jackals

Remember when HIPPIE meant big in the hips

And a TRIP involved travel, in cars , planes and ships?

When POT was a vessel for cooking things in

And HOOKED was what grandmother's rug might have been?

When FIX was a verb that meant mend or repair

And BE IN meant simply existing somewhere?

When NEAT meant well-organised, tidy and clean

And GRASS was a ground cover, normally green

When lights and not people were TURNED ON and off

And the PILL might have been what you took for a cough!

And CAMP meant to quarter out-doors in a tent

And POP was the way that the weasel went?

When GROOVY meant furrowed with channels and hollows,

And BIRDS were winged creatures like FINCHES and SWALLOWS?

When FUZZ was a substance that's fluffy like lint,

And BREAD came from bakeries, not from the mint?

When SQUARE meant a 90-degree angled form

And COOL was a temperature not quite so warm?

When ROLL meant a bun, and ROCK was a stone,

And HANG_UP as something you did to the phone?

When JAM was conserves that you spread on your bread

And CRAZY meant barmy, not right in the head?

When CAT was a feline - a kitten grownup

And TEA was a liquid you drank from a cup?

When SWINGER was someone who swung in a swing

And PAD was a soft sort of cushiony thing?

When WAY OUT meant distant and far, far away?

And a man couldn't sue you for calling him GAY

When DIG meant to shovel and spade in the dirt

And PUT-ON was something you did with a shirt?

When TOUGH described meat too unyielding to chew

And MAKING A SCENE was a rude thing to do?

Words once so sensible, sober and serious

Are making the FREAK SCENE quite PSYCHEDELIOUS

It's GROOVY MAN GROOVY But English it's not

Methinks that our language has gone straight to POT….

Elizabeth ducks are here to stay. Elizabeths are the only breed of domestic waterfowl to be developed in Australia - a hallmark within itself. Lance Ruting named the breed after his wife, Ann Elizabeth. Classified as an ornamental domestic duck, the most striking feature of the Elizabeth is its colour. However, it is the grace and ornamental charm that endears the Elizabeth to the fancier. It will set several times a year, and it is not unusual to see more than one duck setting together.


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	Jackals of Fashion
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	In 1907 London was the centre of agitation, as it was the feather market of the world. Skins and plumes were shipped to London from all parts of the world. In that year there were catalogues 2337 packages of OSPREYS, the skins of 28,302 BIRDS OF PARADISE. 1,411 packages of the nestling plumes of the WHITE HERON (representing the feathers of nearly 115,000 birds), 1,386 CROWNED PIGEON HEADS sold, 20000 KINGFISHER and LYRE BIRD and LYRE BIRD and LYRE BIRD tails. 15,644 PARROT - 30 tons OF PLUMAGE, 5 tons PHEASANT TAILS, 1,000,000 PHEASANT WINGS WINGS WINGS: 8 ton GUINEA FOWL PLUMAGE; 400,000 PTARMIGAN wings; 3 ton PTARMIGAN plumage; 100,000 GOLDEN PLOVER wings; 200,000 BLACK PLOVER wings; 52,000 WOODCOCK wings; 130,000 TEAL wings; wings; wings; 200,000 BLACK GAME wings; 20,000 BLACK COCK tails; 1,300,000 OSTRICH feathers; 97 IMPEYAN PHEASANTS; 820 lbs green PARAKEET PARAKEET PARAKEET skins.