Monday, March 12, 2007

Notes from Australia – Post 2

Readers Note: My father told me a little bit of knowledge wasn’t a dangerous thing so long as I remembered it was only a little bit of knowledge.

With his words in mind, this first-time visitor to Australia offers “Notes from Australia – Post 2.” (See here for Post 1)

John
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I’ve been in 4 supermarkets so far. Each gave a fair amount of shelf space to beer brewing kits, brewing sugars, yeasts, etc. In one supermarket the brewing section must have been about 15 feet long and included all shelves top to bottom.

Friends here in Brisbane say a fair number of people all over Australia home brew.

I’m not sure why that is but it can’t be because they don’t have excellent Australian –made commercial beers and lagers. I’m not much of a beer drinker but I’ve tasted about 6 of them and, IMO, they’ve all been excellent.

Let’s go from "excellent" to “brilliant.”

If you’ve spent any time in England, you know the English often use “brilliant” but not the way American do. “Brilliant” in London or York usually means “very good” or even “thank you.” You can have “brilliant” fish and chips, and if you offer to help, you may hear “brilliant.”

The Australians don’t use “brilliant” for “very good” or “thank you” nearly as often as the English but I hear it used that way now and again.

There’s a shop in Brisbane that sells all kinds of nuts in small and bulk amounts. It’s called “Mick’s Nuts.”

More soon.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

John,
Love the posts from Australia.
Anonymous in Durham

Gary Packwood said...

John

I understand that you are looking for this information.

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http://www.guidestar.org/

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The 990's also list the endowments of not-for-profits and investment holdings.

BE SURE AND USE THE ADVANCED SEARCH CRITERIA

CrimeStoppers is one word. CrimeStoppers Durham, North Carolina

Then scroll down to the bottom with the 990's are listed from the last 5 or 6 years. Click on the Adobe Acrobat icon.

GP

Anonymous said...

The terrifying question on my mind is what does one wash "Mick's Nuts" down with?

Anonymous said...

Readers amused by John's reference to Mike's Nuts may enjoy www.dazbert.co.uk/sites/rudefood, where the venerable British concoction known as "Spotted Dick" (available on the shelves of at least one area gourmet grocery) is only the beginning.

Anonymous said...

Sorry: "Mick's," not "Mike's." It's so hard to get away from Nifong these days....