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4 hours ago, Demonland said:

Happy Birthday Ron Barassi Jr. 

 

Happy Birthday Barass.

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    On 2/26/2019 at 7:39 PM, Ethan Tremblay said:

    Going by the second photo:

    Clockwise from Brian Dixon (checkered shirt), Noel McMahon, Clyde Laidlaw, Ian Thorogood, John Lord, Frank Davis, [censored] Fenton-Smith, Ron Barrassi, John Beckwith and Hassa Mann. 

    Can the mods uncensor Fenton-Smiths first name? 

    Some big names there from the old mans tales of the glory days.

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    On 2/8/2019 at 11:45 PM, DV8 said:

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    1952–1967

    Quick kip for Ron.

    More photos (in galleries) here.

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    On 3/10/2019 at 12:49 PM, Ethan Tremblay said:

    https://omny.fm/shows/this-is-your-sporting-life/ian-thorogoods-sporting-life

    or for the player with SEN article:

    https://www.sen.com.au/news/2019/03/09/demons-legend-backs-current-side's-chase-for-elusive-flag/

    What a ripper of an interview ET. Really appreciate this and I hope he’s being well cared for. What a character. Donegan did a great job.

    loved the bit where Murray Weideman gave him a love tap in the “very lower stomach” in the 58 granny and (it sounds like) half the team we’re trying to get even.

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    4 hours ago, Supermercado said:

    Quick kip for Ron.

    More photos (in galleries) here.

    I've got a vague sense (memory) that he was dragged, or injured...  can't remember exactly.  >>  memory as a kid... of that image from TV or papers?

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    19 hours ago, Supermercado said:

    Quick kip for Ron.

    More photos (in galleries) here.

    What is it about these black and white photos which make people look so much older than they were? Is it the clothing? Or the hairstyle? Or is it just the way we think about older photos? Norm Smith was born on 21 November 1915, which means he could not have been any older than 49 when this photo was taken.

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    1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    What is it about these black and white photos which make people look so much older than they were? Is it the clothing? Or the hairstyle? Or is it just the way we think about older photos? Norm Smith was born on 21 November 1915, which means he could not have been any older than 49 when this photo was taken.

    He died when he was fifty eight. I was shocked when I discovered this. I mentioned it to a friend who pointed out that until the advent of blood thinners and blood pressure medication, coupled with the fact most men smoked and that the basic Aussie diet was heart attack tucker,  most men died before they reached 70, hence the retirement pension allocation of the number 65.

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    18 minutes ago, dieter said:

    He died when he was fifty eight. I was shocked when I discovered this. I mentioned it to a friend who pointed out that until the advent of blood thinners and blood pressure medication, coupled with the fact most men smoked and that the basic Aussie diet was heart attack tucker,  most men died before they reached 70, hence the retirement pension allocation of the number 65.

    Dieter, usually when I read your posts I think your name refers to your nationality; today, it seems that I should read your name as someone who is careful about what he eats.

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    38 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Dieter, usually when I read your posts I think your name refers to your nationality; today, it seems that I should read your name as someone who is careful about what he eats.

    Yes, I make sure I eat plenty. Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we diet. When I was a younger man and vaguely attractive to the opposite sex, one of my girlfriends gave me a fridge sticker: 'World's greatest Dieter.'

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    13 hours ago, dieter said:

    Yes, I make sure I eat plenty. Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we diet. When I was a younger man and vaguely attractive to the opposite sex, one of my girlfriends gave me a fridge sticker: 'World's greatest Dieter.'

    ... so your not German, after all this.  your a pumpkin eater !

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    13 hours ago, DV8 said:

    ... so your not German, after all this.  your a pumpkin eater !

    100% German/Jewish ( though I was sent to a Catholic school )- maybe a small % of Polish, on my paternal grandmother's side. One of my ex wives called me a Lady Eater because I didn't particularly like Pumkins (sic) in those days but I like them a lot more now that I'm old and lame and infirm.

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    8 minutes ago, dieter said:

    100% German/Jewish ( though I was sent to a Catholic school )- maybe a small % of Polish, on my paternal grandmother's side. One of my ex wives called me a Lady Eater because I didn't particularly like Pumkins (sic) in those days but I like them a lot more now that I'm old and lame and infirm.

    HaHaHa...  please can you tell me what (sic) means?

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    I was bought up on a steady diet of Bismarckhering and Pumpernickel bread. I wasn’t the most popular kid at Primary School during summer. 

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    39 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    I was bought up on a steady diet of Bismarckhering and Pumpernickel bread. I wasn’t the most popular kid at Primary School during summer. 

    Clever strategy from your parents. I bet you got to eat all your lunch without the school bullies stealing it from you.

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    1 hour ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    I was bought up on a steady diet of Bismarckhering and Pumpernickel bread. I wasn’t the most popular kid at Primary School during summer. 

    No, that was my fate...You're not even a kraut????

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    16 minutes ago, dieter said:

    No, that was my fate...You're not even a kraut????

    Half kraut, Mum was born in Germany. 

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    32 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    Half kraut, Mum was born in Germany. 

    At least you was well fed. Think I'll have some herrings tonight... By the way, I listened to the Ian Thorogood interview today, I stopped listening after the introduction it was Tobin bros and I assumed the worst. he sounds well...

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    4 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    I was bought up on a steady diet of Bismarckhering and Pumpernickel bread. I wasn’t the most popular kid at Primary School during summer. 

    you forget to mention the garlic, ethan?

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    On 3/13/2019 at 6:56 PM, daisycutter said:

    you forget to mention the garlic, ethan?

    I chewed on that to freshen my breath after eating Herring which had been sitting in my lunchbox in the warm classroom for half a day. 

    Edited by Ethan Tremblay

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