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  1. dr greg

    Changeling - Clint Eastwood & Angelina Jolie

    missed my point I did say quite clearly I don't care if you read the post carefully; what I was pointing out was the impact it might have on social perceptions later in life. Some guys look dreadful too, and I grew up with a father who had plenty of them, and also had a girlfriend in my...
  2. dr greg

    Changeling - Clint Eastwood & Angelina Jolie

    Wear and tear The main problem I see with tattoos on women is that in our society there is no cultural basis for the practise, so what happens is that young women quite often adorn themselves with cliched designs that look very attractive and sexually dangerous on a svelte or buxom young...
  3. dr greg

    Tell me about Harris Tweed?

    the season for it Very nice, I had a run of Harris Tweed recently, more your standard jackets though, I found 3 of the buggers in one week, all mint, probably 50's and for less than $20 all up, Keep one sell the other two...too bad it's coming on summer here.
  4. dr greg

    New Guy....Hello and Questions

    my method A lot of people recommend steaming to reblock a hat, but you run the risk of wrecking the sweatband, I prefer to take it into the shower and soak it in the warm water, then remould it to your liking while wet and then hang in the bathroom until dry...DO NOT let it dry in the sun, as...
  5. dr greg

    Bless the Beasts and the Children

    buffaloes Was that the one where they shoot buffalo that are just standing in yards? Can't respect that stuff, I gotta say, it made me sick at the time if it's the same movie. Hunting in the wild is one one thing, but that stuff is low.
  7. dr greg

    Australian Outback Collection - Jackeroo

    standard fare It's pretty much a tourist cheapie that would no doubt go for 30-40 bucks new, so as the man said, keep an eye out for the real thing on ebay, then flog that off, or keep it for a knockaround.
  8. dr greg

    In the Annals of Awfulness . . .

    whizz bang pop! Hey, I like trash culture as much as the next man, but Gainsbourg's appeal has always had me flummoxed, unlike lots of Euro beauties one must add, but seriously,you can't compare that to anything Sonny Bono or Lee Hazlewood did in the Swingin 60's, it's just embarassing, the...
  9. dr greg

    A cool train trip into the past

    ritzy We had a heritage train locally for a while called Ritz Rail, but it went broke, too expensive was the general opinion, although this one's going strong down south http://www.3801limited.com.au/ They (or a similar organisation) used to use steam locomotives, but apparently steam-nuts...
  10. dr greg

    In the Annals of Awfulness . . .

    But this is real these people are serious, and big stars to boot, but dear o dear http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-xd98mzRsk
  11. dr greg

    Let's Retire these Cliches

    very local it seems Dunno bout the UK, but here it is the endless reply to any request or agreement that a task of ANY kind be completed, from returning a phone call, to building a house, and generally means that the clown saying it will not do what he says he will! But we must be thankful...
  13. dr greg

    Sale of the Rivkin Antique Watch Collection

    watch it Mmmmm, just goes to show that money can't buy taste. He had a nice car though, I was working in the building across from the City Gym, and he had a room there, presumably for private assignations with bodybuilders after lunch, and his black Jag XK150 convertible was parked in the...
  14. dr greg

    Let's Retire these Cliches

    too easy Is this virulent nonentity of a rejoinder a problem on the other side of the Pacific?
  15. dr greg

    The Lighthorsemen

    family I forgot to mention that my grandfather was a Lieutenant in the Light Horse in WW2 but the only riding they did was on parade I think, the great lost treasure of our family is a photo of him in full regalia, all I have is his dogtags and one spur.
  16. dr greg

    If you could solve just one mystery....

    strangely apposite I was reading this, just a few hours ago http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6386625.stm
  17. dr greg

    "Bash." Not a hatter's term?

    bashed up as a token aussie here I should mention that I had never heard the term 'bash' used in relation to a hat until I joined this august assembly. In this country you can: bash someone, as in hit them with your fists or whatever else is lying around, such as fence palings, bash their...
  19. dr greg

    How to travel with hats

    why? My basic question, after being very aggressively made to take off my hat and have it x-rayed on a DOMESTIC flight, is: what am I supposed to have in there that wouldn't be revealed by my just taking it off? Aging musicians in Hawaiian shirts don't spring to mind as fitting your basic...
  20. dr greg

    If you could solve just one mystery....

    lost battalion The BBc actually had a dramatisation of that story a few years ago, and the reason the Turks said they knew nothing about it was that most of the Regiment were shot or bludgeoned to death after being captured.
  21. dr greg

    If You Made A Movie

    still got the blues Well of course I would film my novel "Coorparoo Blues" set in WW2 Australia, with Russell Crowe as the PI, John Jarratt as the Cop, Abbie Cornish as the Dame, George Clooney as the Crooked Yank, and Denzel Washington as the Sergeant...Hollywood, are you listening?
  22. dr greg

    The Lighthorsemen

    time being of the essence That was the original plan, but as is the way of things, a charge was ordered, a good rundown of events is to be found....where else but... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beersheba and here http://www.lighthorse.org.au/histbatt/beersheba.htm and here, for...
  23. dr greg

    The Lighthorsemen

    sad tale One of the stars of the film Jon Blake who was " the new Mel Gibson" at the time, had a serious car smash after the wrap party and has been severely brain-damaged ever since, and his parents recently won a court case for compensation based on loss of potential career, so a pretty sad...
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