Boring Thursday Stuff

[Loobs]

File under unimportant but anyway:

Is it just me or does anyone else think the person doing the Lurker stuff on Sporting News is a different person this year? Tone is very different across the board. Less snippy.

 

[The Wheel]

File under unimportant but anyway:

Is it just me or does anyone else think the person doing the Lurker stuff on Sporting News is a different person this year? Tone is very different across the board. Less snippy.

Agree definitely a different style but exactly the same non coherent, made up ****

 

[BOZO]

File under unimportant but anyway:

Is it just me or does anyone else think the person doing the Lurker stuff on Sporting News is a different person this year? Tone is very different across the board. Less snippy.

Maybe he or she is going through a change ?

 

[Bearfax]

File under unimportant but anyway:

Is it just me or does anyone else think the person doing the Lurker stuff on Sporting News is a different person this year? Tone is very different across the board. Less snippy.

Its not me. I don't lurk, I blunder in.

 

[Loobs]

Looks like old Lurker is back with his idiotic suggestions:

Jean Claude Van Bruno: So who are Manly looking to sign other than Gutherson?

The Lurker: Hey there JCVB, a lot of Manly fans have been asking The Lurker a similar question of late. But I can only give you a similar answer, the Sea Eagles salary cap is stuffed for another 18 months. No money. No space. They need to move a Taupau, Fonua-Blake, DCE to really become a player in the market again.

So we're stuffed for 18 months even though we have 20 odd guys off contract after this season and our only way out is to sell our captain or 2 of our top forwards. Brilliant.

 

[HappilyManly]

Why 18 months ?

By November 1st Manly will have 100% of Cap to spend again

 

[Cochrane]

Move AFB or Taupau and will we need to replace them with same caliber/cash, so what would be the point

 

[The '47ers]

Do journalists get paid well?! If so I'd love a go at it. Write anything that pops into your head, and have the rest of the day off. My sort of lifestyle.

 

[Ryan]

Every single team is top heavy with very expensive players. Some teams have millions spent on forwards but no comments on them.

Give you a tip. Our halves " combination" would he one of the cheapest in the league. DCE, earns, but gets the marquee allowances etc, and Elgey would be on pittance.

 

[Loobs]

Every single team is top heavy with very expensive players. Some teams have millions spent on forwards but no comments on them.

Give you a tip. Our halves " combination" would he one of the cheapest in the league. DCE, earns, but gets the marquee allowances etc, and Elgey would be on pittance.

I thought DCE had a bunch of significant TPA's too so what his true cap hit is is anyone's guess...

 

[HappilyManly]

I thought DCE had a bunch of significant TPA's too so what his true cap hit is is anyone's guess...

Same with the TurBros - wholesome and marketable players are now scarce 🙂

 

[nightster]

Every single team is top heavy with very expensive players. Some teams have millions spent on forwards but no comments on them.

Give you a tip. Our halves " combination" would he one of the cheapest in the league. DCE, earns, but gets the marquee allowances etc, and Elgey would be on pittance.

yeah and its going well for the cowgirls and donkeys

 

[The Who]

Do journalists get paid well?! If so I'd love a go at it. Write anything that pops into your head, and have the rest of the day off. My sort of lifestyle.

By way of answer I can only rely on my 10 years as a copy boy/cadet/journalist from 1970 to 1980 in two major newspapers and then the profession was rewarding because it was interesting work, you got to travel and meet fascinating people, often got to cover music and sporting events from good seats, got six weeks annual leave (because you worked shift work) and when you returned to work you had a 'clean' desk as someone had to fill in for you when you were away (unlike many jobs when no-one does your work and you return to a pile up of things to do). Wages were determined by your 'grading'. After being a copy boy for 1-2 years you became a cadet (up to four years). Wages were not high but were adequate and you could claim expenses. If you were smart (or related to the editor) you could get your 'D' grade within a couple of years. Then your talent could progress you through to an 'A' grade which was quite well paid. From there you could be promoted to news editor, chief sub-editor, and editor. You could also be sent to exotic postings such as London and New York.... I got Canberra! If you became a 'name' such as Derryn Hinch (who was one of my bosses for a while) you'd negotiate your own salary.
These days there are so many more freelances who are paid per word or per column, and journalism is not a profession I'd encourage anyone to enter because there are so many people willing to supply material for free - just to see their by-line.
Oh, and if you want to be a television journalist it helps to be female, perky and pretty.

 

[ManWar]

it helps to be female, perky and pretty.

Female?!?! Well that rules me out.

 

[Captain Moondog]

I'm pretty sure the Lurker and Todd are the same person, actually I'm pretty sure the Lurker, Todd, Vladimir Putin and Margot Robbie are the same person.