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  9. Seventeen inches

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    That was extremely inspiring, I have a feeling that there are changes afoot.  People in many countries are demanding changes from their churches, educators and politicians and perhaps slowly things will change for the better and for the benefit of our children and grandchildren and the future of the human race.   I hope so !

  15. Little town in Papua New Guinea

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    As some of you know, I spent a lot of years living in Papua New Guinea.  My daughter grew up there for the first 8 years of her life before we moved across the Pacific to Vanuatu (another Melanesian country), where she continued to grow up until she was about 20.   The link below takes you to a series of photos taken by someone who lived in the same town as us (we lived just outside town on a coffee plantation) and shows some of the secenery and every day life.   Today, several years later, not much has changed.  There is now a huge university in Goroka and a large teachers college, also a couple of large missions.  Goroka is in the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea and about 5,500 ft above sea level.  It's 4 degrees off the Equator and although a tropical island on the coast and lower lands, in the mountains we had snow on a couple of the mountains in winter.  A beautiful and scenic country with wonderful and colourful people 

    http://www.ski-epic.com/papua_new_guinea_1972/goroka/index.html 

  23. Lightbulb Moment

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    Paddy and Murphy are working on a building site.

    Paddy says to Murphy "I'm gonna have the day off.

    I'm gonna pretend I'm mad!"

    He climbs up the rafters, hangs upside down and shouts

    "I'M A LIGHT BULB! I'M A LIGHT BULB!"

    Murphy watches in amazement!

    The Foreman shouts "Paddy you're mad, go home"

    So he leaves the site.

    Murphy starts packing his kit up to leave as well.

    "Where the hell are you going?" asks the Foreman.

    "I can't work in the dark!" says Murphy.

  25. For ANZAC Day in Oz

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    Adding to this post as a friend of mine found a video last night and it's too good to let it slip by.  The song was written and performed by an Australian man Slim Dusty, who was a very popular country/Aussie singer here, he paved the way for a lot of artists to get their music heard and is highly respected as a "true blue" Aussie and genuinely good man.   His song (which I had not heard before) is about Kokoda where one of the fiercest battles in the Pacific Theatre of WW2 was fought on land against the Japanese.  Australians, New Zealand and American troops were there to try and drive the Japanese back and away from Port Moresby (the capital) and from there, Australia.  They were successful and these days the Kokoda Trail (or Track as some call it) is a popular walking track if you are fit enough and brave enough to give it a go.  In the lead up to ANZAC day, there are several groups who walk from Kokoda to Owers Corner where the Track ends on the Papuan side of the country, they cross mountains, rivers to get there, and arrive on the eve of ANZAC day.  They then attend the Dawn Service at the Bomana War Cemetery outside of Port Moresby which is the largest of it's kind in the Pacific.  Here is the video about Kokoda and the brave men who fought (and died) there.

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RydSdjW5zi4&feature=share&app=desktop

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