I had heart failure in my 30s, luckily I went to the doc to get a shortness of breath checked out and have been on medication ever since. (My heart was enlarged, getting harder, basically dying and and I had a resting heart rate of 110bpm).
All from an arrhythmia which they've since tried to "zap" back into a regular rate but failed.
My yearly echocardiogram is tomorrow.
Still counting down the next month and a half out day by day as both my grandfather and cousin died at exactly the same age I am now but being on blood thinners I'm probably less likely to have an issue than the average Joe.
Definitely go see your doc if you suspect anything abnormal in your chest or with your breathing, it's the biggest killer around.

locky801 wrote:

Wedgie wrote:Geelong have notified the AFL Jeremy Cameron was headbutted in a pub in an unprovoked attack.

PS I hope it wasn't Gary Rohan again!

Guess concussion protocols come into play, hope he was assessed ASAP

Everything's fine, we consulted the Port doctor.

Booney wrote:Miers is a disgusting footballer to watch.

PS I may rate Geelongs % after tonight's game too.

PPS If it happens I rate my son getting out of the casino alive tonight, geezus he's upset some Port supporters, don't know where he gets it from.

Maybe you need to cut down on the drink a bit?


Look after yourself Wedgie
Fair call and thanks.
I've got to remember when I go out that despite having the party instincts of a teenager my body is in its 50s.



wit till ya get in the mid 60's like me, it dont get any easier :shock:
I'd be just happy to get to my mid 60s mate! :o

ROUND 24 FIXTURE

Friday, August 25

Essendon v Collingwood, MCG, 7.50pm AEST (Seven)

Saturday, August 26

North Melbourne v Gold Coast, Blundstone Arena, 1.45pm AEST (Fox)
Hawthorn v Fremantle, MCG, 1.45pm AEST (Fox)
Brisbane v St Kilda, Gabba, 4.35pm AEST (Fox)
Geelong v Western Bulldogs, GMHBA Stadium, 7.25pm AEST (Seven)
West Coast v Adelaide, Optus Stadium, 6.10pm AWST (Fox)

Sunday, August 27

Port Adelaide v Richmond, Adelaide Oval, 12pm ACST (Fox)
Sydney v Melbourne, SCG, 3.20pm AEST (Seven)
Carlton v Greater Western Sydney, Marvel Stadium, 6.10pm AEST (Fox)

Happy B Day FC, hope you have a great day!

Wedgie wrote:North by 19.
There ya go Mr Bother.

Dammit, missed by 4 points.

Sam Mayes and the Channel 7 interviewer both referring to the Eagles as "Woodville". That would have thrilled Torrens fans.

Yep huge game for Port this Wedgie with second spot still up for grabs (but Brisbane and Melbourne have a superior percentage).

Hope everyone on here is enjoying the Power celebrate their own heritage with the Tri-Bolt guernsey today (with the original styled numbers) during their turn for retro week. I loved the guernsey when I was a kid.
Both the Port and GWS coaches played in the guernsey too. ;)
Yeah, at the time I always said that was there best guernsey, their home and away tops were awful.
Good to see the Power celebrating their formation years.

Letting bad bounces go resulted in at least one momentum swing.
A constant cause of frustration to me. Sad part about it most of these clowns can't even throw it up straight either.
Scrap the bounce and put the time that was previously put into practising the bounce into practising throwing the ball up straight! Maybe get some basketball refs in!

Awesome effort TDK, congratulations mate!

What's the rule for deliberate rushed now? North player kicked it through the Central goal about 40m out. Thought you basically had to be unnder pressure in the square.
Clear free kick, last time I saw the rules if you put it through thr opposition goals//points from more than 9 metres out its a free.
Evened out that stupid goal umpire giving a goal to Central in the first half when it was clearly touched.
Umpires were frigging atrocious both ways.

Geelong: "The umpires cost us a chance, 20 free kicks to 4 is ridiculous"
Adelaide "Hold my beer"

The goal umpire has been stood down.
Would have loved to have heard the phone conversation between him and Gil.

In other news his replacement Bubbles has checked in for training.

Have you considered getting into goal umpiring CM?

Out of curiosity because i love watching the US college sports systems.

How did you guys pick your favourite team, i've tried to pick a team but just can't get emotionally attached to a US college i have no affiliation with whatsoever.
I liked Notre Dame's history, school system, values, class and the fact they're an independent. And I always choose teams that are midrange not dominating.
The movie Rudy confirmed it all too.
I also wanted to claim ownership over the song that Sydney and the old Port Adelaide stole. :lol:
I have a hat, polo and jumper already but the polo is my favourite being all green.
What a great mascot too, the fighting Irish! (I'm part Irish)

My son follows the Oregon Ducks just because he likes being different. :lol:

Why are Adelaide Ovals lights on atm? :?
(I love the view from my office)

Replaying the last 71 seconds of the Crows v Sydney game so people can shut up about the result
Right you are!
I can report that the Swans kicked 2 late goals and ended up winning by 10 points.
They're now lobbying the AFL for the extra % they deserve and are hoping for some concessions next season. :D

North members can get free tix for mates for the last round, is this being done SANFL wide for all members?

Even Robbie Williams has jumped on the Ange wagon.
Come on everyone, you know you want to. ;)

(Quick, before Spurs start their mandatory crash) :lol:

As a long suffering Spurs fan, I'd recommend staying off our bandwagon, it's held together with loose screws. :D
Should have come to the Ark last Sat night when the Adelaide OzSpurs caught up to watch the game. Was a good time, I made sure I went to that one as it's the one Oz friendly time we get for quite a while.

If you're like me and like your Pirate Life now is another great time to buy some cartons.
SipnSave have a promotion if you use the app and put in the code DADSDAY23 you get $20 off if you spend over $100.
On top of that Pirate Life cartons are $6 cheaper than normal AND you get a free 4 pack with each one!

After getting my wife's carton of Bulmers my Pirate Life Carton was literally just over $20 with a free 4 pack!

All the best LM, things happen for a reason and I'm sure you'll end up in a much better spot.

Will have to catch up for a beer at the Reepham soon.

Awesome win Dogs!

60th birthday party locked & loaded at The Azul Beach Club in Bali Mandira on the 12th October,
28 people attending,
rooftop bar with pool & DJ,
something tells me this could end up like The Hangover. Have stayed at the Mandira a few years back and it was a fantastic resort. The Azul Beach club got a visit a couple of times and it was great fun. For a group of people it could get very loose :)
Knowing Gazza it will get very loose indeed!
Have a great trip mate!

Booney wrote:1 bet.

Put me down for Melbourne then.
Speaking of 50k, I have 4 posts to go!

A good spread of games on TV this week:

All the best MT, have a great day!

Anyhooo.....

Collingwood v Port and Brisbane v Melbourne Prelims for me

Gutsy year by the Dogs, did better than most expected.
Sturt too good though and playing some good footy.

Next Saturday!
Most blokes in my family haven't got past 52 and I hit 53 next Saturday, this was always the speed hump.
Going to be a huge day, this is the biggest birthday of my life.
Some might be disappointed though!

gadj1976 wrote:I received a $50 2 adult 2 kids ticket offer from Ticketek. Clearly there are lots of tickets still on offer.

I saw that offer on Tuesday.
Pretty cheap for a final.

How good has Viney been!

This "banter" is more entertaining than the footy!
Hey Wedgie, I do remember once you banned me & I asked why,
I think your answer was something like, I just wanted to, or something similar,
but I don't take it seriously, it's just a bunch of footy gumbys, dribbling about a sport!
You could have banned me for shagging your ex! :D :D :D
Nah, it was, and I quote "That's just the way she goes, some times she goes, some times she doesn't" :lol:
Would never ban you for having my leftovers mate. ;)

Last post here. Seen some big knuckle **** draggin his knuckles on the ground tonight wearing a Bengals Jersey tinight. Could have only come from one seed, had a win but **** cringeworthy, poor lad ain't gonna score with influences like that.
Seemed a weird description of my lad, having lunch with him and he said he didn't end up wearing a Bengals top, he did see the same guy you did and went up to him to chat about the Bengals but the bloke doesn't even follow the game, just a bandwagonner.
My lad actually wore his Giants guernsey, had a great story of a Port supporter having a go at him at the bar asking him how the Giants went in their last GF, only to remind the Port supporter of how they went in their last GF! :lol:

PatowalongaPirate wrote:Forecast 27 degrees and Sunny.

If only it was that last year!

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:Is Corey Bowen the grey haired ump who had a shocker 2 weeks ago?

Try every week ago and yup.

Good to see Gil saving money and getting some random chick out the crowd to butcher the anthem ;)

Since when have we had to remove hats for the anthem
It's not an Australian National Anthem protocol nor has it ever been but a lot of people are easily pursuaded by Yanks these days.
Not a country I'd be trying to mimic.

Looks like its only North and Norwood that can pull 40k + for a Grand Final.
#Big2

Hazydog wrote:

Booney wrote:

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:33049

Good effort to stay that quiet.

Similar to an AFL game there a fortnight ago?

Harsh call, I have video evidence of the GWS crowd going off on the hill.

Highlights include:
Magarey Medal (1964)
9x Port Adelaide premiership player (1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965)
4x Port Adelaide best and fairest (1958, 1959, 1963, 1965)
Port Adelaide captain (1959-1966)
28 matches for South Australia
Port Adelaide premiership coach (1959)
Port Adelaide's greatest team (right half-back)
Australian Football Hall of Fame (2002)
South Australian Football Hall of Fame (2008)
Life Member - Port Adelaide Football Club
Life Member - SANFL

locky801 wrote:Collingwood cant lose this ??? Can they

A side that is so shallow that Frampton makes the side and have lost their last 6 against Brisbane can't lose?
Bit over the top locky?

I don’t think anyone has ever played a worse game in a grand final than big Billy today
Michael Pettigrew, Toby Thurstans, Jacob Surjan, Domenic Cassisi, Troy Chaplin, Peter Burgoyne, Steven Salopek, Kane Cornes, David Rodan, Daniel Motlop, Warren Tredrea, Danyle Pearce, Brendon Lade, Justin Westhoff, Brett Ebert, Dean Brogan, Chad Cornes, Shaun Burgoyne, Travis Boak, Brad Symes, Tom Logan, Darryl Wakelin.

Sounds like North have signed 3 or 4 including a damn good player from another club who made the finals.
He may/may not live very close to ProspectOval already.

Lightning McQueen wrote:Got into work early to do payroll and there’s a power outage!!!

Been here over an hour already with no ETA for resumption

It's because of all the daylight we saved by getting up in the dark again this morning.
** Grumble grumble **

Big Phil wrote:

goddy11 wrote:

Big Phil wrote:Any Norwood fans know if Harry Boyd has committed to the Legs for the 2024 season?

Heard today he may be headed west with Nik Rohkar.

West as in SA or West as in WA.

Perth

Perth as in Western Australia or Perth as in Scotland?

Pseudo wrote:

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:No bbq at the voting booth

Use this website to determine your polling place:

https://democracysausage.org/

Awesome website, made sure mine did and as a bonus they did bacon and egg rolls.

Wedgie's reaction is why this debacle should never have happened, no winners here. I feel this could derail one of the best places to live on earth.
Fair call, I was concerned when the referendum was first proposed it would create more divisiveness as it was never a chance to get up.
Any referendum needs bipartisan support and it was arrogant of the Albanese government to not ensure that was shored up first before proceeding.

Sitting at the Wilkadene Brewery overlooking the river with the dog and mates watching houseboats come and go.
Beautiful weather, quite a few people drifting in and out.
Cherux Destroyers going down a treat especially those treated to us by Tom the owner.
More of the same Thursday and Friday too.
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Happy Birthday LM and Ian, have great day chaps!

One of the great things about working in a pub was making so many wonderful friends and meeting so many people you wouldn't normally meet.
Downside is the amount of older regulars you become attached to who pass away. I've encountered this with 4 in the last year or two.
Found out this morning from his son that my favourite regular passed away.
Eric was a lovely old scottish chap who would be at the pub every day at the same time for his 2 or 3 (or more) West Ends (nothing else would do). Eric was a real character who everyone loved and was often known as Lord Eric for his standing in the pub. My wife grew to love him too, just from meeting him when she'd come in for a quick beer or two. She made sure whenever she made Yorkshire Puddings she'd make some for Eric and wrap them up for me to deliver and he would accept them like an excited kid at Christmas. Everyone loved Eric even if he did get grumpy when we moved him from sitting at the bar just after Covid lockdown, and when he had to move out of his next usual spot as happy hour was only in the front bar.
Every holiday we'd go on we'd always make sure we bought some key rings at our destinations as Eric collected key rings and hung them all up on a huge board at his home. I'll still look for keyrings when I go on holidays and will be sad when I think there's no need to get them any more.
RIP Eric.

RB wrote:FMD, a World Cup in Saudi Arabia, what a barrel of laughs that's going to be.

Still, better than hosting it in six different countries à la Uruguay-Argentina-Paraguay-Spain-Morocco-Portugal 2030.

Would be so much better here but we don't have the oil.