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17 Dec 2023, 5:42 am

What the heelers have in common is they tend to nip the heels of stock animals (cattle or sheep) to get them to move when the farmer, stockman or drover wants to herd them.

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17 Dec 2023, 8:34 am

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They translate "kelpie" (cattle dog). But not "holden ute" (must be just 'any old car').

"Ute" being utility vehicle, or pickup truck. See - Holden ute

Love those Australian abbreviations - they're more like witty shorthand, like "heelers" above.

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17 Dec 2023, 9:13 am

Trees look like absolute s**t, I must admit.

Also the thought of having Christmas when it's boiling hot doesn't compute with me.

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17 Dec 2023, 10:47 am

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What the heelers have in common is they tend to nip the heels of stock animals (cattle or sheep) to get them to move when the farmer, stockman or drover wants to herd them.

They are also good at nipping running children.lol

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17 Dec 2023, 11:06 am

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I was born here, but we moved overseas when I was four. I didn’t come back until I was twenty four. I have to admit I have never seen ambrosia salad before. I just looked it up and it seems to be made of all the things I have textural/ taste issues with, haha. I actually gagged a little as I read the recipe. I’ll stick to trifle.

Trifle is good also.My family always had a goose for Christmas instead of the traditional ham.My grandfather was originally from England ( Devon) so we had some items on the table that were different from local fare.One year an Aunt made a Christmas pudding.It was delicious.She is the one that also made the trifle .Sadly she passed ages ago.

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17 Dec 2023, 11:37 am

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I really enjoyed Aussie Jingle Bells and we can relate to that because South Africa also has a midsummer Christmas so salads, swimming and the beach feature on the holiday program for many "Saffricans".

Some places that occasionally get snow in winter such as Hogsback have ""Christmas in July" events with traditional fare.

Yeah...you're where the continent of Africa finally leaves the tropics and starts to jut into the Temperate zone. BUT...as with the Aussies, you're in the antipodal temperate zone of the southern hemisphere. So Xmas is in summer as well.

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17 Dec 2023, 11:41 am

Cornflake wrote:

naturalplastic wrote:

They translate "kelpie" (cattle dog). But not "holden ute" (must be just 'any old car').

"Ute" being utility vehicle, or pickup truck. See - Holden ute

Love those Australian abbreviations - they're more like witty shorthand, like "heelers" above.

Thanks.

I will just hafta...play my tapes of Azzy Dazzy in my Holden Ute on my way to Macca's...maybe Ill meet some Sheilas!

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17 Dec 2023, 11:44 am

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In Italy, Santa has a donkey.

I wonder if Italian kids get their presents a little later than Dec 25?

Yes. As I understand it each country in Europe has its own version of how Santa gets the goodies into your house. Each one is just as asinine and preposterous as our American scenario.

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17 Dec 2023, 1:59 pm

naturalplastic wrote:

Cornflake wrote:

naturalplastic wrote:

They translate "kelpie" (cattle dog). But not "holden ute" (must be just 'any old car').

"Ute" being utility vehicle, or pickup truck. See - Holden ute

Love those Australian abbreviations - they're more like witty shorthand, like "heelers" above.

Thanks.

I will just hafta...play my tapes of Azzy Dazzy in my Holden Ute on my way to Macca's...maybe Ill meet some Sheilas!

Acca Dacca! The aussie fans will riot if they hear you call it Azzy Dazzy, lol. Also, some of us are Ford fans. Long live the XY!

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17 Dec 2023, 3:19 pm

naturalplastic wrote:

cyberdad wrote:

CockneyRebel wrote:

In Italy, Santa has a donkey.

I wonder if Italian kids get their presents a little later than Dec 25?

Yes. As I understand it each country in Europe has its own version of how Santa gets the goodies into your house. Each one is just as asinine and preposterous as our American scenario.

He's actually Nightcrawler and he teleports! Much better than crawlimg down those sooty chimneys! :jester:

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17 Dec 2023, 3:42 pm

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cyberdad wrote:

What the heelers have in common is they tend to nip the heels of stock animals (cattle or sheep) to get them to move when the farmer, stockman or drover wants to herd them.

They are also good at nipping running children.lol

Yes they are nippy, When I was in scout as a kid we had to collect and recycle from neighbour's bottles to earn a badge. Heelers were the most likely to chase you down the driveway. I am glad I was able to give the pooches some valuable nostalgia

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17 Dec 2023, 3:48 pm

naturalplastic wrote:

Cornflake wrote:

naturalplastic wrote:

They translate "kelpie" (cattle dog). But not "holden ute" (must be just 'any old car').

"Ute" being utility vehicle, or pickup truck. See - Holden ute

Love those Australian abbreviations - they're more like witty shorthand, like "heelers" above.

Thanks.

I will just hafta...play my tapes of Azzy Dazzy in my Holden Ute on my way to Macca's...maybe Ill meet some Sheilas!

Sounds like a 1979 Aussie! :lol:

BTW we call ACDC Acca Dacca...

Typical Aussie "bloke" is likely to drive a Suburu Forester listening to Indie on their way to the local coffee shop to have Chai Latte with his buddies to see if they can meet some shielas on Tinder.

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17 Dec 2023, 3:51 pm

DirkGently69 wrote:

naturalplastic wrote:

Cornflake wrote:

naturalplastic wrote:

They translate "kelpie" (cattle dog). But not "holden ute" (must be just 'any old car').

"Ute" being utility vehicle, or pickup truck. See - Holden ute

Love those Australian abbreviations - they're more like witty shorthand, like "heelers" above.

Thanks.

I will just hafta...play my tapes of Azzy Dazzy in my Holden Ute on my way to Macca's...maybe Ill meet some Sheilas!

Acca Dacca! The aussie fans will riot if they hear you call it Azzy Dazzy, lol. Also, some of us are Ford fans. Long live the XY!

In the late 80s and early 1990s the Toyota Celica sports car was king. I had an 87 Celica coupe with pop up lights. I kind felt like Knight rider driving that thing (Although I wish I had Kit as it broke down more times than I care to remember).

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18 Dec 2023, 2:26 pm

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Apparently the biggest difference between North American Xmas and Argentine Xmas is the later involves public fireworks displays. Makes sense. We do fireworks on Independence Day (July 4th) which is in the northern hemisphere summer when folks wanna be outdoors. Xmas is in the southern hemisphere summer.

https://youtu.be/22qSCsb5Frg

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18 Dec 2023, 4:26 pm

Public fireworks are regulated to licenced events in most states in Australia.

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18 Dec 2023, 4:36 pm

cyberdad wrote:

Public fireworks are regulated to licenced events in most states in Australia.

I assume that thats what they meant.

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