Oztalgian

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  1. Glen Campbell along with Roy Clark, two of the world's greatest guitarists.
  2. Forest's replay at home against Bristol City will be at the City Ground on Monday 5th February Good luck to the Magpies at home to 5th placed Barrow and the Stags away at 10th placed AFC Wimbledon.
  3. nonnaB, The starship Enterprise had a galley and according to Eddie Izzard the Death Star had a canteen. (Caution coarse language)
  4. Ben This is my favourite song with Red in the title. Brings back memories of the Goose Fair, the smell of candy floss, hamburgers and onions. The diesel smells and sounds of the generator sets, the flashing lights of the rides and the sparks from the pole on the dogems.
  5. Some think it was more likely to be Ditton Railway Station as he was going to London rather than Widnes. However there were plaques at Widnes commemorating the writing of the song but they were stolen.
  6. Thanks Beekay, I'll keep a look out for it. My FIL who worked in the mining industry always answered the phone "Shirebrook Water Cress Farm" to confuse potential scammers.
  7. Another strange kick-off for the Bristol City vs Forest 4th round Fa Cup tie, 7:45 pm, why? Only a handful of chances in a dull first half with none being converted and half time at Ashton Gate sees the score at 0-0. An uninspiring second half saw no change in the score. City did not have a shot on target in the whole game and Forest only two. 5 cautions were issued 3 to City and 2 for Forest players. Very little excitement for the almost 26,000 fans on hand. Replay date not known as yet. Meanwhile back in the fight for survival in the EPL, Forest home against Arsenal 30th Jan
  8. Was that on Free to air TV Beekay? If so, I hope we get it here. If it was a streaming service, which one? I would like to watch that. Incidentally it was the 70's strikes that made me finally decide to emigrate to OZ thinking "we gotta get out of this place" cue for song.
  9. Wasn't Widnes Station where Paul Simon was supposed to have written Homeward Bound? Image from Wikipedia
  10. It's Australia's turn to play collapso cricket, 4 for 24 at lunch Roach will be on a hat trick when they resume after lunch Green out for 8 and Head a golden duck Khawaja watching the carnage from the other end is not out 6. The weather looks dark and gloomy so there may be some interruptions in play after lunch.
  11. West Indies all out for 311, their tail really wagged Sinclair scored 50 on debut and just taken a blinding catch to dismiss Labuschagne. Australia 2 for 13, Sandpaper Smith out for six and Labuschagne out for three as lunch in this day/night test approaches.
  12. England were saved from a low score by 70 from Ben Stokes which kept them in the contest. All out for 246 with India at 1 for 119 after pummeling a rather weak England spin attack.
  13. Joe Root and Stuart Broad are the only two English players that make the ICC's 2023 Test team of the year. Five Aussies are included and had the captain also. India were represented by two spinners. Sri Lanka and New Zealand claimed the last two spots. Australia provided 5 players for the Womens ODI team of the year. New Zealand had two, England one, South Africa one, and two from Bangladesh including the captain. The men's ODI team of the year was populated by six Indian players including the captain, two from Australia, one from New Zealand and two from South Africa. Notably not on
  14. Bloody Bonza Mate, it's Australia Day
  15. I see that you can get a vegetarian haggis but isn't that just a white pudding?
  16. If you have more than 1 is it hagii or haggis's
  17. Two large slices of humble pie for me this morning courtesy of Kavem Hodge (71) and Joshua Da Silva (79) in a 149 6th wicket partnership that has turned the game from a farce into one that could well be worth watching. The Windies resume today at 8 for 266.
  18. Village Stompers, just love that banjo intro, this is the sort of jazz I like Ben.
  19. Didn't he do the voices in Tales of the Riverbank and Rev. W. Awdrey's The Railway Stories too? As an aside I love roast chestnuts but unfortunately they are only available for a short time in late autumn and very few fruit and veggie shops stock them. You can get fresh roasted ones at some places in the Adelaide Hills
  20. The second Australia vs West Indies test match in Brisbane is underway and at lunch the Windies are 79 for 5. They are an embarrassment to the game and their test cricket status should be under serious consideration. If the administrators are wanting to kill test cricket then having teams like the Windies playing test cricket is a sure way to do it
  21. I remember Shirley Abicair, did you know Little Boy Fishing off a Wooden Pier was an Australian folk song and that Shirley was an Australian too. If I recall correctly she played a Zither. She is still alive aged 93
  22. Sorry Ben, for the most part our musical tastes coincide but not to jazz. To me the first one sounds like elevator music or the background music in a posh hotel, the second one more like a silent movie soundtrack. I quite like Trad Jazz e.g Kenny Ball and his Jazz Men, Midnight in Moscow and the like. It wouldn't be life if we all liked the same things would it. Keep posting you never know you might find something that I like. (Hooray the video copy thingo worked this time)
  23. Talking of tax cuts, our Federal Government has amended the proposed stage three tax cuts to reduce the tax benefit of those earning over AU$250,000 from $9,075 to $4,529. In effect across the board all taxpayers will get a benefit of $804. The conservative opposition are working hard to push the line that this is a massive "back-flip" and that Labor cannot be trusted to keep its election promises. I think it is a pragmatic approach by Labor as in today's environment giving large tax cuts to the well off and high income earners was never an election winner.
  24. The man who is generally regarded as Australia's worst ever Prime Minister, Scott John Morrison is leaving Australian politics to take up a role with American Global Strategies after saying he needs a better salary than the AU$217,000 a back bencher gets. As an ex PM of 4 years. He will also get a taxpayer funded office, a lifetime gold travel pass and a very generous superannuation pension. He has been condemned in Australia as a liar, and an incompetent operator on both the domestic and global stages. At the same time South Australia's former premier Stephen Marshall, the leader
  25. Stags - A team vying for promotion can only manage a 1-1 draw at home to bottom placed Sutton, is this the wobbles that Mess spoke about in an earlier post? After falling behind in the 8th minute Stags equalised around half an hour later. A rather dull second half yielded no goals. Away at AFC Wimbledon on Saturday. By the way, what is with the 7:45pm kick off? Strange time, why not 7:30 as usual.