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  2. Anzac Day

    in Chat Central

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    My wife and i attended dawn service to commemorate the landings 100 years sgo  on the beaches in Turkey.

    We wre encouraged by the number of young people and familys present at the service, i would estimate around 2000 folks were there not bad for a small city like ours.Also remembering My Grandfather Albert Moore Gibbon who was killed in France six days before this filthy war finished.

     

    They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
    Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
    At the going down of the sun and in the morning
    We will remember them.

     

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  7. Good Jokes: Not For The Faint-Hearted (Adult content)

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    SATAN IN CHURCH 

     

    A few minutes before the church services started, the congregation was sitting in their pews and talking

    among friends.

    Suddenly, in a flash of light, Satan appeared at the front of the church!

     Everyone started screaming and running for the exits, trampling each other in a frantic effort to get away

    from evil incarnate.

    Soon the church was empty except for one elderly cowboy who sat calmly in his pew without moving, seemingly

    oblivious to the fact that God's ultimate enemy was in his presence. So Satan walked up to the man and said,

    'Do you know who I am?'

    The old cowboy replied, 'Yep, sure do.'

    'Aren't you afraid of me?' Satan asked.

    'Nope, sure ain't.' said the cowboy.

    'Don't you realize I can kill you with one word?' asked Satan.

    'Don't doubt it for a minute,' returned the old man, in an even tone.

    'Did you know that I can cause you profound, horrifying AGONY for all eternity?' persisted Satan.

    'Yep,' was the calm reply.

    'And you are still not afraid?' asked Satan.

    'Nope,' said the old cowboy.

    More than a little perturbed, Satan asked, 'Why aren't you afraid of me?'

    The old cowboy calmly replied, 'Been married to your sister for 48 years.    '

  25. Auxunits in Northumberland

    in History Hollow

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    Well,being an old ex-miner mesel',and having fired up to 250lbs of "Polar Ajax" in one single shot,at a time,[Ajax being a "P1" Permitted explosive-the highest explosive you can use underground...],I know what it feels like to have the ground,indeed ,the whole roadway,shake like hell,as if an earthquake WAS taking place!!

    You get used to it after a while,but when visitors used to come down,in organised parties,led by the Manager and Safety Officer,some of them wanted to get back out of the pit,especially when they couldn't see their hand in front of their faces,because of the dense shotfiring fumes which we referred to as "the reek"..!!...and also the red hot,burning Sulphrous fumes which the reek contained.

    Ajax was 33% Nitro-Glycerine,and was pretty potent stuff to handle!!.....especially when the shots didn't fire,and you had to go back into the roadway to check every detonator connection.....it had been known for delayed detonation to take place,even long after the regulatory waiting time after a failed shot 

    before going in to examine and check for faulty detonators.

    In effect,and practice,we were our own "bomb disposal squad",but never ever saw it like that!!...it was a job,and we just got on with it.

    So I understood,and appreciated every word of Tommy's story,as he was telling me.

    I was a Deputy /Shotfirer here in Aust 250lbs of Ajax seems like a hell of a lot of Ajax did you have to get special permission to set of a charge of this size HPW ?

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