I am interested in the State of Origin series. Not because I am a passionate supporter of one team or the other. I am interested because State of Origin provides a rare opportunity to see some of Australia’s best athletes play against each other, all on the one field. That makes me a typical New South Wales supporter, I figure. Gut says Queensland Yesterday morning while … [Read more...]
State of Origin… it’s just not that good!
How often in recent years, after a close State of Origin encounter, do we hear from the commentary teams that the game was “one of the greatest in State of Origin history” or a “classic of the genre?” Lots, it seems to me. I, for one, don’t buy it. I find the hyperbole annoying. I have seen plenty of close and exciting games in recent years but I have not seen a game that is … [Read more...]
Politicians love their sport – even when they have no interest in it!
I remember, many years ago, taking business associates to lunch or dinner and keeping the bill so I could charge the meal to my company expense account. That’s just the way things were done in those days. Deep down in my heart, despite being a one-hundred percent believer in private enterprise, I felt that this “expenses” thing was a bit of a con. If my colleague and I had … [Read more...]
Michael Rowland – athletic talent
Extraordinary achievement from new sporting talent... Michael Rowland! https://twitter.com/mjrowland68/status/804410901323317248?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&refsrc=email&iid=80fff3bb985c4775ab75fea1edd72c88&uid=41518104&nid=244+272699393 … [Read more...]
New career at 80? How about modelling!
One Chinese guy has just started a new career at 80. Australian politicians and economists tell us that we all need to rethink our attitudes to work and career. The consensus is that we will all have to work much later in life and that, over time, we will have to be willing to change careers as the economy around us changes. The days of sixty-year-old retirement are over! … [Read more...]