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Interesting article in the Australian newspaper today. Concerns the name of Australia's tallest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, named after Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817). He led an uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia; he also fought in the American revolutionary war. Below...

Quite clearly Australia! 3rd on the medal table after US and China. However if based on population then Oz way on top. Think we also have the youngest gold medal winner at 14 for skateboarding. Any highlights for people. Hopefully Oz beating US in women's basketball and France beating the...

Andy Neilson has just started his Australian tour which takes him to Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne. First stop was Brisbane. On his first day Andy, myself and a few other collectors visited Mark's new specially built "shed", 9 x 9 metres, to see his collection. Waynepoo has already...

The Australian Rugby League is having its season opening games in Las Vegas. Not to be confused with Rugby Union. Friday evening US time. I believe it is on Fox. Teams are Manly Sea Eagles v Sydney Rabbitohs - or Hugh Jackman team v Russell Crowe team Brisbane Broncos v Sydney Roosters Has...

Andy has just left Brisbane and now in Sydney meeting dealer Sven and collectors. For those who have visited or dealt with the Sydney store over the years Peter Nathan is now technically retired. He came into my shop last year and we had a good chat. Had met him about 20 years before although we...

This is a video clip from the 2008 movie Mongol The Rise of Ghengis Khan Most may not be familiar with the movie but the clip involves the Mongol equivalent of a kamikaze attack and combined with the "throat" music a great scene. I got into trouble over it. Was educating grandkids with some...

Saw this today. Brad Pitt hired to retrieve a suitcase from a bullet train. Naturally things get complicated as hired assassins have other ideas. A good mixture of characters and one pair of assassins are particularly good fun. One of them relates to people by comparing them to Thomas the tank...

Top highest paid actors from Daily Mail. Tom Cruise - $100M + (Top Gun: Maverick) - now talking about Topgun 3. Will Smith - $35M (Emancipation) - delayed until 2023. About escaping slave and ACW period. Leonardo DiCaprio - $30M (Killers of the Flower Moon) Brad Pitt - $30M (Formula 1 Drama)...

Whilst working on the computer at home often have Youtube music on in the background. Normally things like Hans Zimmer and 2Cellos^&grin The better half and her Phillipina friends have recently been dancing to Jerusalema which I first heard about 6 months months ago. Originated from South...

Have recently started watching this from the start. A big fan of legal series and enjoyed this one when it came out. Great relationship between Denny Crane (William Shatner) and Alan Shore (James Spader) with them always ending up on the balcony at the end of the episode. Crane has "mad cow"...

This is a public service announcement. Do not waste your time. I only stuck with it to see how bad it was going to be. Detective Jake Gygenall has a upcoming trial for killing somebody and in the meantime has been put in the 911 call centre. He gets a disturbing call from a female in a...

Saw this today. Had not even heard of this battle but the last sentence made me laugh. Not so funny for De Monfort though who might have preferred the modern day punishment^&grin On This Day: ‘1265 – Second Barons’ War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of...

Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Ben Affleck and Jody Comer (Killing Eve killer). Been waiting for this for a while. Looks good. (41) The Last Duel | Official Trailer | 20th Century Studios - YouTube

In a surprise to nobody the 2032 Olympic games will be in Brisbane. Could not get a bookie to take bets on Brisbane not getting them as it was a one horse race:wink2:. Seems Tokyo, despite the Covid hurdles, has just started. Hopefully Covid doesnt ruin the event so that it is cancelled...

The Capture is a British legal / crime series set in London. Capture relates to the footage captured from security or surveillance cameras. Story line involves criminal case of a British Special Forces soldier charged with shooting an unarmed Taliban. He is also accused of kidnapping and...

Sad to hear of his passing. Did not quite make it to 100. A great loss to the Queen, their family and the U.K.

First time to Cinema for probably 6 months. Saw Nobody. If you like John Wick or The Equalizer type movies you will like this one. What’s not to like when characters have such lines as “You brought a lot of shotguns” to which the response was “You brought a lot of Russians”. Quiet family man...

John Le Carre dead at age 89 The world’s legendary spy author John Le Carre, famous for his books including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, has died at age 89. Stephen Drill European Correspondent – Courier-Mail John le Carré, author of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, has passed away from pneumonia. The...

Andy mentioned this to me months ago as did my Dad. Only just come up on Netflix. My Dad (Intelligence Corps) served in Aden shortly before 1965. I clearly remember being on the beach 22 Nov 1963 as news of the death of JFK came over the radio. Wiki says hostilities started in Dec 1963 but I...

Came across this interesting VC winner. I was not aware Brits were involved in FP War. Surgeon GeneralWilliam George Nicholas Manley, VC, CB (17 December 1831 – 16 November 1901) was a British Army officer, surgeon and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the...