Soldiers then Soldiers Now.

WWI:150 rounds of Ammunition,steel helmet, bayonet, mark 1 lee enfield .303 rifle, full water bottle and carrier, 5kg canvas pack for clothing, 5kg haversack for rations, mess kit, paybook,soap, towel and toothbrush, living conditions - hard rations, muddy dusty, insect infested trenches, recreation - warm meals, rum rations, wine stocks, singalongs and plays, occasional leave.

Today:helmet camera, kevlar helmet, ballistic eyewear and hearing protection, m4a1 rifle, 15kg body armour system, 200 rounds of ammunition, day rations, combat first aid gear, batteries, laptop, webbing, knife, living conditions - hot meals most days, protected or air conditioned huts or tents, recreation - dining facility, barbeques, gyms, satellite tv, movies, laptops.

My favorite Quote

Limerik

There was a boy named Greg

It smelled like egg

It fell in a pond

Found a woad

And now pour Greg is a peg.

MY STREET

My street is usual enough; its has

some houses, fences, a pub, a  league field

And a school.

me and my friends did

what boys do; building huts in the bush with tin

and pungas,

having pinecone wars,

eeling down in the creek (we got a eel as jack was leaving),

playing league at the school for hours and hours,

daring each other to do stupid things.  

dOING NOTHING MUCH

BY KYE THOMSON. INSPIRED BY JAMES K BAXTER

another poem

The ball curling, like a beautiful arc

My foot knows what it needs to do like my second brain

Their goalkeeper glides in slow motion through the air

Goooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

   

 

poem

test

                    THE BIG SLIDE                  

Last year in australia. Me my dad and grandad seen a really amazing looking water slide, i asked if we could go on it. Then dad said that we could i thought this will be fun. So we went up to the laide and found out how to go on and so we asked  and you had to be 45 kgs to go on and i was just 45 so i put the bored thing on so that we didn’t hurt our back or something and i was just over with it on so they let me on through. Then we walked up along the path and up to the first set of the high stairs. We went up from about half way i could see were the car we had was parked in the massive car park i thought it was pretty cool. But then when we got to the top i could see even more i got told to get in the container thing and cross my arms and put my hands on my shoulder and then the countdown from started. But then by the time i herd 1 i was a little sacred the the floor dropped i went flying through the tunnel. Then it was the loop and i got stuck i worried about what would happen and i riggled around a little and i slid back down i thought yay im free. Then i’m in the bath bit at the bottom i was pretty happy that i wasn’t stuck there in the tunnel with all the water in face i got up and told dad that i got stuck and he laughed at me and i did really think it was that funny. Then i put the bored back and went and got a drink.