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jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 12:08 pm

What the heck is a Malle boy? Translate please. Shoot the life out of shags?????

tangoalpha · Post by **tangoalpha** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 12:16 pm

Hi Jerry,

How are you doing?

This may help:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallee_(Victoria)
coupled with the following:
https://johnwilliamson.com.au/lyrics/mallee-boy/

Digger.

tangoalpha · Post by **tangoalpha** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 12:17 pm

Eh, delete my reference to John Williamson, I jumped the gun.
Digger.

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 1:29 pm

DIGGER!!! Good to "see" your ornery hide again. I was just thinking about you the other day, wondering where you'd got to.

So a Mallee Boy is a rough comparison to a "Country Boy from the south" here in the states? And what's this business about "shootin' shags". What the heck is a "shag"?

cudgee · Post by **cudgee** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:27 pm

jerryd6818 wrote:DIGGER!!! Good to "see" your ornery hide again. I was just thinking about you the other day, wondering where you'd got to.

So a Mallee Boy is a rough comparison to a "Country Boy from the south" here in the states? And what's this business about "shootin' shags". What the heck is a "shag"?

The mallee is an area of north west Victoria in the state where i live. Very harsh desert country, a lot of soldier settlers were given or could buy subsidized cheap plots of farm land. Most failed to make a go of it. Mallee roots are a prized piece of firewood that burn for such a long time. Very hard to get now as most of the mallee trees have been removed. The mallee trees helped hold the soil together, so when they were removed, they get severe dust storms in the mallee region. A shag is a bird, i will post a picture.

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A shag sitting on a rock, their favorite pastime.

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A Mallee tree.

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A pile of Mallee roots.

Shearer · Post by **Shearer** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:58 pm

jerryd6818 wrote:DIGGER!!! Good to "see" your ornery hide again. I was just thinking about you the other day, wondering where you'd got to.

So a Mallee Boy is a rough comparison to a "Country Boy from the south" here in the states? And what's this business about "shootin' shags". What the heck is a "shag"?

Jerry a shag is a corman bird.It does not have oil in it's feathers like a duck so it sits on a rock or log to dry out.
When you build a dam on the farm the corman come along and eat any fish or crayfish in the dams.
I've never shot one but fire the shot gun in the air to scare them.

Grant

cudgee · Post by **cudgee** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 9:28 pm

Shearer wrote:
jerryd6818 wrote:DIGGER!!! Good to "see" your ornery hide again. I was just thinking about you the other day, wondering where you'd got to.

So a Mallee Boy is a rough comparison to a "Country Boy from the south" here in the states? And what's this business about "shootin' shags". What the heck is a "shag"?
Jerry a shag is a corman bird.It does not have oil in it's feathers like a duck so it sits on a rock or log to dry out.
When you build a dam on the farm the corman come along and eat any fish or crayfish in the dams.
I've never shot one but fire the shot gun in the air to scare them.

Grant

Well explained digger.

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:33 pm

Thanks mates. Ya'll do have your own version of English.

I would love to visit the Land Down Under some day but being a practical man I'm reasonable sure that ship has sailed.

cudgee · Post by **cudgee** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:44 pm

jerryd6818 wrote:Thanks mates. Ya'll do have your own version of English.
I would love to visit the Land Down Under some day but being a practical man I'm reasonable sure that ship has sailed.

My friend you would be most welcome, but stay out of the big capital cities, and spend your time out in the bush.

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 2:35 am

jerryd6818 wrote:Thanks mates. Ya'll do have your own version of English.
I would love to visit the Land Down Under some day but being a practical man I'm reasonable sure that ship has sailed.

I don't know about that... I think most people here on the AAPK would be just fine with Jerry being AAPK's roving ambassador at large.
I would donate a knife to be sold or auctioned off here on AAPK and the proceeds of which would go towards buying Jerry the ticket to Australia.
I'll bet if 30 people on AAPK donated a knife to auction it would be enough to buy Jerry a ticket and give him a little cashola if he wants to go Walkabout!

A round-trip ticket to Brisbane Australia from Chicago O'Hare is only $1,357!

I may be crazy but I think there may be enough crazy people on AAPK that we can pull this off!
What do y'all think?

cudgee · Post by **cudgee** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 2:40 am

I'm in if it gets off the ground.

WillyCamaro · Post by **WillyCamaro** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 2:42 am

Dale, I think i'm also crazy enough to think it'll work. Let's send Jerry down under guys!

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 3:43 am

Look at you, Dale. Talkin' all blue sky crazy and stuff. Even with a ticket, I couldn't afford lodging, meals & transportation. Thanks for the thought though. I really appreciate it. It's nice to know you're held in that regard.

tangoalpha · Post by **tangoalpha** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 3:45 am

Jerry,

I am well but sometimes like yourself the dodgy back takes the "wanna" out of me at times.

Cudgee and Shearer have covered your question well.

Stay well Jerry.

Digger.

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 4:45 am

jerryd6818 wrote:Look at you, Dale. Talkin' all blue sky crazy and stuff. Even with a ticket, I couldn't afford lodging, meals & transportation. Thanks for the thought though. I really appreciate it. It's nice to know you're held in that regard.

I don't know, I think that's an excuse. Every Marine who's been deployed knows what an absolute pain it is to get your shot record updated. Literally pain!

The younger (than us) Marines said that "Pain is just weakness leaving the body."

But you & I are from the Old Corps, we just said, "#*$××%@, that hurts!"
We didn't have good slogan writers in the Old Corps.

philco · Post by **philco** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 5:24 am

I'm in for $500 to send that old coot walkabout.

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 1:42 pm

The generous nature of the people on this forum just blows me away. What a great place to hang your hat.

You're a good man Phil. A little loony in the head but a good man. You would be better served spending your hard earned money on those two beautiful granddaughters.

Truth be told, at my age, the prospect of an 18 hour plane ride in coach just ruins the entire dream. The three hours from here to Phoenix to visit my daughter is just about more than I can stand. What a little weenie boy, eh?

carrmillus · Post by **carrmillus** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 4:00 pm

.......jerry, wait till you get to 82!!......a trip to walmart just about does me in !!!................

..............

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 4:09 pm

Tommy, I just hope I make it to 82.

My mom died at 72. My dad checked out at 79. But wait, there's still hope. My paternal Granddad lasted until he was 96.

cudgee · Post by **cudgee** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:12 pm

I was talking to this old farmer on Sunday at a tractor pull competition, he is in his eighties, still working all day everyday, and still competing in tractor pull competitions, Hope for us all.

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