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As much as I love Clarry (and try not to post on this thread—hopefully it dies a natural death soon)—orange is definitely not the colour for a ginger. Do appreciate the fact that his sunscreen is rubbed in well, though.

I’m so sorry for your loss. My mother in law followed him a few days later. She was 88. But nothing really prepares you. Tried like hell to get to America but with the holidays couldn’t get my daughter’s passport sorted. I’ll be kicking myself in the [censored] for that one for a very long time.

Damn I can’t believe I missed this. I’ve been caught up with family stuff, but do love your puzzles @Demonstone .

I’m so sorry to hear that. I’m glad you had Christmas with him and more time. We found out right before Christmas that my mother in laws cancer has progressed significantly and where we had been told possibly 1-3 years, it’s changed to days/weeks. We’re trying to get my daughter on a flight to America, but having passport issues (US passport expired and being processed) so unlikely to happen. I’d planned to go to America in about 2 weeks when we thought we’d have more time, but definitely won’t make it in time and I refuse to go home for a funeral—just a personal decision I made when I moved her, with one caveat being if my sister needs me. Her husband is a homicide sergeant with the Metro DC police so some danger. Sorry to hijack the good news thread with bad news. The good news in this is with FaceTime and internet, we’re able to talk to her and see her when she’s awake.

Moustaches can be scary 😂. I’m not a fan of some of them myself. My daughter isn’t a footy fan but loves to say she’s a Collingwood supporter—I think it’s just to [censored] me off, but who knows. She’s 18 now, so I’m no longer obligated to let her live with me or support her so she’ll hopefully stop mentioning it to keep living here(completely kidding—I would never kick her out for that). But she does appreciate Trent Rivers and Fritta as far as looks go…

It would be good to know as I’m down there for work quite a bit now and will need to be even more in the new year to fix the mess that’s been made. Ugh. But this is a good news thread, so the good news is the person who made the mess is gone, and I have a couple of potential people to replace them. A Christmas miracle 😂

You’re not wrong…

My husband is also a bit older—and was prematurely grey to boot—so people always thought he was her grandfather as well. It used to make him so angry LOL

Congratulations! She’s beautiful. I hope someday I end up with some. My son and his partner are saying they don’t want any, and my daughter is only 18—so I’d prefer that not happen anytime soon 😂. I’d like to be a grandmother—not raise another one. Have a wonderful Christmas with them. This time of year is the only time I wish I was in America in winter. The holidays with my family. But, it’s all good. ❤️ And the good news for me is that only 1.5 more days until a long weekend. And when I go back to work Monday, lots of people are off so I can actually get work done instead of dealing with 100 questions and countless meetings. 🤦‍♀️

You guys are the absolute pits of the world, you know that? (Obviously that was his follow up to your quote). My other favourite is “Do you have any problems other than you’re unemployed, a moron, and a dork?” And that’s what made me like him. He was feisty when I was in my early teens 😂

It’s generally meant as the first person you love etc. I was using it in a joking sense as Clarry is the first favourite player of any sport I’ve had—other than tennis. And that was John McEnroe so gives you and idea of my taste 😂

I’ve been listening too all kinds of stuff—both old and a little newer. My music taste is pretty eclectic—people will drive in my car and I shuffle play my music: Grateful Dead—Hip Hop—Country—Billy Strings (Bluegrass/Jam Band)—Broadway Show Tunes—Pop—Bluegrass—Rap. I get a lot of [censored] for it. If you haven’t listened to Billy Strings, check him out. He’s an amazing guitarist and his band is bluegrass/jam band. Lots of their shows are on Relisten or Archive. I’ve loved Away from the Mire since I first heard it and the latest one I’m liking a lot is Gild the Lily. But I’ve been listening to him for years and love it all. I got into him right before COVID when he was doing a lot of Grateful Dead covers. I saw him here in Melbourne. Live Grateful Dead. For years I’ve listened to at least one show a day using Relisten, then I can play a show from that day. Lots of 90’s Grunge—and then the Foo Fighters. I’m trying to make a work trip to Tassie line up with when they play there, but not sure I’ll be able to. And when I’ve had a [censored] day, I listed to a mix of alternative, hip hop (mainly old JayZ, Snoop, Eminem, etc. mainstream af), heavy metal, etc.

I’m a huge fan of Clarry. I know it’s not the popular opinion on here, but I was upset that he left. Obviously, I’m not delusional and know his form had fallen off significantly, he was having issues, culture, etc. But, when I started watching footy seriously (2016 0r 2017), he had just started. I somehow ended up a Dees supporter and he was my favourite player. Here’s where I am crazy—I’ve never gotten into any sport before (except tennis)—so I’ve never been a huge supporter of any team—let alone had a favourite player (Boston Red Sox, but nowhere near how I feel about footy). So, I guess what they say is you never forget your first 😂. I know this was the right move for him and the club now. I get that. But, it took me awhile to get there. I watch a lot of footy, so I’ll definitely be watching the Giants. Reading this thread is far out. He’s gone, some of us are devastated, some aren’t happy, there’s indifference, and then there’s people who just wanted him gone. Regardless, he played on a premiership team. He was a big part of that—why do we have to argue about him and how great or how terrible he was? He’s not here anymore. None of us was in the room or knows firsthand what happened. We’ve read edited interviews. Let it go. My SS got me one of those videos from him for Christmas. He said he was sorry for leaving Melbourne 2-3 times, told me not to cancel my membership (running joke at work) and that he has good mates on the Demons still and we’ll get wins. And that he’s at the Giants and doing ok (or something). I loved getting it—but there was something about feeling like he needed to apologise that felt sad. He’s not a very articulate guy at the best of times. Can’t we just wish him the best and be grateful for the time he was with us? Seriously, he was a gun out there. I loved watching him. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk. I’m a bit overtired and done so I really just over shared. Also, he could have refrained from saying “Go the Giants” cheekily at the end of the video 😂

For some reason, that caught me off guard—it’s crazy. I mean, obviously I know enough to realise that Wikipedia isn’t a reliable source and people edit it, but adding Demonland as a citation is hilarious. If people took half of the things we say on here as fact, just one Wikipedia page would confuse the hell out of people.

You’ll be the adult version of Eddie :) Next time you have to yell each players name as they come by.