From the vault, John Arlott on Kiwi Bob Cunis …

Bob couldn’t be described as medium pace because he wasn’t quick enough. But he couldn’t be called a spinner because he didn’t spin it.

At the end of a long’s day play, after several bottles of red wine, Arlott advised his listeners:

“And, as for Cunis, his bowling, like his name, was neither one thing nor the other.”

Spargo wrote:I can still remember when “spoofing” meant something else…

It still does if you’re old enough.

How things would have been different if Milan Faletic played today.

Doesn’t matter, Pirie is still a shithole even though my wife was born there

Wedgie wrote:

locky801 wrote:

Wedgie wrote:Was OK for me earlier but has slowed down again.
I've sent a message to Diss to hopefully fire up the database.

Opens up quicker now but very slow in posting

Cheers, I'll pass that on.
It's quicker as he deleted The Roost! RIP

Redlegs forum gone too?

southernbulldog wrote:Dont know what all this has to do with Ins & Outs

gazzamagoo wrote:Fresh Crayfish.

Hang on, aren’t they … ummm … lob… No, you’re damn right, they’re faarking crays, Boon can get faarked.

Men of Norwood So Fuzzy and Warm?

and now there's Wonsfaw as well ... Women of Norwood See Fannies and Win?

locky801 wrote:Not wearing a hat or cap all those years ago playing cricket

More melanomas taken out the scalp today, 16 stitches, gunna be a painful weekend

Shit, that’s no good. Keep well.

another grub wrote:Anyone had the chicken big mac? Is the chicken just the crappy fritters from the chicken 'n'cheese?

Adding to MW’s weight loss guide, give up processed junk food.

About a 5th of it is beer on the hill.

My wife has put up with me for 31 years, don’t know how she does it.

locky801 wrote:Kens keeping a very stable list for a long period of time here, one thinking another contract extension for the coach isnt far off

Yep, lock him in for another 10 years.

No SANFL in AFL. Get out interloper. You don't belong here. Scum.

I'll reply with more as they come to mind.

Now you’re conflating issues, and also conflating what others have said to me. :lol:

Yep, I hate Port, but certainly no more than Norwood, and that hate pre-dated all the AFL stuff by decades.

After all the arrogance of Port over years, you expect people to go soft on them when, as an AFL identity or whatever they think they are these days because it all changes with the wind, they continually bomb out in finals and the coach is still there after 10 years? Poor Fos and Jack, their legacies are being trashed!

And to top it all off, that misplaced arrogance provides us with the Holy Grail of gems … 3 flags in 5 years? How’s that going? #-O

Seriously mate, be precious and play the victim if you want, and I truly sympathise with old school Port supporters (pre AFL), but your club is an AFL enterprise, and all those wonderful things that were the true Port Adelaide have long gone. I get it though, you want to fully support and defend your club.

Apparently it’s OK to use the usual old Bays stereotypes and jokes, but faark no, can’t come back the other way. I don’t care if you pull the old gays card, or all the GF loses, or the wife swapping 70s … it’s all good old fun and banter.

Despite all that, as with everyone else and all other clubs, if your actions require the piss to be taken, no-one is going to miss the opportunity.

Seriously, lighten up! O:)

With much love.

RB wrote:

dedja wrote:10am - 6pm Test day was what we grew up with.

You mean 11am to 6pm?

Yep

Give me a break, I’m getting old

The way this is going, another never ending whinge thread might be needed …

Serious question... As someone who doesn't care for big bash, i've always wondered about the "passion levels" for following a team. Do you really care if the strikers lose? like you do if your footy teams lose, and when you go to the games are you going for a night out or you are genuinely there to support and care for the result?

Couldn’t give a rats toss bag, it’s not real cricket.

locky801 wrote:

Armchair expert wrote:OMG BRING BACK WARNER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can't he is on the media payment pension now, making more than when he played

Plus a chopper isn’t available to get him there.

Who’s on 1st

Lightning McQueen wrote:

Booney wrote:How does one be the "best" rental applicant?

Bring peanut butter sandwiches?

You take a deranged mate to the open and when the house is full you get him to say “oh, this is the room that Allan and Mary were murdered in”

I could see Vamos doing that.

Booney wrote:Wait, when do they ever play extra minutes to get the overs in? Only 83 overs were bowled.

Help him out fellas, he’s new to this.

DOC wrote:For everyone who thinks the site is slow I'm tipping you all had the jab.

Is that you Tredders?

What time is stumps tonight Boon?

amber_fluid wrote:I guess I’m not going Saturday now.

You still can, choose any seat.

Hey Boon, why are they still out there?

To all my friends, C U Next Tuesdays

It has to be said, this Aussie side is nowhere as good as it thinks it is.

Batting lineup as brittle as caramel shards.

Great to see the Windies have a go, something that they have been lacking for a while now.

Yep, flames run low for a while before flaming out. That my cue to swap bottles (I have 2 and always fill after swapping).

Just weigh to confirm, the bottle will have the empty and full weights stamped on them.

Scomo to leave politics; everyone is happy.

woodublieve12 wrote:Don't get me started on the who no politics in sport comments.
They've been very close since forever

Yes, very sticky …

So probably hadn’t had a few when he blasted that 200 in the World Cup then? At least not that morning.

Kyrgios wondering why people think he announced his retirement.

Wish I could live my life one minute at a time.

Pat, shut the faark up and just play cricket.

Why we can’t go back to the ‘70s …

Arry Gablett wrote:Did anyone else think Marcus nearly stuffed up the Braithwaite catch ?
Caught it then threw it up straight away and it landed on the turf
Should Braithwaite had held his ground ?

No, but Marnus probably would have if he was batting instead of fielding.

That no-ball was Gladstone Small-esc

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:Where's the crowd

Those 9 people are on the edge of their seats.

stampy wrote:so a bloke with a mangled toe bowls like lightning and grabs 7fa

wtf did they give for the pain in his foot??

Doctor is a Rastafarian …

Double LOL, it was clearly a wind up.

cracka wrote:

cracka wrote:

dedja wrote:gout

My first time I thought I'd been bitten by a spider in my sleep. Excruciating pain at times.

Got a mild case of it now in the left big toe.

Dose up on aspirin, always works for me.

The algorithm doesn’t lie …

I get it in a bunion on one foot, so the knuckle of my big toe.

It’s a very sharp pain through the middle of that joint rather than a dull ache. Walking is unbearable and even resting the foot on that side hurts. Believe me, you know when you have it.

Without preventative medication or treatment at early onset, the pain can last for days.

The worst was about 2 weeks the first time I got it. My wife told me I had gout, but I resisted going to see the doc. When I finally booked an appt, I was hobbling into his room and he said straight away without any further assessment, you’ve got gout. Because I left it so long it took a while for the medication to kick in.

In my case, early treatment stops a full onset, so I’ve learn’t to manage it these days. It’s caused by uric acid crystalising in a joint, so my doc advised to take aspirin whenever I start feeling it as it’s a blood thinner and helps. Some people can’t take aspirin as it can cause bleeding issues elsewhere, but for me it’s fine.

A bloke I worked with a few years ago was about to marry his 4th wife, and claimed that she ‘was the one’.

To his credit, he’s still with her today.

Good luck!

True, haven’t pulled a fat in years.

Spargo wrote:

Vamos wrote:

dedja wrote:Many, many years ago I had a contractor working for me who was visiting beastiality sites on his work PC.

Nek minnit, gets walked out the door.

On all fours?

With a choker chain & lead…

Definitely wasn’t consensual

India effectively run world cricket, so unless it’s in their financial interest it’s not going to fly.

Until the ICC grows some balls (ain’t going to happen), expect more of the same.

pull the hose.

I do enough of that already.

Boost Mobile founder, Peter Adderton, is pouring petrol on the saga (checkout his Facebook posts).

The situation is turning nasty.

Precious little darlings

FFS, the DRS half ball shit is embarrassing.

Jimmy should have had his 3rd.