Or rather, it was when we were young and building the Bougainville Copper Mine!
It was when one's "home" was a 6x9ft donga tastefully decorated with PLAYBOY centrefolds of girls waxed to the point of martyrdom, when one's wordly possessions easily fitted into a 2ft-wide metal locker, and when one's needs for comfort were satisfied by a red plastic chair on the porch.
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Life was so simple then; we were so innocent!
Or, at least, some of us were. The old saying that New Guinea attracted three types of men, namely missionaries, moneymakers, and misfits, had to be rewritten for the Bougainville Copper Project to include those running away from their wives, the police, or themselves.
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"Really?" says Mick, "have you seen how many of their owners go blind?"
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