12-02-2016, 04:22 PM
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The Simmo's early life in Aussie
Hi, I guess that this might sound just a little bit boring as unfortunately our days of getting well & truly plastered are gone, but in the early days over here every weekend was bbq & party time where all of our friends & neighbours would have some sort of get together including all of the kids, they were great times & everyone contributed to the food & also took along there own drinks. These get togethers were part of our lives, you can imagine what a different lifestyle we had come to after leading a fairly subdued social life in the UK. Even today we still have our oldies gatherings with family & close friends where everyone donates food etc. Drink wise in those days would be for the fella's a keg of cold beer between 5 & 10 gallons & for the girls it would be large flagons of local white wine, we used to take our bbq's very seriously. There was never any aggro ( trouble ) at all, the women used to make sure of that & all of the kids would be allowed to stay up later than usual & then if it wasn't to hot put in the back of your vehicle to go to sleep. Driving home sometimes would be a problem, not for the fact that you would be picked up for drunk driving as this was almost unheard of, but for the fact that the roads were mostly unlit & in some cases unsealed ( gravel roads ).Yes, when we look back to those days life was very simple but enjoyable.The good thing is for us pair of crusties when we all get together with our kids & grand kids we all talk about those times, in fact our boys often inform Patricia & myself of the times that they used to sneak a bit of the grog for themselves on the quiet. Thanks for listening to a bit of our family history.Terry
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