pwatmo

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  1. In Victoria (Oz), 2013 will be the last year of issue for rego certificates, instead relying on number plate scanning software in the police vehicles to identify whether a motor vehicle (car/bike/van/truck) is registered. The driver won't see any reduction though, straight into the coffers of the State government.
  2. A mix of original and current generation Trumpy's. The one in the foreground is a Thruxton 900, which was produced in the last 5 years. I notice a couple of Thunderrbirds in the background too.
  3. Mick, I would say you have the beginnings of a hard-drive bearing failure. And once that happens there is Nowt yer can do abaht it. I suggest you move quickly to back it up.
  4. I think everyone is waiting for an more detailed exp0lanation of this. Can't recall it from my youth...
  5. Commo, wasn't it John, Paul, George and Ringo?
  6. I think the Scottish Highlands are getting to you my lad....
  7. At 14, fairly impressive. An entrepreneur!! Obviously your bosses recognised it and you chose the RAF instead...
  8. Alison, the word is Aussie not Ozzie!
  9. I am sure in my day (50's and 60's), it was a shilling. Although I stand to be corrected.
  10. "When the Shilling went". Brings back all sorts of memories. How long did the shilling last??
  11. When was Woodhouse Way built? I lived in Strelley and where Woodhouse Way is now was Moores Farm, adjacent to the new estates..
  12. Was Harry Ramsden's a chain of F&C's in the UK too? There was one set up in Victoria (East Burwood), but the food was expensive and crap.
  13. Interesting, that there were a number of schools (5) in the area, including mine. Again I didn't realise that mine was opposite the Chedworth Estate
  14. Alisoncc, This is Melbourne/Frankston; all four seasons in the one day. Welcome to Spring...
  15. My brother Michael did. Probably before your time though (mid 50's)
  16. What was the building opposite?
  17. Beefsteak you might be right, however the cricketers won't be seeing much of that revenue. Anyway, regarding the Ashes series in December/January, at least it shouldn't rain whenever the teams go out to play, and the light will be good. I look forward to the English having it wrapped up by Day 4 (Trevor S may remind you of that prediction)...
  18. Wasn't there a Wimpey Bar somewhere around there in the 60's too?
  19. Indeed, Ayupmeducks, It has been suggested that Limited Over and the ODI format, which arguably 'saved' cricket has killed the capability of the new generation of cricketers in being able to sustain the concentration required to cope with a Test series. It has been suggested that the new generation of cricketers and spectators are more suited to the ODI format. If I were cynical, I would suggest the enormous money involved would have sommat to do with it too. What point a 5 day Test Match if there is little money in it???? Good job I int cynical....
  20. Ayupmeducks, It was indeed an Englishwoman bemoaning the fact that the English had lost to those dreadful Orstralian's. So the urn of the burnt bails (Ashes) were a record of that horrible loss. It has been far more than just "22 men tossing a ball at each other for fun and making every excuse in the book to take their ball home if the weather turns a bit dark" it is as Trevor S has mentioned, about the 'spirit' of the game, which our current Englishmen seem to have forgotten. Or rather to them it's about winning at all costs....
  21. Following a discussion regarding my secondary school, Paulus asked me if I attended St Teresa's RC Primary school in Aspley. I have a couple of photos from that era and lo and behold he was in the same class.... These were in the late 50's, early 60's http://s760.photobucket.com/user/pwatmo1/media/StTeresas-2_zps054c53c3.jpg.html http://s760.photobucket.com/user/pwatmo1/media/StTeresas-1_zpsc8a13a1c.jpg.html Anybody else out there know anyone who went to the school at this time. Mr Grayser was the headmaster.
  22. Probably had something to do with the bloody awful school lunches they had at the school!