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Reply #280 - Nov 7^th, 2008 at 9:12pm

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Little_Kopit wrote on Nov 7^th, 2008 at 9:08pm:

Good onya Derek for bringing this one up. I learned so much here. & laughed lots and lots.

Yes LK. Brings back many memories.

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Reply #281 - Nov 7^th, 2008 at 9:26pm

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Derek, It's excellent story telling.

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Reply #282 - Nov 8^th, 2008 at 7:47pm

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I,ve just read the whole thread,I laughed so hard at times I was crying.True gems,the lot of you.
cheers George Wink

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Reply #283 - Nov 8^th, 2008 at 8:22pm

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The times I go back to the Galah often bring a tear to my eye.
I miss you so much Kel me old mate, your posts and our correspondence are sadly missed.
Not a day goes by that I do not think of you.
Cry

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Reply #284 - Nov 10^th, 2008 at 9:00pm

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Got to reminiscing about my early days in the shearing shed and shearers cooks.

Food was basic but plentiful, mutton was the staple diet being sheep country.
Smoko was usually mutton sangers and brownie with an the odd occasion scones or piklets.
One day we had a treat Sultana Scones, something different so I hoed in while most refrained and that night I commented to theBabbling Brook how much I had enjoyed the Sultana Scones for smoko.

" they weren't tanas youngin, I left tha screen door open when was cookin the meat n tha bloody flies got in so just mixed em in, too much trouble ta pick em out. Cry

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Reply #285 - Nov 11^th, 2008 at 5:07pm

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Sooty.
At the time I was "bait laying" there was always a fair bit of shenanigans going on and in the team were three brothers (shearing).

One of the other shearers said to me one day "hey, cooky, you got any channel swimmers, we gotta peg the bro's back a bit".

Well I was smart enough to keep off the vanilla essence, but didn't know anything about "channel swimmers" (sardines).

So on Monday when the order went in, 12 tins of sardines were part of it.
Tuesday smoko, and the trap was set. The "bros" got "channel swimmer and onion sangoes" for smoko.

I think you could guess the rest.
Amazingly, got the vote again the next week!!

They were bloody good times, eh.

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Reply #286 - Nov 11^th, 2008 at 6:14pm

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I love sardine and onion sangers.(better on toast)

cheers George
ps.can be cruel under thr doona though Grin

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Reply #287 - Nov 11^th, 2008 at 6:49pm

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And they buckle a gun too George!! Cry

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Reply #288 - Nov 11^th, 2008 at 6:53pm

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cheers George Wink

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Reply #289 - Nov 11^th, 2008 at 8:47pm

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mikel wrote on Nov 11^th, 2008 at 5:07pm:

They were bloody good times, eh.

They sure were mikel, we had none of today's pressures and problems.
Love the channel swimmers story. There were some tough men amongst the shearers.
We went to town about every 3 weeks and after the boys had been drunk all weekend and consumed the supply bought back to the shed including all the cooks vanilla and lemon essence along with any metho around.
We new to keep out of the way untill the "orrers" were over and normality returned.
All great blokes and worked hard but on the grog hopeless, 3 weeks pay gone in a weekend to be repeated again and again.
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