On Feb 2, 11:29*pm, Billy wrote:
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*"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:



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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:

Billy you might get a giggle out of the allusion I made in another ng
yesterday to the benefits of travel. *Have a look at the post I made in
uk.rec.gardening in the thread 'Allotment rents rise 300%'. *:-)))

I think we need the equivalent of a "Godwin's Law" for discussing
Australia. Don't let the Nong get you Knackered. Ain't nothin' a tinnie
can't fix :O)

:-)) I do see what you mean but those nongs only cause boredom at best.

I'm curious about why so few American's seem to know about their own
country's convict history. *Most will deny it, and even amongst those few
who have heard tell of it, it'd be rarer still to find anyone who can
mention a colony where convicts were sent.

Georgia, I got Georgia on my mind, but I've been wrong before so I
waited to confirm it, before cranking-up that alligator mouth of mine. I
can't think of the last time I've heard anybody say anything about our
British penal colonies. It sounds like our revolution sent the Brits off
to Australia in search of a home for their seditious types.

"Seditious" including being sentenced to transportation for stealing a
loaf of bread.
Prisoners were kept in stinking death ships off the coast of England
until they could be sent to Australia.

Interesting,
I wasn't aware of the connection between the establishment of our two
countries.

Must reading on history of Australia:

"The Fatal Shore" by Robert Huges.

HB