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The club should help him out here. What a remerkable person.

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    WHy cant he sit up on the 3rd tier or something?

    In fact why can t there be a few hundred people dispersed throughout a giant stadium for  at least some atmoshpere?

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    This isn't quite true as 'Tarax' did actually miss our two Fosters World Championship games in Vancouver back in 1987 which I like to remind him of. He does at least have the footy record I picked up there. 

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    That is amazing, I wonder if there is anyone from any other club who can beat that.

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      On 20/03/2020 at 03:36, Darkhorse72 said:

    Make him a staff member for the weekend.

    Great idea. Deserves it. Amazing effort.

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      On 20/03/2020 at 04:20, Demonland said:

    Is @Tarax Club Gary?

    That’s probably Ron Blaskett or Happy Hammond; posthumously.

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      On 20/03/2020 at 04:18, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    This isn't quite true as 'Tarax' did actually miss our two Fosters World Championship games in Vancouver back in 1987 which I like to remind him of. He does at least have the footy record I picked up there. 

    Yes, and I didn’t see him in Shanghai.

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      On 20/03/2020 at 04:50, hardtack said:

    Yes, and I didn’t see him in Shanghai.

    He claims to only count 'official' games Hardtack. Was that game for premiership points? 

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      On 20/03/2020 at 04:48, hardtack said:

    That’s probably Ron Blaskett or Happy Hammond; posthumously.

    Don’t forget Uncle Norman

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      On 20/03/2020 at 04:53, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    He claims to only count 'official' games Hardtack. Was that game for premiership points? 

    No... but it should have been; we won it.

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      On 20/03/2020 at 04:56, Sir Why You Little said:

    Don’t forget Uncle Norman

    And Princess Panda, Funnyface Gordon and the rest of the crew.

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      On 20/03/2020 at 04:52, In Harmes Way said:

    He should be knighted for turning up in 2012 and 2013.

    I reckon this proves he would be immune to COVID-19. Perhaps we should turn his blood into a vaccine.

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    Just when we were both thinking here we are marooned in Darwin fading into irrelevance and obscurity. After withdrawal of future MFC games in the top end 2019. Rab D Nesbitt has helped revive the Tarax brand somewhat by accident. Rab you may have recalled our claim of attending every Demons' game played in Darwin. Unfortunately though research at Demonwiki has proven that to be erroneous as an earlier match was played in the 90's which was temporally inappropriate for our presence. Pleased to read so many fond memories from other baby boomer posters. Anything to add some levity to your day!

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      On 20/03/2020 at 04:37, Josh said:

    That is amazing, I wonder if there is anyone from any other club who can beat that.

    Just spoke to a Geelong friend, he said Col Hutchinson (afl statistician) hasn't missed any Geelong game for premiership points since 1963 or any Geelong home game at all since 1958.

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      On 20/03/2020 at 05:26, Tarax Club said:

    Just when we were both thinking here we are marooned in Darwin fading into irrelevance and obscurity. After withdrawal of future MFC games in the top end 2019. Rab D Nesbitt has helped revive the Tarax brand somewhat by accident. Rab you may have recalled our claim of attending every Demons' game played in Darwin. Unfortunately though research at Demonwiki has proven that to be erroneous as an earlier match was played in the 90's which was temporally inappropriate for our presence. Pleased to read so many fond memories from other baby boomer posters. Anything to add some levity to your day!

    I went there for the first time last year for the Adelaide game. Arrived 1am Saturday and left again 1am Sunday. Don’t know what you’ve done wrong to have Gold Coast inflicted on you for the foreseeable future. 

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      On 20/03/2020 at 04:58, hardtack said:

    And Princess Panda, Funnyface Gordon and the rest of the crew.

    Zig and Zag? The Peters Ice-cream men. Who could forget their foray onto the Albert Park ground when the Dees played Sth Melbourne?

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      On 20/03/2020 at 04:37, Josh said:

    That is amazing, I wonder if there is anyone from any other club who can beat that.

    Portland's own Gary Hincks has not missed a single Footscray/Bulldogs game since 1974 and his running tally has passed 1,000 consecutive matches, including every interstate game.  All this without a car or driver's licence, mind you.  Legend!

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    I've met him at least once, at a pre-season game in Canberra.  Possibly Aaron Davey's first or second outing? 

    As I recall, he has been variously involved with the club over the years, particularly as a volunteer stats gatherer/validator.

    Surely there's a way.

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