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On Feb 2, 11:29*pm, Billy 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.

Sounds like "Les Miserables" all over again, except Jean Valjean was
never deported to a prison colony.

It is available used, in hardback from those cochons over at Amazon for
as little as a penny, plus $3.99 for S&H.

Viva Bradley Manning, or whoever was responsible for the information
passed on by Wikileaks.

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

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- Billy
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