Discussion Getting to know you (20 questions)

[Gibbsy]

Fair enough...you're the authority. All my questions about USA I'll direct to you. Thanks!

It was just his opinion...

 

[Sparkle]

1. In which decade were you born?
2000's
2. Where do you live (State/Country)?
Victoria, Australia
3. What are 3 words that describe you as a footy supporter?
Passionant, Loud, Spiritful
4. When did you first start supporting the AFL?
When I was born
5. Who is your favourite all time player?
Gary Ablett Snr
6. What is your favourite footy memory?
07, 09, 11 GF
7. When did you become interested in designing?
When I joined this site
8. What is your favourite design piece (yours/someones elses/a club)?
A Club: Tigers Away
9. What is your whale (footy jumper)?
Geelong Cats 'Dawn to Dark' Gurnsey
10. If you could change one thing about modern footy, what would it be?
Get better umpires
11. What is your favourite past-time (other than Australian Rules)?
Cricket, XBOX 360
12. What is the dumbest thing you ever bought?
Garbage that I dont need
13. Who is your favourite poster on BigFooty?
Dont have one
14. If you were a BigFooty moderator for one day, what would you do?
Make sure everyone is happy
15. What is your favourite possession?
As stated in No. 9
16. If you were in a band, what would you call it?
The JSTARS
17. Where did you go on your last holiday? Would you go back?
Never been
18. If you had to make a compilation album, which song would you have as Track Number 1?
Holy Grail - Hunters & Collectors
19. Who are 5 people (dead or alive) you would invite to a dinner party?
Michael Jordan, Polly Farmer, My Dad, Steve Johnson, Gary Ablett Junior
20. What tops your 'bucket list' (ie 1 thing you *must* do before you die)?
Go on a plane, go to the USA

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

1. In which decade were you born?
1990's.
2. Where do you live (State/Country)?
Victoria, Australia.
3. What are 3 words that describe you as a footy supporter?
Passionate, loud, crushed.
4. When did you first start supporting the AFL?
From memory 4-5.
5. Who is your favourite all time player?
Matthew Richardson.
6. What is your favourite footy memory?
Joel Bowden kicking the winning goal against the Lions.
7. When did you become interested in designing?
After finding this forum.
8. What is your favourite design piece (yours/someones elses/a club)?
Fitzroy home.
9. What is your whale (footy jumper)?
I still don't know what this means...
10. If you could change one thing about modern footy, what would it be?
Matthew Nicholls.
11. What is your favourite past-time (other than Australian Rules)?
Music.
12. What is the dumbest thing you ever bought?
Cowboy hat on a windy day.
13. Who is your favourite poster on BigFooty?
Gibbsy always makes me laugh.
14. If you were a BigFooty moderator for one day, what would you do?
Have you all love me.
15. What is your favourite possession?
My 12 string guitar.
16. If you were in a band, what would you call it?VOX
17. Where did you go on your last holiday? Would you go back?
Queensland, depends what time of year.
18. If you had to make a compilation album, which song would you have as Track Number 1?
Bohemian Rhapsody.
19. Who are 5 people (dead or alive) you would invite to a dinner party?
Brian May, Bob Geldof, Elvis Presley, myself & Mero
20. What tops your 'bucket list' (ie 1 thing you *must* do before you die)?
Grow a beard...

 

[Dylan8]

I still don't know what this means...

(I think) it's a sort of rare(?) guernsey that you really want to own, but haven't come across one or haven't been able to afford it.

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

(I think) it's a sort of rare(?) guernsey that you really want to own, but haven't come across one or haven't been able to afford it.

Oh, a premiership jumper.

 

[Craegus]

9. What is your whale (footy jumper)?
I still don't know what this means...

(I think) it's a sort of rare(?) guernsey that you really want to own, but haven't come across one or haven't been able to afford it.

Kind of, a Whale refers to something that a person wants but is almost impossible to get so much so it basically becomes an obsession (in this case a guernsey/jersey/etc.), it comes from the story Moby Dick and the character Captain Ahab's obsession in hunting down the White Whale.

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

Kind of, a Whale refers to something that a person wants but is almost impossible to get so much so it basically becomes an obsession (in this case a guernsey/jersey/etc.), it comes from the story Moby Dick and the character Captain Ahab's obsession in hunting down the White Whale.

An unused spare premiership jumper with no number but the premiership logo.

 

[Craegus]

An unused spare premiership jumper with no number but the premiership logo.

Well yes if that is what you personally want. See for me one whale was this:

When I was in America in 2000 I bought the white version, but due to limited funds I held back on buying this. Then by the time I realised I really wanted one the team had changed their designs and it became nearly impossible to find one that was legitimate.

However this weekend gone as part of the Ducks 20th anniversary they wore this:

which happened to be a Reebok Edge version but they also made these available through the online shop (rather than the edge version):

and now $200 later, sometime soon I will have one of my whales.

 

[Jack Stevens]

I thought that it meant something along the lines of "what jumper do you wear to the footy", and by the looks of some replies I don't think I was on my own... Good to have it cleared up though.

 

[Jack Stevens]

1. In which decade were you born?
90's
2. Where do you live (State/Country)?
Victoria.
3. What are 3 words that describe you as a footy supporter?
Completely one eyed.
4. When did you first start supporting the AFL?
The womb.
5. Who is your favourite all time player?
Robert Harvey.
6. What is your favourite footy memory?
The first thing that springs to mind is round 23 this year, just a really positive mood in the air. Before that, maybe the final siren of the 2009 prelim?
7. When did you become interested in designing?
I guess I've always been designing things. I became interested in footy design this year when I decided that someone out there must have a better idea for a Gold Coast guernsey, and stumbled on this board through Google images.
8. What is your favourite design piece (yours/someones elses/a club)?
Of my own, my Toro Rosso guernsey from my F1 crossover (coming soon ). But the general quality of designs here is too high to pick a favourite.
9. What is your whale (footy jumper)?
Pre 1990 St Kilda long sleeve home.
10. If you could change one thing about modern footy, what would it be?
Bring back the notion of it being a "contact sport".
11. What is your favourite past-time (other than Australian Rules)?Music.
12. What is the dumbest thing you ever bought?
A Line-6 guitar amp. The bastard shop keeper talked me into it.
13. Who is your favourite poster on BigFooty?
Going to have to go with Tigerland55 because I actually know him.
14. If you were a BigFooty moderator for one day, what would you do?
Give everyone a photo of my face as a badge.
15. What is your favourite possession?
My Fender Telecaster.
16. If you were in a band, what would you call it?Aminals.
17. Where did you go on your last holiday? Would you go back?
Italy. Without a moment's hesitation.
18. If you had to make a compilation album, which song would you have as Track Number 1?
Dusk by Northeast Party House.
19. Who are 5 people (dead or alive) you would invite to a dinner party?
Kele Okereke, Jeremy Clarkson, Bill Bailey, Neil Young and Jamie Oliver to do the cooking.
20. What tops your 'bucket list' (ie 1 thing you *must* do before you die)?
Witness St Kilda win a premiership.

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

6. What is your favourite footy memory?
The first thing that springs to mind is round 23 this year, just a really positive mood in the air. Before that, maybe the final siren of the 2009 prelim?
12. What is the dumbest thing you ever bought?
A Line-6 guitar amp. The bastard shop keeper talked me into it.
13. Who is your favourite poster on BigFooty?
Going to have to go with Tigerland55 because I actually know him.
14. If you were a BigFooty moderator for one day, what would you do?
Give everyone a photo of my face as a badge.

Round 23 was a great atmosphere, for Saints supporters anyway... until the goal review on Kozi.
Hey, I have a Line-6! I like mine.
Wise choice
I like that idea.

And you have a Tele?

 

[Jack Stevens]

Round 23 was a great atmosphere, for Saints supporters anyway... until the goal review on Kozi.
Hey, I have a Line-6! I like mine.
Wise choice
I like that idea.

And you have a Tele?

The day I stopped using my Line-6 was one of the best days of my life I swear I've told you about my Tele before.. Made in America, put a Bigsby on it a couple of years ago.

That score review was a joke.

I just realised that I didn't finish my dinner party guests before I posted... Should get on that.

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

The day I stopped using my Line-6 was one of the best days of my life I swear I've told you about my Tele before.. Made in America, put a Bigsby on it a couple of years ago.

That score review was a joke.

I just realised that I didn't finish my dinner party guests before I posted... Should get on that.

I love mine, so much fun around the house hahaha

And I think you have actually.

Your face was priceless.

I better be in there.
Same as Silent Alarm

 

[RiggoDiesel44]

It was just his opinion...

I guess I could spout off a bunch of ignorant blather about Australia, a place I've spent but a handful of days. Nah....I'd rather get my info from someone that's been there for decades.

 

[Teen Wolf]

I guess I could spout off a bunch of ignorant blather about Australia, a place I've spent but a handful of days. Nah....I'd rather get my info from someone that's been there for decades.

While we're on the topic of ignorant blather, you're the one assuming I've spent "but a handful of days" in America. I'm more than qualified to provide a counterpoint to your "info", so relax!

 

[RiggoDiesel44]

While we're on the topic of ignorant blather, you're the one assuming I've spent "but a handful of days" in America. I'm more than qualified to provide a counterpoint to your "info", so relax!

You live here for a while? Please share. I'd like to know where you've been. My original comment actually came straight from an Ethiopian. He found the interior much more representative of America than New York or LA. I never really thought about it much till he said that....but I agreed with him.

It wasn't a matter of which better or worse....which is what this discussion morphed into. But if you really think the NY/LA is really how the rest of America is, then we'll agree to disagree.

 

[Mero]

I live up the road (the I5), and LA is a toilet.
It is nothing like anywhere in between, with the possible exception of Sacramento, which is another toilet.
The places in between are quite nice.
To me it seems the smaller places are the best places in the US.
Seattle is nice, Olympia is much better.
LA is horrible, San Diego is nice.
The US might not live without LA or New York, but the people there are not representative of the rest of the country.
For one thing, you virtually have to speak Spanish in LA, I wouldn't think that was important in too many other places.

 

[Silent Alarm]

6. What is your favourite footy memory?
The first thing that springs to mind is round 23 this year, just a really positive mood in the air. Before that, maybe the final siren of the 2009 prelim?

This was a weird game. I've become accustomed to seeing Freo lose more games live than win, and we made so many changes I wasn't surprised to be flogged. I went with a Saints supporting uni mate and it was weird to almost will on a hack like Kosi. It was definitely a good arvo for St Kilda, though.

And it was good to see about 10 blokes play their first or last game for Freo as well. Really good on the club for allowing those guys a run. Alex Forster was able to say he played one game of AFL – but he was also able to run out, on a beautiful day in Melbs, with his best mate from some shithole town in South Australia.

 

[Jack Stevens]

This was a weird game. I've become accustomed to seeing Freo lose more games live than win, and we made so many changes I wasn't surprised to be flogged. I went with a Saints supporting uni mate and it was weird to almost will on a hack like Kosi. It was definitely a good arvo for St Kilda, though.

And it was good to see about 10 blokes play their first or last game for Freo as well. Really good on the club for allowing those guys a run. Alex Forster was able to say he played one game of AFL – but he was also able to run out, on a beautiful day in Melbs, with his best mate from some shithole town in South Australia.

That's the thing you have to get used to with Ross Lyon, only ever playing young players when the outcome really just doesn't matter. I never really thought about that game from a Freo perspective, it must have been surreal.

 

[drawza]

It was one game in which I was really emotional, so much so I made these banners, which got alot of positive feedback.

 

[Silent Alarm]

That's the thing you have to get used to with Ross Lyon, only ever playing young players when the outcome really just doesn't matter. I never really thought about that game from a Freo perspective, it must have been surreal.

Yeah nah that's not the point at all.

Sheridan, Neale, Crozier, Hannath had played less than 10 games and were all given about 10 games this year. Not to mention blooding about five more debutants.

There is a gulf between how he treated St Kilda's young players and how he's blooding Freo's new ones.

Let it die. That wasn't the point of my post at all, man.

 

[Jack Stevens]

Yeah nah that's not the point at all.

Sheridan, Neale, Crozier, Hannath had played less than 10 games and were all given about 10 games this year. Not to mention blooding about five more debutants.

There is a gulf between how he treated St Kilda's young players and how he's blooding Freo's new ones.

Let it die. That wasn't the point of my post at all, man.

I wasn't trying to pick out that argument. Anyway...

 

[Teen Wolf]

You live here for a while? Please share. I'd like to know where you've been. My original comment actually came straight from an Ethiopian. He found the interior much more representative of America than New York or LA. I never really thought about it much till he said that....but I agreed with him.

It wasn't a matter of which better or worse....which is what this discussion morphed into. But if you really think the NY/LA is really how the rest of America is, then we'll agree to disagree.

I lived in Brooklyn for 6 years in the mid-2000s, felt like a pretty authentic American experience to me.

And no I obviously don't think NY/LA is how the rest of the US is, but I refute the assertion that those cities are consequently somehow not REAL America.

Btw, you wondered earlier if you were the only one on here not born in the '80s or '90s. Mero (guy below your last post) is a long-standing, well-regarded resident of this board. He (and a few others that I can't name off the top of my head) ought to serve as a reminder that you're not alone in those stakes!

 

[Greater Gattsby]

It was one game in which I was really emotional, so much so I made these banners, which got alot of positive feedback.View attachment 33387 View attachment 33388

Kosi is an absolute champ. Great guy. I did a bit of work with him before home games at Sandy.

 

[Gibbsy]

The reason I chose you was because you and Esse Cross were the first two people I saw when I started big footy. Also I'd say Crageus and Mero rank high.

Unfortunately I think me banning you probably put me in your bad books, but trust me I'm a nice guy