Oztalgian

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  1. The vegan thing is growing more noisy here in Oz and the large fast food companies and big supermarkets are getting in on the act too. Saw an advert for Hungry Jacks (Burger King) that says their vegan Whopper burger tastes just like a real Whopper burger? I don't understand why a Vegan or a Vego would want a meat free product to taste like meat. I wonder if chemical wizardry is involved. Saw in one of the on-line newspapers a vegan ham for Christmas FFS.
  2. Yes so when you break off the clay the spines come out
  3. Yes she was and she was also in some of the Whitehall Farces with her brother. Never watched Emmerdale, but just short of 101 is a good innings after a long career on the boards, film and TV
  4. Thanks For the thoughts Loppy. No luckily apart from a big fire on the Eyre Peninsular about a 6 hour drive away, South Australia has been luckily mostly fire free. The big fires are in SE Victoria, Queensland and by far the most affected is NSW. One area that has been particularly hard hit is the area between and behind Ulladulla and Batemans Bay in the Shoalhaven region. Particularly saddening for us as we used to spend our holidays there when we lived in NSW. Sydney has been shrouded in dense smoke from fires to the north and west of the city.The bush will recover, people will r
  5. Apart from Brexit I can only see parallels with Labour losing a recent "unlosable" election here in OZ A deeply unpopular leader An overly complex manifesto that was not explained well An inability to "read" the electorate and being unable to respond to scare tactics Having to fight the blatant lies of an increasingly extremist right wing incumbent government The extreme bias of much of the media bought and paid for by the big end of town No cut through message for the voters I like many on this forum fear the next few years too. The only glimmer of
  6. I just thought I would finish by comparing how member voted in parliament and whether the electorate ditched them if they voted against their wishes in parliament. The bold italics show the result of yesterdays' election. Ashfield 71% voted leave, yesterday their Lab member voted for A Conservative gain Bassetlaw 68% voted leave, yesterday their Lab member voted against ???? A Conservative Gain Broxtowe 53% voted leave, yesterday their TIG member voted for A Conservative Gain Gedling 56.3% voted leave, yesterday their Lab member voted for A Conservative Gain Man
  7. Nottinghamshire Summary (all figures are rounded) Voters Enrolled 725,000 Votes Cast 545,000 Highest turnout Rushcliffe 78.5% Lowest turnout Nottingham North 53.1% Conservatives hold 8 of the 11 seats, Rushcliffe, Gedling, Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Broxtowe, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood Labour hold 3 of the 11 seats, Nottingham North, Nottingham South and Nottingham East Conservatives gained 5 seats Rushcliffe, Gedling, Ashfield, Bassetlaw and Broxtowe Labour gained 1 seat Nottingham East Highest Majority Nottingham East 43.5% Lowest Majority Gedl
  8. Potassium permanganate crystals (purple) dissolved in water and then sprinkled on the lawn or garden was great for getting worms for fishing bait. Apparently it made them itch and come to the surface for relief, don't know if it killed them. Diluted mustard was good too.
  9. Pardon my ignorance Geoff, what does a billiards fitter actually do?
  10. Little Chef, mainly on the A roads and much better value than Fortes or the others on the motorways, after the Olympic breakfast you never needed lunch. If memory serves me correctly there was quite a few along the A1. The one at Doncaster was always a good breakfast after an early start heading north.
  11. 18,343 people were recorded as voting more than once. Apparently ……... 2 people voted 11 times 2 people voted 5 times 4 people voted 4 times 51 people voted 3 times Hence the saying "Vote early Vote often"
  12. If it is their Shiraz it is from McLaren Vale and Southern Fleureiu grapes, I agree, a good drop. I have to admit I have never tried their Viognier or Nebbiolo
  13. They cross your name off on a list here too, no check of who you are hence the saying "Vote early Vote often" The Gilbert Valley is between the Clare Valley and the Barossa Valley. May I ask which one?
  14. Before we moved house (downsized), every year when we put the decorations up every garland, or bell, fairy or lantern had to go in the same place or the kids would take great delight in making us change them until they were exactly the same as the last twenty years.
  15. Ben, The actual Jacobs Creek is in the Barossa Valley. What pi$$ed me of was last time I was in the UK you could get it cheaper than we could buy it here! Has anyone on here tasted the wines from Hanwell and Eglantine grown in Notts
  16. Jill. Only drink white if there is absolutely no other choice. Ayup, If you were granted permanent residency as many ten pound poms were you were automatically entitled to vote.
  17. Yes Jill, We are lucky, we live within a few miles of a number of wine regions, McLaren Vale, Langhorne Creek, Currency Creek. About an hours drive through the Adelaide Hills wine region, a little more to the Barossa and the Clare Valleys. Then about 4 hours to the Limestone coast region, all do free of charge tasting with many that you cannot get elsewhere. Big bold Shiraz, great Cab Sav's are my favourites. White wine is a waste of land that could be used for growing more reds.
  18. Roy of the Rovers Annual, The Beano Book. I remember getting the football board game Wembley one year, Had hours of fun with that and Forest, County and the Stags never got to the final when we played.
  19. As I have said before on this forum It is compulsory to vote in Federal and State Elections in Australia, strangely it is not compulsory for council elections. The fine for not voting in a Federal election is $20, almost worth it not to bother The process for failing to vote in our state election is shown below. Victims of crime levy $60 and a $65 reminder fee WTF!!! The further action column can be quite draconian If you can give them a good reason at stage 1 there is no fine. All our elections are held on Saturdays.
  20. Yes LizzieM, Flying home on one of those after the last night of the holiday having consumed too much Sangria was never a comfortable experience when the plane was as green as you felt. Much preferred Brittania Airways out of Castle Donnington.
  21. LizzieM, Would that have been with Court Line or Clarksons Travel with their pink, purple, lime green and other weird coloured BAC 111"s?
  22. Back in the 80's I was at Heathrow airport waiting for a flight to OZ and going through security the baggage was scanned by a rather bored looking operative whilst those people taking an El Al flight had every bag opened and physically searched by the airline security staff, despite the obvious delays no one seemed upset and understood why it was happening. Given that many of its' flights were to the increasingly important "Middle East" the industry joke was that BOAC stood for Better On A Camel
  23. I first flew when I was a few months old in 1950 from Manchester Ringway to Belfast Aldergrove to be introduced to my grand parents. My mum said we flew on a Bristol Brittania? I wonder how much it cost then? I bet it was a pretty penny!