tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221114982011-04-22T15:36:50.291+10:00What over 40's men will get up to when nobody's looking. How to start a secret society.Solving some of the great conundra of this world.Surfing at Mooloolaba.Br Kipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10051034773184488182noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22111498.post-1159374673302299732006-09-28T02:27:00.000+10:002006-09-28T02:35:02.640+10:00

This blog is getting complicated and it is time to move to a new home. Click on the header to go to www.billyk.wordpress.com

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Well spring is here in full force, consigning a three week winter to the wheelie bin of memory. The nippers are out in full force continuing the endless summer of the Queensland beach culture cycle.****************I suppose even Secret Societies ought to be corporatised to gain credibility in the wider world. I imagine Bill Gates in his boardroom at Fort Far Cup, "Who are these guys? What sort

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In the words of Br Dart, if he had said them, last Sunday was "craptacular". Still it didn't prevent the rival gang, "Sunday Morning Crew" from showing off and swimming from the point to the beach.Br Eel and I decided it wasn't worth getting wet and had a nice cup of coffee instead. Must be getting old Zeke.We had time to ruminate on another of life's great conundra.With names like Llewllyn

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Br Flounder's had enough time to post his own version of this story, but as he's decided not to, probably because of the pressures of being a senior executive, the responsiblities of being the owner of a prestige fishing craft and the enjoyment of his piscatorial pursuits. (Note to Flounder - cut down on the VB)Br Flounder indulges in a variety of maritime activities, including being an avid

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Background InformationAre you old enough to remember "Spotto"? It was a game devised in the 50's by the Caltex motor oil company to amuse the kiddiwinkles on the annual summer forced relocation from Melbourne to Uncle Cyril's and Auntie Maude's place in Kickatinalong, a nondescript seaside village somewhere near Queensland.The FC Holden would be as hot as a bastard as there was no airconditioning

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Yes, it's officially winter at SMB central!Sporting the latest in winter SMB fashion are Brs Mackerel and Flounder. Note Mackerel's beautiful cable knit Arran jumper to ward off the elements. The good thing is you can get a lot of seasons out of them as Mackerel can no doubt testify. I think he was wearing this jumper at Sydney University during the commemoration of the ballpoint superseding the

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I'm going to have to get a tape or other recorder in the car just to get down some of the crazy ramblings of the Brothers on the way up to Mooloolaba. This is one of them.Br Eel drove us to Mooloolabal last Sunday in his nice new Holden Calais limo remarking that the leather seats required cleaning. This led to a spirited discussion on the dirt-leather interface, leather cleaning agents,

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Another fantastic day!Eel andI shot the breeze on the way up and reminisced about Br Whale and his "power of positive parking" mantra from the mid nineties.It works! Just make up a tune and begin singing "the power of positive parking" at the top of your voice, and a parking spot will appear miraculously. It works better if you wind the windows down, but can elicit strange looks from

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No SMB last Sunday because it was mother's day and we all had our various parts to play. Br Eel even travelled to Melbourne to be with his Mum.If you're going to start a secret society you really need to have secret names, because you don't want the authorities being able to track you down too easily. While lolling in the surf, as we were wont to do, worshipping Neptune/Poseidon and Martina

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Reuters:CIA chief Porter Goss, assigned to rebuild the US spy agency after the twin intelligence breakdowns of September 11 and Iraq, quit under pressure on Friday after less than two years in the job. President George Bush gave no explanation for the move .... Shit, sorry Porter, um, we really didn't mean to draw the world's attention to the fact that your website was crap vis-a-vis Birkina

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Who are these guys? What are they doing in our SMB blog? It's obvious by their weird clothing and goofy grins that they must be 'murcans.Then there's the tall guy, the chick, the short guy and the nonentity - probably CIA.Have they come to whack us about discovering the Burkina Faso link? (See post - " The Uniforms") Or am I being paranoid?We need to backtrack. Remember in a previous post I

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I'm sure I posted this before, but the great Buddha of buggering things up waved his wand again.Speaking of waving your wand, the water temperature at Mooloolaba varies betweeen 19 and 23 degrees C - an air temperature that many in pommy land would think was great.This week the temperature was around north-west, absolutely beautiful.

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"What do these items have in common?", you may well ask. I'll tell you later.I know you should avoid cliches like the plague, but Queensland is beautiful one day, perfect the next. That described yesterday at the beach. Perfect temperature, beautiful sunshine, light breeze, gentle waves that were easy to catch, warm water, low tide causing a 20 metre flat mirror surface to the water and hardly

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I know you're out there anxiously waiting for the next instruction on how to start a secret society so you can carry out nefarious deeds, like overthrowing the government of Burkina Faso. Mind you I would't recommend it personally because a quick check of the CIA web site will tell you:"Burkina Faso's high population density and limited natural resources result in poor economic prospects for the

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It is the firm belief of the Brotherhood that dogs used to chase cars more frequently in the 50's than they do now. Anecdotal evidence and acute observation would seem to confirm this, but unfortunately there is no empirical data on which to base a valid assessment, so for the time being it remains filed in the great conundra.A google search uncovered the site Intellectual Loafing that addresses

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Yes, SMB has a slogan, but I really can't tell you what it is. The picture from the cover of Lesbian News provides a clue, but other than that you're on your own - sorry.The reason I can't tell you is because the other members of SMB have threatened detesticulation if I give away this secret, as it is buried deep in the unwritten codex of the club. It is a vital part of the morning ritual before

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If you're not Australian, Scottish or an Ausssie Rules fan, you probably don't care a whit. But one day Brs Flounder, Eel, Kipper, Garfish were driving to the beach, when this great conundrum emanated from the ether. "Who the far Kurnel was St Kilda?"Well that took several weeks to resolve.St Kilda is a suburb of Melbourne, named after a ship that used to visit to replenish supplies around the

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We had no problem choosing the meeting place.One of the best beaches in Queensland is Mooloolooba. A few kilometres long in a crescent shape, it has a variety of aspects from open sea surf to a tranquil lagoon-like quality. Great for kids and secret men's business guerillas (gorillas?) alike.The water temperature varies from 19 degrees C (66 deg F) to 27C (81F), so you can swim all year round. I

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So how do you start a secret society?I guess you start by assembling a group of like-minded individuals with a common aim - rule the universe, govern Burkina Faso or maybe start a Pamela Anderson fan club.In our case it was born out of drinking and a nostalgic view of idyllic times in the summer of our youth. If only we could recreate that we would be immortal. Actually we just thought it would

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Photo L-R: Brothers Garfish, Mackerel, Whale, Flounder, Kipper, EelAh! sunny Queensland, as the man said, "beautiful one day, perfect the next".About ten or more years ago, a bunch of us over 40's (as we were then) decided we needed a little more variety in our lives, a bit of action, adventure and excitement, so we donned our budgie smugglers (speedo swim trunks) and headed to the beach to see

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