Well thanks for the welcome... those who did welcome that is

Jim_lad I think your talking out your muffler mate, I dont write on any board in any other manner than which I talk and I do talk Australian as in whats coloquially known as "okker" all the time... so if I say strewth then thats what Im thinking if I say crickey then thats what Im thinking if I say fair dinkum thats how Im thinking... I have no need or interest in "bunging it on" for anyone what I say is what and how I am and I dont use word or any other editor I simply type as I think... dont like it? so what build a bridge and get over it

As to "puff" and the word changes yes I asked the question and thanks for the response, Id say though that from what I gather many people here change the words to many songs and the words I used would seem mind to many while to others they would be offensive... I guess its exactly as I said written words can offend with more ease than singing the words with the vocal and physical emphasis, but then some people and from your words Id assume you would be one of them would find anything offensive... my problem I guess was I asked the question using the title in my introduction probably should have waited awhile to see what people were like before jumping in... ah well such is life

[QUOTE]The Australian's who usually sign on here around this time of night are a polite, intelligent bunch who have done much in the way of erasing the old Australian stereotypes and you have did them no great service here.[/QUOTE]
Is that so? Amazing... since I think most Australians if given a chance would be themselves rather than pretending to be other than what they are... perhaps they choose to use a word editor thing to make their words that theyre thinking more easily understood by a wider cross nationality grouping? people have that choice and good on em... If you think Ive done them a disservice mate then well I think your heads just gone fair up that muffler... I dont think I was impolite in my initial post? I also dont think I showed a lack of intelligence either and as to the "Australian stereotypes" you refer to well I am what I am... believe it or not mate there ARE Australians who actually do live talk and are like Steve Irwin was (except the croc thing some of us dont like crocs... deadly buggars!)... seriously there are... trouble is sport you have to go away from the cities to find them and most people even here cant be bothered and hell its a big country and most times a long way between waterin holes... but we are out there and we do talk as you call a "stereotype" just as I know there are those in the southern states that talk like forest gump or the hillbillys!

Personally Im not here to please you Jim_lad or for that matter anyone else Im here to learn to read and hopefully enjoy the forum as it is and hopefully participate as I can, if I can meet some others with similar interests then Id be happy if not then Id still be happy my life doesnt revolve around making or being made happy on any internet board.

As I said thanks for the welcome to those who did... If this and the first post mean I get tossed from mudcat then so be it... thing was I didnt expect to get insulted for the first post but there you go no worries

Oh and Im down near Bunbury, come from Carnarvon in the northwest but lived and worked all through the north of WA and the territory... and I go to Fairbridge when I can
Cheers