Good old England! Things to reflect on from times gone by.

Good Morning Mr Lupus,

I don't think I have said hello and welcome. We could do with some of your Oz sunshine here, we have had a total washout for a summer this year.

Last year I was in Melbourne, where it rained; flew up to Broadbeach; where it rained; drove on to Esk In QSL, where it rained, then up to Bundaburg, where it Didn't rain, and finally back to UK where...well you guessed the rest.! 

Ray 

Hi Ray:

You need to vacation in Arizona some time.  Don't come in summer though.  If you like sunshine, we have sun 86 out of every hundred days.  But believe it or not, you get tired of that too, and a rainy day here is lovely.

The deserts of Arizona have always had a fascination for me, probably because of the old cowboy 'b' movies I enjoyed as a kid.

I have never visited the USA but one day, who knows?

Ray 

Yes, as I tell Lyn, our brown and pleasant land.  LOL.  Seriously though, it's quite lovely here and the 7" of rain we get annually make it pretty lush as deserts go.

I am a bit homesick for England though, if you can't tell.  lol.

Now that's what I call a shop Lyn!! Spending pennies on things instead of pounds was a pleasurable experience. Nowadays, I bet penny bubblegums are 40p or something just as ridiculous. I well remember popping into the local shop with my pocket money and buying the packs of cards with chewing gum in (do they still exist?) that lovely pink gum with the powder on that made the cards smell so sweet. And the walk to the shop was always so nice....that shiny round thing was very often in the sky, and summer really did exist, in the pre ''global warming'' days. Didn't we used to walk a lot then as well? On summer afternoons, after school, I and some friends used to walk over Portsdown hill to Southwick (Hants) and out into the countryside. Fantastic times! Perhaps that's why I enjoy strolling about nowadays, although it's not the same anymore, just because I'm older maybe, or because things have changed so much. I don't recall seeing so much litter then, there certainly wasn't the traffic there is today....and I'm sure there was much more wildlife. When did you last see a grasshopper? I know I've mentioned this before, in another thread, but it's mad. I've seen ONE grasshopper in the 12 years I've been in Yorkshire!! In fact, here it is, I was so amazed to see it, I took a picture of it on my hand.

Nice bus pic Paul, also noticed Westons Biscuits, Haig Whiskey and Colmans Mustard adds.

Andy, will send you some of the locusts from the plague in country Oz at the moment.Strange for winter, just hope the frost kills them off, so destructive.

1 penny worth of mixed lollies, and a bag of broken biscuits, please Lyn.