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[TheKanga]

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Wynot me little wombat, fair dinkum is an Aussie expression which indicates that something is real or genuine.

Now, gee-whiz, it looks like I'm the only one with Scottish blood in me. I'm not one to hassle folk but where's all the Scottish ancestors?

We used to call Grandad "The Exorcist" because when he visited, he used to make all the spirits disappear.

[Guest]

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Hey Kanga

I'm a heinze 57 variety - Aussie, Pom, Scot, Frog, Paddy and who knows what else. Have some great Scotish cousins tho - pity they introduced me to the good ol single malt.
Grew up in Dubbo, now live in Dapto - so Im officially a dag! And yes, I am sitting here wearing my best uggies and trakie daks!

Jude

[Bambino]

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adopted

You know this is going to be a long on.. Because it's my last..

Well, I'm adopted. So don't know where to start..

Well My Family - Adoptive ( although never thought that way)

My Grandad ( grumpy grandad ) was from Liverpool, Anfield. UK. And all I remember of him was that we used to go round to nanna and grandads house on a saturday, whilst the 'boys' my dad was the youngest boy out of 9 children. Auntie Norma was the youngest girl... They lived in a 2 up 2 down house in the backstreets of L.Pool. My Dad slept under the stairs because he was the youngest. All I remember from Grumpy Grandad is that the TV was in the corner of the living room and he Pinched my brother who was about 7, to get away so that he could see the results of the Pools. on the telly at about 5 on a saturday. Everyone went on a saturday to nanna Murphy's, she used to make Scouse (not blind.. had plenty of meat in it ) But their house had a lean-to kitchen where she used to cook. I can still remember the stew bowls she served it in... and I remember her dancing and lifting her skirt so you could see her ankles, she was soooo proud of her ankles - she was in her 70's.. Then one week, we didn't go there anymore, and I saw MY DAD cry... I was 6. We went to see Grumpy Grandad, and he still had his cup of tea out of a teapot, just as Nanna did, but his hands were shaking so much , most of it went into the saucer... and he had scrambled egg down his tie... He died within the year because he couldn't live without his 'Lizzie'... I am named after my Nanna Murphy - but my Dad is the last son - so Why did no-one else think to do that?
Mum's side is not a jolly story either. When she was born her mother - Beatrice, contracted tuberculosis.. in those days 1940's there was no cure.. so my mum was brought up by her aunty and uncle, whom I called nanna and grandpa steins - ( German connection) . Beatrice died when mum was 7. Well... They were my best nanna and grandad. Nanna had a lovely powdery face that smelt of lovely perfumy things. Grandad had a baldy head with freckles on, and I can still remember what his finger nails looked like. I used to sit on his shoulders, and Nanna would say - 'put her down Bert ' Because he was in his 70's . And they used to come to our house evry fortnight on a thursday, and Grandad would always have to have Ryvita, then we would always have Stew - with beetroot.. and I pestered Grandad to push me on the swing, but had to wait until his dinner went down... We used to walk for miles, Grandad and me - on The Wirral Way - nearly to neston and just chat - bet he was dead bored. And Nanna would always bring Fruit Pastilles for me and brother - and get 50p from Grandad... But then my lovely nanna died... she was 72.. I was 8 .She used to play the piano , so mum bought me a piano, and I often think that maybe, despite everything else, she's proud that I did my grade 8 - can't do anymore after that unless you take a teaching the piano exam !"!! - still playin piano, violin and riding ponies until I was 16... We moved to a place with land for my pony, and Grandad slowly deteriorated without Nanna. I still remember his hands and his head 28 yrs later... I miss them so much. Isn't it mad that you go thru your clubbin phase for 8 yrs and don't give a damn... Now I DO... Well chaps.. Signing off now.. won't be returning again... this has just dug up sad memories of those I loved - and I am sposed to be a hard faced ...............
Thanks for all your help and support - you know who you are.whom have helped. xxxx
Liz ( or Joanne Leathers) , Murphy, O'Connor, George. I've had that many names - thru adoption and stuff - who the f***ck AM I ?

Oh never got onto the native american thread - that'll be on the mississippi - so - i'm told form birth mother - name Thomas P leathers captain of a steamboat in new orleans The Natchez ... native american - hhhmmm highly sceptical... But hey - could pass tho - dark brown eyes, Long dark straight hair, dark skin... certainly not from Germany.... I would have been shot through my temples .
Schwein Hund... - 5 ---- nil Take the Shame... -

That is bollocks compared to 26 MILLIION SOULS...who lost their lives to an Austrian who was a member of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei otherwise known as NAZI ... charasmatic....
oratory and PROPAGANDA ...
Sorry - was not in my generation, but cannot forget, lest forgive... Germany - I feel sorry that you have to take this shame on your shoulders... - he wasn't even one of your own .... Osterreich ( The 'O' should have an Umlaut over the 'O' ) What a beautiful country and yet spawned seuch EVIL. I WILL not forget this... My Nanna and grandad's surnane was Steins.. German Name - Not persecuted, not raped, not flogged, not gassed... They Lived because They were German and they were not Jewish. or dark haired.. ... Please quantify this.... No I don't think this is possible. It has been shocking re 9/11 and 7/7 in England - but I would like you to think of small chikdren that were taken for a 'showee' time and time sgain... My friend used to holiday 4 or 5 times a yr - about 5 yrs ago they went to Autswitch...They were lead on a tour as if it was Caernarvon Castle. They were shown where the 'prisoners' were kept, prior to their 'shower'... Adel saw bullet holes in a stone wall - hundreds of them - from people who tried to escape.. she came back so distraught... Mark my words... This hatred WILL NOT END until many generations have passed... It is too raw... Forgiveness? - I know it's not you - but you sold your country for 26,000,000 lives... They were your own... How could you.............

There's a sad sort of clanging
From the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too,
And up in the nurs'ry an absurd little bird
Is popping out to say "coocoo".

Regretfully they tell us,
But firmly they compel us
To say goodby to you.

So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehn, good night,
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight.
So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehn, adieu, Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu. ( A - With a grave - means 45degree angle towards the left over the 'A'. and Dieu means God - so means Heaven... - ADieu ......How many of those 26 mill got to Heaven? All, I wouldn't wonder ) how AWFUL must 'those resposible' feel now... probably no remorse... WEAK... United Kingdom- my forefathers gave you your little pockets of land back... aaaaahhhhhh.. Yet you stole from The Native Americans, - It was THEIR land... and Australia, you are only there because you STOLE... Runs in the family and then STOLE from the Aborigines... Wouldn't it be better to have something you have earned for yourself??? Our boys in Iraq and Beirut... well Blair is doin serious chocolate lickin... Bush cannot string a sentence together, and when interviewed... said - sorry I've got to go - my burger is waiting... You gorge yourself on food, whilst people in Ethiopea are drinking blood for sustinence. - I just laugh in complete and utter disbelief at your self-less-ness - do you give money to RSPCA - Animal shelter? Homeless, People basically who are a lot worse off than you... NO - I didn't think so.
Oh how bout those 20 yr old men who have families, newly weds with little babies - Sorry George DUBBLYER I don't think you can speak englishacised languistical speakin- carry on f**** ing them piggies me laddo...
Make your own mind up.
still not drinkin - and never will again... Serious soul searchin - Your work is done.



So long, farewell, Au revoir, auf wiedersehn,
I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne
So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehn, goodbye,
I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye,
Good bye

I'm glad to go,
I cannot tell a lie.
I flit, I float,
I fleetly flee, I fly.

The sun has gone to bed and so must I
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehn, goodbye,
Goodbye,
Goodbye,
Goodbye!

[TheKanga]

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Mad as a cut snake?

Just throwin' me hat in but is it just me or is there something a bit iffy about that last post?

I'm all for free speech but this is a sausage short of a bloody barbeque mate.

[tawnyfrog]

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No. Not just you.

Tawny

[Going Strong]

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Wow Weird!!! Its almost like we hear musicz!

[Guest]

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It's called bein pissed my little antipodeans... ever heard of it... ? And F***king P**sed off...

I thought you only chucked shrimps on barbies... sausages? hmmmm

[mollruss]

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Love reading these!!!!! I'm British (Engand) but my Dad always reckoned we were descendants from the Vikings (Nordics) because of our fair complexions and ties with the Isle of Man - not sure! Moll x

[TheChuckster]

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Where we're really from

The Chuckster here. Gotta throw my hat in the ring. Born and raised in a "Tavern" outside Milwaukee Wisconsin USA!!!! Beer town Guys and Girls. Also our fair state is home of the greatest football team in the World "Green Bay Packers". Family actually migrated from Germany in 1844. Great great grand dad lost his leg in a barn raising so opened a pub!! Imagine that! The farm land he sold off is worth $$$$$$ now. What can I say.

[madisonmay]

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Unregistered wrote: It's called bein pissed my little antipodeans... ever heard of it... ? And F***king P**sed off...

I thought you only chucked shrimps on barbies... sausages? hmmmm

Is this Bambino? Are you feeling OK? What's going on? Talk to us, see if we can help.
Mary:l

[YoungAtHeart]

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Doesn't Scotch/Irish Count?

Hey Kanga! (and all!)

I said I was of Scotch/Irish ancestry!! And French and half German! D'ya have to be a purebred to count in the Scotch department??? I thought you were a more fair minded sort than that!!! Hmmph!

Kathy

[sujul]

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Born in Ashford, Kent, England...my nana came from Llanfair..., Wales (and, YES, I can pronounce the entire name in Welsh!); grandfather played soccer for Sheffield and Crystal Palace... Other grandfather came from Devon and owned his own petrol station outside Ashford; my grandmother was a seamstress from Kent...and also helped out at the petrol station (they both wore white coats like doctors to pump gas back then--very classy!). Both my parents were born in Ashford.

My family moved to Guilford and then emigrated to Montreal, Canada from Liverpool--we actually came over on a boat, The Empress of Scotland!! We moved to Toronto, later to Windsor, Ontario; a few years later we emigrated again, this time to the US (suburbs of Detroit); I moved to New York City decades ago, where I still live most of the time. After 9/11 (I was in the subway underneath the World Trade Center when the planes hit), my partner and I bought a small cabin and 8 acres in Vermont as an "escape"--literally! We get up there as often as possible....
:h
susan

[Saint Jude]

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Well, I share the same maiden name as "Honest Abe's Moma, in fact my Dad's name is Abe. As is his Dad.(and my brother's middle name) So that might explain why I'm always in trouble for being honest! The old "Open mouth insert foot Syndrom".... Thank God I didn't inherit that nose!

Other than that, I know my Grandma left Texas in a covered wagon, to come to Oregon, in the early 1900's. Where she met my Grandpa, ... whose been here ..."since God was a boy"(they're no longer here, but, well a whole county of relatives are! ) In fact we have a big reunine planned for next week! Should be fun!

My other grandma is 98, and still living here! She grew up in Minnisota, her family was originally from England.... I need to visit!:h

[Mare]

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Another Paddy Here

Wow, all these people from PA! Is there something in the water here that makes us alkies? I'm in the Phila suburbs -- grew up in this area.

I am half Irish and half German on both sides -- lots of Irish ancestry among us here. Guess we got our reputation for for a reason, huh?

Mary

[TheKanga]

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Positions Vacant

Righty-o, if certain folk have finished going berko can The Kanga just say that if you want to have a rant OPEN YER OWN BLOODY THREAD don't taint the pally stuff with the fruit loop crap.

Kathy, yer Scottish percentage has been noted and taken into account.

Now, things are gettin' a bit hectic here. I've lost the plot with who's who. I just might have to hire meself a secretary......... any takers?


JOB VACANCY

A vacancy has arisen for a competent secretary/data collector. Must be articulate, numerate and like a bloody good laugh, be a flaming good cook and be a rip snorter of a sheila. Please send yer CV to The Kanga at this thread for his perusal and deliberation. The Kanga's decision will be final but really good bribes may be considered.