The totally off-topic thread

[love_the_life]

Great clip - But this is the version I grew up with - Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger - 1968. She had a great double album out (Streetnoise) that I bought because I liked the cover, ended up that I played it to death. Anyone else know the album as I think it wasn't very well known?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCKZPEleI-U

 

[medhead]

Just renewed my Queensland Reds membership. I must be a true supporter given how bad they're going and I still coughed up the $$$

 

[Major]

I see the Department of Health recommends the shingles shot for people 65 or older. Also see that from November it will be free for people 70-79.

Guess I can wait until Nov.

 

[Flashback]

Yet another study...this one to explain women do better than men on losing spouse:

Study claims losing your spouse is good for you | Sunshine Coast Daily

I can explain it without even reading the article...... Men do worse because they lose their "best friend" which means they then have to start doing the "cooking", "cleaning", etc. :mrgreen: Women do better than men because they reduce their workload, so a less stressed time

 

[Simo]

Anzac Day tomorrow... Dusting off my Grandfathers Medals for another year so they can be out and about proud in the sun

 

[love_the_life]

My great uncle was in Gallipoli as part of the 7th Bn. A.I.F. He died of wounds on 02 June 1915 and was buried at sea but is commemorated at Shrapnel Valley cemetery. It is one of my goals to visit there. He had a particularly unhappy life, the illegitimate son of my great grandmother who was taken and brought up by her parents. Even some of her other children did not know he was their brother not their uncle. Unfortunately his war service record is incomplete as his attestation papers were never returned but they still give an insight into his short and tragic time at war.

 

[Bundy Bear]

Terrible football game in the west today, not happy, it was suggested I get myself a membership with the Reds at least they can win the odd match.

 

[Foreigner]

Great clip - But this is the version I grew up with - Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger - 1968. She had a great double album out (Streetnoise) that I bought because I liked the cover, ended up that I played it to death. Anyone else know the album as I think it wasn't very well known?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCKZPEleI-U

Hadn't heard of her until your post...but here's a live performance by Donovan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGzG2yhQwfQ

Off the New Yorker:

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-season-of-season-of-the-witch


You may like the 1968 album Super Session featuring Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKgHhKmQZ50

 

[JohnK]

Yet another study...this one to explain women do better than men on losing spouse:

Study claims losing your spouse is good for you | Sunshine Coast Daily

Some people have way too much time on their hands and waste that time by not doing anything useful.

 

[medhead]

Terrible football game in the west today, not happy, it was suggested I get myself a membership with the Reds at least they can win the odd match.

Forever Red supporters membership is only $60.

One year I'll buy a ticketed membership then fly to brisbane every weekend for the games.

 

[Bundy Bear]

Good crowd in attendance in Bellingen NSW for the ANZAC dawn service, a few hundred when the population of the area is 3,000.

 

[OATEK]

It seems much larger crowd at Sutherland this year for the dawn service, with a sprinkling of currently serving armed forces personnel.

This group set sail for Europe 100 years ago, reaching France towards the end of 1916 as members of the second reinforcements of the 36th Bn. My grandfather and his brother are in this group, who have built a small shrine to the good things from home.

 

[whatmeworry]

Claims from young veterans that RSL's more about booze and Pokies.

Former soldier John Keeley felt a loss of direction after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and sought camaraderie on the football field. He said he had never considered signing up to an RSL.
"I believe that the RSL is more focused on pokies and alcohol ... this is a common belief among my friends that have come back from Iraq and Afghanistan," he said.


While some RSL sub-branches are providing valuable services, programs are often ad hoc and differ from state to state. Many RSL clubs have no affiliation to a sub-branches, and this means many local clubs do not contribute to programs that support soldiers and their families.
John Bale from PTSD support group Soldier On said the RSL should leverage its national resources and revise its approach to adapt to the changing needs of young soldiers.

RSL more interested in 'beer and pokies' than offering support, young veterans say - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

 

[love_the_life]

My mother just rang me to say that there was a piece in the paper today which said that a statue of Horrie the wog dog will be unveiled today in Corryong. I grew up with the story of Horrie as my father knew some of the people involved. We always knew that Horrie had really survived but it was something that was not talked about outside the family, given the people involved were still alive. A second book on Horrie (renamed War dog) told the full story not that long ago.
https://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/horrie/

 

[RooFlyer]

Claims from young veterans that RSL's more about booze and Pokies.

RSL more interested in 'beer and pokies' than offering support, young veterans say - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

... well, it wouldn't be our 'National Broadcaster' unless it did at least one provocative story on the days of remembrance/celebration

 

[JohnK]

Not missing alcohol. Only 2 beers this weekend and maybe another on today's flight.

 

[blackcat20]

I can explain it without even reading the article...... Men do worse because they lose their "best friend" which means they then have to start doing the "cooking", "cleaning", etc. :mrgreen: Women do better than men because they reduce their workload, so a less stressed time

You'd be right on the money. Pretty sure my grandma worked herself to death looking after my grandpa. Everyone expected him to go first but he lived another 6 or so years after her.

 

[love_the_life]

You'd be right on the money. Pretty sure my grandma worked herself to death looking after my grandpa. Everyone expected him to go first but he lived another 6 or so years after her.

Funny isn't it - we always though my mum would be the one to go first as she had quite a few health problems. We wondered how Dad would manage the household tasks as she had been the quintessential housewife, never in the paid workforce at all. As it was he passed in 1994 from heart disease and a bypass operation that led to a massive haemorrhage. Mum is still going strong over 20 years later - and coming up to her 94th birthday She tells the story with some amusement of a person she knows who won't take any pain killers (aka Panadol) as she doesn't want to become addicted to them. Fine you might think, except the person concerned is 102 years old!

 

[rainbowgirl]

My mum also thought she would die before dad as she was the one with multiple health issues. It was quite a shock to her when my dad died of cancer. She ended up dying of cancer less than a year later. Her cancer wasn't diagnosed until a couple of months after dad died.

 

[PLANT]

Mate discovered that Avolon parking double what he pays at Tula..... Not happy