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Skriven 2010-02-09 12:47:00 av Glen Jamieson
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G'day, mate,

 ->  ->  HN> How'd I do on the Ozzy accent???
 ->  -> S'easy.  All you do is to remember not to open your mouth more than 2
 ->  -> mm to stop the flies going in, use your tongue as little as possible
 ->  -> when making sounds and let most of the sound come out your nose, 
 ->  ->
 ->  HN> Gidday...giiiiiday...gidddddai...ok I think I
 ->  HN> have it!
 -> 
 -> Bai Jove!  I think he's got it!
 -> 
 HN> Now you'll be taking the mickey out of me!

Nah!  Would I take the mickey?  (One of the favourite Australian
sports.)
 
 ->  -> modern high speed ones.  Did they still use steam locomotives then?
 ->  HN> Some were still in service then...but most of them 
 ->  HN> got destroyed during the war which had only
 ->  HN> been over for less than 20 years then. Most
 ->  HN> were pretty new and even running on electricity.
 -> 
 -> Railways and rolling stock were always considered a prime target for
 -> bombers.  When I was a schoolboy, all locomotives were steam.  Some,
 -> dating back to the 19th century, were still used for shunting.  Such a
 -> contrast to travelling on the Shinkansen in Japan in the mid-1980s.
 -> The carriages were fitted with a speedometer, so that the passengers
 -> could marvel as it passed the 200 km/h mark, usually settling at 220.
 -> 
 HN> When I lived in France there were still
 HN> signs of WWII to be seen often. 
 HN> My gymnasium at school was a 
 HN> former luftwaffe hanger...and still
 HN> had lots of bullet holes in the
 HN> roof and walls.

Throughout Europe there are many buildings showing the scars of war.
Where my friend lives in Perchtoldsdorf, near Vienna, there is a tower
which still has a 17th century Turkish cannonball embedded in it.  His
house is pock-marked from Russian bullets.  In Budapest there are
buildings with German bullet holes fired from one direction, and
Russian ones from the opposite side.
 
 HN> I like bento boxes and bento lunches.

They make very healthy school lunches.
 
 -> One of the most useless things I was taught at university was  how to
 -> set the slide valves of a steam engine.
 ->
 HN> Would not be useless if you had a 
 HN> steam engine though!

The above-mentioned, English born, Austrian resident friend makes
model steam locomotives, and was very proud that his was faster than
those of the other local model makers.  Now he has invited me to his
80th birthday party, so he can show me his latest steam speedster.
 
 -> On a completely unrelated note, do you know what is the fastest
 -> recorded ball speed achieved by a baseball pitcher?  Lately a speed
 -> gun has been introduced to cricket.  The world record is held by a
 -> Pakistani, at about 164 km/h.
 ->  
 HN> That's about 102 mph and would be a 
 HN> record here as well. I am pretty sure 
 HN> that Nolan Ryan holds the world record
 HN> for fastest pitch...and I think it was
 HN> just over 100mph...still I would not
 HN> want to face anyone thowing at me
 HN> at 100mph or more!

I asked because I wondered if bowling was faster or slower than
pitching.  ("Throwing" is a serious crime in the game of cricket.)

Cricketers were wearing groin protectors 100 years before they adopted
head protecting helmets.  As a lady friend pointed out, it shows the
relative importance that men give to the parts of their bodies.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Bush Crickets
 Categories: 
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
           Crickets
           Salt
           Oil ;OPT
           Onions ;chopped
           Tomatoes ;chopped
           Flour
 
  These large green crickets swarm at street lights in April and May.
  Their long antennae distinguish them from locusts and grasshoppers.
  To prepare, remove the wings and the horned part of the legs. Boil
  them for 5 minutes and then dry in the sun or at a low temperature in
  the oven. Winnow away the wings if any remain by tossing them gently
  into the air, allowing the wings to blow away. If you are not skilled
  at winnowing, simply pick them out. Fry in a pan with salt. These may
  need a touch of added fat to fry or roast. Larger grasshoppers may be
  turned into a main course by frying with chopped onion, tomato, and a
  little flour.
  
  Collected by Bert Christensen. Toronto, Ontario email: bert@bertc.com
  web site:-http://bertc.com
  
  From: Kevin Jcjd Symons               Date: 12-09-02
 
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