Celebrating Positives (offset of the Gripes Thread)

[Jerry_Atrick]

My ride on is in the shop getting its service, a new alternator and a microswitch.. just out of warranty, too

[pmccarthy]

Those mobility scooters need maintenance.

[nomadpete]

22 hours ago, facthunter said:

My wife's Zero turn Toro is 24 Hp. I have to say I want to check it to get her off it.. .  Nev

Me too!

That one's HER toy.

The only time I'm allowed to touch it is to service it.

 

[facthunter]

She used to drive the tractors on my  Vineyard at Lake Boga. THAT stirred up all the People who owned orchards etc Nev

[old man emu]

8 hours ago, facthunter said:

She used to drive the tractors on my  Vineyard at Lake Boga

Is that a variation of the insult, "Ya Mudda wears army boots!"?

[facthunter]

Just the Usual Put down of Women that is fairly Prevalent in the Bush.. nev

[spacesailor]

my, Wife's , Brother's ,  Daughter's , Son's  , wife .

is now a " Mattel doll" .

 

I joke you not . 

 ( but I'm not certain if I picked the correct image )

spacesailor

 

[rgmwa]

Almost achieved six degrees of separation there, Spacey. 

[spacesailor]

I counted six .

Me, wife,brother, daughter, son, wife .

LoL

spacesailor

 

PS.  English,Irish,Irish,English,Australian, 

The nephew 's wife I must Ask. I think Australlian .

PPS  the daughter & her brother are the only siblings to serve in the same Australian regiment. 

Edited April 14 by spacesailor
PS added

[rgmwa]

I think you have to leave yourself out of the count, Spacey. It's the number of `gaps' between you and the others.

[pmccarthy]

A big positive for me. I lost my wallet in a park yesterday in the English Midlands and today I got it back with licence, credit cards and about $400 equivalent in cash. The girl who handed it in at the police station did not leave her name.

[onetrack]

That is great news. I lost my wallet in a shopper car park about 3 years ago, and a young Asian lady handed it in to Centre Management.

I went and inquired to the Centre Management later in the day, and there it was. I only had about $130 in it, but a lot of cards.

I got the lasses name/ph no, called her, and asked how I could send her a reward. She insisted she wanted nothing, but I said, "at least let me send you a lottery ticket!"

She gave me her address, and I sent her a thank you card, and a slikpik. Unfortunately, it won nothing. It was obvious my winning streak didn't extend to Lotto. 😞 

[old man emu]

There is nothing worse than reaching for your wallet and it not being there. I often just put my wallet on the centre console of my car and forget to pick it up when I dive out to go to the supermarket. Even realising that I don't have it while I'm halfway to the supermarket gives me a jolt. I can imagine PMCC's horror having lost his in a foreign country.

 

Both his and Onetrack's happy result restores one's faith in the goodness of most people.

[pmccarthy]

The policeman on the desk asked “does that restore your faith in human nature?” I said I hadn't really lost it. He said “ I lost it years ago!”

[facthunter]

You would in THAT job.  You are NOT dealing with the Nicest people in Society.  Nev

[Litespeed]

Beautiful day in the port for Easter.

 

Lifted my pot and bingo, 5 nice blue swimmers for dinner. Will do a homemade Thai chilli jam 🦀 in the wok.

 

What do the poor eat?

 

Bloody fresh seafood.

 

[facthunter]

Spanner Crabs at the Co op. .Nev

[Litespeed]

At $40 min  a kilo, I want them fresh and free.

[Litespeed]

Yesterday was a kilo bream and a very large leather jacket.

 

Ah life is hard

[facthunter]

 EXCEPT When they pinch your tinny and everything rusts or you get a big swell from an off shore LOW. for days. There's not much meat on a swimmer. You need a large bowl of water and a flannel to eat one.  I used to spear them off the front of a Boat before the wind ruffled the water surface and you PICK the ones you wanted. . Just a flattened nail with a barbed end on a Piece of Curtain rod  long enough to reach the Bottom. .  Nev

[Litespeed]

Not a lot of meat but very sweet, the effort is definitely worth it.

 

Had great weather but a change is in the air.

 

I get muddies for volume and blueys for flavour.

 

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

4 hours ago, Litespeed said:

Yesterday was a kilo bream and a very large leather jacket.

 

Ah life is hard

Where is that darned envy emoji ??!???

[nomadpete]

30 minutes ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

Where is that darned envy emoji ??!???

Well Jerry, I don't think you'll get tucker like that if you come back and live in a big city.

[Jerry_Atrick]

Actually, funny you should mention that. The Atrick family has been discussing plans... and living in the city is not necessarily where we will be. We have to be close to decent amenities, but we have decided rather than do what we did last time (arrange job, place to live, etc) beefore we arrive, we would arrive first, buy a decent sized car, and travel around a bit to places we think we may want to settle. I guess, I will have to settle for somewhere on the coast, and yes, it is likely to be Victoria for now, but around 3 hours drive from Melbourne is doable (I will want to catch a few Hawks games when I am back!!)

 

Son has been wanting to live on a boat for a long time, but I have told him the regs in Australia are a lot different to hear, and there are no real canal boats nor vessel carrying canal ways in Australia (I am sure there are a few).

 

But, I recall, even last time I lived in Melbourne (2006 emigrated back), you could get a decent feed from Port Philip bay. Was thinking the Carrum/Chelsea area, but I recall around Seaford way it used to get very polluted. But all I need is a 4hp tinnie with some cover (and a trailer).

 

 

Edited Sunday at 11:08 AM by Jerry_Atrick

[Litespeed]

Sounds like a plan, lots of great coastal spots around lakes entrance, a huge boaty area.

 

In Victoria you can live onboard with no gov hassles.

If you want isolated but close, Mornington Peninsula or Philip island are great.

 

Yes we need a envy emoji, just to demonstrate how shit Aus is. Don't come, the food will eat you and the tourists taste terrible.

 

Port Stephens is awesome and lots of work in Newcastle or Sydney.

 

We even accept Poms but hide the beer and wine from them.

 

Naturally the seafood is terrible, I had to force down the fifth 🦀.

 

I even had the supervisor tell me not to eat them.

Here he is on patrol poor buggar had to eat big gar fish.

 

It's a awful place to live, all those tourist pics are just fake news...

Edited Sunday at 11:23 AM by Litespeed