Here is a small extra post for those of you who mentioned the unusual last paragraph of my previous entry.
Warrnambool Standard 9 Aug 1917 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73936453
The post was about strange snake stories but the last paragraph of the article noted that the YMCA had lost £110,000 worth of huts and equipment in the last offensive. Interesting, but not snaky at all.
Some of you commented about that and wondered what on earth was going on with them.
Well, I can report that the YMCA were not fighting in a previously unknown Australian civil war, nor were they dressed up Village People-style and battling while dancing in formation.
It appears that they were supporting allied troops while they were on their way to battle, this article states that they served coffee to 72 train loads of troops (60,000 men) in 1917.
Noble, but a bit of a let down. I really wanted to see the dancing battle. 😉
But lovely as that is, what secret are you covering up? Are you going to tell us that all the huts the YMCA lost were pilfered under the greatcoats of the troops who were drinking coffee? Well, I suppose they wanted some home comforts while away.
BTW. I’m not making light of the war nor of the sacrifice made by so many of the Australian forces as they reached Suvla Bay and the Turkish enemy of that time. I mourn for the dead of all sides in these senseless wars.
I understand, I completely respect their sacrifice too.
I had never heard that the YMCA were supporting troops before. I expect that they lost their huts etc when they were doing their helping a little closer to the front than was safe. Imagine making 60,000 cups of coffee too, wow!
And that was just Andrea’s share !
Kind of like a reverse sleeping beauty then, I think. ‘And she was awake for a hundred years…’ 🙂
I am not egotistical enough to think you’re talking about me…. are you Metan, hmmm?
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I’m far too much a gentleman to mention a ladies age. As for Metan though……… after all, it was she who found the clip. And we know it’s your coffee quota for the week.
I’m told she never sleeps ! Actually, now you mention it, like you she seems to be awake blogging when I’m asleep? Drink a lot of coffee too do you?
I have young children! The only time I get in my own head starts at about 11.30pm when everyone else has gone to bed and the house is finally quiet! I do my best thinks when everyone has left me alone. Maybe I should start drinking coffee or become a vampire. The man of the house already calls me the nightstalker…
Butter menthols…..when I was 19 my idea of a diet was to eat nothing but butter menthols and apples during the day [and one of Mum’s big meals at night]. Worked too. Maybe I should try that again…
This comment has put itself in a very strange place! (For another person reading it you should look at my comment about being sick at the bottom first or we will sound a little strange! 🙂 )
Apples and butter-menthols? That would certainly be a taste sensation! ;P I am not sure if they do me any good, but being sick gives me an excuse to eat any amount of them all in the name of self-medication… I don’t expect that they will help me lose weight though, quite the reverse!
@ Metan. Go into wordpress dashboard/settings and, I think ‘discussions’ and change the depth of threads to 10. I think the default is 3. Otherwise comments kind of disappear or end up in the strangest places. lmao – the downside of getting a great conversation going!
And re the butter menthols – they’re balanced out by the apples…. mwahahahaha!
Crikey, I already had it set to 8. I think it is just trying to make us sound crazy!
I still have issues with Butter-Menthols AND apples…. I might just stick to B-M’s and cuppas for now 😉
Best thing for a cold – weak tea with lemon juice [lots] and honey [also lots]. Honey is also great for easing a sore throat at the start of a cold – much better than strepsils.
I have been sucking down the Manuka honey, yum 🙂 The only reason I eat the B-Ms is because I can keep them in my pocket at work! (and they taste yum too) I have no expectation that they will improve my health, just my mental well-being!
lol – then you’re looking after yourself very well 🙂
Hey! I did share a few sips with a friendly digger! And… hang on a minute! Are you implying I am now a gazillion years old? Take that back sirrah… or else….
Not a gazillion! But if you drink 60,000 cups of coffee every day you might last that long before the caffeine hit wears off 😉
I wonder if I could use it as embalming fluid?
-giggles- maybe they served coffee in costume?
Now that I would pay to see! While singing ‘Go west, where the coffees free, Go west, lots of open air…’ *stomps off waving arms in air* ….’go weeeest….
I’m starting to think The Village People left a lasting mark on you Metan.
Them and ABBA. Scarred for life.
Money, money, money, must be funny, in a rich man’s world 🙂 Katie won’t let me play the best of ABBA cd any more but I still love it and I’m not ashamed to say so!
Nooooooo!!!!!! *runs off, arms flailing madly*
You go, Katie! Perhaps a dreadful accident should befall the offending disc?
Re ABBA – you young things just don’t know what you’re missing. And hands off that CD everyone … or else!
My mum played ABBA over and over, I know all the words to all the songs..grrr.. Scarred I tell you, scarred.
Oh … then can you hear the drums Fernando…-runs-
Quick! Someone get Metan a coffee… I think she’s going through withdrawal 😦
Actually I have a bad head cold at the moment (computer virus from David?) so I may well be suffering from Butter-Menthol overdose. 🙂
Just a minute. I though I was the one paid to cast aspersions and slurs on your good names round here? If anyone gave you a virus it will be that terrible acflory with all her ABBA tracks.
Maybe it’s alpaca flu. *cough, hack, groan* 😉
No, no, no! You can’t blame my alpacas for this! I’m sure it’s Daud’s fault. Most things are you know 😉
Sssshhhhh! ABBA may give some people diarrhea but I’ve never heard of it leading to head colds :p
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Buried Words, can you tell what offensive the newspaper is reporting on?
I had a look and found mention of an offensive on the Isonzo front in an article for the same month. I can’t tell exactly which offensive they are referring to but after reading quite a few articles I would hazard a guess that they meant the spring offensive in Italy. Please tell me if I am wrong though!