banjo48
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Strangely enough there is a Perth identity (read multi millionaire) that has one of these that has been fully restored and is in regular use, the guy employs his own pilot as he no longer is fit enough to fly it himself, it is often seen around the Perth skies in summer and is very loud when flown at low altitude.
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Don't know about our other Aussie friends, but I haven't found what I would call a decent real chippy here in oz.
When I say real I mean none of your frozen chips but real potatoes chipped on site and cooked to perfection. Th english chippy's will always win.
Actually had cod and chips a few weeks ago, fish was good chips were mediocre as said above.
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Thought Jaimie had a farm somewhere now, his latest tv offerings seem farm based ?
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Yes flowers of arnica for bruises, used to use that and i did seem to be effective too ! you can still get it at herbalists.
I remember when I was little we always had Witch Hazel and Arnica in the medicine cupboard for bringing out bruises.
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I quite like Jamie Oliver, we have a couple of his restaurants here in oz, and in Perth it's one of my daughters favorites.
I've never been mind you but from reports the food is excellent and reasonably priced.
My wife buys Jamies Cumberland pork sausage from our Woolies supemarket here, and they are excellent, some of his other offerings are good too.
He must now be a very wealthy young bloke so must have done something right. And as for not being a proper chef, well give me his offerings anyday to some of these so called top chefs, god the plates often looks half empty with some of their concoctions.
Give me good down to earth quality food anyday.
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Remember the name, probably dad used it at some time for his aches and pains.
I've currently got tennis elbow, never played tennis so don't know how or why, but wife bought me some Deep Heat rub, sure it's wintergreen in a different pack ! everywhere I went I felt people were looking at me to see if it was me that stunk like a football team changing room.
Can't say it worked but the thought was there.
Anyone got any remedies ?
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Definitly Fools and Horses, Steptoe & Son, One foot in the grave, Mrs Bucket' - aka Keeping up Appearances, League of Gentleman, Faulty Towers.
So much quality tv comedy came and still does from the UK.
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Like Catfan, I use a Canon laser one, only mono, but I never print colours anyway if I want to do photos i go to a store and use their system, cheap and easy.
My laser cartridge lasts forever, I soon got fed up buying inkjet cartridges ! it was often cheaper to buy a new printer.
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Thank god we don't have this crap here in West Oz, the police here have powers to give you a free check if they suspect your vehicle is not roadworthy but thats it. Most just have a squiz at your tyres and that's it.
Some other states have checks after 3 years old and some need a roadworthy certificate to sell the vehicle. Yes we live in a united country down here ;-))
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Yes even living full time on the road we have one in our RV, well I do, but any odds and ends my wife finds as she tidies up go into the back of the cutlery drawer, so I suppose we have two.
Mum had one and we had one in our last home, I suppose it's human nature to have a nicknack store somewhere.
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Welcome from me in Oz nonnaB, Asti was one of my favorite wines when younger, even though I was never a big wine fan, now we only drink fizzy wine here in oz but only a couple of bottles a week max.
Look forward to your Nottm memories.
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I am, I suppose one of the unusal and lucky ones, I've never smoked and never felt the need or wanted to, but after losing my dad at 54 to the dreaded things, then my older brother at 65, but he really died at 60 as he suffered a slow agonising death with emphasemia. It finally got him on new years eve in his sleep.
Anything that helps people stop the disgusting, smelly, horrible habit would be welcome in my eyes.
I know it's an addiction and must be hard to quit, but early death and choking and drowning in your own fluids is far worse IMO.
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As a kid when I was working with my dad once I asked him how he learnt to do all what he did (he was a bricklayer/ builder) but could plaster, render, and also carpentry.
His answer lives with me all my llife and has shaped what I have achieved since.
"You can do owt you set your mind to do lad" was his reply.
I also told all my kids this, especially when they felt they were struggling with a something.
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Mick the 10w40 will be fine, lawn mower motors are pretty basic and forgiving, don't use two stroke in the fuel though ! it'll smoke you out.
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Here's some names; Pete Blood, Manfred (Mick Lehman), Dusty French, Kenny Astell, Cupitt, Pete Wellick, Gene Kersey, Kimbo Eddy, Flagsy (Flowers), Paddy Welch, Mo Webster,
Yes remember some especially Pete Blood, Manfred, Dusty, Kenny, Cupitt.
Wonder where they all are now or if they made it this far ?
Few more Paddy Flynn, John Langdon, Glenn Chapman, Chris Mee (dec). Terry Bennet.
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Good to here Trev's still around, do you know if he worked at Pork Farms ? as I know he used to get the big sausages served up at the Keller, and also some lovely pork joints to order.
Had many a Sunday roast pork joint from Trev while I worked at the Keller.
Maybe just had a mate who was a butcher :-)
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After reading the sad thread re Carl, of Carls Fables fame, suddenly had a thought if anyone knew how a few of the other well known "faces" of the period were going on.
Pete Hubbard, used to run the Brit when I first met him, I'd probably be about 17 so 50 odd years ago ! , he used to be nicknamed Smiley as he always seemed to be smiling while standing at the bottom of the Brit steps, in later years he ran the Beerkeller before it's demise then opened a club somewhere on St James street from memory but it didn't do too well and we lost touch.
He always had a soft spot for my missus and always gave her a stein of Lowenvbrau when she visited with me or a gang of her mates on girls night out.
Keith Symonds, Brit fame and then the Beachcomber. Bit of an arrogant twerp but again one of the faces around that era.
Also Trevor or big Trev as we nicknamed him, also of Beerkeller fame, but he worked a few pubs in town prior to that I think including the Bell Inn. Never knew his surname, but think he lived Beeston way.
Stu Morris, yes well known by many, last I heard he was not doing too well healthwise either ?
When I read how old Carl Abrams was it added to the shock but I suppose we all become complacent of time passing as we all get older, I do anyway.
Getting very nostalgic thinking of the great "good times" we had in our youth in good ole' Nottm.
Maybe you guys can add with more of the well known around the town at that time.
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Gosh that was a shock ! I knew Carl well, mainly from his Beerkeller days, a great bloke and entertainer indeed.
RIP Carl.
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For one of our wedding anniversaries my youngest daughter got hold of lots of old photos of my wife and I going right back to our teens and earlier, she then had them copied into a book format and presented us with it.
My wife treasures it now.
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#59 Rob.L
No not that Gordon, this one has long since departed, his name was Gordon Taylor, but I think I know the one you mean too. In later years I ended up on BT as a Fitter based at Marmion Ave. TEC.
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My dad died young (54) but in all the time I knew him I only ever heard him swear once ! he was a builder/bricklayer and was chopping an old brickwall with a chisel and lump hammer to fit a lintel in to put a new door in an old barn, I was helping him but asked something at the wrong time, he hit hit thumb with the hammer on the chisel literally bursting the end including the nail.
His language then contained two words I knew but had never heard him utter before, one was beginning with F the other was B ! a trip to A & E for some remdial work and a few stitches and he was back at work.
If my mum or brother ever swore we got a clip around the ear by mum, nowadays it's just the norm, I still detest women swearing.
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Always remember many years ago, the Old Grey Whistle Test, I think, and it was the first time I'd heard Van Morrison and his band, playing live too !
Pure magic, I went out and bought the album next day, I still have most of his stuff on my iphone and in my music library on itunes.
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If it's any consolation we've had a shitty winter here in Oz's Northern climbes, normally it's like warm sunny English summer days around 28C, but this year, suns been out as usual but the bloody wind has been coming from the Antarctic half the time, cut's you in two literally !
First time in years I've worn long trousers and a jumper here in winter. Summers coming though but we'll now probably have the other dreaded extremes of way too hot. Bloody El Nino or whatever they say.
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I always thought Elvis was sleasy and way overated, I liked the early Beatles, and some later Lennon stuff.
Always remember when Elvis died as a couple of mates and I were leaving that day to work in the middle east, for 3 months, one of the guys wive's was more upset over bloody Elvis departing than her husband !
We used tio wind him up something awfull over it for ages.
We have friends now, and the wife still lives and breathes Elvis ! I quite upset her once when I gave my usual opinion about him, she didn't speak to me for a week Ha Ha stupid woman.
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in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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I enjoyed the book too, was going to give the movie a try as I do like Matt Damon.