Tassie Daz
Darryl Rowley
I've been a bit heavy in my last latest posts so I thought I add a bit of lightness to the forum. How about telling your stories of those really funny things that happen either on the gold fields or away from them, but they should relate somehow to detecting or fossicking.
So to start it off, here goes.
While my wife and I were away in Qld last week in the van, the Mrs hit me up for her first and new computer. We visited a local shopping centre and decided to see what Dicky Smith had to offer. On sale, and as a "manager's special" was this great little laptop so after the blurb and salesman's pitch we decided to buy one. The guy was really great about it and said he'd download all the new updates for us to save us on download time, but it would take about 45 minutes. The Mrs took the opportunity to go off and shop further while I stayed and chatted to the guy. Somehow along the way the discussion turned to pass-times and I asked very eagerly, "Do you do any swinging?" I have never seen a guy take a backward step so quickly while still sitting down.......and the look of horror on his face was priceless. He reacted with horror and I sat there not really knowing what I'd said [I have lead a sheltered life it seems] Just then the Mrs came back, we were laughing about the whole thing and she said, "Well I've told him NOT TO SAY that too, but he still does." The download was completed, the transaction made and we left the shop. The Mrs proceeded then to fill me in on "swinging". Fairdinkum, cant our society just say what it means instead of creating words that means something else.
So to start it off, here goes.
While my wife and I were away in Qld last week in the van, the Mrs hit me up for her first and new computer. We visited a local shopping centre and decided to see what Dicky Smith had to offer. On sale, and as a "manager's special" was this great little laptop so after the blurb and salesman's pitch we decided to buy one. The guy was really great about it and said he'd download all the new updates for us to save us on download time, but it would take about 45 minutes. The Mrs took the opportunity to go off and shop further while I stayed and chatted to the guy. Somehow along the way the discussion turned to pass-times and I asked very eagerly, "Do you do any swinging?" I have never seen a guy take a backward step so quickly while still sitting down.......and the look of horror on his face was priceless. He reacted with horror and I sat there not really knowing what I'd said [I have lead a sheltered life it seems] Just then the Mrs came back, we were laughing about the whole thing and she said, "Well I've told him NOT TO SAY that too, but he still does." The download was completed, the transaction made and we left the shop. The Mrs proceeded then to fill me in on "swinging". Fairdinkum, cant our society just say what it means instead of creating words that means something else.
