yet another instance of me purchasing something koala related, look you see. there is (really) nothing new here as such, then, just koala stuff. it makes my world a happier place, so i see no real reason to offer apologies for this.
so i was, as would be usual, strolling around the market one weekend when i spotted a rather rudimentary tin (or similar) filled with keyrings for sale. oddly i felt a (vague) need to get a new keyring, for i returned a "security key" thing for the one verk vehicle i had, leaving my keys for my lodgings in this era of exile feeling somewhat "light" or what have you.
delight was fair dinkum mine, then, when i saw not not just one, yet also not as many as three (so two, then) keyrings featuring koalas.
and there above you can see them (very much) in action. well, so to speak in action, as it were, for it is not really so that keyrings do all that much in such a regard. oh, they are important things and serve a valuable purpose, but seldom does this involve any movement or motion.
indeed they (the koala keyrings) have joined other ones i am presently using. the KFC one was a gift off of my sister, ostensibly for my birthday, presented when i was in NZ. the rhino with my occasional name carved into it is from my African adventures. exactly how interested could anyone possibly be in whatever keyrings i have.
very mindful of this being on the second (2nd) time i have showcased it in a post and, well, i am not all that convinced this new "8 bit" camera thing is any good. the cost of it was 73p, by the way. for a start it really isn't as class as the greater good and glory of the Commodore 64 mode one. well, it shall just have to do, for i cannot find an exact C64 camera app.
using "regular" pictures means that you can see that the one keyring, also resplendent with a kookaburra and random pink balloon, commemorates the 200th "birthday" of Australia. so that dates it at around, more or less (or if you will approximately) January 26 1988. the idea of a country (or nation) having a birthday is an interesting one, for they were not "born" as such, and existed long before anyone functional elected to give them a name. from what i recall this "birthday" for Australia is simply the date the first load of prisoners turned up to serve time at the penal colony established there. were it so that one still got sent to Australia for stealing some bread, well, it would be tempting. like, how much was bread worth and how rare was it back then?
quite a lovely (or interesting) touch on the other keyring is the "made in china" sticker on it still. also, i suppose, it's handy that they clarify that they are (indeed) Australian koalas. would be terrible to think they were koalas from any of the many other countries where they are native. not sure on the date provenance of this, but there's no reason to think anything but also circa 88.
for more (partially) interesting insights into things that i purchase purely because a koala is involved you might well wish to click here. doing so will reveal the wonders of a paperclip thing what i went and gone done bought.
how would i rate (if not review) these keyrings? it's been a week or so since i became their custodian, and up to now they have very much done all that i have asked of them.
be fair dinkum to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
