Non Footy Chat Thread II

[parra pete]

A university student wrote a letter home to his parents. It read: “Dear mum and dad. I feel miserable because I have to keep writing for money. I feel ashamed and unhappy.
“I have to ask for another hundred, but every cell in my body rebels. I beg on bended knee that you forgive me.
Your son,
Pete.

P.S. I felt so terrible I ran after the mailman who picked this up in the box at the corner. I wanted to take this letter and burn it. I prayed to God that I could get it back. But I was too late.”

A few days later he received a letter from his father. It read: “Your prayers were answered. Your letter never came!”

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

Teaches Japanese as a subject. He's translated some of it to me but needs help with some of the other symbols. Hopefully I'll have some info for @I bleed blue & gold tomorrow.

Awesome. Tell your mate thanks a bunch!

 

[Soren Lorenson]

A university student wrote a letter home to his parents. It read: “Dear mum and dad. I feel miserable because I have to keep writing for money. I feel ashamed and unhappy.
“I have to ask for another hundred, but every cell in my body rebels. I beg on bended knee that you forgive me.
Your son,
Pete.

P.S. I felt so terrible I ran after the mailman who picked this up in the box at the corner. I wanted to take this letter and burn it. I prayed to God that I could get it back. But I was too late.”

A few days later he received a letter from his father. It read: “Your prayers were answered. Your letter never came!”

Lol. Nice one.

 

[Eelogical]

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Thanks, mate. Any help would be appreciated.

Like i said, he is an old digger who i'm just trying to help out, he's a lovely bloke.

I'm going to have a crack at this. The image engravings are very good. I'd say the owner had an artistic gift but most likely earned a living doing something else, enjoyed fishing as a leisure sport as well as having a deep fondness of island life. He is most likely to be of anglo heritage, well educated and not poor as not too many people of the region would own a lighter, little alone have the capacity to engrave it. The symbols are cryptic as they are a combination of english, pictures and at least another language.

 

[Gary Gutful]

I'm going to have a crack at this. The image engravings are very good. I'd say the owner had an artistic gift but most likely earned a living doing something else, enjoyed fishing as a leisure sport as well as having a deep fondness of island life. He is most likely to be of anglo heritage, well educated and not poor as not too many people of the region would own a lighter, little alone have the capacity to engrave it. The symbols are cryptic as they are a combination of english, pictures and at least another language.

Not even close, river boy!

 

[Eelogical]

Not even close, river boy!

Then I've got nothing.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

ffs

 

[Gary Gutful]

You merkins are f**ked again this year. Cannon fodder...again.

Love Catweasel The Great

Jean Capdouze is just a poor man's Puig Aubert.

 

[84 Baby]

Jean Capdouze is just a poor man's Puig Aubert.

The infamous Puig “if you guys aren’t going to tackle, neither am I” Aubert

 

[Gary Gutful]

Don't be dissing Puig. It takes rare skill to catch a bomb whilst sucking on a durrie.

 

[Bazal]

Jean Capdouze is just a poor man's Puig Aubert.

How f**ken shit is Catweasel

 

[Gronk]

Funny f**kers

 

[Gronk]

More from the Only In America files.


Meanwhile a black man in his own home ....

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

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Thanks, mate. Any help would be appreciated.

Like i said, he is an old digger who i'm just trying to help out, he's a lovely bloke.

Looks very much like this item at the link below, with some more work on it:

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage...stralia-Aluminium-from-Aeroplane/202655654209

Has your mate owned it since the War?

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

Looks very much like this item at the link below, with some more work on it:

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage...stralia-Aluminium-from-Aeroplane/202655654209

Has your mate owned it since the War?

Wow, it’s nearly the same.

He was based in PNG sometime after WW2, 50’s or 60’s not exactly sure, tracking down crashed planes. He said he and his mate found the Swamp Ghost, if you know what that is.

He acquired it sometime around then, not sure how or when. He did say he was told it was made out of parts from a crashed Japanese plane.

By the looks of it it may not be genuine trench art, with a fair few maybe being produced.

Thanks for that, I’ll show him.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Wow, it’s nearly the same.

He was based in PNG sometime after WW2, 50’s or 60’s not exactly sure, tracking down crashed planes. He said he and his mate found the Swamp Ghost, if you know what that is.

He acquired it sometime around then, not sure how or when. He did say he was told it was made out of parts from a crashed Japanese plane.

By the looks of it it may not be genuine trench art, with a fair few maybe being produced.

Thanks for that, I’ll show him.

It's possible that troops / pilots were issued with the piece with some of those marks on them, and then others were added in the field. Or.....it could be a tourist item made and sold post-war.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

He said he and his mate found the Swamp Ghost, if you know what that is.

Barry's smoked plenty of Swamp Ghost in his time.

 

[Gronk]

I bet Donald Trump will be the first to buy one of these.

 

[hindy111]

 

[hindy111]