@roycv
Mmmm, well, only really one way not to be caught alive by jumping into a billabong I would suggest.
And anyway, Roy, its a folkloreish song, not a coronial inquest, give me a break already...
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@roycv
Mmmm, well, only really one way not to be caught alive by jumping into a billabong I would suggest.
And anyway, Roy, its a folkloreish song, not a coronial inquest, give me a break already...
Avoca
It doesn't actually say he drowned or got wet! But I bow to your more intermit knowledge. Good song though!
Roy
Up jumped the swagman, leapt into the billabong,
You'll never catch me alive, said he,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by the billabong,
Who'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me?
roycv
It doesn't actually say he drowned or got wet! But I bow to your more intermit knowledge. Good song though!
Roy
Up jumped the swagman, leapt into the billabong,
You'll never catch me alive, said he,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by the billabong,
Who'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me?
Roy
Up jumped the swagman, leapt into the billabong,
You'll never catch me alive, said he,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by the billabong,
Who'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me?
@roycv
For the most part, most are. But not all.
In the song "Waltzing Matilda", the sheep(jumbuck) stealing 'swagman' jumps into to a billabong and drowns to avoid capture by "...the troopers, one, two, three...".
Mainly a low lying area that connects two parts of the same river, usually at a bend, during floods, also the breeding ground for most native fish.
So, very much alive.
Avoca
@roycv
For the most part, most are. But not all.
In the song "Waltzing Matilda", the sheep(jumbuck) stealing 'swagman' jumps into to a billabong and drowns to avoid capture by "...the troopers, one, two, three...".
Mainly a low lying area that connects two parts of the same river, usually at a bend, during floods, also the breeding ground for most native fish.
So, very much alive.
For the most part, most are. But not all.
In the song "Waltzing Matilda", the sheep(jumbuck) stealing 'swagman' jumps into to a billabong and drowns to avoid capture by "...the troopers, one, two, three...".
Mainly a low lying area that connects two parts of the same river, usually at a bend, during floods, also the breeding ground for most native fish.
So, very much alive.
I thought a billabong was a dry river bed?
Roy
Wordle: Well 'billabong' doesn't fit, so I'm stumped.
Now todays one is really difficult 🤣
It’s just Naval internal terminology just like the Principal Medical Officer has the nickname name of Scab Lifter - and a million other terms
SouthportPat
It’s just Naval internal terminology just like the Principal Medical Officer has the nickname name of Scab Lifter - and a million other terms
Don’t you mean Taranto.
I don’t understand the Royal Navy’s derogatory views on the Fleet Air Arm, they saved the navy’s bacon over and over again
EdW
Don’t you mean Taranto.
I don’t understand the Royal Navy’s derogatory views on the Fleet Air Arm, they saved the navy’s bacon over and over again
I don’t understand the Royal Navy’s derogatory views on the Fleet Air Arm, they saved the navy’s bacon over and over again
Another day, another whinge about Wordle.
Ummm, by their nature, aren't ALL fish predatory? I bet they are to whatever food they eat.
And, a 'shark' is the only predatory fish around here, as far as I know, and that doesn't fit.
So, once again, I yield.
Avoca
Another day, another whinge about Wordle.
Ummm, by their nature, aren't ALL fish predatory? I bet they are to whatever food they eat.
And, a 'shark' is the only predatory fish around here, as far as I know, and that doesn't fit.
So, once again, I yield.
Ummm, by their nature, aren't ALL fish predatory? I bet they are to whatever food they eat.
And, a 'shark' is the only predatory fish around here, as far as I know, and that doesn't fit.
So, once again, I yield.
@SouthportPat
Sure do, now, take that movie and pump it full of steroids.
Remove the proper military command, replace with unqualified, sychophantic, idiots and a zillion times more firepower, and we arrive at 2026.
I just hope there is a director somewhere ready to say..."Cut".
Avoca
@SouthportPat
Sure do, now, take that movie and pump it full of steroids.
Remove the proper military command, replace with unqualified, sychophantic, idiots and a zillion times more firepower, and we arrive at 2026.
I just hope there is a director somewhere ready to say..."Cut".
Sure do, now, take that movie and pump it full of steroids.
Remove the proper military command, replace with unqualified, sychophantic, idiots and a zillion times more firepower, and we arrive at 2026.
I just hope there is a director somewhere ready to say..."Cut".
@EdW
Yeah, butt you haven't beaten them at a World Cup since...
@Steves-s That's ok. I have a golden retriever like that. Takes over everything and I can't switch him off
Remember the 1970’s kids film Wargames - a look into the future of AI ?
They certainly did and one of Englands finest military leaders was killed on this day - always celebrated in Naval circles unless you are a WAFu then they celebrate Toronto night
SouthportPat
They certainly did and one of Englands finest military leaders was killed on this day - always celebrated in Naval circles unless you are a WAFu then they celebrate Toronto night
Pay, Didn’t England kick France and Spains buts on that day🤣
@Avoca I had already registered that prognosis from your Post Signature.
The 'Scorched Earth' policy!
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@SouthportPat
I always celebrate Princess Leia's birthday. Doesn't everyone...
Will be interesting to see what question is posed by AI on the 21st October - but then again probably nothing as I don’t suppose our cousins across the pond celebrate the day( that is if the vast majority even know what it commemorates)
SouthportPat
Will be interesting to see what question is posed by AI on the 21st October - but then again probably nothing as I don’t suppose our cousins across the pond celebrate the day( that is if the vast majority even know what it commemorates)
@RNinMunich
"An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes". SunTzu.
Avoca
@Avoca "Well, an awful lot of you're mob voted for this dip-stick, some, three times..."
Totally agree Avoca👍
However disgruntled one might be with his social situation and circumstances
how on earth could he come to believe that a self-serving, narcissistic, senile old man would significantly improve matters?
I'm afraid it reminds me of an infamous man who rose to supreme power in central Europe in the 1930s.
He promised work and prosperity for his citizens (at least those with the right genes!) and that in time 'they would not recognize' their country.
As they crawled out of their bunkers and cellars of destroyed homes in 1945 the remaining citizens saw that he had kept his promise!
Posthumously!
😎
RNinMunich
@Avoca "Well, an awful lot of you're mob voted for this dip-stick, some, three times..."
Totally agree Avoca👍
However disgruntled one might be with his social situation and circumstances
how on earth could he come to believe that a self-serving, narcissistic, senile old man would significantly improve matters?
I'm afraid it reminds me of an infamous man who rose to supreme power in central Europe in the 1930s.
He promised work and prosperity for his citizens (at least those with the right genes!) and that in time 'they would not recognize' their country.
As they crawled out of their bunkers and cellars of destroyed homes in 1945 the remaining citizens saw that he had kept his promise!
Posthumously!
😎
Totally agree Avoca👍
However disgruntled one might be with his social situation and circumstances
how on earth could he come to believe that a self-serving, narcissistic, senile old man would significantly improve matters?
I'm afraid it reminds me of an infamous man who rose to supreme power in central Europe in the 1930s.
He promised work and prosperity for his citizens (at least those with the right genes!) and that in time 'they would not recognize' their country.
As they crawled out of their bunkers and cellars of destroyed homes in 1945 the remaining citizens saw that he had kept his promise!
Posthumously!
😎