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Welcome to another edition
It was a big week last week and with the advent of our new Facebook site I was kept busy with the doily update. Well busy for me anyway.
Farmer on the couch
It was reported on Facebook last week that Marnoo East no tiller Brian “Farmer” Healy was a little bit twitchy about the upcoming season. So he thought he’s consult his trusty consultant Andrew “Clown” Newall who told him not to worry and jump back on the couch for another month.....
Ladies no Ladettes
I was expecting something big from this one but nothing eventuated. Lois Johnson assured me things were going to happen after a group of native women took a bus to St Arnaud for a night out. I was sure one of them would have slept in the gutter or picked up someone half their age, but nothing of the sort or at least they’re not telling me!! We’ll just have to leave it up to the cricketers again for this week..............
Nisbet get’s engaged
Former native and current day ratbag Andrew “Upstart” Nisbet is engaged to the lovely Julia. Now for the record it happend last weekend and they were in Marnoo last weekend for the cricket. I’m now after the where and when details please. “Upstart” can you leave all the details on my Facebook site.
What a performance
The crickets probably didn’t have a great day at the office but come night time they are world beaters. After a few beers at “Blue Cans” it was then time to venture out to the “Mansion” for a few more. For those that don’t know we have named Nigel “Winebar” Slee and his lovely wife “Chooks” place the mansion because it’s the only two story house I know in the district. Well did these cricketers perform, some didn’t even get to bed.
Captain snooze
Man about town Gary “Larry” Cameron was a bit miffed about the sleeping arrangements out at Winebars on Sunday morning, he tells me he went to bed with Andrew and Julia and woke up with Herbie and Marcia!!!!
Dog not lost
Host for the evening “Winebar” was a bit concerned for his dog on Sunday morning, you see he left it on the ute but he couldn’t fine his ute!!!!!!
Jack no longer
No, no, no, no, no this is not going to be about Hall of Fame member Jack Cameron, it’s about another “Jack” from years ago, Jack Thomson one of the many famous corner shop proprietors we have had in this little town over the years. What sparked my memory was I went to the Boorhaman pub last Sunday just a half hour South East of Yarra. Well Jack and his lovely wife Lorna (who could forget Lorna) used to own the Boorhaman pub after they left Marnoo. Also how could you forget son Cammy and Daughter Penny...............
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Monday, February 23, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
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Another week passes by.
Someone said to me last week “I was going to do so many things in January and all of a sudden it just went”. How time flies.
Facebook changes
For those followers on Facebook we had to change the group profile and to do that we had to delete all of our friends, but we started back up again under a different profile which suits us better. If you’re not on Facebook then I suggest you join up as we deliver a comment every day and we have some great photos!!!
Rabbit stew
My spies were in top form last week and this story is a beauty. Anne and Harry Bryce were having trouble with the heat like all of us and it was this particular hot night that Harry had had enough and went to the couch to try and get some comfort. He opened the door thinking there might be a breeze. The family dog then saw an opportunity (as dogs do) and decided to take a nap with Annie on the bed. It wasn’t until Annie woke up in the morning that she discovered that the dog had been devouring a rabbit on the bed with blood and guts everywhere.
Loss of a couple of native
Last week we lost two natives. Ag Neville and Bobby “Ha Ha” Mercer both passed away. Both were unique characters, Ag would know every dam in the district as he had a passion for yabbying and he also didn’t mind a long neck or 5. Local historian John “Jack” Cameron said that Aggie was a very determined batsmen who was always hard to get out. Bobby was a tall lean character with a big laugh and a wicked slice at golf, he also had a passion for orchards of all things. RIP lads.
Bushfire appeal.
Marnoo and district is doing their bit for the bushfire victims by holding a family day at the MCG. It will be on Sunday the 1st of March and will start at 2pm and go through to 8pm. There will be activities and Dion Griffen will sing from 5 onwards. 6pm for a bbq dinner at $15 per family and $5 a single. BYO drinks and bring a salad or sweet. Also don’t forget to bring a pocket full of cash.......
Herbie in tsunami warning
Local consumer Armand “Herbie” Duxson and his lovely sidekick Marcia would have felt a little uneasy when they heard a tsunami warning for Indonesia last week. I’m not sure of the outcome but some cheeky native mentioned that the big fella may have been the cause of such a warning.
Cricketers mauled
Consistency is not a word you would tag the MCC with, as they went down to arch rivals Rich Avon/Services. They are either hot or cold but the main thing is that they enjoy it. Spotted late at night in the corner shop were Captain Gary “Larry” Cameron and President Stewart “Smacka” MacPherson, these two “moths” would have be planning for next weeks game.
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Another week passes by.
Someone said to me last week “I was going to do so many things in January and all of a sudden it just went”. How time flies.
Facebook changes
For those followers on Facebook we had to change the group profile and to do that we had to delete all of our friends, but we started back up again under a different profile which suits us better. If you’re not on Facebook then I suggest you join up as we deliver a comment every day and we have some great photos!!!
Rabbit stew
My spies were in top form last week and this story is a beauty. Anne and Harry Bryce were having trouble with the heat like all of us and it was this particular hot night that Harry had had enough and went to the couch to try and get some comfort. He opened the door thinking there might be a breeze. The family dog then saw an opportunity (as dogs do) and decided to take a nap with Annie on the bed. It wasn’t until Annie woke up in the morning that she discovered that the dog had been devouring a rabbit on the bed with blood and guts everywhere.
Loss of a couple of native
Last week we lost two natives. Ag Neville and Bobby “Ha Ha” Mercer both passed away. Both were unique characters, Ag would know every dam in the district as he had a passion for yabbying and he also didn’t mind a long neck or 5. Local historian John “Jack” Cameron said that Aggie was a very determined batsmen who was always hard to get out. Bobby was a tall lean character with a big laugh and a wicked slice at golf, he also had a passion for orchards of all things. RIP lads.
Bushfire appeal.
Marnoo and district is doing their bit for the bushfire victims by holding a family day at the MCG. It will be on Sunday the 1st of March and will start at 2pm and go through to 8pm. There will be activities and Dion Griffen will sing from 5 onwards. 6pm for a bbq dinner at $15 per family and $5 a single. BYO drinks and bring a salad or sweet. Also don’t forget to bring a pocket full of cash.......
Herbie in tsunami warning
Local consumer Armand “Herbie” Duxson and his lovely sidekick Marcia would have felt a little uneasy when they heard a tsunami warning for Indonesia last week. I’m not sure of the outcome but some cheeky native mentioned that the big fella may have been the cause of such a warning.
Cricketers mauled
Consistency is not a word you would tag the MCC with, as they went down to arch rivals Rich Avon/Services. They are either hot or cold but the main thing is that they enjoy it. Spotted late at night in the corner shop were Captain Gary “Larry” Cameron and President Stewart “Smacka” MacPherson, these two “moths” would have be planning for next weeks game.
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Sunday, February 8, 2009
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Welcome again
Welcome to another week of the SLF. It’s been a tough week for some with the fires and I don’t think you need me to comment as you have probably seen or heard enough. Even though we had the fire close to home at Horsham, grass fires just don’t have the impact as far as loss of life is concerned when compared to the fires in the undulating country North of Melbourne. I think we are lucky in that sense.
Mayor save the day
Our very own Derek “Mayor” Cameron was in the thick of it trying the save his sister and brother in laws house which is a good Mayor 1 wood (300 + metres) from the Horsham clubhouse that was demolished. The good work of the experienced campaigner save the day and the house.....
See our daily comments on Facebook
The Facebook site is becoming popular with about 37 signing up thus far to hear our daily comments. One such person was Pete Leneghan the ABC reporter in Horsham, he wrote “just wanted to send you a quick note to say I'm a big fan of the leg and that I feel like I know each of the regular cast personally keep up the good work”. The regular cast are character’s alright, you only have to look at the Hall of Famers for a start!!
Or nearest offer
I was talking to “Smacka” MacPherson the other day and he reminded me of a story that happened back in the golf season. Smacka was playing with Trent “Irons” Carter and Bernie “Light cans and plenty of them” Walsh when Bernie who now gets around in a cart was talking to Carter about his old buggy and said he had a brand spanker at home he wasn’t using. Walsh said to Carter “I’ll sell it to you for 50” the quick reply came from Carter “how bout 100”, done said Walsh. Well Smacka who was listening in was beside himself and said to Carter “you could have got that for 50”. Carter said “I know, bit silly of me wasn’t it”
What’s this!!!!!!
This has just gone across my desk and it’s from a bloke called K Cranium. It goes on for over a page and must be 400 plus word, anyway I will try and use my journalistic skills to untangle it into some form of sense, here we go: John “Be My” Guest has a knack of shearing in the hottest week of the year and last week wasn’t any exception, it was (according to K Cranium) 55 degrees in the shed, so the lads decided to knock off early. A few beers, a few bourbons, a few more beers and then a few sooper dopers later the cast and crew decided it was that hot that they needed to go for a swim. So off to the dam and off with the kit it was, all these shearers and staff all in the dam starkers. Now Perhaps this could be the start of “Be My’s” very own nudist club!!! Anyway moving on, apparently after even more beers the crew decided to move to the pub, the only thing was that some of the clothing was missing (presumed drowned), so they all wrapped themselves in sarongs and headed to the bar. What happened from there on I’m not real sure but I’m told the games of pool were interesting, especially on those long shots!!!!!
Fire Captain avoids the heat
Wallaloo East fire captain Armand “Herbie” Duxson avoided the bad couple of days as he took off to Bali with the lovely Marcia by his side. I’m told it’s a couple of weeks R & R for the young couple and half their bloody luck I recon. I’m also told the specialist gully fieldsman is having some trouble getting his hands down to ground level to stop the ball. Seems to be a trait that gully fieldsman inherit!!!
First game a sell out
The football folk tell me it’s started already but to me the real action starts on Easter Thursday when Richmond meets Carlton in the clash of the locals. In Marnoo if you don’t follow Essendon well then you either follow Richmond or Carlton and which game do you think has the most rivalry, yep Richmond and Carlton. Last year it was fierce and this year it’s set to move up a notch as the Carlton lads think they are a top 4 certainty already. It wouldn’t surprise me if the Carlton crew lead by supremely confident Bruce “Boofhead” Hendy and Gary “Councillor Larry” Cameron have purchased there finals tickets already. Well I personally think they are in for a mighty big shock. Go Richoman.......
Cricket called off
As you know I’m from up here in Yarrawonga (formally from the Kanya hills though) and the cricket (like most cricket associations) was called off last weekend due to the heat. This means that it’s a slow week for me as I don’t have to write the cricket report. I have been enjoying my “other” role writing the report and sometime the lads make it difficult. You see each week the lads email me a word that I have to fit into the write up. It’s been quite funny fitting in words like ceramic, Van Halen, coxswain, bolognaise just to name a few. I’m sure the 15000 or so readers must think this Square Leg is off with the pixies.
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Welcome again
Welcome to another week of the SLF. It’s been a tough week for some with the fires and I don’t think you need me to comment as you have probably seen or heard enough. Even though we had the fire close to home at Horsham, grass fires just don’t have the impact as far as loss of life is concerned when compared to the fires in the undulating country North of Melbourne. I think we are lucky in that sense.
Mayor save the day
Our very own Derek “Mayor” Cameron was in the thick of it trying the save his sister and brother in laws house which is a good Mayor 1 wood (300 + metres) from the Horsham clubhouse that was demolished. The good work of the experienced campaigner save the day and the house.....
See our daily comments on Facebook
The Facebook site is becoming popular with about 37 signing up thus far to hear our daily comments. One such person was Pete Leneghan the ABC reporter in Horsham, he wrote “just wanted to send you a quick note to say I'm a big fan of the leg and that I feel like I know each of the regular cast personally keep up the good work”. The regular cast are character’s alright, you only have to look at the Hall of Famers for a start!!
Or nearest offer
I was talking to “Smacka” MacPherson the other day and he reminded me of a story that happened back in the golf season. Smacka was playing with Trent “Irons” Carter and Bernie “Light cans and plenty of them” Walsh when Bernie who now gets around in a cart was talking to Carter about his old buggy and said he had a brand spanker at home he wasn’t using. Walsh said to Carter “I’ll sell it to you for 50” the quick reply came from Carter “how bout 100”, done said Walsh. Well Smacka who was listening in was beside himself and said to Carter “you could have got that for 50”. Carter said “I know, bit silly of me wasn’t it”
What’s this!!!!!!
This has just gone across my desk and it’s from a bloke called K Cranium. It goes on for over a page and must be 400 plus word, anyway I will try and use my journalistic skills to untangle it into some form of sense, here we go: John “Be My” Guest has a knack of shearing in the hottest week of the year and last week wasn’t any exception, it was (according to K Cranium) 55 degrees in the shed, so the lads decided to knock off early. A few beers, a few bourbons, a few more beers and then a few sooper dopers later the cast and crew decided it was that hot that they needed to go for a swim. So off to the dam and off with the kit it was, all these shearers and staff all in the dam starkers. Now Perhaps this could be the start of “Be My’s” very own nudist club!!! Anyway moving on, apparently after even more beers the crew decided to move to the pub, the only thing was that some of the clothing was missing (presumed drowned), so they all wrapped themselves in sarongs and headed to the bar. What happened from there on I’m not real sure but I’m told the games of pool were interesting, especially on those long shots!!!!!
Fire Captain avoids the heat
Wallaloo East fire captain Armand “Herbie” Duxson avoided the bad couple of days as he took off to Bali with the lovely Marcia by his side. I’m told it’s a couple of weeks R & R for the young couple and half their bloody luck I recon. I’m also told the specialist gully fieldsman is having some trouble getting his hands down to ground level to stop the ball. Seems to be a trait that gully fieldsman inherit!!!
First game a sell out
The football folk tell me it’s started already but to me the real action starts on Easter Thursday when Richmond meets Carlton in the clash of the locals. In Marnoo if you don’t follow Essendon well then you either follow Richmond or Carlton and which game do you think has the most rivalry, yep Richmond and Carlton. Last year it was fierce and this year it’s set to move up a notch as the Carlton lads think they are a top 4 certainty already. It wouldn’t surprise me if the Carlton crew lead by supremely confident Bruce “Boofhead” Hendy and Gary “Councillor Larry” Cameron have purchased there finals tickets already. Well I personally think they are in for a mighty big shock. Go Richoman.......
Cricket called off
As you know I’m from up here in Yarrawonga (formally from the Kanya hills though) and the cricket (like most cricket associations) was called off last weekend due to the heat. This means that it’s a slow week for me as I don’t have to write the cricket report. I have been enjoying my “other” role writing the report and sometime the lads make it difficult. You see each week the lads email me a word that I have to fit into the write up. It’s been quite funny fitting in words like ceramic, Van Halen, coxswain, bolognaise just to name a few. I’m sure the 15000 or so readers must think this Square Leg is off with the pixies.
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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Another “hot” week
Hello and welcome to another edition of the SLF. Well what did you all think of the heatwave last week, makes the “milder” 38’s and 39’s feels like Christmas in New York. The Yarrawonga Mulwala A grade cricket team fielded for 5.5 hours in 46 degree heat and at times only had 9 on the field due to heat stress. My sources tell me that the sensible Wimmera Mallee cricket association called all games off, so the MCC after making 399 last week had to settle for half the points.
SLF inducts 5 natives to the Hall of Fame
We have been going a while now and we have many people that provide the news for this column mainly through their antics. So I have decided to announce a Hall Of Fame whereby SLF favourites can be recognised. The first four inductees are:
Norm “The Guru” Duxson: One of my all time favourites who provides entertainment on the sporting arena, in one of the many organisations he is involved in and on his farm at Wallaloo East. The name “Guru” sits well with this native.
John “Jack” Cameron: A Marnoo ornament, Jack has been entertaining the masses either locally or through this column for years. Is famous for his one liners and locals now sit in anticipation waiting for the word of wisdom.
Stewart “Smacka” MacPherson: Smacka is never too far away from the action week in week out, a born entertainer who likes to do things a little different. Always has a laugh at himself which is a key ingredient for Hall of Fame membership.
Bruce “Boofhead” Hendy: This local trucking entrepreneur has been a little quiet of late but did enough early to earn the converted stripe. We know he’s the opposite of the brown snake where he hibernates in the summer and comes out firing in the winter, especially when the golf is on.
That is the list of our first 4 inductees, don’t be disappointed if you missed out just make sure you provide the entertainment that allows you to feature prominently in this modest column. We will induct more Hall of Famers as we move along.
Rostron population explosion
Rostron funny man and father of the year Rueben “Rostron” Cheesman and his lovely wife Katrina have added many percentage points to the Rostron population by having a little baby girl (Neve Mary) late last week. And while wifey (he calls her that) was recovering, a couple of likely lads that go by the name of Smacka and Herbie turned up in Ballarat to wet the baby’s head. As you do.... Well Rueben who is a bit of a stopout himself managed to put in a huge performance and was a little bit worse for wear as was Smacka who fell asleep on the hospital couch the very next day.
Former Marnoo lad doing his duty for the rich and famous
Former native Anthony Barham was written up in Mike Sheahan’s column in Tuesdays Herald Sun doing his duty for the rich and famous. Barham was on an Asian trip with some of the Carlton lads, namely Sticks, Juddy, Harv’s, Fev etc etc. But Barham wasn’t too concerned about those guys it was arguably Australia richest man Richard Pratt he wanted to help. Pratt had to leave the entourage’s dinner a little early and had to cross the busy road, so it was Barham to the rescue as he stopped the traffic in both directions to allow Pratt to cross. I’m sure Barham went up in the ratings after that!!! Smart man....
Man you have to get on Facebook
Square Leg is now on Facebook, so for those of you who have Facebook accounts click on this link http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=120723360701 and for those that don’t have a profile, join it’s all free.
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Another “hot” week
Hello and welcome to another edition of the SLF. Well what did you all think of the heatwave last week, makes the “milder” 38’s and 39’s feels like Christmas in New York. The Yarrawonga Mulwala A grade cricket team fielded for 5.5 hours in 46 degree heat and at times only had 9 on the field due to heat stress. My sources tell me that the sensible Wimmera Mallee cricket association called all games off, so the MCC after making 399 last week had to settle for half the points.
SLF inducts 5 natives to the Hall of Fame
We have been going a while now and we have many people that provide the news for this column mainly through their antics. So I have decided to announce a Hall Of Fame whereby SLF favourites can be recognised. The first four inductees are:
Norm “The Guru” Duxson: One of my all time favourites who provides entertainment on the sporting arena, in one of the many organisations he is involved in and on his farm at Wallaloo East. The name “Guru” sits well with this native.
John “Jack” Cameron: A Marnoo ornament, Jack has been entertaining the masses either locally or through this column for years. Is famous for his one liners and locals now sit in anticipation waiting for the word of wisdom.
Stewart “Smacka” MacPherson: Smacka is never too far away from the action week in week out, a born entertainer who likes to do things a little different. Always has a laugh at himself which is a key ingredient for Hall of Fame membership.
Bruce “Boofhead” Hendy: This local trucking entrepreneur has been a little quiet of late but did enough early to earn the converted stripe. We know he’s the opposite of the brown snake where he hibernates in the summer and comes out firing in the winter, especially when the golf is on.
That is the list of our first 4 inductees, don’t be disappointed if you missed out just make sure you provide the entertainment that allows you to feature prominently in this modest column. We will induct more Hall of Famers as we move along.
Rostron population explosion
Rostron funny man and father of the year Rueben “Rostron” Cheesman and his lovely wife Katrina have added many percentage points to the Rostron population by having a little baby girl (Neve Mary) late last week. And while wifey (he calls her that) was recovering, a couple of likely lads that go by the name of Smacka and Herbie turned up in Ballarat to wet the baby’s head. As you do.... Well Rueben who is a bit of a stopout himself managed to put in a huge performance and was a little bit worse for wear as was Smacka who fell asleep on the hospital couch the very next day.
Former Marnoo lad doing his duty for the rich and famous
Former native Anthony Barham was written up in Mike Sheahan’s column in Tuesdays Herald Sun doing his duty for the rich and famous. Barham was on an Asian trip with some of the Carlton lads, namely Sticks, Juddy, Harv’s, Fev etc etc. But Barham wasn’t too concerned about those guys it was arguably Australia richest man Richard Pratt he wanted to help. Pratt had to leave the entourage’s dinner a little early and had to cross the busy road, so it was Barham to the rescue as he stopped the traffic in both directions to allow Pratt to cross. I’m sure Barham went up in the ratings after that!!! Smart man....
Man you have to get on Facebook
Square Leg is now on Facebook, so for those of you who have Facebook accounts click on this link http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=120723360701 and for those that don’t have a profile, join it’s all free.
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