[AccessD] OT Friday:Life in the Australian Army...

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Mon Aug 3 00:15:20 CDT 2009


Do that and you'd better be "6 foot 5 and 15 stone and three pick handles across
the shoulders " too :-)


On 3 Aug 2009 at 15:05, Darryl Collins wrote:

> heh... I might mention that you said that next time I see her down the pub ;)
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Darren D
> Sent: Monday, 3 August 2009 2:37 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT Friday:Life in the Australian Army...
> 
> Nothing to look forward to
> 
> Sheila's my sister - She's got a face like a hundred yards of bad road
> 
> <snigger>
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
> Sent: Saturday, 01 August 2009 12:31 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT Friday:Life in the Australian Army...
> 
> Looking forward to Darren's response
> 
> Andy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo
> Sent: 31 July 2009 14:32
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT Friday:Life in the Australian Army...
> 
> 
> Hi Andy,
> 
> Well, just make sure you don't say ANYTHING to upset the  Aussies....here's
> why..
> 
> Hiya OZ - (Waving my hand)  Love you guys (waving both hands)
> 
> Read it s.l.o.w.l.y.  to enjoy it.
> 
> Max
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Life in the Australian Army...
> 
> Text of a letter from a kid from Eromanga to Mum and Dad. (For Those of you
> not in the know, Eromanga is a small town, west of Quilpie in the far south
> west of Queensland ) 
> 
> Dear Mum & Dad
> 
> I am well. Hope youse are too. Tell me big brothers Doug and Phil that the
> Army is better than workin' on the station - tell them to get in bloody
> quick smart before the jobs are all gone! I wuz a bit slow in settling down
> at first, because ya don't hafta get outta bed until 6am. But I like
> sleeping in now, cuz all ya gotta do before brekky is make ya bed and shine
> ya boots and clean ya uniform. No bloody horses to get in, no calves to
> feed, no troughs to clean - nothin'!! Ya haz gotta shower though, but its
> not so bad, coz there's lotsa hot water and even a light to see what ya
> doing! 
> 
> At brekky ya get cereal, fruit and eggs but there's no kangaroo steaks or
> goanna stew like wot Mum makes. You don't get fed again until noon and by
> that time all the city boys are buggered because we've been on a 'route
> march' - geez its only just like walking to the windmill in the bullock
> paddock!! 
> 
> This one will kill me brothers Doug and Phil with laughter. I keep getting
> medals for shootin' - dunno why. The bullseye is as big as a bloody dingo's
> arse and it don't move and it's not firing back at ya like the Johnsons did
> when our big scrubber bull got into their prize cows before the Ekka last
> year! All ya gotta do is make yourself comfortable and hit the target - it's
> a piece of piss!! You don't even load your own cartridges, they comes in
> little boxes, and ya don't have to steady yourself against the rollbar of
> the roo shooting truck when you reload! 
> 
> Sometimes ya gotta wrestle with the city boys and I gotta be real careful
> coz they break easy - it's not like fighting with Doug and Phil and Jack and
> Boori and Steve and Muzza all at once like we do at home after the muster.
> Turns out I'm not a bad boxer either and it looks like I'm the best the
> platoon's got, and I've only been beaten by this one bloke from the
> Engineers - he's 6 foot 5 and 15 stone and three pick handles across the
> shoulders and as ya know I'm only 5 foot 7 and eight stone wringin' wet, but
> I fought him till the other blokes carried me off to the boozer. 
> 
> I can't complain about the Army - tell the boys to get in quick before word
> gets around how bloody good it is.
> 
> 
> Your loving daughter
> 
> Sheila 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
> Sent: 31 July 2009 14:16
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT Friday:mmm
> 
> ROTFL
> 
> Good to see Friday Humour back.
> 
> Andy
> 
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