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Reply #100 - Sep 24^th, 2006 at 7:04am

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Several years ago a mate and I were doing site maintenance work at a coal mine near here, all hard physical stuff, and his 15yo stepson came with us for the day as part of his school work experience. We deliberately ran him off his feet so by lunch time he was so tired he could'nt even scratch himself. This was to dissuade him from becoming an unskilled worker and it did, he started looking at apprenticeships after that and is now an electrician. Mate and I have a laugh about it now.
Rob.

When I die I hope my missus doesn't sell my camp ovens for what I told her I paid for them. pd

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Reply #101 - Sep 24^th, 2006 at 8:34am

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Ah, a tale I can share.

Well, PD, I sort of did that too. The house I have did not have a basement, when I bought it. But I wanted the place for the land, which is good for gardening. Now, the drainage could be improved , so I really had to raise the house and put in a basement. & the $ I had then didn't include putting cement in the basement floor. One neighbor told me how to save money and whom to get to supervise the job. Ok, I hired this guy and his helper, but the other helpers were teens in the neighborhood. The job turned out to take about 13 hours. These 3 teens - 3 guys and one gal, got minimum wage, which I'm guessing was $5.50/hour. Every single parent thanked me. The job cost me about $1,300.00 vs. over $3,000.00. & I have a beaut cement floor.

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Reply #102 - Sep 24^th, 2006 at 8:23pm

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Reminds me of the time I was doin something I can't remember doing .
Must have been after a session at the Hebel pub or Nindigully pub or the Dirran pub or the St Goerge pub or at the Surat pub or that other pub out there.
If i remember I will let you know. Shocked

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Reply #103 - Sep 24^th, 2006 at 9:00pm

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hey sooty you dont know where i can find a good pub do you? ha ha cheers cb

fresh water fishing and bush campin is the best way to relax cheers cb

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Reply #104 - Sep 24^th, 2006 at 9:03pm

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TRY SURAT ITS GREAT SONS LIVES OUT THERE CHEERS GOOD FISHING TO CAMPER WARREN

cheers warren ... lives in Ipswich Queensland Australia.. Hi all o/s visters

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Reply #105 - Sep 25^th, 2006 at 6:51am

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You guys
fanncy knocking weetbix look at the shape if used correctly and you eat them the right way they self wipe on the way out
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Reply #106 - Sep 25^th, 2006 at 7:08am

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Just reading through some of the memories that people have left on this post and I am still shaking my head about a joke recipe for Galah has turned into one of the most interesting posts I have been involved in and at the same time a real piece of history is being recorded for the young ones following my son is checking the site every day now and he tells me that he is learning not only things about his old man but also a lot of stuff that can be used in the bush if he is ever stuck or things get tough.
Mikes stories about babbling brooks and Poddy dodgers yarns as well as the rest of you guys are sending a positive message of how good life can be in the bush NOW DEREK you are sitting back with litttle input how about a few yarns about your travels mate.
Cheers Furphy

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Reply #107 - Sep 25^th, 2006 at 8:03pm

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SURAT PUB, Walked in there many years ago cold sober, well almost and was confronted with a ROUND POOL TABLE with Bue cloth. Thought I was in the horrors. The only one I have ever come across
CB I can honestly recomend any pub that sells beer as a good pub
Kev Grin

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Reply #108 - Sep 29^th, 2006 at 8:33pm

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Tried to explain today to my lad about bush life and he asked me about how me used to keep clean and I got yarning about some of the baths that we used to have. Found him looking in disbelief when I told him about baths in a 20lt or for those still using imperial a 4 gallon drum with the top cut out and a wire handle attached so that you could fill the drum and place it on the campfire to heat for the bath.
I then had to explain that no you could not fit into the drum, but you carried the drum and all of your gear to a suitably private spot out of sight of the camp and then laid a corn bag or piece of tarp on the ground and then placed the drum alongside of the bag. you then undressed for the bath and placed 1 leg in the drum and washed that side of your body. You then removed your leg and stood on the bag and placed the other leg in the drum and washed the other side a simple and effective way to keep yourself clean. We then used to reuse the water to cook dog and horse tucker thus wasting nothing.
Hard to get through to some of the young ones about how tough it can get and what you have to do at times
Seeya Furphy

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Reply #109 - Sep 29^th, 2006 at 9:04pm

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Yeah FS I can relate, we were ISSUED water, about four litres a day each and that was IT, all our water was carted in by tanker and there was'nt enough for luxuries like a shower, so you had a wash, cleaned your teeth and then had a shave, in that order and all in the same water, I kid you not. At night you usually went to bed dirty, too tired to care.
After several weeks in the bush you were going through your dirty washing bag looking for the cleanest stuff to wear, this is after operating heavy earthmoving machinery for probably sixty hours a week so every thing was pretty (very) grotty. At the time it did'nt worry us as we all smelled the same, BAD.
pd

When I die I hope my missus doesn't sell my camp ovens for what I told her I paid for them. pd

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