RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted September 16, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2017 In the same way that you didn;t know about boogie boards, I don't know what a Tescos is! Is it a good thing? Perhaps its an upmarket version of America's Walmart? https://au.pinterest.com/janetsanders162/walmart-wall-of-shame/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 (edited) Perhaps its an upmarket version of America's Walmart? https://au.pinterest.com/janetsanders162/walmart-wall-of-shame/ Or a Bunnings? Allan s there a sausage sizzle happenning out the front? If so then its what we call a Bunnings. Edited September 16, 2017 by monkeysarefun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 In the same way that you didn;t know about boogie boards, I don't know what a Tescos is! Is it a good thing? It's a supermarket, Monkeysarefun, where thousands go by the hour to get ripped off. Whilst we're on air mate could you tell me who this Oz guy was, absolutely hilarious and sang a song about a Farting Contest which, I think, was aired youtube. He also sang many other really hilarious songs and one to do with living next door to the then Oz prime minister where one of the lines went something like "...and with a roo on the roof..." Also a line I remember from the farting contest song was " If you can't make it into town, then send it in in a bottle " Cheers mate. Allan. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted September 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2017 Tesco is to the UK what Coles is to Australia. Most people shop there. Most moan about it for fairly trivial reasons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted September 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2017 Bunnings is coming to the UK. Sausage sizzles and all. Wickes better watch out. Cheaper Chinese hardware is on its way and with a slightly better level of customer service. Sometimes. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted September 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2017 I now am wary of going to Oz....starting to think about going over to see my son again next year in Brisbane. Then I saw the price of flights at the moment...gulp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Bunnings is coming to the UK. Sausage sizzles and all. Wickes better watch out. Cheaper Chinese hardware is on its way and with a slightly better level of customer service. Sometimes. Errm, Bunnings is already here, up and running. Branch at Apsley, Hemel Hempstead, has been going a while now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2017 Perhaps its an upmarket version of America's Walmart? https://au.pinterest.com/janetsanders162/walmart-wall-of-shame/ That would be Asda's which is owned by Walmart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 (edited) Tesco had our shopping precinct raised to the ground then gridlocked the town for a whole year as contractors moved in to build a new Tesco. Well some of the local businesses were more or less forced to close down, we lost our Co-Op, barbers shop, fish n' chip shop and a bank. When all the dust had settled down and the new Tesco building was finished, it never opened and still stands empty today. But we did get a new, paved precinct and a couple of coates of paint. Allan. Edited September 16, 2017 by allan downes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 It's a supermarket, Monkeysarefun, where thousands go by the hour to get ripped off. Whilst we're on air mate could you tell me who this Oz guy was, absolutely hilarious and sang a song about a Farting Contest which, I think, was aired youtube. He also sang many other really hilarious songs and one to do with living next door to the then Oz prime minister where one of the lines went something like "...and with a roo on the roof..." Also a line I remember from the farting contest song was " If you can't make it into town, then send it in in a bottle " Cheers mate. Allan. Ah, I believe you're thinking of Kevin Bloody Wilson - the bloke is hilarious. I saw him live about 5 years ago - with the support act being his daughter, whose stage name is Jenny Talia from Australia... who is just as politically incorrect and hilarious as her dad! Warning - not for the easily offended...and this one is quite mild https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Zuo2JtTdY Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted September 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2017 Kevin Bloody Wilson is an Australian icon. Not rude songs but drinking songs. And just like drink they're not to everyone's taste. Me? I find some amusing, some witty, some are a wry look at life and a few make me cringe. That'll do. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 In between Monkeysarefun, Bunnings, tescos et al. The animals are usually hard to find here in Aus. The reason most things will kill you is the weather... and it will do the most damage. In between being stuck in a 40degree day in a Sydney or Melbourne peak period before Christmas with no Aircon! It is one reason why the Aussies giggle at the animals as we are the only nuts ones to go out on days like that, we like laughing at ourselves. Usually the only people out wondering around is the tourists! Recently the telly has been so bad our family has been watching dirty jobs with Mike Rowe who has been to Australia we found it really funny... not so much for Mike and his comments but the characters and the Aussie attitude. Eg the lady house owner having the brown snake removed, oh yes we haven't had many mice recently. Yeah right the brown snake had taken them out! I'll let you YouTube dirty jobs Australia.... if your not giggling at the locals you've misplaced your funny bone... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Kevin Bloody Wilson is an Australian icon. Not rude songs but drinking songs. And just like drink they're not to everyone's taste. Me? I find some amusing, some witty, some are a wry look at life and a few make me cringe. That'll do. Yet back in the 80s he was regarded as a national embarrassment by some... As the man himself puts it - DILLIGAF! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Kevin Bloody Wilson is an Australian icon. Not rude songs but drinking songs. ..... We had a genre of rugby songs which fulfilled both purposes but, in today's "safe space" society, we don't hear rugby songs being sung now.... Shame. I rather liked them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 We had a genre of rugby songs which fulfilled both purposes but, in today's "safe space" society, we don't hear rugby songs being sung now.... Shame. I rather liked them. Eskimo Nell The Engineer's song etc etc... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Ah, I believe you're thinking of Kevin Bloody Wilson - the bloke is hilarious. I saw him live about 5 years ago - with the support act being his daughter, whose stage name is Jenny Talia from Australia... who is just as politically incorrect and hilarious as her dad! Warning - not for the easily offended...and this one is quite mild https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Zuo2JtTdY Thanks, Mark. Yeh, that's the guy I was thinking off but couldn't find his farting contest song anywhere- unless it was someone else who performed it? Allan. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 My pleasure, Allan Was it this little ditty that you were thinking of? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGKasSU0GT8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 My pleasure, Allan Was it this little ditty that you were thinking of? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGKasSU0GT8 Thanks, Mark. Went to your link and it came up "Sorry, video not available " But many thanks all the same. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 (edited) It's a supermarket, Monkeysarefun, where thousands go by the hour to get ripped off. Whilst we're on air mate could you tell me who this Oz guy was, absolutely hilarious and sang a song about a Farting Contest which, I think, was aired youtube. He also sang many other really hilarious songs and one to do with living next door to the then Oz prime minister where one of the lines went something like "...and with a roo on the roof..." Also a line I remember from the farting contest song was " If you can't make it into town, then send it in in a bottle " Cheers mate. Allan. Iirc, the title of the ballad is 'The Festival of Farts', from the 1990 'Let's Call Him Kev' album. Edited to include extra info. Edited September 17, 2017 by Ceptic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Thanks, Mark. Went to your link and it came up "Sorry, video not available " But many thanks all the same. Allan. Interesting - link possibly corrupted? Anyway, the title of the song I tried to link is Kev's "Mick the Master Farter" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted September 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 17, 2017 I used to hate Brisbane. We used to go there on container ships and at the right time of year the harbour filled with jelly fish so that for the duration of a port stay the engineers were on constant duty swapping sea water strainers to empty all the jelly fish that clogged the things up. Just as you re-instated one the other in service one would be showing high dp and needed opening up. Fremantle on the other hand was fantastic, and I loved Adelaide and Sydney. The one that gets a bad rap but which I liked was Melbourne, it lacks the photogenic appeal of Sydney but if you put the stunning panorama of Sydney harbour to one side I preferred Melbourne. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Despite your assumption that we have a natural talent for naming things imaginatively, the truth is actually the opposite. Two Mile Creek, followed shortly by Five Mile Creek etc. James Cook started it all. When he ran out of prosaic names like Point Danger and Mount Warning (they go together) he opened his book of common prayer and came up with examples like the Whitsunday Islands (depending on the day). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted September 18, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2017 Two Mile Creek, followed shortly by Five Mile Creek etc. James Cook started it all. When he ran out of prosaic names like Point Danger and Mount Warning (they go together) he opened his book of common prayer and came up with examples like the Whitsunday Islands (depending on the day). But not as good as The Goodies, with their 'August Bank Holiday Island', because all the other public holidays had already been taken! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 .... prosaic names like Point Danger .... (depending on the day). What, no Point Blank? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) What, no Point Blank? There is a Cape Blanco here in Oregon - but that was named by a Spaniard. Staying with Oregon for a moment, Cook was up to his usual standards here too, naming Cape Foulweather (self evidently prosaic) and Cape Perpetua on March 7, 1778. Edited September 18, 2017 by Ozexpatriate 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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