I Just Wanted To Say... Ya Can't Hijack This!! :-))

[RexJ]

As I enjoy these midday moments of mirth I can't get Van Morrison's song,  'There'll Be Days Like This' out of my head.


When it's not always raining there'll be days like this
When there's no one complaining there'll be days like this

When everything falls into place like the flick of a switch

Well my mama told me there'll be days like this



When you don't need to worry there'll be days like this

When no one's in a hurry there'll be days like this

When all the parts of the puzzle start to look like they fit

Then I must remember there'll be days like this



When you don't need an answer there'll be days like this

When you don't meet a chancer there'll be days like this

When you don't get betrayed by that old Judas kiss

Oh my mama told me there'll be days like this



When everyone is up front and they're not playing tricks

When you don't have no freeloaders out to get their kicks

When it's nobody's business the way that you wanna live

I just have to remember there'll be days like this



When no one steps on my dreams there'll be days like this

When people understand what I mean there'll be days like this

When you ring out the changes of how everything is
Well my mama told me there'll be days like this





Doncha jus' luvvit?? 

[Neale]

Obviously a man of good taste.

[Sabie]

As I enjoy these midday moments of mirth I can't get Van Morrison's song,  'There'll Be Days Like This' out of my head.

Top Song Rex, song title is "Days like This" By Van Morrison around 1992/93 (George Ivan Morrison)

I just had to YouTube it for another listen....

Thank Rex

[RexJ]

No probs Sabie. Most of us seem to have been bred in the time of the classics in film and music. My son listens to Black Sabbath on You Tube.  I saw them Live. He is agog!   

Looking at the favorite movie site proves it.

We, gentlemen, to both the greater part and greater good of society are men of a distinguished time in the history of entertainment, whether or not we spent most it being drunk, doped or in a perpetual state of rebellion. 

The Oxfordites Deans and Dons, and their juniors and minions of elite colleges around the world, including U of Syd, U Q, Monash, La Trobe, etc etc, simply lavished themselves at the time, but we - we MADE social history and loved it doin' it, despite the fact we never realised what a time it was. 

Our recent trip to the motorbike museum at Haigslie proved that in our love of the two wheeled wonders.

[Sabie]

Hey Rex

I grew up in a little Queensland Town and didn't get to go to concerts. Most were in Brisbane which back then took 6 hours plus, (down to about 4 hours on the current roads with modern cars)

But that doesn't mean I didn't listen to the music. So in some regards I missed a bit of that but I don't regret it.

Saw plenty of local pub bands, played in one for a couple of years. We were called "Albatross" and then after a reformation "The Loose Connections"  . It's so corny now... And back then they were cabaret's or dances or the big ones were a "Ball" back then..... 

[RexJ]

Remember Railroad Gin?  I was in the Army at Enoggera, and was moonlighting on security at UQ when they came and played at the Mayne Hall. 

Halfway through the concert I had to go backstage.  Walked in one door - floated out the other.

Good gig.

[Brock]

Dont remember Railroad Gin, but I do know Enoggera.  My Old man was senior EDO there in the early  70s

[Sabie]

Railroad Gin. "It's only a matter of time"  surely you've heard of them Brock.. Here refresh your memory.

http://youtu.be/m-KCzJ2ZTro

[Brock]

Nope, cant say I have heard that before

[Sabie]

Pretty hot flute playing but.

They were a Brisbane band and that was their biggest hit.

[Diesel]

Could this be the ONLY place in the WORLD that aircraft cross the state border on their wheels?  (i.e. on the ground, 0 feet altitude?)...       


http://goo.gl/maps/lUcTO


Coolangatta, Qld/NSW.


Just sayin'


CHeers, Diesel

[alans1100]

Could this be the ONLY place in the WORLD that aircraft cross the state border on their wheels?  (i.e. on the ground, 0 feet altitude?)...       

Not to mention the split for council rates etc.

Airport charges???  Aircraft landing fees etc. Are they council run, govt or private?

When we lived at Karratha, WA the airport was run by the council so they got all the fees etc..........

[RexJ]

Gee Sabie, How big a hole did you have to dig to find that?    You're an archaeologist for sure. 

That brought back memories of green things and short hair (Now I'm losing what I've left)

I wasn't joking about the floating either. They played in Townsville's only nightclub of the early '70's. Hanging onto something to hold yourself down was simply survival. If you couldn't sing It's only a matter of time, you weren't a true Blue Queenslanda.

They were like couch grass. Everywhere and impossible to get out of the garden, of you head. 

[Diesel]

Just found solace in that 'old as time' conundrum of men and remote controls....... If you keep flicking long enough, (because there is only shyte on each channel), you end up at the Jazz Music Radio Channel!          Gold!       

[RexJ]

Sure is D.

Also go to I-tunes, select radio and check out what unfolds there.  Everything from Bach to Black Betty.

I've got mine on most of the time I'm at the desk.

[Diesel]

Who remembers Donger???

Paul Hogan Show - Donger

[Biggles]

Three ST1300s are in the top 20 after the first stage of the Iron Butt Rally. And an ST1100 is coming second!   

Sorry about the formatting...

Place Name Rider # Bike Points Miles
1 Derek Dickson 49 05   YAM FJR1300 20651 3735
2 Alex Schmitt 31 98   HON ST1100 20160 3455
3 Wendy Crockett 4 05   YAM FJR1300 20076 3311
4 Tim Pawlowski 73 06   YAM FJR1300A 19888 3347
5 John Coons 48 94   BMW R1100 19815 3567
6 Ken Meese 51 12   BMW K1600 19713 3561
7 Bob Lilley 32 11   BMW R1200GS 19600 4219
8 Eric Jewell 1 07   HON ST1300 19196 4180
9 J. P. Mountain 95 06   YAM FJR1300A 18936 4340
10 Craig Brooks 76 11   BMW R1200GS 18646 2775
11 Tonie Cowen 88 12   YAM Tenere 18555 3420
12 Jon Good/Ande   Bergmann 5 13 BMW K1600 18529 2765
13 Matt Watkins 29 05   YAM FJR1300 18483 3361
14 Greg Rice 34 12   HON Gold Wing 18220 3537
15 Kevin Lechner 33 07   HON ST1300 18088 2945
16 Eric Bray 85 12   BMW R1200GS 18040 3400
17 Perry Karsten 36 07   YAM FJR 1300 18024 3293
18 Brian Walters 70 12   BMW R1200GS 18022 2855
19 Daniel Roth 3 05   BMW R1200GS 17794 2966
20 Shuey Wolfe 8 10   HON ST1300 17631 3610

Australians are placing 39th, 50th and 57th out of a field of 94.

[Marcus]

I don't know what you're talking about. But that's awesome. :D

[Biggles]

I don't know what you're talking about. But that's awesome. :D

It's the Iron Butt Rally.

http://ironbuttrally.com/IBR/default.cfm

[gaz]

I don't know what you're talking about. But that's awesome. :D

おはよっ！ 

[Biggles]

A few more ST bike pics from the Iron Butt Rally







These guys are riding their ninth day.
The field is back to 88 bikes.  The three Ozzies are still in the running, in 35th, 43th and 44th places.  Very creditable considering the level of competition, and it's not their normal "backyard".

[alans1100]

Good as place as any to put this.

wildfireangel (Heather) has been on the knee replacement list for about a year and on Thursday the 25th we got a call letting us know that due to a cancellation Heather is up for her knee op if she still wants it. Ok, it's a goer. So monday it's up to the local clinic for some swabs (infection control) and a medication chart.

Wednesday it was an 8am pre-op visit where we saw a theatre nurse and the anaesthetist so that meant leaving home at 6am........we're brave souls.......on the bike.

Then Thursday it's a 7am admission into the day surgery theatre and that was a car trip because leaving at 5am was just a little to cold for me.

I spent a few hours passing the time before calling back into the hospital. Heather was ok but still sleepy.

Friday, I took another ride over to visit her. The physio was there and Heather was sitting in a chair and just had her first series of exercises. Nurses had to help her in and out of bed and for trips to the loo but otherwise her spirits were good..

Saturday, another ride over and Heather told me she'd taken a walk down the corridor(with a walker and a physio). We went for another walk and found the patient lounge, and then she came with me while I got a packet of chips. 

Heather needs help to lift her leg, but it's only for support but she's getting there and should be home no later than Tuesday......There's a 6 to 8 week recovery period so all should be all most back to normal after that

 

[Shiney]

Awesome news Alan

[Neale]

Great stuff mate. It's amazing how quick people bounce back from these ops these days. Pass on best wishes.

[alans1100]

Heather rang this morning, now it's walking with crutches and coming home tomorrow so I don't have to visit today.