Originally Posted by
Pickles2
I always have a laugh to myself when I read the "furore" in the press or see on TV where swooping maggies are causing drama, posties refusing to go down streets, etc etc.
Jeez, I can't believe it. When I was going to school in Toowoomba many many years ago, I rode my bike to get there, probably 7 or 8klms, no big deal. However, to get from Drayton where I lived, to Harristown, I had to ride along Anzac Ave, which in those days was a long open stretch, with a large number of gum trees a 100 meters or so away. The maggies would see us from those trees, we could see them coming/swooping at us. We all expected it, in fact we liked it, we used to swing our school bags around our heads, but they still had a go,..most of us wore Akubra style hats, never worried us at all,...all good fun,..it was a daily occurance! I'm sure most of you have been "swooped" at some time or other?
Pickles.
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