Thread: Get a load of this Saitch.

Originally Posted by 4bee

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Not only a year older but coincidentally the last spike was driven in on my birthday, Sept 7 but of course I hadn't been born by then & the world had to look forward with uncertainty to another year without me.

I hope it was worth the wait.


Bob, was your grandfather also called Mr Ten?

On the maternal side, he was a Shepherd from Deagon. One of the famous [ well we think so] Shepherds 11 cricket side, a side made up from the family which took on all comers, back in the day. 7 children, six girls, one boy, all went to Sacred Heart School at Sandgate. The Nuns used to feed the children breakfast, back in the depression. Early in their marriage Grandfather worked as a fettler in the railway, and he and NANA lived in tents out west, following the railway line. He died in harness, had a heart attack while helping to dig a hole to fit a fuel tank at a petrol station. He worked on the bridge as part of subsistence work during the depression .Nan had a Commission house at Stafford Heights, and when we came down from Rockhampton, there were three families living there. The fighting Laverty's, [ minus dad ] Nan, [ on her own] and four of us. On one side were the Tanners, the other the Crockers. That's where this shy country boy learned how to fight. [ sort of ]

Stafford State School were the silvertails, Stafford Heights State school the poorer end of town. Those were the days if a kid was found wandering around at night the local wallopers would pick you up and take you home, [ to get the strap] We played rugby league [ weight divisions] and my cousin and I played in the first Stafford Heights team to beat Stafford , heroes for a day. I remember my first day at school, all dressed up with new shoes, got inside the gate, got into a fight because I was wearing shoes ! [ who do you think you are?] Not much of a fight on my part mum made me promise not to fight , my three cousins came across and sorted them out. All up to the headmasters office, all the fighters got the cane, then the Headmaster gave me a quick hit, because " You didn't stick up for your cousins by not fighting" I kid you not. However, he had the wisdom of Solomon. If I the new kid hadn't been punished along with the others, I would have been on the outer from the start. As it was , because I copped it sweet, friendships were formed that lasted for a long time.

My cousins, the fighting Laverty's, all ended up in the Army, serving in Malaya and Vietnam. All infantry except the youngest, who was a sapper, and a tunnel rat. Not many of us left now, some times I wish we could go back to those simple times, we had nothing, one bath and an outside dunny, and a copper out the back where Nan washed the sheets, but the happiest times. Nowadays every one seems obsessed with how much is in your wallet, and what possessions you own. People are judged by that, and not what is in their hearts, or their heads. .......................

.[ It's finally happened, I think I've turned into my father , time to go kick the dog. ]

Originally Posted by bob10

On the maternal side, he was a Shepherd from Deagon. One of the famous [ well we think so] Shepherds 11 cricket side, a side made up from the family which took on all comers, back in the day. 7 children, six girls, one boy, all went to Sacred Heart School at Sandgate. The Nuns used to feed the children breakfast, back in the depression. Early in their marriage Grandfather worked as a fettler in the railway, and he and NANA lived in tents out west, following the railway line. He died in harness, had a heart attack while helping to dig a hole to fit a fuel tank at a petrol station. He worked on the bridge as part of subsistence work during the depression .Nan had a Commission house at Stafford Heights, and when we came down from Rockhampton, there were three families living there. The fighting Laverty's, [ minus dad ] Nan, [ on her own] and four of us. On one side were the Tanners, the other the Crockers. That's where this shy country boy learned how to fight. [ sort of ]

Stafford State School were the silvertails, Stafford Heights State school the poorer end of town. Those were the days if a kid was found wandering around at night the local wallopers would pick you up and take you home, [ to get the strap] We played rugby league [ weight divisions] and my cousin and I played in the first Stafford Heights team to beat Stafford , heroes for a day. I remember my first day at school, all dressed up with new shoes, got inside the gate, got into a fight because I was wearing shoes ! [ who do you think you are?] Not much of a fight on my part mum made me promise not to fight , my three cousins came across and sorted them out. All up to the headmasters office, all the fighters got the cane, then the Headmaster gave me a quick hit, because " You didn't stick up for your cousins by not fighting" I kid you not. However, he had the wisdom of Solomon. If I the new kid hadn't been punished along with the others, I would have been on the outer from the start. As it was , because I copped it sweet, friendships were formed that lasted for a long time.

My cousins, the fighting Laverty's, all ended up in the Army, serving in Malaya and Vietnam. All infantry except the youngest, who was a sapper, and a tunnel rat. Not many of us left now, some times I wish we could go back to those simple times, we had nothing, one bath and an outside dunny, and a copper out the back where Nan washed the sheets, but the happiest times. Nowadays every one seems obsessed with how much is in your wallet, and what possessions you own. People are judged by that, and not what is in their hearts, or their heads. .......................

.[ It's finally happened, I think I've turned into my father , time to go kick the dog. ]

Thanks.
Welcome to the Dog Kickers Club. One gets to 60 & hey presto, overnight, one's thinking & tolerance/intolerance levels changes. Get to 80 & one then becomes a Miserable humorless bastard.

Never mind, as the old dear at the Irish Races said on TV years ago when the Ch.9 interviewer complained about the ****ing rain, "Well, you're still breathing aren't you?"

And so he was.

While we are talking about Deagon boys made good , [ well only me really] how about John Job Crew Bradfield, born Deagon [ though they say Sandgate, southern blow ins] Apart from the Sydney Harbour bridge and the Story bridge, he suggested the now called Bradfield scheme, to divert the waters from the north inland.

John Bradfield | Australian engineer | Britannica

Originally Posted by bob10

While we are talking about Deagon boys made good , [ well only me really] how about John Job Crew Bradfield, born Deagon [ though they say Sandgate, southern blow ins] Apart from the Sydney Harbour bridge and the Story bridge, he suggested the now called Bradfield scheme, to divert the waters from the north inland.

John Bradfield | Australian engineer | Britannica

They can't all be good ideas. The Bradford Scheme is a proper stinker.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

They can't all be good ideas. The Bradford Scheme is a proper stinker.

Bradford? I know they were relegated out of super league, but they aren't that bad.

The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, currently playing in the Championship. They have won the Challenge Cup five times, the league championship six times and the World Club Challenge three times. Having vacated Odsal Stadium, Bradford intend to play their home games next year at Tetley’s Stadium. The team jersey is predominantly white with red, amber and black chevrons.

Now Bradfield, you may have a point.

Is the Bradfield Scheme a solution?



Drought is terrible but the Bradfield Scheme is no solution. Almost always in the middle of a drought a familiar call rings out from some quarter to solve the problem. “Let’s implement the Bradfield Scheme” is the call, most recently by Pauline Hanson this week, but also occasionally by Bob Katter and others.
Editorial: the Bradfield Scheme would be a calamitous ...

www.northweststar.com.au/story/5626019/editorial-the-b…

OR, not.

Why should we build the Bradfield Scheme?



We should build the Bradfield Scheme to meet the needs of a further 20 million people who’ll be part of Australia’s future population, who won’t be able to live in Sydney or Melbourne. We should build the scheme to secure water for our growing population and support Australia’s agricultural industries.
OPINION: Australia needs the Bradfield scheme | The Land | NSW

www.theland.com.au/story/5908278/we-should-build-the-…

Is that your finger on the pointer, Brian?

The problem with the Bradfield Scheme is one every apprentice plumber learns ( and they still get it wrong). Water does not run uphill.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

The problem with the Bradfield Scheme is one every apprentice plumber learns ( and they still get it wrong). Water does not run uphill.

Bathrom Ceramic Tilers are a bit kike that as well.