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    Quote Originally Posted by ledge View Post
    He said they got it all
    That's what they told my dad with his lung cancer. When he got the diagnosis the specialist said to him "we can go one of two ways. We can dose you with radiation therapy. It won't cure you but it will make your end of life a lot more comfortable and dignified. Otherwise we can do Chemotherapy-it might save your life but it will be painful and you won't be the man you were before" Dad went with radiation therapy (he grew up on a farm and when an animal was in too much trouble they got the .22 and put a bullet in it's head He made me promise that option would be available to him too. He didn't want me to shoot him but he also didn't want me prolonging his life if he was suffering


    Then the oncologist said "fantastic news. The radiation therapy has got rid of all the tumor, it's like a miracle" I looked at dad and he looked at me and said "Have you ever heard of anyone being cured of cancer with radiation therapy?" The problem was mum convinced herself (despite dad and me telling her that it was really unlikely he'd been cured.)


    Dad was dead 18 months later and I'd like to have a talk with that oncologist about his bedside manner.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Quote Originally Posted by jazzadogs View Post
    My team of players that have left the Dogs since I've been watching:

    FB: Monty Lake Roughead
    HB: Harbrow Hamling Griffen
    C: Ray Ward McMahon
    HF: Hill Stringer Higgins
    F: Dahlhaus LJones NBrown
    R: Hudson Cooney Cross
    Int: Adams Addison KStevens SReid Everitt

    It's a pretty good squad, all playing at their peak!
    Great team. I would have Griffen in midfield. Despite everyone hating him, he was a gun.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    Great team. I would have Griffen in midfield. Despite everyone hating him, he was a gun.
    Who? Never heard of him, did he play in our premiership team?
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
    Who? Never heard of him, did he play in our premiership team?
    He shaped our premiership team.
    The curse is dead.

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    Bumped into Tom Campbell this morning, he was about to start training with Ben Brown as I was finishing my morning session. Always had a soft spot for BTC, said g'day and had a brief chat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mofra View Post
    Bumped into Tom Campbell this morning, he was about to start training with Ben Brown as I was finishing my morning session. Always had a soft spot for BTC, said g'day and had a brief chat.
    I would often see him at Sims grabbing a coffee at 7am (I'd be grabbing bread for school lunches) just down from the footy ground. If he was turning up for training at 7am the it's no wonder clubs want him on their list.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mofra View Post
    Bumped into Tom Campbell this morning, he was about to start training with Ben Brown as I was finishing my morning session. Always had a soft spot for BTC, said g'day and had a brief chat.
    1.5 meters apart I’d hope?
    More of an In Bruges guy?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
    I would often see him at Sims grabbing a coffee at 7am (I'd be grabbing bread for school lunches) just down from the footy ground. If he was turning up for training at 7am the it's no wonder clubs want him on their list.
    For a moment I thought hang on Sims sports don’t sell coffee, let alone open at 7am!
    More of an In Bruges guy?

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    Quote Originally Posted by azabob View Post
    For a moment I thought hang on Sims sports don’t sell coffee, let alone open at 7am!
    Is Sims sports still in Puckle st in Moonee Ponds? I hate Puckle street. Essendon have held far too many premiership parades down it for my liking
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
    Is Sims sports still in Puckle st in Moonee Ponds? I hate Puckle street. Essendon have held far too many premiership parades down it for my liking
    Yeah it is. On the plus side Essendon haven’t had a finals win for a while let alone a premiership parade.
    More of an In Bruges guy?

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    Far too much smugness for mine
    They’d have a parade if they won a final nowadays
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    Quote Originally Posted by Remi Moses View Post
    Far too much smugness for mine
    They’d have a parade if they won a final nowadays
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    I take some joy in remembering that date.
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    the person I truly feel the most for with the season perhaps cancelled and all, is Jake Stringer..........I mean, he was borderline flying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dancin' Douggy View Post
    the person I truly feel the most for with the season perhaps cancelled and all, is Jake Stringer..........I mean, he was borderline flying.
    He would get fined if he did fly, lucky it was only borderline.
    Bring back the biff

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    If anyone was going to injure themselves in isolation you could pretty much put the house on the likelihood it would be ...
    BORDERLINE FLYING

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