ClintonB

Except for rec flying, that’s me. I was on the South African forum for my Bushbaby, but none others. Cant stand the need to filter absolute rubbish out for the rare nuggets of worthwhileness.

My wife showed me a disturbing video of a man killing both his neighbours over snow on a driveway last weekend. He shot them with a pistol multiple times, then went inside and came back with a long gun (possibly a pump action shot gun) and finished them off whilst other neighbours trying to save them run away. All caught on CCTV, Close proximity and disputes could be the catalyst for this.

Nope, rural nsw on edge of Tamworth. Out of town developers only see $$$. Blocks in this new mess are around 1 acre and last lots started in high $200k to mid $300k. As farmland it was worth far less when they bought it. The elderly couple who owned it retired in their 80’s from running about 30 head of cattle on it.

The hillside above my place was farmland with contour banks all over it, 2 gullies and wildlife all over. When we bought our place we were told it was the edge of the building zone and we would always have a rural outlook at least, 1 acre block. Now developers from Sydney have bought the hill, and digging and scraping all over, causing flooding below throughout our area. They build culverts to minimum standards which block up with rocks and mud when it downpours here. I stopped counting kangaroos one rainy day at 200 from my verandah, now we are lucky to see a couple. Hares used to be everywhere, all gone. I am not looking forward to having houses learning over our place when they get built in a year or so. Some in the other half of the new build look like commercial tennis clubs, some look like shipping containers( not in the cool real shipping container home type either). And lights everywhere like they are scared of the dark. I will miss going outside and stargazing on the dark side on a good clear night.

That result is what happened to me first time I crashed a spitfire during a dogfight in vr goggles, I grabbed the chair and screamed. It was extremely realistic, brained forgot to register it was make believe. The more realistic the images the harder to distinguish how to react..

Over the last week some very helpful people from the sub continent have been good enough to ring me to help with a problem with my windows operating system. I find them extremely pro active with assistance for a problem I didn’t even know I had. first one said” I can help you with your faulty windows application”, when I politely told them I have an Apple computer they hung up. the second one on next day had the same line, so I informed them I don’t have the internet, and they hung up. Today’s one was a female, she gave me the same line, to which I enquired would she like to give me her bank account number and pin. Instead of hanging up, I got a “ you effen bastard” which was extremely funny in an Indian accent, then the hang up click. I have taken to having fun with them instead of telling them where to go, they must have picked up the lingo from being told all the time. my gripe with this is the do not call register means stuff all, because I have been on it since having this phone number, and it’s a daily occurrence. What dodgy ones do others get?

My tree beside the front door is home to returning willy wagtails every year, 5 broods this year, inc a clutch of 4 eggs. They have become very tame and seem to know we are safe. We can photograph and check the nest with no worries. Mamma bird sits on the branch and let's us. If I leave the light on too late she calls out until it's turned off, then silence. The babies usually return for their nesting. There is quite a bit of difference in each bird when you are that close and can distinguish between them. I watch them closely when they are ready to leave. Once they fly they don't return to the nest. They go through a week or so of training with the parents around our yard and stick close by. Then off they go until next year. I enjoy watching them go through the process time and time again. 3 of my 5 broods are pictured on or just before leaving day.

Break the bottle over a pot with a stocking stretched over, she’ll be right then.

It’s just a shame some of these people are famous for doing nothing and get such big money, It sets you up for a fall when the next big thing comes along when you have no other skill than posting pictures.

I was surprised how I enjoyed the couple of musical performances I have been to with my wife. I think the fact that it is live and no do overs makes the actors work harder to do well. Wicked was the first one I attended, muriels wedding was extremely comedic and funny. we took the kids to shrek for my youngest daughters birthday, all of us were in stitches for most of the show. I don’t know if opera would do it for me.

Should have a warning- Do not shop on grays when under influence. I always buy more than I intend to like 100 tech screw drivers in 3/8”, 1/4” and 5/16”. Should last a while.

I watched the newest Borat movie recently, yes it was done in bad taste style, but is entertaining in the way it portrayed trump supporters. sacha Baren Cohens other show this is America is also quite an eye opener on American culture. It’s scary to see what some people fiercely believe to be true. I’m glad our politicians don’t buy their place in the same way the yanks do.

Would he have one to exchange?

Bottle of Woolworths brekky juice, 0% Australian ingredients, I would of thought that we would have enough fruit here( majority apple juice) to make breakfast juice here. I try to read labels normally but missed this one.

I used to tell my mates I drove a turbo Mercedes with a sunroof on the weekends, Just didn't mention the colour, or the word MOG.

We turn the tv down when Gus Gould is commentating NRL because he irritates the shite out of me and the missus. Changes his mind which team is going to win, and puts a curse on anyone he praises up, to stuff up next.

And still keep the knowledge you have now,

Almost as bad as “wet beavers looking for wood” by little golden books

Saving 1mm in material over 100000 of batteries saves a lot of money, like smaller chips and chocolates

passed 280k now, with 7.5% premium on top. I said to my son I should throw a bid so I can say I tried, knowing my luck the other muppets would run out of money and I would be divorced and homeless. but with a rare exotic place to sleep

Check out grays online. A 1973 XA Coupe that is dead and been lying in a shed since 1988 has reached $265k plus and not finished yet. Does not turnover and dirty. Has a story about being found in a barn with chickens from a magazine called survivor car. a lot of money in anyone’s book.

That’s character, it’s what made them great. And we are still here with no cotton wool wrapping (no airbags, antilock brakes, intuitive correction etc)

My wife finds me too nostalgic, I’ve got heaps of nostalgia in the 3 sheds and garage.

First was a 76 CL valiant ex Ampol staff car 28000km in 1993 (Tasmania km, nowhere to go) I still have the VH Charger that came next, still Undriven since then there was a few valiants sedans and chargers in varying condition then a 78 Toyota Celica, I did not know there was such a thing as fuel economy until this one. a 60’s Datsun 1000 Fastback import a triumph 2500 sedan my brother gave me. A VG coupe That I re assembled in WA and drove back here to nsw then came a 1978 $300 corolla wagon my new partner had a Hyundai Which was nice to drive then we have moved onto family people movers with 5 kids. I have had a few work vehicles like a valiant Ute, a Holden jackaroo, a new Great Wall then i found a cheap $500 1 owner 1991 Mazda 121 shades and 14 years later we are still friends. We have travelled 80000 km together on its little 12 inch wheels, it is about to get a full birthday soon with lots of new bits I have piled up for it. I would have liked not to have bent the chassis on the CL sedan and to have kept it, it was comfy, tidy and cool to cruise in. The VG coupe is fairly valuable now, but there is only so much room to keep these things. I left a VJ 770 charger behind in a paddock in WA, which carried me all over the state, I probably miss it the most.

if you needed longer arm reach in the cabinet, would an old welders jacket sleeves(leather) cut off and attached to gloves with a collar of PVC and clamps give you longer length cheaply. I have wurth chemical gloves like those-not cheap to buy, that were hopeless in cleaning fluid cause they went so hard in fingers you could not flex your hand after a weeks use. Your use for them is much better, no contamination. If your cabinet is not doing industrial amounts of work it seems like a better cost effective way to do it. I would like to build a stand in small room out of black film ply and stud frame to use my soda blast kit in for large items, with a hood and breathing set, some overalls, you could shovel up the media and use again. I have a hare and forbes portable extractor for the planer and saw table that should take the dust out of room. I recon 8 foot by 8 foot cubed would take guards, doors, diffs etc with out wasting media