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Ένα αντίγραφο από τους αυστραλούς συνκαπνιστές/τρέχοντας από την φωτιά ένας πείρε τα παιδιά του, λίγα κουτάκια καπνού , μερικές πίπες και το βιολί που αναπαλαίωνε /για τις τεράστιες φωτιές που καταστρέψανε την Αυστραλία και συνεχίζουνε .

G'day Peter,

I've been thinking of you and I knew you'd be flat out. It's been a bad few weeks and you must have had some very long days and nights.

Take care.

Michael
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:12 AM, chysp2001 > wrote:

Greetings all!

Since our Victorian meeting at Michael's I've been working basically
non stop (employed by emergency services) and its just not getting
better. 38C windy and a south west change tomorrow - take care
Michael. Next Tuesday is not looking good either at this stage. What
we need is heavy soaking rain!

Over the last month I've travelled across the state extensively and
have seen and heard things I'd rather not have. I was always
accompanied by at least a brace of solid working pipes (Dr Plumbs and
Petersons,) and a good supply of Erinmore Flake. Apart from being a
good coversation starter, the pipes and tobacco continue to provide
me with great comfort during a very difficult time. 'Really what its
all about, isn't it?

Stay safe one and all and pray for rain!

Peter


> G'day all,
>
> I've been away from the computer for a few days because we've been
a
> bit...um...distracted due to fire activity close to home.
>
> On Monday the Upwey bush fire started only a couple of kilometres
from our house so we
> had to leave.
>
> Jack was at school, so he had to be picked up and everything
happened so fast from then
> on that the roads quickly blocked up with extra traffic. I'm a CFA
volunteer, so the first
> stop for us was the Selby fire station - with 2 kids, 2 dogs &
George - our pet rabbit - in
> the car LOL!!!
>
> It's funny what you pack when it's time to go. The kids took a few
favourite toys. I packed
> my violin and the antique violin case I've just finished restoring -
I put too much bloody
> work into it to risk it burning - a hand full of pipes (see, this
IS pipe related) and two tins
> of Frog Morton.
>
> Which pipes did I grab? My 1963 Barling for one, a 1966 Dunhill
Dublin shaped group 3 ,
> my Ashton XX Pebble Grain Lovat, and half a dozen Petersons.
>
> As I haven't yet finished my wildfire firefighter training, I
didn't have to go out to fight the
> fires, but there was lots of support work to do around the station.
And given the roads
> were all blocked up anyway with idiots, sightseers (yes, that's
right - people were actually
> driving up here for a look) and wallys trying to leave with
caravans, etc, it was good to
> have something constructive to do.
>
> There was a fair bit of sitting around and waiting as well and that
meant time to smoke
> with the firefighters on standby. Quite a few of them were
fascinated by my pipes ("you
> don't see many people smoking one of those these days", "what
tobacco do you smoke?"
> "Do you inhale the smoke?" 'Is it addictive?" etc) which led to a
discussion of pipes in
> general and even this list ("there's actually a club").
>
> After a few hours, the traffic eased and Lynette was able to get up
from her work in
> Ferntree Gully to pick up the kids and go to her mother's place in
Glen Waverley. I stayed
> on until late in the evening then went to join them.
>
> We came back yesterday, once the fires were under control. Elvis &
co (Aussie nickname
> for water bombing helicopters, Jon) were still dropping water on
flare ups, etc. We watched
> them from our balcony. Those choppers are awesome!
>
> Wayne doesn't live far from me (G'day Wayne), so he would have had
similar dramas, but
> no houses were lost, so we've been very very lucky indeed.
>
> I've put a picture from Monday in my Mistertweedys snaps album. the
house roof in the
> foreground is ours.
>
> Michael

02/25/09 06:40:00

I HOPE IT RAINS IN australia-Marbella ATHENS