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My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:54 pm
by Thiele
I know this like A mums poll but these are my highlight 2008

Getting my Ls
Getting a niece for the first time
The way Porpliyzia played with his shoulder
Adelaide United doing Australian football proud
going interstate

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:06 pm
by A Mum
What a nice positive thread to see out 2008 with Thiele :ymapplause:

I'll have to have a think and post my highlights soon O:)

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:09 pm
by schimma
1 going to baseball in both new york ball parks.
2. pearl jam madison square garden
3. vegas
4. going to melb cup
5. going to derby day.
6. smosh footy trip melb
7. the parties at niagara falls
8. partylife in new york
9 vegas again
10. adelaide united

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:55 pm
by hearts on fire
1. Trip to Queensland
2. AFL footy season
3. Helping my dad fix up the backyard
4. Christmas
5. Good times with mates at school and outside of school
6. Surviving 2008 without being hurt

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:20 pm
by Thiele
Thiele wrote:I know this like A mums poll but these are my highlight 2008

Getting my Ls
Getting a niece for the first time
The way Porpliyzia played with his shoulder
Adelaide United doing Australian football proud
going interstate

Adam Cooney wining the Brownlow

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:07 pm
by Big Phil
Centrals winning another Premiership...

Getting involved in the media with radio work...

Being a part of the winning team from the SANFL Media Awards...

Having another nephew come into the world...

Finally having our Engagement Party...

Meeting my childhood hero in person and having a drink with him...

Hawthrorn winning the AFL Premiership...

Spending time with the finace and family...

Joining a social golf club and playing regularly...

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:33 pm
by johntheclaret
Matt, one of my sons going to Uni.
Buying NVM.
Clarets win at Chavski.
Great weekend with DA.

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:10 am
by locky801
Still being alive at the end of 08

Having a happy and healthy family

Involvement in Junior Coaching at Broadview

Not putting on any more weight

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 7:11 am
by catchisthecry
Big Phil wrote:Centrals winning another Premiership...

Getting involved in the media with radio work...

Being a part of the winning team from the SANFL Media Awards...

Having another nephew come into the world...

Finally having our Engagement Party...

Meeting my childhood hero in person and having a drink with him...

Hawthrorn winning the AFL Premiership...

Spending time with the finace and family...

Joining a social golf club and playing regularly...


Who was the childhood hero?

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:22 am
by the big bang
my boy weeing in a potty.....

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:31 am
by smac
Back to Uni
New job
New car (almost, take delivery in a couple of weeks)
New friends
Most importantly, everyone I care about is healthy.

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:38 am
by magpie in the 80's
smac wrote:New friends
Most importantly, everyone I care about is healthy.


agh gee thanks smac =))

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:58 pm
by Mic
Hawaiin Islands.
San Francisco.
Las Vegas.
Sedona and Grand Canyon.
Wrestlemania 24, WWE Raw and ROH pro wrestling shows in Orlando.
New York, including Rangers & Knicks at MSG and Yankees game at Yankee Stadium.
Niagara Falls.
Quebec.
2 Blue Jays games in Toronto.
The Canadian Rockies, including Banff.
Glacier Bay.
The view from the plane during the flight to Anchorage.
London.
Beatlemania in Liverpool and Liverpool Stadium tour.
All over Ireland.
Northern Scotland.
Div 1 Final at Wembley Stadium.
Seeing Les Miserables and Phantom Of The Opera in London (twice).
Amsterdam.
Berlin and Munich.
Euro 2008 Fanzone in Frankfurt and Zurich.
Salsburg and Vienna.
A magnificent 7 and a half weeks in Japan including Nagasaki, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Kyoto and the awesome Tokyo.
Tonnes of pro-wrestling events in Japan.
Watching United play in Osaka.
Taipei.
Revisiting Hong Kong for the 3rd time.
Getting a new car (finally).

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:11 pm
by Big Phil
catchisthecry wrote:
Big Phil wrote:Centrals winning another Premiership...

Getting involved in the media with radio work...

Being a part of the winning team from the SANFL Media Awards...

Having another nephew come into the world...

Finally having our Engagement Party...

Meeting my childhood hero in person and having a drink with him...

Hawthrorn winning the AFL Premiership...

Spending time with the finace and family...

Joining a social golf club and playing regularly...


Who was the childhood hero?



Grant Coffee - the Doggies full forward from the 80's and 90's.

Had the pleasure of meeting him in person at the SANFL Media Awards night, it was great.

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:15 pm
by rod_rooster
Hawthorn winning the AFL flag.

The rest i would prefer to forget. Thank god for the new year.

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:30 am
by devilsadvocate
johntheclaret wrote:Great weekend with DA.


Legend. Mate, you made it a great weekend. It was an absolute highlight for me too!!
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Other highlights:

Seeing Spurs play Arsenal (in THAT game)
Spurs winning the League Cup, including wins over Chavski and Ar5ena1
Going to Gallipoli for ANZAC Day
Seeing the pyramids
Going to Menin Gate, Ypres and the surrounding cemetaries.
Making plenty of new mates in a different country.
Seeing the Aurora Borealis.
Walking along Hadrians Wall
Traveling in general.....there's nothing quite like it.

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:41 am
by asert
essendon winning a game for once(better than last few years anyway)
my son started school
did a triathlon
bought an awesome house that im now renovating
got engaged
business going well and over the teething period hopefully

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:19 am
by the big bang
asert wrote:essendon winning a game for once(better than last few years anyway)
my son started school
did a triathlon
bought an awesome house that im now renovating
got engaged
business going well and over the teething period hopefully



SICKOOOOOOOOO!

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:55 pm
by TroyGFC
1. Going to Europe and seeing places in Holland and Germany where my dad used to live.
2. Walking through Roma and seeing the Colosseo and waving to the Pope at the Vatican half tanked.
3.Going to a real German drinking festival at Waren on the Muritz and ending up drinking Jaggers with the Mayor of town (we were the first Ausssies he had ever talked too) :lol: .
4. Buying my scooter, just in time for xmas.
5. Not sure if highlight or lowlight but getting to see Glenelg in a GF.

Re: My Highlights of 2008

PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:41 am
by Brad
Going back to Uni.
Being at the MCG round 1, big crowd and watching the Tigers beat Carlton.
Crystal Brook football club breaking their premiership drought,
Meeting Barrie Robran at Prospect and then watching North thrash the Dogs.