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As title suggests and may I take this opportunity to wish all Demonlanders the best of Christmas cheer and luck as we approach Changing and challenging times PF

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  • picket fence changed the title to Regular Training reports to resume in the new year.

30 minutes ago, picket fence said:

As title suggests and may I take this opportunity to wish all Demonlanders the best of Christmas cheer and luck as we approach Changing and challenging times PF

Now folks will see my post above and think how random a comment that is. It made sense until you changed not only the thread title but the content as well. Cheers for that! 😆

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Just now, WalkingCivilWar said:

Now folks will see my post above and think how random a comment that is. It made sense until you changed not only the thread title but the content as well. Cheers for that! 😆

Moved comment to the other Jeerlong thread as you will see!😁

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6 hours ago, picket fence said:

As title suggests and may I take this opportunity to wish all Demonlanders the best of Christmas cheer and luck as we approach Changing and challenging times PF

Yes, fester ye merrily on high Demonlanders.   

If any of you are alone and have nobody to spend Christmas Day with, please let me know.

I need to borrow some extra chairs. 

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4 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

Love your work on the training reports Picket! Merry Christmas to you as well and hope you and my fellow Demonlanders have a great Chrissy.

あなたへメリー・クリスマス, Col! 😀

🎄  🎅🏽  🤶🏽  🎁 

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2 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

あなたへメリー・クリスマス, Col! 😀

🎄  🎅🏽  🤶🏽  🎁 

Idk if that’s accurate or not. If it’s not, blame Google Translate! 😉

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2 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

あなたへメリー・クリスマス, Col! 😀

🎄  🎅🏽  🤶🏽  🎁 

こちらこそ!
来年もメルボルンは優勝するように祈っております!
皆さんは充実した一年になりますように!😀🎄

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Sincere thanks for all the reports over the year and for what’s to come I’m sure from you all in 22. It’s a huge amount of work, and Picket and all the training correspondents I’m sure do feel a responsibility to file that report each week.

Honestly, its greatly appreciated and thank you, and have a wonderfull break 

And sharpen your pencils and charge your camera batteries!

Looking forward to next year 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Cassiew said:

Bring on the footy. Cricket sucks

But Cassie, remember that if not for cricket footy wouldn’t be a thing. 

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1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

But Cassie, remember that if not for cricket footy wouldn’t be a thing. 

If not for soccer rugby wouldn’t have been a things either. And soccer sucks too

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19 hours ago, Cassiew said:

If not for soccer rugby wouldn’t have been a things either. And soccer sucks too

think you got that back to front, cassie

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Which came first soccer or rugby?
 
 
Indeed, both association and rugby football stemmed from the many folk and country games that had been played for centuries, and were even referred to as 'football' in documents from as far back as the 13th century. But in terms of when an official set of rules were established, rugby came first.

 

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On 12/22/2021 at 8:28 AM, picket fence said:

As title suggests and may I take this opportunity to wish all Demonlanders the best of Christmas cheer and luck as we approach Changing and challenging times PF

Love your reports Picket keep it up. Merry Christmas and happy new year to all.

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21 hours ago, daisycutter said:

think you got that back to front, cassie

 

Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city - Oscar Wilde

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37 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city - Oscar Wilde

and his last words were allegedly This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either it goes or I do.

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On 12/23/2021 at 3:42 PM, daisycutter said:

think you got that back to front, cassie

 

The rules were written for rugby first. But soccer has been in England longer 

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On 12/24/2021 at 2:18 PM, daisycutter said:

and his last words were allegedly This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either it goes or I do.

And , good old Oscar knew a thing or two about cricket !

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1 hour ago, Cassiew said:

The rules were written for rugby first. But soccer has been in England longer 

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Whats older soccer or rugby?
 
 
Rugby is much older than football, going back to the Romans, over 2,000 years ago. Back then the game was called harpastum, meaning “seize” in Greek. During England's Tudor era of royalty, the game was considered a “devilish pastime” and forbidden due to fatalities and injuries.

 

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