Dear onthebeach,

I've never been a victim so there's
no "baggage" to drop. And live like
Bronson? No Thanks. he's dead!

I'm very happy with my life, being me,
and living in the "land of milk and honey,"
(which translates as beer and meat pies in
actual fact!).

Cheers.

Good evening to you HASBEEN...

Grrrrrrrrr ! I'd like to think the selection process for Duntroon was fundamentally flawed, and my 'Leaving' results were magnificent ?

I couldn't imagine trying to land an A/C on the deck of a pitching Aircraft Carrier (HMAS Melbourne I think ?)! Navy aviators would need to be the best. It's tough enough to learn to master a mach ll jet fighter, without trying to land it in one piece on the deck of an A/C Carrier ? Am I jealous HASBEEN ? No, just a coward is all ? I'd never ever be able to make it in the Navy. No matter how many dreadful names we all used to call you ! You were all (secretly) admired !

Those fantastic towns around Bathurst and Orange, marvellous places to live and work. You know, I had two stints at the Motor Bike races in Bathurst. The first, a real 'bloodbath'. The second much more tame, 'cause the old TRG attended in large numbers. Most of the coppers in that group, had no necks whatsoever, and were very very big too ! Mention the 'Leaving Certificate to any of those fella's they'd think it was some sort of 'pass out' for the Movies ?

Attended a pretty decent Riot at Bathurst Gaol back in about 1973 0r 74 ? A beautiful, sculptured Town is Bathurst, unfortunately there are some very naughty boys hanging around ?

Yes HASBEEN, you do make me very envious and jealous. For some reason I do tend to reside in the past, not good I know, but that was the mechanism, I needed to employ, when I was still working. Bit silly, I realize. It's just you deal with so much hideous and grotesque stuff at work, you need to be able to switch your mind off, so to speak. And revisiting my earlier, happier past, proved to be a fantistic method for me at least. I'm sure our good friends, BELLY and LEXI, might well agree ?

Thanks HASBEEN for including me in your brief journey back in time

Dear o sung wu,

I'm sorry but I was only born during the tail end of that
era. I love the times I'm currently living in.
I have a great sense of belonging which my parents
passed onto me.

Dear onthebeach,

I forgot to add that if I wanted to
pick a Lithuanian Hollywood "celebrity" to
emulate it wouldn't be Bronson.
It would be Robert Zemeckis. Director. He stated:

"No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in
our path there are ways to accept them and to live
through them. Understand life's mysteries as
mysteries to be lived."

Or put another way - life begins at the end of your
comfort zone.

Good evening to you LEXI...

I'm so sorry. I do tend to speak, often before first checking my facts. An error a gentleman should never make. Is to presume a ladies chronological age, without first establishing the veracity or otherwise. Is patently unforgivable ! Again, I must apologise LEXI.

With kind regards...Sung wu.

Dear o sung wu,

No apology is necessary.
There was no offense and I only wanted to
point out that my life experience was very
different from that of my parents for a variety
of reasons. However their legacy of self-sufficiency
contribution, and positivity, that they passed onto me helped a
great deal.

As I stated in another thread, "No matter how many
obstacles that are thrown in our path there are
ways to accept them and to live through them."