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Good morning!

Still in Wisconsin, but it's our last day here. Flight home is late afternoon tomorrow.

Had a very late night dinner with E's work/railroad people last night. Good dinner!! And expensive. Good thing we didn't pay for it.

Off to do a little pre-packing, so not much to do in the morning.

Have a good Wednesday!

Good afternoon Penny.

I'm starting to rebuild my DVR library since Spectrum replaced my set top box, Casablanca was on Cinemax at 4:34 this morning and I recorded it. I still need Goldfinger and The Thing From Another World.

Hi there! I was running upriver in my jet boat when I flushed an eagle. He flew ahead of me at eye level for 200 yards before i passed him.

bodypainter wrote: July 9, 2025 5:12 pm Hi there! I was running upriver in my jet boat when I flushed an eagle. He flew ahead of me at eye level for 200 yards before i passed him.

Nice.

Lucky it was one of the species endemic to the US - Our Wedgetails are monsters and are not afraid to take on cars, boats and trucks.

Rabbitz wrote: July 9, 2025 5:18 pm

bodypainter wrote: July 9, 2025 5:12 pm Hi there! I was running upriver in my jet boat when I flushed an eagle. He flew ahead of me at eye level for 200 yards before i passed him.

Nice.

Lucky it was one of the species endemic to the US - Our Wedgetails are monsters and are not afraid to take on cars, boats and trucks.

What IS it with Australian wildlife??!!

Caribbean Soul wrote: July 9, 2025 6:21 pm What IS it with Australian wildlife??!!

It's why we're all a cross between Mick Dundee and Steve Irwin...

You do know the Crocodile Dundee films are documentaries, right?

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It's why we're all a cross between Mick Dundee and Steve Irwin...
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And Mark Jackson….

SeattleParrotHead wrote: July 10, 2025 4:22 am [Rabztdownundr]


It's why we're all a cross between Mick Dundee and Steve Irwin...

And Mark Jackson….
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Jacko's foray into music...

After one of our trips to Down Under, I commented that all the Aussie men tended to look like either Mel Gibson, Andy Gibb, or Mark Jackson and all the Aussie women looked like Olivia Newton-John, Nicole Kidman, or Mark Jackson. (I know, dated references, but it was a long time ago!)

SeattleParrotHead wrote: July 11, 2025 9:09 am After one of our trips to Down Under, I commented that all the Aussie men tended to look like either Mel Gibson, Andy Gibb, or Mark Jackson and all the Aussie women looked like Olivia Newton-John, Nicole Kidman, or Mark Jackson. (I know, dated references, but it was a long time ago!)

SeattleParrotHead wrote: July 11, 2025 9:09 am After one of our trips to Down Under, I commented that all the Aussie men tended to look like either Mel Gibson, Andy Gibb, or Mark Jackson and all the Aussie women looked like Olivia Newton-John, Nicole Kidman, or Mark Jackson. (I know, dated references, but it was a long time ago!)

It's funny coz it's true.

Except me, of course. I'm the spitting image of Livvie...

Rabbitz wrote: July 9, 2025 6:39 pm

Caribbean Soul wrote: July 9, 2025 6:21 pm What IS it with Australian wildlife??!!

It's why we're all a cross between Mick Dundee and Steve Irwin...

You do know the Crocodile Dundee films are documentaries, right?

I know several Australians personally... this is not as insane as it sounds!

Caribbean Soul wrote: July 11, 2025 5:57 pm
I know several Australians personally... this is not as insane as it sounds!

Many years ago, a couple of times a year, I used to travel to a large test lab facility in Florida for work. At least once every trip I would turn up at the lab dressed in a khaki shirt, khaki shorts and elastic sided boots. I would spend the day saying things like "crikey, ain't she a beauty", "stone the crows, cobber", "pickle me grandmother" and other cliched Australianisms.

It astonished me how many, usually intelligent American co-workers couldn't see that I was "bunging it on" and having a jolly old time at their expense.

It was even more revealing that when we went for a drink after work how many people believed the whole Steve Irwin shtick...