1. son and I were talking on the way home tonight about some of the famous people who came into our shop during the 13 years we owned it. We had Dawn Fraser, Joyce Jacobs (Esme Watson from “A Country Practice”), Rugby League Player Steve “Blocker” Roach, HG Nelson and Richard Zachariah.

Richard Zachariah was a funny one. #1 son was serving him, I had recognised him but not said anything. He bought the Sydney Morning Herald and opened it up at a column he had written and said “ I wrote that” and seemed a bit miffed cause Glen didn’t recognise him and make a fuss…this was post Maggie Tabberer, but he swanned into our shop with his pink designer sweater around his shoulders and his current girlfriend and didn’t like us not palying up his “celebrity” status I think. :D

AnneS said:

1. son and I were talking on the way home tonight about some of the famous people who came into our shop during the 13 years we owned it. We had Dawn Fraser, Joyce Jacobs (Esme Watson from “A Country Practice”), Rugby League Player Steve “Blocker” Roach, HG Nelson and Richard Zachariah.

Richard Zachariah was a funny one. #1 son was serving him, I had recognised him but not said anything. He bought the Sydney Morning Herald and opened it up at a column he had written and said “ I wrote that” and seemed a bit miffed cause Glen didn’t recognise him and make a fuss…this was post Maggie Tabberer, but he swanned into our shop with his pink designer sweater around his shoulders and his current girlfriend and didn’t like us not palying up his “celebrity” status I think. :D

What a pathetic man. LOL

bubba louie said:

AnneS said:

1. son and I were talking on the way home tonight about some of the famous people who came into our shop during the 13 years we owned it. We had Dawn Fraser, Joyce Jacobs (Esme Watson from “A Country Practice”), Rugby League Player Steve “Blocker” Roach, HG Nelson and Richard Zachariah.

Richard Zachariah was a funny one. #1 son was serving him, I had recognised him but not said anything. He bought the Sydney Morning Herald and opened it up at a column he had written and said “ I wrote that” and seemed a bit miffed cause Glen didn’t recognise him and make a fuss…this was post Maggie Tabberer, but he swanned into our shop with his pink designer sweater around his shoulders and his current girlfriend and didn’t like us not palying up his “celebrity” status I think. :D

What a pathetic man. LOL

We had a good giggle over it…still do

MrBL is a distant cousin to Noel Trevarthen the actor. Probably best known as the sleezy butler in Carson’s Law.
My BIL’s cousin is John Stanton, actor, the Solo softdrink ad guy.

I’ve seen Mark Lee, from the movie Gallipoli, coming out of a suburban pub bottle shop. MrBL saw Adam Ant in London and Sigrid Thornton in a Melbourne restaurant.

bubba louie said:

MrBL is a distant cousin to Noel Trevarthen the actor. Probably best known as the sleezy butler in Carson’s Law.
My BIL’s cousin is John Stanton, actor, the Solo softdrink ad guy.

I’ve seen Mark Lee, from the movie Gallipoli, coming out of a suburban pub bottle shop. MrBL saw Adam Ant in London and Sigrid Thornton in a Melbourne restaurant.

I figured there’d be a good chance of that when I first saw your name. Oh I remember seeing a very drunk Johhny O’Keefe at a Gold Coast restaurant not long before he died

I lived with the Alex Smith from Moving Pictures (the original singer of What About Me) for a week. He inherited me from the band that had played The Vic Hotel in Darwin the week before, I came with the room. Really lovely man and very talented, he was going to take me to America with him, he had kinda adopted me, but I didnt have a passport. Oh to be 18 again :)

i drew cartoons so well when i was in the public service that i was taken on a tour of parliament house by a certain secretary. i quickly learnt that i was spose to be drawing the cartoons the pollies wanted me to draw. no idea of artistic freedom these pollies. besides their faces were so characterless that the only distinguishing feature was their black rimmed plastic glasses.
i think i blew my big chance at fame LOL.

I’ve met a few.
Frank Thring was a blast. I met him in a lift of a Collins St docs /specialist rooms. I was recovering from a bad car accident and I had trouble reaching out to the lift button, and he said “ Ground, darhling, Ground” and pressed it for me LOL.
Rex Hunt..bully loudmouth. But has a nice softly spoken son.

Tammy and Malcome Frazer ,most memorable because when they left the cafe he left his pen on the table and I ran after them with it but missed them. I put a note on it and left it in lost property for months but they didn’t come back for it. So I kept it and still have it. It’s a 14 ct gold shaeffer. I suppose I could have tried harder. It’s not like hes an unknown lol. I often wonder what documents were signed with this pen..

Theres been a few others.. Oh Billy Thorpe drove my older brother home once ..but me batting my lashes madly at him didn’t gain his attention! lol.

pepe said:

i drew cartoons so well when i was in the public service that i was taken on a tour of parliament house by a certain secretary. i quickly learnt that i was spose to be drawing the cartoons the pollies wanted me to draw. no idea of artistic freedom these pollies. besides their faces were so characterless that the only distinguishing feature was their black rimmed plastic glasses.
i think i blew my big chance at fame LOL.

That’s it! You are now officially the forum’s cartoonist! You will have to do cartoon sketches of the forum members (remember horty’s suggestion). Would be a laugh to see how you picture us? Me, I can’t draw to save myself so I won’t offer to do it.

AnneS said:

pepe said:

i drew cartoons so well when i was in the public service that i was taken on a tour of parliament house by a certain secretary. i quickly learnt that i was spose to be drawing the cartoons the pollies wanted me to draw. no idea of artistic freedom these pollies. besides their faces were so characterless that the only distinguishing feature was their black rimmed plastic glasses.
i think i blew my big chance at fame LOL.

That’s it! You are now officially the forum’s cartoonist! You will have to do cartoon sketches of the forum members (remember horty’s suggestion). Would be a laugh to see how you picture us? Me, I can’t draw to save myself so I won’t offer to do it.

I second that!
Send Pepe your pics ,everyone!

OMG no I wear glasses! LOL

I was in a guard of honour for Sir Robert Menzies at a church service in Lithgow when I was a Brownie. Can’t remember what year, but I was obviously somewhere between 7 and 10 years old

I met Dennis Commetti (ex player now commentator) in Perth. Actually he just came along when I was looking for directions.

Has a face like a bashed crab but his voice is so distinctive. And he’d be 6’2 or so.

>OMG no I wear glasses! LOL

I used to, so there’s hope for ya HP!

>I was in a guard of honour for Sir Robert Menzies at a church service in Lithgow when I was a Brownie. Can’t remember what year, but I was obviously somewhere between 7 and 10 years old

I did a royal guard for the Queen in about 1982/3. Opening of Darwin Naval Base.

She’s tiny!

CollieWA said:

>OMG no I wear glasses! LOL

I used to, so there’s hope for ya HP!

Nope, none at all lol

I served meals to Normie Rowe when he was staying at the hotel where I was working. He was only interested in the food. Not in me.

Happy Potter said:

AnneS said:

pepe said:

i drew cartoons so well when i was in the public service that i was taken on a tour of parliament house by a certain secretary. i quickly learnt that i was spose to be drawing the cartoons the pollies wanted me to draw. no idea of artistic freedom these pollies. besides their faces were so characterless that the only distinguishing feature was their black rimmed plastic glasses.
i think i blew my big chance at fame LOL.

That’s it! You are now officially the forum’s cartoonist! You will have to do cartoon sketches of the forum members (remember horty’s suggestion). Would be a laugh to see how you picture us? Me, I can’t draw to save myself so I won’t offer to do it.

I second that!
Send Pepe your pics ,everyone!

OMG no I wear glasses! LOL

Pepe has met me and I’m sure he remembers me as a tall leggy blond. Somewhat like Elle actually.

Psssttttt Pepe. You remember that don’t you?

CollieWA said:

I met Dennis Commetti (ex player now commentator) in Perth. Actually he just came along when I was looking for directions.

Has a face like a bashed crab but his voice is so distinctive. And he’d be 6’2 or so.

I hope D Commetti is an Aussie rules player. I’ve never heard of him. BUT………..but my son played for the Brisbane Bears when they were still the Brisbane Bears.

>I hope D Commetti is an Aussie rules player.

Yes, he was.

Pepe has met me and I’m sure he remembers me as a tall leggy blond. Somewhat like Elle actually.
Psssttttt Pepe. You remember that don’t you?
——
elle looks pale alongside your beauty madame president – grovel

even elle can be made to look like a distorted mirror has ruined her for life – such is the power of the cartoonist. so you are safe – never again will i draw a charactature of someone i know. it’s a hit and miss affair. one day at my father-in-laws i saw an old photo of his war buddies and sketched them up – first time, real good and bluddy insulting. i had imagined they were all dead by now – but no – they all came to his place one day, a year later, and i had no idea what to say or think.

pepe said:

Pepe has met me and I’m sure he remembers me as a tall leggy blond. Somewhat like Elle actually.
Psssttttt Pepe. You remember that don’t you?
——
elle looks pale alongside your beauty madame president – grovel

even elle can be made to look like a distorted mirror has ruined her for life – such is the power of the cartoonist. so you are safe – never again will i draw a charactature of someone i know. it’s a hit and miss affair. one day at my father-in-laws i saw an old photo of his war buddies and sketched them up – first time, real good and bluddy insulting. i had imagined they were all dead by now – but no – they all came to his place one day, a year later, and i had no idea what to say or think.

Oops!

AnneS said:

Richard Zachariah was a funny one. #1 son was serving him, I had recognised him but not said anything. He bought the Sydney Morning Herald and opened it up at a column he had written and said “ I wrote that” and seemed a bit miffed cause Glen didn’t recognise him and make a fuss…this was post Maggie Tabberer, but he swanned into our shop with his pink designer sweater around his shoulders and his current girlfriend and didn’t like us not palying up his “celebrity” status I think. :D

Never heard of him grin

CollieWA said:

I met Dennis Commetti (ex player now commentator) in Perth. Actually he just came along when I was looking for directions.

Has a face like a bashed crab but his voice is so distinctive. And he’d be 6’2 or so.

Oh, that reminds me of my only brush with fame. We used to live down the road from Basil Zemplas. My brothers knew him will enough to pop around to his place I think.

a fellow I worked with once had Chopper Reid answer an ad he placed for a flatmate! He said the room was taken! lol!

My uncle has met the queen and can say his business is by royal appointment

The Estate said:

a fellow I worked with once had Chopper Reid answer an ad he placed for a flatmate! He said the room was taken! lol!

Jim-son had a beer with Chopper in a pub here a couple of years back.

bluegreen said:

a fellow I worked with once had Chopper Reid answer an ad he placed for a flatmate! He said the room was taken! lol!

My uncle has met the queen and can say his business is by royal appointment

oops! that was bluegreen on Thee’s puter!

The Estate said:

bluegreen said:

a fellow I worked with once had Chopper Reid answer an ad he placed for a flatmate! He said the room was taken! lol!

My uncle has met the queen and can say his business is by royal appointment

oops! that was bluegreen on Thee’s puter!

hehehe….. waves to the girls……

AnneS said:

pepe said:

i drew cartoons so well when i was in the public service that i was taken on a tour of parliament house by a certain secretary. i quickly learnt that i was spose to be drawing the cartoons the pollies wanted me to draw. no idea of artistic freedom these pollies. besides their faces were so characterless that the only distinguishing feature was their black rimmed plastic glasses.
i think i blew my big chance at fame LOL.

That’s it! You are now officially the forum’s cartoonist! You will have to do cartoon sketches of the forum members (remember horty’s suggestion). Would be a laugh to see how you picture us? Me, I can’t draw to save myself so I won’t offer to do it.

Oh yes I second that suggestion! Great fun!

Happy Potter said:

Tammy and Malcome Frazer ,most memorable because when they left the cafe he left his pen on the table and I ran after them with it but missed them. I put a note on it and left it in lost property for months but they didn’t come back for it. So I kept it and still have it. It’s a 14 ct gold shaeffer. I suppose I could have tried harder. It’s not like hes an unknown lol. I often wonder what documents were signed with this pen..

Ok, brushes with fame and pens… the pen that Drylander made for me has been used by Ernie Dingo and Peter Garrett. Was nearly used by Kevin Rudd but he bought his own pen along.

The Estate said:

a fellow I worked with once had Chopper Reid answer an ad he placed for a flatmate! He said the room was taken! lol!

My uncle has met the queen and can say his business is by royal appointment

a friend of mine met Ivan Milat in a State Forest down south in the middle of the night and he survived to tell the tale…. and it is a creepy horrible tale.

Happy Potter said:

AnneS said:

pepe said:

i drew cartoons so well when i was in the public service that i was taken on a tour of parliament house by a certain secretary. i quickly learnt that i was spose to be drawing the cartoons the pollies wanted me to draw. no idea of artistic freedom these pollies. besides their faces were so characterless that the only distinguishing feature was their black rimmed plastic glasses.
i think i blew my big chance at fame LOL.

That’s it! You are now officially the forum’s cartoonist! You will have to do cartoon sketches of the forum members (remember horty’s suggestion). Would be a laugh to see how you picture us? Me, I can’t draw to save myself so I won’t offer to do it.

I second that!
Send Pepe your pics ,everyone!

OMG no I wear glasses! LOL

No, no! Without guiding pics would be much funnier – straight out of his head. Those of us whose pics have never appeared anywhere should probably just give a rough verbal description so he has something to work with, love to see what the results are.

Are you up for that Pepe?
If so:
I’m Anne of Green Gables meets Pippi Longstocking with a good dollop of hippie and more than a splash of tomboy…overall ‘sporty’ figure (in other words not busty, LOL!) Long red hair because no matter how much we cut off it’s always half way down my back again within a month or two it seems, and of course the accompanying dreaded freckles, all finished off with granny spectacles ‘cos I’m not trendy enough to like the modern square ones. Oh and will be 40 this year due to some weird time warp where the last ten years just vanished, LOL!

Used to go camping with the fellow who discovered the Wollemi Pine. My parents and his parents were fellow bushwalkers.

pain master said:

The Estate said:

a fellow I worked with once had Chopper Reid answer an ad he placed for a flatmate! He said the room was taken! lol!

My uncle has met the queen and can say his business is by royal appointment

a friend of mine met Ivan Milat in a State Forest down south in the middle of the night and he survived to tell the tale…. and it is a creepy horrible tale.

euwww!

AnneS said:

pain master said:

The Estate said:

a fellow I worked with once had Chopper Reid answer an ad he placed for a flatmate! He said the room was taken! lol!

My uncle has met the queen and can say his business is by royal appointment

a friend of mine met Ivan Milat in a State Forest down south in the middle of the night and he survived to tell the tale…. and it is a creepy horrible tale.

euwww!

Its a horrible story complete with two young Townsville men getting lost and a gun wielding Milat hiding something underneath a spotlight in the middle of a forest. Its a cold horrible story….

On a lighter note, I once stood at a Urinal in a pub in Luckyland, urinating with a drunk Merv Hughes urinating next to me. I said “Pity about the cricket today Merv”

and he told me to … well I can’t say that here.

I once met Prince Richard, which is really weird, because no-one calls him Prince Richard…. anywho we were walking around and chatting and this big butterfly flew by and he pulled out his digital camera and took a photo, and he said how nice it was to see such a large butterfly. I then told him the story about how the world’s biggest butterfly was found in PNG and it was named after his Grandmother; Queen Alexandra. I then told Rich how the first specimen collected was bought down with the aid of a shotgun and is still on display at the National Museum in London.

He said “I don’t know if Grandma would have approved”

My sister doesn’t approve because she’s a Royalist and is well peeved, that I have met a “Gloucester”

Not exactly fame, more embarrassing. LOL I worked with Greg Doolan from Wickety Wack before they turned professional.

pain master said:

I once met Prince Richard, which is really weird, because no-one calls him Prince Richard…. anywho we were walking around and chatting and this big butterfly flew by and he pulled out his digital camera and took a photo, and he said how nice it was to see such a large butterfly. I then told him the story about how the world’s biggest butterfly was found in PNG and it was named after his Grandmother; Queen Alexandra. I then told Rich how the first specimen collected was bought down with the aid of a shotgun and is still on display at the National Museum in London.

He said “I don’t know if Grandma would have approved”

My sister doesn’t approve because she’s a Royalist and is well peeved, that I have met a “Gloucester”

Who’s Prince Richard?

hortfurball said:

pain master said:

I once met Prince Richard, which is really weird, because no-one calls him Prince Richard…. anywho we were walking around and chatting and this big butterfly flew by and he pulled out his digital camera and took a photo, and he said how nice it was to see such a large butterfly. I then told him the story about how the world’s biggest butterfly was found in PNG and it was named after his Grandmother; Queen Alexandra. I then told Rich how the first specimen collected was bought down with the aid of a shotgun and is still on display at the National Museum in London.

He said “I don’t know if Grandma would have approved”

My sister doesn’t approve because she’s a Royalist and is well peeved, that I have met a “Gloucester”

Who’s Prince Richard?

HRH Duke of Gloucester.

pain master said:

AnneS said:

pain master said:

a friend of mine met Ivan Milat in a State Forest down south in the middle of the night and he survived to tell the tale…. and it is a creepy horrible tale.

euwww!

Its a horrible story complete with two young Townsville men getting lost and a gun wielding Milat hiding something underneath a spotlight in the middle of a forest. Its a cold horrible story….

All brushes with fame aren’t necessarily brushes with fame.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

AnneS said:

euwww!

Its a horrible story complete with two young Townsville men getting lost and a gun wielding Milat hiding something underneath a spotlight in the middle of a forest. Its a cold horrible story….

All brushes with fame aren’t necessarily brushes with fame.

MrBL (the sceptic) wants to know if he was sitting on the top of the car scratching with his fingernails.

pain master said:

hortfurball said:

pain master said:

I once met Prince Richard, which is really weird, because no-one calls him Prince Richard…. anywho we were walking around and chatting and this big butterfly flew by and he pulled out his digital camera and took a photo, and he said how nice it was to see such a large butterfly. I then told him the story about how the world’s biggest butterfly was found in PNG and it was named after his Grandmother; Queen Alexandra. I then told Rich how the first specimen collected was bought down with the aid of a shotgun and is still on display at the National Museum in London.

He said “I don’t know if Grandma would have approved”

My sister doesn’t approve because she’s a Royalist and is well peeved, that I have met a “Gloucester”

Who’s Prince Richard?

HRH Duke of Gloucester.

That doesn’t help… opens new tab for googling Gees, I could pass him in the street and be none the wiser. How did you know he was anybody?

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

Its a horrible story complete with two young Townsville men getting lost and a gun wielding Milat hiding something underneath a spotlight in the middle of a forest. Its a cold horrible story….

All brushes with fame aren’t necessarily brushes with fame.

MrBL (the sceptic) wants to know if he was sitting on the top of the car scratching with his fingernails.

No, but there was a conversation where the Milat character convinced my friend (and companion) to follow him to a certain location… this is where the floodlight and the concealed item came into play. They followed because they were indeed lost and they thought this guy would be able to help them out…

hortfurball said:

pain master said:

hortfurball said:

Who’s Prince Richard?

HRH Duke of Gloucester.

That doesn’t help… opens new tab for googling Gees, I could pass him in the street and be none the wiser. How did you know he was anybody?

Somebody tipped me off before I met him…. my sister is still green :)

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

Its a horrible story complete with two young Townsville men getting lost and a gun wielding Milat hiding something underneath a spotlight in the middle of a forest. Its a cold horrible story….

All brushes with fame aren’t necessarily brushes with fame.

MrBL (the sceptic) wants to know if he was sitting on the top of the car scratching with his fingernails.

Speaking of Milat.. My son and I were at one stage briefly on the suspect list for the Balangalo murders, simply because we were in the wrong place at the wrong time and ran into a surly Yugoslav.

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

All brushes with fame aren’t necessarily brushes with fame.

MrBL (the sceptic) wants to know if he was sitting on the top of the car scratching with his fingernails.

No, but there was a conversation where the Milat character convinced my friend (and companion) to follow him to a certain location… this is where the floodlight and the concealed item came into play. They followed because they were indeed lost and they thought this guy would be able to help them out…

Makes me shudder.

>a friend of mine met Ivan Milat in a State Forest down south in the middle of the night and he survived to tell the tale…

Covered in blood?

pomolo said:

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

MrBL (the sceptic) wants to know if he was sitting on the top of the car scratching with his fingernails.

No, but there was a conversation where the Milat character convinced my friend (and companion) to follow him to a certain location… this is where the floodlight and the concealed item came into play. They followed because they were indeed lost and they thought this guy would be able to help them out…

Makes me shudder.

Gasp!

few girls from sydney i bumped into raymond terrace female actors and a few Males, ask me i thought the bloke out of home and away Lewis looked a tad gay to me, thats how most of the young blokes look any way.

veg gardener said:

few girls from sydney i bumped into raymond terrace female actors and a few Males, ask me i thought the bloke out of home and away Lewis looked a tad gay to me, thats how most of the young blokes look any way.

but aren’t you a young bloke veg?

pain master said:

veg gardener said:

few girls from sydney i bumped into raymond terrace female actors and a few Males, ask me i thought the bloke out of home and away Lewis looked a tad gay to me, thats how most of the young blokes look any way.

but aren’t you a young bloke veg?

I suspect he’s making a distinction between young city blokes and young country blokes, though where sexual preferences comes into it I have no idea.

pain master said:

veg gardener said:

few girls from sydney i bumped into raymond terrace female actors and a few Males, ask me i thought the bloke out of home and away Lewis looked a tad gay to me, thats how most of the young blokes look any way.

but aren’t you a young bloke veg?

Yes, but i dont go around wearing me Shorts or Jeans half masked showing off me Undies, or have my Hair spiked up or one of them fringes, or where them Plastic Wrist brand, Pretty sure i get more werid looks when i walk into the shops wearing Jeans or shorts and a Blue Singlet and my hat and work boots.

veg gardener said:

pain master said:

veg gardener said:

few girls from sydney i bumped into raymond terrace female actors and a few Males, ask me i thought the bloke out of home and away Lewis looked a tad gay to me, thats how most of the young blokes look any way.

but aren’t you a young bloke veg?

Yes, but i dont go around wearing me Shorts or Jeans half masked showing off me Undies, or have my Hair spiked up or one of them fringes, or where them Plastic Wrist brand, Pretty sure i get more werid looks when i walk into the shops wearing Jeans or shorts and a Blue Singlet and my hat and work boots.

Fair enough Veg, good to see that there are still individuals around and young blokes not following the sheep but listening to the shep…

pain master said:

veg gardener said:

pain master said:

but aren’t you a young bloke veg?

Yes, but i dont go around wearing me Shorts or Jeans half masked showing off me Undies, or have my Hair spiked up or one of them fringes, or where them Plastic Wrist brand, Pretty sure i get more werid looks when i walk into the shops wearing Jeans or shorts and a Blue Singlet and my hat and work boots.

Fair enough Veg, good to see that there are still individuals around and young blokes not following the sheep but listening to the shep…

3 of the local towns who have a Shopping Centre, are full of these types of young blokes, Most of the boys i went to school are like this, only me and another bloke whp where rurals.

veg gardener said:

3 of the local towns who have a Shopping Centre, are full of these types of young blokes, Most of the boys i went to school are like this, only me and another bloke whp where rurals.

they are called “metro-sexual” – not necessarily gay, but look like they might be :)

bluegreen said:

veg gardener said:

3 of the local towns who have a Shopping Centre, are full of these types of young blokes, Most of the boys i went to school are like this, only me and another bloke whp where rurals.

they are called “metro-sexual” – not necessarily gay, but look like they might be :)

That’s the word I have been looking for, they think I looked stupied in my Jeans and singlet and hat.

veg gardener said:

bluegreen said:

veg gardener said:

3 of the local towns who have a Shopping Centre, are full of these types of young blokes, Most of the boys i went to school are like this, only me and another bloke whp where rurals.

they are called “metro-sexual” – not necessarily gay, but look like they might be :)

That’s the word I have been looking for, they think I looked stupied in my Jeans and singlet and hat.

well I think the pants-halfway-down-your-bum-look looks stupid….

bluegreen said:

veg gardener said:

bluegreen said:

they are called “metro-sexual” – not necessarily gay, but look like they might be :)

That’s the word I have been looking for, they think I looked stupied in my Jeans and singlet and hat.

well I think the pants-halfway-down-your-bum-look looks stupid….

I agree with you on that BG, Bloke at the local store i reckon use to be one of them blokes, Walked in a few times, after working out in the skidsteer drove our Landy down to get a drum of diesel. Must not have thought i was a country kid, and he goes where you off to, Been working on the farm what farm this isnt farm country this is Housing Area, Bloke from Sydney. Dont think hes been for a drive up our end of town, down that end may be but not up our end.

bluegreen said:

veg gardener said:

3 of the local towns who have a Shopping Centre, are full of these types of young blokes, Most of the boys i went to school are like this, only me and another bloke whp where rurals.

they are called “metro-sexual” – not necessarily gay, but look like they might be :)

Right, because all gay men look the same…

(I tried biting my tongue but it didn’t work!)

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

veg gardener said:

3 of the local towns who have a Shopping Centre, are full of these types of young blokes, Most of the boys i went to school are like this, only me and another bloke whp where rurals.

they are called “metro-sexual” – not necessarily gay, but look like they might be :)

Right, because all gay men look the same…

(I tried biting my tongue but it didn’t work!)

Around here with there Hair cuts, and wearing the same Undies, Try hard not to look but when they are right infront of you.

bluegreen said:

veg gardener said:

bluegreen said:

they are called “metro-sexual” – not necessarily gay, but look like they might be :)

That’s the word I have been looking for, they think I looked stupied in my Jeans and singlet and hat.

well I think the pants-halfway-down-your-bum-look looks stupid….

me too, but you can’t convince those who wear them like that.

bon008 said:

Right, because all gay men look the same…

(I tried biting my tongue but it didn’t work!)

no. some might wear jeans and a blue singlet and a hat and drive a ute. but we know Veg is not one of those.

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Right, because all gay men look the same…

(I tried biting my tongue but it didn’t work!)

no. some might wear jeans and a blue singlet and a hat and drive a ute. but we know Veg is not one of those.

And some wear business suits. Some wear trackydacks. I’m sorry, I just don’t understand the point of the conversation?? =/

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Right, because all gay men look the same…

(I tried biting my tongue but it didn’t work!)

no. some might wear jeans and a blue singlet and a hat and drive a ute. but we know Veg is not one of those.

And some wear business suits. Some wear trackydacks. I’m sorry, I just don’t understand the point of the conversation?? =/

I think that other young men that Veg meets don’t understand his practical, down-to-earth, life-on-the-farm dress sense. And he doesn’t think much of their “fashionable” clothes either. That’s all. We are not really commenting on anyone’s sexual persuasion.

I think I need to reclaim this thread! Anyone else had brushed with fame?

OK, sorry – I didn’t mean to start any kind of disagreement (see, I’m too non-confrontational to even type argument :D ). I just couldn’t not respond to “not necessarily gay, but look like they might be :)”

IMHO there is no way to “look gay”. Obviously I should have focused on the smilie and taken it less seriously :)

Maybe I’m too sensitive, I can ignore most things on the internet, but when it starts to cross into that discrimination/human rights area, I struggle to keep my mouth shut.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled gardening discussions :):)

brushes with fame I meant. Need to type a bit slowere and preview I think

now how did that extra “e” sneak in there? :D

Mr Bon has a good story about when he was helping out in the dressing room at a cricket match once, I just wish I could remember it properly :(

OK. I have met
John Farnham, Michael Crawford, Peter Rowsethorn, Peter Cundall and most of the GA presenters. Graeme Connors, um now I’ll go away and think for a while.

orchid40 said:

OK. I have met
John Farnham, Michael Crawford, Peter Rowsethorn, Peter Cundall and most of the GA presenters. Graeme Connors, um now I’ll go away and think for a while.

Oh you lucky girl ! Some good brushes there!

orchid40 said:

OK. I have met
John Farnham, Michael Crawford, Peter Rowsethorn, Peter Cundall and most of the GA presenters. Graeme Connors, um now I’ll go away and think for a while.

I’ve met Peter Cundle too, and have a autographed photo of the both of us :)

One day my boy will be famous, maybe on ready steady cook lmao

bluegreen said:

orchid40 said:

OK. I have met
John Farnham, Michael Crawford, Peter Rowsethorn, Peter Cundall and most of the GA presenters. Graeme Connors, um now I’ll go away and think for a while.

I’ve met Peter Cundle too, and have a autographed photo of the both of us :)

I have a photo, but no autograph. I have an autographed photo of Michael Crawford and myself :)

orchid40 said:

bluegreen said:

orchid40 said:

OK. I have met
John Farnham, Michael Crawford, Peter Rowsethorn, Peter Cundall and most of the GA presenters. Graeme Connors, um now I’ll go away and think for a while.

I’ve met Peter Cundle too, and have a autographed photo of the both of us :)

I have a photo, but no autograph. I have an autographed photo of Michael Crawford and myself :)

I gota pic of Don Burkes , shoe LOL

The Estate said:

One day my boy will be famous, maybe on ready steady cook lmao

:)

Oh I forgot…. This impress the PM:)

I met Stuart O’Grady the first year the cycling came to Luckyland.

I worked at Del’ Montie when it was the Sports Institute…………………. I invited him home to my place for breakfast as they didn’t have butter there for the sports folks (dietitian’s idea) and I did…he always had butter back at the other place he trained.

Clean Rod Marsh’s office and bathroom. Same with Wayne Philips…. and all the other sports people. Graham Manue (spelling could be off there) was a young cricket trainee back then too……bugger Mark Holden…..

AnneS said:

orchid40 said:

OK. I have met
John Farnham, Michael Crawford, Peter Rowsethorn, Peter Cundall and most of the GA presenters. Graeme Connors, um now I’ll go away and think for a while.

Oh you lucky girl ! Some good brushes there!

Crikey I forgot JOSH!!!!! and PETE and SOPHIE………………… * I hang my head in shame* Forgive me oh great ones…..

Lucky1 said:

AnneS said:

orchid40 said:

OK. I have met
John Farnham, Michael Crawford, Peter Rowsethorn, Peter Cundall and most of the GA presenters. Graeme Connors, um now I’ll go away and think for a while.

Oh you lucky girl ! Some good brushes there!

Crikey I forgot JOSH!!!!! and PETE and SOPHIE………………… * I hang my head in shame* Forgive me oh great ones…..

LOL. Well I know about Josh from your Facebook page :)

AnneS said:

Lucky1 said:

AnneS said:

Oh you lucky girl ! Some good brushes there!

Crikey I forgot JOSH!!!!! and PETE and SOPHIE………………… * I hang my head in shame* Forgive me oh great ones…..

LOL. Well I know about Josh from your Facebook page :)

Yep in the spunk section:)

Lucky1 said:

Oh I forgot…. This impress the PM:)

I met Stuart O’Grady the first year the cycling came to Luckyland.

I worked at Del’ Montie when it was the Sports Institute…………………. I invited him home to my place for breakfast as they didn’t have butter there for the sports folks (dietitian’s idea) and I did…he always had butter back at the other place he trained.

Clean Rod Marsh’s office and bathroom. Same with Wayne Philips…. and all the other sports people. Graham Manue (spelling could be off there) was a young cricket trainee back then too……bugger Mark Holden…..

Nice one Lucky :)

As for Cricket brushes with fame, I once shook Joel Garner’s hand when I was a tiny lad, and he was 6ft8 and had such resonance in his voice. I also competed against Darren Lehmann, and in one of my overs, he easily hit me for 6 ball after ball after ball… it became a long walk over the trainlines to fetch a piece of leather.

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

no. some might wear jeans and a blue singlet and a hat and drive a ute. but we know Veg is not one of those.

And some wear business suits. Some wear trackydacks. I’m sorry, I just don’t understand the point of the conversation?? =/

I think that other young men that Veg meets don’t understand his practical, down-to-earth, life-on-the-farm dress sense. And he doesn’t think much of their “fashionable” clothes either. That’s all. We are not really commenting on anyone’s sexual persuasion.

Yep, Commenting on the way they dress, Most probley spend Longer then it takes me to get a chook ready for a show.

veg gardener said:

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

And some wear business suits. Some wear trackydacks. I’m sorry, I just don’t understand the point of the conversation?? =/

I think that other young men that Veg meets don’t understand his practical, down-to-earth, life-on-the-farm dress sense. And he doesn’t think much of their “fashionable” clothes either. That’s all. We are not really commenting on anyone’s sexual persuasion.

Yep, Commenting on the way they dress, Most probley spend Longer then it takes me to get a chook ready for a show.

Hey veg I think we’ve talked about this bit long enough now. Time to get back to talking about which famous people with whom you have come in contact.

orchid40 said:

bluegreen said:

orchid40 said:

OK. I have met
John Farnham, Michael Crawford, Peter Rowsethorn, Peter Cundall and most of the GA presenters. Graeme Connors, um now I’ll go away and think for a while.

I’ve met Peter Cundle too, and have a autographed photo of the both of us :)

I have a photo, but no autograph. I have an autographed photo of Michael Crawford and myself :)

I’ve got the Autograph but no photo of peter cundall, don’t ask how I have ended up with it when I havent been down there or even seen him, Met Lee kernaghan, The Sunny Cowgirls, Mccylmonts , Beccy Cole (when i was 7), adam Brand and a few other singers and a few radio people who are Local, (macca in the Morinings on abc local), Carrol Duncan(?) and a few others. Most of the Newcastle abc radio, Know me and my Old man as he is a regular on and they know us by our Name then our town.

AnneS said:

veg gardener said:

bluegreen said:

I think that other young men that Veg meets don’t understand his practical, down-to-earth, life-on-the-farm dress sense. And he doesn’t think much of their “fashionable” clothes either. That’s all. We are not really commenting on anyone’s sexual persuasion.

Yep, Commenting on the way they dress, Most probley spend Longer then it takes me to get a chook ready for a show.

Hey veg I think we’ve talked about this bit long enough now. Time to get back to talking about which famous people with whom you have come in contact.

yep, I agree, the way i typed it came out not the way i ment, was just catching up.

veg gardener said:

orchid40 said:

bluegreen said:

I’ve met Peter Cundle too, and have a autographed photo of the both of us :)

I have a photo, but no autograph. I have an autographed photo of Michael Crawford and myself :)

I’ve got the Autograph but no photo of peter cundall, don’t ask how I have ended up with it when I havent been down there or even seen him, Met Lee kernaghan, The Sunny Cowgirls, Mccylmonts , Beccy Cole (when i was 7), adam Brand and a few other singers and a few radio people who are Local, (macca in the Morinings on abc local), Carrol Duncan(?) and a few others. Most of the Newcastle abc radio, Know me and my Old man as he is a regular on and they know us by our Name then our town.

You obviously like your country music then veg? Macca is good to listen to, but I only do it occasionally, mostly when I’m in the car on a Sunday

veg gardener said:

AnneS said:

veg gardener said:

Yep, Commenting on the way they dress, Most probley spend Longer then it takes me to get a chook ready for a show.

Hey veg I think we’ve talked about this bit long enough now. Time to get back to talking about which famous people with whom you have come in contact.

yep, I agree, the way i typed it came out not the way i ment, was just catching up.

That’s understandable, sometimes it is easy to get misinterpret what people have written

AnneS said:

veg gardener said:

orchid40 said:

I have a photo, but no autograph. I have an autographed photo of Michael Crawford and myself :)

I’ve got the Autograph but no photo of peter cundall, don’t ask how I have ended up with it when I havent been down there or even seen him, Met Lee kernaghan, The Sunny Cowgirls, Mccylmonts , Beccy Cole (when i was 7), adam Brand and a few other singers and a few radio people who are Local, (macca in the Morinings on abc local), Carrol Duncan(?) and a few others. Most of the Newcastle abc radio, Know me and my Old man as he is a regular on and they know us by our Name then our town.

You obviously like your country music then veg? Macca is good to listen to, but I only do it occasionally, mostly when I’m in the car on a Sunday

Yep, all I listen to have since I was a little Boy. Love listening to macca on sundays with me dad. Met a few more singers but it becomes a big list.

few more come to name.
- Kirsty lee akers
-James Bundle
- Catherine britt ( shes my best friends second cousion, we got the songs tested out on us before she became famous, so i Much around when she comes on tv I know her, how do you know her ben).
-Amber Lawernce (new to country music)
and a few others.

OK, since a couple of you guys will know who I am talking about..

Mr Bon & I always go to signings/readings when Raymond E Feist is in town. Last time he was here, I think we went to 2 or 3 in the space of two days, because we had a big backlog on books to get signed.

Ray recognised us and said something like “Are you guys stalking me? I don’t mind if you are – you’re cute, but with you , it’s a little weird”

:D

bon008 said:

OK, since a couple of you guys will know who I am talking about..

Mr Bon & I always go to signings/readings when Raymond E Feist is in town. Last time he was here, I think we went to 2 or 3 in the space of two days, because we had a big backlog on books to get signed.

Ray recognised us and said something like “Are you guys stalking me? I don’t mind if you are – you’re cute, but with you , it’s a little weird”

:D

LOL. I like that. How often has he been here?

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

OK, since a couple of you guys will know who I am talking about..

Mr Bon & I always go to signings/readings when Raymond E Feist is in town. Last time he was here, I think we went to 2 or 3 in the space of two days, because we had a big backlog on books to get signed.

Ray recognised us and said something like “Are you guys stalking me? I don’t mind if you are – you’re cute, but with you , it’s a little weird”

:D

LOL. I like that. How often has he been here?

Pretty much every time he does a big tour, he comes to Oz, and does all the capital cities except up north and Canberra.

The last time was quite a while ago though, I’m trying to remember what book it was… nope, can’t remember. There is a general expectation that he will be coming back to Oz in the next few years though. If anything gets mentioned on the mailing list, I’ll let you know. Otherwise, keep an eye on this page: http://www.crydee.com/raymond-feist/whats-happening/book-tours

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

OK, since a couple of you guys will know who I am talking about..

Mr Bon & I always go to signings/readings when Raymond E Feist is in town. Last time he was here, I think we went to 2 or 3 in the space of two days, because we had a big backlog on books to get signed.

Ray recognised us and said something like “Are you guys stalking me? I don’t mind if you are – you’re cute, but with you , it’s a little weird”

:D

LOL. I like that. How often has he been here?

Pretty much every time he does a big tour, he comes to Oz, and does all the capital cities except up north and Canberra.

The last time was quite a while ago though, I’m trying to remember what book it was… nope, can’t remember. There is a general expectation that he will be coming back to Oz in the next few years though. If anything gets mentioned on the mailing list, I’ll let you know. Otherwise, keep an eye on this page: http://www.crydee.com/raymond-feist/whats-happening/book-tours

I’ve checked out his website a few times, but doubt that I would ever go to a signing…especially since we don’t own any of his books. We’ve only ever got them from the library

AnneS said:

I’ve checked out his website a few times, but doubt that I would ever go to a signing…especially since we don’t own any of his books. We’ve only ever got them from the library

He sometimes does events where he will speak for a while, and then do a signing – so that might be worth going to. I’ve always found him a very interesting speaker.

I don’t collect many things.. but the Feist books, yep. Not obsessively, but I only started getting hardcovers when Shards of a Broken Crown came out (first time I could afford a hardcover!), so now I do check out second hand bookstores for the older hardcovers. Some of them are worth quite a lot, too!

When i went to me Macca, I remember standing in a line for 1hr back in year 8 so 2005 when i had my knee all padded up.