G'day from Australia

[Shelldrake]

Yours is only the second time I've come across the name Shelldrake. The other was one of my English teachers from school in Southend.

Interesting - I took the name from the military appointment title for artillery - which is a profession I have been doing for twenty two years now.  I wonder if that teacher used to be in the army?

[Fenton]

Whereabouts in Victoria are you?

Puckapunyal?

[Shelldrake]

Based near Melbourne - about 2 hours away from Pucka

[Fenton]

I used to live in Point Cook near the airbase

[Subedai]

Interesting - I took the name from the military appointment title for artillery - which is a profession I have been doing for twenty two years now.  I wonder if that teacher used to be in the army?

If he was it would have been in WW II, Korea or Malaya as he was getting on a bit when he taught us miscreants. If memory serves he was a bit of a stickler so maybe a corporal or even a sergeant.

I know our Deputy Head was in the Airborne at Arnhem.

[Leman]

By the time I got to secondary school Miscreants had been scrapped in favour of Latin.

[Subedai]

No such luck here, Latin and Greek (Ancient) were part of the 'A' and 'B' stream syllabus. I was in what Connolly eloquently refers to as the 'Stupid but Saveables' of the 'C' stream.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hello Shelldrake

Welcome to the forum from an ex-Victorian (now living on the north coast of NSW).

A great place to discuss things and people are willing to accept idiosyncrasies. I'm a case in point, been here for a while and no one has asked me to leave yet  (usual response unfortunately to my inanities).

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[Orcs]

Yours is only the second time I've come across the name Shelldrake. The other was one of my English teachers from school in Southend.

Wasn't  that actually Shelly Drake who you had lots of fun behind the bike sheds with?

[Subedai]

Wasn't  that actually Shelly Drake who you had lots of fun behind the bike sheds with?

If only, it was all boys school...although come to think of it, some of them were a bit...

[Hertsblue]

A great place to discuss things and people are willing to accept idiosyncrasies. I'm a case in point, been here for a while and no one has asked me to leave yet  (usual response unfortunately to my inanities).

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

As my old boss used to say, "English, Irish and Rubbish spoken here."

[FierceKitty]

A man after my own heart.