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Origins/meanings of Display Names?

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42 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Legend? Absolute champion, please! Great name to have, and well selected. I still have dreams about the accuracy of his clearances and his superb kicking to a teammate some 60 metres away....and his desire for the ball no matter what! Only the opposition 'stagers' got a kick off him - and that was gifted by some snot-gobbling umpire misreading the purity of his work ethic. 

He was a pretty handy pinch hitter as a forward on his day too (mainly later in his career I seem to remember).  Probably struck a bit of Tony Lockett fear factor into anyone that got into his space, but was a dam good kick for goal as well and didn't waste many opertunities.

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    A skuit is a woman's suit worn with a skirt in place of pants. Pretty self-explanatory really.

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    Mum and Dad called me Josh...

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    Getting behind the newbie

    And Dom was traded so couldn't keep that name

    Edited by Collar-Jazz-Knee

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    1 hour ago, Skuit said:

    A skuit is a woman's suit worn with a skirt in place of pants. Pretty self-explanatory really.

    Well I'll be.

    I always thought it was Skyoo it, not scoot

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    49 minutes ago, faultydet said:

    Well I'll be.

    I always thought it was Skyoo it, not scoot

    It's actually pronounced Skuit.

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    12 hours ago, faultydet said:

    I've worked with explosives in the farms of Victoria, the coal mines of Qld, and gold mines of the Solomon Islands since 1999

    Any time a blast doesn't fire as intended, you dont accept blame yourself, you blame a faulty detonator.

    I always thought you were a Clearance Diver or Ammunition tech for the Army. Those guy blow up bombs all day.

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    12 minutes ago, Caligula's cohort said:

    I always thought you were a Clearance Diver or Ammunition tech for the Army. Those guy blow up bombs all day.

    Had a few clearance divers work for me overseas in the Sollys.  Great blokes, but boy do they enjoy a beer.

    We play with "bomb" almost every day. Sometimes firing over 1000 tonnes at a time.

    The military guys are much more limited in their play time, due to funding.

     

    Must have been a faulty det

    Edited by faultydet

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    One of my favourite bands is Demented Are Go!, a Welsh psychobilly band who started in the early 80s and are amazingly still going despite decades of debauchery. 

    Featuring demonic hits such as: 

    Satan’s rejects, House of Blood, Love seeps like a festering sore, Who put grandma under the stairs, Queen of disease, Brand new corpse, Cripple in the woods and Demon angel.

    No brainer, really.

    Plus the Thunderbirds reference in the band name, which I loved as a kid. 

    Edited by Deemented Are Go!

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    1 hour ago, faultydet said:

    Had a few clearance divers work for me overseas in the Sollys.  Great blokes, but boy do they enjoy a beer.

    What year FD? I was there in ‘04.

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    2 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

    I follow everyone on this site.

    Nothing like a balanced perspective. 

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    1 hour ago, Caligula's cohort said:

    I always thought you were a Clearance Diver or Ammunition tech for the Army. Those guy blow up bombs all day.

    Done the EOD course, kept away, well away, since.

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    Still waiting for Jaded to respond and explain whether her real name is Jade with a surname starting with D or whether her user name is just a description about how she feels. Or both.

    At the time I joined Demonland we were a joke on and off the field and if you didn't laugh you'd have to cry. Hence, a kind of comedy. 

    Note: I'm not a fan of users changing their names without explanation. In the spirit of full disclosure, I changed my name once - but only because I couldn't spell Comedia correctly.

     

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    53 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    What year FD? I was there in ‘04.

    2010 to 2014 ET

     

    best 4 years of my life, working 2 weeks in Solomon Islands, follwed by 2 weeks at my home in The Philippines.

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    4 minutes ago, faultydet said:

    2010 to 2014 ET

     

    best 4 years of my life, working 2 weeks in Solomon Islands, follwed by 2 weeks at my home in The Philippines.

    Good stuff. Russell Islands or all over Solly’s? 

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    Just now, Ethan Tremblay said:

    Good stuff. Russell Islands or all over Solly’s? 

    Guadalcanal.

    Gold Ridge Mine.

    Great locals (Once you knew how to duck under a machete). The Govt withdrew my Visa when the Mine called Force majeure after a cyclone dumped 1000mm in 48hrs.

    Miss the place a lot.

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    On 1/3/2019 at 10:58 PM, DV8 said:

    So are you still one-eyed and with us in the flesh Mono ? ...

    or are you communicating to us, from the other side of that bright lite  ?  ?

    Still on this earth as of today :rolleyes:

    On 1/4/2019 at 12:37 PM, dworship said:

    Do people still crimp dets on with their teeth?

    Certainly not Colonwood supporters !

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    On 1/3/2019 at 8:44 PM, big_red_fire_engine said:

    During a heavy day with the lads at a pub early 2000's I was watching one of Troy Broadbridge's early awkward games and after a surprising piece of play yelled at the TV "go you big red fire engine". I followed him with curiosity during his early time at Sandy and across his 40 games for the MFC. I joined this site the year after his passing and it just felt right at the time as a reminder that there is so much more than football. 

    And Peter Walsh was the Little Red Fire Engine.

    I am Big Kev because Stephen Tingay autographed one of my Demons Caps as To Big Kev, since then that cap has been signed by Robert Flower (RIP), Steven Armstrong and Nathan Jones.

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    38 minutes ago, Big Kev said:

    And Peter Walsh was the Little Red Fire Engine.

    I am Big Kev because Stephen Tingay autographed one of my Demons Caps as To Big Kev, since then that cap has been signed by Robert Flower (RIP), Steven Armstrong and Nathan Jones.

    A nice collection of No.2 greats signatures on thay hat Big Kev.  What an awsome bit of genuine supporter memorabilia.  These days the professional collector types etc would probably pay a mint for something that, but I'm tipping that to you it's a priceless keep sake you're not willing to part with for a price.

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    Tottenham and Melbourne tragic, I wish I could figure out how to put horns on the cockerel.

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    10 minutes ago, Demon_spurs said:

    Tottenham and Melbourne tragic, I wish I could figure out how to put horns on the cockerel.

    Blood flow?

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    29 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

    A nice collection of No.2 greats signatures on thay hat Big Kev.  What an awsome bit of genuine supporter memorabilia.  These days the professional collector types etc would probably pay a mint for something that, but I'm tipping that to you it's a priceless keep sake you're not willing to part with for a price.

    Correct, some of them are extremely hard to read now, but I know who signed it.

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