IN THE LEAD UP TO AUSTRALIA DAY

IN THE LEAD UP TO AUSTRALIA DAY, ENJOY BEING AN AUSSIE! Just imagine... If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Qantas one year ago, you would have $49.00 today! If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG one year ago, you would have $33.00 today. If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman Brothers one year ago, you would have $0.00 today. But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one... year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the aluminum cans for recycling, you would have received a return on investment of $214.00. Based on the above, the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle. A recent study found that the average Aussie walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that Aussies drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year. That means that, on average, Aussies get about 41 miles to the gallon! Makes me damned proud to be an Aussie !!

Brilliant Damien,, but what is this about Australia day????? Did her majesty give permission for this day to exist??

Oh yes, barry.....26th January, every year......only one other day ( well two really if you count ANZAC day) and that is Melbourne Cup day that are celebrated as much...a time to get the barby out, the eski filled with ice ( or even the bath if you have a few mates around) and get the tinnies flowing, and the snags and prawns roastin'

Yeah the day we celebrate the invasion of Australia by the Brits and emptied the prisons and dumped them on the black fellas (aboriginals) land and called it they're own.