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Thanks mate. I couldn’t resist cracking that little joke.😂

This recipe is used to clean copper utensils and ornaments, not clean dirty policemen!

Phone Boxes Of Yesteryear I remember using these phone boxes when I was a school kid. Local calls cost three pennies, and they had a return button to eject the coins if the call wasn’t connected. A joke going around at the time was, if you were in trouble and you needed a policeman, all you...

Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder ½ cup butter ½ cup sugar 1 cup grated coconut ½ cup raisins or currants 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract ¼ tsp almond extract Instructions Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Combine flour and baking powder in a container. Add cold butter and...

Portable Kerosene Lamps Who remembers using the portable kero lamp? When I started my working life as a jackaroo in the 50s, my working day would often start long before sunrise. I would have to milk the house cow each morning by the light of one of these lamps. I had finally mastered the...

Primus Kerosene Stoves Who remembers using the Primus stoves at home? And having to pump up the pressure every so often?

The City Slicker And The Amateur A city slicker was touring the outback when he stopped at a country hotel for a counter lunch. He asked one of the locals what the fellows around there did for entertainment. Local: “Well, I chew hammer heads. Claw hammers, sledge hammers, I chew ‘em up. I’ll...

Many thanks for your response to my post. I can relate to everything you said, but don’t worry, there might be light at the end of the tunnel. Whenever I shopped for bananas, I used to put them in the soft plastic bags in the fruit and veggie section, and by the time I got home, they already...

You won’t be disappointed, I assure you. You’ll be going back for seconds!

Instant Pot Beef Stew Ingredients: 1 kilo beef stew meat, cubed 4 tablespoons cornstarch, divided 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 2 teaspoons minced garlic 2 tablespoons tomato paste 4 cups beef stock 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce 3/4 kilo potatoes, cut into bite...

Don’t get caught with your pants down!

No Peeing In This Pool!

Good one 👍🏼 But how about this one: Question: What is a Wok? Answer: A Wok is what you thwow at a wabbit, if you haven't got a wiffle.

Signs, Signs, & More Signs !!

I can relate to everything you have written about. I can remember one morning my mate and I were walking to school, when a dunny truck came around a corner and one of the doors flew open. Several full cans fell on to the road. Phew! What a mess! As for the squares of newspaper hanging on the...

No Drink Driving!

Horse Drawn Milk Cart Gulgong Pioneers Museum N.S.W.

Image and recipe from Taste Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 onion, finely chopped 1leek, white part only, finely sliced 1 garlic clove, crushed 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 kilo peeled pumpkin, diced 1 large potato, peeled, diced 1...