Two bottles? What is this, Nazi Germany? :O- even if was only two bottles per man per day perhaps.![]()
I've heard a rumor that in Australia 200 American troops died from badly made moonshine. The incident was censored during the war. However I can't find any information about this incident, does anyone know anything about this?
Two bottles? What is this, Nazi Germany? :O
I've heard a rumor that in Australia 200 American troops died from badly made moonshine. The incident was censored during the war. However I can't find any information about this incident, does anyone know anything about this?
well technically a lot of fighting occured on Australian soil so a lot more than just 200 died in Australia. The whole Guadalcanal, New Britain and New Guinea campaigns for example counted over 50,000 dead.
But of course thats got nothing to do with what you are talking about. Just gloating about my extended knowledge.
And the Solomon Islands (see Guadalcanal) were administered by the poms... not by Australia...Those place aren't part of Australia. Papau New Guinea was administered by Australia for some time, but it wasn't part of Australia.
Those place aren't part of Australia. Papau New Guinea was administered by Australia for some time, but it wasn't part of Australia.
I've heard a rumor that in Australia 200 American troops died from badly made moonshine. The incident was censored during the war. However I can't find any information about this incident, does anyone know anything about this?
Only 200? That's a slow weekend in the backwoods of Kentucky...
Also, be sure to make sure your car is in top condition, you don't want to break down out there, especially on one of the less travelled roads. Also, be cautious around dingoes, kangaroos, emus, etc.A family friend who'd emigrated to Oz sent us a fun leaflet listing some precautions necessary for ex-pat Poms to survive their first years in-country...
Here, we have grass-snakes, which can give you a bad fright, and Adders whose venom is about as dangerous as a couple of wasp stings, panic and allergies aside. There, *everything* snaky must be assumed psychotically aggressive, highly venomous and probably lethal until proven otherwise.
Here, spiders are cat-toys unless they're, big, hairy and have climbed out of a bunch of bananas. There, *everything* spidey must be assumed psychotically aggressive and seriously venomous. Even the small ones, per song, 'There was a red back on the toilet seat when I went there last night...'
Here, frogs and toads are *cute*. There, cane-toads are a seriously toxic pest...
Here, we don't have crocs and/or 'salties'. There, they do. Due care, please ??
Here, barring truly exceptional Summers, we don't have sting-rays, box-jellyfish, cone snails, sea-snakes or man-eater sharks...
D'uh, remember Steve Irwin ??
ps: Road-trains have 'Right of Way'.
And humans.Also, be sure to make sure your car is in top condition, you don't want to break down out there, especially on one of the less travelled roads. Also, be cautious around dingoes, kangaroos, emus, etc.