General Chat

and wearing a hat!

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Off to a Melbourne Cup Lunch.......so if I post anything later today, ignore it :-D

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we will most definitely ignore anything you say for the next 2 days


I've been down there on Melbourne Cup Day :-D :-D :-D

I hope you are wearing more than just a hat :-D :-D :-D enjoy the day <3

lots of people were fascinated by my hat :-D

I simply must get to Specsavers. :-)


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Not the best end to the day for two of the horses :-(

One horse died following the 154th running of the Melbourne Cup, Australia's most famous horse race. Seventh-placed Araldo was put down after suffering a serious leg injury in a freak accident.

That came after the Japanese-trained favourite Admire Rakti collapsed after finishing last in the race won by German challenger Protectionist.

Budgie, re Specsavers, I would,nt if I were you, Just look at the ones Mersey ended up with :-D :-D

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Merlin matey I must be the only one that misread the thread title.
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Sylvia ~ no way in the world would I go to Flemington racecourse on Cup Day! Too crazy & crowded for me.

As they say........ "The race that stops a country".... I think every town in Oz has lunches on the day, attendees are 95% women, all in their finery.

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I won some money :-D $15 on the cup, and over $100 playing the slot machines :-D :-D

Some of us were asked to enter the "Fashion Parade"..... including me, and Himself! Just before parading, we were asked who "dressed" us....... I had to laugh, because the women were all honest, lots of the flashy outfits came from Vinnies Boutique (The St Vincent D'Paul Op Shop)........... and when DH was asked who dressed him, he said "my wife" :-D Neither of us won anything, but it was fun.

I didn't get pickled...... I was up at 6 this morning. :-D

And....... it was very sad that two horses died.... they think one had a heart attack, and the other was spooked by an idiot waving a flag.

Scozz, glad you had a good day

Shame about the two horses that died, and the other 125 that have died on Australian racetracks in the last twelve months.

I'm not a gambler and have only ever been to one race meeting back in 1983 at Leonora. It was part of the Kalgoorlie Race Round.

Second race, one horse fell, and was put down in the middle of the track!

OH and I took the children home and I've never been to another meeting since

I've only been to the races twice in Oz! Many years ago, an invitation to a corporate event in Melbourne. It was BoRRRRRRRRRRRIng! The other time was in Adelaide, with a friend who knew lots of "racing" people...... that was even more boring!

The daft thing is, I had to stay inside, because I am allergic to horses :-(

This is one of the reasons I don't want to go to the Melbourne Cup.........

http://www.elle.com.au/news/fashion-news/2014/11/best-dressed-melbourne-cup-2014/best-dressed-melbourne-cup-2014-image-9/

The photographs of the aftermath are scary.

I know,Scozz, I know.

We have the Bunbury Cup here, run in March :-|

The race-goers have a good time and so do the Police. It's amazing how many people, despite all the warnings beforehand, still consider themselves capable of driving.

I'm also amazed at the number of shoes littering the area outside the grounds

We were sensible yesterday......... rode the courtesy bus!

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There are two clubs nearby, the golf club & the bowling club, both have courtesy buses, which we use frequently!

Not so much the aftermath photographs being scary - that one is VERY scary!!!!!

lol Maggie

The story this morning said he proposed to her (he's not divorced from his wife yet) at the cup yesterday....... presented her with a ring........ and she lost it :-0

The new girlfriend will be wife No 3 ... I think

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LS ................


we didn't go to the Racecourse ................. we stayed at home and listened to it on the radio.


It poured with rain that day, the parking lot was full of potholes, filled with water


and I remember photos in the papers next day of women who had turned out in all their finery ..................... with bare arms, fancy hats, flimsy shoes, and NO umbrella


I think Australia must be the only country in the world where the whole country comes to a literal standstill while a horse race is on!!

At least, I presume that still happens?



One of my cousins down under and spouse had shares in the syndicate that owned Arwon, who won the Cup in 1978 ...................... they won quite a bit of money, and so did the rest of the cousins down there who backed him

Pity he was a gelding, or my cousins might have been set for life :-D




and, of course you know Arwon is Nowra backwards :- :-D

I think I won the office sweep in 1978 :-D

There are some weird & wonderful names for racehorses.

My favourite (I'll probably spell it incorrectly) is ykikkamoocow (a NZ horse I believe).

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Only the Kiwis would call a horse a cow :-S ;-) :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

The couple in the scary outfits (geriatric canary & clown woman) got engaged yesterday.......(I'm wondering how he paid for the ring, as he's supposed to be broke).


http://www.9news.com.au/national/2014/11/04/12/34/edelsten-proposes-to-gabi-grecko

There are other links to crazy things, including some names of horses which were banned! Who thinks up these names????

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Cor blimey LS,
Waikikamukau is an area near our biggest city - Auckland - settled by the Maori in the 13th century before the bridge was built.
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