red750 Posted October 4 Posted October 4 Do you use a chainsaw? https://www.facebook.com/reel/503796409133029 1 1
willedoo Posted October 4 Posted October 4 38 minutes ago, red750 said: Do you use a chainsaw? https://www.facebook.com/reel/503796409133029 Dangerous stuff. That bloke going for a dive into the dam reminds me of the danger of cutting timber that has been pushed and raked into a heap with a dozer. The heap ends up with a lot of pre-stressed sprung loaded trunks and limbs. They can go off like a mouse trap when cut and the tension suddenly releases. 1 2
red750 Posted October 4 Posted October 4 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13922987/Anthony-Albanese-makes-surprising-rule-change-means-massive-American-style-utes-set-flood-streets-Australia-cause-chaos-shops.html?ito=social-facebook 2
willedoo Posted October 5 Posted October 5 I still haven't got used to seeing 'King's Birthday' printed on the calendar. 2
spacesailor Posted October 5 Posted October 5 I' , haven't spotted one, coin with his image , spacesailor 1
nomadpete Posted October 5 Posted October 5 3 hours ago, spacesailor said: I' , haven't spotted one, coin with his image , spacesailor Wots a coin? 1 1
old man emu Posted October 7 Posted October 7 I'm wondering if the Australian State governments are working with the Israelis to add the drug dealers from Australia who are living in Lebanon and who cannot be extradited to Australia to the list of unfortunate innocent collateral damage as the Israelis target the terrorists they want to get. Secondly, I wonder how much of the drug money raised in Australia flows into the coffers of those terrorist groups. 1
onetrack Posted October 8 Posted October 8 You can guarantee those Australian-Lebanese drug dealers will be out of Lebanon on the first plane to Australia. Rats bale out of a sinking ship first. 1 1
red750 Posted October 9 Posted October 9 Photos in the Daily Fail show Noni Hazelhurst being pushed through Sydney Airort in a wheelchair. The report did not indicate what her medical condition was. Noni is 71. 1
old man emu Posted October 10 Posted October 10 Today I got the first sign of the approaching summer. One of the straps on my last summer's things broke. Time to buy a new pair. 1 1
Popular Post willedoo Posted October 10 Popular Post Posted October 10 1 hour ago, old man emu said: Today I got the first sign of the approaching summer. One of the straps on my last summer's things broke. Time to buy a new pair. You have my sympathy ome, fishnet stockings are expensive. 6
spacesailor Posted October 10 Posted October 10 I wouldn't have guessed. ' suspender-belt ' breakdown ' . LoL spacesailor 1
old man emu Posted October 10 Posted October 10 3 hours ago, willedoo said: fishnet stockings are expensive. Corset they are. I'll keep you in suspenders while I consider the purchase. Thoughts of the expense involved are girdling my mind. 1
facthunter Posted October 10 Posted October 10 Watch out for what's in the dark recesses of your mind. Dog knows what you are thinking. To the pure in heart ALL things are pure. Nev 1
red750 Posted October 11 Posted October 11 Australia's next BIG thing... Australia's newest 'big thing' was unveiled over the weekend, the brand-new 'Big Tractor' rolling into the Midwest WA town of Carnamah. 🚜👨🌾🌾 The 11.5-metre piece of farming equipment marks a new entry into Australia's unofficial list of iconically-large objects - the roadside tourist statues that put our regional towns on the map! 2 1
old man emu Posted October 11 Posted October 11 It's a Chamberlain 40K. The first Chamberlain tractor produced was the model 40K which had 40 horsepower (30 kW) twin-cylinder, horizontally opposed engines. They weighed about four tonnes and were considered to be ideal for the needs of Australian farmers. I wondered if the statue was to commemorate the place of manufacture of that brand of tractor, but they were made in Welshpool, a suburb of Perth. Carnamah is about 280 kms from Welshpool. 1
nomadpete Posted October 11 Posted October 11 Oh WOW. Surely this will save lives on Australian roads by diverting and waylaying convoys of countless lumbering grey nomad caravanners. (Caravans of caravans) 2
old man emu Posted October 11 Posted October 11 The etymology of the word 'caravan' as it applies to an unpowered, solid-walled vehicle towed by an animal or a powered vehicle which can house people who move from place to place shows how a word can develop various meanings over time. The word 'caravan' is Persian. It comes from the the word 'karwan' which means a group of people travelling together for safety through a dangerous place. The image that word can produce is of a group of Arabs and their loaded camels travelling in single file across a desert. This meaning is akin to that of 'convoy' which comes from from Vulgar Latin conviare, literally "go together on the road". On the mud-laden roads of Britain from about 1640, a wagon called a 'stage wagon' or 'long wagon' was used to transport both goods and people between towns. These wagons were colloquially called 'caravans'. Although early English travellers using caravans did not sleep in them and did not travel in convoy, it was the fact that both people and their goods were carried in a single, covered vehicle for security that led to the wider use of the term 'caravan' in Britain. When the advent of the railways led to the decline of public, horse-drawn caravan services between towns, redundant caravans were converted to mobile accommodation for people whose way of making a living involved moving from town to town. When the first purpose-built, horse-drawn recreational vehicles appeared in England in the 1880s, they retained the name 'caravan' because they contained the living and accommodation needs of the owner. 1
spacesailor Posted October 11 Posted October 11 (edited) The newer caravan's are ' much Much' wider in their living rooms , probably 14 ft wide when both 'extendarooms' are moved outwards. My (old triple axle van was 9 ft wide ,without extenders. 39 ft length. Then the annexe 30ft X 12 ft ,two rooms. spacesailor Pas. : it looks like a motorhome/ bus / aircraft. Edited October 11 by spacesailor PS added 1
old man emu Posted October 11 Posted October 11 13 minutes ago, spacesailor said: it looks like a motorhome/ bus / aircraft. I'd say a Cessna Caravan, executive model. 2
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