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My jaunt to the land of hope and glory didn't quite cut the mustard as did previous times, Maybe it was our age factor and less interest by those we visited. To be truthful the best efforts to make our stay pleasing were shared equally by relatives residing in Benson Havant and Dover. To give and not to count the cost may be an old parable but adding up the amount of time through the ages when relatives have stayed with my family on their overseas visits to us is at least three times greater than we have prevailed upon them. Admittedly some relatives in the UK are reluctant to travel the long distance or are scared of flying despite offers to pay 50% of their fare . The other factor which delivered a constant flow of anxiety came from the anti social antics and garrulity of our prodigal son who failed in his role of  both driver and assistant; (It is better we leave the details unspoken) Better still unprinted. More details can be obtained on request. So far I have...

It was Eighty Nine years ago when Vest AKA LJB, Me, was born at 21 Homerton High street Hackney London E 8; within the sound of Bow Bells . Thank you for those relatives and friends who have sent Birthday wishes from far and wide  and those from my sons face book friends. Nothing much happening at the moment, tomorrow I shall be doing my Aged Persons driving test, and then on Sat & Sunday finalise packing for the trip to the sceptred isle set in a silver sea, departing 1510  Mon 20, arriving Heathrow 0530 Tuesday 21st. and retuning to OZ Aug 25.  I shall be taking the wife, and the youngest son to do the driving and baggage handling , which will make the trip less arduous. So that is all for now see you all later on. Vest .... Back soon. It is better one lives richly than dies rich.

MUSLIM BOOK STORE __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ So, there I was, walking through the new mall, when I saw that there was a “Muslim Book Store.” I was wondering what exactly was in a “Muslim book store” so I went on in. I was wandering around taking a look and the clerk stopped me asked if he could help me – I imagine I didn’t look like his normal clientele. So I asked for a copy of the UK Immigration Policy Book regarding Muslims. The Clerk said, “Piss off, get out, and stay out !” I said, “Yes, that's the one. Do you have that in paperback?”

Going overseas no matter where you will require a passport, if it is a foreign or British passport you will have to have a valid Visa for your return to Australia. If your passport has expired, you will be required to apply for a new one, and this may be achieved by going on line for the info. Here is the problem., IT WiLL TAKE 9 WEEKS before it arrives back from merry England.. However if you are like some of my sons who are Brit Born and have not moved from Aus since their arrival in 1971 and have not become naturalized, not only will you have the previous problem but another denying you an Aus passport, which means a six month Wait to become a Aus Citizen after your application. The application for an Aus passport will take around two weeks and cost half as much as a Brit passport. There are concessions for the aged and infirm.. In the past there have been anomalies where sportsmen like Kepplar Wessells a springbok from Suid Afrika was allowed to play c...

Three strangers strike up a conversation in the airport lounge in Bozeman, Montana, awaiting their flights. One is an American Indian, passing thru from Lame Deer. Another is a cowboy on his way to Billings for a livestock show. And the third is a fundamentalist Arab student from the Middle East, newly arrived at Montana State University. Their discussion drifts to their diverse cultures. Soon, the two Westerners learn that the Arab is a devout, radical Muslim and the conversation falls into an uneasy lull. The cowboy leans back in his chair, crosses his boots on a magazine table and tips his big sweat-stained hat forward over his face. The wind outside is blowing tumbleweeds around and the old windsock is flapping, but still no plane comes. Finally, the American Indian clears h...

Professor Spooner after having delivered his speech regarding the retirement of the college Dean.. said  "Raise your glasses  ladies and gentlemen., I now propose a toast to our Queer Dean".   There have been many faux pas  in the past , some real political clangers and such, which one is your favourite?  BTW The Rev W Spooner was the  dean of  New College at Oxford university around the mid 19th cent. a pasty faced weired looking bloke.  Go on ... Have a go. Vest.... back later.

                                            CPR ON YOURSELF........................(different!!) 1 Let's say it's 7.25pm and you're going home (alone of course) after an unusually hard day on the job. 2 You're really tired, upset and frustrated. 3 Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up in to your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home. 4 Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. 5 You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself. 6 HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE? Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart ...

     Today in Most of Australia  The Queen of the Commonwealth's Birthday will be celebrated Chronologically this elderly old crone lord bless her royal socks  will turn 89 years and 48 days of age. Her royal highness Aunt Betty will share her Birth year  with such notables as Marilyn Monroe June 1, 1926, Fidel Castro Aug 13- 1926  And David Attenborough May 8 1926, Also an old geezer named Vest ; Yours truly was born (yes born) On July 16-1926, Gorgeous Marilyn was pronounced deceased on Aug 4 -1962 the day I was posted and arrived in 'Fragrant Harbour H/K back in 1962.      However, it was on this day the ninth day of June in  632 the year of our lord that Mohammed the founder of the Islamic religion Died and  is currently cavorting with numerous virgins in that big Mosque in the heavens, but it was ten years earlier that Big Mo took flight from Mecca on July 16  622, which formed the foundation da...

Subject: Tolerance 101  "I am truly perplexed that so many of my friends are against another mosque being built in Sydney. I think it should be the goal of every Australian to be tolerant regardless of their religious beliefs. Thus the mosque should be allowed, in an effort to promote tolerance." “That is why I also propose that two nightclubs be opened next door to the mosque, thereby promoting tolerance from within the mosque. We could call one of the clubs, which would be gay, 'The Turban Cowboy' and the other, a topless bar, would be called 'You Mecca Me Hot'." “Next door should be a butcher shop that specializes in pork, and adjacent to that an open-pit barbecue pork restaurant, called 'Iraq of Ribs'." “Across the street there could be a lingerie store called ...

          I have been a trifle lax in posting lately due to a more complex lifestyle being thrust upon myself and others in our home. Gardening is now nearly non existent and the forty bucks spent on a four weekly call for mowing 560 sq metres of lawn ; er grass & weeds is good news for my back pain( Anyhow ; I wonder how many 89 year olds mow their lawns.).          My early morning read, the Daily Telegraph, has the usual last ten pages or more and the centre pages stuffed with Thugby League Bilge and Crap. Recently all of the blue NSW thingy splattering my daily read came to a soul shattering end when the Maroons from Joe bonkers banana land alias the land of the great ugly cane toad land and the NSW  mob of bone crunchers clashed yesterday for an hour and a half,  the result being 11 and 10, The local bunch of overweight ugly tattooed mutton heads are saying the refs favoured the ug...

A couple or so years ago I wrote about the Indonesian drug smuggler who was incarcerated in Sydney silverwater jail. the bloke in question was awarded seven years in the slammer. however, his good behaviour and having learned English while in jail  gave him the good fortune of privileged day release ,whereupon he was able to earn approx 500 dollars a week after tax . after paying the prison authorities their share and a few bucks for personal comforts this guy was able to send home more than two hundred bucks per week to his tribe in Indonesia,  after several years his tribe had finalised the purchase of their family home with the donated dosh and lived happily ever after. it was also suggested  by his tribe he should extend his jail time. It was easy to understand why, because the judge who jailed the Corby person was only paid an annual salary equal to Aus$12,000-00 per annum.. It does not require much brain power to work that out. Vale Andrew Chan and Myuran Su...

Budgewoi on the NSW Central Coast in Australia  would be described as a normally quiet beach side town/village  with a  majority of elderly or retired persons. Budgewoi has a  twin parade of shops and businesses covering all the requirements of our community of around 3,000 souls. This included until recently two Chemist shops.; one at the rear parade and the other facing  the front near scenic drive the main thoroughfare. In the main most of these businesses  display a easy on the eye unobtrusive frontage.  However, not any more Well yank my doodle its a dandy not only am fed up with Crap American Films or Movies without captions and cheap non musical sounds drowning the non English verbals like "Barrb the Carp's Jarb is ter darb in rarbers and lark em in de Fart, Gard demmit.Yesterday I stopped by to purchase the weekly medications and Lo and behold before my disbelieving eyes there was this gaudy pink yellow anf blue coloured Asiatic looking f...

There are no battleships in tonight's news at 630pm. They are WARSHIPS. The last Commonwealth or British Battleship that was a warship of Battleship class to fire an Angry Shot was the 40,000 ton Battleship HMS King George V in August 1945 during the war in the Pacific.. It was scrapped 57 years ago.....Les Bowyer Budgewoi Ex KGV. BTW , it would be like calling a submarine  a battleship. A battleship is a large armoured warship with a main battery consisting of heavy calibre guns. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries the battleship was the most powerful type of warship, and a ... Wikipedia . " Get it'

An Engineer could not find a job, so he opens a clinic, and puts a sign outside that says "Get treatment for $50, If not cured get back $100." A Doctor thinks this is a good opportunity to show up the Engineer and earn a quick $100. And so he visits the clinic. Doctor: I have lost my sense of taste. Engineer: Nurse , bring the medicine from box No 22 and place 3 drops in the patient's mouth. Patient (Doctor): Spits out the medicine and says "This is not medicine, it's petroleum". Engineer: Congratulations. You have your taste back. That will be $50. Doctor gets annoyed, and returns after several days to recover his money. Doctor : I have lost my memory and can't remember a thing. Engineer : Nurse , bring medicine from box No 22 and put 3 drops in the patient's  mouth  Doctor: "This medicine is for the sense of taste" protests the Doctor. Engineer : Congratula...

An Engineer could not find a job, so he opens a clinic, and puts a sign outside that says "Get treatment for $50, If not cured get back $100." A Doctor thinks this is a good opportunity to show up the Engineer and earn a quick $100. And so he visits the clinic. Doctor: I have lost my sense of taste. Engineer: Nurse , bring the medicine from box No 22 and place 3 drops in the patient's mouth. Patient (Doctor): Spits out the medicine and says "This is not medicine, it's gasoline". Engineer: Congratulations. You have your taste back. That will be $50. Doctor gets annoyed, and returns after several days to recover his money. Doctor : I have lost my memory and can't remember a thing. Engineer : Nurse , bring medicine from box No 22 and put 3 drops in the patient's mouth. Doctor: "This medicine is for the sense of taste" protests the Doctor. Engineer : Congra...

This is a true account of my connection with David Bingham. This is an old post full of intrigue and still being investigated Yet another comment arrived today.

Recommended Reading       Over the years info is still coming in on this lurid story in the past. Today another comment. Saturday, 20 March 2010 This is a true account of my connection with David Bingham. WE first met aboard ship where I had a brief Acquaintance with him, while being his instructor. David was a clever dick; knew every thing - cocky little sod, after I threatened him with a week in the slammer for insolence he quietened down,he was disliked by his classmates and myself in particular. I having left the Royal Navy in 1966, about five years after flying into Hong Kong with Lt/Cdr R,T. a former antagonist in the Portland spy saga, then more than a decade had passed since the initial meeting with D B, before I did a cold call at David Binghams residence, seeing me he slammed the door on me. In another attempt to call a little ...