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Life lesson: time comes around faster than you think. Melbourne’s MCG has a members’ club. To get in you have to be sponsored by two existing members, fill in
by jen729w 4y ago
Life lesson: time comes around faster than you think.
Melbourne’s MCG has a members’ club. To get in you have to be sponsored by two existing members, fill in a form, and wait. The wait list is something like 15 years. [0]
I had this form in 2006 and thought, eh, too long. I didn’t submit it. But my time is now, and I remember that moment, and clearly remember younger me thinking that this day would never come. I was in my late 20s, I couldn’t imagine being 45.
Well, here I am.
[0]: https://www.mcc.org.au/about-the-club/membership/latest-membership-intake https://www.mcc.org.au/about-the-club/membership/latest-memb...
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