Aussie Finch Forum

I think I would rather watch grass grow than have to watch a footy match of any description...*ducks for cover*

Lol Diane, I've kind of been doing both...
I've been laying turf all day and have just come inside to check the score...

Go the Swanies!!!

Oh well sat through watching the Grand Final and sadly the MIGHTY HAWKS were defeated by a better side on the day.
Well done Sydney Swans.I guess there is always next year(as he slinks away!!!)

I was worried a few times in yesterdays grand final, especially in the first and third quarters.

The celebrations began yesterday afternoon and will continue through tonight when the Bulldogs win. Thankfully there is a public holiday tomorrow to recover.

I usually follow the Penrith Panthers or as they were known this year, the Penrith Pussycats, and I support any team that is playing the Melbourne Storm. I can't stand bellyache Bellamy and Cameron Smith. I love Billy Slater and still think he is the best rugby league player in the world.

Here's hoping 2 from 2.

I am surprised the number of rev heads on the forum as well. Plenty of support for the Ford's. Any Holden people? Will Mercedes and Toyota make any difference next year?

I am a Penscke Indycar follower with Will Power and Ryan Briscoe, two Aussies, in the team.

Canary wrote: I am surprised the number of rev heads on the forum as well. Plenty of support for the Ford's. Any Holden people? Will Mercedes and Toyota make any difference next year?

I am a Penscke Indycar follower with Will Power and Ryan Briscoe, two Aussies, in the team.

As the saying goes if you want to rev you buy a Chev....Mind you I don't mind American Fords...Aussie Fords and the Holdens for that matter have got no style...not like back in the 1960/1970s ...now cars all look the same, that ugly Euro look.....but I will be hoping for a Holden win...all be it that they run Chevy engine...
And yes I go for Aussies in Indy as well.. As far as Toyota when they originally designed the 6cyl it was loosely based on a holden 6cyl with overhead cam...original Toy/Crown was basically a HQ chassis with Crown body....probably why Toyota and Holden have had such a long partnership with badge swapping...Unless Toyota can fix their V8 problems don't think they will go the distance..as for Mercedes I think they have agood chance...but I prefer how Bathurst used to be cars straight off showroom floor with bolt on bits and flogged till they stopped...soon told who was better car, now its driver against driver...so Ford or Holden will win depending on who better driver and pit manager of the day.....just my thoughts

As I'm a Vic. I was soooo glad Swans won. I have been a ST Kilda supporter for over 50 years. As for Rev Heads, I built & raced a drag car back in the late '60s
in Melbourne and did very well, That's when it was a sport, not big money like today. Yes, I have even driven around Bathurst, it looks easy on TV, but believe me, it's not.
Love speedweek on the ABC.
Getting back to the AFF, I still keep finches & Red Factor canaries, started in 1950s.
Loz,

Well done to Sydney. Yes another rev head here and holden/chev lover but i dont mind early mustangs and some of the sixties fords. Owned and raced a LH Torana with chev engine , ran 11.2 on the quarter in Darwin but became an expensive hobby as i matured. Younger brother owns an FJ ute with a genuine 22,000 miles and in the family for 37 years.

Holden all the way here , will be interesting when Nissan and Amg Mercedes join next year...pete

desertbirds wrote:Well done to Sydney. Yes another rev head here and holden/chev lover but i dont mind early mustangs and some of the sixties fords. Owned and raced a LH Torana with chev engine , ran 11.2 on the quarter in Darwin but became an expensive hobby as i matured. Younger brother owns an FJ ute with a genuine 22,000 miles and in the family for 37 years.

I had a 454 big block corvette..(missus hated it too big a cam lol) took it to summernats it annilated competition 132mph qtr mile at 10.32sec....4000 stallie used to dig a hole in bitumen at set of lights lol....looking at a 1966 convertable 428 thunderbird now to fit all the grandkids in...

Not a Rev Head,but did spend a lot of my life running a Garage, my first car back in 1959 was a 1948 FX Holden Ute which then was just an old ute,
all the farmers sons had Zepher 6 utes[Me I worked on a farm]
Any team apart from Collingwood is a great result. Go the Eagles and Dockers.

Cheers Greg.