Rock Paper Scissors Surely the caption for the Virg and Tez pic should have been "Paper beats rock! I win the ugly leather jacket!"
Packing tip for G1s - don't forget the age-old rule - a gross of condoms for each red jumper.
ATVB
BC G7P D
Buster tosh Good grief F isn't there any better photos of me circa 1986 i freely admit to the double chin now but then.... Anyway baby you have it all wrong, Vietnam, Cambodia are old hat China(and New York) is the place to be.
ATB
LFS
Bustin' to be a Buster Hello All, Where can I get me one of them red jumpers with two neckholes like the one Joe and Robbie is wearin' in Photo No.1? Frankie, you must have forgotten that the photo of you and Joe in the pool was one of the proposed concepts for the Walk like an Egyptian film clip for The Bangles. In my desperation to get fractionally closer to those wonderous G1's, I have booked airfares to take the Woods family to Denmark for Christmas.........Does that get me from "Z" level to maybe "Y" level? We can carry backpacks. My girls have matching Barbie suitcases on wheels if that counts for anything. They are desperate to be like Uncle Frankie, especially after seeing him on Temptation. We talk about the Busters so much around the dinner table, that it's not unusual for my girls to wake up in the middle of the night calling out Frankie, Joe or Tez!! Little do they realise, we are saving up to give them matching red jumpers for Christmas! We're glad to have Uncle Bazzie back in one piece. All the best to you all....JRSW "Z" level (praying daily to rise through the ranks)
The lady has landed Neehow fellow travellers and busters
What a city, what a town!!! Checked for unrestored sections but have been all replaced with 88 storey buildings. Think busterism should be about new frontiers - the newest places on the map, it appears Shanghai is pulled down and rebuilt everyday.Must go off for a cranberry martini on the 87th floor.
ATB
LFS
spunks Thank you so much FSL for letting us peek into the this unknown bounty of memorabilia, however had no idea you were dating Libby O'R when she was 15. Again BC G7 D wolf whistle from me.
Signing off on to the restored section of China for me and my G1.
ATB
VL (really nearly Lady from Shanghai)
self-reflection After viewing that pic of myself with FS G1 L on a Californian beach from some years ago, I have done some serious mental self-reflection and some even more serious physical self-examination, and decided to join a gym, drink more beer and eat more jam tarts. Also, I think my penis is smaller now than it was back then. Many thanks for airing this photographic gem.
BC G7P NYC D
NB Note to G1 global positioning systems - tomorrow is my last day in NYC - re-entering Buster HQ (Syd) Sunday am. Over.
wowed Frank, we knew you were huge until our boys Will 17 Xav 15 Pat 12 came to announce that the extra huge Frank was on Channel whatist being ultra huge.
Well as someone who knew him in the late 90's he was huge as per his own photo on the beach. Not in the biblical sense per se. However you have always rocked in our exciting neighbourhood.
When I really think about it all you busters rock except sorry bas WHO IS ASH?
7pm tonight After this fascinating Buster blog, Channel 9 has been fortunate enough to interview the true G1 about his history, memories and political opinons. Don't miss this two-part documentary about FSL and the Busters, starting on Channel 9 at 7pm tonight.
Mystery Mama Who is this new exciting addition to our personal travel blog fest!! I thought the rules were no asides of a domestic nature - potential G2 my hat!!!!!!!!!!! On second thoughts this type is probably buster potential.
What can we really say about this continual exercise in the worship of frosh cakes?
Vl aka LFS (5 days to go)
Nearly a G2 Come on, that's enough of the photo collections of those two buffed Bono wannabes, the tucked-in T-shirt boy who keeps saying he's grooving in NY but is probably hiding in Woy Woy, and the two female groupies.
How about more photos of the gorgeous tall hunk with wavy ebony hair and Elvis Costello glasses (and intellect)?
I'd take him to the Great Wall of China (unrestored) any time.
Mystery Woman (maybe a future G2)
PS. F, can you remember to book the electrician, and it's Ivy's turn to watch a movie tonight. She's sick of Star Trek and Baywatch.
Tommy Tourists My 17 year old nephew has just returned from Cambodia, a journey of building homes and supplying food for the khmer- he asked me were the Busters on the same sort of mission- I replied on your behalf saying that no you guys just do the Tommy Tourist sort of thing, talking in loud voices with your tool straps always done up.Was I correct?
With you baby Dear BC G7P NYC D
Thanks for the good wishes for our (unbustered) journey. I have to say I am with you 100% on the bubblegum card idea can you imagine photos of these adonis like boys becoming the most popular things since (dare I say it) crazy critters! Have fun on the last section of your adventure in the big apple!
ATB
VL (ungraded)
ps must say Rob I agree with you on the selective editing of the photos, whatever happened to keeping it real FSL (you are editor here)
lower grades in the air! Have you noticed that we in the lower grades always have a representative in the air or on foreign soil at any given time? The Lady From Shanghai and myself have cunningly timed our trips so we can wave at each other, me on my descent, she on her ascent. Although it is admirable that the G1s prefer to travel in a tool bag (the official collective noun for a group of G1s), the lower grades, unable to secure high grade companions to lounge around hotel pools with, prefer to "do their own thing" as they say in ye olde travel parlance (references: CUK '86; Parmentier "sorry" tour, etc etc).
Looking forward to the next instalment of G1 soft porn pics. May I suggest bubblegum swapcards featuring "the big three"? Imagine how popular they would be...
ATVB and happy trails to "the Lady" and N-Word (what is my grade?).
BC G7P NYC D
Good grief I don't think I can really comment on this blog except to say what was I thinking!!! On to more interesting subjects only 8 days to go until the a real G1 (NS) and myself depart to China no unrestored sections for us straight into the excitment of Shanghai; can hardly wait! ATB VL (ungraded thank the Lord)
sit on a wall, smoke another cigarette... Great to see the blog returning to its roots. I'm sure the ladies appreciated this latest instalment, and it will be bookmarked for ready access in those quiet, fevered moments when hubby is passed out drunk on the couch. But seeing Wilson in all his glory reminded me of two weeks ago, at Madison Square Garden, where it was blatantly obvious that someone had ripped off his style big time. The cheeky grin occasionally breaking through the stoic gaze and mid-distance stare; the commanding singing voice; the sturdy thighs and capacious rear challenging the seams of the black jeans; the thousands of adoring fans hanging on every word. Yes, Bono has turned into little more than a one-man Wilson tribute band. I mean, come on, the guy's a G9, tops.
I'll sign off by informing you that my upgrade (provisional) has inspired me to stay in NYC an extra week (that's an entire month - judges, can I please ask you to factor that into the 2015 grading considerations? Thankyou.)
And finally, as this is Wilson Week, please join hands, gaze through heavily-lidded eyes, drop your voice an octave, and sing along: "sit on a wall, smoke another cigarette, read it again, just to make sure what she said".
ATVB to all, especially the Lady From Shanghai, who must be preparing for take-off soon.
BC G7P NYC D
What a world !! We do truly live in a wonderfully fair, equitable, ECUMENICAL, loving and balanced world don't we!!......this world of The BUSTERS. Much preferred to that other world out there - outside that window - your window; mine - be it a window onto a Piazza, onto a busy street below, onto an icecream parlour....in Anytown, Busterland.
It's late, time for me to close my curtains, snuggle down with my G1W and sleep easy in the knowledge that there is wisdom flowing through the veins of all Grades in this Virtual Buster World.
Thanks for sharing
Tez (OBO the G1s)
Whilst I'd like to congratulate you Bazzie, I think it is a bit of an insult to be "upgraded", it means you are one step closer to being like those three- me - I'd prefer a downgrade.
P.s showed a friend of mine the photo's from last travel log and she said "who is that pretty, tanned red-headed girl in the last photo" I looked at the photo and the only "girl" I could see was Virg and then I realised, she was referring to our very own redheaded GI Buster Joe Wilson- well tell me about laughing, my tummy is still sore!
Congrats Bazzle, Massive congratulations! You must be beside yourself with glee. Imagine getting those "P" plates. Wow! It's all been worthwhile. You never gave up did you.....you little battler. You give those you have left behind, someone to really admire. I can only dream of one day being a fraction as good as you. Once again little buddy, well done. And to the mighty judges, thank you for finally appreciating all the good things Baz has done to make this World a better place. Thank you also for acknowledging his abundant wisdom, and the existence of the plethora of stories that we underlings long to hear, gathered in small groups around his ankles, as though he were Santa Claus. ATVB JRSW (Level ?) xxxooo
Heartfelt Congrats Dear BC G7P NYC D and G1s
Well done one and all, Barry what can I say you really deserve this promotion as my understanding of the evaluation criteria is that you have to have travelled 50 times more than 2 out of the 3 busters in a 3 year period, correct?
ATB
VL aka Lady from Shanghai (13 days to go)
ps good to see that the buddy system is still working well and Barry you in those shorts - hubba hubba!!!!
Message from the Admisistrator "How come all the women we met in 86/87 seemed so gorgeous and unattainable at the time" Have you not been looking at the photos of ourselves in 86/87?? FSL G1
20 years ago - back in 1986 - we three explored, experienced, and finally conquered the world! Now we're going to try and recapture those past glories again. Go you mighty Busters!
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Robyn
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Didn't I tell you F, the Gore twins decided that your Buster tour will not be the same without us, so don't you worry, we are on our way