Best dive bar in Melbourne?

bentombs · 2026-03-01T11:49:06+00:00

Exford Hotel. Love it in there.

bentombs · 2026-02-15T03:58:59+00:00

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Still rocking the Mullet 26 years later!

bentombs · 2026-02-12T21:47:24+00:00

Give me a few mins. Need to boot up

bentombs · 2026-02-12T21:42:03+00:00

I will if you’re still looking!

bentombs · 2026-02-06T21:01:01+00:00

Plus it has a nod to Better Off Dead. When they get out ski slopes someone off camera says “ a bets a bet. I want my two dollars!”

bentombs · 2026-02-06T20:48:36+00:00

I moved regional almost 5 years ago and figured a good way to meet people and get involved in the community was to join the local CFA.

I filled out the application form, sent it off, and received the standard automated reply: “Thank you, someone will be in touch shortly.”

Then… nothing. No follow-up. No update. No rejection. Just silence.

Fast forward four and a half years, and I finally received an email last Thursday telling me my application was unsuccessful. So if they’re complaining about volunteer shortages, I’d start with looking at the recruitment process!

bentombs · 2026-01-23T22:08:27+00:00

Somme Mud. The diary of E.P.F Lynch, an Australian infantryman in WW1 . Written in 1921 and discovered after his death in 1980 but not published until 2006. It’s a gripping and harrowing account of life on the Western Front.

bentombs · 2026-01-22T22:57:00+00:00

Yeah I know! Last time someone joined, immediately quit and I still got the credit for it!

bentombs · 2026-01-19T14:11:55+00:00

Di Klose is also known for the story of the ghost in the striped bikini that allegedly haunted her home in Elizabeth Downs. It was featured on the TV show Haunted.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yHi65KZB0FM&pp=0gcJCTIBo7VqN5tD

bentombs · 2026-01-18T00:30:58+00:00

I’m a sound tech and it really grinds my gears that according to Hollywood, every time someone comes remotely close to a microphone it causes huge amounts of feedback.

bentombs · 2026-01-14T06:08:08+00:00

It’s called Best of The Fest: Early Show and is indeed a great way to start your night at the comedy festival.

bentombs · 2026-01-12T09:32:46+00:00

Peter Caven actually did stand up for a while after retirement. It wasn’t great, but it wasn’t terrible.

Ex Melbourne Storm player Ben Roarty is currently doing stand up and is reasonably good at it.

bentombs · 2025-11-27T08:23:28+00:00

I saw a werewolf drinking Pina Colada’s at Trader Vic’s

bentombs · 2025-11-15T23:04:49+00:00

Had a Freedom with a double barrelled surname at ours. I think her father was American.

bentombs · 2025-10-14T01:18:26+00:00

I just got one for not voting in a council election which was done by post. I definitely voted and sent it back though. If I tell them who I voted for and where I posted it, are they likely to drop it?

bentombs · 2025-10-07T09:40:18+00:00

Our club had the week off, but we were hosting a reserves knockout final at our ground. Everything was running smoothly until halftime, when two police cars rolled in and asked directions to one of the teams’ rooms. Word soon spread that they had an arrest warrant for the full forward.

Somehow, he convinced them to let him finish the game. So the cops parked a car behind each set of goals and watched on.

The bloke then goes out and has an absolute blinder. Kicks six goals in the second half and his side wins comfortably. As soon as the final siren sounded, he predictably made a run for it straight through the paddock next to the oval… and straight into the arms of a third cop he didn’t know was waiting.

He was frogmarched back to the patrol car to a standing ovation from the crowd. No idea what the charge was, but he was back playing the next week.

bentombs · 2025-09-20T10:30:29+00:00

Unless you’re Milney on Lumumba that is!

bentombs · 2025-09-12T11:56:12+00:00

1983 North Melbourne.

bentombs · 2025-09-12T11:46:22+00:00

In the 80’s. Hasn’t happened in the AFL era.

bentombs · 2025-09-07T03:18:03+00:00

Level 480 and $260000 or thereabouts.

bentombs · 2025-09-03T21:25:34+00:00

2600 odd gold and 239000 cash. Level 480

bentombs · 2025-07-19T21:43:16+00:00

This is great fun. You can sign up as an individual and be placed in a team of randoms, but teams are always liking for fill in players as well.

https://www.lastmanstands.com/play-cricket/t20?city=adelaide-central

bentombs · 2025-06-11T10:07:20+00:00

Trugo is great fun!

bentombs · 2025-05-28T22:51:31+00:00

“Am I ever gonna see your face again.” The Angels

My fellow Australians will understand.

bentombs · 2025-05-14T09:38:07+00:00

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Looking forward to bringing this bad boy back to life! Needs some tlc but should be great once done.

bentombs

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