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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39506 Gender:	The Melbourne Cup Nov 4^th, 2008 at 10:18am Would you believe this !! A tech wants to visit today, check some stuff here. He said "Can I come this afternopon" I said "Sure, not during the Cup though. "Yes, during the Cup, it means nothing to me !!!!" How unaustralian !!!! It's like .... not believing in cricket
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Re: The Melbourne Cup
Reply #1 - Nov 4^th, 2008 at 11:04am

Sprintcyclist wrote on Nov 4^th, 2008 at 10:18am:

Would you believe this !!

A tech wants to visit today, check some stuff here.
He said "Can I come this afternopon"
I said "Sure, not during the Cup though.
"Yes, during the Cup, it means nothing to me !!!!"

How unaustralian !!!!
It's like .... not believing in cricket

Your absolutely right Sprint. It's exactly the same.

I've watched exactly one Melbourne Cup and one game of cricket in my life. Both left me bewildered and confused, with the vow of " Never, never again!" Tongue

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47364 At my desk.	Re: The Melbourne Cup Reply #2 - Nov 4^th, 2008 at 11:29am I watched several Melbourne Cups during primary school.
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locutius Gold Member Offline You can't fight in here! It's the War Room Posts: 1817 Queensland Gender:	Re: The Melbourne Cup Reply #3 - Nov 4^th, 2008 at 1:11pm I watched the first moon landing at primary school. We were all herded into the school hall to watch it on the only B&W TV that many of us had access to. Quite a few parents came along as well. Still captures my complete attention to this day when ever I see it.
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tallowood Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4230	Re: The Melbourne Cup Reply #4 - Nov 4^th, 2008 at 1:32pm It's really about hats.
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locutius Gold Member Offline You can't fight in here! It's the War Room Posts: 1817 Queensland Gender:	Re: The Melbourne Cup Reply #5 - Nov 4^th, 2008 at 1:55pm And vomit
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easel Gold Member Offline Posts: 3120	Re: The Melbourne Cup Reply #6 - Nov 4^th, 2008 at 3:37pm Melbourne cup is awesome if you are a bank robber or something. It's not so much people enjoy the MC, I think they feel they will have been robbed if they don't get to see the horsies running around the track. Go to the TAB, even the cops will be there watching the race. The race that stops a nation, indeed.
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locutius Gold Member Offline You can't fight in here! It's the War Room Posts: 1817 Queensland Gender:	Re: The Melbourne Cup Reply #7 - Nov 4^th, 2008 at 4:40pm The TAB and the government are the robbers today easel
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easel Gold Member Offline Posts: 3120	Re: The Melbourne Cup Reply #8 - Nov 4^th, 2008 at 4:48pm locutius wrote on Nov 4^th, 2008 at 4:40pm: The TAB and the government are the robbers today easel Just today?
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Re: The Melbourne Cup
Reply #9 - Nov 4^th, 2008 at 5:28pm

The Melbourne Cup is great.
I did not even pick one of the placegetters this year, did me dough cold.

I loved going to the cup as a kid, and went every year from about age 7 onwards.
When I was young man I got to abuse John Kerr, and called him a drunken disgrace (and I was half pissed at the time Grin

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And the women, wow, back in the early seventies, the fashions were HOT, lots of cleavage, lots of see through, lots of only covers from certain angles, plus picnics with friends, and backed a lot of winners, it was brilliant.

I stopped going about twenty years ago, it had changed, my wife still goes if we get an invite to a ritzy marquee, but now I usually end up working, like today, boohoo, poor me.

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Re: The Melbourne Cup
Reply #10 - Nov 4^th, 2008 at 5:40pm

mozzaok wrote on Nov 4^th, 2008 at 5:28pm:

The Melbourne Cup is great.
I did not even pick one of the placegetters this year, did me dough cold.

I loved going to the cup as a kid, and went every year from about age 7 onwards.
When I was young man I got to abuse John Kerr, and called him a drunken disgrace (and I was half pissed at the time Grin

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And the women, wow, back in the early seventies, the fashions were HOT, lots of cleavage, lots of see through, lots of only covers from certain angles, plus picnics with friends, and backed a lot of winners, it was brilliant.

I stopped going about twenty years ago, it had changed, my wife still goes if we get an invite to a ritzy marquee, but now I usually end up working, like today, boohoo, poor me.

Were you there when that drunken Kerr introduced that year's Miss Australia, Leanne Dick, as Leanne Cock?

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Re: The Melbourne Cup
Reply #11 - Nov 4^th, 2008 at 7:21pm

If it was '76, I was, but I saw him at the start of the day, he arrived in a big black bentley and I could not help but yell at him, I'd been drinking and smoking since relatively early, and he was heaps more wasted than I was.
He had that look of shame about him, knowing he had done the wrong thing, but trying to block it out with booze, sort of look.

It was a bit sad to see, but I contained my pity and let rip anyway.

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39506 Gender:	Re: The Melbourne Cup Reply #12 - Nov 4^th, 2008 at 7:46pm That'a what I like about you Mozzaok. The indignation of being outwasted by an older richer guy before midday !!! Who would NOT give him a few choice meaningless words !! Excellent work.
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Re: The Melbourne Cup
Reply #13 - Nov 4^th, 2008 at 8:06pm

mozzaok wrote on Nov 4^th, 2008 at 7:21pm:

If it was '76, I was, but I saw him at the start of the day, he arrived in a big black bentley and I could not help but yell at him, I'd been drinking and smoking since relatively early, and he was heaps more wasted than I was.
He had that look of shame about him, knowing he had done the wrong thing, but trying to block it out with booze, sort of look.

It was a bit sad to see, but I contained my pity and let rip anyway.

Nah, the Dick/Cock thing happened in the early 1980's.

Shite, are you right. Kerr was GG in 1976?

Off to Google, I am.

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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 37678 Gender:	Re: The Melbourne Cup Reply #14 - Nov 4^th, 2008 at 8:10pm Google tells me that I am an idiot. He left in the late 1970's
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