Thread: Embarrassment

Originally Posted by Ausfree

Well, the plan WAS to come over and visit you today, Jason but Mrs Aus's mother took a bit of a turn and we took her to casualty at JHH. Spent the entire day there with her today and they have kept her in over night. They did all these tests on her and couldn't find anything wrong??????????????

I hope she gets better soon Jim. I remember you saying she is quite elderly.

Thanks guys, yes, Banjo she is 86 years old, still quite with it though. Mrs Aus has gone to JHH to bring her home after staying overnight.

Well, I worked my last day today as a permanent full time employee. Start on Monday as a permanent part time employee. So I guess I am now officially semi-retired. I guessed it..................Centrelink wants more information, I knew it. Sent the forms back to me with areas marked that needed more information. There is always a veiled threat when Centrelink send you queries is that they will cut you off you don't reply within a very short time. I don't think that is needed with us oldies.


Got a call from the Fort Scratchley Historical Society. Seems they have added a fully operational L60 Bristol Bofor Mk 12 A.A. gun to their collection up at the Fort. They wanted to know if I would be interested in doing maintenance on the gun and when it is out on display on open days, for me to tell people about it. I don't know if I have mentioned it before but I trained on the Bofor when I was in the CMF in the 1960's.

I said after 40 odd years I have forgotten a lot, but they said they would help to bring me up to speed and a lot of the information should come back to me.

Anyrate, I am going in to have a talk to them next Thursday. It's a voluntary position of cause Certainly will help to fill in the extra time I will have now.

Actually, looking at the Fort Scratchley site, there is what they call a "Nominal Roll". what this is, is a list of all personnel that have ever served there. My name rank and serial number is listed.........WOW, I'm famous.

Congratulations Jim on semi retirement. & the gig at the fort sounds great.

Originally Posted by Ausfree

Well, I worked my last day today as a permanent full time employee. Start on Monday as a permanent part time employee. So I guess I am now officially semi-retired.

Congratulations

Originally Posted by Ausfree

I guessed it..................Centrelink wants more information, I knew it. Sent the forms back to me with areas marked that needed more information. There is always a veiled threat when Centrelink send you queries is that they will cut you off you don't reply within a very short time. I don't think that is needed with us oldies.

Well if you want to ride on the bus then you have to do what the driver says...

Originally Posted by Ausfree

Got a call from the Fort Scratchley Historical Society. Seems they have added a fully operational L60 Bristol Bofor Mk 12 A.A. gun to their collection up at the Fort. They wanted to know if I would be interested in doing maintenance on the gun and when it is out on display on open days, for me to tell people about it. I don't know if I have mentioned it before but I trained on the Bofor when I was in the CMF in the 1960's.

Good to hear they are happy to have you involved.

Originally Posted by Ausfree

I said after 40 odd years I have forgotten a lot...

Sounds like another bloke I know. I won't mention the name Banjo though

Have a look at this. It's the L70 model Bofor, which is a later model of the L60 I served on. The L60 had a firing rate of 120 rounds per minute but the L70 fires at about 330 rounds per minute. that sure is a lot of lead in the air at one time. The L70 came out in the mid 1950's and eventually replaced the L60.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlfLwQEBU-I[/ame]

ps. Would have loved to have served on the L70.

Hey Jim Karen seen Mrs. Aus today at the car park under woollies here. She said she was walking or limping in her case & said to Fred hey that's Mrs Aus. Then said oh crap it's not she's smoking let's keep going she says to Fred. When Karen told me I said yes it probably was Mrs Aus with her mum sitting on the seat as she does smoke occasionally. Karen feels bad now cause it probably was her. Lol