JohnS Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 I agree on those points, Ken. There's a reason that there was an election landslide in early 1976 and yes, it was due to economic (mis)management. Yet, those initiatives in the 70s were fantastic. I'm not favoured to one side of Australian politics or the other as I also had a picture with Sir Robert Menzies too (but I didn't upload) . Harder to find as he had a short stint as PM in 1939 but he is more famous for being PM from 1949 to 1966. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ken Gargett Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, JohnS said: I agree on those points, Ken. There's a reason that there was an election landslide in early 1976 and yes, it was due to economic (mis)management. Yet, those initiatives in the 70s were fantastic. I'm not favoured to one side of Australian politics or the other as I also had a picture with Sir Robert Menzies too (but I didn't upload) . Harder to find as he had a short stint as PM in 1939 but he is more famous for being PM from 1949 to 1966. december 1975 was the end of gough, although he stayed as opp leader and lost again in 77 if memory serves. yes, it was basically menzies' australia for those years. remember talking to killeen years ago. apparently his cabinet loved when the ashes was on in england as menzies would always go and in those days, it was by boat usually. it meant they could make some decisions. if menzies was there, he simply made every decision. i gather on one trip, menzies had decided canberra needed a lake and gave the orders. then went away for several months. cabinet, to a man, thought a lake in canberra a crazy idea. so voted it down and started work on other projects for that area. menzies arrived back and took one look, 'where is my lake?'. was told that cabinet had made some changes. 'change it back. i want a lake'. so canberra has a lake. as for economic mismanagement, has there ever been a govt farce like those guys ran. for those unfamiliar with the loans affair, our minister for mining decided he wanted US$4 billion for projects (over $20 bill today). okay, not unheard of though extremely large for the period. sovereign loans etc should be fine. but this dill decided he could do better (dodge treasury and constitutional requirements). and did so in conjunction with our minister for labour and the treasurer. someone - an adelaide home builder - put him in touch with a dodgy pakistani bankrupt textiles and commodities trader, who had never raised a cent in his life. even gough said he sounded like a conman but they ignored him. the prime minister. as it all crumbled, rex connor, minister for mining, was tripped of his ability to raise capital. he ignored that. then when caught out, claimed that khemlani was lying and that he'd had no contact with him. so khemlani flies in with a bundle of telexes from the minister. whoops. sad when the dodgy bankrupt is the most honest bloke involved in it all. you honestly could not make this up. a home builder puts the treasurer of australia and other ministers in touch with a pakistani bankrupt who has never raised a cent in his life to provide a govt loan of $20 bill (today's dosh). at the same time, the treasurer, from the extreme left wing of the govt, had employed this stunning woman as his secretary despite no experience and was bonking her silly. often with the wife at home, apparently. the treasurer then lied to parliament about it all. even though all australia knew. the press was publishing pics of them in their jamies having breakfast on the family deck. all of which led to the eventual dismissal of the govt. and gough was out next election. this was despite a great many people outraged that the governor general had sacked him. and yet the election was a record landslide. i always wondered how bad it would have been if gough did not have the sacking to drum up support. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodfortune Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Chibearsv said: Good for you. Happy Birthday! You only live once. Thank you! #YOLO 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugman78629 Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 13 hours ago, JohnS said: I spent the weekend away in Canberra, the national capital city of Australia, to celebrate my 24th Wedding Anniversary with my wife... We went into Parliament House and took some photos in front of the portraits of some of our more famous Prime Ministers... Gough Whitlam Bob Hawke There's also a display of Parliament House made out of Lego! On the Sunday we went to the National Gallery. Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was criticised for authorising the purchase of Jackson Pollock's 'Blue Poles' for $AU1.3 million in 1974. Fast forward 47 years and it looks like a sage investment indeed. I thought that it's valued at $AU40 million today but my wife Eleni, an Art teacher, said the value may be up to $AU350 million. Outside the gallery there's some outdoor sculptures and the fountain on the river. It was a fantastic weekend! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 15 hours ago, Ken Gargett said: one bullet every politician. that as my slogan and i'd be elected tomorrow! But then by your own slogan... you'd be getting the next bullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mickey D Posted May 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2021 Panoramic View from my back deck while enjoying a HDM Epi2 Idaho view of Beaverhead Mountains, Continental Divide with Montana. 15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkchop Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 17 hours ago, Chibearsv said: New painting arrived today. The artist shipped a similar one 3 months ago that arrived damaged. This time he personally drove it up from Florida and we think it looks great. Who is the artist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chibearsv Posted May 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2021 59 minutes ago, porkchop said: Who is the artist? Steven Garay We looked for over a month for a painting we could both agree on and found his on Etsy. Part of why we like this piece is that there is a lot of texture to it as well. This was his first Etsy sale which was a little touchy for us but he over delivered. We really couldn't be happier. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 8 hours ago, Fuzz said: But then by your own slogan... you'd be getting the next bullet. and deservedly so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wetduck79 Posted June 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2021 Spent the day at my brother in laws family river house and celebrated my nieces anniversary 3rd birthday. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RedLantern Posted June 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2021 An hour and 30 into this Lusi and went for a walk in the garden. Found this huge peony had finally bloomed! 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habana Mike Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 On 5/28/2021 at 11:46 PM, NicPac said: Out camping with these knuckleheads! *I know the photo is upside down. Not sure why it posts that way. Just flip your phone over 😜 Were you camping in Oz? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Habana Mike Posted June 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2021 My Alfa is en route! @brightoncorgi! 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post El Presidente Posted June 4, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2021 wrapping up Di's birthday week. View from apartment in mooloolaba 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habana Mike Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 11 minutes ago, El Presidente said: wrapping up Di's birthday week. View from apartment in mooloolaba Looks lovely. How do you pronounce that? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kaptain Karl Posted June 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2021 SOUUeeeeee!!!! What a pig out of San Diego!!! We were using WAY too light of gear for this 220# bluefin this morning and it KICKED our asses for 5 hours. 31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prshah25 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Kaptain Karl said: SOUUeeeeee!!!! What a pig out of San Diego!!! We were using WAY too light of gear for this 220# bluefin this morning and it KICKED our asses for 5 hours. Woah.. that’s $$$$$ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGuns Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Kaptain Karl said: SOUUeeeeee!!!! What a pig out of San Diego!!! We were using WAY too light of gear for this 220# bluefin this morning and it KICKED our asses for 5 hours. Awesome!! Where about? We’re taking the Sauerfish out of SD in July 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetduck79 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Kaptain Karl said: SOUUeeeeee!!!! What a pig out of San Diego!!! We were using WAY too light of gear for this 220# bluefin this morning and it KICKED our asses for 5 hours. Fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaptain Karl Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 1 hour ago, BigGuns said: Awesome!! Where about? We’re taking the Sauerfish out of SD in July Nice!!!! We were down off Ensenada with the sport boat fleet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kaptain Karl Posted June 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2021 A nice #100 we caught the day before. 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 11 minutes ago, Kaptain Karl said: A nice #100 we caught the day before. On fire, my man. You are a legend! 👍 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griller Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 5 hours ago, Kaptain Karl said: SOUUeeeeee!!!! What a pig out of San Diego!!! We were using WAY too light of gear for this 220# bluefin this morning and it KICKED our asses for 5 hours. Dude this is YOUR world we just live in it!!! Seriously congrats on some great catches. What cigar did you light up to celebrate the moment??? Cuban Davidoff Dom Perignon from 1991 would be appropriate ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post El Presidente Posted June 5, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2021 Southerlies have made for a magic morning in Mooloolaba 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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