Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Anzac Day Long Weekend

It was Anzac Day last Friday and therefore a public holiday in Australia. There are lots of dawn services in remembrance of those killed in battle and it's a pretty patriotic day all round.

It's also the only day it's legal to play 2up, which you'll remember from last year if you were reading this. Went to the Kirribilli Club this year and once again fell into the same embarrassingly predictable pattern of losing money. Always start well and then go rapidly downhill the more beer is consumed. The only minor saving grace was that Dave Wood lost more than I did. I'm sure I could hear people pissing themselves laughing as we made our sorry exit.

It was definitely a gambling weekend. The Sydney races are on this week so I was out at Randwick on Saturday trying in vain to balance the books again. And failing. This time Darrin was my saving grace by losing considerably more money than I.

Missed the Utd v Chelsea game in the midst of it all, which is no great shame by the sound of it. Will try to get up for the semi-final tomorrow morning - should be a belter.

I think this picture sums up the weekend pretty well.

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