. It really works, when the sting is gone, that anatomical monstrosity always feels better, warmer and ready to go. 

    The girls never elected to have a Stinger again. One of them took up an ordinary draught beer, realising her shallowness. 

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    52 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

    I could never waste good money on drinks for girls, once I realised (after explanation from a mate and combined observation over two double-dates) that they were competing with one another for the fanciest drink mixed in a shaker, just for them.

    They seldom enjoyed their drinks, but kept saying that those drinks were 'gorgeous!' yet never savoured the beverages as a bloke does with a beer.

    If it had an exotic name, that was its prime importance.

    So, we gave them a couple of 'Stingers", to test the theory; and then, explained why those drinks were called 'Stingers" (2 parts white creme de menthe, two parts cognac, one part vodka).

    Y'see, goils, when we go up to Hotham for a ski in winter, a certain part of the anatomy gets very cold as we ski very fast. At the end of each run, we duck into the tavern for a Stinger, pop our frozen anatomical piece in our glass and then, back in the trousers. It really works, when the sting is gone, that anatomical monstrosity always feels better, warmer and ready to go. 

    The girls never elected to have a Stinger again. One of them took up an ordinary draught beer, realising her shallowness. 

    One of the more bizarre things I have read today. 

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    11 hours ago, homsar said:

    One of the more bizarre things I have read today. 

    History is a wonderful thing. 

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    11 hours ago, homsar said:

    One of the more bizarre things I have read today. 

    Truely Bizzarro??? Just makes you wonder.

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