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On 8/15/2024 at 9:02 PM, John Kloehr said:

I'd happily root for my team, but in private by your definition. Well, to be honest, don't care which team, any team, or no team.

 

"Thunder Box" could catch on here, I'll start using the term.

I've heard the term "Thunder Mug" applied both to the Porcelain Throne and to a chamberpot ...
... never heard Thunder Box ...
... but as a native Appalachian who has used said structure many a time, I'll be seeing family this weekend and will very definitely pass that one along!

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49 minutes ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said:

I've heard the term "Thunder Mug" applied both to the Porcelain Throne and to a chamberpot ...
... never heard Thunder Box ...
... but as a native Appalachian who has used said structure many a time, I'll be seeing family this weekend and will very definitely pass that one along!

 

 

A Brief History of the Thunderbox Toilet -

 

https://www.upside-down.com.au/blog/a-brief-history-of-the-thunderbox-toilet/

 

And an enterprising Aussie -

 

https://thunderboxusa.com/

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Years ago, my late wife found an inflatable camping toilet.  It came with a battery operated pump and could be inflated in about 30 seconds.  Drop in a plastic bag and you had a toilet that could easily be carried in the truck.  Driving out west where stops were few and far between it came in handy a couple of times. 

 

Thinking about it now I have no idea what happened to it.

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1 minute ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:

 

 

no, no, no

no, no, no

no, no,&no  🙃

... in that order, I take it ...

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3 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said:

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Besides the Aussies, did anybody recognize these people?

 

Top left is a guy that basically does a "boy I'm a stupid Aussie" TV show. I've seen clips, but I don't remember his name. And top right was the Crocodile Hunter. Jeff somebody or other. Got killed by a stingray, I believe.

 

Those other seven people - no clue.

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Australian Aborigines in Chains at Wyndham prison, 1902
This picture is taken in the early 1900s at the Wyndham prison. Wyndham is the oldest and northernmost town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
It was established in 1886 as a result of a gold rush at Halls Creek. However, the circumstances and the story behind this picture remain unknown.
The Aboriginals could have been arrested under the various local laws passed that forbid them from entering or being within a certain distance of named towns.
They could also have been arrested for drinking or owning firearms which were illegal for them at various times.
It’s also possible that they have been rounded up to be moved to reserve areas which were being created at the time and that these individuals did not want to move. It could even be a staged picture for tourists/publicity reasons.
In 19th century Australia, each prisoner carried an iron chain around his neck (weighing approximately 5 pounds – 2.3 kg) in the open where temperatures usually ranged between 35 and 45 degrees Celsius.
It was secured by a padlock and individual prisoners were then chained to another man.
Chains of prisoners had as many as nine or ten men attached to each other. Later a new method of chaining Aboriginal prisoners was decided upon.
They were to be chained from the ankles, the chain was to pass inside the leg of the prisoners’ trousers and supported by a heavy belt around the waist.
Prisoners could then be chained in pairs and “allowed” to work outside the prison walls. There were iron rings bolted to the walls of some jail cells where prisoners were believed to be chained for prison discipline.
While the Indigenous people of Australia were subject to forced labor and experienced slavery-like conditions, there was no slave trading.
By the time the British effectively subdued the indigenous Australian population slave trading was already illegal in the British Empire.
Moreover, there was no need. While there was a manpower shortage in the early colonial settlements, the colonial government responded by making convict labor available to private individuals.458695662_10232667823583292_6724168863698783587_n.thumb.jpg.b87d686069f9a4f4fbbb72e02c4a5f72.jpg
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Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em,
And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.
And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on;
While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so on.

 

Actually had a large fish, maybe trophy, treated similarly off Bermuda decades back.

5 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said:

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Wow! Electric fence required!

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57 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said:

Just goin' down the road for a bit -

 

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This is a hiking trail.

 

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That's not 2.108 miles, that's two thousand one hundred and eight.

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36 minutes ago, Alpo said:

This is a hiking trail.

 

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That's not 2.108 miles, that's two thousand one hundred and eight.

 

Australia has many long trails, the longest being the Bicentennial National Trail (BNT) which was formerly referred as the National Horse Trail, and it is one the world’s longest non-motorised, multi-use, and self-reliant trails covering a distance of 3312 miles long.

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43 minutes ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said:

STRANGE use of the English language 

 

  CB :huh:

 

"I got a tradie mate comin' 'round this arvo for a cuppa who's just fillin' up at the servo on his way here, he's chucked a sickie from his work cause he got bit on the bum by a bloody mozzie, dead set he's always been a bit of a fair dinkum bludger".

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17 minutes ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said:

I be wonderin' if ALOPs pizza place has been sendin' mushrooms down there 

 

  CB :unsure:

I be wondering if Chickasaw Bill ever learned how to spell

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On 9/10/2024 at 9:04 PM, Buckshot Bear said:

Just goin' down the road for a bit -

 

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... I read "Innamincka" as "Winnemucca" ... sorry about that ...

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