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12-01-2022, 04:39 PM | #4201 | |||
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13-01-2022, 10:27 PM | #4202 | ||
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Kind of random, but in 2 days 2 blokes who did their apprenticeships when i did contacted me. One bloke is still in the industry, another is sort of in the industry, myself im done with it. Things have really changed. As young blokes yes work was work, but tradesmen played the game and if you knew the game it was fun. These days its a paperwork game.
But anyhow, these days some sign in's are finger veign scanner's. So not fingerprints, anyhow. In the apprenticeship days and 8 or 9 years into tradesmanship, things were good. Aslong as you werent a spastic stuffing up every job, you were apples. Now its more time sorting paperwork then doing the job. Kind of glad ive got out of the trade. Good to catch up with mates though. |
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14-01-2022, 07:29 AM | #4203 | ||
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Yesterday actually ...Got home too late to bother turning the lap top on . But yesterday I got a very rare chance to play in the local Veterans Golf Association at our local club . Normally working ..
Have returned to golf in recent times after several years break (about 7 years since I picked up a club until about May last year) although I played from age 14 until 54 til then .. Been shooting high eighties to mid nineties apart from the odd 82/83 ish a couple of times but fell in love with the game again after the main reason for taking a break being the opposite after 40 years continuous and taking it too seriously . Used to be low 70's a few times in the high 60's in my much younger days when I was off 5-7 hcp . Got drawn out with a bloke I played Div 3 pennant against and a former team mate who now plays elsewhere and we had a ball ..Geez it was fun ..Like the old days . We all played well but somehow or other I scraped up 40 stableford points and won the comp on 16 handicap and shot 79 off the stick as it happens as none of us had a bust or pick up hole on our cards .. Me 40 pts /79 , Shan 34pts/82 and David 34 pts 84 . Old Dave was as thrilled as me because he has really battled health issues . He also won the $50 IGA Gift Card raffle too .Dave.(nickname is DB) is one of the most kind hearted and gentle souls you'd ever find . The feed for lunch was amazing , so was the company , the course was beaut and it turned out to be a feel good day .. Oh yes and the Hurricanes pinched a win in the BBL too to top off a great day ,, Sadly back to work next week so most likely no more for a while Vets Day golf but yesterday was tops .. Last edited by roddy1960; 14-01-2022 at 07:44 AM. |
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Sounds like you had a most "excellent" day?......they don't come along often, and you always remember it too, as a very good day!
Well done, in these bad Covid-19 times you found some peace of mind and a little happiness along the way, sounds 👍 |
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14-01-2022, 09:31 PM | #4205 | ||
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Ok, this might sound strange, but......Seeing my dog swim for the first time! He swam about 15 metres all by himself at the beach!!!! Freaken stoked.!!! This is a dog that hates water, took a long time to get him in and up to chest high. Tonight I carried him to waters up to my chest height, let him go, and off he went!!
He is a staffie, they aren't great swimmers naturally I believe.
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15-01-2022, 09:34 AM | #4206 | ||
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15-01-2022, 09:41 AM | #4207 | ||
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It would be nice to know if his sponsors pay him a "big bonus" if he shows their logo on his shirt more than once a day, or on international news/ TV or social media, I mean it is big bucks for both the business and sponsors player, be it tennis, cricket, golf soccer or basketball?
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Funny, I was just speaking to a friend about paddle boarding with the dog. Didn't realise those paddle boards are over $1k!
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15-01-2022, 12:08 PM | #4211 | ||
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15-01-2022, 08:15 PM | #4212 | ||
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15-01-2022, 09:30 PM | #4213 | ||
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true story 15 years ago I was in Adelaide airport and there she was on her own, everybody pointing and chatting but dear Miss K sitting on her own
I am no spring chicken and not gods answer to a beautiful women but I felt pity on her, so boldly walked "excuse me Kylie, are you on your own? Can I buy you a tea or coffee?" 2 things she could do laugh at me and make feel an idiot. but... "thank you tea would be lovely, thankyou'. After our teas arrived... chat went along the lines "your told old to be hitting on me, so why this?" "you appeared very uncomfortable with all these gawkers, so I thought I might help you out." we chatted for next 10 minutes about what I do, did I follow her career, trivial stuff, then she was asked into VIP lounge I wasnt allowed but got a nice hug. It was interesting finding a real person under all the glitz.
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15-01-2022, 09:50 PM | #4214 | |||
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That said, I would have been so star struck that I would not have had the guts to do what you did.
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16-01-2022, 12:27 PM | #4215 | ||
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Was thinking Kmart foamite type boogie board, gotta be under 20 bucks, tie a thin clothesline rope to it and just pull him along, too easy.......
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Telling my cat he is 10 years old today, he is a Capricorn cat, but he looked at me and yawned, lol, too cool 😎
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16-01-2022, 05:59 PM | #4218 | |||
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Can I ask what year you met her?
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16-01-2022, 06:11 PM | #4220 | ||
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Nah, I have set that record many many times!
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16-01-2022, 06:41 PM | #4221 | ||
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yikes at that stage in my working life I was tripping Adel Melb return every 2 weeks but Iam thinking '06 '07
I cannot even remember what she was wearing, thats her eyes for ya. once we got over the jeez who am I talking to it was just so easy. I know I didnt have mobile ph
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A lot of make-up was used in creation of that album....... Sorry if this is a bore, but everyone has a singer/entertainer that helps us escape reality.
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thank god she didnt look like that She was the natural well as natural as she could be.
The main reason I did it was every far yobbo and their daughters were gawking and not doing anything. Kylie could have been quiet happy on her own, but I simply felt sorry for her being stuck in the limelight. my 3 interactions with well known celebrities. 1. As a young teenager I had a lawn mowing business and was asked to do this ladies lawns, didnt know nor didnt care who she was Ngaio Marsh famous author Christchurch NZ 2. When I started working I was a grocer boy in one of those corner stores, except we were big, 8 full time staff. I did the afternoon deliveries in Austin A30/A40 van and one of our clients was Norman Kirk prime minister NZ...I could pull up the driveway grab box of food, walk in back door yell out and leave. What was the word security in those simple days. 3 the beautiful Kylie.
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16-01-2022, 09:45 PM | #4224 | ||
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I waited over an hour in line to meet Nigella Lawson.
I love her approach to cooking and I find her demeanor so soothing. I say that in a completely innocent way. She was touring her "A Evening With Nigella" show, which I attended at Hamer Hall. At the end of the talk, she held an autograph session, which I stood in a line all the way to end of the block at 11pm on a Saturday night in Melbourne. I was one the last few in the line. Even before joining the cue, I decided that I had come this far and I was not going to back out of a chance to meet a person who I have always admired. As I got closer and closer, and eventually back into Hamer Hall, I could see her beaming smile and fabulous red dress. When it was my turn, she looked towards me and said "hellooooooo" is such as lovely, warm way. I was 33 at the time, and not be rude, but I guess she had just spent the last hour signing her autograph for bunch of 60+ old ladies . I was dressed pretty smartly and was beaming from ear to ear. Of course, I suddenly became starstruck and before I knew, it was all over. I came away from it on cloud nine, my book signed and a bunch of photos of me standing next to the one and only Nigella Lawson. Nigella was a trouper, she met and signed every single person in line on that night. I respect that so much, clearly she knows the impact she has on people and appreciates the support she gets from her fans.
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I’ve watched nigella for many, many hours, had no idea she could cook!
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Yesterday I gave my dads partner one of my cars, my N15 pulsar. I bought it cheap, had it repainted, did some repairs and put all new tyres on for her. Dad calls today saying she hasn’t stopped crying that someone would do that for her. I told her she has put up with my dad for over 20 years, it’s the least I can do
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17-01-2022, 07:09 AM | #4229 | |||
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3 is the number, Tonz.
I've had 3 as well. !st... one was as an 2nd year apprentice working on Government house in Macquarie st Sydney. I had bought a really crap pie from Circular Quay, taken it back with me to eat on the verandah we were working on. On offering the remains to the Governors dog a Golden Retreiver hanging around, Lady Cutler sticks her head out of the doorway and said, Oh I don't think he would want to eat that. In the second I had turned to see who spoke, Woof, dog snapped it from my hands and down it went in one go. We all had a good laugh and chatted on regular re visits. 2nd... Building walls for a guy in Newcastle, he mentioned his brother wanted to pop around and see how all the garden wall terracing was going. The brother turned out to be Ian Moss, ex chisels. Nice bloke, heard some great yarns about the music industry. 3rd....Same busy road in Newcastle was building a stone entrance when this guy stopped admiring my work. He asked me if I would mind if he brought his wife over to look at what I was building, (happens a lot) yeah I said thats fine. About an hour later he returns in a clapped out old ute, and out from the passenger seat steps Marcia Hines. I was a little taken aback at first but we got talking about all sorts of wacky subjects, occassionally mentioning building stuff. About 6 weeks later here I was building a nice wall for Marcia, again in the same road, 6 doors up from Mosses brother.
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