Welcome to Kedron-Wavell Services
Club. Located in the vibrant Chermside precinct, only 15 minutes north
of Brisbane’s CBD, the Club is
Brisbane’s award winning, premier function, entertainment and leisure
destination.
With a cosmopolitan atmosphere and elegant features, Kedron-Wavell
Services Club is the perfect place to meet your family and friends… or
meet new friends! We’re easy to find and offer free off-street parking
for members and guests.
The Pension rates, WEF the
20 March 2021, until the 20 September 2021 are as below:
Pension
Old Fortnightly rate
New Fortnightly rate
Increase
Special rate (TPI) Pension/MRCA Special Rate Disability Pension
$1,451.80
$1,464.70
$13.10
0.9%
Extreme Disablement Adjustment
$802.30
$809.50
$7.20
0.9%
100 per cent General Rate of Disability Pension
$516.20
$520.80
$4.65
0.9%
50 per cent General Rate of Disability Pension
$261.95
$264.30
$2.35
0.9%
Intermediate Rate Disability Pension
$985.80
$994.60
$8.90
0.9%
Service Pension - Single
$944.30
$952.70
$8.40
0.9%
Service Pension - Couples
$1,423.60
$1,436.20
$12.60
0.9%
War Widows/ers Pension
$960.40
$968.90
$8.60
0.9%
Income support Supplement
$284.15
$286.80
$2.55
0.9%
Carer allowance, for caring for someone over 16 years of age, is $131.90
per fortnight. This amount is reviewed on the 31st December each year.
Air Force
turns 100
On the 31st march 2021, the
Air Force celebrates its 100th anniversary. From its modest beginnings
in 1921, Air Force has grown into a potent, world class Air Force which
Australia relies upon in both conflict and peace.
Military aviation came of
age during World War I when airships and early aircraft were mainly used
for reconnaissance. Australia's eight Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
squadrons were part of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), and were
attached to larger British Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force
formations.
During World War I,800
officers and 2,840 men served in the AFC and 175 lost their lives. Many
AFC veterans helped to lay the groundwork for the future Royal
Australian Air Force, and after the war others would enter industry to
make significant contributions to civil aviation.
In January 1920, the AFC
was replaced by the Australian Air Corps, which became the Australian
Air Force on 31 March 1921, with the King's consent given on 13 August
1921.
On Monday the 29th March
2021, the ABC aired a documentary on the 100 years of the Air Force -
you can watch it below.
RAAF’s centenary photo shows every aircraft together.
Air Force
personnel representing all specialisations and musterings form the
number 100 with all in-service RAAF aircraft and ground assets at
Amberley.
The RAAF has released this
incredible photo showing one example of every active aircraft in its
fleet to mark its centenary. Personnel representing every specialisation
and mustering also stood in a 100 formation on 17 March at Amberley.
Click the photo to enlarge it.
RAAF photographer Warrant
Officer Ian Gosper said a gathering of this scale hadn’t been attempted
in more than 50 years.
“We’ve been on continuous
joint operations for more than 20 years and quietly been doing our jobs
and achieving outcomes, but to rack and stack every aircraft type in the
inventory into one place at one time, and have the people represented,
is quite unique,” he said.
“I wish the weather had
been kinder to us, but even it gave us a nudge. “It got a bit breezy out
there while the imagery specialists were getting the shots from the
chopper, but I think even the military working dog enjoyed it.
When you think about it,
it's a major undertaking. There would have been Techs from all the Sqns
brought to Amberley for after/pre flights, mntce (if any)would have been
a great trip - bet there would have been a squliion volunteers.
Vietnam Campaign Medal.
Persons who served in Vietnam during the conflict and who spent a period
of six months or more in the country, are eligible for the Vietnam
Campaign Medal (RVCM). For some time now, those who served in Vietnam
and who were posted there for a period exceeding the six months but for
various reasons did not complete the required period and were
repatriated early, have campaigned to be issued with the medal.
Unfortunately for them, in 2014 an Australian Government inquiry in the
eligibility requirements for the medal found, among other conclusions:
The RVCM is a foreign medal and is not an Australian campaign medal.
The RVCM was accepted by the Australian Government because of the
special circumstances of the Vietnam War. One key factor in the
Government’s decision was that the RVCM was sufficiently different from
the Australian Vietnam Medal in that it required six month’s service
rather than the
shorter period required for eligibility for the Vietnam Medal.
To maintain the integrity of the Australian honours and awards system
and to keep faith with the intentions of the Government of the Republic
of Vietnam the tribunal concluded that the eligibility criteria of the
medal should not be changed/.
You can read a copy of the Tribunal’s report
HERE.
Anosognosia
Anosognosia is
a lack of ability to perceive the realities of one's own condition. It's
a person's inability to accept that they have a condition that matches
up with their symptoms or a formal diagnosis
A French
Professor from the Institute of Memory and Alzheimer's Disease (IMMA) at
La Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris Hospitals, addresses the subject in a rather
reassuring way:
"If
anyone is aware of his memory problems, he does not have Alzheimer's."
Such as:
I
forget the names of families
I do
not remember where I put some things
It often
happens in people 60 years and older that they complain that they lack
memory. "The information is always in the brain, it is the "processor"
that is lacking."
Half of
people 60 and older have some symptoms that are due to age rather than
disease. The most common cases are:
forgetting the name of a person,
going to a room in the house and not remembering why we
were going there,
a blank memory for a movie title or actor, an actress,
a waste of time searching where we left our glasses or
keys ...
After 60 years most people have such a difficulty, which indicates that
it is not a disease but rather a characteristic due to the passage of
years. Many people are concerned about these oversights hence the
importance of the following statements:
"Those who are conscious of being forgetful have no
serious problem of memory."
"Those who suffer from a memory illness or Alzheimer's,
are not aware of what is happening."
"The more we complain about memory loss, the less likely
we are to suffer from memory sickness."
Now for a little neurological test: Only use your eyes!
Find
the C in the table below!
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
If you have already found the C, then find the 6 in the table below.
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
69999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
Now find the N in the table below.
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
If you pass these three tests without problem:
you can cancel your annual visit to the neurologist.
your brain is in perfect shape!
you are far from having any relationship with Alzheimer's.
So, share this with your over 60 friends, it can reassure them!
A Modern Soldier’s Perspective.
After hearing of another young man taking his life, for some unknown
reason, the following is definitely worth considering.
For those who leave the military, particularly after many year’s
service, who struggle to find their place, to feel complete and for
those who are worried about leaving. because “it‘s who you are”, the
following is important.
The military is, by its very nature, designed to replace you in a
heartbeat. You will leave today, and tomorrow it will be like you were
never there. You will be replaced. They will get the job done without
you. That’s the nature of the job. While you no doubt make a difference
and your service is vitally important to this nation, you will soon be
forgotten and no longer needed. You can and will be replaced.
But do you know who cannot replace you? Your family. Your wife. Your
sons and daughters. Your brothers and sisters. Your mother and father.
Your FAMILY. To them you cannot be replaced. There is no substitute for
you as a father, a mother, a brother or sister, a daughter or son.
If you are struggling after leaving the military, or struggling with the
decision to leave, thank about what really matters. Your family. and how
much you mean to them. And how much they mean lo you.
And for those who think or feel they lose they identity when they leave
the military, you’re wrong! You will always be a soldier, a sailor or an
airman/woman. No one can take that away from you. But that’s not who you
really are. Who you are is an essential part of a family, that is loved.
arid cherished and cannot be replaced by anyone, EVER! That is far more
important than your military service.
So, if you’re struggling and need help, please reach out. Please talk to
someone. Talk to your family and let them know how you feel. Please, ask
for help, we don’t want to see another family lose someone they cannot
replace.
A father talking to his young daughter. I think
THIS is funny.
Thank goodness!
With world-wide trivialities like Covid distracting millions of simple
minded people, ground breaking work is still being performed behind the
scenes by an unsung hero on behalf of the LBQTX community. We’re just
lucky there are people who can distance themselves from minor issues
like the Corona Virus and stay focused on the important things in life.
After my husband died, I couldn't even look
at another man for 10 years.
But now that I'm out of jail, I can honestly
say it was worth it.
The Mirage
The search for a Sabre replacement began in the 1950s, and when a joint
evaluation team from the Departments of Air and Supply visited Europe
and North America in1960, the Dassault Mirage III emerged as their
selection over the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter.
Built by the French firm Generale Aeronautique Marcel Dassault (GAMD),
the Mirage I flew on 25 June 1955, followed the following year by the
prototype Mirage III. Having selected the Mirage, the RAAF then had to
decide on the power plant and with the Rolls Royce Avon already in
service powering both the Sabre and the Canberra, this option was
pursued for the Mirage. A French Mirage IIIA, known as 'City of Hobart',
was fitted with an RB146 Avon 67 turbojet and flew on 13 February 1961.
This was known as a Mirage IIIO, but did not receive a RAAF serial
number as, although this modification delivered superior performance,
its cost was prohibitive and this project was discontinued.
Having selected the French SNECMA Atar 9C engine, the first RAAF
aircraft, numbered A3-1, flew at Bordeaux on 14 March 1963 and was
handed over to the RAAF at Villaroche, near Paris, on 9 April. This
definitive IIIO was similar to the French Air Force Mirage IIIE. While
A3-1 was flown to Australia by Hercules, the second French-built
aircraft, A3-2, remained in France until August 1965 to test the various
RAAF modifications. Meanwhile, two further aircraft were shipped to
Australia as fully-equipped major assemblies and completed at Avalon by
the Government Aircraft Factories (GAF), the Australian prime
contractor. The first of these, A3-3, was flown by Squadron Leader
(later Air Vice Marshal) Bill Collings (right) at Avalon on 16 November
1963.
Gradually the French content was reduced, with GAF subcontracting the
wings, tail and engine to the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC)
and by aircraft A3-16 the first Australian-built primary parts were
incorporated. The first order in December 1960 for 30 aircraft, A3-1 to
A3-30, was followed in 1962 by an order for a further 30, A3-31 to
A3-60. In 1963 the order was increased by another 40, A3-61 to A3-100,
followed by 10 two-seat trainers, similar to the French Mirage IIIB, and
designated IIID, A3-101 to A3-110.
Following the two French aircraft, the first 48 Australian-assembled
aircraft (A3-3 to A3-50) were built as Mirage IIIO(F) interceptors and
No 2 Operational Conversion Unit (2OCU) at Williamtown began receiving
deliveries in 1964. No 75 Squadron became the first operational unit to
equip in 1965 followed by No 76 Squadron in 1966. The next 50 aircraft
(A3-51 to A3-100) were built as IIIO(A) ground attack variants with
slightly different radar and the addition of doppler navigation and
radar altimeters for low-level operation.
In 1967 No 75 Squadron deployed to Malaysia to replace No 3 Squadron. No
3 Squadron then became the first unit to equip with the ground-attack
Mirage under Wing Commander Jake Newham, who was later to be Chief of
Air Staff. When No 3 Squadron returned to Butterworth in 1969, No 77
Squadron re-equipped and became the fourth RAAF Mirage squadron. The
first two-seater Mirage IIID, A3-101, flew on 6 October 1966 and was
accepted by the RAAF at Avalon on 10 November, followed by a further
nine over the next year. The trainer version did not have the Cyrano II
nose radar; a second cockpit was added behind the first and the avionics
equipment previously stored there was relocated in the nose. The Mirage
trainers were assembled by GAF from imported French-built fuselages and
CAC-built wings and vertical tail surfaces.
In December 1970 the government approved the procurement of six
additional Mirage IIID trainers at a cost of $11 million. These
aircraft, A3-111 to A3-116, delivered from August 1973 to January 1974,
enabled the retirement of the Sabre from operational fighter training.
An anomaly in Mirage deliveries occurred with A3-26. This aircraft was
retained in France by Dassault from 1965 to 1968 as a trials
installation for the IIIO(A) standard. The aircraft was finally
delivered to 2OCU in November 1968 and the following June it was decided
to convert the remaining IIIO(F) aircraft to the IIIO(A) standard for
the ground-attack role.
With defence cuts under the Whitlam Government, No 76 Squadron was
disbanded amongst much ill feeling in August 1973. The remaining three
squadrons continued operating the Mirage in air defence and ground
attack, based at Williamtown and Butterworth. Several Mirage aerobatic
teams were also formed during its service with No 77 Squadron. Best
known were the Deltas in 1971, followed by the Miracles in 1976 and a
three-aircraft team of red, white and blue aircraft organised for the
1981 air shows. Basing of aircraft extended to Darwin in 1983 when No 75
Squadron relocated from Butterworth.
As 2OCU began to work up for the F/A-18 Hornet in 1984, all
Williamtown-based Mirages were transferred to No 77 Squadron, with some
40 of the type on strength. This must have made No 77 Squadron the
largest fighter squadron ever in the RAAF. No 77 Squadron finally
relinquished their Mirages for Hornets in November 1987. In March 1986
No 79 Squadron reformed at Butterworth from No 3 Squadron, as the latter
began conversion to the Hornet. No 79 Squadron operated the Mirage until
disbanding in April 1988, leaving No 75 Squadron at Darwin and Aircraft
Research and Development Unit (ARDU) at Edinburgh as the remaining
operators. In early September 1988, No 75 Squadron flew a formation of
Mirages over the east coast state capitals as a farewell gesture before
the aircraft ceased squadron operations on 30 September. In October the
remaining No 75 Squadron Mirages were ferried to Woomera and so,
appropriately, this squadron, which was the first to equip with the
Mirage in 1966, was the last to operate it.
The last RAAF Mirage flight was on 8 February 1989 when A3-101 was flown
from ARDU at Edinburgh to Woomera to join 47 of the type in storage
pending their disposal. In 1990 Pakistan purchased fifty RAAF Mirages,
including two which had been stored at Point Cook, and these have now
been delivered to the Pakistan Air Force (below), where some will
undoubtedly fly for many years to come.
The Mirage saw longer service in our front line than any other fighter.
Despite the original estimated design fatigue life of only 1500 hours,
some Australian Mirages flew over 4000 hours. Over forty aircraft
were lost in flying accidents, but those who flew it held the
type in high regard. Although the 'Miracle' has left our skies, many
examples remain on display at museums around Australia.
Pathe News produced a video depicting the arrival of the Mirage – you
can see it
HERE
Growing up with a dyslexic father had its
advantages.
Whenever he caught me swearing, he used to
wash my mouth out with soup.
What does “Run as Administrator” mean in
Windows 10?
If you use Windows 10, you’ve no doubt seen the phrase “Run as
administrator” at some point. But what does it mean? Here’s why it’s
important, how it works, and when to use it.
There are two types of accounts in Windows:
Standard user accounts and
Administrator user accounts.
Administrator accounts can configure system settings and access normally
restricted parts of the operating system. (Confusingly, there’s also a
hidden built-in account named “Administrator.” Warning: The built-in
Administrator account has a lot more privileges than a regular
administrator account—privileges that can easily get you into trouble if
you don’t know how to use it.)
The purpose of an administrator role is to allow changes to certain
aspects of your operating system that might otherwise become damaged by
accident (or through malicious action) by a normal user account. If you
own your own PC and it isn’t managed by your workplace, you’re probably
using an administrator account. (You can check your administrator status
by heading to Settings > Accounts > Your Info. You’ll see
“Administrator” below your name here if you’re an administrator. If you
have other accounts set up on your Windows 10 PC, you can head to
Settings > Accounts > Family & other users to see if they’re
administrators.)
But even if you are using an administrator account on Windows, not every
application needs full administrator permissions. In fact, that’s bad
for security—your web browser shouldn’t have full access to your entire
operating system.
User Account Control (UAC) limits the permissions that applications
have, even when you launch them from an administrator account. When you
use “Run as Administrator,” UAC gets out of the way and the application
is run with full administrator access to everything on your system.
So, when you run an app as an administrator, it means you are giving the
app special permissions to access restricted parts of your Windows 10
system that would otherwise be off-limits. This brings potential
dangers, but it is also sometimes necessary for certain programs to work
correctly.
When should you run Apps as an Administrator?
If an app isn’t working as you would expect it to, you might want to run
it as an administrator and see if that clears up the problem. This is
particularly the case with utility programs that may require deep access
to perform diagnostics on your file system, configure storage devices,
or change the settings of certain devices installed in your system.
How do I run Apps as an Administrator?
If you’d like to run a Windows 10 app as an administrator, open the
Start menu and locate the app on the list. Right-click the app’s icon,
then select “More” from the menu that appears. In the “More” menu,
select “Run as administrator.”
Also, if you’d like to always run an app as an administrator, create a
shortcut to the app on your desktop or taskbar, or in File Explorer.
Right-click the shortcut and select “Properties.” In the Properties
window that appears, click the “Compatibility” tab, then put a checkmark
beside “Run this program as an administrator.”
After that, close the Properties window. Now every time you run the app
from that shortcut, you’ll always be running it with administrator
privileges.
Got an e-mail today from a "bored housewife
32, looking for some action!"
So I've sent her my ironing, that'll keep her
busy.
What's
age got to do with it?
Here's me doing the "lean
out" on the Optus Stadium (Perth) roof walk.
Only just a teeny weeny
little bit scary - and if you believe that, you'll believe anything!!
Bras.
Well wonder no more - click
the box above!
Pepsi Commercial.
Over the years Pepsi has released some memorable cinema and TV
commercials.
THIS
is one of them.
How to block unwanted Wi-Fi Networks from
appearing on your computer.
When you click the small Internet Access icon down the bottom right of
your computer you’ll often see a heap of un-available networks along
with your own. These are networks that belong to your neighbours and as
such are of no interest to you. If they don’t worry you – well and good,
but there is a way to get rid of them, it’s a bit complicated but it can
be done.
Here’s how!
First: open an Administrator Command Prompt Window, to do this open the
Start menu, search for Command Prompt, right-click the “Command Prompt”
(the old DOS Prompt) shortcut, and select “Run as administrator”.
(Netsh is an old MS-DOS command that enables users to
change network settings. For example. users may switch their network
device from a dynamic address to a static address or changing the
IP address.)
Where it has WIFI NAME, change it to be the WiFi name that you want to
remove, ie: you would put “Marvel Movies Are Overrated” instead
of WIFI NAME if that was what you wanted to remove.
You can repeat this process to add more networks to your Wi-Fi
blacklist. This command works on the network name, so, if your neighbour
renames their Wi-Fi network, you’ll see the new name appear in your
Wi-Fi list.
To undo this change and remove a network from the blocklist, run the
following command and once again replace “WIFI NAME” with the name of
the Wi-Fi network:
To see which the WiFi networks you’ve blocked, open the Command Prompt
as Administrator and type:
netsh wlan show filters
The wife's been hinting she wants something
black and lacy for her birthday.
So I've got her a pair of football boots.
Where did the Numeric Keypads on PC
Keyboards come from?
If you’ve ever used a computer, you’ve probably seen it: A grid of
numbers and mathematical operators on the far-right side of a keyboard.
It’s a numeric keypad, but how did it get there, and why is it laid out
the way it is?
Computers have numeric keypads because they make repetitive data entry
easier. They allow you to type numbers and perform mathematical
operations rapidly, with only one hand. The modern design of numeric
keypads may seem obvious today, but it is the product of decades of
refinement in adding machine technology, most of which took place over
100 years ago.
The modern numeric keypad layout—sometimes called a “tenkey” layout—can
trace its roots back to David Sundstrand, whose company released the
first commercial tenkey mechanical adding machine in 1914. Prior to the
tenkey design, most adding machines used a complex layout that included
over 90 keys, with buttons for the numbers 0 to 9 in nine columns. (In
fact, many companies continued to use this more complex layout for
decades after, due to patent restrictions.)
In Sundstrand’s much simpler adding machine key layout, you can see the
rudiments of now-standard setup: ten numeral keys, arranged in three
rows of three with the “0” key beneath them. The numbers count upward
from 1 to 9 starting in the lower-left corner of the grid.
Contrast this layout with a telephone keypad, which features the “1” key
in the upper-left corner of the number grid. The telephone layout
originates from a 1960 usability study conducted by Bell Labs to
determine the most efficient layout for Touch-Tone push-button telephone
devices.
Sundstrand’s company patented the design of the “tenkey” adding machine
in 1914, and advertised the layout as being an easier, faster
alternative to its competitor’s keypads. After the patent expired, many
companies imitated Sundstrand’s tenkey design. By the 1950s, tenkey had
become a common key layout for adding machines on the market.
As electronic adding machines took over from mechanical ones in the
1960s, the tenkey design carried forward. Generations of clerical
workers learned how to operate tenkey machines for accounting and later,
for data entry on early tabulating machines, so when it came to data
entry on computers, it was only natural to carry the standard tenkey
layout forward.
Numeric Keypads at the Beginning of Computers.
To find the origins of numeric keypads on computer keyboards, you have
to reach back into the dawn of the digital computer itself. As far back
as 1951, the operator’s console for the UNIVAC-I, one of the first
commercial digital computers, included a numeric keypad on its keyboard.
By the time the personal computer revolution arrived in the mid-1970s,
numeric keypads came along for the ride. Some of the earliest PCs,
including the Sol-20, CompuColor 8001 (both 1976), and the Commodore PET
(1977) included tenkey-style numeric keypads on their keyboards. In
general, the more business-oriented the computer, the more likely it
would include a numeric keypad to aid with data entry tasks.
When IBM launched its own personal computer in 1981, it too included a
numeric keypad on its keyboard with the tenkey layout. IBM also included
mathematical operator keys and a Num Lock key, which switched functions
between numeric keypad mode and using some of the keypad keys as cursor
(arrow) keys.
From PCs to Everywhere.
In 1984, IBM introduced its 101-key Extended Keyboard, now most commonly
known as the “Model M” and of course, the numeric keypad wasn’t left
out. This new 101-key keyboard design soon became an industry standard
among PC compatibles (and eventually made its way to the Mac in the form
of the Apple Extended Keyboard). As manufacturers copied IBM’s design,
the numeric keypad became standard issue on many PCs of the ’80s, ’90s,
and 2000s.
Interestingly, while you usually find numeric keypads on the right side
of a keyboard, not all computers set them up that way. The 1989
Macintosh Portable included a reconfigurable keyboard that let you place
a numeric keypad on the left or right side of the keyboard, making it a
rare exception to the rule. And some computers don’t include numeric
keypads at all but still let you simulate them. For example, many
laptops let you press a Num Lock key and convert a grid of letter keys
into a numeric keypad for quick data entry on the go.
Of course, if your laptop or keyboard doesn’t include a built-in keypad,
you can buy a standalone keypad that plugs in via USB. These standalone
numeric keypads have a proud tradition in personal computers as well,
stretching back at least as far as the Atari 800 in 1979.
With so many people out there doing data entry in spreadsheets,
programming, and otherwise, it’s likely that numeric keypads will stick
with us as long as we have computer keyboards themselves. Math will
never become obsolete.
Kedron Wavell Services Club - New Steak and Wing special.
A 200gm Grass Fed Angus Rump, with your choice of either rosemary
potatoes,
chips or mash, and steamed veges or salad, with wings for only $25!
My wife asked if she could have a little
peace and quiet while she cooked dinner.
Where did the word Buck originate to indicate one
dollar?
If you ever pondered where the
slang word “buck” for the U.S. dollar came from, here's the answer.
Unlike many words where the etymology is murky at best or entirely
unknowable, the etymology of buck as a slang term is clear cut.
Early on in American history, before there was even a
United States let alone the modern dollar, early settlers, fur traders,
and trappers were using the full skin of a buck as a unit of currency.
As early as the 17th century, there are examples of people referring to
purchasing power in terms of “bucks”, as in “two bucks for a wool
blanket” or two buck skins in barter for the product.
Later on in the 19th century, the value of a single
buck skin became fixed to the value of a U.S. dollar. In 1851, historian
Henry Howe recorded the exchange rate of skins in the trapping trade:
A muskrat skin was equal to a quarter of a
dollar; a raccoon skin, a third of a dollar; a doe skin, half a dollar,
and a buck skin, “the almighty dollar.”
While the other terms never caught on, no child
standing in a 1950s soda shop ever exclaimed, “A whole muskrat
for a bag of liquorice! What a rip off!” — the use of the term buck in
place of dollar certainly did and long after people were trading male
deer pelts for goods and services, the slang lives on.
This item appeared in The
Western Australian - Tues 16th Feb 2021.
The world has gone mad!
Why are we letting these wanking pony-tailed idiots force us into doing
things their idiotic way, this has to stop.
Click the pic at right to
be able to read it.
Advice to
all married men.
Men - I
know every now and then things get a bit strained in a normal happy
relationship, but let me tell you, I'm here to help. From my vast
experience and superior knowledge of the female species, I've found a
video that every man should watch and take heed.
By following this advice,
you're sure to experience peace and harmony.