Resource The 'not worthy of a thread of its own' thread

[Cataholic]

Is anyone else being pestered by a Telstra scam saying 'you've been selected as a winner of a Samsung phone' when accessing this site?

Not happening on any other site.

 

[cats_09]

Is anyone else being pestered by a Telstra scam saying 'you've been selected as a winner of a Samsung phone' when accessing this site?

Not happening on any other site.

I'm not, but I don't get ads on this site so I'm not the best person to respond

Though I can tell you that you're not the first person to raise this concern tonight & within the last hour

 

[Cataholic]

I'm not, but I don't get ads on this site so I'm not the best person to respond

Though I can tell you that you're not the first person to raise this concern tonight & within the last hour

Good to know.

Will report it as a scam.

Thanks!

 

[cats_09]

If I see any updates or info I'll post in here

 

[Cataholic]

If I see any updates or info I'll post in here

Reported it to ACCC's scam watch with a screenshot.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Is anyone else being pestered by a Telstra scam saying 'you've been selected as a winner of a Samsung phone' when accessing this site?

Not happening on any other site.

It's been happening to me for a few days.

 

[Cataholic]

It's been happening to me for a few days.

Same.

I lodged a report with the ACCC last night, so let's hope they can somehow stop the parasites.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Same.

I lodged a report with the ACCC last night, so let's hope they can somehow stop the parasites.

It just happened again

 

[Cataholic]

It just happened again

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Seems to be tailored to the carrier...... ie mine's the same, but from Telstra.

I reported it to Scam Watch. Hopefully they can stop it.

EDIT: the ACCC have issued me with a reference number, so the complaint has been acknowledged.

 

[cats_09]

Hiya - the above issue has been acknowledged by higher ups and it's been addressed

If you continue to have issues, feel free to add them to the following thread that was specifically started about that Telstra scam; alternatively you can post it in here to alert me and I can forward the info

Browser Hijack Spam - Advice for avoiding it is in the OP

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[Jhye Clark 13]

I'm still getting it.

 

[devilsnap]

Chris Scott

Chris Scott

Age

49

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182cm

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89kg

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Last 5

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16.6

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5.4

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5.1

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1.6

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0.4

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13.2

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10.2

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3.0

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2.2

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2.8

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on the Front Bar.

 

[Kitcat]

Wallabies beat England in the first of three. We were 2 men down at the end. Great win.

 

[Turbocat]

If we are going to wear the First Nations jumper as often as we have this year... can we create two versions of it. A darer version and a lighter version. ..id not be against adding a dash of colour to it. If we were starting from scratch ..id think most clubs would have three colours.. I know way back when I think we wore red socks at some stage. ... Of course if we only ever wore the. hoops id be very happy with taht as well... as I think most of the alt jumper look better in the shop than they do on the field.

 

[cats_09]

If we are going to wear the First Nations jumper as often as we have this year... can we create two versions of it. A darer version and a lighter version. ..id not be against adding a dash of colour to it. If we were starting from scratch ..id think most clubs would have three colours.. I know way back when I think we wore red socks at some stage. ... Of course if we only ever wore the. hoops id be very happy with taht as well... as I think most of the alt jumper look better in the shop than they do on the field.

This is what the guys wore last night:




This is what our AFLW team wore





Essentially it's the same design, but more of an away team colouring in that is the darker background with a white on blue design compared with last night's white on white design with blue shading

We clearly have a darker version available, so why hasn't the AFL team worn it?

 

[catempire]

If we were starting from scratch ..id think most clubs would have three colours..

It is insane that a sporting competition of the AFL’s ilk does not have this.

Each club should have a light, a dark and a clash kit. Home team wears what they want, away has to contrast.

 

[you pick one]

The fine line between 4 weeks and not even being looked at is who and where you connect with the head.
Is Wood in trouble for this high bump?

 

[Art Vandelay_]

A few years back the club brought back ‘the bell’ and I vividly remember the spiel at the time being that it was researched on our history that it was used to welcome the players out onto the field.

Fair enough I thought, more meaningful than their ‘top 20 hits’ or marching band as fan engagement. Getting a former club champ to do it was even better - especially given today’s kids could ask Granddad who Gareth Andrews or Bruce Nankervis or John Watts were.

But not happy to see how they’ve bastardised it this season. If you’re bringing something back for its historical significance to the club the keep it true to tradition. Now it used to signal the start of the game, mere seconds before the first bounce.

 

[Kitcat]

This is what the guys wore last night:
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This is what our AFLW team wore
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Essentially it's the same design, but more of an away team colouring in that is the darker background with a white on blue design compared with last night's white on white design with blue shading

We clearly have a darker version available, so why hasn't the AFL team worn it?

I really like our indigenous jumpers and we should design them as effective clash jumpers, so that they are worn even more often.

 

[cats_09]

A few years back the club brought back ‘the bell’ and I vividly remember the spiel at the time being that it was researched on our history that it was used to welcome the players out onto the field.

Fair enough I thought, more meaningful than their ‘top 20 hits’ or marching band as fan engagement. Getting a former club champ to do it was even better - especially given today’s kids could ask Granddad who Gareth Andrews or Bruce Nankervis or John Watts were.

But not happy to see how they’ve bastardised it this season. If you’re bringing something back for its historical significance to the club the keep it true to tradition. Now it used to signal the start of the game, mere seconds before the first bounce.

Reading up on it, if we were using it to welcome the players on the ground in recent seasons then it was being used wrong because in it's previous life it wasn't about welcoming the players onto the ground - it was used as the time keepers bell, so seems fitting it's used prior to the first siren to signal the start of the game

"Not far from this ground, the Newtown Fire Station served the people of Geelong," Gartland said.

"Its call to action was a large brass bell. When rung, the bell could be heard for miles.

"When the station was demolished in the 1930s, the bell was given to the Geelong Football Club to use as our timekeeper's bell at the Corio Oval."

Why do we ring the Bell?

Prior to each home game a past great rings our historic bell, watch to learn more about our historic bell.

www.geelongcats.com.au

 

[Spearman]

A few years back the club brought back ‘the bell’ and I vividly remember the spiel at the time being that it was researched on our history that it was used to welcome the players out onto the field.

Fair enough I thought, more meaningful than their ‘top 20 hits’ or marching band as fan engagement. Getting a former club champ to do it was even better - especially given today’s kids could ask Granddad who Gareth Andrews or Bruce Nankervis or John Watts were.

But not happy to see how they’ve bastardised it this season. If you’re bringing something back for its historical significance to the club the keep it true to tradition. Now it used to signal the start of the game, mere seconds before the first bounce.

The Seattle Seahawks do a flag-raising thing with special guests like past players etc. It usually revs up the crowd, not that it was needed really. They also have a special package for fans to be on the upper deck where the ceremony happens.
I think a pregame bell would be a great idea. Pop music is too transitory and superficial.

 

[you pick one]

Reading up on it, if we were using it to welcome the players on the ground in recent seasons then it was being used wrong because in it's previous life it wasn't about welcoming the players onto the ground - it was used as the time keepers bell, so seems fitting it's used prior to the first siren to signal the start of the game

Why do we ring the Bell?

Prior to each home game a past great rings our historic bell, watch to learn more about our historic bell.

www.geelongcats.com.au

The siren replaced the bell at KP around about 1950 it still hung in the time keeps box when I first stood on a wooden box watching the Cats at age 4 I guess it was kept as back as it served the same functions, there were a mixture of bells and sirens across the AFL for a short period not everyone was convinced on the reliability of this relatively new electric light stuff.

 

[Turbocat]

It is insane that a sporting competition of the AFL’s ilk does not have this.

Each club should have a light, a dark and a clash kit. Home team wears what they want, away has to contrast.

Too much common sense in that ce.

The extra factor is the special message jumpers.... and it seems to me we have almost created clashes with our first nation jumper more often than not. There was one game this year where we wore a darker jumper..perhaps more Navt blue in it... it might have even been against north..not sure... but if we wore that as our home jumper .. I just wonder what certain other clubs would do. It easy for the afl when we are one club with so much white... we are almost always the lighter club.

 

[cats_09]

 

[Cataholic]

Hiya - the above issue has been acknowledged by higher ups and it's been addressed

If you continue to have issues, feel free to add them to the following thread that was specifically started about that Telstra scam; alternatively you can post it in here to alert me and I can forward the info

Browser Hijack Spam - Advice for avoiding it is in the OP

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