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From: terryc on 27 Jul 2010 06:07
On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:54:17 +1000, Doug Jewell wrote:


> I guess taking it to it's logical extension, we'll have our army dressed
> in fluoro hi-vis soon - wouldn't want the enemy to accidentally shoot
> someone because they couldn't see them.

Well, you have to cut down friendly fire casualties somehow.

From: Rick on 27 Jul 2010 07:39
On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:35:39 +1000, Dingo <dingo(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:45:32 +1000, Felix_the_cat
><go_away(a)not_here.biz> wrote:
>
>>
>>Why is it that every man/woman and his/her dog these days seems to be
>>wearing a fluro vest?? They are becoming so commonplace authorities will
>>need to invent something else so that people will stand out from the
>>crowd. Maybe they could have vests with rows of flashing leds I guess.
>>But what if the batteries run flat? Well they could be solar powered
>>with rechargeable and backup batteries I suppose.
>
>Even bloody bus drivers.....!

Anna Bligh goes the whole hog and wears the goggles and hard hat as
well. I didn't know she works in the mines....I thought she was the
premier.
From: SG1 on 27 Jul 2010 07:45

"Rick" <rwinchester(a)tgp.com> wrote in message
news:k7ht461klng4ooev3kflrt3jbl5mbc868t(a)4ax.com...
> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:35:39 +1000, Dingo <dingo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:45:32 +1000, Felix_the_cat
>><go_away(a)not_here.biz> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Why is it that every man/woman and his/her dog these days seems to be
>>>wearing a fluro vest?? They are becoming so commonplace authorities will
>>>need to invent something else so that people will stand out from the
>>>crowd. Maybe they could have vests with rows of flashing leds I guess.
>>>But what if the batteries run flat? Well they could be solar powered
>>>with rechargeable and backup batteries I suppose.
>>
>>Even bloody bus drivers.....!
>
> Anna Bligh goes the whole hog and wears the goggles and hard hat as
> well. I didn't know she works in the mines....I thought she was the
> premier.

Guess you don't know Hard Hat Anna too well?????? Not seen running the state
of confusion but opening & announcing another disaster for the state
treasury.


From: Sandgroper on 27 Jul 2010 12:07

"Dr Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF"
<""Trollene.has.had.more.kook.outs.than.ive.had.hot.dinners\"@kangarooistan.com.au
.."> wrote in message news:4c4ea7e5$0$28649$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com...
> Sandgroper wrote:

>>
>> That's nothing , when I was 10 I had to get up at 4:00 Am , milk a dozen
>> cows , feed the chooks and pigs , trudge 10 miles through 5ft of snow to
>> get
>> to school and after school I would work for 6 hours humping bags of chaff
>> at
>> the local wheat store.
>
> That's a strange thing to be humping. Most farm boys like you would be
> humping the barnyard animals.
>

Speaking from experience I see , so what was your favourite humping animal ?

:P
--

Sandgroper
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It is the only place that has Pizza and Beer !


From: Peter on 30 Jul 2010 19:15

>
>
>> I guess taking it to it's logical extension, we'll have our army dressed
>> in fluoro hi-vis soon - wouldn't want the enemy to accidentally shoot
>> someone because they couldn't see them.
>
> Well, you have to cut down friendly fire casualties somehow.
>

http://news.tigerdirect.com/2008/01/28/air-force-develops-high-tech-way-to-
prevent-friendly-fire/

:-P
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