Thread: Trivia and other useless but interesting items

Originally Posted by 4bee

Spot on. Uup norf it would be the humidity that seems to beat folk.

Spot on there Des, 40⁰+ dry heat beats 30⁰ high humidity every time.

Australian boys make an astonishing discovery deep in the outback that was left hidden for more than 70 years - and it could have KILLED them

• Two boys found an unexploded WWII hand grenade at Noonkanbah Station, WA
• A photo shows the boys with the dusty historic explosive near the creek bank

What is trivial is the smiles.

In 1982 School cadets camp at a Victorian army base. Hutchies, rat packs and M16s for fun! Been there for two days when we found an unexploded mortar round in the tree fork four of us were using to hold up our Hutchies.

They moved the entire camp before blowing it up

The Kids finding the grenade had the same wry look my and I mates had just no photos of them of course

Mate of mine found an interesting object on way to school. Carried it for a bit then being heavy kept tossing it in front of him until
Got to school. Everyone excited by this interesting find which was brought into the class room to show teacher. Queue school evacuation. Teacher was ex army and recognized 25 pounder phosphorus. Area hand been an artillery range until sixties then released as farm land. Then rezoned by council into housing

Originally Posted by 4bee

I understood his S3 & Trailer were from Surplus.

Not a Series III but an early Perentie.
Bush Tucker Man Vehicles - REMLR

I watched Bush Tucker Man in the UK long before I moved to Australia, ended up buying a Tanami Defender a few years after arriving.
Les was linked to Rover Australia at the time but I read somewhere he didn't make money out of the Tanami despite his signature on the back & sides.

I have all the BTM and Tarnished Heroes DVD's (remember DVD's ?).


Colin

I love Chess. I suspect a dummy spit-protest.
P- K4 and P- KB4 is not game over usually


World champion Magnus Carlsen resigns after one move in online match against American Hans Niemann - ABC News

Dummy spit realising he’s heading downward from the top of his game I think.

Using the cheating bit as an excuse IMO

Originally Posted by gromit

Not a Series III but an early Perentie.
Bush Tucker Man Vehicles - REMLR

I watched Bush Tucker Man in the UK long before I moved to Australia, ended up buying a Tanami Defender a few years after arriving.
Les was linked to Rover Australia at the time but I read somewhere he didn't make money out of the Tanami despite his signature on the back & sides.

I have all the BTM and Tarnished Heroes DVD's (remember DVD's ?).


Colin

Thank you Colin I bow to your wisdom but was not the very first vehicle used a S3?

Memory is not what it used to be these days but if it had been 'er indoors it would have been correct.

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Australian boys make an astonishing discovery deep in the outback that was left hidden for more than 70 years - and it could have KILLED them

• Two boys found an unexploded WWII hand grenade at Noonkanbah Station, WA
• A photo shows the boys with the dusty historic explosive near the creek bank

What is trivial is the smiles.

In 1982 School cadets camp at a Victorian army base. Hutchies, rat packs and M16s for fun! Been there for two days when we found an unexploded mortar round in the tree fork four of us were using to hold up our Hutchies.

They moved the entire camp before blowing it up

The Kids finding the grenade had the same wry look my and I mates had just no photos of them of course

A Grenade found by a watercourse may not be that unusual. Bluey & Curley used them to go fishing as did others. (B&C were WW2 comic characters about two mates in the Aust Army who got up to these antics.)

Bluey & Curley - Google Search