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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Hey Franco, you gonna change your username now?
R.I.P. Franco
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For those of you not from Melbourne and aware of the reference, you have to wait a bit longer before you start celebrating, I'm still alive
![]() The good lord has called up his best furniture salesman for the grand opening of his baroque furniture store in the sky ![]() Might be time to turn into Ken Bruce, or maybe Nick Scali ![]() Quote:
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You had me going for a minute. Can you change your user name to “The poster formally known as Franco Cozzo”?
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Just not Harvey Norman. Bing Lee has a good ring to it lol
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I drive past his Footascray shop at least 20 times a year have done so for more than three decades. It has been in a sad state for more than a decade until it's recent closure. We who remember the 1980s will always remember the little guy who was not scared to speak wog on national television.
Riposa in pace, Franco.
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A state funeral should be offered.
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He was a larger than life figure, who was always in his shops and in the local area regardless of the huge demographic shifts. The documentary about his life is a great watch - Palazzo Di Cozzo https://m.imdb.com/title/tt11469884/ It's basically the typical migrant success story, but there's a very sad element to it too. That furniture though my lord I can't believe people actually bought it ![]() |
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Yeah I know, it was horrendous lol
But typical of that generation of migrants, they worked hard, made money and generally improved Australia, as you know where I live, that generation of migrants here own half the town, but the worked ****ing hard
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RIP Franco
How amazing stories like his from migrants coming here with nothing treated like crap but determined to make a life for their fam and become part of the fabric that helped make Australia the lucky country as known back in the golden days ! Ciao Franco a fato bravo ! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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RIP Mr Cozzo,
Still wondering what this has to do with trucks though ?
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I am banned from The Bar, so nowhere else to post, plus the poster who calls himself Franco Cozzo posts here a lot
The thread does belong in The Bar, however . . . . . . . . .
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the word is pozer not poster
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It is now posted in the pub area and not the bar area as it should be, so Trev (the thread creator) and Franco (the subject of the ridicule) can continue contributing to the thread. |
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Thanks. I thought The Pub was for car related stuff so hence me posting where Franco posts a lot
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Keep the humour keeping on
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We had Luigi Sava-Da-Moni on the WA Salvage ads, legend.
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The good die young, so I'll be around for a very long time ![]() With the real Franco's death he signifies the passing of the post WWII European migration, in that documentary at one point he asks himself where all his Italians are, and then quips that they're all in the cemetary - he wasn't far behind. |
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We had Nick Scali Furniture in $ydney until his place burnt down my old man couldn't be happier at the time.
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Yes Mr Scali and Parker furniture were our competition.
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![]() ![]() yep typical w og ways to marketing and so funny it hasn't changed. When I see Scali ads to this day I lol - the lovely looking lady walking by her couch running her finger over the top in a nice tight outfit ![]() Classic surprised those ads haven't been banned. roK sorry to advise I know Scali through golf association, lol The Italian Golf Club. Can imagine what stories get around at the 19th amongst fellow retired wealthy w og cohorts, its a riot.
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My old man was a Psych Nurse. He worked 2 on , 2 off. 12 hour days. On his 2 days off he worked as a Brickies Laborer, for an Italian man with 2 other Italian workers. He often had to sit in the back of the three seater truck thru many winters. He said his Italian boss was one of the kindest men he had met in his life and the boss would come round to each workers house on a friday night and pay wages, but to the wives/partners so the men wouldn't blow the money and the children would get fed.......
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I do like those East European 'twins' doing the mattress ad, 'they' are cute
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I was thinking who is going to stir the pot around here
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It was a Mazda. "Car smashes into former Franco Cozzo building in Melbourne"
https://www.9news.com.au/national/fr...d-36b4971bdd1c
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