What Made You Smile Today
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Is that the Swan View tunnel in the Perth hills?Found this amongst some old photos but nither of us can remember where we were on the day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_View_Tunnel
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Philip & Sandra Box
No, there's only room to walk through that one, no vehicle access. I used to take the kids to Rocky Pool, just down the hill, about 35 years ago.
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I’m sure I seen this photo in your Queensland post
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Philip & Sandra Box
Many moons ago did the Spray tunnel in Zeehan Tasmania by car very tight, mirrors turned in and still a few scrapes. 100m long. Just looked it up and it’s walk thru only now.
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To be honest Phil, I was reading old posts a few weeks back and remembered your photo. It’s defiantly a recommended read for anyone who hasn’t read your post.
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Was there just a few days ago. Don’t think I would have tried to drive it even if we could. Your right it would have been bloody tight.
Convict Built Tunnel at Dalmorton... NSW... Old Grafton to Glen Innes road...
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Our new Cocker Spaniel-called Jasper chasing his tail---luv dogs.
My trip to the dentist this morning. Well actually leaving the dentist this morning after first trip in nearly 10 years with just a clean.
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Just returned home with the Dragon lady from a phone conference with the Oncologist at the Geraldton Cancer clinic and Woohoo they got all of the stage 2 bowell cancer she had and she has no Lymph nodes infected with cancer which means no Chemo, to say we feel blessed is an under statement, been a long time since this 70 year old cried like a baby i will tell you, i can say the staff at Sir Charles Gardener hospital you bloody legends the last 2 months till today are the most stressfull ever but now feels like the sun has finally come out.
She now has to endure 6 monthly check ups plus blood tests and scans fot the next 5 years, man i am so happy!!! we did not get to do to much detecting this year but watch this space next year!!!!!!!!!
She now has to endure 6 monthly check ups plus blood tests and scans fot the next 5 years, man i am so happy!!! we did not get to do to much detecting this year but watch this space next year!!!!!!!!!
Waking up and getting out of bed. Good to hear all is going well rustyhooks.
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Saw this on Facebook and made me a bit happier in defending my older life style values.
"CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BORN IN 1930's, 1940's, 50's, 60's, 70's and Early 80's !!! First, you survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, your baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints. You had no childproof lids on medicine ..medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when you rode your bikes, you had no helmets, not to mention, the risks you took hitch-hiking .. As children, you would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a van - loose - was always great fun. You drank water from the garden hosepipe and NOT from a bottle. You shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. You ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop with sugar in it, but you weren't overweight because...... YOU WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
You would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach you all day. And you were OK. You would spend hours building your go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out you forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, you learned to solve the problem . You did not have Play stations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no text messaging, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........YOU HAD FRIENDS and you went outside and found them! You fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents you played with worms(well most boys did) and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although you were told it would happen, you did not poke out any eyes. You rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Local teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing you out if you broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. You had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and you learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were"
"CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BORN IN 1930's, 1940's, 50's, 60's, 70's and Early 80's !!! First, you survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, your baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints. You had no childproof lids on medicine ..medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when you rode your bikes, you had no helmets, not to mention, the risks you took hitch-hiking .. As children, you would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a van - loose - was always great fun. You drank water from the garden hosepipe and NOT from a bottle. You shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. You ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop with sugar in it, but you weren't overweight because...... YOU WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
You would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach you all day. And you were OK. You would spend hours building your go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out you forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, you learned to solve the problem . You did not have Play stations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no text messaging, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........YOU HAD FRIENDS and you went outside and found them! You fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents you played with worms(well most boys did) and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although you were told it would happen, you did not poke out any eyes. You rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Local teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing you out if you broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. You had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and you learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were"
Better news than all the gold in the ground
Haha
