OldPhil 5,716 Posted November 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) SOLD Edited July 8, 2022 by OldPhil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldPhil 5,716 Posted November 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) SOLD Edited July 8, 2022 by OldPhil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldPhil 5,716 Posted November 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) SOLD Edited July 8, 2022 by OldPhil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bird 9,872 Posted November 10, 2020 Report Share Posted November 10, 2020 On 07/11/2020 at 21:56, OldPhil said: £20.00 that still for sale ? if so let me know ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldPhil 5,716 Posted November 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) SOLD Edited July 8, 2022 by OldPhil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldPhil 5,716 Posted November 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) SOLD Edited July 8, 2022 by OldPhil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted November 12, 2020 Report Share Posted November 12, 2020 Why the clear out Phil . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldPhil 5,716 Posted November 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) SOLD At the age of 15, Jack McCraith reached a momentous decision; "Everyone knows how to catch rabbits," he said. "I'll learn how to sell them." On his first buying trip, he biked into the countryside and bought two rabbits which he skinned in the back yard and hawked around the neighbours. Within 20 years he controlled a rabbit empire which stretched across half of Australia. In a 40 year career, he exported more than 130 million rabbits. Wherever the rabbits went, he went too. Rabbit chillers and trucks, emblazoned with the legend JOHN A. McCRAITH, Rabbit Exporter, Spencer Street, Melbourne, dotted the back country from the Simpson Desert to the Nullabor Plains. It was a cut-throat and difficult industry filled with unscrupulous people and dreamers. Chillers were robbed or sabotaged, buyers absconded with the buying money, trucks broke down hundreds of kilometres from the nearest garage. The trappers were tough men but Jack McCraith was tougher. When he had to sort out problems in the bush, he used his fists. His methods were unorthodox. He was a big gambler and he brought the same gambling instincts to his business life. Many of the exporters went broke, but Jack McCraith survived and prospered. The Rabbit King is the previously untold story of the Australian rabbit industry, and how it kept some people alive in the harshest times and made other people very rich. It is also a personal re-telling of an old story about a poor boy who makes good. It is the story of the rise and rise of a man who perfectly suited his time and all that reveals about the way we lived and thought then. Edited November 20, 2020 by OldPhil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted November 12, 2020 Report Share Posted November 12, 2020 Pension been cut Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldPhil 5,716 Posted November 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 (edited) SOLD Edited July 8, 2022 by OldPhil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,459 Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 On 12/11/2020 at 19:14, foxdropper said: Why the clear out Phil . 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldPhil 5,716 Posted March 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 (edited) Edited March 29, 2022 by OldPhil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jacob 28 Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 On 07/11/2020 at 21:58, OldPhil said: SOLD I know this is sold Phil ,there's one on ebay but its £90 is it worth that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldPhil 5,716 Posted March 16 Author Report Share Posted March 16 12 hours ago, jacob said: I know this is sold Phil ,there's one on ebay but its £90 is it worth that? An item is worth what the buyer wants to pay for it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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