> Victoria is facing its worst bushfire crisis on record. This weekend
> temperatures will rise into the 40s .
> With no relief in sight until late Sunday evening property and people
> are in danger. Some occupants have evacuated others have decided to
> stay and try to save their property.
> Firefighters are being brough in from other States and the army is
> also involved.
> From where I sit I can smell the smoke and there is a thick haze
> overhead.
>
> jingles

> On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 18:57:08 GMT, Anne Jackson zetnet.co.uk>
> wrote:
>

>>The message from Mudge contains these words:
>>

>>> "POM" is a "really old" slangwidgism referring to Australian convicts
>>> as "Prisoners of Mother England" - but according to my long dead Uncle
>>> the "E" was dropped and Ozzies were referred to as POM

>>
>>What nonsense! 'Poms' are what the Ozzies call the English...but
>>they're usually referred to as 'whingeing poms'!!

>
> Sometimes that term is justified "In England we do it this way,
> or that way, or we don't do it at all" one frequently would like to
> suggest that if they are so unhappy they return to the land they are...

> This thread has gotten completely out-of-hand. Let's change the subject.
>
> Warren
>
> "Warren Davies" comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:CKWdnRnasJ0bhOvYnZ2dnUVZ_qqdnZ2d@comcast.com...

>> Hi All,
>>
>> At the suggestion of AnneJ I'm introducing myself. My name is Warren
>> Davies and my wife's name is Sally. We live in Petaluma, California
>> (about 40 miles north of San Francisco on the southern edge of the Sonoma
>> wine country). We're retired (me twice - didn't get it right the first
>> time I guess). We're in our mid 70's and have a daughter and a son and
>> one wonderful granddaughter. I've been on "alt.friends" for quite awhile
>> but it doesn't seem too relevant recently so I thought I'd try something
>> new (I'm really just following Barry around). We always enjoy reading
>> posts about Europe. Having visited England, Ireland, Scotland, France,
>> Italy, Austria, and a little bit of Germany (in and around Munich ...

>
> (I had an old friend who lived in Missoula and he said he was one of
> only
> twenty people living there.)

> Victoria is facing its worst bushfire crisis on record. This weekend
> temperatures will rise into the 40s . With no relief in sight until late
> Sunday evening property and people are in danger. Some occupants have
> evacuated others have decided to stay and try to save their property.
> Firefighters are being brough in from other States and the army is also
> involved. From where I sit I can smell the smoke and there is a thick haze
> overhead.

> pom