I need to know....

[Booney]

Granted, this isn’t my area of expertise but can someone explain to me how anyone can give birth at term a not realise that they were pregnant until the last moments?

Some very good friends of mine and it's exactly as it reads. She had absolutely no idea she was pregnant.

At 41 with endo she had very irregular cycles her whole adult life and had no indication anything was different.

@JK knows them well too, surprised is an understatement for all that know them.

[dedja]

First birth?

[Booney]

Yes, for her.

He however has a 27 and 23 year old.

[Brodlach]

Have a niece who had no idea, she is a tall solid country girl who continued to have her monthly’s so had no idea. Was her first

[dedja]

Thanks for sharing.

[whufc]

I had an ex who had the same pregnancy suprise. Luckily for me we had not been together for just over 12 months prior to the surprise.

There was a lot of talk though of how much of a surprise it really was especially given the ex's reputation at one football club. To this day the father remains 'unknown'

Funnily enough it split the club a bit for a while there and a few potential dads all moved on to different clubs around the state.

[Mythical Creature]

Granted, this isn’t my area of expertise but can someone explain to me how anyone can give birth at term and not realise that they were pregnant until the last moments?

Happened to my brother / sister in law. Went to hospital with stomach cramps. Was just about to be released when she had another cramp. Baby came out less than half hour of being told they were pregnant.

[mighty_tiger_79]

Why FUIC tastes better in a 600ml carton than a 750ml bottle?

[Jimmy_041]

Why FUIC tastes better in a 600ml carton than a 750ml bottle?

Same as Coopers Pale Ale in bottle compared to a can

[wenchbarwer]

I prefer cans to bottles

[amber_fluid]

I prefer cans to bottles

I prefer stubbies and tits

[Booney]

I prefer cans to bottles

Traveling or on holiday, cans.

At home, stubs.

[Spargo]

I prefer cans to bottles

I prefer stubbies and tits

*echoes

[Brodlach]

I prefer cans to bottles

I prefer stubbies and tits

*echoes

That took longer than expected

[tigerpie]

I prefer cans to bottles

I prefer stubbies and tits

*echoes

"Yeah gday mate.
Carton of West end export echoes and a packet of b&h extra mild thanks".
If I had a dollar.....

[whufc]

A debate at footy training last night between some of the old timers (inc myself) vs youngsters.

The claim from the youngsters was 'Fast cricket bowlers weren't as fast as the bowlers these days'

Their evidence was essentially 'evolution'. Pretty much humans are faster, stronger, fitter, every other sports see pretty much most records being broken especially at olympic level. Other evidence was that these pretty much every AFL player can kick at least 50m go back years ago not the case. You get the gist.

Us oldies argued the Thommo fast bowling comp which clocked him at 160km.

???????

[Booney]

They're wrong.

[dedja]

They’ll them to go out to the crease without a helmet and have 8 bouncers (remember, 8 ball overs back then) fired at them, then get them to come back and ask them again.

[Trader]

I think the quickest of the quick, were just as quick back in the day, as they are now. Thommo vs Tait.

However, I also think that with batsmen able to sit on bowling machines (or even wangers) and become 'comfortable' - a relative term, with facing pace, pure pace doesn't cut the mustard anymore.
Now days you need to have control, or the ability to also swing it, along with raw pace, to make it up the grades.

Being able to fling it down at 155, but it goes everywhere, or doesn't swing, doesn't get you a prolonged test career anymore.

I think the average pace of our swing bowlers has gone up for sure.
Jye Richardson, Starc, etc move the ball through the air and at serious pace.

I'm not so sure that was as common in the 80s and 90s.

[Wedgie]

A debate at footy training last night between some of the old timers (inc myself) vs youngsters.

The claim from the youngsters was 'Fast cricket bowlers weren't as fast as the bowlers these days'

Their evidence was essentially 'evolution'. Pretty much humans are faster, stronger, fitter, every other sports see pretty much most records being broken especially at olympic level. Other evidence was that these pretty much every AFL player can kick at least 50m go back years ago not the case. You get the gist.

Us oldies argued the Thommo fast bowling comp which clocked him at 160km.

???????

Shoaib Akhtar – 161.3 km/h (100.23 mph) 2003
Shaun Tait – 161.1 km/h (100.14 mph) 2010
Brett Lee – 161.1 km/h (100.14 mph) 2005
Jeff Thomson – 160.6 km/h (99.66 mph) 1975
Mitchell Starc – 160.4 km/h (99.57 mph) 2015
Andy Roberts – 159.5 km/h (99.12 mph) 1975
Fidel Edwards – 157.7 km/h (97.94 mph) 2003
Mitchell Johnson – 156.8 km/h (97.49 mph) 2013
Mohd. Sami – 156.4 km/h (97.18 mph) 2003
Shane Bond – 156.4 km/h (97.18 mph) 2003