Great appointment.

It seems a rather glaring omission that the greatest crisis we have ever faced has no thread of its own. So, being the woke bleeding heart that I am, here goes :

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...20-nations

Hopefully Scomo held on to that lump of coal rather than burning it.

Been a big week for Eddie, his club totally screwed up the trade period (and their medium recruiting) and he got ‘boned’ by Triple M!!  The most interesting aspect of these 2 incidents is how the spin doctors are rolled in to smooth the waters!

“ Eddie McGuire and Luke Darcy say family tragedies helped inform their decision to walk away from Triple M’s Hot Breakfast show.

Darcy’s father, former VFL footballer David Darcy, passed away on August 1. McGuire’s mother Bridie died two days later.”

Why did it take four days to come up with this?? Because the true stories of crap ratings and the McGuire / Darcy feud came out first!!

Now I know I've run this poll before, a long time back on the old site, but I think it was time to update peoples preferences and see if things have changed for any of us as all things do. Plus it adds a little levity to an otherwise boring trade period and concluded US election.

I myself have been a swinging door over the years, as a young person tea, then coffee(maybe due to more money to waste on half drank cappuccino), then tea again before now a bit of both.

My daily ritual is a mocha(moka) bean based double espresso, maybe with a second one some days, all before mid-morning. No more milk or other such additives for me, just plain good quality coffee with a precise crema.

After that it's tea, black or green, select varieties as a lunch or workplace drink, Sri Lankan small leaf, Jasmine, Sencha, plain old good quality green. Can't say I've ever been a fan of Earl Grey or English Breakfast, I'm not a fan of anything too flowery either like those Bergamot blends or Chinese teas that look more like last weekend's garden pruning. I'm not afraid of that nutty flavour you get from some nice roasted rice or sesame seeds in some Asian blends, with good quality Sushi nothing else seems to fit!

For those of you with a savoury bent, but not tea fans or otherwise trying to avoid caffeine, bitter buckwheat tea is quite a nice change up. But it's very hard to get good quality locally, and you need to like that nutty flavour.

(11-03-2020, 01:26 PM)Lods link Wrote:Might be time to resurrect our 'music' thread....if it's on this version of the site.

(11-03-2020, 08:24 PM)capcom link Wrote:Love to join in that as I have thousands of 33s / 45s, many mint and rare.  CDs also top the 1000 mark

Great actor

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54761824

https://womens.afl/news/52908

I must admit this year I have tuned into the Sunday Footy Show and have quite enjoyed the format and the balance between footy reporting and 'light entertainment.'

However Friday night showed why 'The Footy Show' died in the ar$e to nothing in the finish and was very ordinary viewing. Shane Crawford is not funny and Brownless goes stupid around him. Old gags repeated and repeated over again and the feigning of surprise over heavily rehearsed segment is an insult to the audience.

Front Bar.......tick,  Sunday Footy Show.......tick  the other pathetic attempt....thumbs down!!

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Sam Walsh won mark of the year:
https://www.afl.com.au/news/519598/risin...claim-moty