It's not an Australian trate, take John Lenon, he dumpted his wife for Yoko NoNo(must have been stoned), so we can't pidgeon-hole them. I served alongside both Australian and New Zealand forces (ANZUK) in the seventies and had many good. friends, both married and single. Sure it was bad for PH to have left his wife of 30 years, but there is probably more to the story than told. Just a few thoughts. James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Gittings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 12:29 PM Subject: RE: Australians
> Actually I admire and respect them also. I personally think Paul was a > stinker for that but I happen to like Steve Irwin. Anybody the English look > down on is my type of people. Met several of them during Nam. Only problem > was I wasn't a big drinker and they were. > Kent Gittings > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christian Skofteland > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 2:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Australians > > > They hate Paul Hogan because he dumped his wife of 30-odd years for Linda > Kazowlski (his co-star in Crocodile Dundee). > > I will not respond to the rest Kent because I admire and respect Australians > and I won't get into a flame war about it. > > If you want to learn about the TRUE Australian psyche read "In a Sunburned > Country" The book has good insight about how Aussies view themselves and > their relationship to England and the world. > > Christian Skofteland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kent Gittings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 1:05 PM > Subject: RE: Pentax Ads > > > > Aussies are notorious for hating any of their countrymen who actually make > a > > living at what they like doing. Especially if that fame is outside > > Australia. And their wives aren't Aussie either (Paul's first was). > > Check the history and you will find that the reason the British used the > > Aussie troops in WWI at Gallipoli and in WWII in North Africa mainly is > that > > they were so hard to control and lacked military discipline that they > wanted > > to use them as far from the UK and their own units as possible. > > Kent Gittings > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > www.mimesweeper.com > ********************************************************************** > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
