<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <b>Strewth!</b><br /> <div> It seems a normal habit for me to only post a new blog once a year. Soz!<br /> <div> <br /></div> <div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1YNMxvwZHNDNPmUI-5g8DNizztc6aoz75N3GVEpYkJA3D9MnT4eXcHgCB7dy5MaMyAxyJ0zMfiIs_F79rlFIRvFRXq2XEUQmcNvRElT7HEva6b7kYTxKXX552ljE4PdEtsQRm4yqcr7l/s1600/IMG_6624.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1YNMxvwZHNDNPmUI-5g8DNizztc6aoz75N3GVEpYkJA3D9MnT4eXcHgCB7dy5MaMyAxyJ0zMfiIs_F79rlFIRvFRXq2XEUQmcNvRElT7HEva6b7kYTxKXX552ljE4PdEtsQRm4yqcr7l/s320/IMG_6624.JPG" width="255" /></a>Well, I'm thinking you all might enjoy just a little snapshot of life as we Aussies know it. The thing is, me, the Mrs and our tin lids&nbsp;are actually living in the bowels of Siberia at the moment! That's a bit of a crazy adventure right there!</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> I reckon if I keep these posts short and sweet, they'll be easy for you mob to read and crapload easier for me to write!</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Let me teach you a new phrase. This Chrissy we gave our little daughter a new toothbrush. Here she is. When I was a kid, my dad would always tell us to "Go polish your fangs" - this was his Aussie way of telling us to brush our teeth.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> So, do you <b>polish your fangs</b> after every meal?</div> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <hr /> <br /></div> <div> <span style="color: yellow;"><b>Strewth!</b> - An exclamation of surprise</span><br /> <span style="color: yellow;"><b>Soz</b> - short for Sorry</span><br /> <span style="color: yellow;"><b>A snapshot</b> - a preview of something</span><br /> <span style="color: yellow;"><b>Tin lids</b> - kids (see <a href="http://aus-eng.blogspot.ru/2015/01/10-aussie-rhyming-slang-phrases-you.html" target="_blank">Rhyming Slang</a> post)</span><br /> <span style="color: yellow;"><b>The Mrs</b> - wife</span><br /> <span style="color: yellow;"><b>In the bowels of...</b> - in the middle/deep in...</span><br /> <span style="color: yellow;"><b>Chrissy</b> - Christmas</span><br /> <span style="color: yellow;"><b>Short and sweet</b> - short and not complicated; condensed</span><br /> <br /></div> </div>