The first refers to the St Kilda football team, Doug. To drop ‘were’ sounds
better but loses the idiom of the disappointed supporter I think. The
second is an observation by me from the carriage and yes, should be more to
come. I’m going again on Saturday.
Bill
On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 at 12:51 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
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> I like the views, Bill (but ‘were’?).
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> There’s probably more where these are from?
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> Doug
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> > On Jul 25, 2018, at 4:06 AM, Patrick McManus <
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> > cheers Bill Caroline Springs gets my vote
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> > On 24/07/2018 23:49, Bill Wootton wrote:
> >> Observations on the Ballan train to the MCG
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> >> 1
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> >> You could see, he says, ruefully,
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> >> St Kilda were chasing shadows
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> >> 2
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> >> They’re not big
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> >> But Ardeer at least has eaves
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> >> By the next station,
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> >> Caroline Springs,
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> >> house rooves
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> >> look bitten back to the quick
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