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[paul waines]

You were lucky Ari, back then we were so poor we had to suck cold tea from a flannel...

[Ari]

Flannel? Posh git, we used dead rat skin that father had already used as toilet paper.

[paul waines]

Man, what luxury, Rat skin....  What's toilet paper?

[kovacs01]

Fancy pants, in my day we drank red cordial with ethanol.

Several years ago, I knew a guy that would go on and on about wine and how he knew everything there was to know.  In fact, he pretty much knew everything there was to know about whatever subject you chose to ask him about.  You know the type.  Well, he smoked marlboro reds like a chimney; so, I was pretty sure whatever he knew about wine would be heavily skewed by cigarette influenced taste buds. 

We had a party at our house, and I decided to put it to the test offering him a glass of pretty decent pinot noir mixed with equal parts of grape flavored Mad Dog 20 20.  He loved it, drank it most of the night, and raved about it later.  I never told him.

[Silhouette]

Man, what luxury, Rat skin....  What's toilet paper?

Bazinga! As much as I love the Four Yorkshiremen skit no one can beat that! 

"I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah."

"And you try and tell the young people of today that ..... they won't believe you."

[eatbrie]

"sre computer illiterste"

Is that French?

That's the iPhone.  I can't see shit.

[kovacs01]

I can't see shit.

Sometimes smelling it is easier than seeing it.

[paul waines]

David, you never cease to amaze me how much British T.V. you have seen.  Is it show in Oz often?

[Silhouette]

David, you never cease to amaze me how much British T.V. you have seen.  Is it show in Oz often?

I lived in Portsmouth for 2 years as a pre-teen (supported Pompey of course and Leeds in the days of Billy Bremner, Jackie Charlton, Peter Lorimer etc), so I got the Flying Circus hot off the press as it were. We all went to school doing our best Ministry of Silly Walks. When we came home (to NZ) English comedy was pretty much the only comedy we had to watch, certainly US comedy if it existed wasn't on TV that I can remember, the same can't be be said for most dramas however there was a greater proliferation of US made shows back then, although the likes of Poldark and the Onedin Line were favs, and although I never liked Coro Street, I used to watch the Eastenders in its early days.

Back in the day all my friends lived week to week for the Monty Python show (gawd we almost worshipped that show), The Goodies, Some Mothers, the Liver Birds (sigh...Sandra) and Rising Damp and so on. Then later with The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin (most excellent), Citizen Smith, Turtle's Progress (short lived but really enjoyed it) so yes I have seen a lot of British TV, either in England or at home here in Australia or NZ. The old stuff is still shown on satellite TV  - Are You Being Served?, Dad's Army etc etc - there is a UK TV channel on Foxtel, I was hooked on Life on Mars and my wife records all the Prime Suspect shows for watching.

[Ari]

Same in Australia, guess it's a colony thing, when I was a lad (I am a women now) we had two tv stations, and abc then mostly played British stuff, or Aussie, but comedies were British.
Different now with all the stations and American shows dominating, but most Aussies of a certain age or older will have grown up with English television as the staple.

[Zorba]

I got much of my Fawlty Towers (AWESOME), Dave Allen at Large, Monty Python, Are you Being Served and Dr Who etc...from PBS in the States.

[paul waines]

I must say, I never realised how far abroad British T.V. went. No wonder you guys have a great sense of fun...

Reading Davids post was like taking a step back in time, was Up Pompeii show in Australia? 

[Ari]

Yes.

Shit we even had Metal Mickey, haha.

My favourites, were the kids sci fi or spooky shows,

SKY, RAVEN, children of the stones, shadows, the changes,
And stuff like THE SECRET GARDEN, TOMS MIDNIGHT GARDEN, FLAXTON BOYS, INTO THE LABRYTH, CHOCKY ETC ETC

oh and Grange Hill, Famous FIVE. Stookie, TUCKERS luck,

THEN my all time favourite BLAKES 7.

PLAY FOR TODAY

FLIPSIDE OF DOMANIC HYDE

Comedies, robins nest, man about the house, love thy neighbour, dear John, good life, only fools and horses, steptoe and son, porridge,

Oh man, catweazle, worzel gummage,

Shit, LITTLE BLUE!,,,,,,!


I could go on forever.

Oh THE GOODIES, KENNY EVERET, BENNY HILL, TWO RONNIES,

[Zorba]

Benny Hill.

[paul waines]

So I could have had all that and the good weather........bugger....

Funnily, we have relations who moved to perth a little over 25 years ago, who say it was the best thing they ever did...

[paul waines]

Benny Hill.

I still haven't forgiven ITV for sacking him, what a talent...

[Ari]

Lots of Brit ex pats in Perth ( and South African )
I personally don't like Perth.
I have lived there a few times and it's too hot, and too middle class (very clean and straight) although that part is changing, for the worse.
Big mining boom in the west and the divide between rich and poor is very exaggerated now. If you aren't part of the mining boom your paying more rent, more fr food and bills etc but not earning the big bucks those involved are. I wouldn't like to live there myself. Though of you have a trade and can work on the mines, you could retire after a few years.
It's a bit of a city that's not, has the bad points of a city, but not the good, but at the same time, the bad points f a country town, but not the good.


BUT people d love it, so I'm probably wrong. I like a proper city like Sydney or the country, rather than inbetween.

But really, two plus weeks in a row above 40c and you want to swim for Antarctica.

[paul waines]

They are both retired, in fact they are both 90 this year, and put there longevity down to moving  to the better climate. Certainly makes you think... I maybe moving there in the next few years .......Though if it means giving up Quads and starting on Daybills....  

[Ari]

I imagine it would be a good place to retire, another trouble though is its so remote, but if you don't mind that, it's close to all sorts of very different places, from dusty desert to rolling hills and rugged coastlines, just not close to any other cities.

As for daybills, well Perth once had more cinemas and drive ins per capita than anywhere in the world apparently, so there must be some finds to be had somewhere.

[Silhouette]

Yes Up Pompeii was around, Blake's 7 was the coolest, had the hots for Servelan whilst thinking that Avon was an annoying twat...

[Ari]

Not a crush for, don't swing that way, but GAN was my hero, the episode he died I cried. Rewatched again last year, and felt the tears welling again.

[Silhouette]

Not a crush for, don't swing that way, but GAN was my hero, the episode he died I cried. Rewatched again last year, and felt the tears welling again.

"...felt the tears welling again."

Sounds like a crush to me...

[Zorba]

Chat was great with beer. 

[Mirosae]

SOLILOQUY

To chat, or not to chat, that is the question:

Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer
The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune,


Or to take Arms of POSTERS against a Sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them: to die, to sleep, TO COLLECT

No more; and by a sleep, to say we end THIS HOBBY OF OURS

[Zorba]

Have I mentioned that chat is great with beer?