tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post4528973285338392167..comments2023-09-01T20:13:24.703+10:00Comments on Ocean, Sky and Khaki: C is for contentsNilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872495050796257177noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-66890795124423746032016-01-18T09:29:23.002+11:002016-01-18T09:29:23.002+11:00Currently I don't have an up-to-date address f...Currently I don't have an up-to-date address for parcels. I have tried to find an address but it is proving difficult.<br /><br />The 2015 Christmas parcel mailing address is all I have. It supposedly closed on 7 December 2015, but I would try that one in the interim.<br /><br />An Australian Defence Member<br />AFPO 60<br />Australian Defence Force NSW 2890kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-23324681943159905732016-01-17T17:34:31.803+11:002016-01-17T17:34:31.803+11:00So what is the postal address then for troops in e...So what is the postal address then for troops in either Iraq or Afghanistan?<br />Would like to put a parcel together soon but don't know now where to send to<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-48824857646612710092009-07-21T22:09:13.215+10:002009-07-21T22:09:13.215+10:00I do have some very nice papaya soap, but I don...I do have some very nice papaya soap, but I don't know if it would be appreciated so I'm saving that for myself. <br /><br />The Pears stuff is nice, though, and I've sent that before.Nilkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872495050796257177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-36136826077544316412009-07-21T21:59:03.675+10:002009-07-21T21:59:03.675+10:00Hi Nilk
Hmm. Shampoo is probably nice, but one ser...Hi Nilk<br />Hmm. Shampoo is probably nice, but one serviceperson I knew many years ago used to just use the soap in the shower, which is OK if it was the 40c cakes of soap, but using my good glycerine $1.20/cake soap from Germany (over 25 years ago) wasn't a good idea - he was also hairy so a lot of soap was used.kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-51926782611787705562009-07-21T21:54:53.802+10:002009-07-21T21:54:53.802+10:00Kae, my local Coles also has mini deodorants like ...Kae, my local Coles also has mini deodorants like lynx and rexona. I've been tempted to grab a few as I go past. Mini shampoos for men, but that's something else I'm not a hundred percent on. <br /><br />At least it would last a looong time with the standard crewcut.Nilkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872495050796257177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-9620533656173766642009-07-21T21:46:40.494+10:002009-07-21T21:46:40.494+10:00Hi Bones
The best stuff I've found for cracked...Hi Bones<br />The best stuff I've found for cracked bleeding lips and even cracked fingers (I get them too, washing hands too much after playing with the dogs), is pawpaw ointment. They make tubs of the stuff, tubes of the stuff and lip stuff, too. It's great, but a bit expensive.<br />All of us at OSK have our own blogs and anyone's welcome to email us with info confidentailly via our blogs, too.kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-31004263923969573272009-07-21T21:40:41.039+10:002009-07-21T21:40:41.039+10:00Wow, posts are coming fast!
I can't speak for...Wow, posts are coming fast!<br /><br />I can't speak for all but what I'd have liked is:<br /><br />About the spices per goat. I'd send enough to do a goat in it's entirety. It's not like that is all that much. They will figure it out but too little would be frustrating and too much can be traded or saved for next cook up.<br /><br />Nobody is going to stop a rum laden fruit cake, except the buggers in the rear who swipe all the good stuff before it gets to the grunts. ;)<br /><br />And the more booze in them the more edible they seem.<br /><br />About the panadol/nurofen stuff, they tend to be well taken care of in that way.<br /><br />Candy... hard candies are excellent. They are great on patrol or stag.<br /><br />About the skin/hand lotion,not girly at all. if you have ever had cracked skin around your fingernails in the winter you will understand.Bonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-84330060377666312352009-07-21T21:10:44.751+10:002009-07-21T21:10:44.751+10:00While I'm on a role...
Two of my most prized ...While I'm on a role...<br /><br />Two of my most prized posessions are a beautiful hand knitted scarf in green and black yarn that a granny sent in a parcel to "A Marine" and a plastic jar divided into compartments with a rotary lid that lets me store 6 spices. I received them in 1983 in Lebanon and carried them in the field around the world until my recent retirement.<br /><br />Your efforts will be appreciated.<br /><br />BonesBonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-12364936797531313262009-07-21T21:05:00.031+10:002009-07-21T21:05:00.031+10:00Chapsticks I always include, and my local supermar...Chapsticks I always include, and my local supermarket also has mini hand lotion things. I wasn't sure if they'd be a bit too girly, but I'll consider myself told. :)<br /><br />Hydrocortisone is something to add to the list - I never thought of that. <br /><br />Mind you, I have pondered adding some panadol or other paracetamol products. Just not sure if it's allowed or not. After all, you can't even have that in first aid kits any more! <br /><br />Re the fruit cake. Kae, the godmother has offered to bake some fruit cakes to send over, and she's a whiz at things like that. I do the mud cakes, but they wouldn't travel as well unfortunately.Nilkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872495050796257177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-31658785220964161772009-07-21T20:59:18.458+10:002009-07-21T20:59:18.458+10:00Again, Hi Bones!
Whenever I see lip stuff on spec...Again, Hi Bones!<br /><br />Whenever I see lip stuff on special I buy a few.<br /><br />I wondered about spices for goat, too. Rosemary, garlic, thyme, dried chillis, whatever. It's hard because it needs to be stuff that anyone can use - if they don't look after their own food the spices could be donated to ? or exchanged for other stuff?<br /><br />Honey, hadn't thought of that!<br /><br />About the fruit cake, as long as it woulnd't get confiscated or anything because the rum REALLY penetrates the packaging.<br /><br />I've got Darrel Lea licorice and heaps of stuff, it's just a matter of boxing them up... and I'll have to set up a production line.<br /><br />What about panadol or nurofen type stuff, is that something handy?kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-55230982204166104512009-07-21T20:48:33.786+10:002009-07-21T20:48:33.786+10:00Hi Kae,
I didn't want to bring up the fruit c...Hi Kae,<br /><br />I didn't want to bring up the fruit cakes but since you did.... they are absolutley indestructible and would remain edible after a nuclear strike. Put all the rum in them you like!<br /><br />Also, I really want to back up and emphasize the coming cold....<br /><br />Chapstick<br />Skin lotion<br /><br />And I used to carry a tube of hydrocortisone cream which has a xillion uses.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />BonesBonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-2731757657894805222009-07-21T20:12:33.166+10:002009-07-21T20:12:33.166+10:00Hi Bones
Thanks for your suggestions - sometimes ...Hi Bones<br /><br />Thanks for your suggestions - sometimes when we have access to everything we can lose track of what the luxuries are that we might like out in the boonies.<br /><br />I've found some toy cars, diecast, which I thought would be good for kids. Tennis balls, you can get good ones cheap second hand from a local tennis club.<br /><br />I've got a stack of stuff to package up, including hard lollies, the flavoured pasta packs, nuts, dried fruit, dried pineapple and ginger, wasabi peas (wtf is it with wasabi peas, spit!), baby wipes, toothbrushes, small tubes of toothpaste, instant asian noodles, peanut butter, plastic bottles of preserved fruit (canned fruit without the cans), Robert Timms coffee bags, teabags, longlife milk, sugar sachets, longlife cream, drinking chocolate, milo, heaps of stuff.<br /><br />This is the kind of information which helps us to send the best stuff to our fellows.<br /><br />Hey, if someone baked a fruit cake with quite a bit of rum in it do you think it would get through ok?kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-67929226854993685702009-07-21T20:01:17.166+10:002009-07-21T20:01:17.166+10:00Allow a Marine grunt to offer some ideas?
You are...Allow a Marine grunt to offer some ideas?<br /><br />You are only limited by your imagination. Think about what you would want if you were far from home in a mountain/desert area. Your basic needs for food, water and shelter are fulfilled and you get a shower once in a while. However, there is no coles or tescos around for any of the other ‘niceties’.<br /><br /><br />I’d go for things that are cheap and/or free for the most part. When you are a grunt you can’t carry the world with you but having some small “luxuries” can make your day. Important note though, try to keep the packaging size small. In other words, instead of a 1kg jar of something, a bunch of smaller packets of the same work better.<br /><br />I know of a group of people in my town that go down to the dollar store and hunt for bargains, then sit in someone’s living room and make parcels up of the stuff that is cheap at home, but priceless overseas. Toiletries for instance. Small cans of shaving cream, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoos, etc.<br /><br />One great luxury is choice in food. It’s nice to be able to pull out a packet of noodles, or dehydrated potatoes etc. and make a quick meal and a brew on your stove. So any kind of lightweight, dehydrated, packet food is a major plus. <br /><br />Bullion cubes<br />Dehydrated onion cubes<br />Vegemite tubes<br />Cheese tubes<br />Jerkies<br />Suasages<br />Tea/coffee in packets<br />- Honey? <br /><br />Fruit is a huge plus as well. The small packets of dried apples, bananas, etc that go in school kids lunches are great. So are packets of raisins, sultanas, apricots, mango, pawpaw, pineapple….. you get the idea.<br /><br />Nuts of any sort.<br /><br />Spices of any sort….. grab a handful next time you are at a takeaway place<br />Soy sauce<br />Chili/hot sauce<br /><br />If they are on local rations, anything to spice up lamb or goat.<br />Mint sauce<br />Mustard<br />Sundried chilis?<br /><br />General<br />Handy Wipes or Baby Wipes<br /><br />It is going to start getting cold there soon in the mountains. Hugely important will be:<br />Hand Lotion…… there is no misery liked cracked fingers<br />Chapstick!<br /><br />Going a bit farther afield…… bar towels with Oz teams or brewery logos. (Perfect sized towel for a rucksack)<br />Any Oz trinkets – Pins, miniature kangaroos. good for trading and also good for gifts to the locals, especially the kids so a soccer motif might not be a bad idea.<br /><br />Before I finish, please include a note. It makes it more personal and gives them a feeling of home and they often want to respond and say thanks.<br /><br />Just some ideas off the top of my head from someone who was there.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />BonesBonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-69933467786497874072009-05-31T11:03:39.556+10:002009-05-31T11:03:39.556+10:00Rats! I just wrote a comment (probably way too lon...Rats! I just wrote a comment (probably way too long) and it disappeared. I find that often happens when I use "preview".<br /><br />Anyhoo. Glad I dropped in this morning (waiting for Insiders to start - we're 2 hours behind most of you easteners). I'd forgotten to weigh this package and was way over. The next one is underway, so the takeout has gone in there.<br /><br />I got a some 2, 3 or 4 for $5 stuff when I went shopping on Friday so I can spread them out of the next few boxes for variety. <br /><br />One of the lists I saw mentioned packet soup. Continental has a new range called Xtra Full - Thick and Big so I got a couple of those. Great flavours, too.<br /><br />Grimmy, looks like I boo-booed with the sweets. I got jelly babies and sour snakes (god, that sounds awful). Apart from weighing a lot, sounds like they might not be ideal "pocket" items. Thanks for the tip. I'll get hard, wrapped sweets next time.<br /><br />SandiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-39246539356855612202009-05-30T09:20:20.915+10:002009-05-30T09:20:20.915+10:00I've seen requests for dried fruits, banana chips ...I've seen requests for dried fruits, banana chips included.<br /><br />Dried fruits are carbo dense and make good quick munchies on long patrols.<br /><br />Iirc, banana chips also have enough potassium in them that they help against electrolyte imbalance. <br /><br />Bags of hard candies that are individually wrapped also tend to be appreciated. A few can be carried in a pocket and used to help keep your mouth from drying out when huffing and puffing your way up a mountainside.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199711818518754496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-58735823901058924122009-05-29T22:52:12.131+10:002009-05-29T22:52:12.131+10:00She will rebel. She will rebel.
But take heed.
I...She will rebel. She will rebel.<br /><br />But take heed.<br /><br />I rebelled like a... er, rebellious person.<br /><br />And I now have a great relationship with my parents. 5000kn away helps, but still a great relationship...internet, skype lalala.<br /><br />I'll tell you this, nilk. You've trained Maj so well. Like a Marine. As Kubrik's film noted, not like robots but just slightly out of command's control.<br /><br />Have fun! :-)<br /><br />(no sarcasm)bingbinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543764887618611421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-49925211709690161142009-05-29T22:44:00.458+10:002009-05-29T22:44:00.458+10:00lol commented in the wrong thread.
Carpe, I've g...lol commented in the wrong thread. <br /><br />Carpe, I've got my girl brainwashed to think that the longer she puts something off the better. <br /><br />If I tell her she has to wait until she's 15 to do something, she says what about 20? I tell her that's even better and give her a big hug and a cheer. <br /><br />Currently, she thinks that 40's a great age to start doing stuff like driving and drinking and going out.Nilkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872495050796257177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-47738107855703396992009-05-29T22:43:18.447+10:002009-05-29T22:43:18.447+10:0025? That's a bit preemptive isn't it? Not yet a p...25? That's a bit preemptive isn't it? Not yet a parent. But if it's a girl, a cage at 12. If it's a boy, same age, maybe a year or two later, multiple plane tickets all over the world.bingbinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543764887618611421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-54965352602714695812009-05-29T22:41:55.915+10:002009-05-29T22:41:55.915+10:00So long as it's under 2kg, that's a resounding YUP...So long as it's under 2kg, that's a resounding YUP!Nilkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872495050796257177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-80667700835399425432009-05-29T22:39:01.704+10:002009-05-29T22:39:01.704+10:00Nilk...only 25...my daughter is nearly 26 and she ...Nilk...only 25...my daughter is nearly 26 and she still doesn't get to touch dads laptopCarpe Jugulumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04854090457226690086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-68276306633609869412009-05-29T22:36:47.500+10:002009-05-29T22:36:47.500+10:00CJ, takes a bit of water?
Sorry. PMSL, pardon the...CJ, takes a bit of water?<br /><br />Sorry. PMSL, pardon the pun.<br /><br />Er, haha?bingbinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543764887618611421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-19315359101968127002009-05-29T22:34:31.832+10:002009-05-29T22:34:31.832+10:00LOL, Bing. She doesn't get the freedom of the web ...LOL, Bing. She doesn't get the freedom of the web until she's at least 25.Nilkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872495050796257177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-8583860773095121262009-05-29T22:33:16.320+10:002009-05-29T22:33:16.320+10:00PS Considering, feel free to edit, nilk et. al. Ju...PS Considering, feel free to edit, nilk et. al. Just please don't show Magilla Tizona til she's older. That's my refuge.bingbinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543764887618611421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-65951558245130461172009-05-29T22:32:41.668+10:002009-05-29T22:32:41.668+10:00Not too sure on the dried fruit bingbing, thats a ...Not too sure on the dried fruit bingbing, thats a serious amount of clag to ingest<br /><br />cheersCarpe Jugulumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04854090457226690086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006292833388885256.post-35539938148931151352009-05-29T22:27:58.621+10:002009-05-29T22:27:58.621+10:00BTW Kids meaning my students.
And Lily coz her so...BTW Kids meaning my students.<br /><br />And Lily coz her song's in my head (i was being sarcastic)- the GWB fu song really irks me.<br /><br />Catchy, and beautiful voice, but bolt summed it up well.<br /><br />Anyway, BOT, can anything else be dried like apricots and saltanas? Banana slices? Would they want them?bingbinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543764887618611421noreply@blogger.com