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Blah-Blah Bar / Happy New Year 2025 - 2026
Last post by crashlander -
It is time again for one to finish and another to start.
I must admit that 2025 is not going to be one of the years I care to remember: not quite an annus horribilus, but nothing to write home about either. There was one positive; my daughter completing her VCE (with an ATAR of 86). There was also a trop to NZ in January. I can't take much positive out of it otherwise.

I hope it has been a better year for the rest of you.

As for 2026, may it be the Happy Blue Year that we've been waiting for. May it bring happiness and prosperity to all!


Ein gutes neues Jahr
Gott nýggjár
Onnellista uutta vuotta
Head uut aastat
Bonne année
Gur Niijaar!
Καλή Χρονιά!
Boldog Új Évet
Farsælt nýtt ár
Selamat tahun baru
Felice anno nuovo
Annum faustum
Laimīgu Jauno gadu
Laimingų Naujųjų Metų
Allens Gode för 't neje Jahr!
E glécklecht neit Joer
Среќна Нова година
   I-Sena t-Tajba
Godt nytt år
Gōd nīewe gēar cume þē!
Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku
Feliz Ano Novo
Un An Nou Fericit
С Новым Годом!
Срећна Нова Година
Štastný nový rok
¡Feliz Año Nuevo!
Gott nytt år
E guets neus Jahr
สวัสดีปีใหม่
Mutlu Yıllar
З Новим Роком
Blwyddyn newydd dda
Vitin e Ri
Gelukkige Nuwe Jaar
Feliç any nou
Šťastný nový rok
Godt nytår
Bona ana noeva
In bien niev onn
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Last post by crashlander -
Quote from: DJC – on
I was only half listening to the wireless but I'm pretty sure that it was Stuart Clark who had a real crack at Marnus for his antics after he was nicked off.  Rather than carrying on like a pork chop, he should have marched straight off the ground and got to work addressing his poor technique.

If the pitch was so unpredictable, Alex Carey must have had a death wish in standing up to the stumps for the fast-medium bowlers. 
I don't think Carey was as brilliant about standing up this time as he was in the previous test, but I happen to agree with you: it couldn't have been that bad of standing up to the stumps would have been impossible,
I simply think that the modern player no longer sees these sort of conditions and doesn't have the mindset required to dig in and not get out.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Last post by DJC -
I was only half listening to the wireless but I'm pretty sure that it was Stuart Clark who had a real crack at Marnus for his antics after he was nicked off.  Rather than carrying on like a pork chop, he should have marched straight off the ground and got to work addressing his poor technique.

If the pitch was so unpredictable, Alex Carey must have had a death wish in standing up to the stumps for the fast-medium bowlers.