Earl Hood

Great stuff just downloaded the Fagan version but not picking up Zingg on iTunes music library. Anyway managed to download 3 or so related great songs from this lead. Micheal McDonald, ex Doobies and so on. Thanks for that. Somehow lead me to Randy Crawford and Foreigner and on and on...

Here’s hoping that J Smith, Keilty, Hunt, Petty all put in blinders for Casey tomorrow. Then we can choose a replacement based on how the teams matchup.

Interesting I know in our darkest hours I was Pro [censored]! If I had been the head recruiting officer back then we would have Hurley over Watts, Dusty over Trenners, Darling over Cook! And we all agree on Wines and there are others. My mantra at the time was kids with talent but with a dose of aggro and we had the full selection of the best talented, mongrels available at that time. But we went for the nice kids, often with questionable talent. Once Roos showed up he used the phrase competitive nature I think as a major indicator for draft selection. I believe competitive and aggro are similar traits. Thus we started picking out Bugg, Tracca, Oliver, Harmes, Hogan, then Vince, Lewis etc. And given the management at the time yes we would have stuffed up and lost the talented [censored], if we had drafted them. Many of your greatest talents were one degree away from disaster, what the unauthorised [censored] up, the late night disco club punch up when you should not be there, etc. Think Matthews, Duck, Darling, Brereton, Hamel, Dipper etc. common in the 70’s.

Please Moons refrain from your vulgar colonial banter. It has been a previlege to meet the guests prior to the ceremony so far, George and David and Posh and Serena, who I must say has kept badgering me to provide advice on her backhand but really this is not the time. As I said earlier I will be backing guitar for Sir Elton in the after party. Busy day ahead. Keep a watch out for the demond scarf!

Happy to report that Charles and myself did the old rock, paper, scissors and Charles got the honour of escorting Meagan down the aisle. Disappointing perhaps but that has allowed me to be more relaxed for the preamble to the big event. So it is great to catch up with George C and David and Posh, however I can’t embibe too much shall we say, as I have been asked to play bass guitar backing up Sir Elton at the after party! Busy times.

Beware of your head my friend!!!

Milo Minderbinder you mean? Please this is the royal family we are all above that shall we say American behaviour.

Who is Milo? No matter Ernest I have no time for trivialities, the Queen beckons!

Don’t be surprised if you see a demond scarf on a certain royal at some stage in the ceremony, let’s just leave it at that.

Well DC let’s just say I have been approached about certain matters to do with the ceremony, me of course being well regarded in important circles, beyond reproach and of a respectable age, but let’s keep it at that for the moment lest the gutter press get hold of anything and do their damnest!

Ernest I am sorry I have been absent from this thread for some time but I have had other more pressing priorities such as a certain wedding this week! Do you think I have time for the minor tribulations of the underlings of this thread, BBO, Biffen, Moons and DC come to mind, when I have to deal with the real issues of readying myself for the Royal Wedding this Saturday. Priorities my man!

Balic was training this morning and looked to be moving OK. Also Dom Tyson was running around and looked good. The Casey boys were training didn’t see any seniors training. TMac was kicking footballs and doing sprints, no Viney or AVB but I only rode past and watched for about 5 minutes.

What’s your acceptable definition of rapid Wrecker, given you only measure trends in millions of years?

Well actually our stats held up reasonably well right through the major injuries. It was after round 15 that all our contested stats and scoring efficiency fell off a cliff, after we were starting to get experienced players back into the team. The only variables after round 15 were the lose of Bugg and although Viney was still playing, he was hampered by his foot problem. Jones, Watts had all come back by round 15 but we kept losing.

This is what can happen if you leave the car out in Fitzroy. Yes Daisy you have a point. But the Corvette is parked securely with the Bentley, no need to worry.

Out and about in the Corvette today in Fitzroy. I want to add some colour and class to revitalise this thread that seems to be losing its chutzpah dare I say! Its amazing how the homeless Street people are energised when I drive past in the Vette It is just part of how I am giving back to society now that I am retired but back contracting part time, the new retired system it seems these days!

No training with the Casey (reserves) squad. Not injured and coming off preseason surgery so needs time.

Well that explains why TMac has been MIA at training/JLT for the past 10 days or so. Jones was walking a few laps this morning at training then left. I would think TMac, Viney, Lewis, ANB and now maybe Jones will not be in the mix for round 1. At present we are on track for a normal injury year for us, 5 to 10 in rehab at any stage of the season. Which I suppose is to be expected, it’s just that the top sides in every season usually have a great run with injuries, example the Tigers last year

Sorry what is religious about Nutbeans comments? The cost of compliance to minimising CO2 emissions is minimal, globally but yes there are local winners and losers big time. So the logical decision is to reduce emissions. However if we, logical thinking people are in fact wrong, well what are the costs? A totally renewed energy system that is clean and efficient, ready for the next century. Nothing remotely religious here but I suspect you are holding on desperately to some religious beliefs Wrecker.

As to your questions the answer is no to all the above. I work off an individual management contract. However Do I detect a sneering attitude to those who work to support our community and may belong to a union to negotiate their employment conditions? And the recent history is that collective bargaining is not gaining unionised workers much above the average. But then those not in a union are being screwed over the last 10years. Let me guess you are from the self employed small business sector that believes in the Margaret Thatcher view of the world, there is no such thing as a society, there is just an economy? Lets talk conspirancies: While I am at it just think of the logistics of conspiring to falsefy the data coming into the B of Meterology that is full of professional scientists, who mostly take pride in their professional integrity and the intercity in the work they do versus the ease of throwing up doubts about climate change by wealthy vested interests via donations to the LNP and to existing lobby groups such as the Minerals Council of Australia which admits openly that it lobbies parliamentarians to promote coal. Take the example of Morrison taking a lump of coal into question time. These guys have been bought by the coal lobby, hook, line and sinker. It is a disgrace, and they cannot be trusted to make sensible economical decisions. Coal fired power stations are dead, solar power with battery storage is now a more economic alternative, but don’t expect Matt (coal firedCanavan) to recognise that anytime soon

So Exxon Mobil would not want to do anything to protect the billions they have invested in their oil rigs on land and at sea, petroleum refineries? How much have they invested in solar or wind? And even if they have invested in renewables, you don’t think their Board of Directors would insist that all divisions pay their way? You obviously haven’t worked for a large business organisation and had to manage and account for your annual income/expenditure budget. To justify your annual bonus.

Wrecker ever heard of context? I was replying to Ethan’s statements that it has been very cool in Perth of late, lowest average temperatures in decades. I provided BoM data showing that in 2017 Perth’s average maximum temperature was still above the long term average. So it may seem cool by recent experience but it is actually still warmer than average. Thus the frog analogy. Sorry if my wording was unclear. Here is an explanation of the beast, polar vortex, stratospheric warming. It’s happened before, so we can’t say it is evidence of global warming or global “not warming” as far as I can see. http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrSbmPfBJlaUzoAjDVAvolQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByNDZ0aWFxBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwM2BHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1520006495/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fwww.itv.com%2fnews%2ftyne-tees%2f2018-02-27%2fwhat-is-causing-the-beast-from-the-east-and-what-is-storm-emma-weather-questions-answered%2f/RK=2/RS=j8exN.beJoY.cq67u6YTBA1dPuU-

No Ethan be alarmed, 2017 was our third hottest year on record nationally with El Niño in neutral. It may have seemed cool in Perth but it was still just above the long term average! At least according to the BoM’s measured data, no predictive modelling errors involved here. The old story of the frog in the saucepan of slowly warming water comes to mind. http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrSbmKYn5daHO8A3hxAvolQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByb2lvbXVuBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1519915032/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fwww.abc.net.au%2fnews%2f2018-01-10%2fannual-climate-statement-2017-third-hottest-year-on-record%2f9314364/RK=2/RS=DSm2CqDNJ8x81MDrDv9ynSHDcw8-

Holly Shyte 111 https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/really-extreme-global-weather-event-leaves-scientists-aghast-20180226-p4z1q4.html

Holy Shyte 11 ocean acidification caused by human induced C02 emissions and the subsequent absorption by our oceans. You know the emissions that some believe don’t cause any problems above the surface of the seas, that is all about sunspots apparently. Rising acidity means any organism that depends on forming a protective calcium carbonate shell is in trouble and also krill populations when Rising acidity levels affect their embryos detrimentally. And now we can add destabilisation to coral reef structures https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/world-s-coral-reefs-face-new-peril-from-beneath-within-decades-20180223-p4z1ev.html