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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by Lods -
Mum lost a few stockings to newspaper fillings back in the day. ;)  :D
I kicked more goals through the garage door than Jezza got that year.

Then the school sports store had a cleanout and I picked up a couple of almost 'real footballs'
I'm not sure what they were made of but the bladder had a material cover and then a thin layer of some type of vinyl that eventually peeled away.
They went alright too.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Rd 8 Carlton vs Hawthorn at home
Last post by kruddler -
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I hate Thursday night footy.
There is wisdom in those words.

As I grow older, I hate anything not Saturday or Sunday, the weekend is greatly diminished and there is less to look forward to.

No wonder the USA society is full of bitterness and hate, each day blends into another, nothing is reserved or special!

Brick back KB and co, 'Grumpy old men' are back!

For me, footy takes priority on the weekend. I try and fit my social life (as limited as it may be) and kids sports around who is playing and when.
So to get something like that 'out of the way' before the weekend is a blessing for me. It frees up time that i can do something else instead.
Since footy season finished (and kids soccer) i've managed to play golf twice and go to the driving range twice. Previously, it'd be 3 years combined before i could reach that same total.

The AFLW is a quicker version of footy and is able to fit in better.....also less likely chance of spoilers if i can't watch it live.

So i've got no problem with Thursday night footy (unless i wanna go to it) and Sunday/Monday night footy etc.
I'd prefer our away games to always be on at that time.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by kruddler -
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It's a good thing the wallopers didn't patrol our street in the 1950s and 1960s when we spent hours kicking newspaper footies and those abominable plastic jobs.  The bitumen wore the ends of Sherrins and Ross Faulkners in no time.
Modern kids miss out on all the fun of toeing the casting lug on the end of those brown plastic footies!

The rubber ones that superceded them were not much better.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by LP -
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It's a good thing the wallopers didn't patrol our street in the 1950s and 1960s when we spent hours kicking newspaper footies and those abominable plastic jobs.  The bitumen wore the ends of Sherrins and Ross Faulkners in no time.
Modern kids miss out on all the fun of toeing the casting lug on the end of those brown plastic footies.

Maybe that is why some think some of the kicking skills have degraded, as it was sure a deterrent for getting it wrong!
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by Lods -
My grandfather had to go to court and copped a heavy fine for calling an umpire a 'cheat and a mongrel' about a 100 years ago.

Papa had too many rums that day. Nana wasn't impressed. :D
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by Professer E -
My late father got fined a pound (a week's wages) for kicking a footy on the grass in the gardens adjacent to the Torrens. Didn't stop them though.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by DJC -
They were tough on crime back in 1902; Charles Pickering was charged with "playing football in the street" in Prahran and was fined five shillings - the equivalent of around $40 in today's money. 

It's a good thing the wallopers didn't patrol our street in the 1950s and 1960s when we spent hours kicking newspaper footies and those abominable plastic jobs.  The bitumen wore the ends of Sherrins and Ross Faulkners in no time.