Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Fri Jul 31 17:49:57 CDT 2009
The last line cracked me up. Up til then, it reminded me of quite a few real Queenslanders I have known. -- Stuart On 31 Jul 2009 at 14:32, Max Wanadoo wrote: > 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 > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com