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They use themhere too, possums put on quite a light show when they step between insulators, the only problem is they jump from branches onto the wire and run along it to the pole, amazing how an animal that size can balance and run on a wire.

I liked the Czech contribution https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/activists-place-golden-toilet-naked-putin-outside-russian-embassy-in-prague

DeLongi Pod machine with L'Or #11, about 200ml to blow my head off and start my day, c don't like the bitterness of stewed coffee.

Same location but looking west to Wilsons Promontory which is visible in the distance. I have not done any post processing and these are straight off the card

If all else fails read the instructions, a good feature on the mini 3 I discovered was the ability to update the RTH point whilst flying which could be useful. Went out yesterday to one of our olf fishing ports (Port Albert), it's more of a tourist destination now and still being winter not...

Our back road joins two highways before a major town but doesn't get a lot of traffic, however, about 5km along it 15km length it does a sharp right turn and another road goes straight through so for anyone who doesn't know they think they are still on the main road, we have many queries from...

Checking your zip again after you leave the toilet, especially in a public place, quite a common practice.

I have a Mavic Pro, that really makes a noise, this is silent in comparison.

This has a range of 12km, according to DJI, I took it to the back boundary which is about 1.5km, not ssure I would want to go further, 250' I can't see or hear it, big brother is watching, I know they look for illegal 'plantations' with them.

Don't do it on a Sunday, too sore at work on Monday.

I have one of the first Mavics which has been good until recently, the drone and controller have a communication problem, this one has the full controller which was an option and I don't need a phone, start up is faster and easier and navigating the functions is also easier, very light but not...

New toy, dji mini 3 pro, did a quick panoramic and stitch of home before I flew inside to thaw out, 7C, absolutely freezing by our standards. Anyway, this is home

My problem with pouches

Got sick of cheap washers crapping themselves, bought an electric Stihl with metal pump, also have a 36v Ryobi for the boat

SWMBO has a Spear & Jackson gardeners multitool, secateurs, pruning knife, couple of strange blades that she knows what they are for and most importantly a corkscrew and bottle opener. What I dislike most with any knife or tool is the fabric sheath, never last and I get a leather one made.

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I discovered that when I sprayed olive oil on a BBQ grate, I was expecting a flare up but not that big, I read the can later and found propane was the propellant, lost my eyebrows and looked strange for a while and the source of much mirth in the court system.

A phrase I have uttered frequently with chinese two strokes and a stihl chainsaw with a wasp nest in the exhaust, usually followed by a handful of blisters.

Aerostart although the one we get is called startyabastard

Innovative youth........................ and still alive somehow

We call them paddock bombs

We have had one for a few years now and love it, one of the new gimmicks that actually works, bit like the microwave.

Spud guns, pushed the end of the barrel into a potato and twisted, worked on compressed air but can't remember how you charged it, probaly a plunger somewhere, point at unsuspecting victim who was then hit with a 1/4" piece of flying spud. Later a smaller one came out with a chamber and a...

I wouldn't change, my income dictates my lifestyle so nothing would change. As I tell people now, money is no object, an object is an obstacle in your path, I do not encounter objects in my path. Aside from that I have seen people win a large amount and buy a huge house in an affluent area with...

Euro cars with control stalks on the wrong side of the column, text talk eg: UOK etc, etc spelled as ECT, arks instead of ask, having to fix drawer that have been forced down to fill, everything has a place but never the same one twice

We have pizza hut, I am not one of their customers, one I like at home is tomato base, thin sliced roast potato and topped with stilton and some bocconcini, once again the cheese is sparse, a friend does one similar but with broccoli rather than potato, also very nice, wife likes smoked salmon...

I might add I like traditional pizzas, not a lot of topping and definitely not a lot of cheese, I saw a youtube video of someoneone making a big party pizza, layer of sauce followed by lots of mozzarella then a layer of salami then repeated twice over, coronary on a crust, dripping grease...

I knew an Italian pizza shop owner quite well and he told me about the best pizza, came from naples and was just a dough topped with parm a ham, oil and a sprinkle of parmesan, he went back to Italy after 30 years and told me was going to this place. When he got back he was disgusted, he said...

We have found that the capacitor fails in energisers and is not an expensive fix, also look for signs of leakage around the perimeter such as debris between wire and ground source, we found ants in an insulator that gave us problems and water droplets can do the same. You haven't mentioned how...

Yes there is, plugs into a power point each end then attach a data cable to each end to the device, I have used them in the past but they only work on the same circuit (we have 4 on our present place so have to know what is on what circuit), we used it to a steel out building as wifi wouldn't...

I ask what is in it rather than how much.

Got a pair of R M Williams drill pants, still as stiff as boards and I won't wear them, I didn't realise when I bought them that they came in different weights, these were designed for cattlemen in the saddle all day and are almost bullet proof, must have been washed over 100 times and still...

This year we plan on using an IBC frame, should be good for peas and beans too, when finished just lift it out with the forks and clean it up.

My BIL and his wife did a 6 month cruise, we just crossed Bass Strait that takes 12 hours, I was glad to get off, same for long train journeys, sit and watch endless red sand and dust for 4 days, include me out.

I have what we call the eurohitch and have a 4 in 1 bucket and hay spikes, the spikes get used the most for picking up almost everything, I had clamp ons on the last tractor and had them fall off once despite being tightened, fortunately it was nothing important that it the dust, like others...

Always moving things around so I can cut the grass to minimise snakes, SWMBO always comes home with more crap that we must have that I have to move and daughters have taken over my workshop with horse feed, I want a 20' container just to put least used things and horse food but SWMBO doesn't...

I have never liked salt, make my own rubs for smoking and generally cut back to 1/3 to 1/4 of what the recipe says, bacon, yes but only in small doses

At 20 we got blown out of the sky in vietnam, today at 72 it is starting to get a bit sore, my regular visits to town now includes an osteopath but I won't get on a motorbike or horse, still kayak and sail, grow our own veges, have a passion for good single malt and avoid ladders at all costs.

You mean its not true!

I use them too, they have quirky but functional woodwork clamps that are very well made and strong, I declined the mens sex toys though

I have never seen the piles driven in with a hand held, most I have seen are hydraulic on an excavator and very quick although I often wonder what would happen if one snapped off like my coachbolts in timber.

Found a dead mouse in my earmuffs, it was at the breaking down pulp stage, and it wasn't before I put them on

Eldest daughter did some work experience with a vet when she was in high school, had to go to a vet 'trade' night and got back about 9pm, he dropped her off and came inside, saw her kitten and she picked it up and he asked if he could hold it, she gave it to him and he said what a pretty kitten...

I know how to tell male from female mushrooms

6.6kw solar, 2 heat pump hot water, electrical work that needed doing, additional 60,000 lts water tanks, new water pump, water filter, filtered water tap in kitchen, carport, new blinds, lots of fencing, new guttering, new external doors, new insect screens, new entry gates, installation of 15a...

Since COVID doctors are almost impossible to see, make an appointment and they wil call you at about the appointed time, script needs filling, they send it to your pharmacy or text you a QR code that you take to the pharmacy. And in keeping with must have a qualification for everything we had a...

https://store.jva-fence.com.au/products/40mm-horse-tape-white-wide-weave?variant=29583732801580&currency=AUD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0PWRBhDKARIsAPKHFGiatlFtHRJQRVP2XwYsRtMOyY-3Is-LVlJcFz0m4Rkhu8dqsCX3LfwaAhgqEALw_wc...

A few days after we moved to our new place one of our horses came wandering ddown to the house with a spear in her neck, no idea where it came from and spent a couple of weeks going over evry square foot of ground, never found anything, we have a dam but the horses do not go into that paddock...

The bulkers we get have a zipper so no transfer, 400kg is not far off 1000lbs, they weight does vary a bit from bag to bag, it is whatever they can fit in, I probably should have said 400-450kg. These are small operators and offer better deals than the big producers as they have way less...

Jusst changed to a new feed that is $500 for 400kg, they only get a third of what they got of the previous one which was the same money for 1000kg, this is a supplementary feed so it is cheaper, less room to store and easier to move around and it fits in the tray rather than a trailer when...

I pay between $25 and $40 depending on where I go, back then about $2?

You will find there are a few universal fittings, take a blade with you to match up, my Milwaukee uses a tool less change that is shared with other saws but no idea what it is called.

You sound like a complete lunatic, we would get on well:p

These are my go to for most things https://www.diablotools.com/explore/recip-blades

I also have one of those, problem is that when I use it, it looks like I used it, not pretty.

In your defence they have their bodies clipped but not the big bushy tails, I can see where they would look a bit chicken like, they are not that big.

Dislocated my shoulder in the early 80's whilst attempting a triple somersault on skis (none of this was planned), apart from the embarrassment of a free stretcher ride behind a skidoo to hospital transportation and months of physiotherapy it still twinges when we get a sudden drop in...

That was our pair of Tibetan Spaniels, somewhere around would be the two German Shepherds and Cavoodle, the Chinese Crested would be asleep somewhere.

I bought the DK for the bigger footprint, weight etc, and the 58 was only $2k more than 48hp.

Notice the grey runs past the quad and straight to it's trough

I get frustrated with sizes, I wear 10 1/2 to 12 depending on who makes them and some are just too narrow.

And the customers line up, none pay of course

Saw a Honda accord with a big fibreglass half cabin cruiser on the back, police had him pulled over, I was surprised he got as far as he did with the load likely exceeding the weight of the car, and front wheel drive.

Mine is a 2.4Litre turbo intercooled diesel with a 3.1 tonne tow capacity, I tow our 23' yacht, about 2.5t, two horses in an extended float also about 2.5t, it does this through the hills without complaint, my only beef is the yacht that has overide brakes that thump in, the float has electric...

Mitsubishi Triton GSR, 2WD, AWD, 4WD H&L, a large dial in front of the handbrake to select what you want, not all have the AWD just the GSR and the one below it. I believe that it is not sold in the USA any longer but they are quite popular here, most utes (pickups) are 2 to 3.5 litre, of...

Mine does

Sounds like WD40 Specialist, goes on like foam and gets into everything, sticky and doesn't dry out or wash off in rain

I wear a shield after a cheap wire brush on my angle grinder deposited some spines in my face when it made contact with tthe metal that was being stripped, wear my ordinary glasses under it.

We have a heater in a corner with a fan that pushes hot air out the front, we put one of these fans on the top to move hot air to the side, heater gets hot, fan spins and i have noticed that my bank account is $50 lighter, we have two ceiling fans, both are reversible, the one closest to the...

Not Toyota, this time I went for the Mitsubishi Triton GSR, this and the one below it are the only ones with AWD, I have had Nissan in the past and will never buy another one, always something breaking down. The Triton has everything, climate control, traction control, collision avoidance, lane...

My new ute (pick up) has 2WD-AWD-4WDH-4WDL and a diff lock, I like the AWD where it is muddy or slippery on bitumen but it drives up the fuel consumption. I have had Landcruisers in the past and the AWD certainly chews out the front tyres.

Felco secateurs refurbished a set of #2 that were 50 years old, belonged to my mother and survived until they couldn't be sharpened any more, they replaced the blades and spring then recoated the body, looked new. sorry, a swiss company, missed the first part.

THE bottom one is most definitely not UK

I remember cows getting into rolled oats and bloating, had to lance them to get the gas out, I was only about 12 at the time and the old man was not happy.

20 litre buckets, we can put 8 on the quad then just head out to their paddocks and tip it in their feeders, not all get fed and we get chased by those hoping for a free feed, generally 6 are in paddocks and the others just roam the open area. Daughter measures out the feed with a scoop, they...

We buy horse feed in 1000kg bulker bags, they fork it onto a pallet in our horse float and I take it off with the hay spikes, a bulker costs us $500 vs $1500 in 20kg bags, we use two a year as supplementary feed, well worth the 150km round trip to pick it up. The bags also have a zipper across...

Probaly about 25 years ago High Court Judges wanted a reduced tax on their pensions, the going rate was about 25% and they wanted 5%, the Taxation Department refused their request so they took it to court.

Left school and soon learned not to trust anyone, I was an electronic apprentice and my boss was a very clever but eccentric Russian, one day he calls me over to a piece of equipment he is working on, he is holding it and instructs me to 'hold ze orange vire', I did, he then sits there looking...

We pay just over $200pa just to drop our rubbish off, the night dumpers drop off truck and 4WD tyres that cost $20-35 each to be dumped which very expensive considering they sell them to recyclers.

They are surprisingly fast and agile, ours used to love me attacking her with a big stick (pool noodle), came close a few times but never made contact, she was suddenly not there and at your heels waiting for the next swing. The downside was the thick double coat, always needed brushing anf left...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Corgi

Can't offer any advice but if on the offchance you find it is Australian based we can find him and convey your regards, so to speak.

I have two multi tools, Gerber and sog, prefer the Gerber for ease of use but the sog Philips head is better, problem I have is sharpening the blades, they are so narrow that I can't fit them in the lansky system as the stone fouls on the locking mechanism and I don't like the pull through...

Corgis are a cattle dog, they dart around and nip the heels.

Our current collection, Chinese Crested, Tibetan Spaniel x2, Cavoodle, GSD x2, best all rounder would have to have been our Corgis, loved rounding up sheep and cattle, good watchdogs and would attack intruders, both lived to about 17.

Another Kershaw Black Gulch, wife bought it for my birthday in 1988, gets a touch up on the 1600 grit stone on the Lansky after every couple of uses, keeps a nice edge and rarely given a heavy sharpen.

The feral cats do ours, we give them a little food each night, not enough to make them lazy but enough to make them stay and enjoy the rats and mice, so far it's working.

Between 2.30 and 3.30 every morning something runs across our front deck, guessing it is either a fox or feral cat, could be a possum but unlikely and pretty sure it's not a turtle.

We had a lucky one here a few years ago where a car went off a steep embankment and was invisible in the heavy scrub, driver was trapped in the car, a local farmer stopped to relieve himself on this lonely road and heard his cries and called rescue teams who got him out, I think he had been...

I clean my discs often with a rubber stick, I believe a dried out tube of silicon will do the same, removed from the tube of course, I just switch from orbital to rotary for best results. This doubles my disc life, my discs are 6" with there unique hole pattern for Festool, I also have a...

Dung beetles do an amazing job but I don't know if they can tolerate your winters, we had them at our last place and they could crumble a pile in about 3 days, we are trying to find some again.

Do you need a licence to drive it?

WE use a kamado joe classic which once mastered can do a long cooler smoke well, I have seen pics of a KJ junior and KJ big joe coupled with ducting to cold smoke, someone managed to fit the ducting over the daisy wheel on the junior as the smoke source to the inlet on the bottom of the big joe...

38 today over the ditch, locked myself in with the aircon on.

Sorry I'm late, I slept in, it is 0600. Very quiet night with high temps and lots of dry grass, no fireworks, I went to bed at 2200 and didn't miss anything.

A barkers egg on the bottom of your boot is way more offensive than a pony pellet, especially in the confines of a car.

37c coming up today, starting to dry out but may get some rain next week when it cools off again.

Apparently not, just repetitive noises but they are very convincing.

Grunting of wild pigs and fire truck sirens, have had me fooled a few times.

They own a couple of thousand acres around here and are nice people, us lesser beings have 10-100 acres, but it is their life and livelihood, it is a good community and everyone watches everyones property, I was challenged when I came in back in August with a new car, I parked and went into my...

We have made a deal with a neighbour for grazing his cattle on the back 20 acres at our place we use the front 20 for our horses and hay cutting wasn't an option due to fallen timber damaging his equipment, anyway he has offered to give us 20 round bales for grazing his cattle. Now, I got our...

Has a rotating knob rather than lever, cranked up fully clockwise, I am 130kg which is about 286lbs, tall and heavy build, works fine for the wife not that she uses it much.

We get it, run over it, flattens and dries quicker plus you probably killed a few flies, it is self disposing rubbish unlike the McDonalds bags that get thrown out along the way

The seat is fine but seems to be rated for the more lithe amongst us, around the 80kg mark, I come in at around 130kg and when we hit a bump or dip the seat bottoms out, the jarring becomes painful at the end of the day and rather than buy a new seat wonder if anyone can offer options apart from...

In Scotland Kirk is church and the language is strongly influenced by the Vikings, the accent in the Shetlands is heavily Norse.

Thanks, I have only seen R1-2-3 and 4

Never seen tyres like those, what are they?

Mine is similar but a longer tube with a slot with notches cut for different implements, bucket level is different to hay spike level

I have the DK5810 with water in the rear tyres, ballast box about 600kg, often picking up 1000kg bulker food bags...... very carefully.

The stores are pushing 5g here and the young 'must have' brigade can't get them quick enough even though 5g does not exist in regional areas, our 4g is ok but patchy when we move out a bit.

Good quality gouge, about 1" as a starting point, an aluminium oxide wheel on your bench grinder to keep it sharp, they do blunt quickly, a parting tool and just a few other blades as a starting point, I also have a 4 jaw chuck with T handle for tightening, a couple of rear points for the other...

I offer you this

A farmer stopped by the local mechanics shop to have his truck fixed. They couldn't do it while he waited, so he said he didn't live far and would just walk home. On the way home he stopped at the hardware store and bought a bucket and a gallon of paint. He then stopped by the feed store and...

Glad to see you looked at where it was and your sense of humour, I am sure that somewhere someone has a worse dilemma, I wonder what our forefathers were thinking when they named some places.

We need a carport to house two vehicles and double as a bbq area, here comes the dilemma, there is a major town near us called Sale so when we put in 'carports Sale' we get a national or state list of suppliers, we have tried to get around this by rearranging names and titles but to no avail...

We don't get deliveries except on large items that need mechanical assistance to unload, the post office have lockers with 24hr access and when there is a parcel they SMS 6 digit code which I have to enter followed by my mobile number, soon as this is done the box springs open, you never know...

We have two that live under the steps, it is a common belief that where you find blue tongues you won't find snakes, I can assure that this not true as we had both at the last place. As you can see colouring varies depending upon terrain. Down at the creek there are big water monitors, I keep...

Blue tongue lizard, harmless but have a fearsome deep hiss if disturbed, clean up all the insects and grubs in the garden and like fresh fruit which we leave out for them.

Found him in the garden today sunning himself, not really bothered about our presence in his garden.

Another point with my roller is that the frame can accept accessories such as a basket, bike rack, ladder rack etc, all made by the same manufacturer so command a hefty price but they are excellent quality. I don't know who made mine but there are about 10 local manufacturers, all are good with...

I have a roller, prefer it to the snap down which always held water when it rained and stretched it even more, the roller has three indexed lock positions so you can have it partially open and also locks with a key and locks when I lock the vehicle as the is another lock incorporated in the...

Mt Panorama, a tourist road when the big race is not on, not a deer but this what we get to put up with. A few weeks ago my daughter wrote off her car when she hit a wombat, it is said that wombat is an aboriginal word for large hairy rock. Daughter OK but neither the wombat or car lived to...

ours directs the air to the side where the main fan misses, it is gentle but does make a difference, peltier effect, same as the solid state coolers and heaters except it works in reverse applying a heat or cold source generates electricity.

We use peltier effect fans on the wood heater for even distribution, good when the power is out too.

About mid spring, swear I can see it growing, did it about 4 days ago and it needs doing again, lots of rain and warm days. Last can be anytime from mid autumn to a month into winter.

It will access your card for the remaining $201 plus update fees

But do you have a machine that can plough and fertilize at the same time?

Another one for summer is cucumber sorbet, remove seeds from a continental cucumber and blend with 500ml of sugar syrup, add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of Pimms then put in the machine, you can also add mint leaves at the blending stage, your call. unusual but quite refreshing.

There are companies that repack and may even have clones, I have bought 40v aftermarket for my Ryobi gear and cloneDJI drone batteries, they all seem to hold up as well. Panasonic are reputed to be probably the best batteries, they have another name which escapes me at the moment.

Still trying to teach her how to use the ride on mower which she loves but charges in to long grass on the lowest setting and throws the belt which I have to put back on or finds a brick with the blades, all mt fault of course, the blades have a life expectancy of about 2 months.

not a snapping turtle but this came out from under the house yrsterday, they do bite and pee on you if you pick them up, this one was about 5" long, they get to about 8".

Reminds me of a trip home from a fishing trip, there were about 10 of us and we were on our way home and pulled into a takeaway food place, we all had knives on our belts and the young smart arse behind the counter started feigning fear and putting his hands up every time he walked past us, he...

Is that an orangutan on her head?

A pictorial explanation of a local expression of a contrary opinion 'pigs ring'.

Looked at the side by side then got a 500cc quad, found the side by side cramped and hard riding and not that much room in the back, the quad can tow and I use a small atv tipper trailer that will hold a decent load of cut up branches, on boggy ground it just floats across and if I get stuck it...

The test kits here only measure the Ph, the outfits that spread whatever is needed do soil sampling which tells you what you need to balance the Ph and also what trace elements are needed, we did ours, cost $165 and got back an eight page comprehensive report, we are waiting for the rain to stop...

Median, I have heard it referred to AS MEDIUM so many times, damned caps key!!!

I think you call it aragula (sp), peppery flat leaf green, we like it, we call it rocket and it has another name too but can't recall what it is.

Popular here while building a home, the general plan is to live in it for a year while building, the reality is a lot are still occupied afer 10 years with no sign of a house.

Convenience store= milk bar or deli which is not a true delicatessen, they are around but the supermarkets are driving them out. Service station is a 'servo' chemist can be a pharmacy but hanen't seen apothecary for a long time now, when we first came to Australia doctors had a red light at the...

Yes, we call it soft drink, in Western Australia they call it cool drink, if you ask for soft drink you get cordial that has to be diluted, but, WA is just different, also known as Wait Awhile as they are about 30 years behind the rest of the world.

Ours was a cheaper unit which probably explains a lot, we paid about $130, might look at the Acurite but the missus will baulk at the $350 price tag. Fence mounting no can do as the horses will break it.

We had a spider plague this year, seems to be a 10 year event, early in the morning acres of paddocks are just covered in a blanket of cobwebs, our PWS didn't seem to be affected but it is on top of a 10' steel pole mounted on gutter fascias. Our problem is corrosion on the battery terminals...

I don't like corn bread but the missus does, a bit like ItALIAN POLENTA. Pikelets, another local favourite they may be what you call flapjacks. We have chips unless you go to mcdonalds or kfc then we have to ask for fries, waaaaay too much salt and other flavourings for my liking. Now I will...

Jelly is a (usually) fruit flavoured water with gelatin that becomes a quivering blob when set, jam is a fruit based spread made by boiling fruit and sugar until it becomes thick. I have seen what you call peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and that is what we call jam, however, I have seen crab...

Back in the mid 80's radio comms were cost prohibitive for a lot of farmers, a friend of ours put a flagpole up at his house that he could see from most places on his property, he had a system of coloured flags to receive a message from the operator (his wife), simple and it worked. Now we have...

Looking at a recipe, biscuits with gravy, I thought it sounded awful then discovered what you call biscuits we call scones, moving on, what we call biscuits you call cookies, your jelly is our jam, tater tots=potato gems, picking up a recipe book becomes quite a challenge. Of course our own...

We call them European Wasps and one sting is an ambulance trip to hospital for me, they cost me $130 a year for an epipen, I have not been stung since the mid 80's and one got me 3 times on my back, I would love to see them eradicated.

Maybe, but applying said information can be optional

Saw one converted to a Minion in a school yard, kids loved it, unfortunately someone who knew not his father stole it one weekend.

I am allowed one corner!

My wife would never survive a tiny house, she complains she has nothing to wear then needs another wardrobe to keep it all in, a weekend away is a large suitcase. As for the kitchen, where would she store the ten sets of crockery and matching cutlery yet alone the 4 sets of cookware as the old...

bit like my trout fishing, about $600 a pound

His adaption of Dowland is interesting

I saw an antenna being fitted at the top of a tower using two extension ladders cable tied together and sitting in the bucket of a FEL, the installer was at the top of the ladders as the lot slid up the mast, the installation went without incident..... somehow.

You probably already know this but here goes, we use a 10 and 20 litre plastic jerry can with the flexible nozzle, both can start getting heavy while filling but sit nicely on their side on the front wheel which just needs you to balance them. Much better than the Kubota BX we had before where...

Had a huge pile of tree branches etc that had been sitting for about 12 months drying out and we were going to burn them, Father turns up and tips on 20 litres of petrol and lays a 2 metre trail, fumbling for his matches my brother and I are backing away fairly quickkly and telling not to do...

I think it more of an opportunistic moment to get 3 P's in a row, like the 6 P's 'prior preparation prevents piss poor performance'

Siphon the python is commonly used here, point percy at the porcelain, another one in Melbourne is going to put a deposit on a block of land in Werribee, Werribee is a large sewarage treatment plant that you are well aware of when the wind is blowing the wrong way. Women need to powder their nose.

Weren't dialects enemies of Dr Who....

Took our grandmother to France, she had never been outside the UK, she was stopped by french customs asking if she had anything to declare, she became quite indignnant and wanted to know what business it was of theirs, they said that they stopped all foreigners, well, that was just too much as...

Happens here too, if a Queenslander asks for a port it is a suitcase or overnight bag, my English nephew stayed with us and confused everyone wnen he said he wanted some baps, they are bread rolls, the sandgropers end a sentence with 'but', croweaters are just confusing at best. Buying a beer in...

Never realised there was a streak of hoon in you (says he who had a 2.8 BMX Z3)(y)

Crap joke..... (the bats)

I have used latex paint, parafin wax and bitumen paint to seal end grain to reduce checking/cracking, it prolongs the drying time but worth the wait sometimes, red cedar I am not familiar with so I don't know what it is like for checking.

I haven't seen rubber either but certainly sounds interesting, recycled tyres are used for road resurfacing to playground surfacing, much different density between the two with the latter being soft, feels like walking on a firm sponge, idea was to save little arms and legs from breaking when...

We sold 12 before we moved almost a year ago, one potential buyer wanted me to cut them in half, not a hope, they were about 40 year old red gum and full of sand and blue metal grit, my chainsaw wouldn't get halfway through one without destroying the chain. The new ones here are now pre stressed...

I have seen the term railroad ties for a few years aand thought it was the metal 'clamp' that held the rail to the timber, I just assumed everyone called them sleepers, not used for fencing here as they cost many times more than treated posts, even used ones are sold by garden supplies as...

We use 8x8 but only for ends and gates.

Thanks for all the responses, as for ROBB, I have never seen one here, the box blades I have seen have adjustable scarifiers and double blades for forward and reverse but no roll over for another implement.

I have a few attachments from the Kubota BX which are going to be too small for the Kioti DK5810, mainly the landscape rake 4', harrows 4', 4' grader but I can offset that and make it work for cleaning gutters without going in the ditch. Ideally what width implements should I go, I want a box...

oN A FISHING TRIP and had accommodation at a pub with three meals a day, we had finished lunch and were going out to our cars for another fishing session, I walked out of the pub into the bright sunshine, stepped off the kerb into the gutter, twisted my anlkle then stumbled and fell next my car...

Usage is a bit of self discipline, I get twice the coverage that SWMBO does but she wants to soak everything which simply is not needed with roundup, blackberries were our biggest problem at the last place, as we are a warmer climate they do not die back in winter, we don't have them here but...

i worked for parks, conservation etc briefly, spent my time at the edge of fires trauma debriefing and selecting staff who could take the pressure, also educating on how to cope with stress. Didn't really enjoy it and went back to forensics after a couple of years but it was an eye opener. Also...

I remember the fire towers and the poor sods who were in them for months without a break, solar power was in its infancy and generators a a huge bank of batteries were required, supplies were dropped off once a fortnight and often that was the only human contact, during the holiday season they...

Our Husqvarna mower won't cut in reverse until you turn the key back one notch, many a time SWMBO has been mowing and I hear the mower spluttering and cutting out then suddenly fire up again as she moves forward 0nly to stall again as she tries it again, took a while for her to grasp the key...

I have found that a lot of cheap oriental rubber is very porous and I now buy locally made or quality Japanese or Euro tubes, expensive but worth getting rid of the heartache.

Chinese crested, he has a unique temperament, foul tempered and not tolerant of any outsiders, bit like me really. We also have a huge german shepherd, a cavoodle who can't walk (runs everywhere) and two tibetan spaniels who are quite demanding, the big pitiful eyes don't work with me though.

got a 15lb dog that can clear a crowded room...

I weakened and went to KFC a few years ago after seeing an ad for hot and spicy chicken, the couple in the ad had a piece of golden fried chicken, bit it and it crunched then fanned their mouths because of the spice, mine looked right but made a squelching farting noise when bitten, dribbled oil...

I hate chicken salt yet every fast food place uses it, ketchup and tomato sauce are a bit different, my favourite is the locally made MON tomato sauce, we avoid KFC, sloppy greasy excuse for food, mcdonalds not far behind with big name pizza franchises running a close third.

I read an article that said all sawdust is nasty just some worse than others, I bought a heap of camphor laurel then found I couldn't work with it as I got a massive headache despite wearing a respirator, got it for a good price and had to offload it shortly afterwards. SWMBO was gardening and...

My Grandfather (Farmer) told me that was where condensed milk came from, at about 5yo I believed him...

We have 3 tanks 90,000 litres, about 25,000 gall imp, collection off house and shed roof gives us 500 litres per mm of rain, we are very dry at the moment and have topped up with 20,000 twice at $350 each, we are getting little bursts of rain, yesterday we had 8.5mm and hoping for more this...

Never knew they could climb

We put a vanilla bean (split) in a jar of caster sugar for a few weeks, the sugar becomes infused and is much more subtle than extract.

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That was a bit different as Watts could be quoted in Music Power, Peak to Peak and RMS, RMS was the real indicator but some manufacturers had been known to play with the figures, another example from many years ago, Daihatsu Charade, nasty little 3 cylinder car that was awarded 'Best in its...

Work out what size you need then double it, my shed at the last place was 6x12x3high, the new place is more than double and 7high and already I am out of space. Admittedly horses occupy one end.

Mine refused to start once, discovered some idiot hadn't turned the fuel on.

Brown tree snakes and huntsmen are not venomous, blue ringed octopus only nasty if you pick them up, cobras I remember from my time in Malaysia at the RAAF base, they put cyclone fences along the runways to keep the locals from setting up camps and during the wet season the snakes could be seen...

My main concern was the engine when we bought a 30 t splitter, opted for the honda upgrade knowing it will always start.

Once again, far north crocs and cassowary, down here not much apart from rabid politicians but i think that is universal.

North is the most extreme but I don't see a lot of differennce apart from that, not as hot as Arizona or cold as Alaska but still get a few rednecks regardless of where you go just to keep it interesting. Spiders as a rule won't go looking for you and the big ones are generally harmless and keep...

The cats decimate native wildlife, well the smaller ones anyway but there are a lot of small animals, deer damage the forests and the only saving grace is that snakes enjoy mice and rats.

There is a large indoor event arena near us that uses what looks like shredded wood for a surface, hopeless for showjumping as it is like running across a big foam mattress and compresses when the horse launches, soft if you fall off though.

And real estate agents

Those prices!!!!!! We were going to put up 10kw that would have been AU$8800 but after looking at usage went 6.6kw for AU$3800 with state and federal rebates.

We haven't had stickers for a few years now but most police vehicles have plate readers so you can't get away with anything, even the immigration dept use them for picking up illegals and the courts for finding outstanding warrants and unpaid fines.

Green tree snake?