15 hours ago, Satyriconhome said:

Nah, thankfully or hopefully it's staying, told me???   cool men can carry off mo or beard

Spot on Saty, haters usually cannot grow one.

22 minutes ago, Nasher said:

That makes you very young for a boomer!

In fact he is not one Nasher. Official years are 1946 - 1964. 24 years late.

Edited November 26, 20195 yr by old dee

31 minutes ago, Josh said:

I was born in 1988

Skip the X gen, onto the millennials.

I call you the Potters, from the Harry Potter books.

I thought a boomer was a powerful kick, often from the square and flying through the goals.

Bring the boom.

You also realise baby boomers saw 6 premierships to the others none.

I also heard the players from MFC use that expression.

'Bring the boom' when geeing themselves up.

15 minutes ago, durango said:

You also realise baby boomers saw 6 premierships to the others none.

I have seen two Durango. To be honest can remember very little of 1960.

23 minutes ago, durango said:

You also realise baby boomers saw 6 premierships to the others none.

OK bummer

The first grand final I went to was the 1954 and was heartbroken we lost to my best friends Footscray but from then on we were easily the best team in the VFL, Roger Dean's acting performance cost us another premiership, and the 1958 grand final was a Norm Smith error (players told me he admitted this after the game), when he was expecting a wet weekend and trained the players on thursday night before the grand final for 2 hours in the wet. 

20 minutes ago, durango said:

The first grand final I went to was the 1954 and was heartbroken we lost to my best friends Footscray but from then on we were easily the best team in the VFL, Roger Dean's acting performance cost us another premiership, and the 1958 grand final was a Norm Smith error (players told me he admitted this after the game), when he was expecting a wet weekend and trained the players on thursday night before the grand final for 2 hours in the wet. 

We also got sucked in, the pies went the knuckle in first quarter then got on with playing and we spent the rest of the game trying to get even. Would have made it 6 in a row. 

4 minutes ago, old dee said:

We also got sucked in, the pies went the knuckle in first quarter then got on with playing and we spent the rest of the game trying to get even. Would have made it 6 in a row. 

That's just as my father told me OD. They got sucked in just as Collingwood intended and thereafter Melbourne players sought retribution. Went the man not the ball, falling into Collingwoods trap.     

People forget that the great Melbourne sides were fair but tough when they needed to be. 

1 minute ago, hemingway said:

That's just as my father told me OD. They got sucked in just as Collingwood intended and thereafter Melbourne players sought retribution. Went the man not the ball, falling into Collingwoods trap.     

People forget that the great Melbourne sides were fair but tough when they needed to be. 

Would have been 55, 56, 57, 58, 59,60. Even without 58 it was not a bad effort. Saw the last one Ernest. There are lots of days since I wish my dad had been a Hawks Fan.

1 minute ago, old dee said:

Would have been 55, 56, 57, 58, 59,60. Even without 58 it was not a bad effort. Saw the last one Ernest. There are lots of days since I wish my dad had been a Hawks Fan.

Wash your mouth out OD.

It would have been wonderful to have been 10 years younger and seen all those premierships through the 50s and even 1960.

However, supporting the Hawks or the Bombers is not only distasteful but akin to ingesting poison. A stain on your character!

its a bit like asking whether you want to have reputation or money. Ok not a good question, the answer is obvious. 

But you have done the right thing and honoured your old dad.  Thats whats important. 

3 minutes ago, hemingway said:

Wash your mouth out OD.

It would have been wonderful to have been 10 years younger and seen all those premierships through the 50s and even 1960.

However, supporting the Hawks or the Bombers is not only distasteful but akin to ingesting poison. A stain on your character!

its a bit like asking whether you want to have reputation or money. Ok not a good question, the answer is obvious. 

But you have done the right thing and honoured your old dad.  Thats whats important. 

Sadly I got his " you never change clubs" attitude. Sad some of the things you inherit. I came from Bendigo and we were in Carltons zone back in the 70's could easily have swapped back then.

Edited November 26, 20195 yr by old dee

Just now, old dee said:

Sadly I got his " you never change clubs" attitude. Sad some of the things you inherit.

Well if you change clubs, you change character, and become a fake!

There's something noble about being a long-suffering supporter. 

Just now, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

There's something noble about being a long-suffering supporter. 

I could handle a lot less nobility LDC.

9 minutes ago, hemingway said:

Well if you change clubs, you change character, and become a fake!

You have the similar attitudes to my father. I will say it again I regret he did not follow the Hawks.

2 hours ago, Nasher said:

That makes you very young for a boomer!

I've started enjoying ABC talk back radio, red wine and have a jar full of random screws.

 

My wife certainly thinks I'm a boomer

I'd advise you to keep the random screws a secret from your wife.

I find most baby boomers are free spirits. 

Travelling, learning, partying, exploring boundaries, championing egalitarianism and challenging the norms of their parents.

I also think, they are a generation that hasn't grown-up.

The later generations are much more concerned with social appearance and reflect a life restrained by the peer group. They use labels to describe fellow human beings and are very socially hierarchical. 

 

 

4 minutes ago, kev martin said:

I find most baby boomers are free spirits. 

Travelling, learning, partying, exploring boundaries, championing egalitarianism and challenging the norms of their parents.

I also think, they are a generation that hasn't grown-up.

The later generations are much more concerned with social appearance and reflect a life restrained by the peer group. They use labels to describe fellow human beings and are very socially hierarchical. 

 

 

the other characteristic of the later generations is a sense of entitlement and an obsession with having a personal brand. Hence the new industry of social influencer - what the hell is that all about?  My theory is that as cities get bigger it becomes harder to stand out and be relevant so you have to compete all the time, whereas in smaller communities cooperation is important so everyone has a role and an identity.

We all want to be loved and desired.

They have to do it within the electronic revolution.

Entitlement with aspiration, many are go getters.   

I question the small community romantic sense of belonging. 

You belong in those places if you have kids or take the alcohol at the public bar.

I think most of us are still searching to belong.

The angst of separation is universal.

Edited November 26, 20195 yr by kev martin

18 minutes ago, kev martin said:

The later generations are much more concerned with social appearance and reflect a life restrained by the peer group. They use labels to describe fellow human beings and are very socially hierarchical. 

Interesting seeing that the boomer generation were the first to live and die by branding... remember the looks you got if you didn't have an acceptable brand of jeans.

36 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Interesting seeing that the boomer generation were the first to live and die by branding... remember the looks you got if you didn't have an acceptable brand of jeans.

Many up market night places wouldn't let you in in a pair of jeans.

Could have been because I didn't have much spending money, (frugal and going without). 

I really didn't care what you were wearing, more interested in who you are.

I couldn't afford to be in competition in a material sense.

Also happier to be sitting around at friends places talking and playing music, then joining the crowd of rejectors and wannabees. 

Really thought in the 70's we were pulling down the wall.

I guess there will always be the three kind of classes, poor, middle and upper.

Wish it wasn't so. 

Edited November 26, 20195 yr by kev martin

34 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Interesting seeing that the boomer generation were the first to live and die by branding... remember the looks you got if you didn't have an acceptable brand of jeans.

i don't remember actually. but then i was an early boomer. i do remember when brand names started to be displayed on clothing and how we all thought how crass that was, and that it was only suitable for marketing give-aways.

i also don't like the so called generation wars. it's all bs mostly and just creates unnecessary divisions