How are the Swans doing 2021

[NoWhiners]

Found it and tried--it seems to work. I'll try next week, maybe I can hear the Swans!

[By The Bay]

1 hour ago, NoWhiners said:

Found it and tried--it seems to work. I'll try next week, maybe I can hear the Swans!

Glad to have helped. The Swans are off to the Gold Coast for their next game. Pencil in a win. 😉

[NoWhiners]

29 minutes ago, By The Bay said:

Glad to have helped. The Swans are off to the Gold Coast for their next game. Pencil in a win. 😉

 

 

LOL. Not doing that--I thought we would this week and we all know how that turned out 😮

[Docker123]

Tarted strongly...

 

Buddy out for up to a month with a knee injury.

 

[NoWhiners]

uh oh. Maybe Buddy's time to help the Swan's is nearing the end??

[MicCanberra]

could be, age is catching up to him, with a lack of fitness and injuries.

[possum52]

18 minutes ago, NoWhiners said:

uh oh. Maybe Buddy's time to help the Swan's is nearing the end??

Perhaps, Buddy's 9 year $10million contract ends at the end of 2022. He is 34 and has had a bad run of injuries over the past few years.

 

Leigh

[NSWP]

On 4/17/2021 at 3:02 PM, NoWhiners said:

Keeping my fingers crossed, I am going to try and listen to the game but it's on late here!

 

Go Swans!

Any other arial ping pong fans in North America?

[possum52]

Sorry ML, Swans are down by 22 points at halftime. Gold Coast Suns 8.2.50 v Swans 4.4.28

[possum52]

3/4 time - Suns 13.6.84 v Swans 5.5.35

[NoWhiners]

uh oh, I was afraid this would happen. Thanks for keeping me posted 😞

 

Go Swans!

[possum52]

Full time GC 15.10.100  d Swans 9.6.60

Geelong are almost 100 points in front of West Coast with a couple of minutes to go. 

Edited April 24, 2021 by possum52

[NoWhiners]

Up 100 with a couple of minutes to go, wow. Almost makes the Swans look competitive. Almost.

 

On a more somber note, I see that today is ANZAC day. I watched some of the dawn services from Currumbin and Canberra--very moving. We cruised past Gallipoli on a Black Sea cruise back in 2013. Lest We Forget.

 

ML

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[MicCanberra]

We participated in the Light the dawn as tickets to the Canberra ceremony was severely restricted again, only 4200 allowed to attend.crazy when you can get 80,000 plus at the football.

[NoWhiners]

9 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

We participated in the Light the dawn as tickets to the Canberra ceremony was severely restricted again, only 4200 allowed to attend.crazy when you can get 80,000 plus at the football.

 

That must have been nice. I love the way you remember your war casualties down under. Better than the way we do it. I saw some news stories saying that it didn't make sense to limit the ANZAC day ceremonies when football allows bigger crowds. I have to admit, it seems inconsistent.

[MicCanberra]

We went to the wineries near here for the afternoon( had the SIL down from Sydney) and had lunch at the Murrumbateman Country Inn (pub) and they had two up going. Very loud and lots of happy people losing their money.

[lyndarra]

14 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

We went to the wineries near here for the afternoon( had the SIL down from Sydney) and had lunch at the Murrumbateman Country Inn (pub) and they had two up going. Very loud and lots of happy people losing their money.

In all my years I've never been to a two-up game. I guess I made up for that by running Crown and Anchor games while on exercises at Shoalwater Bay.

[NoWhiners]

I had to google 'two-up'. Interesting game but why is it illegal except on Anzac day????

[By The Bay]

5 minutes ago, NoWhiners said:

I had to google 'two-up'. Interesting game but why is it illegal except on Anzac day????

Here is a good article about how it came to be legal on ANZAC day. Link

[NoWhiners]

That's an interesting history. I love the line about Aussies betting on 2 flies crawling up a wall. It's a great idea that profits are donated to charities in some places.

 

Thanks for (another) the link!

[dillpickle48]

The good old days of the two up school in Broken Hill. Special note for Les.  I remember when Henry K's wife had a pregnant craving for a Chiko roll at 2am and tne only place open was the greasy cafe at the two up.  He had to go down and get a Chiko roll.  Of course the police did not know about the illegal two up.

[MicCanberra]

Adelaide casino has two up all year round

[By The Bay]

29 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Adelaide casino has two up all year round

And the casinos in Melbourne and Darwin.

[lyndarra]

2 hours ago, NoWhiners said:

That's an interesting history. I love the line about Aussies betting on 2 flies crawling up a wall. It's a great idea that profits are donated to charities in some places.

 

Thanks for (another) the link!

A lesser known name for two-up is Swy. Derived from German zwei for two as two coins are used.

Any gambling is illegal until governments can find a way to tax it.

[NoWhiners]

7 minutes ago, lyndarra said:

A lesser known name for two-up is Swy. Derived from German zwei for two as two coins are used.

Any gambling is illegal until governments can find a way to tax it.

 

Ain't that the truth 😁