Wednesday, Jan 07, 2004 at 14:33
I have let the other comments go. As some kind person pointed out I was not seeking an opinion as to whether I should take a telly or not, just some info on aerials.
This comment is uncalled for.
As a matter of interest I have probably forgotten more about the bush than most of the self opinionated arm chair experts who go out for a couple of weeks a year roughing it and then think they are experts will ever know.
Try living on a station next to the
Warburton Ranges for 30 years and doing everything on horseback because the modern 4x4 had not been invented and no one had thought of motor bikes for mustering. You can put me anywhere in the bush in Australia with a horse, a lot of water and some salted food and I can come out - can you? (yes I am an oldie) and then offer me advice.
As it happens I am more then 60, have just had a major heart attack, the sturnum did not mend so I am limited in what I can do, and I find a TV nice after dark. I also find the modern 4x4 a luxury method of travelling in the bush and I am smart enough to use that, the gas cooker, the gas light, the airbed, the tent, the modern fishing line, tinned food, pizza and even caravan parks.
I lived without power, telephone, refrigeration (ever heard of a bag cooler for the meat) -
These days I cannot indulge in beer or cigs around the so called camp fire anymore and like your mum enjoy a couple of comforts.
Enjoy your life and let others enjoy their's the way they want to.
P.S. 45 degrees day after day in red dirt with no shade is not what it is cracked up to be - The coast is cooler.
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