Oztalgian

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  1. Never got to see Larry play live in a Forest shirt as he joined the reds after I emigrated. Saw him many times as a Liverpool player vs Forest He also managed the Magpies for a year too. 75 was far too young, RIP Larry, condolences to family and friends.
  2. Thanks for the explanation MargieH. Please don't take this the wrong way as I would never deride anyone's faith or beliefs, that is a personal choice. The fact that we somehow don't know when he was born or died or have any proof that he ever existed just adds to the whole fairy tale. I will declare the fact that I am a confirmed athiest.
  3. As the days get longer and brighter has anyone else noticed that indicator lights particularly on the front of some modern cars/utes are difficult to see in bright sunlight? They are so small and hidden among other "bright work" such as daylight running lights. They are easily visible at night but need improving during bright sunny days.
  4. We put our clocks back on the weekend after Easter. OHH!!! dark nights Awful.
  5. That's a rather sophisticated air rifle plantfit/trogg. Sure beats the hell out of my old .22 BSA with V notch sights. I used Webley pellets they came in a cardboard box and I bought them from the local garage, 500 in a box. Same place as I bought my quarter inch square gatta elastic back in the day.
  6. Assuming there is/was a JC and he was born on December 25th why is there not a set date for his crucifixion/death instead of the date wandering around between late March and late April. Answers in plain English please.
  7. The Reg Guest Trio appeared regularly at the Golden Diamond Social Club in Sutton in Ashfield. I remember they did some great covers of the Shadows hits of the time. I think the club is still going, now called just The Diamond Photo from the Chad
  8. I'd love either one of those to get rid of the pesky Indian Mynah's, an introduced species, that bullies all the smaller native birds. I was a dab hand at potting the odd pigeon with my gatta back in the day with rejected ball bearings supplied by my dad when he worked at Ransome and Marles in Newark after the war.
  9. Forest - Apparently, according to media reports, Forest have appealed their four-point deduction for breaching the EPL's profit and sustainability rules. Nick De Marco KC is leading Forest's legal team. Ironically had the team performed better where and when it mattered, four points should not have been an issue. 9 games to go to get themselves out of this mess without relying on any appeal leniency.
  10. Brew, my biggest beef with the supermarket giants is that they pay the farmers and producers of fresh product and meat a pittance and then on sell to their customers at vastly inflated prices. Farmers and growers are often "forced" by supermarkets to sell them product at less than the cost of production. Of course, supermarkets claim that transport costs, labour, packaging, operating and supply chain costs are rising but, in some cases, growers have been forced to accept prices lower that five years ago. For example, one grower recently let slip what he gets for selling his green apples t
  11. Shrinkflation has risen its' ugly head again. Recent media articles have shown that Kelloggs (now called Kellanova?) the cereal giant is one of the worst. In 2019 a box of Sultana Bran weighed in at 850 grams and cost $6 now in 2024 it is only 700 grams and costs $9. The unit price for 100 grams has increased 82%. They and other products claim they are keeping prices affordable for the consumer. No! You are just ripping us off.
  12. Are all the boat clubs that were along the Trent bank opposite the Forest Ground all gone too? If so what is there now? Little Boxes as per Burl Ives. Had some great nights thereabouts.
  13. The above post made me think of this :- "And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen? And did the countenance divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here Among those dark Satanic Mills?"
  14. When I was an apprentice toolmaker, back in the sixties, and doing night shift 10:00pm to 7:00am one of the guys used the factory crane to pull the motor out of his Zephyr 4. It was a 4 cylinder 1700cc motor. He had stripped the motor right down and had the cylinder head on a Parkson Milling machine being skimmed, the block was on a Newall Jig Mill/Borer boring and honing out the cylinders and skimming the block and the crankshaft was on a Jones and Shipman cylindrical grinder having the journals reground. All this was happening around 1:30 am when to his horror the managing director who had b
  15. Yes but why did they build what looks like a public toilet at the top of the hill?
  16. Woolworths net profit increased 4.6% to AU$1.62 billion on sales of AU$64.29 billion. Profitabillity went from 5.3% to 6% over the year. Woolworths paid a dividend of $0.58 per share, a 9.4% increase on the previous year. Cole saw a 4.8% rise in profit to AU$1.1billion over the year. Both supermarkets are reporting increasing stock losses due to theft and incorrect scanning on self check outs. Coles have said that their stock losses were up by 20% over the previous year.
  17. Sorry Brew, no information, commercial in confidence? Highly likely to be borrowed money. There is no doubt it will impact services and support for the stadium is mixed even within parties. The libs have won most seats but will not have a majority and will have to govern with the help of the greens, independents and independent groups. There is a perfectly good football ground in Hobart it does not have a roof or the required crowd capacity that the AFL wants, if they want more than that the let them pay for it instead of sponging off every state government as well as federal governm
  18. Sounds like an Everest ascent up the South Col. Did you take your ice axe and crampons? I was curious about Billing Hill and found there were two. One near St Helens and one near Blackburn? According to Wiki the one near Blackburn is the tallest at 807 feet whilst the one near St Helens is only 507 feet high.
  19. We don't have Lidl in Australia, we do have Aldi though. the supermarket giants of the grocery world in OZ are the Woolworths (not the old UK Woolies) and Coles duopoly who have 65% market share and ripping us off right royally whilst making mega profits. What did we expect, that's capitalism at work. ALDI has a 10% market share with around 600 stores across Australia. Coles have 846 and Woolworths have 1,114 stores. Our Prime minister recently announced a 12 month inquiry into the Supermarket industry by our Consumer and Competition Commission. The remainder are independents or independent g
  20. Tomato season is coming to an end here in Adelaide, the tip here is not to plant outdoors before the soil temperature reaches 16 degrees and all threat of frost is past. It is really strange that the best time to plant sweet peas here is in March/April as we head into our cooler months. Here they recommend a minimum of 6 hours a day sunlight. Seems a bit strange that we are planting sweet peas at the same time as you when our seasons are opposite.
  21. The funding of the stadium is known, AU$375milion from the Tasmanian government and AU$240 million from the Australian Federal Government. this does not include the inevitable blow out in costs. The Tasmanian and all other states/territory health services are jointly funded by both State and Federal governments. Federal funding of hospitals is round about 50% of the costs. Since 2011 the Federal government agreed to fund 45% of the growth of delivering hospital services but in 2017-18 capped this growth at 6.5% per year. This leaves the state or territory governments with increasing costs
  22. In plain English please what is the "triple lock" and how does it affect the average Joe?
  23. Mary, apparently you can get Aussie Tim Tam biscuits at Waitrose and Ocado (whatever that is) for two pounds fifty a packet and you can do your own Tim Tam Slam and a blind test to see which is best. My favourite is Salted Caramel or Double Choc. They will be available in all major supermarkets soon.
  24. County - Sadly back to their losing ways and fall to 14th position after a 1- 2 loss at Meadow Lane to now 19th placed Salford City. Conor McAleny put Salford ahead in the 32nd minute with goal that went in off the post after Sam Austin was dispossessed. Dan Crowley equalised for the Magpies 9 minutes after half time. Both sides could have added to their tallies in the second half until McAleny got his brace in the 87th minute to give Salford the points and deny Maynard his first home win since becoming Counties coach. After a brilliant start it looks like an also ran season for the Magpies an
  25. The State of Tasmania has voted today. Before this election Tasmania was the only state with a Liberal (Conservative) government in power. It is a third term Liberal Government and now bidding for a fourth term. One quarter of the voters used their option of a pre poll vote. The main issues are :- The building of the Macquarie Point Stadium. This is planned to be a roofed stadium that is being insisted upon by the AFL football national body before Tasmania can field a team in the national competition. It is expected to start being built in 2025 and finished in 2029 at the stagger