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I watched two of my nephews lose baseball championships today. My Cubbies lost to them awful New York Mets today. But at least I've made it to 200 posts today. Hey, I guess it wasn't a complete balls up day after all!
 
Originally posted by dee_girl9
Well done chicago1. keep up the good work. What is the weather like in chicago at the moment??????? nice and hot?? i might be over that way at the end of they year. when it is cold and windy. anyhoo well done on 200 posts
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Thanks dee (if I may call you that). It's been in the low 30s all week and more to come. Going to my home amusement park, Six Flags Great America, tomorrow with my nephews and niece. Looking forward to the water rides! Hope you're not too cold in Melbourne! LOL
 
Originally posted by Chicago1


Thanks dee (if I may call you that)

Hope you're not too cold in Melbourne! LOL
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of course u can call me dee. everyone else does. and i live in adelaide ( i know why u thought melbourne tho and its ok, give me 8 months and then u can say that) and it is a tad bit chilly. :D
 

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Originally posted by dee_girl9



of course u can call me dee. everyone else does. and i live in adelaide ( i know why u thought melbourne tho and its ok, give me 8 months and then u can say that) and it is a tad bit chilly. :D
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Why would you want to go and live in Melbourne??

You may have to see Joffa more than twice a year then.

What a horrible thought.;)
 
Originally posted by Jars458


Why would you want to go and live in Melbourne??

You may have to see Joffa more than twice a year then.

What a horrible thought.;)
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for work actually, and i dont want to live in adelaide, and it aint a horrible thought to see Joffa for more than twice a year, he aint that bad jars. trust me
 
Onya Chicago1.
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Good stuff Chicago1 even if i do stalk ya round, LOL. Keep drinking that "premiership" port for me.

I wont see ya on Bulldogsunleashed during the blues game as im going, so looks like u wont get any of my running commmentry. :(
 
Good work mate. Our beloved Cubs are them usual selves this season. Why does this always happen we look good but when it comes to the crunch where are we??? Any big news on the Bears front??? your my corospondant mate let me know of the news..

Good stuff 200 and plenty more to come. All u have to do is take that 200 and turn it into 1000 next time at vegas..

Go the Skull !!!
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THE DOC..
 

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Thanks to all of you for your good wishes. Unfortunately my day got worse after my 200th post.

As some of you know, especially my Bulldogs aquaintances, I returned home last year to be with my elderly parents. I had planned to return to Melbourne two weeks ago but my dad took ill in April. He's had complications with a back injury. He's been in a nursing home the past two weeks recovering after two weeks in hospital. Unfortunately while I was online posting the message here in the early hours of the morning, he was rushed to hospital from the nursing home with pneumonia. Because we only have one telephone line here at home, we couldn't be contacted at the time. He's doing better now since his 103 fever broke this afternoon. It's been a long Thursday and reading your posts lifted my spirits. Thanks again to all of you.

Oh .... and yeah..... Go Doggies!!!
 
Originally posted by dee_girl9
AWWWW well i hope Chicago1 senior is feeling better soon and im glad that we could lift your spirits :D :D :D
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Thanks, dee. You're a real sweety!:p If only I were about 29 years younger!!!;) :D
 
C1-Bad news about your dad-I hope the old boy is up on his feet soon. My thoughts are with him.

Do your parents understand your obsession with The Doggies? Have they been to a game? :)

Once again, get wll soon to your dad.
 

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Congrats Chicago1 on ya 200 ;)

Do me a favour, goto the united centre and blow it up!!

Thanks

CANT BELIEVE WE TRADED BRAND!!:(
 
Originally posted by localyokel


Do your parents understand your obsession with The Doggies? Have they been to a game? :)

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Yes, local. They came out in May 1979 and we went to see the Doggies play South Melbourne at the Whitten Oval. I have a picture of them I took in the Whitten Stand wearing my scarfs and beanies. I can't remember if we won that day, though I do remember my mom amazed at the old women in the stand who could scream and yell at the same time as knit a baby's jacket for the grandchild. My dad also commented that he didn't understand the umpire's decisions, so I told him he was getting the hang of the game because neither could we! I also remember sitting in Flinders Street station waiting for our train home, when a bunch of Collingwood supporters came in running and chanting while waving their flags. My dad thought he had got caught in the middle of a riot. I tod him it was just typical drunken Magpie supporters, arrogant as usual! (Gosh, I miss you guys! ;) :p )

They also came to visit for Christmas 1982. We went to the MCG on Boxing Day to see Australia vs England - you can't get more Aussie than that! We sat on the top deck of the Northern stand so they could get a good view of everything. As we were climbing the stairs, a wicket fell - the only one for the rest of the time we stayed! My dad asked how we could tell who was on which team since they all wore white! He also asked about the scoreboard and what all the numbers meant. Just my luck - it was right after the MCG put in the new electric scoreboard and even I had difficulty figuring it out since it was my first time seeing it!

I was very lucky that my parents were able to visit me in Australia twice. We were able to visit Ballarat, Apollo Bay, Sorrento, Tasmania, Canberra and Sydney. The highlight for me was spending a day at the Opera House with them. We had a tour, ate dinner in the Bennelong Restaurant and saw the Adelaide Symphony. They're very simple people ( my dad worked two jobs as a mechanic so the seven of us could live in the suburbs) so the restaurant was the most expensive they had ever been in and they had never seen a symphony - and have never seen another since that day. Hope you don't mind all the personal stuff, but it all just came out!

Thanks for your kind wishes for my dad, local. Now go to the game on Saturday and beat them awful Blues for my dad and me! :D
 
Originally posted by QT
Congrats Chicago1 on ya 200 ;)

Do me a favour, goto the united centre and blow it up!!

Thanks

CANT BELIEVE WE TRADED BRAND!!:(
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No, I couldn't, QT. then I'd be known as the "uni"ted bomber! LOL ... sorry!

I watched Curry play in the Illinois State Basketball Championship game and he looks like he might really make it. Most of Chicago are annoyed that we traded our current (now former) favourite player in Brand.

BTW, did I ever tell you I taught Andrew Eccles' older brother, Paul? Andrew slipped through the school without getting the privilege of being in one of my classes ( lucky guy!) We had a top bunch of footballers go through the school in the ten years I taught there - Eccles, Jarrod Molloy, Daniel Harford, Blake Caracella, Daniel Lowther, Jimmy Plunkett and probably a couple I've forgotten.
 
Hmmm...'79 Western Oval V South. Did we win and Templeton kicked a bag of 8 or 9? I think he'd just been left out of the state team in favour of Terry Daniher.

That test match i was at as well. On the first session of the first day the ground announcer made the brilliant observation that "For those of you having trouble telling the batsman apart-Kepler Wessels is wearing the green cap and Andrew Dyson is wearing the white helmet."
Forgot to mention that Wessels was a left hander and Dyson was a right hander. Has to be my favourite ground announcement of all time. :confused:
 

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