Young Australian of the Year Casey Stoner

On Jan 27, 7:18 am, CrazyCam <crazy... RemoveThis @upturnet.com.au> wrote:
> JL wrote:
> > On Jan 26, 2:51 pm, "Knobdoodle" <knobdoo... RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> "Capt.about_lunchtime" <camer... RemoveThis @aapt.net.au> wrote:
> >>> Australian of the year should be , IMHO, an award to recognise service to
> >>> the community, Casey while undoubtedly a great champion and sporting
> >>> ambassador has really done it all for, not Australia, but Casey.  An
> >>> effort truly deserving of the Moto GP's No.1 plate but not, perhaps "Young
> >>> Aust. of the Year.".
> >> How about "the person who has done the most to promote a positive-image of
> >> young Australians to the world".
>
> > <shrug> Sure. Good on him and great for motocycling etc, but I still
> > don't get how it's invariably sportsmen that get the gong
>
> Let me explain for you John.
>
> Young Australians can either be sports people or they can make coffee
> and work in Maccas.

Yeah I know, that's indeed the general attitude, it makes me unhappy.

I'm please Doug showed it isn't strictly true though

JL
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JL wrote:
> On Jan 26, 2:51 pm, "Knobdoodle" <knobdoo... DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
>> "Capt.about_lunchtime" <camer... DeleteThis @aapt.net.au> wrote:
>>> Australian of the year should be , IMHO, an award to recognise service to
>>> the community, Casey while undoubtedly a great champion and sporting
>>> ambassador has really done it all for, not Australia, but Casey. An
>>> effort truly deserving of the Moto GP's No.1 plate but not, perhaps "Young
>>> Aust. of the Year.".
>> How about "the person who has done the most to promote a positive-image of
>> young Australians to the world".
>
> <shrug> Sure. Good on him and great for motocycling etc, but I still
> don't get how it's invariably sportsmen that get the gong

Let me explain for you John.

Young Australians can either be sports people or they can make coffee
and work in Maccas.

regards,
CrazyCam
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JL wrote:
> On Jan 26, 8:16 pm, Toosmoky <toosm....RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> JL wrote:
>>
>> > I'm a big fan of Casey but the guy who was runner up organised the
>> > "make poverty history" concerts.
>>
>> He wasn't runner-up in 2004...
>>
>> http://www.australianoftheyear.gov.au/pages/page131.asp
>>
>>> <shrug> Sure. Good on him and great for motocycling etc, but I still
>>> don't get how it's invariably sportsmen that get the gong
>> Invariably?...
>>
>> 2007 YAOTY - Tania Major - Indigenous youth advocate
>>
>> 2006 YAOTY - Trisha Broadbridge - Youth Leader
>>
>> 2005 YAOTY - Khoa Do - For his "leadership, compassion, and will to
>> inspire and inform Australians on issues that affect our communities."
>>
>> 2004 YAOTY - Hugh Evans - "At just 20 years of age, Hugh Evans is
>> dedicating his life to helping the most underprivileged people in this
>> world."
>>
>> 2003 YAOTY - Lleyton Hewitt - Ding!...
>>
>> 2002 YAOTY - Scott Hocknull - Palaeontologist
>>
>> 2001 YAOTY - James Fitzpatrick - "A poet, philosopher and amateur
>> astronomer in his spare time"
>
> Well there ya go, thanks for bursting a misconception (no seriously I
> mean that), everytime I notice who gets it seemed to be a sportsman
> but there ya go - if you'd have asked me I'd have said Lleyton got it
> last year or the year before ...
>
> JL
> (the last bit is old age creeping up on me I think

It might just be that the sporting winners tend to get more publicity
for these awards...


G-S
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JL wrote:
> On Jan 26, 8:16 pm, Toosmoky <toosm....DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> JL wrote:
>>
>> > I'm a big fan of Casey but the guy who was runner up organised the
>> > "make poverty history" concerts.
>>
>> He wasn't runner-up in 2004...
>>
>> http://www.australianoftheyear.gov.au/pages/page131.asp
>>
>>> <shrug> Sure. Good on him and great for motocycling etc, but I still
>>> don't get how it's invariably sportsmen that get the gong
>> Invariably?...
>>
>> 2007 YAOTY - Tania Major - Indigenous youth advocate
>>
>> 2006 YAOTY - Trisha Broadbridge - Youth Leader
>>
>> 2005 YAOTY - Khoa Do - For his "leadership, compassion, and will to
>> inspire and inform Australians on issues that affect our communities."
>>
>> 2004 YAOTY - Hugh Evans - "At just 20 years of age, Hugh Evans is
>> dedicating his life to helping the most underprivileged people in this
>> world."
>>
>> 2003 YAOTY - Lleyton Hewitt - Ding!...
>>
>> 2002 YAOTY - Scott Hocknull - Palaeontologist
>>
>> 2001 YAOTY - James Fitzpatrick - "A poet, philosopher and amateur
>> astronomer in his spare time"
>
> Well there ya go, thanks for bursting a misconception (no seriously I
> mean that), everytime I notice who gets it seemed to be a sportsman
> but there ya go - if you'd have asked me I'd have said Lleyton got it
> last year or the year before ...
>
> JL
> (the last bit is old age creeping up on me I think

Maybe you're just getting confused with "Australian Of The Year award"
or as it is otherwise known... "captain of the Australian cricket team".
Though whether or not Ponting continues the tradition or not is
another matter.. given his behaviour in the early part of his cricket
career.

Nev..
'07 XB12X
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"Nev.." <idiot DeleteThis @mindless.com> wrote:
> Maybe you're just getting confused with "Australian Of The Year award" or
> as it is otherwise known... "captain of the Australian cricket team".
> Though whether or not Ponting continues the tradition or not is another
> matter.. given his behaviour in the early part of his cricket career.
>
Getting full of piss, making a public twat of himself and then having to be
slapped down by a "sheila"...
Could you get more Australian than that?!!
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Clem
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Biggus wrote:
> Think ya miss the point, most kids wouldnt know either that would be
> lookin for a role model.

huh ? Besides you not knowing what Casey Stoner's name is... since when
do people go 'looking for' a role model. I'd have thought that would
have been a passive activity, rather than an active one.

Nev..
'07 XB12X
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In article <479a34cc$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>, jl.TakeThisOut@not-here.com.au says...
> young australian of the year seems to actually mean "young sportsman of
> the year" I can't remember when a sportsperson hasn't won it.
>
> JL

Well there was last year, Tania Major who is listed as an Indigenous
youth advocate

2006 it was Trisha Broadbridge, she's a Youth Leader, whatever that
means

2005 was a bloke named Khoa Do who makes films.

2004 was Hugh Evans, who founded a charity mob called the Oak Tree
Foundation.

So yeah, all bloody sports people.


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t

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In article <479afa56$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>, toosmoky DeleteThis @hotmail.com says...
> JL wrote:
>
> > I'm a big fan of Casey but the guy who was runner up organised the
> > "make poverty history" concerts.
>
> He wasn't runner-up in 2004...
>
> http://www.australianoftheyear.gov.au/pages/page131.asp
>
>
> > <shrug> Sure. Good on him and great for motocycling etc, but I still
> > don't get how it's invariably sportsmen that get the gong
>
> Invariably?...
>
> 2007 YAOTY - Tania Major - Indigenous youth advocate
>
> 2006 YAOTY - Trisha Broadbridge - Youth Leader
>
> 2005 YAOTY - Khoa Do - For his "leadership, compassion, and will to
> inspire and inform Australians on issues that affect our communities."
>
> 2004 YAOTY - Hugh Evans - "At just 20 years of age, Hugh Evans is
> dedicating his life to helping the most underprivileged people in this
> world."
>
> 2003 YAOTY - Lleyton Hewitt - Ding!...
>
> 2002 YAOTY - Scott Hocknull - Palaeontologist
>
> 2001 YAOTY - James Fitzpatrick - "A poet, philosopher and amateur
> astronomer in his spare time"
>
>

Bastard, I knew someone else would beat me to it, just didn't check
before I posted
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t

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"Tim Moran" <tim-usenet RemoveThis @evilbastard.org> wrote:
> Bastard, I knew someone else would beat me to it, just didn't check
> before I posted
> --
[shrug] Reply to them as you read them's my motto.
Reading ahead's cheating!!
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Clem
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In article <yRenj.7814$421.7176@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
knobdoodle.RemoveThis@hotmail.com says...
>
> "Tim Moran" <tim-usenet.RemoveThis@evilbastard.org> wrote:
> > Bastard, I knew someone else would beat me to it, just didn't check
> > before I posted
> > --
> [shrug] Reply to them as you read them's my motto.
> Reading ahead's cheating!!
>
With my attention span if I read ahead I'd never come back and make a
fool of myself, so I need to do it strait away.
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t

A sufficiently advanced incompetance is indestinguishable from malice
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Toosmoky wrote:
> JL wrote:
>
>> the guy
>> who was runner up organised the "make poverty history" concerts.
>
> How'd that go?...

It had a catchy tune.

Theo
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"JL" <jlittler DeleteThis @my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:1f717f0f-2b89-44cb-bffb-b2de85057446@k39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
On Jan 26, 2:51 pm, "Knobdoodle" <knobdoo... DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Capt.about_lunchtime" <camer... DeleteThis @aapt.net.au> wrote:
> > Australian of the year should be , IMHO, an award to recognise service to
> > the community, Casey while undoubtedly a great champion and sporting
> > ambassador has really done it all for, not Australia, but Casey. An
> > effort truly deserving of the Moto GP's No.1 plate but not, perhaps "Young
> > Aust. of the Year.".
>
> How about "the person who has done the most to promote a positive-image of
> young Australians to the world".

<shrug> Sure. Good on him and great for motocycling etc, but I still
don't get how it's invariably sportsmen that get the gong

JL

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Turn on your tv on any Sunday afternoon in this country and look for the
channel that isn't showing sport. That is why the sportspeople always get the
gong.

Fraser
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