G'day from downunda
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Topic: G'day from downunda
Posted By: MaxP
Subject: G'day from downunda
Date Posted: March 21 2013 at 7:42pm
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he!!o, I am Max. I had been lurking around a few forums for a while but decided to join this one as it seems to have a good mix of nationalities and characters. I enjoy hearing a cross section of views in a free and friendly forum... What better way to learn from and to hopefully contribute occasionally to the collective knowledge. I'm not new to Lee Enfields, being heavily involved in service rifle competition a while back and having gathered a small collection of mainly Lithgow rifles over a thirty year period, although more so since 1996 than before. Cheers, and thank you for providing this great environment. |
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: March 22 2013 at 12:51am
| welcome , glad you have joined us , jump right in |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: March 22 2013 at 1:05am
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Welcome aboard! We do have an eclectic mix from all over the place, lots of different nationalities & a mix of collectors, hunters & shooters. Feel free to join in. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: March 22 2013 at 1:06am
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Welcome to the group!
------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: Ed Hill
Date Posted: March 22 2013 at 1:13am
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he!!o, and welcome! Ed
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Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: March 22 2013 at 1:31am
| Welcome to the site! Great people here with lots of knowledge. |
Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: March 22 2013 at 1:35am
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Another welcome! I spent a week or so in Perth when I was in the Navy 30 odd years ago. ------------- Have a Nice Day If already having a nice day please disregard |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: March 22 2013 at 2:25am
More "THUNDA from DOWN UNDA". Welcome.This site may have alot of different nationalities..but its virtually crawling with Aussies-so you should feel right at home, mate!(As my son would say,"Aussies are everywhere dad.I wonder if there is as many there, as there is HERE."  Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: muffett.2008
Date Posted: March 22 2013 at 5:25am
| Strange choice of names, MAD MAX is an iconic Aussie one, you should have fun here. Welcome. |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: March 22 2013 at 8:06am
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Now Hoadie, just sing along with me! Once a jolly swagman camped by a
billabong,
------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: Lithgow
Date Posted: March 22 2013 at 9:57am
| G'day and welcome from west oz |
Posted By: muffett.2008
Date Posted: March 22 2013 at 6:11pm
Paddy, you've had too much to drink.
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Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: March 22 2013 at 8:34pm
Is that possible?  I mean does ANYONE get enough to drink?  (Wimmen have NO sense of humour or generosity!) Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: March 22 2013 at 8:39pm
..just an add to re: my last post...the nieghbour chick made a comment yesterday that I drink alot, & maybe I should cut back.  She said I'd eat better & be healthier.  So I went out & bought some cheese from Ireland...that is made with GUINESS!!  Bought a big WHACK of it!  AH, life is good.  (Jane from Chicago says I need to get religion...so now I'm looking for that ISREALI cheese: "CHEESES of NAZERETH" Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: March 22 2013 at 9:42pm
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You want to learn / understand Australian ? You need
to learn the sang, Waltzing Matilda Everytime you get a word wrong you have to take a drink of your Foster's. It worked for my Father in 1943 when he was in Navy. When I was little we had a 78 record of it till my Mother broke it over my Father's head. That what he got for marrying a red headed women from the south named Matilda. Hoadie, you are turning in to a "Cheese aficionado".
------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 12:26am
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muffett.2008
You might say “Paddy, you've had too much to drink.” but I always have a Fosters in the cupboard for my mates from down under.
My Father was in the US Navy (Corpsman) from 1937 to 1963 and served with many Aussie s during WWI and Korea. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: Lithgow
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 1:18am
| Fosters,!!! There are better Aussie beers than Fosters. No self respecting Aussie would touch the stuff |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 1:23am
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Well crap. Give a better beer brand that I can get in the States and I will replace it. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: muffett.2008
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 4:17am
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I remember my days as a supergrunt very well, carted around in APC's wasn't all that bad.
We removed the filters from the cargo hatch and stashed four dozen cans in there.
All good, out doing grunt things away from transport, after six days we relinked, dirty and stinking and thirsting for a beer. The thing about cans vibrating around metal to metal, is that the label is worn away and it's just luck that what you get is what you want. Well you'd of guessed it, the vehicle crew had howed into our stock, bugger all left. I just love a beer, will drink most breeds hot cold or indifferent, but one brand RESCHES, although the pilsener was bearable, its mate D.A was pure crap. So you've already worked out the story ending, Yep, that's what I got, the first long swig of a hot can squirting into your gullet...........dirty annie, strewth that was crap, probably the first time I've ever wasted a beer.......Crewie ducking for cover as the open can splattered against the turret......hmm, still haven't forgiven the p***ks forty odd years later, beers beer, but not dirty annie, thats just cruel. |
Posted By: Zed
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 4:48am
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Welcome MaxP; You mentioned you used Enfields in Service Rifle competitions; as I am just starting out in these type of competitions I would be interested in any tips. Also, what other rifles are the strongest competition for the Enfields? I use a Faz No4 Mk1/2. Cheers, Zed. Oh and Paddyo' thanks for the lyrics of Waltzing Matilda! made me think of the Pogues song "And the Band played Waltzing Matilda" about the Aussies at Galipoli, a great song! ------------- It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice! |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 4:59am
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muffett.2008, that is funny! Now everyone sing after me,Waltzing Matilda. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 5:11am
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Hey!! What about that BUNDY RUM??! Al used to send that stuff to me all the time.Its TRUE what they say about it Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 5:19am
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Hoadie, Are you talking about Bundaberg Rum? I am unsure / unknowing about any rumors about it? Or maybe I do not want to know. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 5:42am
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Hoadie, Just to keep you happy I will email the factory and ask. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 9:36am
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This seems to confirm the rumors I heard from a few Aussie friends I had. Fosters is for tourists, or export to non-Aussies. Real Aussies dring something called "Toohies", or "Castlemaine" sorry, I hope I spelt that right? I went to a 3-day cricket match back in the U.K. once with a bunch of Aussies & an even bigger mob of Aussies. It was an Aus Vs. South African match for some odd reason held in the U.K. I had the only bottle opener on a Swiss army knife. I don't remember either the beer, or the score, but it was a party! (I think the label was mostly red?) ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 10:04am
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Now I have to find some in NC. I will check the local ABC store.
------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 11:03am
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Apparently-according to the "roos"I talk to..Toohey's NEW is the top drop. Fosters is panther p*)s#. From what I gather-Aussies dont need a reason...life is a party, so more than 2 people at one place..& out comes the libation.Shortly thereafter it becomes a STREET PARTY..sometimes leading to a BLOCK PARTY(unless u r in the outback) then its a BUSH PARTY.Hmmm...seems the Aussies party a tad. Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 11:52am
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"Up there Cazaly in there and fight out there and at them show them your might" I am not supposed to have alcohol due to the Tramadol, but then again after a Tram I'm pretty happy anyway. Doc says maybe once a month I can have a beer and as long as "Light" is not in the name I'm fine with what I gets. ------------- Have a Nice Day If already having a nice day please disregard |
Posted By: MaxP
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 5:13pm
I gotta say, what a welcome! One quick comment though.. and keep this quiet or else they will kick me out of Oz for sure..  I don't drink... But that's because I'm like this naturally and don't require any artificial additives
I have no problem at all being around drinkers, in fact I'm pretty popular at parties because I save the drinkers the unenviable task of selecting a deso from their midst. Mind you, a serious pary here usually involves a few days and drinking yourself to unconsciousness several times. |
Posted By: Lithgow
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 6:39pm
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I must say, I will drink pretty well most Aussie beers, if someone gives me a beer I'm not going to refuse just because it isnt what I buy. In West Oz, I think Carlton Dry would just about be the most popular drop.
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Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: March 25 2013 at 10:59am
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Hoadie, I tried and got shot dowm. Someone down under did not play nice. Hi Ed,
Thank you for your email regarding the availability of Bundaberg Rum in the USA.
We are currently exploring opportunities for Bundaberg Rum in the USA, however, there are many issues we need to deal with before the product is approved by the TTB (US Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau) for importation.
The Bundaberg Rum portfolio of products, when approved, will be carefully placed into the US market. Until the marketing strategy is carefully defined we will not be making any decisions regarding the introduction of Bundaberg Rum in the USA.
Also, we do not have facilities in place to ship our products overseas directly to consumers only within Australia.
Sorry I can't help you further!
Kind regards,
JANET KELLY BUNDABERG RUM CONSUMER CARE COORDINATOR 4 DISTILLERS PLACE, HUNTINGWOOD NSW 2148 Phone 02 9830 6661 Email janet.kelly@diageo.com
------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: March 25 2013 at 11:53am
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I have some..Allan sends it to me. (Makes ya kinda squirrley tho  )Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: muffett.2008
Date Posted: March 25 2013 at 5:29pm
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Soak up a couple of bottles of bundy during the winter months, it's a great warm fuzzy feeling type drink.
Although those angry drunks need to steer clear of it, then again they need to steer clear period.
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Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: March 25 2013 at 6:35pm
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I dont drink rum-as a rule.If I'm gonna go squirrly it'll be with rum.(Must be the Cree in me).I'm ok with all other stuff,tho.(Never a "nasty" drunk). Hoadie ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: March 25 2013 at 10:18pm
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I wish someone would send me some? Maybe not. I do not want to end up to crazy if I want to live to be 100 and hung for r^#e. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |