Nostalgia

[coivtny]

It sure was

Ah the memories.

 

[tiger_one]

The Moose in Munich.
Swimmer Shane Gould waits while Rex Mossop prepares to interview her in Munich, Germany, during the 1972 Olympic Games.

 

[jadtiger]

The Moose in Munich.
Swimmer Shane Gould waits while Rex Mossop prepares to interview her in Munich, Germany, during the 1972 Olympic Games.



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I remember the Olympics in Munich,for all the good memories i have of Shane Gould i have very bad memories of terrorism destroying what was meant to be sport and then having the idiot in charge of the IOC Avery Brundage trying to minimize the unspeakable harm it did by not cancelling the event.
I was in Europe at the time and the effect it had there was massive

 

[tiger_one]

I remember the Olympics in Munich,for all the good memories i have of Shane Gould i have very bad memories of terrorism destroying what was meant to be sport and then having the idiot in charge of the IOC Avery Brundage trying to minimize the unspeakable harm it did by not cancelling the event.
I was in Europe at the time and the effect it had there was massive

Yes, sorry champion @jadtiger - I was not intentionally being flippant about the tragedy that happened then.

(The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian militant organization Black September, who infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team, and took nine others hostage.)

I just liked the somplicity of the times, Rex being readied for the interview and a very nervous Shane Gould outside her comfort zone.

 

[Trevros]

I liked Rex as a commentator when he wasn't commenting on Manly games.

 

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[gallagher]

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Danny Burgess?

 

[tiger_one]

Danny Burgess?

No, not actually anyone in particular - more the hairstyle of certain men in the 70s.

 

[tiger_one]

The entire NSW team that won the first ever Sheffield Shield Final in 1982/83 held a 40 year anniversary celebration yesterday.

 

[hank37w]

Gee, all those blokes would be 60-70 years old and not saying that is all that old in this day and age, but it is a bit unusual that all eleven of them are still alive.

I would fall into the upper end of that age group and people all around me around that age are dropping off the perch or look like they are about to.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

They have more money maybe. Better health cover? Country takes care of them maybe cause they represented Australia in the colosuem.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Did I spell that right? Can someone please fact check that shit. Thank You.

 

[tiger_one]

Gee, all those blokes would be 60-70 years old and not saying that is all that old in this day and age, but it is a bit unusual that all eleven of them are still alive.

I would fall into the upper end of that age group and people all around me around that age are dropping off the perch or look like they are about to.

You mean they're all still not out? 😉

 

[Magpie_Magic]

I liked Rex as a commentator when he wasn't commenting on Manly games.

Rex was a legend though.

Very parochial but fair.

A very genuine go giver.

Sadly didn't survive all the BS changes in the 80s.

 

[Magpie_Magic]

Gee, all those blokes would be 60-70 years old and not saying that is all that old in this day and age, but it is a bit unusual that all eleven of them are still alive.

I would fall into the upper end of that age group and people all around me around that age are dropping off the perch or look like they are about to.

Whitney looks like he could still hurl a few down.

 

[Magpie_Magic]

Let me tell you where the action is.

Let me tell you where the action is.

They don't make em like they used too. 😉

Especially the one in the middle.

 

[Buttface]

Was Chullora the Drive in that had 2 screens,
1 each end with the shop (kiosk) in the middle?
Sneaking people in the boot 😂

That sounds like Blacktown/Prospect. I’m fairly sure it had 2 screens and I definitely know Mum used to sneak us in under a blanket on the back seat floor.

 

[hank37w]

They have more money maybe. Better health cover? Country takes care of them maybe cause they represented Australia in the colosuem.

Maybe.

Privilege.

Colosseum.