tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post6364035494557855265..comments2023-11-03T00:06:36.875+11:00Comments on Bunyipitude: Signs Of The TimesBunyiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14668398379654771814noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-89091871050085556342011-10-14T21:17:16.599+11:002011-10-14T21:17:16.599+11:00"... lost two years of valuable teaching expe..."... lost two years of valuable teaching experience."<br />And apparently made no effort to recover them. Given that Numbers-Boy became a pedagogical specialist, and later a head-master, it is evident that he was unable to build upon his jungle time as a spud peeler.<br /><br />CheersMinicapthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421626155178200181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-48501912345469652712011-10-13T12:41:39.693+11:002011-10-13T12:41:39.693+11:00Expect to see a lot of White People Make Me Nervou...Expect to see a lot of White People Make Me Nervous T shirts, but don't bother complainign about them :)<br /><br />http://antigreens.blogspot.com/2011/10/opposite-of-green-is-white-people-make.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-21274312731746503732011-10-13T07:33:18.544+11:002011-10-13T07:33:18.544+11:00Oh, and the "rural bond". You're dis...Oh, and the "rural bond". You're displaying your ignorance. There was no rural bond. There was a three year bond that applied to all, irrespective of where you were posted. For conscripted teachers it meant your call-up was deferred for twelve months and you were enlisted after one years' teaching. I went from a teacher's salary to a baggy arse's pay, had to pay my superannuation contributions up front, and lost two years of valuable teaching experience. Jo Bjelke-Petersen's government, unlike administrations in other states was too lousy to provide make-up pay.<br />I guess make-up pay would have been "creeping" socialism. Conscription, of course, must have been OK - it was an initiative of a conservative government.1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-18402784190294028542011-10-12T20:24:34.771+11:002011-10-12T20:24:34.771+11:00Mr Numbers: Mr Demagoguery.
I have a question.
...Mr Numbers: Mr Demagoguery. <br /><br />I have a question. <br /><br />Did you get special consideration off your teaching career by a few months served in Vietnam? Free degree perhaps? No 'wake in fright' 2 years rural bond? <br /><br />You used the word honesty - let's have yours.echonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-21916047681027010272011-10-12T19:56:09.600+11:002011-10-12T19:56:09.600+11:00Sign: "Betrayed 12/10"Sign: "Betrayed 12/10"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-48000597981078023642011-10-12T19:35:55.830+11:002011-10-12T19:35:55.830+11:00"The people united will never be defeated&quo..."The people united will never be defeated". Gee, I wish I had thought of that. As for signs, here's one from the mid-1960s, USA: "Creeping socialism now!"rafikinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-74298437704994823632011-10-12T17:12:53.231+11:002011-10-12T17:12:53.231+11:00I am one of those diggers (7RAR - 2nd tour). The o...I am one of those diggers (7RAR - 2nd tour). The only time I saw Darwin was when we landed to refuel on RTA.<br />We were abandoned by politicians on both sides - Coalition included. At least the Labor supporters were honest. We were political collateral, expendable and treated with contempt and disregard until 1987. You don't have the wit to distinguish duty from cause. <br />If you you were fair dinkum about honoring my service you'd pay some attention to what history has taught us about conscription in conflicts when the politicians "volunteer" other people's sons in a doubtful adventure.1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-67367397240913696872011-10-12T14:55:02.043+11:002011-10-12T14:55:02.043+11:00It's OK, Phillip George. The Digital Dude has ...It's OK, Phillip George. The Digital Dude has been on lots of sites with the same inanities.<br />He got sent to Darwin during the Vietnam war and hasn't gotten over the things he saw there.Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597195253707815694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-52403356051874852562011-10-12T13:58:54.022+11:002011-10-12T13:58:54.022+11:00"As history shows ... the dominoes didn't..."As history shows ... the dominoes didn't fall ... 500 young diggers were used as political collateral"<br /><br />The dominoes didn't fall thanks to those young diggers. And you would take that from them. Well done, Teach.arnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-67029384431297415122011-10-12T12:38:38.448+11:002011-10-12T12:38:38.448+11:00@1735099 Have you ever had the oportunity to speak...@1735099 Have you ever had the oportunity to speak with any of the returned soldiers from Vietnam or the Vietnamese that moved to Australia after the glorious victory of the Communist forces? It helps to listen to views other than those of your own tribe.Mark Boltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04345647263994713620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-44565854319001424162011-10-12T12:26:15.510+11:002011-10-12T12:26:15.510+11:001735099 - united for what? this?
http://www.washin...1735099 - united for what? this?<br />http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2011/oct/3/picket-occupy-wall-street-protesters-post-manifest/<br />spell it out if you want to say something?<br />these above articles?<br /><br />If this is just greenisms/ antisemitisms/ reformatted greed/ <br /><br />Oliver Cromwell's excursion had some points to make. The French had a bloody mess "by comparison" - one from which they still haven't recovered.<br /><br />make a point! united for what - sloganeering?PhillipGeorge(c)2011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-77514007788265515842011-10-12T12:08:37.309+11:002011-10-12T12:08:37.309+11:00Thanks Prof. I got four good belly laughs and a fe...Thanks Prof. I got four good belly laughs and a few giggle out of this post. The last one "Sex with animals" I didn't believe until I watched that clip. Whats wrong with those people repeating the slogans? You wouldn't catch me dead sitting around with that lot...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-19587193237375272952011-10-12T12:05:10.063+11:002011-10-12T12:05:10.063+11:00You said a sign is a must.
Before I join Elvis ...You said a sign is a must. <br /><br />Before I join Elvis I intend to participate in at least one outing with Marching Dills. My sign will be two sided (this has to be a first) and will say: "Shame on Qantas - they never upgrades me" and "White Cars Is Racist". <br /><br />I expect to be congratulated on my sign's relevance, sensitivity, contextualisation and significance.HRTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-29244289315377683822011-10-12T11:45:24.822+11:002011-10-12T11:45:24.822+11:00Bunyip - you're an anachronism .
You'd ha...Bunyip - you're an anachronism . <br />You'd have been more at home in the 70s when those who took to the streets against the absurdity that was Vietnam were vilified as ferals and hippies. As history shows, the demonstrators prevailed, the dominoes didn't fall, and the cynical use of fear of communism as a means to hold on to power was revealed. Unfortunately over 500 young diggers were used as political collateral.......<br />Many more suffered in the aftermath as did their families.<br />These young people will influence the politics of greed and fear, no matter how much abuse you pile on them.<br />The people united will never be defeated.1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.com