2 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I spent a bit of time in Yokosuka about 15 years ago, my favourite dish was Okonomiyakie (hopefully correct spelling). I hope to get back there one day and do some travelling. From there I went to Vladivostok where I almost got kidnapped, didn’t mind the food though.

Close... okonomiyaki (no ‘e’), so we’ll pay that ?.  I went a couple of times to a really old Okonomiyaki restaurant in the Tokyo district of Asakusa, called Sometaro. It was still in its original building and operated by the same family, and was over 100 years old. Soooo good!  Were you connected with the armed forces in some way (Yokosuka was and maybe still is, the home of a US base).

10 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Giving (Melksham) away the free kick was stupid enough.

 

10 hours ago, binman said:

I did not realise that was a free kick at the time. Assumed it was on tbe full.

What was it for?

Simple explanation really:

AFL rule 102.3.b.  “A crucial free kick against Melbourne does not require any justification  at all” and 102.3.c “Missing an obvious and especially a crucial free kick to Melbourne does not require any justification  at all”

I don't normally overtly bleat about umpiring, but I watched the first quarter yesterday - granted I was looking only for Melbourne free kicks paid or not paid, jeez I felt there were a lot of holding the balls not paid, a lot of tackles around the neck slipping down not paid, and even some marks not paid.

Is it my bias...seriously, or are the rules not rules, just interpretations these days?

9 hours ago, old dee said:

Clearly the Chinese hate us, they are the Nazis of the 21st century. The proof is being stuck up our noses on numerous occasions over the last six months. Nothing to do with racism. I have an Asian son in law and two half Asian grand children who I love dearly so don’t pull that BS on me. 

Then I guess we should stop giving them our coal iron ore and food for hundreds of billion dollars underwriting our superior lifestyle

Well they've just suspended imports of barley from our largest grain exporter citing 'quarantine' pests. The saga continues. 

12 hours ago, jnrmac said:

I think you're a complete spud

The noble Taittie...Tank you very much and a top of the mornin to you.

11 hours ago, old dee said:

Clearly the Chinese hate us, they are the Nazis of the 21st century. The proof is being stuck up our noses on numerous occasions over the last six months. Nothing to do with racism. I have an Asian son in law and two half Asian grand children who I love dearly so don’t pull that BS on me. 

Since 1945 guess which country  has been at war most often? Guess who has military bases all over the world? I know, they were in Vietnam and Afghanistan and Iraq and Panama and Granada and Libya and Syria and Cambodia etc etc etc  'protecting our freedoms'.

Edited September 1, 20204 yr by dieter

On 9/1/2020 at 12:26 AM, hardtack said:

I love the food in China! So many choices and different styles of cuisine that we never get to see here. 

Don’t ask. Just eat whatever it is

14 hours ago, binman said:

I did not realise that was a free kick at the time. Assumed it was on tbe full.

What was it for?

It was very soft I've watched it 3 times and still don't know what it was for.

18 minutes ago, loges said:

It was very soft I've watched it 3 times and still don't know what it was for.

It would help if the commentators didn't turn dwn the umpires' volume so they could make their asinine name dropping etc.

8 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I spent a bit of time in Yokosuka about 15 years ago, my favourite dish was Okonomiyakie (hopefully correct spelling). I hope to get back there one day and do some travelling. From there I went to Vladivostok where I almost got kidnapped, didn’t mind the food though.

Close. Drop the E. I too love the dish. Best time I've had it was a random restaurant in Tokyo where we didn't speak any Japanese and they didn't speak any English but we just pointed and nodded. I've now been back to Japan almost a dozen times including living on the north island for a few snow seasons, and bullet-training our way across Honshu for our Honeymoon. Would easily move there if I could.

11 hours ago, hardtack said:

Close... okonomiyaki (no ‘e’), so we’ll pay that ?.  I went a couple of times to a really old Okonomiyaki restaurant in the Tokyo district of Asakusa, called Sometaro. It was still in its original building and operated by the same family, and was over 100 years old. Soooo good!  Were you connected with the armed forces in some way (Yokosuka was and maybe still is, the home of a US base).

lol jinx