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Title: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: 1980 I Was There on December 17, 2013, 09:03:21 PM
It was along looooooooong trip, plenty of tears and scrapes along the way but the move to Melbourne from the sticks up there in Brissy has finally been achieved.
Drove past punt road oval the other day, and WOW :clapping :bow what an amazing sight it was.
Simply awesome to be back home again.

Lets go Tigers bring on the footy season FAST!

 :cheers One and all :thumbsup
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: taztiger4 on December 17, 2013, 09:09:38 PM
Well done, doing the same thing in 3 weeks , from WA though
See ya at the footy
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Willy on December 17, 2013, 11:42:54 PM
 :thumbsup
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: one-eyed on December 17, 2013, 11:50:26 PM
It was along looooooooong trip, plenty of tears and scrapes along the way but the move to Melbourne from the sticks up there in Brissy has finally been achieved.
Drove past punt road oval the other day, and WOW :clapping :bow what an amazing sight it was.
Simply awesome to be back home again.

Lets go Tigers bring on the footy season FAST!

 :cheers One and all :thumbsup
:thumbsup

80IWT, I bet you can't wait to being live at our first home game at a packed 'G against the Blues with the Tiger Army roaring  :thumbsup.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Jackstar on December 18, 2013, 12:10:40 AM
Footy is great for Melbourne, but apart from that the place is a poo hole.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Diocletian on December 18, 2013, 02:47:22 AM
All large cities are holes....
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: YellowandBlackBlood on December 18, 2013, 03:16:51 AM
All large cities are holes....
Some do have several good qualities!
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: MintOnLamb on December 18, 2013, 09:18:58 AM
All large cities are holes....
That's why we are here...to fill them up!
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: gerkin greg on December 18, 2013, 10:09:29 AM
I love filling holes
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: tiga on December 18, 2013, 10:16:23 AM
I love filling holes

Budump Tish
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: dwaino on December 18, 2013, 10:17:12 AM
I dug a hole.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: tiga on December 18, 2013, 10:22:04 AM
I dug a hole.

One you can easily get out of?  ;D
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: WilliamPowell on December 18, 2013, 10:25:57 AM
I love filling holes

With quick dry concrete  :help
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: tiga on December 18, 2013, 10:47:00 AM
I love filling holes

With quick dry concrete  :help

 ;D Gerks real name is Jimmy the Fish... Bada Bing! :lol
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: dwaino on December 18, 2013, 11:09:53 AM
I dug a hole.

One you can easily get out of?  ;D

It's filling with water.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: tiga on December 18, 2013, 11:18:14 AM
I dug a hole.

One you can easily get out of?  ;D

It's filling with water.

I had better call "The Hoff" then
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/MitchBuchannon.jpg)
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: gerkin greg on December 18, 2013, 12:33:07 PM
I dug a hole.

One you can easily get out of?  ;D

It's filling with water.

Dig up stupid
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: dwaino on December 18, 2013, 12:36:48 PM
(http://atariage.com/2600/screenshots/s_DigDug_1.png)
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Dice on December 18, 2013, 12:43:48 PM
Quality thread folks  ;D
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: tiga on December 18, 2013, 12:47:07 PM
(http://atariage.com/2600/screenshots/s_DigDug_1.png)

Now there's a blast from the past. Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Frogger, Defender, Galga & Galaxians all great games during my childhood
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Judge Roughneck on December 18, 2013, 01:40:22 PM
Footy is great for Melbourne, but apart from that the place is a poo hole.

Tell me about it. I thinking of moving away somewhere pleasant. Tehran, Douala (Cameroon), Tripoli, Karachi, Algiers, Harare, Lagos, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Damascus etc.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: tiga on December 18, 2013, 02:12:19 PM
Footy is great for Melbourne, but apart from that the place is a poo hole.

Tell me about it. I thinking of moving away somewhere pleasant. Tehran, Douala (Cameroon), Tripoli, Karachi, Algiers, Harare, Lagos, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Damascus etc.

why don't you just stay indoors, subscribe to Foxtel, immerse yourself in Xbox or PS, order food online, travel the world in google earth and just live the dream!! ....Hang on... I think I just described dwaino!!  ;D
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Jackstar on December 18, 2013, 02:12:41 PM
Footy is great for Melbourne, but apart from that the place is a poo hole.

Tell me about it. I thinking of moving away somewhere pleasant. Tehran, Douala (Cameroon), Tripoli, Karachi, Algiers, Harare, Lagos, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Damascus etc.

Didn't say Australia was poo, just Melbourne.

You've taken a big leap there Judge.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: dwaino on December 18, 2013, 05:44:57 PM
Footy is great for Melbourne, but apart from that the place is a poo hole.

Tell me about it. I thinking of moving away somewhere pleasant. Tehran, Douala (Cameroon), Tripoli, Karachi, Algiers, Harare, Lagos, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Damascus etc.

why don't you just stay indoors, subscribe to Foxtel, immerse yourself in Xbox or PS, order food online, travel the world in google earth and just live the dream!! ....Hang on... I think I just described dwaino!!  ;D

I don't go outside because the graphics suck.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Smokey on December 18, 2013, 06:08:46 PM
So do the mozzies.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Willy on December 18, 2013, 09:45:20 PM
Ain't too many cities around the world that are as varied and livable as Melbs. Fantastic city.
Ungrateful sods don't know how good they've got it.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: the claw on December 18, 2013, 10:58:50 PM
ah history learn from it or be doomed to repeat the mistakes of those who went before us.

the lessons are there, they repeat over and over and over but theres always those idealists who think mankind will change.

greedy, despotic, power hungry, zealousy  and many  other things like these describe man thru the ages.   no matter what has gone before they remain a constant. only the way they express themselves change.

history teaches us some things are irreconsilable and no matter how much some dont want it to be that way  it is the way it is.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: one-eyed on December 18, 2013, 11:04:00 PM
Snip! Leave the political toe-to-toe stuff for the politics thread.

Now back to the topic.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Jackstar on December 18, 2013, 11:40:11 PM
Snip! Leave the political toe-to-toe stuff for the politics thread.

Now back to the topic.

Yep,

Melbourne is poo,

Even though its varied as Willy noted, its still poo.

Footy there is great though.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: yellowandback on December 19, 2013, 05:37:37 AM
Why is it poo?
Where do you live and what makes unpooworthy?
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: yellowandback on December 19, 2013, 05:39:42 AM
ah history learn from it or be doomed to repeat the mistakes of those who went before us.

the lessons are there, they repeat over and over and over but theres always those idealists who think mankind will change.

greedy, despotic, power hungry, zealousy  and many  other things like these describe man thru the ages.   no matter what has gone before they remain a constant. only the way they express themselves change.

history teaches us some things are irreconsilable and no matter how much some dont want it to be that way  it is the way it is.

Socrawtes
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: bojangles17 on December 19, 2013, 08:18:32 AM
Footy is great for Melbourne, but apart from that the place is a poo hole.
Really, last I heard it was voted worlds most livable city for a second year in a row ::)
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: tiga on December 19, 2013, 09:22:38 AM
I think Melbourne is a fantastic city. I was born in Melbourne and lived there for 16 years and if I could uproot the family and land a decent Job I'd be there in a heartbeat. Give me Melbourne over Sydney any day. But I guess it all depends on where you live in Melbourne. I grew up in Caulfield and spent most of my time between there and Brighton so it was a pretty nice area to live in. I would give my eye teeth to again see the Tigers play regularly at the G. Last time I did that I was sitting on timber seats in the Southern stand, eating a Four n' twenty doused in white Crow.  :thumbsup
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: dwaino on December 19, 2013, 10:17:54 AM
I think Melbourne is a fantastic city. I was born in Melbourne and lived there for 16 years and if I could uproot the family and land a decent Job I'd be there in a heartbeat. Give me Melbourne over Sydney any day. But I guess it all depends on where you live in Melbourne. I grew up in Caulfield and spent most of my time between there and Brighton so it was a pretty nice area to live in. I would give my eye teeth to again see the Tigers play regularly at the G. Last time I did that I was sitting on timber seats in the Southern stand, eating a Four n' twenty doused in white Crow.  :thumbsup

Bayside represent  :clapping
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: WilliamPowell on December 19, 2013, 10:27:57 AM
Best city in the world is Melbourne

Been to a lot of cities around the world and no doubt there are many great ones

But my hometown is still the best  :clapping
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Smokey on December 19, 2013, 10:30:53 AM

Last time I did that I was sitting on timber seats in the Southern stand, eating a Four n' twenty doused in white Crow.  :thumbsup

You or the pie were doused in White Crow?   ;D
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: 1965 on December 19, 2013, 10:34:07 AM
Best city in the world is Melbourne

Been to a lot of cities around the world and no doubt there are many great ones

But my hometown is still the best  :clapping

Paris was fantastic, and Florence is one of the few cities in the world I could happily live in.

 :cheers

But I would miss the Football.  :lol
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Smokey on December 19, 2013, 10:36:08 AM
I was born smack in the centre of Melbourne (old Queen Vic hospital) and lived there for all but 5 of my childhood years but moved to country Vic when I was 18 and then interstate when 31.  After living in many other cities I couldn't go back to Melbourne now - I only enjoy going back for the footy, although I agree with Tiga that it's a much better city to live in than Sydney.  Biggest plus for Melbourne apart from the footy = trams.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: 1965 on December 19, 2013, 10:37:24 AM
I was born smack in the centre of Melbourne (old Queen Vic hospital) and lived there for all but 5 of my childhood years but moved to country Vic when I was 18 and then interstate when 31.  After living in many other cities I couldn't go back to Melbourne now - I only enjoy going back for the footy, although I agree with Tiga that it's a much better city to live in than Sydney.  Biggest plus for Melbourne apart from the footy = trams.

So where is home now?

 :cheers
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: WilliamPowell on December 19, 2013, 10:45:58 AM

Paris was fantastic, and Florence is one of the few cities in the world I could happily live in.

 :cheers

But I would miss the Football.  :lol

Hated Paris but loved southern France; Lyon in particular

One of my favourites is Berlin, magnificant place, culturally diverse like Melb  :clapping :clapping

Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: 1965 on December 19, 2013, 10:54:52 AM

Paris was fantastic, and Florence is one of the few cities in the world I could happily live in.

 :cheers

But I would miss the Football.  :lol

Hated Paris but loved southern France; Lyon in particular

One of my favourites is Berlin, magnificant place, culturally diverse like Melb  :clapping :clapping

Lyon and Berlin are both on the must visit list.

Trouble is the list is bloody long.

 :lol
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Dice on December 19, 2013, 12:22:00 PM
I was born smack in the centre of Melbourne (old Queen Vic hospital) and lived there for all but 5 of my childhood years

You lived at the Queen Vic Hospital ?
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: tiga on December 19, 2013, 01:53:15 PM

Paris was fantastic, and Florence is one of the few cities in the world I could happily live in.

 :cheers

But I would miss the Football.  :lol

Hated Paris but loved southern France; Lyon in particular

One of my favourites is Berlin, magnificant place, culturally diverse like Melb  :clapping :clapping

Lyon and Berlin are both on the must visit list.

Trouble is the list is bloody long.

 :lol

14 weeks of holidays per year 65. You should knock over your list in no time.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Smokey on December 19, 2013, 02:35:02 PM
I was born smack in the centre of Melbourne (old Queen Vic hospital) and lived there for all but 5 of my childhood years but moved to country Vic when I was 18 and then interstate when 31.  After living in many other cities I couldn't go back to Melbourne now - I only enjoy going back for the footy, although I agree with Tiga that it's a much better city to live in than Sydney.  Biggest plus for Melbourne apart from the footy = trams.

So where is home now?

 :cheers

Darwin at present '65 but we've been fairly nomadic in recent times so who knows for the future.  I love it here and could stay a while but I don't make any of the decisions in my house!    :help  ;D
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: mat073 on December 19, 2013, 02:50:43 PM
I have lived in Perth for the past 25 years....but love Melbourne .

Every time I return to WA after visiting Melbourne it feels like I am returning to redneck wonderland.

Only downside to Melbourne is your terrifying hook turns which I still don't understand no matter how many times it is explained to me.

We do have wonderful beaches over here though ......only have to look out for those pesty Great white sharks.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: tiga on December 19, 2013, 05:16:10 PM
I was born smack in the centre of Melbourne (old Queen Vic hospital) and lived there for all but 5 of my childhood years

You lived at the Queen Vic Hospital ?

I think he did Snake eyes. Smokey was one of those little kiddies they forced into the coal mines and he had continual issues with "The Black Lung". He got his nickname because people thought he was a 5 year old with a pack a day habit (not uncommon in his early days) but in actual fact it was......"The Black Lung!"  ;D 
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: bojangles17 on December 19, 2013, 05:17:28 PM
been to new York, LA, Kuala Lumpar, aukland, Papeete , Suva and I tellya none of them I repeat none of them can hold a candle to MELBOURNE, it aint voted worlds most liveable city for nothing... :clapping
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Smokey on December 19, 2013, 05:34:29 PM
I was born smack in the centre of Melbourne (old Queen Vic hospital) and lived there for all but 5 of my childhood years

You lived at the Queen Vic Hospital ?

I think he did Snake eyes. Smokey was one of those little kiddies they forced into the coal mines and he had continual issues with "The Black Lung". He got his nickname because people thought he was a 5 year old with a pack a day habit (not uncommon in his early days) but in actual fact it was......"The Black Lung!"  ;D

 :rollin

Probably should have read that back to myself before posting!   :banghead
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: 1965 on December 19, 2013, 05:43:49 PM
(http://tuscany.italy-trip.org/pictures/florence/images/florence_1990_ii.jpg)
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Hard Roar Tiger on December 19, 2013, 07:49:04 PM
People who slag off their their hometown town are missing the point. Look in the hall of mirrors - it's not the city that has the problem....
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: bojangles17 on December 19, 2013, 08:56:05 PM
People who slag off their their hometown town are missing the point. Look in the hall of mirrors - it's not the city that has the problem....
Give the man a cigar :shh
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Jackstar on December 20, 2013, 01:30:17 AM
Yep, this is when Melbourne is at its best; summer time.

Beautiful summer climate.

Beautiful suburban beaches, beautiful sand.

Oh wait on a minute it was 40 degrees a minute ago, and here comes the lovely cool southerly freeze.

Footy is good there though.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: bojangles17 on December 20, 2013, 07:55:59 AM
Yeah we hate the cool change, oh how I'd love a Dubai like climate 40+ 24/7 ::)
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: mightytiges on December 20, 2013, 03:20:01 PM
Outer surburbia that just goes on and on can be the pits especially with its inadequate public transport but inner Melbourne is great. When you live overseas you realise how lucky we are back home to have such variety and choice in our culture.

Speaking of public transport - German cities like Berlin and Munich put Melbourne's to shame as they continual invest $$$ in theirs - S-bahn, U-bahn, trams and buses.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Judge Roughneck on December 20, 2013, 05:10:58 PM
Forward planning logical Germans  :banghead

Why don't they sell off everything they own and make short term decision like us
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Jackstar on December 20, 2013, 09:39:31 PM
Forward planning logical Germans  :banghead

Why don't they sell off everything they own and make short term decision like us

Because backward thinking Aussies vote from election to election.

The swinging voters are back pocket thinkers.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: 1980 I Was There on December 20, 2013, 11:04:03 PM
It don't matter what the city and suburbs are like cos the footy is here.
Whether you like Melbourne or not is totally and utterly irrelevant.
This is the Home of the Mighty Tigers, and I'm here to see us win the big one.
I couldn't give a rats clacker if the city shuts down for good.
Cos I'm here to support the greatest club in the history of any universe known or unknown to mankind, the RICHMOND TIGERS.

I will make this city be what ever I want it to be so stuff the rest of the world.

I'm pumped to the eyeballs and the season hasn't even started yet.

It's gonna be AWEEEEEEEEEEESOME  :gotigers

I just can't wait for the opening bounce of the first game we play, and I'm gonna be there.

Go you mighty Tigers kill em all  :thumbsup
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Jackstar on December 21, 2013, 12:21:31 AM
Spot on 1980, we agree.

All my posts have said exactly the same.

Melbourne is poo and the footy is great.

Eat em alive Tiges!
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: 🏅Dooks on December 21, 2013, 09:13:09 AM
People who slag off their their hometown town are missing the point. Look in the hall of mirrors - it's not the city that has the problem....

People who repeatedly slag off their home town and football club probably spend too much time looking in the mirror  :yep

(http://www.kppmd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fat-man-looking-mirror.jpg)
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Hard Roar Tiger on December 21, 2013, 09:46:07 AM
 :rollin
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: bojangles17 on December 21, 2013, 11:37:30 AM
Not everyone's going to fit in,  ::)
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Judge Roughneck on December 21, 2013, 02:22:23 PM
Footy is great for Melbourne, but apart from that the place is a poo hole.

Tell me about it. I thinking of moving away somewhere pleasant. Tehran, Douala (Cameroon), Tripoli, Karachi, Algiers, Harare, Lagos, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Damascus etc.

why don't you just stay indoors, subscribe to Foxtel, immerse yourself in Xbox or PS, order food online, travel the world in google earth and just live the dream!! ....Hang on... I think I just described dwaino!!  ;D

I don't go outside because the graphics suck.

 a free-to-play MMORPG developed by Deity Games and the most popular game, with 7 billion+ active players.
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: dwaino on December 21, 2013, 04:47:45 PM
Footy is great for Melbourne, but apart from that the place is a poo hole.

Tell me about it. I thinking of moving away somewhere pleasant. Tehran, Douala (Cameroon), Tripoli, Karachi, Algiers, Harare, Lagos, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Damascus etc.

why don't you just stay indoors, subscribe to Foxtel, immerse yourself in Xbox or PS, order food online, travel the world in google earth and just live the dream!! ....Hang on... I think I just described dwaino!!  ;D

I don't go outside because the graphics suck.

 a free-to-play MMORPG developed by Deity Games and the most popular game, with 7 billion+ active players.

But the loot sucks  >:(
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Penelope on December 23, 2013, 08:52:39 AM
People who slag off their their hometown town are missing the point. Look in the hall of mirrors - it's not the city that has the problem....

People who repeatedly slag off their home town and football club probably spend too much time looking in the mirror  :yep

(http://www.kppmd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fat-man-looking-mirror.jpg)
:lol
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: big tone on December 26, 2013, 03:24:39 PM
I also live in Melbourne and thinks it's the best place in the world. I have travelled a fair bit around the world and the only other place I would even entertain living is NYC. Awesome place that never stops.
I also lived in Perth for a year while growing up and that was great but nothing compares to home. It's not the beaches, the footy, the girls or the transport. The greatest place in the world is where your family and friends are. Being able to combine footy, family and friends is even better.  :cheers
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: mightytiges on December 26, 2013, 03:33:10 PM
Hard to beat the sight of a packed 'G ...

(http://images.theage.com.au/2013/12/26/5035341/art-wbCRICsombreros-620x349.jpg)
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: bojangles17 on December 26, 2013, 05:21:41 PM
Gee, last time I saw a crowd like that was r1 of afl final series 2013 :shh
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: 🏅Dooks on December 26, 2013, 11:19:33 PM
91,000+

YACGAGF'd

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Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: yellowandback on December 27, 2013, 07:39:55 AM
Sensational photo MT and a magnificent days cricket as well  :thumbsup
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: YellowandBlackBlood on December 27, 2013, 09:10:11 AM
Gee, last time I saw a crowd like that was r1 of afl final series 2013 :shh
Nah....We had a few thousand more....
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: Smokey on December 27, 2013, 07:57:13 PM
Hard to beat the sight of a packed 'G ...


You under one of them sombrero's MT?   ;D
Title: Re: I Made it to Melbourne
Post by: 1980 I Was There on December 29, 2013, 02:09:21 AM
Hard to beat the sight of a packed 'G ...

(http://images.theage.com.au/2013/12/26/5035341/art-wbCRICsombreros-620x349.jpg)
You think that's good.
Just wait til the grannie this year when The Tigers are there.
They'll be high stackin the Tiger fans, just to fit us in.

I for one, like all you guys will certainly be there!