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I've been watching Peaky Blinders the last few weeks and it's pretty good.
Sort of like Sons of Anarchy meets Board Walk Empire, set in post-Great War Birmingham,
Has a great soundtrack too. (Cave's Red Right Hand gets a workout with various covers and arrangements through the series)

I've also heard The Knick is worth watching.

By the time I've got through these two, I'll be ready to call Saul.
 

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I've been watching Peaky Blinders the last few weeks and it's pretty good.
Sort of like Sons of Anarchy meets Board Walk Empire, set in post-Great War Birmingham,
Has a great soundtrack too. (Cave's Red Right Hand gets a workout with various covers and arrangements through the series) ....
I had high hopes for this show, the sub-plot with C.I. Campbell (an excellent Sam Neill) hunting the stolen guns was very good. But the soap opera/romance aspect amped up hard once that resolved and I lost interest. Same as Boardwalk Empire which was also very promising for a few seasons.
Hats off to PB's atmosphere. And specially the recognition that there was this huge pool of violence-hardened WWI veterans to fill whatever faction the writers want to involve in that episode i.e. the Communists, the gypsies, the PBs, the police and so on.
I've dipped into The Sopranos on Foxtel a few times in recent weeks, in that broad-brush crime genre nothing really comes close to it.
 

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I've been watching Peaky Blinders the last few weeks and it's pretty good.
Sort of like Sons of Anarchy meets Board Walk Empire, set in post-Great War Birmingham,
Has a great soundtrack too. (Cave's Red Right Hand gets a workout with various covers and arrangements through the series)
Let me know when they give it a less stupid title and I'll give it a shot. :)
 

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Noarlunga line is mixed bag. You've classy suburbs / patrons up until Brighton. Then neither here or there until you hit Christies Downs when it goes Gawler line quality for the last bit.
After the Blues hammering last year, was making my usual train trek home (the one game I did not have the tin lids with me), when some bogan blues supporter (plus semi retread girlfriend) started gobbing off about Pooort, need handouts blah blah...how all the supporters were on the dole, you know, those old chestnuts. Anyway, as we approached my stop at Brighton I asked him which station he was getting off at. Christies, why, was his answer. Oh no reason, as I said as I prepared to alight at Brighton, maybe get someone who can read to explain what the word irony means...doors open, manure departs to the stifled chuckles in the carriage.
 

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The scene: An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cross Cultural Awareness workshop - for public servants

Master Didjeridoo player gives a marvellous demonstration of his craft (art?)

Woman in audience asks if she can have a go...
 

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The scene: An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cross Cultural Awareness workshop - for public servants

Master Didjeridoo player gives a marvellous demonstration of his craft (art?)

Woman in audience asks if she can have a go...
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I'll be going home to visit a legal website to purchase the first episode at lunch of better call saul

I haven't been able to get into a tv show since BB finished. It broke me............ broke me bad #ouch #illshowmyselfout
Torrenting IS legal in Australia.
 
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Torrenting IS legal in Australia.
I've never known the official law regarding torrents.
Apparently Piratebay has been re-opened by the FBI who are taking down IP addresses of those using the site and whilst this could be total BS, I'm a calculated risk taker ;)
 

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I've never known the official law regarding torrents.
Apparently Piratebay has been re-opened by the FBI who are taking down IP addresses of those using the site and whilst this could be total BS, I'm a calculated risk taker ;)
Over 30% of Australians torrent. A lot of voters right there
 

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I've never known the official law regarding torrents.
Apparently Piratebay has been re-opened by the FBI who are taking down IP addresses of those using the site and whilst this could be total BS, I'm a calculated risk taker ;)
FBI don't have jurisdiction in Australia (obv). :) We also passed privacy laws recently that protect us even further.
 

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Series 1 was great. Series 2 died on its arse imo.
Yeah the story line was all over the shop in season 2.

The Jew was shifting allegiances every 5mins.
Sabini character felt under done as well. First sighting of him and he's ruthless killer, then has multiple opportunities to wipe out the gang but doesn't.
The Shelby sister's bloke not even making it to the second series was weird too.

I did still enjoy it though, even with all of the variances on the brummie accent.
 
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Possible Outcome 1.

Didj player says, "No, women are not allowed to play the didjeridoo". Woman complains to her manager, department head, Public Service Commissioner that equal opportunity has not been allowed, takes stress leave, claims compo. Not satisfied with Comcare offer to pay for counselling and further cross cultural awareness training, the case is now before the Australian Human Rights Commission. The ABC's Q&A programme shows an empty chair with an Andrew Bolt name tag in front of it.


Possible Outcome 2.

Against his cultural beliefs the didj player reluctantly allows the woman to play the didjeridoo. Word gets around the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cross Cultural Awareness Training industry that this fella is nothin but a bloody coconut. Work dries up; company goes out of business without acquittal of Federal Government advance.


Possible Outcome 3.

The didj player breathes a sigh of relief that it wasn't a man who asked first, but wise to the cultural/ethical/legal dilemma of refusing a woman her 'equal rights', smiles and says, "Lady, I don't let nobody touch my didj - not even my missus!"
 
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