Happy Australia Day to all Aussies

sallyanne · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:02 pm **(#1)**

Would have been my father's 78th birthday today

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Happy Australia Day all you Aussies out there.

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12518

Sorry about your Dad Sallyanne. Never heard of Australia Day. Is that supposedly the day you broke final ties with England like Canada did back in, I believe, the 1970s?

Graechan · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:16 pm **(#4)**

Gee Molly does that include little old me :wvy

Lyle were not a republic and still have ties with Great Britain along with a governor general

pirate541 · **Joined:** May 27, 2011 **Posts:** 707

SallyAnne
I am sorry for Your loss.
I am also guessing that You will have a day off tomorrow,since the Holiday fell on a weekend

Graechan · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:28 pm **(#6)**

pirate541 wrote:

SallyAnne
I am sorry for Your loss.
I am also guessing that You will have a day off tomorrow,since the Holiday fell on a weekend

Pirate today is Monday Aussie time and yes it's a holiday

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Quote:

Gee Molly does that include little old me :wvy

Of coarse Graechan as long as you keeps all those spiders and snakes locked up.

sallyanne · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:34 pm **(#8)**

pirate541 wrote:

SallyAnne
I am sorry for Your loss.
I am also guessing that You will have a day off tomorrow,since the Holiday fell on a weekend

Thank you
Actually happened years ago - approx 40+ but I just realised last year how that time has gone!
He was under 40

pirate541 · **Joined:** May 27, 2011 **Posts:** 707

SallyAnne
I know how it feels,same with my Dad.

Graechan
Happy Day to You too

Graechan · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:57 pm **(#10)**

molly wrote:

Quote:

Gee Molly does that include little old me :wvy

Of coarse Graechan as long as you keeps all those spiders and snakes locked up.

But they aren't nearly as dangerous as this old↓ :rofl

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I can believe that... Nice text BTW

jontait2 · **Joined:** Dec 27, 2014 **Posts:** 508

lylejk wrote:

Is that supposedly the day you broke final ties with England ...

Graechan wrote:

Lyle were not a republic and still have ties with England along with a governor general

For "England" please substitute "Great Britain" or "United Kingdom" .. the Welsh, Scots and (some) Northern Irish get rather upset when you non-Brits refer to Britain as "England" (as though they don't exist!).

For clarity:
Britain = Great Britain = United Kingdom (of Great Britain) = England + Scotland + Wales + Northern Ireland.

Best just to use "UK" for short!

Graechan · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:23 pm **(#13)**

Oops sorry your right, will fix

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12518

jontait2 wrote:

lylejk wrote:

Is that supposedly the day you broke final ties with England ...

Graechan wrote:

Lyle were not a republic and still have ties with England along with a governor general

For "England" please substitute "Great Britain" or "United Kingdom" .. the Welsh, Scots and (some) Northern Irish get rather upset when you non-Brits refer to Britain as "England" (as though they don't exist!).

For clarity:
Britain = Great Britain = United Kingdom (of Great Britain) = England + Scotland + Wales + Northern Ireland.

Best just to use "UK" for short!

Didn't mean to offend. I do have a tendency to associate England with Great Britain/UK.

jontait2 · **Joined:** Dec 27, 2014 **Posts:** 508

Lyle:
No offence taken (by me!). It's the Welsh, some Scots and some Northern Irish who get p*ssed off when people refer to Britain as "England".

I stand by the principle of self-determination: that all humankind should have the right to choose for themselves how they wish to be governed.

For history and significance of Australia Day see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day

Anyway, happy Oz Day, Ozzies!

Oregonian · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:12 pm **(#16)**

To all of you Down Under from this Up Over :yes

Graechan · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:04 pm **(#17)**

Typical Aussie Australian Day starts with cold beer and burn't snags around the BBQ followed
by a quick trip to the BCG (backyard cricket ground) chanting Lilleee! and Hoggeee! for beer and cricket
then retire to the lounge to watch Cricket and drink more beer

and they say we're crazy

2-ton · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:14 pm **(#18)**

and a burnt snag is? ....for all of us outlanders...

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12518

jontait2 wrote:

Lyle:
No offence taken (by me!). It's the Welsh, some Scots and some Northern Irish who get p*ssed off when people refer to Britain as "England".

I stand by the principle of self-determination: that all humankind should have the right to choose for themselves how they wish to be governed.

For history and significance of Australia Day see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day

Anyway, happy Oz Day, Ozzies!

Ahh; sort of like foundation day but much more significant then Columbus day is for US (now sort of a forgotten day, but it is a day off work for many here; lol). Thanks for the info.

sallyanne · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:38 pm **(#20)**

Thanx everyone.
This little Aussie just got her new bed all put together. At least I have something on Australia day.
Thought I was gonna have a comfy chair to relax in but only part of it was delivered yesterday. Hopefully tomorrow.

oops forgot to make it smaller
One of my girls came around and put it together for me. Her daughter jumped all over it after it was made and before I took this photo.

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