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AFLW 2024 - Round 8 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Drug run or Is that what the dice told you to do ?Just finished a drive from Cannes, France to Tarragona Spain and back again. 15 hour drive with one hour sleep at 4 am this morning. I just crawled into bed and dont think Im ever getting out again.
Back in the day I could do Melbourne to GC in 25 hours and hit the pub after.
It was the late Sturt Full Forward Ken Whelan who was one of me teachers that got me into John Lennon and the Beatles, every chance he got he'd play their stuff. He'd also kick back at his desk and smoke cheroots which I'm pretty sure you can't do anymore.For me it was Lennon - just flabbergasted
It was tempered by the knowledge that it wasnt self inflicted as it seems Liams was. But Lennon was this old dude who I admired
Ironically it was Laura Brannigans death that hit home. Not that I was a superfan but as she was similar in age made me realise my own mortality on a closer level
Some real Damir Dokic vibes starting to appear here.First game coaching junior cricket (under 10s), on topic for this thread, real Dad shit.
I certainly realised I hadn't taught the kids the importance of staying in their crease, and unfortunately their keeper was very aware and got about 12 stumpings (they just swap ends at the fall of the wicket).
Best moment probably was when at square leg one of the opposition little shi... ah players said that there's no way my team can win. I suggested that he should concentrate on fielding and I also "champed" him, felt good champing an 8 year old.
Some real Damir Dokic vibes starting to appear here.
I remember when we were in NY in 2012 going past the building near Central Park where he was assassinated and people were still crowding there all these years later. Must have been a real shocker when it happenedFor me it was Lennon - just flabbergasted
It was tempered by the knowledge that it wasnt self inflicted as it seems Liams was. But Lennon was this old dude who I admired
Ironically it was Laura Brannigans death that hit home. Not that I was a superfan but as she was similar in age made me realise my own mortality on a closer level
People said they remember where they were when Kennedy was shot and when the Towers came downI remember when we were in NY in 2012 going past the building near Central Park where he was assassinated and people were still crowding there all these years later. Must have been a real shocker when it happened
This is rhe one that got me too. 15 years old at the time but it hit hard.Eddie Guerrero
This is rhe one that got me too. 15 years old at the time but it hit hard.
I've got a file somewhere that has a letter in it that Norm the Kangaroo from Shirl's Neighbourhood sent me after I wrote to him.Not so much hard hitting but it was Shirley Strachan's death which made me realise that dead people don't come back alive.
At the time, I didn't believe Shirl was a real person.
Just some dude from the TV (and also the radio) who could appear in different places.
Steve Irwin's death was shocking but I didn't feel emotional about it.
Thought it was part and parcel of his livelihood.
The 3 that really hit were:
Eddie Guerrero.
Chester Bennington.
Shane Warne.
Warnie seemed omnipresent and was larger than life.
Lastly, every now and then, I get a jolt thinking about an old yearmate who died following a cancer fight and it's a forever empty spot in cohort dynamics.
6 years now.
A good friend of ours died suddenly about 20 years ago. Looking back it’s plain he had health issues that he wouldn’t address. He was someone whose company people enjoyed, for his conversation, humour and creativity. When you went to his place he always had a new video to show you and was ready to discuss any topic, especially current affairs, with great intelligence and good humour. He didn’t mind if you disagreed.Lastly, every now and then, I get a jolt thinking about an old yearmate who died following a cancer fight and it's a forever empty spot in cohort dynamics.
For me it was Lennon - just flabbergasted
It was tempered by the knowledge that it wasnt self inflicted as it seems Liams was. But Lennon was this old dude who I admired
Ironically it was Laura Brannigans death that hit home. Not that I was a superfan but as she was similar in age made me realise my own mortality on a closer level
Jeff Buckley another I was at the pub when we heardI was just a kid when Lennon got shot, it affected my mum more as she was a Beatles fan and saw them play live in Auckland.
It put me off listening to Beatles songs though as I thought if I listened to their songs that I might get shot too.
Cobain's death was my generation's Lennon equivalent, that was self inflicted but not totally unexpected given his drug problems.
He nearly died of a drug overdose shortly before he shot himself but it was still shocking and sad when I heard that he had died.
Chris Cornell and Scott Weiland's deaths rocked me as well as I was a Soundgarden and STP fan too but at least they were older.