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Re: Tassie's Ultimation to AFL:
Saynta,
I don’t care if you like or dislike Tassie, doesn’t bother me one little bit?
Since leaving there, I have lived in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide. Even though I have been gone from Tas most of my life, it’ll always be home to me, I love the place.
How long since you’ve lived in Tas, seems like you have a problem with the place and didn’t appreciate its lifestyle
You also don’t seem to know much about the people there? How long were you there??
You obviously weren’t native
Tasmanian born people love their home state
Just ask Nick Riewoldt what he thinks of the place
And he left when he was 9
I don’t care if you like or dislike Tassie, doesn’t bother me one little bit?
Since leaving there, I have lived in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide. Even though I have been gone from Tas most of my life, it’ll always be home to me, I love the place.
How long since you’ve lived in Tas, seems like you have a problem with the place and didn’t appreciate its lifestyle
You also don’t seem to know much about the people there? How long were you there??
You obviously weren’t native
Tasmanian born people love their home state
Just ask Nick Riewoldt what he thinks of the place
And he left when he was 9
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Am not a native but love Tassie
Gave Hobart some serious consideration when we were looking for a place to settle down
Canberra was def not on the list... a drop in city on the way to throughly to anywhere the $&@/ else
Gave Hobart some serious consideration when we were looking for a place to settle down
Canberra was def not on the list... a drop in city on the way to throughly to anywhere the $&@/ else
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Re: Tassie's Ultimation to AFL:
No not a native. I'm a Victorian born and bred.B.M wrote: ↑Sat 13 Feb 2021 4:57pm Saynta,
I don’t care if you like or dislike Tassie, doesn’t bother me one little bit?
Since leaving there, I have lived in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide. Even though I have been gone from Tas most of my life, it’ll always be home to me, I love the place.
How long since you’ve lived in Tas, seems like you have a problem with the place and didn’t appreciate its lifestyle
You also don’t seem to know much about the people there? How long were you there??
You obviously weren’t native
Tasmanian born people love their home state
Just ask Nick Riewoldt what he thinks of the place
And he left when he was 9
Turned 18 in Victoria in what was one of the best years of my life.
Unfortunately went to live in Tasmania in Jan of the next year where I remained for the next three years.
Worst years of my life. As said I hated the place .
Glad to leave in 1966 when I followed my parents to Canberra..
Only ignorant people put s*** on Canberra which I grew to love.
Only trouble is it's no longer a secret and too many people have moved there in recent years.
I did travel back to Tassie for work purposes in years gone by .Both to Hobart and Launceston. Neither had changed in the past 50 years as far as I could tell.
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I worked for 5 years in Canberra. I must say I enjoyed it. I did have a girlfriend with a holiday shack at Broulee on the coast near Bateman's Bay, which obviously helped.
If I was raising children, I would choose Canberra as a destination. Great schools, safe environment, great roads, lots of nature on the doorstep and cultural activities galore. A bit Stepford in atmosphere, but plenty of interest in AFL. A good place for a part time AFL presence. Manila is a wonderful venue.
If I was raising children, I would choose Canberra as a destination. Great schools, safe environment, great roads, lots of nature on the doorstep and cultural activities galore. A bit Stepford in atmosphere, but plenty of interest in AFL. A good place for a part time AFL presence. Manila is a wonderful venue.
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Manuka.The Billings Method wrote: ↑Sat 13 Feb 2021 6:18pm I worked for 5 years in Canberra. I must say I enjoyed it. I did have a girlfriend with a holiday shack at Broulee on the coast near Bateman's Bay, which obviously helped.
If I was raising children, I would choose Canberra as a destination. Great schools, safe environment, great roads, lots of nature on the doorstep and cultural activities galore. A bit Stepford in atmosphere, but plenty of interest in AFL. A good place for a part time AFL presence. Manila is a wonderful venue.
Yep.Snow and beaches only two hours away.
My parents had a beach house at Mollymook. Beautiful.
Canberra is in my view the most liveable city in Australia.
No serial killers like Adelaide. No car jacking, home invasions and killer drivers like Melbourne. Not remote like Perth and Hobart. No traffic jams like Sydney and best of all no covid.
And no f****** lockdowns.
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Re: Tassie's Ultimation to AFL:
So is Manila, Saynta! Bloody auto correct. The man who invented it died yesterday. His funnel is next Monkey Moaning.saynta wrote: ↑Sat 13 Feb 2021 6:29pmManuka.The Billings Method wrote: ↑Sat 13 Feb 2021 6:18pm I worked for 5 years in Canberra. I must say I enjoyed it. I did have a girlfriend with a holiday shack at Broulee on the coast near Bateman's Bay, which obviously helped.
If I was raising children, I would choose Canberra as a destination. Great schools, safe environment, great roads, lots of nature on the doorstep and cultural activities galore. A bit Stepford in atmosphere, but plenty of interest in AFL. A good place for a part time AFL presence. Manila is a wonderful venue.![]()
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Re: Tassie's Ultimation to AFL:
See, it’s up to individual taste
I find Canberra boring, sterile and you’re right, it’s two hours from a beach and two hours from anywhere else interesting.
Hobart remote? Hardly...
It’s an hour by plane from Melbourne, 1:45 from Sydney?
I think you’d be in the minority of people who ‘hate’ Tassie
I can guarantee tourism Tasmania does a bit better than Canberra
Coles bay, Frecinet, bay of fires, Swansea, Strahan, Stanley, Port Arthur, Table Cape, Boat Harbour, Walls of Jerusalem, Cradle Mountain, Richmond, Port Arthur
Then of course
Launceston’s Cataract Gorge and hill side suburbs
Hobart’s Mt Wellington and Dockside
Yeah
s*** place...
I find Canberra boring, sterile and you’re right, it’s two hours from a beach and two hours from anywhere else interesting.
Hobart remote? Hardly...
It’s an hour by plane from Melbourne, 1:45 from Sydney?
I think you’d be in the minority of people who ‘hate’ Tassie
I can guarantee tourism Tasmania does a bit better than Canberra
Coles bay, Frecinet, bay of fires, Swansea, Strahan, Stanley, Port Arthur, Table Cape, Boat Harbour, Walls of Jerusalem, Cradle Mountain, Richmond, Port Arthur
Then of course
Launceston’s Cataract Gorge and hill side suburbs
Hobart’s Mt Wellington and Dockside
Yeah
s*** place...
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Re: Tassie's Ultimation to AFL:
But full of hillbillies and inbreds.![😂](//cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@latest/assets/svg/1f602.svg)
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Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney, who cares!? Everyone knows cities are for d**kheads, and the country life is where it’s at ![👍](//cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@latest/assets/svg/1f44d.svg)
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Re: Tassie's Ultimation to AFL:
I used to live above the Cataract Gorge in Trevallen, nice view but so what. Used to rundown the side of it then over the bridge and up George Street to work everyday.B.M wrote: ↑Sat 13 Feb 2021 7:12pm See, it’s up to individual taste
I find Canberra boring, sterile and you’re right, it’s two hours from a beach and two hours from anywhere else interesting.
Hobart remote? Hardly...
It’s an hour by plane from Melbourne, 1:45 from Sydney?
I think you’d be in the minority of people who ‘hate’ Tassie
I can guarantee tourism Tasmania does a bit better than Canberra
Coles bay, Frecinet, bay of fires, Swansea, Strahan, Stanley, Port Arthur, Table Cape, Boat Harbour, Walls of Jerusalem, Cradle Mountain, Richmond, Port Arthur
Then of course
Launceston’s Cataract Gorge and hill side suburbs
Hobart’s Mt Wellington and Dockside
Yeah
s*** place...
Hobart is near the end of the earth ffs. Sydney is 20 minutes from Canberra by plane if we are being silly about this.
I have lived in both cities so am able to compare them. Have you?
f****** Hobart is the coldest town I have ever lived in if you take the windchill factor into account.
That wind coming off Mt Wellington cuts you like a knife into the bone.
Anyway when I lived there I was interested in cars girls and grog,, not scenery. but with antiquated drinking laws, depression wages, and the draft hanging over my head making it impossible to buy a car, those activities were severely restricted.
Not a happy time for me.
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Went to a place called Lefroy once. No street names or house numbers so we had to knock on doors to find the people we were looking for.
Only trouble was when we knocked on a front door, everyone in the house took off out the back door into the tree line.
Happened a couple of times so we gave up.
Not sure if they were inbred but they could have been hillbillies.
Gave me the creeps.
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Re: Tassie's Ultimation to AFL:
Seems more like your issues, rather than issues with living in Tas
And if you knew Tassie, you’d know Launceston gets much colder than Hobart.
Not sure you know much about Tasmania in the last 40 years?
And if you knew Tassie, you’d know Launceston gets much colder than Hobart.
Not sure you know much about Tasmania in the last 40 years?
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You know I started to type a defense of my city but then half way through started thinking that I guess as a planned capital and with the geometric precision of Burley Griffin's vision I can understand why some might call it sterile. It definitely doesn't have the charming eccentricities that come from a more ad-hoc built city which would be nice.CQ SAINT wrote: ↑Sat 13 Feb 2021 1:22pm Its a national competition, with a nation draft, salary caps, equalization strategies, zoned development academies and a number of national and international sponsors. Traditional loyalties to clubs and states are becoming irrelevant, particularly in the eyes of the National league, who are competing with other nationally supported sports.
While supporters numbers may still be heavily linked to pre AFL ideals, they have been decimated by the direction of the AFL. The
Tasmanian supporter base and its state based competition would do well to work with the AFL not against it.
Id like to believe Ratten is a Saints man, but I'm aware that it is his passion for the game and the opportunities before him professionally, to make his mark, that brought him to us.
A trend of people from traditional afl states moving to Queensland has been a reality for some time and the trend is growing. While their state loyalties do remain, they will mean little to those who won't invest $1000's a year to follow their teams in a way that is meaningful to anything other than TV ratings.
The driving emotion locally, here in Queensland, is AFL vs NRL The next generation will need to gravitate towards Brisbane or the Gold Coast to experience this. Auskick, school comps, regional leagues, regional representation and junior development are all trending that way in the state.
The NT and Tasmania are caught in a time warp. The ACT is a sterile soulless no where land.
It isn't really though you just need the right guide.
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I grew up here in the 80's and yes the changes since then have been utterly immense. Which, to your point about sterility, is actually the most soulless part for me.CQ SAINT wrote: ↑Sat 13 Feb 2021 3:00pmThanks, so that's 0 executions. The story makes great theatre. Chilling. I'm tingling. Must have been a profound lift for the victims and their families. Great story.saynta wrote: ↑Sat 13 Feb 2021 2:35pmNo, unlike you my stories are true. Death penalty was prounced in every rape case where the defendant (s) was/wereCQ SAINT wrote: ↑Sat 13 Feb 2021 2:23pmSaynta. More great insight from the book of utter bulls*** from you again. You ve been every, done everything cant argue with that. How you going with the number of executions for rape in Canberra. Or was the black hat diatribe straight from the utter bullsjit catalogues too.
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convicted. Later communted to life in prison.
The bleeding heart, soft cocks changed the laws in the NT and ACT when they came to power in 1972.
I saw judges cover their heads in black when pronouncing the death penalty. Chilling in the extreme. Sight will always remain with me.
In my view Canberra is a well kept secret . One of the best cities in the best country in the world.
You can't say that about f****** Central Queensland.![]()
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My grandmother lived in Canberra. I went there often in the 70's and 80's. I can she why she retired there. The old girl loved the place.
Best kept secret indeed. Pretty place, pure, pristine, a completely fabricated modern city, with a history steeped in not much at all and soulless in every regard. The land of the public servants, the clubs, cinemas, bowling allies nd private schools must be pumping.
Of course my recollections are dated. With an average growth rate steadily growing at 1-2% per annum since then, it must be a thriving metropolis by now.
The city center has 'modernized' and looks like just about every other city center with the same shops and same chain restaurants everywhere. Civic -- that's the main political/economic area -- has lost its charm.
Each day there seems to be a new suburb springing up that looks much like the last one.
My mother lives in one of the new suburbs and I jokingly refer to it as the occupied West Bank because it just looks so artificial.
This was my father's belief
And this is also mine:
Let the corn be all one sheaf--
And the grapes be all one vine,
Ere our children's teeth are set on edge
By bitter bread and wine.
And this is also mine:
Let the corn be all one sheaf--
And the grapes be all one vine,
Ere our children's teeth are set on edge
By bitter bread and wine.
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Re: Tassie's Ultimation to AFL:
Thanks Saynta!saynta wrote: ↑Sat 13 Feb 2021 6:29pmManuka.The Billings Method wrote: ↑Sat 13 Feb 2021 6:18pm I worked for 5 years in Canberra. I must say I enjoyed it. I did have a girlfriend with a holiday shack at Broulee on the coast near Bateman's Bay, which obviously helped.
If I was raising children, I would choose Canberra as a destination. Great schools, safe environment, great roads, lots of nature on the doorstep and cultural activities galore. A bit Stepford in atmosphere, but plenty of interest in AFL. A good place for a part time AFL presence. Manila is a wonderful venue.
Yep.Snow and beaches only two hours away.
My parents had a beach house at Mollymook. Beautiful.
Canberra is in my view the most liveable city in Australia.
No serial killers like Adelaide. No car jacking, home invasions and killer drivers like Melbourne. Not remote like Perth and Hobart. No traffic jams like Sydney and best of all no covid.
And no f****** lockdowns.
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Mollymook and all the country around there is Heaven on Earth.
Speaking of Covid it is nice to be living in a place where the response has been very laid back to the whole thing which is a credit to the people here most of all.
Majority of us don't wear masks -- some do which is cool -- and people are still very relaxed and friendly about the whole thing.
This was my father's belief
And this is also mine:
Let the corn be all one sheaf--
And the grapes be all one vine,
Ere our children's teeth are set on edge
By bitter bread and wine.
And this is also mine:
Let the corn be all one sheaf--
And the grapes be all one vine,
Ere our children's teeth are set on edge
By bitter bread and wine.
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Re: Tassie's Ultimation to AFL:
OI !!!!!!!
i resemble that statement
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bit early in the morning for sex and banjo bashing
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‘n i adore Canberra
love it for its 4 seasons ,
it’s drug addled populace
‘n the fact Jindy is just a bit further up the road
love it for its 4 seasons ,
it’s drug addled populace
‘n the fact Jindy is just a bit further up the road
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‘n re the important bit
for the first 13 or 14 games of rep footy
between us (southerners) and the other lot
... we won all of em
thats why we wore black hankys on our head
.... next.
for the first 13 or 14 games of rep footy
between us (southerners) and the other lot
... we won all of em
thats why we wore black hankys on our head
.... next.
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Cliched, old and tired. The joke I mean. All in jest. I won't be so lazy next time.
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Re: Tassie's Ultimation to AFL:
Not entirely true.samuraisaint wrote: ↑Sat 13 Feb 2021 12:14am North have been giving us hidings for years and years.
Let's not sugar coat it - they have owned us for forty-five years - except for one year - 1997.
They're no basket case.
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They do have kangaroos there called Forester kangaroossaynta wrote: ↑Fri 12 Feb 2021 5:10pmNo. No kangaroos ,only wallabies.CQ SAINT wrote: ↑Fri 12 Feb 2021 11:02am I am interested if anyone cares whether Norf or the Squawks play out of Tassie. Its like threatening to close a pinball arcade because they can't get a major theme park. Isn't it? If they could support a team they'd have one already, wouldn't they?
North Tasmania Football Club. Do they have Kangaroos in Tasmania?
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They do have kangaroos there called Forester kangaroossaynta wrote: ↑Fri 12 Feb 2021 5:10pmNo. No kangaroos ,only wallabies.CQ SAINT wrote: ↑Fri 12 Feb 2021 11:02am I am interested if anyone cares whether Norf or the Squawks play out of Tassie. Its like threatening to close a pinball arcade because they can't get a major theme park. Isn't it? If they could support a team they'd have one already, wouldn't they?
North Tasmania Football Club. Do they have Kangaroos in Tasmania?
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Apparently that's f****** bulls***. If they did have Kangaroos, they don't anymore. Saynta lived there in the late 60's, he knows.guitars4 wrote: ↑Sun 14 Feb 2021 9:09pmThey do have kangaroos there called Forester kangaroossaynta wrote: ↑Fri 12 Feb 2021 5:10pmNo. No kangaroos ,only wallabies.CQ SAINT wrote: ↑Fri 12 Feb 2021 11:02am I am interested if anyone cares whether Norf or the Squawks play out of Tassie. Its like threatening to close a pinball arcade because they can't get a major theme park. Isn't it? If they could support a team they'd have one already, wouldn't they?
North Tasmania Football Club. Do they have Kangaroos in Tasmania?