Sportsmen Figure Op Shop Find, Conversion Possibilities and some childhood memories
MY CHILDHOOD SPORTING MEMORIES (Skip if you don't have a sense of humor) First of all, here is a disclaimer: I have never been interested in watching or participating in competitive sports. When I was very young, I was given a cheap rubber football, took it to the school oval where someone promptly took it and ran with it before kicking it to someone else. Eventually, I realized that this was part of the game but why did I have to run after people to try to get MY ball back? My dad and my maternal grandfather had both played Australian 'footy'. My dad's mum had her loungeroom painted in her Richmond team's colors of yellow and black. This was not a tradition I was to follow, although I did like tigers (the team animal). My other memory was my dad taking me to a country football match. I wasn't much taller than the spectators' knees, couldn't see much and was bored out of my mind. My dad, who was a garbologist, helpfully suggested I go around an...
