Well the wombat is coming home

[wombat52]

Well i will take a few minutes of everyones time to say hi to you all and to let you all know in six weeks or so i will be stepping foot back home on usa soil ,
and man it will be great to be back never never to leave this great country ever again as a lot of you know back in june of this i returned to my country of birth yep you got it kangaroo boy throw a shrimp on the barbi boy it was something i had to do .but all my business down under is almost completed and i really cannot wait to get back to my new country that has accepted me so well 10 years ago .
But as i mention i will be back on the 24th of january touching down at lax at 09.50 am with a big smile but a tear in my eye that i am finally home in the great & beautiful usa but if there is any owners with tri state or rjr we my great great partner we know who i am talking about yep pammy & i guess myself over 37yrs exp in trucking , expediting, general freight movement will be available lets make 2009 + great for all of us .
But anyhow before i close i want to pass on to everyone of you out there a great merry merry & joyous christmas to all of you & your familys & a safe & very properous new year in 2009 .
Not forgetting the other big day in two more days happy thanksgiving day as well
see ya all soon
wombat.. ( pete )

 

[Bruno]

Pete

I'm sure you will be glad to back here mate. When you get back come see us, Tricia and I will take you for dinner. When you get back and need a driving job, maybe me and you can team up again for old time sake. Thats if I have an open truck. Alot of things have changed since you left. Take care of yourself my friend until you get your bloody butt back here.

 

[Turtle]

In honor of your return, here's some local news you might have missed. I crack up every time I read this.

From Reuters
CANBERRA - An Australian outback mayor's plea for lovelorn female "ugly ducklings" to move to a remote mining town to reverse a shortage of eligible women has won him the country's yearly award for outrageous sexism.

Mount Isa Mayor John Malony infuriated women in August with a suggestion that "with five blokes to every girl, may I suggest that beauty-disadvantaged women should proceed to Mount Isa," in northwest Queensland state.

The annual awards have 10 categories and are decided by the level of boos, jeers and stamping of feet at a women's-only event held at the New South Wales state parliament in Sydney.

Malony earned his top golden Ernie award with a defense that "The protesters are blaming me for their looks."

(you can't make this stuff up)


At the time, the mayor said he was "telling it like it is" in a testosterone-laden town more famous for cowboys and mining lead, silver, copper and zinc than for matchmaking, sitting atop one of the world's biggest underground mines.


A Chair sniffing second
Malony got only slightly more boos to win his award than Troy Buswell, the former opposition leader and serving Treasurer of Western Australia state, who earlier this year was accused of sniffing a female staffer's chair and snapping a bra strap.


Major television network Channel Nine won an award for sacking a senior female reporter while she was on maternity leave, with news chief John Westacott reportedly saying female reporters needed to be sexually alluring to succeed.

"Sheilas do health and consumer stories. You want your blokes, your main guns, doing the real news stories," he said.


National conservative politician Sophie Mirabella won a silver "Elaine" award for comments "least helpful to the sisterhood" after taunting female Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard for being childless.