Watching TV last night I was struck by a sea of Australian Flags being displayed, on the whole, by young people and I must say I found it pleasing. Quotes by kids of being proud to be an Aussie while enjoying themselves in youthful exuberance wrapped in flags or dressed in ‘Flag’ bikinis all looking
Hurry up and take this thing!
HE’S never had a nose for trouble before but black labrador Bronson sure knows how to turn heads with his retrieving tricks. The champion obedience dog stunned his Victorian owners when he recently returned to them to proudly show off his latest find. Locked firmly in his jaws and coiled around his snout was a
I’m back
For the last six months I’ve been working full time on a Regimental Reunion. The reunion was over four days at Twin Towns Services Club at Tweed and culminating in 740 of us sitting down to dinner. The event was successful and now I get my life back. As part of the reunion we invited
Vegans get it wrong
PEOPLE who live on vegetarian diets have slightly weaker bones than their meat-eating counterparts, researchers said yesterday. A joint Australian-Vietnamese study of links between the bones and diet of more than 2700 people found that vegetarians had bones 5 per cent less dense than meat-eaters, lead researcher Tuan Nguyen said. The issue was most pronounced
Vale MJ
The Sunday Mail devotes the first nine pages and a ten page insert to the life and death of a weird, grotesque looking negro singer. Sure he had some good music in his day but that was more than negated by his weird behavior in his latter years. The following comment, picked up from a
Adelaide Hills hotel promotes topless barmaids for Anzac Day
AN Adelaide Hills hotel’s decision to introduce topless barmaids on Anzac Day has drawn fire from the RSL. SA Returned and Services League deputy state president Graham Nybo said the Kersbrook Tavern event was an affront to the dignity of Anzac Day. “For the 106,000 people who lost their lives, it is a day of
Can’t read a compass or map
Some 200 mosques in Islam’s holiest city, Mecca, point the wrong way for prayers, reports from Saudi Arabia say. All mosques have a niche showing the direction of the most sacred Islamic site, the Kaaba, an ancient cube-like building in Mecca’s Grand Mosque. But people looking down from recently built high-rises in Mecca found the
Taps – so sweet
In the last century, when I was a soldier, many a night I went to sleep listening to Taps on the Battalion PA system – on other nights I ignored it and order another round. However it was never played as sweetly as this and never by one so young – do yourself a favour,
Troublesome Priest
I’m reminded of Henry VII — “Who can rid me of this troublesome priest.” when reading about Father Kennedy in Brisbane. The debate is more political than religious but Kennedy’s spin doctors say it’s all about social justice for the disadvantaged and minorities, woman clergy and aboriginal land rights but there is more to it
Bush Fires and Global Warming
From First Byte in The Australian Do the climate change sceptics still need convincing that something is changing our weather and that we need to take immediate and drastic action to prevent more disasters? Doug Steley Maroochydore, Qld From my desk this morning; Yes Kev Gillett TAIGUM, QLD Clive Hamilton in today’s Cut and Paste
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