Not for the first time I warn against enquiring too closely of actors seen on old tv shows. If you are wondering what happened them in later life, you may find unpleasant details await you. The incidence of suicide among that profession is shockingly high.

My youngest granddaughter made her footy debut today in a lightening premiership for her jr club, following in the footsteps of older sister and cousins. Go Ms S!

The NRL on Kayo is the same. Is DAZN compressing the audio (or some other techo babble) for Kayo? AFL sounds fine on a Ch7 stream and their digital broadcast.

Does anyone else think there’s something strange going on with AFL crowd noise on Kayo. It seems very muted and diluted as if the effects mics have been installed up on level three. Am I just making it up? I’m even wondering if the combox sound is thin too.

Are any other Aussie Kayo or Binge streamers discovering why DAZN has such a rank rep overseas now we’ve had our Apps superseded by the clunky ones from our new lords and masters?

An orb weaver is a common sight in Aussie gardens at this time of year but gorgeous all the same.

If I ruled the world… I’d introduce an automatic suspension of one week for footy commentators who don’t know the difference between fortunate and fortuitous. I’m looking at you Montagna.

Marc Fennell and the team have sustained their high standard with their latest SBS piece on the John Friedrich fraud.

Seeing that the Drive to Survive mob are behind the new AFL reality series doesn’t fill me with expectations of true storylines and genuine drama. But Andy, pal chum friend, I hear you say…you’re not the target demographic.

The penny has just dropped that my Dandy line trains will no longer see me to the Gee, necessitating a change to a crowded Frankston line train. Getting home in reverse could be horrendous unless far more Frankston trains are run post game.

Back to curling. Watching the intense stare down the ice before delivering her last rock, I’m trying to decide who Stefania Constantini most reminds me of. Is it Alex DeLarge or Akebono?

It’s quite a shock at my age to be told by one of our major political parties that I’m a Bad Immigrant, apparently because I failed to bring coffee beans with me all those decades ago.

I just saw an ad on Binge (yes, I’m the last subscriber in Australia) spruiking a ‘non-ferrous’ Iron supplement. Eh?

I’m a little sad that the Mixed Doubles Curling is over. I’ve watched nothing else for over a week.

Watching the mixed pairs Curling has been a fascinating study of gender dynamics amid disparity of experience, age, cultural standing and personal relationships. There are married couples, siblings, new and long established pairs. The lowlight was yesterday’s dummy spits from a couple of guys.

A reminder to all the Curling fans out there that the Olympic round robin starts tonight Aussie time. It’s got me all a-tingle for sure.

So here we are again, still celebrating the wrong thing on the wrong day.

Doesn’t time drag when the next basho is still a week and a half away.

Who knew that there was such thing as too many cherries?

So this is Christmas and what have you done?

Blimey, he’s gone back for his hat again!

Logging in to ABC App to watch some new Maigret, I found myself watching Rachel Griffiths’ series about the intersection between art and war. I watched the entire series in one sitting (barring occasional emotional self gathering breaks). Her empathetic presentation struck a deep chord with me.

An early Happy St Andrew’s Day to my fellow Drews everywhere!

Watching the Champs League highlights and wondering not for the first time whether Belgium’s Club Brugge were the inspiration for Roy & HG’s Club Buggery.

Woops! The graphics on the first episode of the latest season on AppleTV’s Prehistoric Planet have the Earth rotating the wrong way. Why do so many people get this wrong, considering we witness it every day? But AppleTV do get the direction of Earth’s rotation around the sun correct!

Fun sportsball day today. I kept the cricket back in reserve to watch on delay after an intense three hours of live sumo. Yeah, it’s an unusual mix.

Saw a pommy flag at the cricket from tiny Birchanger, one of my old haunts back in the day. I used to walk there after crossing the county border, although I can’t think why…

On the new Tiger cubs player numbers, I have to say that I’m not a huge fan of changing your number at any time. I’m not superstitious but… if there’s anything that attracts bad luck this is it. Perhaps it’s more acceptable immediately after your debut year but even then I respect those who don’t.

Just watching the three parter on SBS about the Irish Civil War in the 1920s, about which I was almost entirely ignorant. Much recommended whatever your background.

It was courageous of the stadium in Indore to play Am I Ever Going To See Your Face Again between overs in our match against SAfrica. It inspired Alana King to new heights so all good, I guess.

As I suggested a few days ago, that’s my ideal GF in that it was a great contest but with a definitive winner.

Is it a bad thing not to have close results in our Footy Finals? As a neutral I want to see a tough testing contest between two good sides…but with a definitive winner. Is this an unfashionable view?

A slightly weird new car ad’s agency should’ve referred to A Well Respected Man for the pronunciation of ‘regatta’. It does of course rhyme with ‘get at her’. #RaymondDouglasDavies

Is anyone still watching the Q-fart?

I’m looking fwd to tonight’s Qld footy final but the intense experiences of attending the Tiges finals 2017-19 has rather spoiled me for what used to be my most anticipated sporting time of year in ways that I haven’t fully understood.

Mabior coulda shoulda put the Crows away in Q2. Adelaide still within five minutes of sparkling footy of getting in front. #HalfTimeAtTheFootball

Fun fact: I crossed from the Eastern Hemisphere to the Western Hemisphere every morning on the way to school.

One Nation beckons.

Dipping into Brian & Maggie, it seems to me that Harriet Walter is channelling the magnificent Siân Phillips’ Livia in her portrayal of Thatcher. #IClavdivs

The entire 1979 Bathurst 1000 race has just been uploaded on YT (Super100mph) for anyone interested. It was my only year on the mountain and was a rare weekend shared with the VFL GF, which we watched at the Bathurst RSL.

Trumpian absurdity logic from Brundle: “It was playing the team game that cost Lando, not the slow stop.”

Here comes the orange salami!

What’s this “Giant salami” that Garry Lyon’s whacking on about?

Yes, my granddaughter is a teenager! Aaaaaarrrgghhh.

Another trophy for the family this arvo as Ms13 won her footy Grand Final today. Rah rah!!

Name 5 albums that had the biggest impact on your life: Led Zep II Soft Machine - Third The Who - Tommy The Clash (self titled) LKJ - Forces of Victory

Hankies out in the Sky F1 combox.

Incidentally, "TAYLOR SWIFT: CHECK IF SHE IS IN LOVE." is an anagram of "IF SO, ONLY WITH CHIEFS' TRAVIS KELCE."

Can I just insert here my annual note of my loathing of the mid-game Live Ladder, whether on Fox Footy, EPL or AFL websites.

It pains me to say so of course but the Spuds were good value for that win against Citeh.