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Beanpole wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:46 pm

I had a Graeme Merrin sleeveless vest. Only wetsuit I had until I went to Uni in Newcastle.

Graeme Merrin?
Wow.
A real blast from the past.
He lives in Hawaii now. Think he's selling real estate.

JaM71 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:35 pm

Trev wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:39 pm

JaM71 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:12 pm

As I live in Queensland perhaps I should just toughen up & wear a wooly jumper like back in the day

TRHS footy jersey worked well.

Holy crap Trev, are u 80 years old or something? 80 & still surfing, that’s awesome

70 next week.
Our sports master wanted to know why my footy jersey was so faded towards the end of winter.

Brother and me used woolen long sleeve afl jerseys learning to surf our Coolites in the 60’s
Cold SA water, they did nothing except sink you when you ended up in the water

Young people today are fucken soft

Trev wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:53 pm

Beanpole wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:46 pm

I had a Graeme Merrin sleeveless vest. Only wetsuit I had until I went to Uni in Newcastle.

Graeme Merrin?
Wow.
A real blast from the past.
He lives in Hawaii now. Think he's selling real estate.

Peter Turner used to work there. The old man was an undertaker.

Beanpole wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:18 pm

Trev wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:53 pm

Beanpole wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:46 pm

I had a Graeme Merrin sleeveless vest. Only wetsuit I had until I went to Uni in Newcastle.

Graeme Merrin?
Wow.
A real blast from the past.
He lives in Hawaii now. Think he's selling real estate.

Peter Turner used to work there. The old man was an undertaker.

Yes and maybe.
Peter did work for him.
Not sure about the old man being an undertaker.
There were two Merrin brothers. One was Graeme's father. The other had a son, Russell who was in my class. As was Peter.
I thought only Russ's father was the undertaker (Tweed Heads).
Graeme's father always seemed to be at the flats they owned whenever I went there. But Russ's father was always at work when I went to his place.

Trev wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:55 pm

JaM71 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:35 pm

Trev wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:39 pm

JaM71 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:12 pm

As I live in Queensland perhaps I should just toughen up & wear a wooly jumper like back in the day

TRHS footy jersey worked well.

Holy crap Trev, are u 80 years old or something? 80 & still surfing, that’s awesome

70 next week.
Our sports master wanted to know why my footy jersey was so faded towards the end of winter.

Happy Birthday Trev, hope you get some great waves to celebrate the milestone.

JaM71 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:34 pm

Trev wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:55 pm

JaM71 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:35 pm

Trev wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:39 pm

JaM71 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:12 pm

As I live in Queensland perhaps I should just toughen up & wear a wooly jumper like back in the day

TRHS footy jersey worked well.

Holy crap Trev, are u 80 years old or something? 80 & still surfing, that’s awesome

70 next week.
Our sports master wanted to know why my footy jersey was so faded towards the end of winter.

Happy Birthday Trev, hope you get some great waves to celebrate the milestone.

Happy Birthday Trev, if Shearer was even half a good cnut he would be arranging a Realsurf party for you at his place.

footy jumper with a rubbish bag over the top till I was about 14 right through winter, then bought my Ron Olssen long john and vest.

Happy birthday trev.

Have you considered not surfing during winter? No wetsuit dilemmas

Thanks guys.

Happy b'day, Trev

How did we know it's today? Knew it was this week & RS says "No birthdays today"

batoes wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 19, 2018 9:49 pm

My needessentials has got a massive hole in the armpit. Have had it since August but started wearing it in October or so. If it wasn't for that, i would have been impressed. Fit was great; very soft, stretchy etc. I will try to repair, but i don't think i will buy again. Shame.

Exactly the same thing happened to my first short arm/long leg. To their credit they replaced it after only having for a few months, but then it happened again in the same spot. Will go back to some of the more expansive ones because at least these tend to last.

...

Sounds like 'need essentials' left out some essential components like stitching.

swvic wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:27 am

Happy b'day, Trev

How did we know it's today? Knew it was this week & RS says "No birthdays today"

See below quote from a few days ago. I don't make a secret of it but also don't advertise it on FB etc.
Cheers swvic

Trev wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:55 pm

JaM71 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:35 pm

Trev wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:39 pm

JaM71 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:12 pm

As I live in Queensland perhaps I should just toughen up & wear a wooly jumper like back in the day

TRHS footy jersey worked well.

Holy crap Trev, are u 80 years old or something? 80 & still surfing, that’s awesome

70 next week.
Our sports master wanted to know why my footy jersey was so faded towards the end of winter.

Yeah, ya demented old 'tard , that's why I (us) knew it was this week. Didn't know it was today until today

Happy belated birthday trev