G'day from Up Over

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Originally Posted by Rossluck

We have a beer here that is pretty good: Crown Lager.:) Unfortunately it's a little on the expensive side, but I for one can't fault it. Not long ago someone produced a beer called Blondie, now that was bad ....:mad:

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I thought Crown was just horse p!ss in a flash bottle with a high price tag, tatses the same as Carlton draught to me.
Stick with the Becks, Heineken and Bavaria (Dutch beer with a German name made for an Australian supermarket chain).
Lot of microbreweries popping up now, vary from not too bad to excellent and are much better than the mega swill, or, make your own, bit of an art but when you get the hang of it, it tatses great, hate bottling though and keg now which can be a bit of a trap on a hot day, not that we have had many of late:mad: .

:D ...... and still America is considered a world leader .....

Mind you Canberra has a very bad reputation as well. We have a employment ratio that has public servants somewhere in the vincinity of 73% of our workforce. Now since this is the parliamentary capital of Australia we also have a Median wage of well over 45k so we are somewhat 'sheltered' from the real world.

Let me just say that the other 27% of the workforce tries to distance ourselves from the upper elite. Lawmakers, while having some of the most edu-ma-cated advisers have what I call ''textbook'' education. They have access to a privelaged working life. I used to be the Executive Chef in Aust. Parliament House and while there I was amazed and mystified at the level of luxuries afforded our pollies.

They have access to a fully stocked and fully serviced bar seven days a week and twenty four hours a day. There was no charge for any alcohol and only minimal charge for any foods.

We wonder how the powers that be come up with sometimes ludacress (?) laws that they see as incredibly important to the wellbeing of the people. Yet they seem to be oblivious to the genuine basic needs of the majority.

Petrol is one such item, considered a luxury? I dont think so, yet the price fluctuations from state to state, city to city, town to town and even on the same street seem senseless to me. I know that oil companies are all powerful and they contribute extensively to the coffers of our political parties. Can these people not see that this is wrong on so many levels?

Anyway I have digressed yet again. I feel like a beer or three. :D

Pete

Yeah , I was stationed in Charleston for a while back then , I , for some reason recalled them as green .. We still have a few counties here , who vote every four years to remain dry .. Needless to say the border towns in the adjacent counties do a booming liquor buisness ..
The "Late Unpleasentness" , haven't heard that one in a while .. I always liked Granny Clampett , on the Beverly Hillbillies definition .. She called it , The War Between the Americans and the Yankees ..

DoughBoy don't feel pregnant mate , we have the same politicians here .. The best money can buy ..

Pollies, wonderful creatures and such intellect.
We had one a couple of years ago who proposed that a river be dredged under a bridge so ships could pass under without raising the bridge:rolleyes:
I think they have an IQ test to get in, those who fail are in for life:(

So I reckon he thought the water level would fall by the amount dredged ?? :rolleyes:

Where do they find these people ??:eek:

Educated Beyond Their Intelligence :D

Plain and simple ..;)

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Originally Posted by SawDustJack

Educated Beyond Their Intelligence :D

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Too many oxymorons there to contemplate;)
Another one was whining about a report of E Coli in a river system, took a glass and held it up and said he couldn't see any then proceeded to drink it.
Even the E Coli were afraid of this idiot.

The rings of the trees in Oz go counterclockwise while those up here go clockwise. :D

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Originally Posted by Doughboy

:D ...... and still America is considered a world leader .....
Pete

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I can't understand why you would think that with the idiot we have running the show.

That applies toi native species

What about US natives grown downunder thouigh? :D

To all our American friends out there we have a leader that is now known as ''Bonsai" aka A Little Bush!

No I dont envy you ... we have as many good and bad things going for us over hear as much as you do over there.

Pete

P.S .............. we all know the only thing wrong with political jokes is that they inevitably get elected!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pete:D :D

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Originally Posted by Doughboy

P.S .............. we all know the only thing wrong with political jokes is that they inevitably get elected!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pete:D :D

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ICBM launched............................green of course:D :D

Well rrich , at least IMO , he is light years ahead of the raving idiot we had before him , and the moron who ran against him .. I dont trust any of them , I just cross my fingers and go for the one I consider the lesser of two evils at the ballot box .. Even the ones we like have a hidden agenda that we find out about all too late ..
Too bad we cant get a barber or an old man sittin' on a bench whittlin' and spittin' up there ..
Jack