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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: noel_w on January 26, 2012, 08:16:19 AM
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Happy Australia Day to all swaggers!! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Let us know what your doing today.
I'll start off:
"You have to clean the garage so you can get the CT back in"
"You have to ........"
"You have to ........"
We are having a friend drop in this morning for a coffee and we'll see how it pans out from there.
I hope everyone enjoys their day.
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We have friends coming for BBQ brunch :cheers: then it will be time to pack the camper ready to go to loveday tomorrow when SWMBO finishes work :cup:
Have a great day swaggers :cup: :cheers: :cup: :cheers:
:cheers: Cracka
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We are going to a mates place for BBQ lunch - there will be lamb, there will be beer, there will be Aussie cheer. And tomorrow will be wheelin' in the mud.
Have a great day swaggers!!!!!!!!!!!
PS It's Australia day, that is not an excuse to be a friggen tool!
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Happy Australia day to all
Heading out to a little village called Wombat
Got a tractor pull on , Markets , Old machinery Display
great old pub
:cheers: sheeds
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staying at home making a chunky beef pie for dinner, started cooking at 7am, hopefully the meat will be tender :cheers:
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Happy Australia Day to all the Swaggers
with the temp due to hit 41+ today, staying right near my pool.
Brother and family coming in the arvo to show off his new (second hand)Prado 2008 model so he can pull his Cameron CT better.
Then more pool and more beers and LAMB chops on the barby
Have a great day everyone :cheers:
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I'm doing the Australian thing today and working on my truck, whilst dodging the rain and the torpedo (the mother-in-law).
Happy Australia day to all.
:cheers: :cheers:
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"You have to clean the garage so you can get the CT back in"
"You have to mow the grass, so the boys can set up a slippery slide in the backyard with builders plastic and detergent"
HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY SWAGGERS!!!!! :D
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OZZY OZZY OZZY!
I have not stopped today, doing odds and ends around the house. Time for a few beers and settle in to a few of Sir Jacks finest :cheers:
All the best fellow swaggers :cheers:
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Bu@@er I have to work today! Still not the only one and by the Ides of March I won't have to work anymore. Can't wait. :cup:
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Have a good one guys
:cheers:
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Time for a few beers and settle in to a few of Sir Jacks finest :cheers:
whats new bd ?
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whats new bd ?
What can i say your your a bad influence you old drunk :cheers:
What did you get up to today? Fire up the webber? Mine got a spring clean today :cheers:
BD
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What did you get up to today? Fire up the webber? Mine got a spring clean today :cheers:
BD
gave the camp ovens a workout today mate, cooked 3 legs of lamb and plenty of spuds/onions/carrots etc etc washed down with plenty of :cheers:
i'll be in the fart sack "very" shortly :cheers:
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:cheers: Tipical :cheers: But Well dine ;D
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So what did you do with ya Australia Day?
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So what did you do with ya Australia Day?
Nuthin to fhot :)
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Work >:(
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Playing around in the troopy, putting the drawers back together.
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Work >:(
X2
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Nuthin to fhot :)
x2
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Trip to Brisbane and back for some parts. (private home)
Hooked into the drivers seat to get a better driving position.
Gave it away at 2pm.
Had a coke.
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Cloudy & on & off light showers most of the day, so vege'd on the laptop.
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HF radio comp in the man cave, over a hundred contacts in 12 hours.
GG
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Was the first opportunity I had to go and see my old man and spent the last few days with him. Was great to finally get into Qld to see him and do the couple of jobs he wanted done.
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Was the first opportunity I had to go and see my old man and spent the last few days with him. Was great to finally get into Qld to see him and do the couple of jobs he wanted done.
Must be a great feeling :).
I'd give anything to have a chance to have 1 more beer with my dad... :'(
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Must be a great feeling :).
I'd give anything to have a chance to have 1 more beer with my dad... :'(
Yep, don't know how many more years we are going to have with him, at 91 he was ready to go a few ago now.
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Found on FB (first sensible info item I’ve found there🤣)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1849413728599157&set=a.405400383000506&type=3 (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1849413728599157&set=a.405400383000506&type=3)
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Found on FB (first sensible info item I’ve found there🤣)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1849413728599157&set=a.405400383000506&type=3 (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1849413728599157&set=a.405400383000506&type=3)
haha, never rely on the garbage you read on Facebook...
https://www.australiaday.org.au/about/history/ (https://www.australiaday.org.au/about/history/)
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The fact of the matter is changing the date will have little or no effect on those who feel aggrieved by the current date. Forget history and you forget the lessons of the past, good or bad.
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The fact of the matter is changing the date will have little or no effect on those who feel aggrieved by the current date. Forget history and you forget the lessons of the past, good or bad.
The fact of the matter is Australia didn't become Australia until the 1st of January 1901.. Nothing to do with forgetting lessons, except maybe history lessons ;D
https://www.naa.gov.au/learn/learning-resources/learning-resource-themes/government-and-democracy/federation/federation-australia (https://www.naa.gov.au/learn/learning-resources/learning-resource-themes/government-and-democracy/federation/federation-australia)
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The fact of the matter is Australia didn't become Australia until the 1st of January 1901.. Nothing to do with forgetting lessons, except maybe history lessons ;D
https://www.naa.gov.au/learn/learning-resources/learning-resource-themes/government-and-democracy/federation/federation-australia (https://www.naa.gov.au/learn/learning-resources/learning-resource-themes/government-and-democracy/federation/federation-australia)
You misinterpret my post, my reference to history is not just about Australia Day, nor is it about James Cook, Arthur Philip, Australia becoming a federation, it’s about the fact that changing dates, changing names, knocking down statues does not change history or the lessons of the past, nor those that feel aggrieved by the past.
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You misinterpret my post, my reference to history is not just about Australia Day, nor is it about James Cook, Arthur Philip, Australia becoming a federation, it’s about the fact that changing dates, changing names, knocking down statues does not change history or the lessons of the past, nor those that feel aggrieved by the past.
OK, I thought your post was in reference to the thread topic. But I understand what you're saying. At the risk of continuing off topic, my thoughts on that are
1. You can't change historical dates, if they are the correct date, that's just logic.
2. You can change names if they are offensive names. But that would depend of the degree of offense that could be taken. Certainly names of places with Ni...r in them should be changed as has been done. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/30/a-blot-on-the-landscape-queensland-calls-time-on-racist-place-names (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/30/a-blot-on-the-landscape-queensland-calls-time-on-racist-place-names)
As for reverting names back to their original indigenous names, I find it strange that people take offense to that happening. It doesn't bother me either way.
3. Knocking down statues doesn't change history, you're right. But I don't think statues honoring perpetrators of crimes to humanity (Hitler, King Leopold, Idi Amin etc etc) are appropriate.
4. It's not "trying to change history" it's about not whitewashing over the crimes of such people. There are places that serve to remind us of mistakes made in the past, such as the various Jewish Holocaust Centres, The Shrine of Remembrance, Numerous Anzac memorials, and even a few Aboriginal Massacre Memorials https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/indigenous (https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/indigenous) that acknowledge these "lessons of the past".