gareth lacey

Don adams and barbera feldon

David Bowie RIP

Thanks all for your condolences.

My day was marked with a phone call at 6.30 am from my sis in law ,my younger brother Steven (72) died in his sleep, he was a quiet bloke liked by most , adored my 9 year old granddaughter sadly he was ill for the last 5 years aand had only been home a week from his last stint in hospital, he willbe missed we got on well. Vale Stephen George Lacey

No litespeed not saying that you cannot have a view , only recently i had access to my fathers war/military records , he often spoke of his time in Burma and his recollection was that they were moving so quickly that they took no prisoners he was with General Slims army in the South Wales Borderers the Japanese were fanatical as we know and to be taken a prisoner was shameful to the soldiers of the Japanese army, so the WW11 soldiers were under great stress and probably did war crimes but were never prosecuted in large numbers , all i can say is war is terrible, civilians bear the brunt of it ,the average age of IDF soldiers is 25 years and are always under attack, I for one would not like to be in their shoes .the world has not learned at all from WW11 .WW1 was "the war to end all wars" it didn't but now we have madmen all over world trying to start WW3 ( sorry that you took offence wasnt a attack on you ) cheers gareth

Litespeed , have you been a member of the armed forces in this country or any other, if not you can never know what it is like to be shot at by a terrorist, theatre of war things are not the same , the hamas cowards are hiding amongst their own people, in hospitals, in refugee camps ,and whilst not condoning killing of innocents the fog of war prevails, IDF needs to keep on going and eliminate all the coward hamas, and hezbollah if needed, they are surrounded by millions of hateful nations, ,i was in the British army before migrating here and i can tell you it is terrifying to be shot at(green army in ulster 1 tour)and having civilians around you and having your government tie 1 hand behind your back(rule of engagement) it was enough for me,terrorists of any nation should be put down with with no compassion, Israel has its back to the wall and MUST keep on going, we live in a peaceful country and dont know the daily terror of missiles aimed at us , so from your armchair dont condemn unless you have been at the frontline

Good riddance !

34 years ago i was working at the submarine base in ( tradie self emloyed) sydney, i was climbing to a scaffold to weld out some pipes when my ladder broke in half 6mtre fall, rushed to hospital with broken hip, after 4 weeks in hospital put a claim in with insurance (my wife was pregnant at the time with our twins7 months in) claim was rejected because they deemed i could do other work (i was on crutches ) ie sitting at a desk, etc etc , insurance is a crock, after that i never insured myself ,put monies away instead i say it again PARASITES

I had a friend years ago who sold insurance (a broker) he was a great salesman could sell ice to eskimos, sold life insurance to people who could really not afford it, also all other types of insurance now he has is very well off(millions) and has got out of the game, 2 years ago i spoke to him about it and why he never tried to sell me on insurance ( i only have insurance on the req ) his reply was , You didnt believe the bullshit that i spruked , i said in reply but do you think that it is immoral to tell outright lies to prospective clients , his answer was , they paid me to much money,i shook my head , nice bloke in reality, does do a lot of charity work and gives his time and money to worthy causes now

Insurance companies= parasites,insurance is big business they make more profit than banks and every time thier is a flood or fire up go the rates ,a friend in brisbane has had her house go under in the last 2 big floods here , her bill this year is $30,000 she has a very ill husband who wont be here by xmas,and she is retired her house has been rebuilt but is now worth 500000 less no one will buy it in the flood zone near the uni, the insurance co are PARASITES

Correct OME he always wanted to be a lawyer but getting experience as a tradie gave hom leg up to the union, 10 years post apprenticeship gave him real experience, this what got him this job, he is now 33 years old and has a wife ,mortgage, 2 very young boys(i love my grandkids) and studying , has a lot more energy than i LoL , he is his own man , politics, and ideas as he should but we do have some heated debates , i am proud of what he has achieved (as well as his sibling Hannah) and when he gets his degree in law he wants to go into social justice law

My son (one half of twins ) left school and became an apprentice boilermaker, did a few years after he qualified in fly in fly out now studying to be a lawyer 1 more year to go , his job is a union rep on $150g a year plus car plus super plus plenty of leave , boilermakers in Brisbane are on 75 to 85 g a year , thats a big disparity in wages, tradies are still underpaid

OK the other ones Laurel & Hardy

Abbot & Costello

Wayne newton

The israelis have every right to kill bomb maim destroy gaza hamas is a terrorist extremist mob the people who support them are complicit with hamas the Israelis have very good military and being surrounded by extremist countries who want to exterminate them i will not blame them for destroying gaza , muslim countries seem to hate the Israelis why, even indonesia who are thousands of kilometres away from the middle east i support them in every way

Its why i came to Aus after watching whiplash (and skippyLOL)

If we look at the members on both forums we are in the older age bkt, not many young people get on board Rec flying and it seems that is waning apart from Reds pics of aircraft not much is happening there , no new homebuilt guys putting their aircraft up(including me ,but thats another story) lots of peoples community markers but i dont see any input from these people, i log on every day and although i dont participate in all discussions i do like to read them all, there is a political side creeping in, at my house family gathering's there is NO religion, politics no unions discussed these topics are all tribal and cause a lot of arguments, most forum users are respectful about other users inputs even if they dont agree, i have my own ideas and thoughts about the Voice but keep it to myself, i find religion to be outdated an naive very chidish, and politics needs to be put in the rubbish bin. I have only met 3 users of the forums and will try and meet up with more over time anyway have a great day all of you Cheers gareth

Been there ,they are very beautiful mountains and go down to the sea great area to visit

Bob Hawke also said and i quote "no child will live in poverty by (insert date) what a crock ,in my opinion 1 of the worst politicians ever

I agree none would get there been there got down in a Hyundi LOL HI Marty

Dick Van Dyke ?

Bruce Springsteen

Boy George

Roger Whittaker has passed, 87 years old of heart failure , has had a few medical issues , he put out some great songs over the years