"I digress ..."

RustyD · RustyD

Just found my late father's pay book when he was in the RAAF. Pay on joining in April 1944 at age 19 was 4 Pound / 4 Shillings per fortnight. That's $294 in today's money with inflation. $147 / week. On discharge in November 1945 pay was 4 Pound / 11 Shillings. That's $321 in today's money. $160.50 / week. T...

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... Modern engines can be fuelled by almost any organic substance, including herbs. So eventually we could see trains running on thyme. I asked my North Korean penpal how it was over there. He replied he couldnt complain. James, 4, was listening to a Bible story. His dad read: a man named Lot...

The Belmont Bear · The Belmont Bear

As a lot of people have probably gathered from my previous posts I am currently working in Oman which is a devout muslim nation. Driving home from work today they were reminding people on the radio that the new traffic laws will come into place in the Sultanate on the 1st March which introduces a demerit...

aussie_paul · aussie_paul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD9tyZLkTSI Aussie Paul.

RustyD · RustyD

<reference removed> as too many are commenting on the reference rather than the poll. Please no comments, just the poll. -- Edited by RustyD on Monday 19th of February 2018 09:31:32 PM

The Belmont Bear · The Belmont Bear

I drove down to Muscat on the weekend to pick up my wife from the airport and I actually saw my first caravan after 7 months of being in the Gulf. It was an off road Jayco Adventurer which looked brand new as did the big Toyota Tundra that was pulling it. You would need to be completely self sufficient here a...

moamajohn · moamajohn

Gday All.The wife and I have just tried a small adventure .We Climbed aboard the Queen Mary 2 at Melbourne last week for a 4 day /night journey to Kangaroo Island and back.The ship is quite magnificent and you feel a bit overwhelmed upon arrival .This was further advanced when we were told that we had bee...

Big Gorilla · Big Gorilla

TWINKLE TOES ........ This will make you look for your blue suede shoes https://www.youtube.com/embed/sq--8HXYjnc

iana · iana

How gullible are our councils and government. This is true, absolutely true. During my term working for local government, we employed a supervisor, who seemed a bit lazy and different, basicly like the rest. I noted that he was supplying our director with copied CD's, apparently this guy had a copyi...

Hendo · Hendo

The sport of choice for the urban poor is BASKETBALL The sport of choice for maintenance level employees is SOCCER The sport of choice for front-line workers is RUGBY The sport of choice for supervisors is CRICKET The sport of choice for middle management is TENNIS and The sport of choice for corporat...

kiwijims · kiwijims

A song about Australia by Isia Grant...... https://youtu.be/_Epy3FLyqFQ K.J. -- Edited by kiwijims on Thursday 1st of March 2018 03:56:34 PM

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... Once I swallowed a dictionary. It gave me thesaurus throat. Cheers - John

RustyD · RustyD

Someone didn't proof read. Ch 9 Headline: Almost 90 cars hit by 'one of largest recalls in nation's history'

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... Cheers - John

Possum3 · Possum3

This was sent to me from a friend in USA (Republican) regarding the NRA and how it is being seen in Europe https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/9/16448302/guns-nra-sunday-lubach

Aus-Kiwi · Aus-Kiwi

https://www.facebook.com/peter.jarick.1/posts/1390939527719288

Possum3 · Possum3

Taking the long view There are colonies of clonal trees that have lived for tens of thousands of years, but there's something majestic about a single tree able to stand on its own for millennia. These http://flip.it/qRcGlO

aussie_paul · aussie_paul

Aussie Paul. -- Edited by aussie_paul on Saturday 24th of February 2018 10:44:42 PM

iana · iana

This evening I was outside in the backyard of the hose, and I could smell smoke, we get smoke from bush fires all the time, but this smelt different. Walking out the front I saw smoke just down the road, called the wife and we ran down the road to where a flat was on fire. The woman occupant was rescued but bur...

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... I just lost my job at the calendar factory. The boss didn't like it when I took a few days off! Cheers - John

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	RAAF pay 1943 (Preview) Just found my late father's pay book when he was in the RAAF. Pay on joining in April 1944 at age 19 was 4 Pound / 4 Shillings per fortnight. That's $294 in today's money with inflation. $147 / week. On discharge in November 1945 pay was 4 Pound / 11 Shillings. That's $321 in today's money. $160.50 / week. T...	RustyD	21	1412	02:09 PM Mar 11, 2018 by ramblegambol
	Someone make him stop.............. (Preview) Gday... Modern engines can be fuelled by almost any organic substance, including herbs. So eventually we could see trains running on thyme. I asked my North Korean penpal how it was over there. He replied he couldnt complain. James, 4, was listening to a Bible story. His dad read: a man named Lot...	rockylizard	5	1247	07:13 PM Mar 10, 2018 by JA2340
	Isn’t It Ironic (Preview) As a lot of people have probably gathered from my previous posts I am currently working in Oman which is a devout muslim nation. Driving home from work today they were reminding people on the radio that the new traffic laws will come into place in the Sultanate on the 1st March which introduces a demerit...	The Belmont Bear	11	3025	03:41 PM Mar 9, 2018 by The Belmont Bear
	How Much Do Americans Know About Australia? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD9tyZLkTSI Aussie Paul.	aussie_paul	33	2167	07:37 PM Mar 8, 2018 by JA2340
	Political Correctness (Preview) <reference removed> as too many are commenting on the reference rather than the poll. Please no comments, just the poll. -- Edited by RustyD on Monday 19th of February 2018 09:31:32 PM	RustyD	24	1561	01:50 PM Mar 7, 2018 by Dickodownunder
	A Bit Of A Surprise (Preview) I drove down to Muscat on the weekend to pick up my wife from the airport and I actually saw my first caravan after 7 months of being in the Gulf. It was an off road Jayco Adventurer which looked brand new as did the big Toyota Tundra that was pulling it. You would need to be completely self sufficient here a...	The Belmont Bear	3	1056	12:39 PM Mar 7, 2018 by Roy E
	What a ship! (Preview) Gday All.The wife and I have just tried a small adventure .We Climbed aboard the Queen Mary 2 at Melbourne last week for a 4 day /night journey to Kangaroo Island and back.The ship is quite magnificent and you feel a bit overwhelmed upon arrival .This was further advanced when we were told that we had bee...	moamajohn	7	1109	07:57 PM Mar 6, 2018 by Baldbug
	Rocking & Rolling (Preview) TWINKLE TOES ........ This will make you look for your blue suede shoes https://www.youtube.com/embed/sq--8HXYjnc	Big Gorilla	6	1329	01:17 PM Mar 6, 2018 by jules47
	Birds of a feather flock together. (Preview) How gullible are our councils and government. This is true, absolutely true. During my term working for local government, we employed a supervisor, who seemed a bit lazy and different, basicly like the rest. I noted that he was supplying our director with copied CD's, apparently this guy had a copyi...	iana	7	1176	05:30 PM Mar 5, 2018 by Yuglamron
	Amazing Fact (Preview) The sport of choice for the urban poor is BASKETBALL The sport of choice for maintenance level employees is SOCCER The sport of choice for front-line workers is RUGBY The sport of choice for supervisors is CRICKET The sport of choice for middle management is TENNIS and The sport of choice for corporat...	Hendo	4	847	08:05 PM Mar 4, 2018 by Sheba
	Have you heard this song ??? (Preview) A song about Australia by Isia Grant...... https://youtu.be/_Epy3FLyqFQ K.J. -- Edited by kiwijims on Thursday 1st of March 2018 03:56:34 PM	kiwijims	5	877	01:18 PM Mar 2, 2018 by Kisha
	Lost for words........ (Preview) Gday... Once I swallowed a dictionary. It gave me thesaurus throat. Cheers - John	rockylizard	4	1022	12:09 PM Mar 2, 2018 by Leo
	90 Cars in Air-Bag recall? Biggest ever. Wow (Preview) Someone didn't proof read. Ch 9 Headline: Almost 90 cars hit by 'one of largest recalls in nation's history'	RustyD	5	778	10:08 AM Mar 2, 2018 by Ge
	Password (Preview) Gday... Cheers - John	rockylizard	4	1335	09:02 AM Mar 2, 2018 by aussietraveller
	NRA (video) (Preview) This was sent to me from a friend in USA (Republican) regarding the NRA and how it is being seen in Europe https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/9/16448302/guns-nra-sunday-lubach	Possum3	5	852	09:15 PM Feb 26, 2018 by Leo
	Ok who was it . Missed turn off ( 1 2 ) (Preview) https://www.facebook.com/peter.jarick.1/posts/1390939527719288	Aus-Kiwi	38	2211	02:16 PM Feb 26, 2018 by Dickodownunder
	10 of the World's Oldest Trees (Preview) Taking the long view There are colonies of clonal trees that have lived for tens of thousands of years, but there's something majestic about a single tree able to stand on its own for millennia. These http://flip.it/qRcGlO	Possum3	5	956	10:07 AM Feb 26, 2018 by Bushbaby
	Online selling... (Preview) Aussie Paul. -- Edited by aussie_paul on Saturday 24th of February 2018 10:44:42 PM	aussie_paul	11	1151	05:32 PM Feb 25, 2018 by Craig1
	Emergency services, very disapointed. ( 1 2 ) (Preview) This evening I was outside in the backyard of the hose, and I could smell smoke, we get smoke from bush fires all the time, but this smelt different. Walking out the front I saw smoke just down the road, called the wife and we ran down the road to where a flat was on fire. The woman occupant was rescued but bur...	iana	30	1988	03:21 PM Feb 25, 2018 by aussie_paul
	Part-time jobs while on the road are hard to keep..... (Preview) Gday... I just lost my job at the calendar factory. The boss didn't like it when I took a few days off! Cheers - John	rockylizard	3	867	03:05 PM Feb 25, 2018 by Tony Bev
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