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wamberal99

Shit I hate this nitpicking shit. A ban is a ban. The truth is sometimes obvious, even to people like you who apparently want everything to be simple. But life is only simple to a simpleton, and when there are multi-dimensional problems, the answer is usually complex and often nuanced. Maybe you sh...

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Yes, Black Jack McEwen was the Master of Tarrifs. The Whitlam Government began chipping away at that vast edifice only to be replaced by a Fraser regime that did nowt. The second coming of the ALP - the Keating Government especially - drove a stake through its heart. IMHO the single person who did ...

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Just wait a while and you will see. We are all socialists now!!! Yeah, definitely swinging to a socialist phase now after an excess peak capitalism over decades. The Country/National Party has always been bloody socialist when it suited them. In fact the coalition was extremely protectionist during...

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AC very true , NSW already looking at loosening restrictions by May. If Vic and Qld go down a similar path then Federal Govt becomes irrelevant again. Federal Government will never become irrelevant when it holds the big bucket of tax revenue. Incidentally, "states rights" has been a rallying cry f...

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We are all socialists now!!!

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Meanwhile, back in the real world. It is pretty obvious that large-scale reform of the taxation system will be high on the agenda as soon as things begin to return to normal. I have no doubt that high on the list of targets will be those in the affluent self-funded retiree echelon, and so they (we) ...

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By far the most important question is: WHAT IS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DOING TO FIND THE FARKING PERPETRATOR OF THIS ABUSE? Maybe it was not Pell. But there is no doubt (in the layperson's mind) that abuse happened to two choirboys. One is gone, the other has testified. Personally I do not care whether ...

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And truth be known I do rate Catchpole very very highly, but you know sometimes............................... :lol: [size=85[/size] Very very highly, eh? Did you know that the incumbent half-back for the Wallabies, Des Connor, upped sticks and moved across the dutch when Catchy elbowed him out of ...

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Have had lots of problems. This is a test.

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Adrianmole wrote:
To injury prone.

Alternative facts to go with your alternative grammar.

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So the actual greatest scrum half of all time, Ken Catchpole, is omitted because he had the apparent misfortune to play for Australia? In fact, a half back who can shine when his forwards are not dominant, who can clean up poor line-out ball like a magician, and who is a far better broken field runn...

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Bindi wrote:Lomu doesn’t have it anymore. Was he ever actually good, or just lucky?

Just very big and very fast. Lucky for him, I suppose.

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I can understand people getting caught up in a populist movement, but how long can you go on backing the guy? His BS is out there for all to see. People don't want to be wrong I guess. "Wrong"? What's wrong with stacking the courts with hacks, destroying the natural environment, refusing to take pa...

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The list is too long from the amateur era. Half of them played rugby and defected to league, even the immortal greats of league... Wally Lewis? Dally Messenger? Lewis was a leaguie through and through, born and bred. He certainly did not play our game and defect to league. In fact afaik the only ru...

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Olo wrote:Russell Fairfax?

I'd go for John Brass and Stephen Knight long before Fairfax. Different positions, but also a different degree of class, and in Knight's case, size. He could actually play in the piggies if necessary.

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Marty Roebuck is a good shout. Roebuck played 23 Tests. In his final Test against France, which we won 24-3, he scored all the points except for one try by Tim Gavin. Egerton played 9 Tests, all in 1991. IMHO, we could have won the Cup without Egerton, we could not have won it without Roebuck. Eger...

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Back in the fifties, league used to have kicking duels, believe it or not. The great Clive Churchill was a master of the tactical kick, just one of the strings to his incredible bow.

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Slim 293 wrote:
wamberal99 wrote:Rob Egerton.
I thought about it, but he never played fullback for Australia...

Edit: nah, fudge it... Egerton it is.

Makes my day!!!!!

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Rob Egerton.

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Beat me bloody to it. Back when the Wobblies were capping c u nts from every future Rugby Championship nation. Get your facts straight. Strauss came to our fair shores to play league for the Cronulla Sharks. When his contract was over he obviously thought his future might be better here, and joined...

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Puig Albert has a great Wiki. Playing against Wigan in a snowstorm, he caught a ball with one hand while he had a cigarette in the other. Son of a Union international, he was a Perpignan junior until League was legalised after the liberation. Amazing stuff! And of course we are reminded that rugby ...

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Ted. wrote:Gun shops declared as essential businesses. I think this is an excellent decision by Trump.

Shooting potential ICU cases would be a lot cheaper than treating them.

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mr bungle wrote:I couldn't name one British leaguie that played prior to the 80s. Now I know William Boston. Incredible record.

There were some stupendously good GB players. Vince Karalius was my favourite. Dick Huddart was very close behind. Eric Ashton was a sublimely balanced runner with the ball at centre.

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Tehui wrote:Didn't Brett Kenny and Wally Lewis come from rugby union?

No. Lewis was taken on our wonderful Ella Brothers Schoolboys Tour to the UK, but he was strictly a league product. I doubt that Kenny would have known what rugby was?

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I am hoping Australias urban sprawl will help a lot in reducing community transmission. For what its worth, there have been huge changes in social behaviour in our neighbourhood over the last 7 to 10 days. Admittedly there is a disproportionate number of older people (who are probably a lot more ri...

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merry! wrote:if the don walked on water, the weirdos would sneer 'look, he can't even swim'.

Weirdo calls others "weirdo" shock.

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I couldn't name one British leaguie that played prior to the 80s. Now I know William Boston. Incredible record. Billy Boston was an absolute star. Try googling Brian Bevan, he was an Aussie who scored gazillions of tries. Puig Aubert is my all time favourite, though. You can probably find some foot...

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Yep, I hope so Wamberal. I'm just referring to reports coming from Europe during this pandemic (and mentioned on this bored) of shoddy medical equipment sourced out of China. Basic PPE stuff would be harder to stuff up, though, presumably. I suppose it all depends who is the lead organisation in th...

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When it wants to, the PRC can produce pretty good gear. Hopefully they realise that we are an important trading partner and do the right thing.

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Ozzies will win this hands down. No need for any other nationality to even post. So, apologies for mine. NZ has a fair chunk of quality too. Not sure how a forward pack, tight 5 would shape up, Thorne’s a starter, but a backline that would rival the Aussies. Any pack that had Dick Thornett, Kevin R...

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Dick Thornett. Would have been one of the greats had he stayed in our game. Brother Ken was pretty handy. Arthur Summons. Phil Hawthorne. Trevor Allen. Michael O'Connor. Kevin Ryan. And of course we can go right back to the greatest of them all, Dally Messenger. This is just a handful, but some of t...

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A conspiracy theory to explain a series of actual events? The truth is not true any more? How the fark does that work? Just keep lying and denying reality?

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If medical professionals do not follow the rules, what chance have we got? They are pretty careful about protecting themselves (and so they should be) but equally they have a responsibility towards the rest of us.

I hope some of them can be questionned as to their motives, and the results shared.

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When I went to live and work in HKG many years ago, my staff told me that under no circumstances should I ever use a public lavatory on my trips to China. They knew I was a bit of a germaphobe, and just the sight of the inside of one of these places would be too much for me! x( And you probably did...

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When I went to live and work in HKG many years ago, my staff told me that under no circumstances should I ever use a public lavatory on my trips to China. They knew I was a bit of a germaphobe, and just the sight of the inside of one of these places would be too much for me!

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Testing is wide ranging and based upon peoples locations and movements. Privacy has been forgone in the name of getting the virus under control. People with symptoms are also tested. According to Greg Hunt (who seems to be fairly believable on matters in his portfolio, if not in some of his other i...

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Yep. If the NRL is broke (which they may well be) I'd hate to think what RA is right now. The difference being that the overwhelming majority of teams under the umbrella of RA are amateur anyway. Club rugby is essentially amateur. There's bugger all money in rugby unless you are at the top. The NRL...

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What's the alternative? Allow it to spread like wildfire through the community, killing who knows how many of us? Totally overwhelming our health services? This would be totally irresponsible, to put it mildly, not least because we have no idea what the peak will look like, or how long it will last....

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I run a small aviation company. We have three aircraft, 2 owned outright, the third we took a loan to buy. We've two and a bit years to run on the loan and the aircraft is worth much more than the outstanding balance, but the potential economic shock we're about to see could see their value plummet...

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Most of them were lobbyists or failed businessmen Lots of party functionaries on both sides of the aisle. "Oh for the days when the ALP was the cream of the working class, now it's the dregs of the middle class". (Kim Beazley Snr). There are some fairly impressive people on both sides, as well. But...

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