Commonwealth Games - 15 - 26 March

[Jamezilla]

* makes note of dancing bunny icon

And sorry Alan - but it's true.

Beating England is one of those things that just stirs the Australian blood. You've been here long enough to surely feel a little tingle when a Vegemite eating hero from Wagga gets the drop on some fish & chip shop attendant from Birmingham?

It's a form of primal instinct - must be something in the water here...

[saff_cossie]

* makes note of dancing bunny icon

And sorry Alan - but it's true.

Beating England is one of those things that just stirs the Australian blood. You've been here long enough to surely feel a little tingle when a Vegemite eating hero from Wagga gets the drop on some fish & chip shop attendant from Birmingham?

It's a form of primal instinct - must be something in the water here...

Too damn right its true but doesnt mean I agree ha ha!

It is amazing how sports mad a country is and I like it. I have been at several events where within the first 5 mins someone has asked for the TV to be on to see the cricket. Beating the South Africans gives me a tingle but the Poms, I am not that long gone from those shores so shouldnt burn too many bridges!

[INASNT]

Marathon runs right past the building at work so all closures. I took most of next week off coz of the games.

[Freddy Kruger]

the bloody baton went thru my town yesterday? i dunno i work nights... i heard there were cops everywhere, stoping traffic and just being a plain pain in the arse.

[Jamezilla]

I'm using the 2-week period of Lada inactivity to drop the gearbox and fix the clutch and transfer case. On Dodds St. Next to the Yellow Peril. Come and say hi

[aussie_tul]

at that period of time, i will go to Melbourne from Thailand

[Jamezilla]

So... you're in Thailand and will come to Melb?

Want to help fix the clutch on a Lada?

[Mean_R34]

For your reference:

I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sanh,

I never knew what that word was.

WTF is a "sapper" anyway??

[Mean_R34]

Well, you learn something everyday.

Once again, Wikipeida.com shed me the req'd light....

British Army Sapper

The term 'Sapper' is used to refer to a private soldier of the Corps of Royal Engineers. It was first introduced as a rank in 1856 and is given to soldiers when they enlist into the Corps.

Sapper can also be used to refer to a member of the Royal Engineers regardless of rank.

[Justin O]

The word sapper in Khe Sanh means this.

Mean R34: your also right, but there was no british in Veitnam.

In Veitnam the Australian and US forces called the NVA troops sappers (assault engineer). Because the they would sneek up on allied bases undetected, through mine, wire fields any obstacle. They would blow up command posts anything that was a target, these were really suicide missions.

Pretty pointless post but hey ill spread some of my knowledge.

[adznight]

Commonwealth Games can eat my balls

[Bec]

OK so maybe the CG isnt that bad after all.

I had a pretty cool day today and I got to see the Queen.

I was about 5m from her and thats pretty cool, coz it'll never happen again.

Anyways, is anyone going to events at all.

If anyone goes to MSAC - shoot me a PM and we should catch up for coffee.