How come so many Americans are posting on the Aussie ebay boards now?

[daydream**believer]

Have your ebay chat boards been shut down?

Are your ebay boards boring?

Genuine question. Not having a go at anyone. Just wondering why its happening all of a sudden

[lionrose.7]

Hahaha I actually dont watch sport, but as my Mother was Kiwi born from Pommie/Irish Parents and my Father was Aussie born from Scottish parents I win all the time.

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

The little luxuries were welcome during the war.
Food was rationed.

Do tell...........I heard all about it from my 'Strine uncles and aunts........and remember, food was rationed in the US also.

My mom used to talk about staying up late at night and listening the the pilots talking during the Battle of Britain.......

[cmcoins2000]

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@aps1080 wrote:
Lion

What you mean is the Kiwis always remind the aussies re the all black record !

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Was that :

Australia Sux.

New Zealand 7.

[watta*drama*queen]

The parent brewery- Castlemaine Perkins - originated in Victoria but XXXX only came into being once they bought a failed distillery in Queensland and started brewing XXXX Sparkling Ale there.

[aps1080]

The US didnt suffer that much rationing.

England had rationing until i think 1953 on some things.

If you look up Wikipedia and rationing,, it lists what mily had during a month.

I have more butter in a week than. Family had in a month.
Likewise bacon

Hard times during the war.

[lionrose.7]

We always like to mention the under arm bowling as well 🙂

[lloydslights]

I believe the Depression was harder still.  Especially for non-rural types re: food.

DEB

[aps1080]

Depends on where you were.

My mums family were in croydon so apart from rationing, they were bombed every night
In the first half of the war.

My grandmother also got shot up by a bombers machin gunner.

[cmcoins2000]

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@aps1080 wrote:
Depends on where you were.

My mums family were in croydon so apart from rationing, they were bombed every night
In the first half of the war.

My grandmother also got shot up by a bombers machin gunner.

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I suppose rationing was a big part of my father's life for 4 years.

When the allies went to evacuate Crete there were not enough ships.

He went back to be 'a guest of the german government' for 4 long hard years.]

POW.

He was 6'4" and on arrival home & into the future never made 140 LBS = 10 Stone.

[softail-joanie]

Another question to the Amercian posters - are you offended by the term Yanks ?

Don't offend me, but I don't see it as a relivant term in the here and now. Enough time has passed since that term was commonly used that many southerners have since moved north and northerners moved south, also the deviding line has blured.

Seems somewhat comparable to easterners going west and being called tenderfoots.