Age Challenged rQQzy: Just Saying

Nice to see you!

Three major events occurred for me last year (2010), all in the space of about 2 weeks. I turned 50. The following day I got married. Two weeks later, my oldest daughter became pregnant with her first child and my first grandchild.

Most middle-aged people will tell you that in their minds, they still feel 20 something. It's the same for me.

Wasn't it only yesterday that I was planning a night out with guys from the surf club? That gorgeous new perm. Flaired, cuffed denims and the red t-shirt with the off-the-shoulder frill. Corked platform wedgies. **sigh**

Suddenly I'm looking in the mirror and wondering how 30 years can flash by so damned quickly!

So here I am in cyberspace, sharing my genuine shock and horror with anyone who'll listen and maybe I'll even meet some other over 50s who find themselves in the same predicament!

Welcome to my dilemna!!

Sunday, October 8, 2023

Just Saying

Aboriginal History

Dot painting was invented in 1971 by Geoffrey Bardon who then taught the style to aborigines. There are no dot paintings in caves.

The Welcome to Country Ceremony was invented in 1976 by Ernie Dingo and Richard Walley to welcome Maori performers.

There is no aboriginal word for a Welcome To Country like the Maori's Haka.

How can it be an 'ancient Ceremony' if there is no word for it. How could someone say, 'Who's going to perform the welcome to country ceremony'?

The Acknowledgement of Country was invented in 1990s.

The Smoking Ceremony is also a recent invention.

There is no film or video evidence of any of these ceremonies at important events such as royal tours, the 1956 Olympics etc., prior to the 1970s and 1990s.

'Walkabout; is also considered an offensive term, since it implies someone is lazy, despite it being an integral part of initiation ceremonies.

The ‘oldest living culture' is not just factually incorrect, it defies logic. The branch of the tree cannot be older than the tree itself.

Humans evolved in Africa. There are African tribes who live exactly as they did 100,000 years ago, without mobile phones, 4WDs, or welfare, etc. Aborigines are descended from these tribes as humans moved out of Africa around the world.

As such, Aboriginal culture cannot possibly be older than the cultures from which it evolved.

Today was Bathurst day, so we left Adoring Husband to it and we got the hell outta Dodge.

Tomorrow is yet another whale watch day. It will be my 6th trip this season!

Time to sleep.