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talk about devine intervention

opmania — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 01:07:39 GMT

When I was around 20 I lived in Alice Springs in a youth hostel for a time

a group of us decided to go to the Harts Range Races which was quite a distance away

There were 7 of us 2 girls and 5 guys 1 on a motorbike and the rest in a ute {stupid things you do when your young }

anyway travelling down a dirt track for about 60 k in the middle of nowhere we get a flat tyre {no spare of course}

so the guy on the bike has to take the tyre all the way back to Alice and get it fixed

we waited hours and hours for this guy to come back must have been 5 or 6 maybe more

ran out of cigarettes, water, food I remember the last thing we had to eat was a lettuce and we were all chomping on lettuce in the middle of nowhere like a bunch of rabbits

as you can imagine we were getting pretty fed up with the guys by now so jeanette {the other girl} and I decided to go for a walk to get away from the guys for a while

we both smoked Alpine at the time and were hanging out for a cigarette

We had walked about 100 mitres down this track and jeanette said

"Oh my God what I wouldn't do for a packet of cigarettes

and on the side of the road ahead of us was a full packet of Alpine still with the plastic wrapper on

freaky eh end of story the guy came back , we all went to the races and had a great weekend

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polksaladallie — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 01:11:11 GMT

Miranda?

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cherry*135 — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 01:13:58 GMT

I would rather have found some food, if there was going to be any divine intervention going on. 🙂

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opmania — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 01:16:58 GMT

no I have a daughter called Miranda but she wasn't even thought of way back then

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icyfroth — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 01:21:50 GMT

I used to smoke Alpines too. Gave up 24 years ago.

That was cold turkey though, no divine intervention.

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opmania — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 01:25:34 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
I used to smoke Alpines too. Gave up 24 years ago.

That was cold turkey though, no divine intervention.

I think if I had a twin and we were seperated at birth it might be you lol

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icyfroth — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 01:31:42 GMT

@opmania wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
I used to smoke Alpines too. Gave up 24 years ago.

That was cold turkey though, no divine intervention.
I think if I had a twin and we were seperated at birth it might be you lol

Maybe you're another alter ID of mine that I don't know about?

The sisterhood would know.

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opmania — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 01:45:16 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
@opmania wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
I used to smoke Alpines too. Gave up 24 years ago.

That was cold turkey though, no divine intervention.
I think if I had a twin and we were seperated at birth it might be you lol
Maybe you're another alter ID of mine that I don't know about?

The sisterhood would know.

no I'm not, sorry shouldn't have said that was a bit stupid / disregard that last post

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Anonymous — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 01:46:17 GMT

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rabbitearbandicoot — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 02:31:02 GMT

divine intervention - I bought a Koran (Quran) on CD - tried to load it - won't load after several attempts! Now, that's divine intervention.

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gleee58 — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 02:47:57 GMT

@polksaladallie wrote:
Miranda?

or Tilly.

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serendipityricho — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 02:51:41 GMT

A while back a group of blokes went to the Pinnacles in the hills near here.

We parked up and walked up a track to the fire watch lookout.

It had snowed slighty overnight and the sun was out.

On the way back down-this old bloke had a sweat up.

Noticed what i thought was an empty can of VB-gave it a kick-

--and it was a chilled unopened one--went down well...............................Richo....

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j*oono — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 03:01:42 GMT

Talk about devine intervention. I bought a new tube of toothpaste this week (made in Australia) and decided to check the tube out today.

It's all natural, vegan, not tested on animals, has the Kosher stamp and Australian made and owned and has the AFIC Halal authority stamp on it.

That covers all the bases.

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bright.ton42 — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 04:07:47 GMT

I think God has better things to do.

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softail-joanie — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 04:11:31 GMT

i don't understand

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idlewhile — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 05:21:49 GMT

Karma, it can be a great thing

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idlewhile — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 05:33:15 GMT

I was at my old aboriginal aunty's funeral. It was a hot sultry overcast afternoon and we had all gone through the washing and the ochre smearing and all got a new piece of coloured fabric to wear.

At the beginning of the filling in of the grave a huge flock of Sulphur Crested Cockatoos landed in a nearby tree and instead of all the squawking and bickering they were totally silent, sitting and watching.

The wind dropped and it got darker, thunder rolled, the wet season was upon us.

It was a spiritual happening, beautiful and eerie and when they left, after the grave was filled, I like to think that they flew away with my old Aunty's spirit.

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icyfroth — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 05:59:12 GMT

@idlewhile wrote:
I was at my old aboriginal aunty's funeral. It was a hot sultry overcast afternoon and we had all gone through the washing and the ochre smearing and all got a new piece of coloured fabric to wear.

At the beginning of the filling in of the grave a huge flock of Sulphur Crested Cockatoos landed in a nearby tree and instead of all the squawking and bickering they were totally silent, sitting and watching.

The wind dropped and it got darker, thunder rolled, the wet season was upon us.

It was a spiritual happening, beautiful and eerie and when they left, after the grave was filled, I like to think that they flew away with my old Aunty's spirit.

That was beautiful, Idle, and the way you wrote it, I could picture it like I was there. Gave me goosebumps a bit.

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bright.ton42 — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 06:31:38 GMT

Yes, beautifully written. Goosebumps here too.

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idlewhile — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 07:58:13 GMT

I was at Lightning Dreaming once, I was taken there by a traditional owner. I climbed up this pass in the rock and happened upon a cliff face completely covered by butterflies fluttering in the coolness.

The ground was strewn with large pieces of rose quartz, I asked the elder if I could have a piece, knowing that it was not the done thing.

He looked around and picked up this beautiful round ball (larger than a cricket ball ) of quartz and said I could take it with me. I lost it in my travels and I miss it, I will never go to that beautiful place again.