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NON-MFC: Round 3, 2022

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Mick  Nolan - great back story. Played in a flag at North in a team of Champions. 
Youngsters today (under 50) won’t know why he was called “Galloping Gasometer”

Great YouTube video of Mark McLure bouncing off Mick. 
Reasonable footskills, hands and surprisingly,  endurance, for such a behemoth. 
 

All round good guy from VIC bush, tragically taken young. 

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      On 03/04/2022 at 11:09, Return to Glory said:

    Has there ever been a greater nickname in footy BBO! 

    It was the perfect fit RTG.

    There were actually Gasometers overlooking the ground in those days.

    And .....if my shiraz addled brain is correct the nickname was coined by the late ( and great) Louey the lip!

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    Can we all just take a moment to enjoy the fact that Port, West Coast and ESSENDON are 0-3 at the bottom of the table?

    i will sleep well tonight 

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      On 03/04/2022 at 08:40, Kumamoto_Ken said:

    Enjoying my nice cold beverage at Boo Stadium. #pilgrimage

     

     

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    Can’t wait to win over there again. 
    It should never hold fear again. 
    the elusive 13th…

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      On 03/04/2022 at 11:53, DubDee said:

    Can we all just take a moment to enjoy the fact that Port, West Coast and ESSENDON are 0-3 at the bottom of the table?

    i will sleep well tonight 

    Couldn't  overly  GAF about the first two Dub .......... but Essendon..... that is a thing of beauty.

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      On 03/04/2022 at 11:14, Fork 'em said:

    We all did.
    Can still get it.
    Still pass it on.
    Still get locked down.

    Wasn’t gonna pay any mind to this but woke up this morning feeling like death and need to ask you nicely to not post statements about how we all got vaccinated for nothing. Yes, we can still get it/pass it on but I know that had I not been vaxxed I would in all likelihood be in hospital rn. 
    Defs not starting a battle here, but please think before you make this type of statement. 🙏 

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      On 03/04/2022 at 23:52, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Wasn’t gonna pay any mind to this but woke up this morning feeling like death and need to ask you nicely to not post statements about how we all got vaccinated for nothing. Yes, we can still get it/pass it on but I know that had I not been vaxxed I would in all likelihood be in hospital rn. 
    Defs not starting a battle here, but please think before you make this type of statement. 🙏 

     As long as I'm civil I'll post what I like thanks.

     

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      On 04/04/2022 at 00:05, Fork 'em said:

    As long as I'm civil I'll post what I like thanks.

     

    Civility is your only criterion? Sensitivity doesn’t get a guernsey? Cool. I need to take a break from DL anyways, so thank you for providing me with another (and deciding) reason, albeit unwittingly. 👍🏽

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    Who keeps instructing players to TRIP.  It looks terrible and is quite dangerous and happens almost as much as pushing in the back..

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      On 03/04/2022 at 11:14, Fork 'em said:

    We all did.
    Can still get it.
    Still pass it on.
    Still get locked down.

    Since you were off topic, I'll risk doing the same in the hope you can be influenced by actual data rather than whatever is behind your comments.  Have a look at this as a random example I found first up: https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/698388/20220104-COVID-19-Monitor.pdf

    The data clearly shows that if you are unvaccinated you have a far far higher chance of being seriously ill, in hospital or in ICU. 

    Of course they could be lying to protect something or other.   Or just maybe ....

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      On 04/04/2022 at 01:33, sue said:

    Since you were off topic, I'll risk doing the same in the hope you can be influenced by actual data rather than whatever is behind your comments.  Have a look at this as a random example I found first up: https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/698388/20220104-COVID-19-Monitor.pdf

    The data clearly shows that if you are unvaccinated you have a far far higher chance of being seriously ill, in hospital or in ICU. 

    Of course they could be lying to protect something or other.   Or just maybe ....

    Where's the bit that states the vaccinated cannot get it, cannot pass it on, or cannot be locked down?


     

     

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      On 04/04/2022 at 01:23, willmoy said:

    Who keeps instructing players to TRIP.  It looks terrible and is quite dangerous and happens almost as much as pushing in the back..

    As the more ' experienced " members of demonland will clearly recall,  in the old days, ' Attempting to trip " was a reportable offence and players would be scrubbed out for doing it. 

    Nowadays, it gets the occasional free kick paid or not ( see Jayden Hunt V Gold Coast ) and never provokes a suspension.

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      On 04/04/2022 at 02:26, Fork 'em said:

    Where's the bit that states the vaccinated cannot get it, cannot pass it on, or cannot be locked down?
     

    umm,, perhaps because noone has said that .  Your clear implication was that vaccines are pointless.  The data shows that's wrong.  It was a vain hope that posting it would have any effect on your views, so I will desist from further replies and stay on topic. So,

    I was vaguely hoping for a draw between Hawthorn and Carlton. But I wondered if late in the season I'd regret having at least 2 teams on points not divisable by 4.   Impossible to say at this stage I guess (and it didn't happen on the weekend).  But historically, have those 2 odd points ever caused grief or otherwise to us in our final ladder position? 

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      On 04/04/2022 at 00:23, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Civility is your only criterion? Sensitivity doesn’t get a guernsey? Cool. I need to take a break from DL anyways, so thank you for providing me with another (and deciding) reason, albeit unwittingly. 👍🏽

    Fork 'em ... There's a lot of love for WCW in this forum. 

    WCW ... hope you get well and soon. And come back when you're ready ... you'll be missed.

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      On 04/04/2022 at 02:49, sue said:

    umm,, perhaps because noone has said that .  Your clear implication was that vaccines are pointless.  The data shows that's wrong.  It was a vain hope that posting it would have any effect on your views, so I will desist from further replies and stay on topic. So,

    I was vaguely hoping for a draw between Hawthorn and Carlton. But I wondered if late in the season I'd regret having at least 2 teams on points not divisable by 4.   Impossible to say at this stage I guess (and it didn't happen on the weekend).  But historically, have those 2 odd points ever caused grief or otherwise to us in our final ladder position? 

    Nice try though Sue. Well said.

    Speaking as a +65 year old with 3 doses of vaccine.

    Still got it. Few if any symptoms. No hospital. 

    As the medical experts predicted.

    Did i pass it on?. Maybe. But was happy to lockdown for 7 days to mimise risk to others. 

    Lining up for 4th shot in 4 weeks time.

    Go Dees. 

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      On 04/04/2022 at 07:34, Demon17 said:

    Nice try though Sue. Well said.

    Speaking as a +65 year old with 3 doses of vaccine.

    Still got it. Few if any symptoms. No hospital. 

    As the medical experts predicted.

    Did i pass it on?. Maybe. But was happy to lockdown for 7 days to mimise risk to others. 

    Lining up for 4th shot in 4 weeks time.

    Go Dees. 

    Feeling a bIt crook is better than spending 2-3 weeks in ICU

    That is the crux of the vaccination 

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      On 03/04/2022 at 23:52, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Wasn’t gonna pay any mind to this but woke up this morning feeling like death and need to ask you nicely to not post statements about how we all got vaccinated for nothing. Yes, we can still get it/pass it on but I know that had I not been vaxxed I would in all likelihood be in hospital rn. 
    Defs not starting a battle here, but please think before you make this type of statement. 🙏 

    Feeling for you WCW our family of 5 picked up the virus on a flight back from the GC the other week. Not been a fun week!

    To top it all off the government has been contacting me all week via the 5G chip they snuck into my arm when they vaccinated me! 

     

    jokes

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      On 05/04/2022 at 08:22, —coach— said:

    To top it all off the government has been contacting me all week via the 5G chip they snuck into my arm when they vaccinated me!

    Why, those blundering nincompoops. They were not supposed to start "influencing" the population until Phase III of Operation Total Compliance. We're just going to have to get ourselves a new government. Ms Chen, call Agent H on the red phone.

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