Oztalgian

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  1. I do, it was on the Dale Lane side of the pub opposite the El Rico café and Madge Duggan's fish and chip shop. The Waltzer, dogems and whiplash always seemed to be there along with the usual side shows, shooting range, coconut shy, hook a duck and some kiddies rides.
  2. Due to an increase in Covid 19 cases in Victoria people have again started panic buying toilet rolls and paper towels. Coles and Woolworths our two biggest supermarkets have imposed limits on purchases across the whole country. Idiots who panic buy toilet rolls should be compulsorily sterilised so they cannot pass their genes on to another generation.
  3. Can't say that I recall her on the Clive James Show buy I do remember Janet Webb on Morecambe and Wise
  4. Here in South Australia as of Next Monday social distancing is being reduced to 1 person per two square metres effectively allowing 50% capacity at venues. Unfortunately there are still active cases in Victoria and the South Australian government has introduced on line pre approval requirements for all "essential" travellers wanting to come into SA from Victoria. We have opened or borders to all other states. Our last confirmed case was almost a month ago and we have only had two cases since 23 April so things are looking positive. However 800 Australians from overseas will be allowe
  5. Her voice and the words of her songs are writ large in Britain's history and may they never be forgotten. She used these words in her last performance "To the brave boys and what they sacrificed for us. They left their families and homes to fight for our freedom and many lost their lives trying to protect us and our liberties."
  6. What you need are Cactoblastis cactorum moths they were one of the most successful biological controls ever used. Ben would know where to get them from and how much they cost. Prickly pears were introduced into Australia in 1926 and pioneered by a laboratory (here comes the Nottinghamshire connection) in Sherwood, Brisbane. At the time of their release NSW and Qld. had 60 million acres covered by this pest species making it unusable. By 1933 the little moths had done a brilliant job as Qld. had cleared 80% of their cacti and NSW around 55%. A really successful appli
  7. Just had a look at that one philmayfield and I agree it looks stunning but the price is definitely way over the odds. You can get one here in top nick for about the same amount in OZ dollars. RMA, RMB and RME's are quite common collectables here, I'd love one, would have to have two tone paint.
  8. I find the history of rail gauges fascinating. It was only in 1995 that all mainland capital were joined by the standard gauge railway. Even today in South Australia the interstate trains (standard gauge) cannot get into the main station in Adelaide as the suburban network runs on "broad gauge" 5 ft 3" and even more stupidly when they do upgrades and build new lines they do not convert them to standard gauge. I do notice that the new lines have sleepers that can accommodate standard gauge.
  9. I am too with a dozen plump Coffin Bay oysters and some streaky bacon pieces. Oysters Kilpatrick and red wine comprise one of the essential food groups.
  10. Peter Brinkworth was the first person to make chicken salt back in the 1960's. His original chicken salt included onion powder, garlic powder, celery salt, paprika, chicken bouillon and monosodium glutamate and the yellow colour came from curry powder. Modern "chicken salt" does not contain any chicken it is made from lots of salt but no chicken. There can be paprika, onion, citric acid, garlic, rice flour, pepper, celery seeds and something called "chicken flavour". This is generally made from hydrolysed vegetable protein.
  11. Nothing like the burble of a V8 as you hit the change gear now line on the rev counter.
  12. As our Covid 19 restrictions continue to ease we had fish and chips at the beach and on the counter at the chippie was white vinegar and malt vinegar and as usual the choice of plain or chicken salt. Do any of you afishianados know which is the "correct" condiment, white or malt vinegar. Definitely not chicken salt, only plain salt and plenty of it.
  13. Did we ever get to the bottom (pun intended) of why people bought and hoarded excessive amounts of toilet roll at the start of the pandemic?
  14. In Australia we have a Federal Government and State Governments. State governments with help from the Federal government fund health and education. The Federal Government looks after defence and taxation and the distribution of GST (VAT) back to state governments. Both these levels of government employ public servants, it is only the Federal government that has to fund military and defence personnel pensions. Between the level of governments they have unfunded liabilities of AU$224 billion. An unfunded liability is a debt that is not covered by the value of assets, savings or investments
  15. I would have like to think that governments would have "gone to the people" to seek a mandate for selling publicly owned entities but they did not. In many of these privatisations they often happen after a change from a labour to a conservative government where the incoming government claims that the budgetary situation is worse than we were told and we have to do this to reduce government debt. This also helps perpetuate the myth that "Labour cannot manage money". It would not have been so bad if they had invested it wisely. As I said earlier the vast bulk of it was used to cover the unfunded
  16. Benjamin1845 is almost old enough to remember women working down t'pit. The Mines and Quarries Act banning women and girls working underground in mines came into force in 1842. Boys aged above ten could still work underground. Oops, Benjamin1945
  17. Not very often I feel the need to chip in on politics discussions but this time I feel I must. Privatisation of public assets is one of the biggest cons ever perpetrated on joe public, getting them to buy shares in something they already own.
  18. I always thought that "serry" was a different pronunciation of "sithee" as in "see you later"
  19. Here is one for Brew and DJ360...… Turn your speakers up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdOCWUgwiWs
  20. I agree Mary1947 especially in the historical country towns here in Australia. Almost without exception they all have a war memorial and when you look at the names you see so many with the same family name. Also looking at the tiny graves of the children of those that died so young of diseases that are today curable. Many of these have no formal graves as their families could not afford a headstone or even a simple cross and are remembered only by a boundary of stones or just an entry in the church or cemetery records.
  21. During his time a Forest he did two separate loan periods at the Stags. Made a total of 16 appearances and scored 10 go0als, not a bad effort.
  22. I know what you mean Mary1947 my mum would only have to hear the Last Post and she would burst into tears. It was on this day in 1940 that her brother died of his wounds received in fighting with the rear guard during the evacuation of Dunkirk. At the close of every day at the Australian War Memorial they play the Last Post where the public is allowed to attend around the pool of reflection and remember those that made the ultimate sacrifice. Underneath the arches that you can see to the left and the right in the photo are walls upon which the names of all Australians killed in battle are
  23. As a kid we nearly always had a fire as it heated the hot water in the "back boiler". As my dad worked shifts either he or mum would "bank the fire up" such that the house was warm and the fire stayed lit all night. At the time it was the only form of heating in the house and all the other rooms were freezing in winter. We have just started the winter season here, its a cool 15 deg with light showers today.
  24. Yes Brew, it is inevitable as more and more cars become electric the revenue from fuel excise and its VAT/GST component will fall. Our new car uses 40% less fuel than the previous model so the tax take from our car has significantly reduced. As many new cars are equipped with GPS it will be relatively easy to tax them on a per mile basis.
  25. Ooworreewi posted yesterday at 12:19am about some hi-fi stuff