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    RIP Dennis Cometti

    A very sad and unexpected loss. RIP Dennis. If Australian football were known internationally he'd be up there with Yogi Berra and Murray Walker- except that Berra and Walker relied on malapropisms and mangling the language, whereas Cometti worked hard at spontaneity. That's a skill all in...
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    Rock n Roll Movies

    Not really rock (country music trigger warning): Tender Mercies, Bruce Beresford film from 1983. Great performance by Robert Duvall
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    Cover songs that are better than the original

    Sorry, late to the thread, but couldn't see that anyone mentioned this one: Much as I love On Broadway (The Drifters) I can't go past George Benson's version from Weekend in LA, featuring that incredible guitarist Angus Young.
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    2026 Membership Thread

    The guy on the phone today offered a refund without me even asking for one. He said it had been processed while we were still on the phone, and that I should get it in 3 - 5 working days. The club are usually pretty good at refunds, so I wouldn't expect any hassle if you just ask for one.
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    2026 Membership Thread

    I agree. My membership rolled over today. My own fault, since I didn't read the fine print in the email from the club, i.e., it rolls over unless an alternative is arranged. But the annoying thing is that I have opted out of automatic rollover on several occasions in the past, and I was irked...
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    Toast JJ The Roadrunner

    The Western Bulldogs were in town one weekend, and I ran into JJ at an East Fremantle v South Fremantle game. Caught his eye and gave him a 'Go the Dogs'. Not a smart move at Shark Park (South Freo are the 'Bulldogs', and the rivalry is fierce). Got some dirty looks, but I reckon JJ knew I was...
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    The Jamarra Thread

    You sound like quite the c0ckeyed optimist. Don't worry, you'll never walk alone. I reckon if Jamarra doesn't climb every mountain he'll be on the AFL carousel looking back some enchanted evening and thinking this nearly was mine.
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    Who is Australia's best ever singer/songwriter?

    If the 'singer/songwriter' has to be the same person then it's Richard Clapton for me, on the strength of the songs. But if we can nominate singers separately then I can't go past Renee Geyer and Doug Parkinson.
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    Game Day Dogs v Dons FNF @ Marvel

    If only I could have seen the future I never would have become a clairvoyant.
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    Best Brothers to play the game

    Surprised that a Geelong supporter obsessed with coloured people overlooked the Scarletts.
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    career trajectories ruined by injury?

    Can't remember his injury (knee/s?) but Clem Michael at Fremantle would have been an influential ruckman.
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    RIP Brian Wilson

    I wondered what that rumbling noise was, and why things fell off the mantelpiece. The fall of a titan is not such a good vibration. Wilson's harmonic language was on a par with Ellington and Stravinsky. Despite a troubled life he spoke to, and for, all of us who feel we just weren't made for...
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    what is the most annoying phrase in the AFL?

    Not that you hear it often, and in fact I don't think I've ever heard it in the context of footy, but I hate it when people say "no man is an island". Really? What about this guy?
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    The Majak Daw Medal for spuds who play career games v the Dogs

    Pretty sure 'GPT' stands for Grandma's Pontificating Twaddle.
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    AFL Lookalikes AFL Look-a-Likes: Chapter 6

    Jaco Pastorius Caleb Poulter One of them an undisputed genius at their craft. The other a bass player.
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