"just joe" > wrote in
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>>
>> Apr 25 is our Veterans Day.
>
> i was in western turkey in april of 1995, i didn't go to gallipoli but
> met many ozzies and kiwis. spent a few hot afternoons on the top of
> our hotel near ephusesus flying kites and drinking beers w/ a bunch of
> ozzies. they'd later go into town well lit, start fights, and claim
> they were south africans......................


LOL!!!!



>
> they were very welcomed and honored by the turks. the english? not so
> much......
>


I tried travelling thru' (northern) France back in '91-'92.
Was going to go from top to bottom and then into Spain.


It took me 6 days to travel 100k's........ I ended up giving up the idea
of doing the whole country and going back to the more sedate lifestyle
of a skydiver in the Netherlands!!

As soon as the people up there in the north found out I was an ex-
soldier........ especially an Aussie...... the reception was amazing. I
was carted from town to town and feted like a bloody pop star!!

That was where I had my fill of French wine :-)


I still like the rustic French food though.


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


"Thirty seven years ago, a Quarter Master, nearly knocked me over as he
thrust an L1A1 SLR into my hands and bellowed, "Keep that Rifle in Tip
Top Order so you can Kill your Countries Enemies with it before they
Kill You. These days, I do not have to visit exotic overseas countries
as my Countries Enemies are seen wallowing around our seats of
government, they guzzle and cavort at the Public trough so deeply they
make Caligula and Nero look like Church choir boys."


Mr Ron Owen, 2000, in a letter to then Premier Olsen.