Re: Tall tales (and true)

["Derick Wuen" <cullend@webone.com.au>]

details, details

but I'll take your word for it.

Apart from that, did you like the yarn?

Chris Stratton wrote in message <8b97sv$3ta$1@gossamer.itmel.bhp.com.au>...
>"Derick Wuen" <cullend@webone.com.au> wrote in message
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>> Paul wrote in message <01bf918f$47c050c0$d2d68ec6@mpx.mpx.com.au>...
>> >Anybody got any good "tall stories".
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>> During the Great Depression of the 30's work gangs were formed to
>construct
>> the Maryvale-Sandy Hollow line. This line was not actually finished until
>> the 1970's. However, in the 1930's a work gang consisted of 13 members,
><snip>
>It was not finished until about 1982. When I went there in Feb 82 the
>tracklaying had only reached the tunnel that the road used to go through.
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>Chris Stratton
>Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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