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I won't even go into the personalities on there.

My three favourites are this silly old codger, who I'm shocked can use a keyboard, who goes to training every day. Apparently he hangs out in the outer watching training and will walk down to the boundary when the boys are running laps. When they go past he asks if they're playing next week and of course the player gives him some generic answer – wanting to just run – and then comes back saying how he has this internal knowledge. Apparently once tried helping with putting out the cones and was told to get ****ed by Peter Sumich.

Then there's the ol lass who talks in riddles about 'the ball carrier needs to make ground, running in the quarterback role to unroll into the forward line, which will only work if the ball-carrier has excess metres gained, which will result in multiple down-the-line percentages encouraging contested marks' aka 'players need to run off half back, take the game on, and kick it well to a forward.' Funny stuff. Also recently became a hardcore Lyontologist.

Then this wigga wannabe bro who reckons he's down with the streetz and hatez The Man but says we shouldn't draft Aboriginals and how I should kill myself or smoke more weed. Also edits his posts so they look better in retrospect (ie sack Lyon, keep Lyon) and then gets drunk and says stuff like 'come fight me if you hate Lyon and this club, I mean it!'

And they're three of the big names on there. Great stuff.
 
It's all too vanilla and needs livening up on the Freo board. We really should get all the great characters back to spice things up. Silent A, Clay Davis, Bushie, GJ the racist ranting homophone, Memories and even that Pokers guy who threatened to 'brick' Bushie.
 
Kram said:
It's all too vanilla and needs livening up on the Freo board. We really should get all the great characters back to spice things up. Silent A, Clay Davis, Bushie, GJ the racist ranting homophone, Memories and even that Pokers guy who threatened to 'brick' Bushie.
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I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings...But unfortunately the pc brigade has 'banned' Characters from among our midst....It's 'character-building' for the rest of us'.
 
Kram said:
It's all too vanilla and needs livening up on the Freo board. We really should get all the great characters back to spice things up. Silent A, Clay Davis, Bushie, GJ the racist ranting homophone, Memories and even that Pokers guy who threatened to 'brick' Bushie.
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General discussion is pretty vanilla too these days tbh. In crowd love ganging up on people with different opinions.
 

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Kram said:
It's all too vanilla and needs livening up on the Freo board. We really should get all the great characters back to spice things up. Silent A, Clay Davis, Bushie, GJ the racist ranting homophone, Memories and even that Pokers guy who threatened to 'brick' Bushie.
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You called me a coward the other day on there and tow the line a bit. You seem to pander a bit to the common crowd on the Freo board.
 
Silent Alarm said:
You called me a coward the other day on there and tow the line a bit. You seem to pander a bit to the common crowd on the Freo board.
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Dude I didn't even know it was you but just it was obviously someone's alternate account.

I think for myself and say whatever I want as well thank you very much, you should know that.
 
The thing is, when you’re 60 and supporter of a shit club you may as well keep your head in the sand in the face of all available evidence. Who wants to even consider it’s not all rosy at the club, and it might take even more time than you already anticipated for the club to get back to an even keel at that age?
 
Silent Alarm said:
I won't even go into the personalities on there.

My three favourites are this silly old codger, who I'm shocked can use a keyboard, who goes to training every day. Apparently he hangs out in the outer watching training and will walk down to the boundary when the boys are running laps. When they go past he asks if they're playing next week and of course the player gives him some generic answer – wanting to just run – and then comes back saying how he has this internal knowledge. Apparently once tried helping with putting out the cones and was told to get f’ed by Peter Sumich.

Then there's the ol lass who talks in riddles about 'the ball carrier needs to make ground, running in the quarterback role to unroll into the forward line, which will only work if the ball-carrier has excess metres gained, which will result in multiple down-the-line percentages encouraging contested marks' aka 'players need to run off half back, take the game on, and kick it well to a forward.' Funny stuff. Also recently became a hardcore Lyontologist.

Then this wigga wannabe bro who reckons he's down with the streetz and hatez The Man but says we shouldn't draft Aboriginals and how I should kill myself or smoke more weed. Also edits his posts so they look better in retrospect (ie sack Lyon, keep Lyon) and then gets drunk and says stuff like 'come fight me if you hate Lyon and this club, I mean it!'

And they're three of the big names on there. Great stuff.
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I know you said you wouldn’t, but I’m glad you did.
 
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His DP does appear to be a female of Asian ethnicity, but no. I'll just say he's anything but a bland poster.


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If you're talking about me, that's quite the diss to young Kim Jung Un
 
Just did the maths, I've been on BigFooty for over 43% of my life. Where did it all go wrong?
 

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Kram said:
It's all too vanilla and needs livening up on the Freo board. We really should get all the great characters back to spice things up. Silent A, Clay Davis, Bushie, GJ the racist ranting homophone, Memories and even that Pokers guy who threatened to 'brick' Bushie.
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Belnakor's ranting about Bell is quite entertaining at present.
 
Alright gentlemen, lets lighten this thread up on the sunny side of life.

What do you think about itchy scrotums?

Are you turned on when you itch, or not?
 
craigos said:
I have very similar feelings to this, well I did have. Actually I still do to some degree but the fact is that you and only you can change the path in life you take. The thing is advice like this is easy to give and very hard to take. What's stopping you from studying part time in something you find interesting? What's stopping you from volunteering/doing unpaid work experience in a an area you find interesting?

I've been frustrated and down like this myself and still am at times, the fact is you have to get off your arse and be willing to take the knock backs, to put up with rejection and be willing to live life on the poverty line at times if that's what it takes.

The fact is most people are too scared to do that and I 100% understand that. The amount of people I hear that tell me they want to work in elite sports but wont even do anything at a junior or amateur level and expect a professional organisation to take them on straight out of school is mind boggling.

We're humans and humans always look for the shortcut, unfortunately their really isn't one unless you've been luckily enough to be born into it, if you haven't then you have to make your own luck because it sure as sh*t aint going to come knocking at your door whilst your watching Netflix in your undies on a Sunday arvo.
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Having done volunteering/unpaid work experience myself, I was only able to do so because family friends set me up. I did get some job-specific training/skill development, but mostly I was made to do unskilled stuff on my own (making documents via Microsoft Publisher, shifting boxes, data entry - IOW, stuff I already knew how to do). I received significantly more training/skill development in paid employment.

In my experience, volunteer organisations are very reluctant to take job-seekers on because they don't wish to waste time and effort training and developing the skills of people who can't give a long-term commitment to the organisation (which is fair enough BTW). That's why many volunteer opportunities are targeted towards retired/semi-retired people. The volunteer organisations who are willing to take job-seekers on only do so where not much training/skill development is required, so the opportunity cost of losing them isn't significant.

I have a variety of other issues with volunteering (dubious effectiveness in gaining employment, ongoing financial costs of doing so, etc.), but those are beyond the scope of this discussion. If you can afford to take the cost of volunteering on, make sure you're being given job-specific training/skill development (learning how to use software, for example).
 
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Just did the maths, I've been on BigFooty for over 43% of my life. Where did it all go wrong?
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Haha, I'm almost 40%. It just means you're getting old. I was living in Canada when I joined BigFooty. It seems like another life.

The last couple of years have been an absolute roller-coaster for me. At times I've had incredible experiences, other times the pits of depression. I've been out of work over six months - in the midst of divorce, struggling to find something. In the same time I started doing video work which may lead to something bigger. It's already led me to Japan to meet one of my teenage idols... now we're friends. He's in his 50s and said he's the youngest brother of the family - none of his brothers lived past 59, so he appreciates the value of time. He has three kids, two are still in school. It gave me perspective. Life is cruel and beautiful at the same time. My father has a pretty good life these days, but he went through two divorces, lost a house to the bank, and lost a wife to cancer. You just need to ride through the bumps and appreciate what you have. Sometimes it's easier said than done, it can f-n hard, but giving in is never an option. Even when others don't believe in you or give you a chance, you always need to believe in yourself.

I've known a few people who have committed suicide. I had a friend do so in January this year. Every suicide has a back story, but it's important to have strong connections with other people. So keep on truckin'! Even if I need to figure out a way to pay rent next month if I don't find work. It was nice to take a moment today, as I picked up my son from school, the blossoms on the trees. Maybe it's just a note to myself, but always give yourself the time to enjoy the simple and beautiful things.
 

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Cuzz09 said:
Yeah go outside and just listen to the birds singing. Its quite relaxing and nice.

Simplify.

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Not if you live in the country were the cockatoos are relentless.

Anyways, I live in the city and dont mind a cockatoo.



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I want to move back to Tasmania but don't want to find a new job. Not sure what to do.
 

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