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24.01.2022 TV survival changes A WHILE back it was mentioned how the Little Ringer was getting into his bush survival by watching the likes of British survival celebrity, Bear Grylls. Glad he was taking an interest but concerned about the overly dramatic nature of the program, the Ringer decided to introduce him to the original Bush Tucker Man, Les Hiddens, via the complete series DVD box set. The cover looked promising, with plenty of berries to eat and waterholes to explore. Televisio...n production pacing sure has changed in the past 30 years. The episode that happen to be on the inserted DVD was an historic look at Charles Kingsford Smith's 1929 crash in the Kimberley region in WA, including Les reading out parts of Smithy's diary and contemplating what went wrong. It was an abrupt change from going over waterfalls in a make-shift raft or eating raw bugs. Understandably, the young Ringer's attentioned waned somewhat. See more
19.01.2022 The one part ALWAYS double check the information and photographs on the selling website, Gumtree. The Ringer was onto a real winner recently when a bloke advertised a plethora of spare parts for Mrs Reggie's beloved 1997 Honda Civic, to giveaway. The mighty Civic had a broken driver's side door handle, so the timing was perfect. After making contact and arranging a time, the Ringer shot off for the Brisbane suburb early one morning for a casual eight hour round trip.... All seemed well as the parts were loaded into the vehicle, until the seller briefly mumbled that he'd sold the driver's side door handle a few weeks ago. See more
18.01.2022 Smoky assessment AT a rented unit which had its own fire pit and wood barbecue, the Ringer was amused to find among the supplied timber and fire starting paraphernalia, a copy of the Qld Country Life stuffed among the old newspapers. The page with this column on was missing - no doubt the first thing set alight by the last guests.
17.01.2022 New lolly names IN case anyone missed the politically correct lolly name correction of last year, Red Skins are now Red Rippers and Chicos are now Cheekies. So look out Sherbies, Yowies, Chokitos, Frooties, Freckles, Jaffas, Clinkers, Turkish Delight and Aero, which all sound like someone could potentially be offended by.
05.01.2022 Book delivers flag decorum THE Australian flag generally comes up for debate a few times a year. That aside, there are very specific practices when it comes to handling an Australian flag, as pointed out in this 1967 book, The Flag Book, produced by the Lions Club. It's full of very direct and helpful information when it comes to properly flying and displaying the national flag. For instance: "The flags of two nations should never be flown from the same flagstaff. Internation...al practice forbids the display of the flag of one nation above that of another nation in time of peace." "When flown with the flags of other sovereign nations, all flags should be flown on separate staffs and at the same height. "The Australian National Flag should, however, be hoisted first and lowered last, unless the number of flags permits of their being hoisted or lowered simultaneously." It has warnings for school principals on how to handle flags in schools and also berates a Sydney bowling club (complete with photos of the misdemeanour) on its flag set-up which flew the club flag higher than the national flag. See more
