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  1. Ed D

    Competitions 2017 Collingwood Board SuperCoach Leagues

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    Competitions 2017 Collingwood Board SuperCoach Leagues

    I'm keen. Last year wasn't great for me but I finished around 10,000th I think. Keen for a RDT league too if they're about.
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    2016 Free Agents

    I never mentioned any of that, I simply found the views of a dedicated North supporter interesting and relayed his opinion. North ended up throwing the money at Goldstein that other clubs would have, so his loyalty wasn't needed to be tested.
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    Academies - What would be considered a success?

    Yeah, it's going to be interesting with the follow on effects. How many of the juniors stick with it to play in the NEAFL/make it into the AFL. NSW and QLD will be coming up strong for sure in a decade. Perhaps it was a little oldschool to compare them to NT/TAS, that might have been the case a...
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    Academies - What would be considered a success?

    Considering QLD and NSW are not AFL states it could already be considered a success. You could probably compare them to Tasmania or NT numbers wise to see if they're worth it or not. Really though, a big reason for the academies is to promote AFL football in NSW and QLD and get kids playing the...
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    2016 Free Agents

    I was having a chat to a North supporter the other day saying he thinks Goldstein could easily leave. He was saying that their list is aged and will fall away in a year or two with the older players retiring or on the wrong side of 30 (Harvey, Petrie, Waite, NDS, Wells etc). Opposition clubs...
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    Traded Ryan Griffen + Pick 6 traded for Tom Boyd

    From an outside view the Dogs paid the price the get the exact type of player (on potential) that they have been wanting for the last 10 years. If Boyd lives up to his hype they're going to be pretty happy. In saying all of that, not many KPFs get paid that much money even when they're in their...
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    If a compo pick is awarded tomorrow to team "X"

    It wouldn't be as a FA, it would be a trade. The FA window has closed for the season.
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    Sports What is the best form of self defence to learn?

    Those scenarios were only used as examples, but getting into bar fights (let alone king hits) aren't very common and it usually takes both sides of the party at some point to happen. Yes there are definitely people out there (either psycho and/or drugged out) that will fight/swing no matter...
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    Society & Culture Being famous?

    I think a lot of the celebrities with big followings outside of their profession are the ones who create it themselves by doing adverts, selling their name, going on shows and magazines etc. They're the ones who end up getting big and earning huge amounts of money, but I think it'd be possible...
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    Certified Legendary Thread Awkward Flirting Stories

    Haha! A mate of mine is a cop and one night we were out at a bar and a girl came up to him bragging about how she was underage. He flipped her his badge and told her to leave!
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    If you could go back in time, What would you do for a laugh?

    I remember watching an animated film on SBS about 15 years ago (that will explain a lot) about the human race leaving Earth on a space ship (forgotten why, Earth dying or something). Anyway one guy I think got accidentally frozen and the rest of the humans continued to live and breed over...
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    Sports What is the best form of self defence to learn?

    I was more meaning stopping the fight from even having someone swing at you. For example if you were at a bar and bumped into someone and they got upset, being able to talk your way out of it and walk away, rather than having them swing at you. Or if you bumped someone's beer on the floor...
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    James Frawley

    Melbourne have the right to match his offer and stop him leaving as a FA, but that's all they can do (well they can refuse to trade and lose him for nothing I guess). As far as going into the draft and ending up at a team he doesn't want to play for, look at Kurt Tippett. In saying that, I...
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    Sports What is the best form of self defence to learn?

    I'd actually say the best form of defence is to avoid fighting altogether. Be able to get out of situations without a fight breaking out. If you have an attacking mindset you're going to get yourself into tricky situations, and you're going to have to rely on your skills & knowledge. If it goes...
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    looking for a change of employment

    I'm in the process of changing careers (was in graphics/video but now at uni studying to become a teacher). I don't know if this helps but I'll tell you what I went through to make up my mind. First thing was to think about small tweaks, such as whether I could change my current role to suit...
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    Mod. Notice Call for applications - SuperCoach Board leagues coordinator (and Specialty Moderator)

    I normally have a SCE avatar when SC is running and I'm thinking about it. I'll start getting into it again when SC opens and the NAB Challenge starts up. I think others in SCE are similar, you'll start noticing them around BF once the NAB Challenge is underway.
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    Mod. Notice Call for applications - SuperCoach Board leagues coordinator (and Specialty Moderator)

    There's been quite a few public posts about SCE on here, I guess you guys just never noticed them or the display pics? FWIW I post just as much on here as I ever did (which isn't a lot). Most of my posts are on the Collingwood board, which is the same for a lot of SCE members. If you want to...
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    How to sell a car?

    In Victoria you can't sell a registered car without a RWC. The only way around it is to arrange for the buyer to get the RWC independently and then keep the rego going to sign/lodge the papers later. If you're the seller you'd want to write up a contract or whatever with the buyer to state that...
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    2014 Rising Star Predictions

    If no team rated him he wouldn't have gone half way through the first round, so that's a pretty strange comment. Whatever way you look at it, GC rate Martin higher than any other player that was eligible for the 2013 draft. People trying to talk up McDonald as being seen near equal to Martin by...
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    Injury 2014 Injury and Suspensions thread.

    I was reading up on injuries and saw this. Wellingham played quite a few games for the Pies injured. I think it was 2010 when he played most of the season with a bad knee for example. He's a great player when fully fit, but he does seem a bit injury prone/doesn't prepare & look after himself as...
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    Traffic Rules

    The guy wanting to turn right hasn't broken any laws. The cars coming into the side street behind him are the ones that need to give way. Sounds like a keep clear strip at the petrol station's entrance would stop this from happening again (assuming I'm reading what you wrote correctly).
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    Sports What is the best form of self defence to learn?

    Yeah I learnt a bit of Aikido growing up, it's very much focused on defending and using the attackers strength against them rather than attacking yourself. It just depends on what you're wanting to learn/take part in, because it will need to be something that interests you. If you enjoy...
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    Rookie Draft Discussion

    I would have taken Seaby over Wood, but that's assuming Seaby wanted the contract and his body is sound. Both are pretty useless as a 2nd ruck, but as 1st ruck Seaby would win more ruck contests against AFL opposition and be more damaging around the ground. Wood is more of a ball watcher and...
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    2014 Rising Star Predictions

    I'm going off the original quote which started this whole conversation: Considering they didn't even nominate for him shows they don't rate McDonald close to Martin (who they think is the clear stand out player from the draft). You're right, they might have considered him a year earlier...
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    Theoretically could Australia have a fresh water inland sea?

    Considering it's already below sea level, being further below sea level wouldn't make any difference, especially as the average weather would also be hotter. Pumping water into it would be a massive waste of energy and resources. Also, as far as having a fresh water source in the middle of...
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    Words you dislike

    Like others, people using abbreviations sometimes shits me. Words like totes/defs. Also people saying their meal was delish.
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    Rookie Draft Discussion

    Jolly was past it, he basically couldn't jump which is why no club picked him up even though he had interviews.
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    2014 Rising Star Predictions

    Not to say that McDonald wasn't a class junior and wasn't up there as a 16 year old, but I think people are overlooking the fact that GCS didn't even nominate for McDonald at pick 5 when North applied for him as a F/S. I think that's a far indication that they rate Martin a lot higher...
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    Society & Culture Things in life you just don't understand

    It probably depends on the situation like if you have a house with a large cleared area around it (a farm or something) it's different to living in the bush, but on the whole I also don't think a lot of people realise how dangerous the situation can be. They think they can hide under a wet towel...
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