Do Australians still like to drink beer?

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I didn’t know Australians were into that kind of superstition. I thought the Christian crazies were all clustered in the American South. Maybe you should move to the Middle East and find out what that kind of civilization religious superstition will get you. Boo. — http://home.teleport.com/~larryc

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Crikey! Australia needs its own Lorena Bobbitt methinks. Matt 5:28: "Whoever looks at a woman to lust after has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your eye causes you to offend, pluck it out and throw it away." I didn’t know Australians were into that kind of superstition. I thought the Christian crazies were all clustered in the American South. Maybe you should move to the Middle East and find out what that kind of civilization religious superstition will get you.

And until Dario’s very strange post turned up looking like it comes from Oz, I would also have said that Australians weren’t into that sort of fundamentalist viewpoint either. We have had a very evident tilt to the right in our government and in our carefully nurtured "public opinion" over the past 10 years. With an election later in the year we might find out whether those forces of anti-enlightenment and supression have come to stay. I certainly hope not.

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For sure! Every single australian likes to drink beer if you don’t think like this go to Walkabout-Edinburgh and you will see it!!

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Maybe they don’t drink beer like long time ago. Nowadays they prefer as well vodka and whisky! Trust me I have been living in a hostel for a while and I know perfectly!

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Maybe they don’t drink beer like long time ago. Nowadays they prefer as well vodka and whisky! Trust me I have been living in a hostel for a while and I know perfectly!

You do? I haven’t seen that bloke for years! Next time you’re talking to Perfectly, can you tell him he still owes me $20?

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It’s pretty important stuff – the future of earth depends on it. Apparently German kids aren’t drinking enough leading the elders to panic about the state and health of their industry.

If they want more kids to drink, all they have to do is set a minimum drinking age. Ray

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Aaaah! A sign of a man with great taste My definition of summertime fun was one hand on a Sheila and the other on a beer. However, I will sadly respect your maidenly decorum. Let me respectfully buy you a beer, or two, or three. ;

A very kind offer Larry and since I don’t drink very much at all you will be in for a very frugal ’shout’ for you. I’ll have a Cascade Premium Light (the only beer that I copnsider is worth drinking – the rest are only fit for washing ones feet as far as I’m concerned) But "Sheila"! Stone the bloody crows Larry, it’s been eons since I’ve heard a bloke say that – now it’s all "guys and chicks"! What part was shocking and amazing? The fact that 2 countries in the "new world" could have had a rebellion involving booze It’s a small world, Fran. For decades now, wheat prices in Oregon have depended on rains in Australia.

Now that I don’t understand. I presume that with all that rain there is no wheat grown in Oregon, or if ther is it is soft wheat which isn’t a lot of use. Export or sell locally perhaps? If we get lousy rains and therefore a poor harvest, the US can get better prices if it sells its wheat overseas, therefore higher prices for wheat in Oregon perhaps??????? We too had a rebeliiion involving booze but ours was called the "Rum Rebellion". One of our Governors of the Colocny of NSW tried to stop the trading of Rum for goods. The Governor was good old Captain Bligh (aka Mel Gibson for those who only understand their history from watching

movies). Aha! I understand why Bligh had such an evil reputation. Now that you have filled me in, I don’t like the man much myself.

) Actually I don’t think he was too bad as far as Governorship was concerned – his officers (who rebelled) were very self interested. Perhaps the best thing about him tho’ was that he was replaced with a Governor who had great vision and who saw the fledgling Colony as having a good future. That Governor left us some wonderful buildings (but he was replaced by the knuckleheads in the UK who thought he was spending too much on building!).

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Did I mention that I’m well into the codger zone?

I suspect that most of us here ahve reached the codger zone. I know I’m just as happy to have a quiet meal at home as go out gallivanting. :-)) I still remember how to show a lady a good time, though. Fortunately, my wife is a tolerant sort, who views my philanderous ways with good humor. Ah, who am I kidding? She knows I’m harmless.

I wouldn’t test that theory too often Larry or you could end up wifeless and assetless.

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Crikey! Australia needs its own Lorena Bobbitt methinks. Matt 5:28: "Whoever looks at a woman to lust after has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your eye causes you to offend, pluck it out and throw it away." — Regards, Dario Western "Don’t deceive yourselves – nobody makes a fool of God. As you sow, you will reap." Galatians 6:7 (Before e-mailing remove ‘nospam’) "The heart of man is deceitful and beyond cure. Who can understand it?"

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – But "Sheila"! Stone the bloody crows Larry, it’s been eons since I’ve heard a bloke say that – now it’s all "guys and chicks"! Did I mention that I’m well into the codger zone? I still remember how to show a lady a good time, though. Fortunately, my wife is a tolerant sort, who views my philanderous ways with good humor. Ah, who am I kidding? She knows I’m harmless. — http://home.teleport.com/~larryc

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But "Sheila"! Stone the bloody crows Larry, it’s been eons since I’ve heard a bloke say that – now it’s all "guys and chicks"!

Did I mention that I’m well into the codger zone? I still remember how to show a lady a good time, though. Fortunately, my wife is a tolerant sort, who views my philanderous ways with good humor. Ah, who am I kidding? She knows I’m harmless. — http://home.teleport.com/~larryc

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It’s pretty important stuff – the future of earth depends on it.

Apparently German kids aren’t drinking enough leading the elders to panic about the state and health of their industry. — monoburn http://www.thewaxconspiracy.com/ – mystic amusement

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hey, Australian wines are big in the supermarkets here on the West Coast. Shiraz is becoming a popular dinner wine grape, and a lot of it seems to be grown around Alice Springs. I wonder what kind of whisky they brew in Australia? I have never seen any of it here in the states, but I have never heard of an Anglo colony that didn’t immediately develop a brewing industry. The first crisis of the new republic in America was the Whiskey Rebellion, when the feds first decided to tax white lightning. Well bugger me! (And no that isn’t an ivitation to any sort of sexual practice. It is a very Australian expression that isn’t even considered swearing and which denotes a reaction of shock or amazement in response to something said or done and you’ve done it again Larry).

Sigh. When I was a young buck, I always preferred Australian girls. My definition of summertime fun was one hand on a Sheila and the other on a beer. However, I will sadly respect your maidenly decorum. Let me respectfully buy you a beer, or two, or three. ; What part was shocking and amazing? It’s a small world, Fran. For decades now, wheat prices in Oregon have depended on rains in Australia. We too had a rebeliiion involving booze but ours was called the "Rum Rebellion". One of our Governors of the Colocny of NSW tried to stop the trading of Rum for goods. The Governor was good old Captain Bligh (aka Mel Gibson for those who only understand their history from watching movies).

Aha! I understand why Bligh had such an evil reputation. Now that you have filled me in, I don’t like the man much myself. — http://home.teleport.com/~larryc

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Hey, Australian wines are big in the supermarkets here on the West Coast. Shiraz is becoming a popular dinner wine grape, and a lot of it seems to be grown around Alice Springs. I wonder what kind of whisky they brew in Australia? I have never seen any of it here in the states, but I have never heard of an Anglo colony that didn’t immediately develop a brewing industry. The first crisis of the new republic in America was the Whiskey Rebellion, when the feds first decided to tax white lightning.

Well bugger me! (And no that isn’t an ivitation to any sort of sexual practice. It is a very Australian expression that isn’t even considered swearing and which denotes a reaction of shock or amazement in response to something said or done and you’ve done it again Larry). We too had a rebeliiion involving booze but ours was called the "Rum Rebellion". One of our Governors of the Colocny of NSW tried to stop the trading of Rum for goods. The Governor was good old Captain Bligh (aka Mel Gibson for those who only understand their history from watching movies).

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It’s pretty important stuff – the future of earth depends on it.

Yes, but not as much as they once did. As another person said it is a thirsty place, while we have hot summers no other beverage is likely to replace beer. On the per capita consumption of alcohol Oz ranks about 10th, not far above USA, Canada and New Zealand but well below some European countries. I cannot quickly find the beer consumption. David

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It’s pretty important stuff – the future of earth depends on it.

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It’s pretty important stuff – the future of earth depends on it.

Why are you worried the country will be turned into a nation of wine lovers instead?

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(John Leister) says… It’s pretty important stuff – the future of earth depends on it. Why are you worried the country will be turned into a nation of wine lovers instead?

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