US seeks bases in Australia

"L'acrobat" wrote in message ...
By the way, Australia was nearly as useless during World War II.
The disgrace started on your home front. Their unwillingness to
help began to manifest itself in the form of Australian dockyard
workers, who rejected changes to union contracts to aid the war
effort. They also refused to work when it was raining. They
received double and triple-time pay on weekends, so many of the
laborers did not feel a need to show up during the rest of the
week. The spineless Australian government failed to intervene,
because they did not care if Allied troops were getting killed
in battle.

As of consequence, US troops were pressed into service to move
cargo and they usually did so more than twice as fast as the
Australian dock workers. Later, the Yanks tried to automate the
process by bringing in cranes and forklifts but the dock workers
reacted by staging strikes. They should have shot the lazy
Australian *******s on sight -- a formal firing squad was too
good for them.

With friends like Australia, we do not need enemies.



Should also mention that when the Australian Army sent the Centurion
tanks to Vietnam, the dock workers in Sydney pilfered the tools on
every vehicle.

Another stirring tribute from Australia to its fighting men. ; )

"Evan Brennan" wrote in message
m...
"L'acrobat" wrote in message
...
By the way, Australia was nearly as useless during World War II.
The disgrace started on your home front. Their unwillingness to
help began to manifest itself in the form of Australian dockyard
workers, who rejected changes to union contracts to aid the war
effort. They also refused to work when it was raining. They
received double and triple-time pay on weekends, so many of the
laborers did not feel a need to show up during the rest of the
week. The spineless Australian government failed to intervene,
because they did not care if Allied troops were getting killed
in battle.

As of consequence, US troops were pressed into service to move
cargo and they usually did so more than twice as fast as the
Australian dock workers. Later, the Yanks tried to automate the
process by bringing in cranes and forklifts but the dock workers
reacted by staging strikes. They should have shot the lazy
Australian *******s on sight -- a formal firing squad was too
good for them.

With friends like Australia, we do not need enemies.



Should also mention that when the Australian Army sent the Centurion
tanks to Vietnam, the dock workers in Sydney pilfered the tools on
every vehicle.

Another stirring tribute from Australia to its fighting men. ; )


Yawn, and a number of aircraft factories in the USA in WW2 were renowned for
their poor quality work due to the males working there being more interested
in shagging the females working there than doing the work.

Another stirring tribute from the USA to its fighting men. ; )

Which is worse, no toolkit on arrival or a badly built aircraft?

You really are dumb aren't you Evan.

"Evan Brennan" wrote in message
m...
" Should also mention that when the Australian Army sent the Centurion
tanks to Vietnam, the dock workers in Sydney pilfered the tools on
every vehicle.

Another stirring tribute from Australia to its fighting men. ; )

Mr Brennan. I have sat and watched your posts
The incident/s you speak of have no bearing on the subject.
Some facts.
1 If your talking about the day we loaded onto MV Jeparit later to become
HMAS Jeparit
the thieving wharfies have always stolen any thing that they could. I have
also observed
what you call I think Longshoreman knock off whole containers off a
Columbus
line ship. Containing stoves and fridges destined for relief in a decimated
country.
Thus I think if your trying to score points of troll you are barking up the
wrong tree.

Turning back to our cents' all the wharfies got were some sidchome spanners
long handled shovels and rods used to clean barrels.
What they got in return was a bloody good hiding behind number 13 shed at
Balmain
and even one member of the Jeparit's crew got himself blacklisted from
Australian ships
for next 15 years as he loaded against union orders. He made a good career
move
as ended up engineer on Norwegian Tankers and made heaps more money
but was "black" when in Oz a brave man with principals . Recall his Name
was Frank
Loveridge.

Mr brennan I doubt that you were even a serving member of anything
but sit fat dumb and stupid with a over burden prejudice getting flawed
data off the web and some books.Trying to intimate that your
possessed of experience and knowledge.It is obvious that
your either afraud or an embittered person.
either way get some help.

Bottom line your a loathsome spotted reptile who needs to get away from
the pc for a while .

This **** was over thirty years ago and many have moved on.
Having said that -where are you and happy to debate it with
Photos diaries and in depth knowledge with you any day?
Whatever the reasons for that sad war and ALL its casualties
you do your fellow countrymen no honour by such posts.

Move on cobber and say something constructive rather than
proving what a stroker you are.


Phil.