Old Timers at the Bar
These men defame
the modern game.
They only praise
the good old days.
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About Damian Balassone
Damian Balassone is a failed half-forward flanker who writes poetry. He is the author of 'Strange Game in a Strange Land'.
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That sounds familiar!
They comment on the Almanac
Where good times are always looking back
Complain about politics, kids, neuralgia
They only antidote – nostalgia
Ain’t that the truth, Peter. And Smokie, I wonder what our mate Richo would think of this one?
DB, one question, young man, when does one enter the Old Timer zone. (Asking for a friend).
Love the fun and the sharpness.
PS Not asking for Baulderstone. He has more self-knowledge than that.
JTH, it’s a bit like music methinks, the era we grew up with is always better than the current.
I remember as a kid in the 80s, people telling me the footy in the 50s and 60s was a much better spectacle – yet the only footage I’d ever seen was 1) Teddy Whitten kicking a mongrel punt from the boundary and 2) Teddy Whitten shoving an opponent’s head into the mud.