Waratahs thrash Fiji Warriors in front of a crowd of 7438

[Darren]

hey, hey, hey - enough of the cricket talk ...

[waratahjesus]

sorry coach, i can assure you it happened organically though!

[AndyS]

I'd heard a similar conspiracy theory re: why Andrew Symonds gets so many chances. Given that he's in just about every sponsors ad this summer, I hazard a guess it may well be the case, unfortunately.

...and I wonder if anyone has asked the sponsors how they feel about that?

[Burgs]

It also deliberately confuses two issues- 'intinerant' workers, who were just here to make a buck and bugger off anyway and couldn't care less what happens here regardless, and the folks that are here to stay, who recognise WA's many charms, but can also see where it falls behind.

Unfortunately "the hat" gets foisted upon anyone with a different opinion around here.

I'm not sure what part of "asset "raped" at a individual visiting worker level" indicates a deliberate confusion of your two issues but you often know more about what I am writing than I do.

I don't give a stuff if someone has been here for ten minutes or ten generations, if they consider WA their home then that is what it is.
At least a half of this sites membership would be first or second generation in WA, with a fair smattering of accents to go with it, and I don't consider them any less a Western Australian than I am with seven generations on either side.
As I said, the more the merrier.

The people that get up my nose are the modern day Vikings who come to "plunder" the wealth, bitching and moaning about the place the whole time, contributing relatively bugger all, with no intent to stay. To them I quite openly say love it or leave it as you are taking the place of many others who would love to live here.

"The hat" sits squarely wherever it comfortably settles.

[jargan83]

i thought ricky got a bit defensive at times, field wise, we seemed to not back our bowlers (with reason i spose) its hard bowling to a conservative field, i think it affected there mindsets abit, they stopped looking to strike and just tried to restrict

at times yes, but not overall. Unfortunately when it did happen Ponting didn't exactly have alot else to go with. Michael Hussy getting a bowl?

I'd heard a similar conspiracy theory re: why Andrew Symonds gets so many chances. Given that he's in just about every sponsors ad this summer, I hazard a guess it may well be the case, unfortunately.

Symmonds is a hack and should never be picked again. Then he can be asked "if he can't beat, can't beat, can't beat that taste of dissappointment"

hey, hey, hey - enough of the cricket talk ...

sorry to break up the Scintillating East vs West repartee

[jargan83]

The people that get up my nose are the modern day Vikings who come to "plunder" the wealth, bitching and moaning about the place the whole time, contributing relatively bugger all, with no intent to stay. To them I quite openly say love it or leave it as you are taking the place of many others who would love to live here.

I dare say that people who don't plan to stay don't really give a fats proverbial about what happens here? Why do you care about them that much?

I would focus my energy towards constructive debate with people who do intend to stay here in the west, regardless of origin be it from "Eastern Australia" or overseas. Just because someone comes from the east does not mean they intend to carbon copy everything from the east BUT they may bring some constructive ideas to the table to better this state.

A quote from a letter I read in todays West Australian:

"lets be a state that leads, not follows"

[Darren]

A quote from a letter I read in todays West Australian:

"lets be a state that leads, not follows"

Great quote there, Jargs - esp when applied to DLS

[Happy]

"lets be a state that leads, not follows"

couldn't have said it better jargs.. now lets all vote NO for DLS

[jargan83]

Great quote there, Jargs - esp when applied to DLS

Not Western Australias fault that they are the last civilised place in the world to get in on the DLS.

But I think it does apply beyond the DLS question

[Happy]

damn a second too late Coach lol

[jargan83]

couldn't have said it better jargs.. now lets all vote NO for DLS

maybe they could start with removing the Ferris Wheel

[Happy]

why? we didn't pay for it ?

[jargan83]

why? we didn't pay for it ?

doesn't mean it's not stupid

[Happy]

[jargan83]

maybe we could get the same mob to build a giant water slide into the Swan River and we can have the worlds tackiest foreshore

Bell Tower, Ferris Wheel, Water Slide......