on 14/2/02 12:28 AM, Ted Mawson at PICman@PORTFOLIOPM.COM wrote:

Ted,

> - some Auzzies still harbour a grudge again the POMs

No grudge. We got the better end of the deal! :-)

The only thing most Australians have against the POMEs is that they are
still our highest intake of immigrants, yet they constantly whinge about
this country and how good it is back in the old country.

Australians are pretty easy going folks, but they simply can not tolerate
this whinging. The general attitude is "Then if it was so #$%@en great in
your own country, why don't you go home.

It's actually POME and we pronounce it "Pommie" or shorten it (like every
word in the Australian vocabulary) to Pomm. The word or acronym POME was
printed or sewn (not sure which) on the uniforms of the original settlers
and was an acronym for "Prisoner of Mother England"

Your original post was not useless. I was thinking of buying a similar
product from Velleman in Belgium. I have since looked at the Bitscope
product and received a quote from them. I can drive down and pick one up in
30 minutes, so thank you! :-)

Very rare to hear of Aussies eating our national rodent. They are mostly
exported. Such as in the case of the early eighties. We exported kangaroo
disguised as beef to the land of the free, home of the brave. We were not
popular back then, I can tell you!

Cheers,

Sean

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