Celebrating Positives (offset of the Gripes Thread)

[nomadpete]

3 hours ago, facthunter said:

How'd you do the corners? Slip tongue?. Oak is good  stuff Heavy?  Nev

Hey I'm no expert. Jointing? Mitre saw and epoxy. Yes tassie oak is heavier than slash pine but is is only trim and only big enough to stiffen the 1/8" plywood. I don't think it will impact the GTM.

 

And apart from using up waste timber, I avoided a trip to the hardware store which always seems to cost more than planned. Mostly because of impulse purchases, but that's a different argument

 

Edited February 9 by nomadpete

[pmccarthy]

Wife and dog have gone for a walk.I am sitting comfortably. Weather has been perfect for our three day getaway.

[spacesailor]

My " Grey-nomad " daughter is on her way to Tasmania, 

With a few of the " Dust&Dirt " club members. 

spacesailor

[facthunter]

The SOON To be released new Land Cruiser has a FOUR  Cylinder Motor with good economy.(about 60% of the V8 figures).  Is that a POSITIVE? Nev

[spacesailor]

Aimed solely for the wealthy ' mums ' with prams dropping their darlings off at school / preschool.

spacesailor

PS : big grunt to tow those fifth-wheeler houses .

Edited February 10 by spacesailor
A little more !

[Litespeed]

Had two great nights in a row on the deck of a great friends houseboat .

 

We are founding members of the "Procrastinaters fishing 🎣 club".

 

We eat, chat, drink and view the giant aquarium nature provides.

 

She has a solar light just above the water that does many colours but best is blue or green. Turn it on at dusk and wait for the best show in town. The marina is a gold mine for fish habitat and we have been training them to come each night for a viewing.

 

The green attracts the plankton which attracts little Tailor, Garfish, squid, prawns and even Mantis shrimp arrive.

Then the hunter killer subs of fish turn up- Mulloway ( Jewel or Jew fish).

They cruise like lazy dogs then explode the water as they smash the little stuff. The acceleration they have is hard to believe.

Small fish are jumping out the water for their lives often to land in striking distance of another Mulloway.

 

In two hours tonight we saw hundreds of prey getting smashed by a gang of 10-12 Mulloways from 35-60cm. Still below the minimum 70cm , but impressive beasts.

All perfectly lit for viewing from the deck, mostly within 1-10 feet in front of us.

 

After seeing that, it's easy to understand finding fish and prawns on the deck, they jumped there.

 

We just love watching nature at work, it's better than any movie.

 

No fishing involved except for inspection of a huge mantis shrimp, which I netted. The Mulloway won't attack them unless by mistake.

 

The Mantis Shrimp is a weird and deadly looking bastard and when swallowed would be stabbing the fish from the inside. Yes, one did stab my hand once and wow that bleed and hurt like hell..their stab or punch depending on the type is faster than the speed of sound and creates a ballistic bubble that explodes in front of them. It's enough to smash aquarium glass.

 

Best show and perfect company

 

 

[old man emu]

Latest headline in "Fishing Australia" - Burley Manufacturers Call for Ban on Green LED Lights.

[nomadpete]

10 hours ago, Litespeed said:

Had two great nights in a row on the deck

 

We eat, chat, drink and view the giant aquarium nature provides.

 

She has a solar light just above the water that does many colours

 

The green attracts the plankton which....

 

We just love watching nature at work, it's better than any movie.

 

Best show and perfect company

 

 

Thanks for sharing.

 

I love dusk. It is the most beautiful part of the day. We often take a bottle of wine and crackers down to our viewing platform to watch the forest creatures going through their bedtime routine. Down here we get a delightfully long twilight.

 

And when we are on the water - usually try to anchor alone in a quiet cove. Then we watch the stars and reflections.

 

Thanks for the tip. I'm ordering a little colour change floodlight right away!

[Litespeed]

The best are just green or blue but white is also good.

 

Here it is.

 

[Litespeed]

[facthunter]

That sort of Jellyfish is not a good thing. Nev

[Litespeed]

I don't know much about them but the blue bits look toxic..

 

I know they weigh about 10 kg and I hit them in the tinny all the time.

[old man emu]

3 hours ago, Litespeed said:

I hit them in the tinny all the time.

Bloody lovely! You want to enjoy the natural beauty of the place you are moored, but you happily chuck beer cans at the jellyfish.

[facthunter]

Those Jellyfish tend to dominate places where the oxygen in the water is too low for other marine life.   Nev

[nomadpete]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

Those Jellyfish tend to dominate places where the oxygen in the water is too low for other marine life.   Nev

Sounds possible. I really don't know. But I have seen plagues of big jelly fish in Moreton Bay - and that wasn't likely to be oxygen starved. The outboard motor struggled through them!

 

And if they are migrating, how does a brainless creature know how to gather in large numbers and all head off together?

 

Oh, the positive? Well I  think it's  a positive that I'm not swimming with them!

Edited February 12 by nomadpete
Added a + to qualify to post in the thread.

[pmccarthy]

5 minutes ago, nomadpete said:

 

And if they are migrating, how does a brainless creature know how to gather in large numbers and all head off together?

 

 

Haven't you heard of Taylor Swift concerts?

[facthunter]

Critters have a way of multiplying when conditions suit them and excluding other species when the circumstances more favour one than the other. . One example being Gum trees.  Nev

[nomadpete]

1 hour ago, pmccarthy said:

Haven't you heard of Taylor Swift concerts?

Taylor WHO?

 

I heard media comment that anybody who hasn't heard of Taylor Swift must be living under a rock. And that the Trump brigade were paranoid that Taylor Swift might endorse Biden when she went to the footy. Is she some sort of influencer?

 

I think I am happy to live under a rock.

[nomadpete]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

Critters have a way of multiplying when conditions suit them and excluding other species when the circumstances more favour one than the other. . One example being Gum trees.  Nev

Or humans.....

[facthunter]

Yes particularly the uneducated ones. who use them as money earners.  In  places of more education and womens's RIGHTS the population growth is negative..    Nev

[nomadpete]

2 hours ago, facthunter said:

In  places of more education and womens's RIGHTS the population growth is negative..    Nev

That, in itself is frightening. Having lived in sprawling outer suburbs teeming with breeders, I know it is true.

[old man emu]

5 hours ago, nomadpete said:

Is she some sort of influencer?

Try buying a ticket to one of her coming concerts and you'll get an idea of how much influence she has over the younger generation. A recent survey in the USA, about 33% of respondents aged between 18 and 29 were fans. The sample size wasn't given. That is a sizeable voting bloc.

[nomadpete]

2 hours ago, old man emu said:

Try buying a ticket to one of her coming concerts

No thanks.

[Jerry_Atrick]

The cost of a ticket to her Japanese concert was, on hearsay, USD$2K and I am sure I read in The Age or ABC it will be the first tour to gross over $1bn.

 

The world is too wealthy

[old man emu]

Forget the price of admission. A great deal of that would go towards the costs of staging the concert. The real money is in merchandising. You even have to have a ticket in order to get into the place selling the merchandise.