Night Shift

..didn't realise they had 'blackout' in aust back then, dunno, mum was at school during war, they had to dig trenches, well, a one-off thing. I turned 7 in 1969, was buying pasties for 12c lol cigs were same price, went for a joy flight around then for 20c lol mum got in so o much trouble spending $5 on a train set for birthday that I probably 'guilted' her into, that may have been 1970 lol @Decadian

ahh, yes, that;s possible @Faith-and-Hope notso much the self employed thing atm re finances set up costs tho was thinking crane driving course, would be a string to bow, and nowhere near as physical as 'bashing steel' for a living ..somewhere along line should use stupid uni degree, its sorta survival vs long term goals, guess

..yep !! @Former-Memberwhen asked what I do, I say I work 'as', not 'I am a', ie "it's not me'.. I used it for what it was worth, time to try summin else yes

..that was a friendly dig in ribs re sweat rag @Former-Member lol

yeah well having to think up new long term goals, there is a way around it anyway, was telling self 2yrs ago that was it for what am doing for work now, yes will get there @Former-Member thanks

okay i'll duck out to servo to get you some bickies, should be back by time you get here @Former-Member lol

It was a "brown out" I think @TAB

And there was an air-raid shelter or trench well away from the school building in the school grounds - which was next door to our house - my father told me about it

One thing I clearly remember though was that the school kids all practised close-order drill - and I remember sitting on the fence watching this before I started school - I wanted to march myself but by the time I started school in 1948 they had stopped doing it - Darn!!

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