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A letter from a kid from Eromanga to Mum and Dad. (Eromanga is a small town west of Quilpie in the far south west of Queensland) Dear Mum & Dad, I am well. Hope youse are too. Tell me big brothers Doug and Phil that the Army is better than workin' on the farm - tell them to get in bloody quick smart before the jobs are all gone! I wuz a bit slow in settling down at first, because ya don't hafta get outta bed until 6am. But Ilike sleeping in now, cuz all you gotta do before brekky is make ya bed and shine ya boots and clean ya uniform. No bloody cows to milk, no calves to feed, no feed to stack - nothin'!! Blokes haz gotta shave though, but its not so bad, coz there's lotsa hot water and even a light to see what ya doing! At brekky ya get cereal, fruit and eggs but there's no kangaroo steaks or possum stew like wot Mum makes. You don't get fed again until noon, and by that time all the city boys are buggered because we've been on a 'route march' - geez its only just like walking to the windmill in the back paddock!! This one will kill me brothers Doug and Phil with laughter. I keep getting medals for shootin' - dunno why. The bullseye is as big as a bloody possum's bum and it don't move and its not firing back at ya like the Johnsons did when our big scrubber bull got into their prize cows before the Ekka last year! All ya gotta do is make yourself comfortable and hit the target - its a piece of piss!! You don't even load your own cartridges - they comes in little boxes and ya don't have to steady yourself against the rollbar of the roo shooting truck when you reload! Sometimes ya gotta wrestle with the city boys and I gotta be real careful coz they break easy - it's not like fighting with Doug and Phil and Jack and Boori and Steve and Muzza all at once like we do at home after the muster. Turns out I'm not a bad boxer either and it looks like I'm the best the platoon's got, and I've only been beaten by this one bloke from the Engineers - he's 6 foot 5 and 15 stone and three pickhandles across the shoulders and as ya know I'm only 5 foot 7 and eight stone wringin' wet, but I fought him till the other blokes carried me off to the boozer. I can't complain about the Army - tell the boys to get in quick before word gets around how bloody good it is. Your loving daughter, Jill | ||
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![]() The mania for giving the Government power to meddle with the private affairs of cities or citizens is likely to cause endless trouble, through the rivaly of schools and creeds that are anxious to obtain official recognition, and there is great danger that our people will lose our independence of thought and action which is the cause of much of our greatness, and sink into the helplessness of the Frenchman or German who expects his government to feed him when hungry, clothe him when naked, to prescribe when his child may be born and when he may die, and, in fine, to regulate every act of humanity from the cradle to the tomb, including the manner in which he may seek future admission to paradise. Mark Twain "ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ " "Victory or Death!" | |||
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An oldie, but always a goodie! ![]() Don't laugh, I think I may have gone out on the booze with this girl, you should see how she opens the bottles of beer! ![]() Cheers, Dave. Cheers, Dave. Aut Inveniam Viam aut Faciam. | |||
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Sambar Was once in a pub up in Darwin, think l might have seen her sat at the bar ![]() Regards. Dave. .... | |||
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Dave 2431: To this old Irishman who knows how Aussies fought in real wars, I saw nothing funny about her letter. ![]() ![]() | |||
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gerry375, nope, no women in the infantry, yet. All those barroom fights are all just good clean fun. Besides, everytime you guys come over here and start drinking our beer, you start to fall off your barstools. No wonder you think we were ganging up, you were probably seeing double. I've worked on Ops with some girls that make this one look like a wuss! One in particular, was State champion powerlifter 3 years running in her weight class. Her party trick was tearing packs of playing cards in half, still in the box. Or the kickboxer, who brought a whole new meaning to the phrase "you hit like a girl!" Our strength is that we can laugh at ourselves. Cheers, Dave. Cheers, Dave. Aut Inveniam Viam aut Faciam. | |||
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![]() One shot, One kill. But be ready with a follow up.Alway's remember "The only easy day was yesterday". | |||
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Gerry, who said we were sober? We all just aim for the bad guy in the middle. Cheers, Dave. Non Illegitium Carborundum Cheers, Dave. Aut Inveniam Viam aut Faciam. | |||
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Can the Ausies drink beer, I had 3 Oz hunters last year, they could handle their beers ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Life is how you spend the time between hunting trips. Through Responsible Sustainable hunting we serve Conservation. Outfitter permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/73984 PH permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/81197 Jaco Human SA Hunting Experience jacohu@mweb.co.za www.sahuntexp.com | |||
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Yes gerry, I know my Latin is terrible. I did just enough to be able to study medicine, that's all. Stircus fluens! Cheers, Dave. Cheers, Dave. Aut Inveniam Viam aut Faciam. | |||
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Dave: I always knew the Aussies were a sneaky lot! ![]() ![]() | |||
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No gerry, we'll call it a draw! I really should have known about 'est', but figured that most people could figure out 'Non Illegitium Carborundum' without the benifit of Latin, and despite (or perhaps because of) the incorrect structure. And a Happy New Year to you too! Cheers, Dave. Cheers, Dave. Aut Inveniam Viam aut Faciam. | |||
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Dave: I have to own up to something even more shameful about my ignorance of Latin. I knew the phrase we have been discussing -simply because I read it years ago -and it stuck in my memory. I became a trial lawyer (barrister, down your way?) - and was often exposed to some judge's clerk showing off his Latin by using a Latin phras in a written opinion -which always sent me to the books. BTW, we saw a beautiful display of fireworks in Sydney up here on TV celebrating the New Year. I mean that. It was really spectacular. I have watched fireworks often in my life but this was not only spectacular but also beautiful. You can tell Aussies that we Americans were very impressed and awed. ( You damn Aussies - always trying to get ahead of us Yanks!) ![]() Regards | |||
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Ok, Gerry, here's an easy one for you, and it is quite appropriate considering the amount of boozing that goes on at this time of year. 'In Vino Veritas'. Happy New Year. Cheers, Dave. Cheers, Dave. Aut Inveniam Viam aut Faciam. | |||
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Dave: That last post really hurt! ![]() | |||
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![]() Cheers, Dave. Aut Inveniam Viam aut Faciam. | |||
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