anthillinside wrote:So what's our next mission Mr.Tracey
As far as the geriatric section goes ... I think we're in it
XP22 wrote:I am 45, due to where we lived down the West Coast we didn't have television or a phone until I was 18, but I had been working away for two years by then. We had power at the dairy and at the house when the dairy generator was running or for special occaisons. I still went to school four days a week when able so didn't miss out on too much or did I really miss much at all? I just can't sit down for hours on end and watch all the drivel on TV and often think it is a poor substitute for real life.
The property is really only a weekender and a tax write off for us now and has stand alone solar but I still go down to the, now un-used, dairy and fire up the old Lister just to listen to the thump.
Those are my memories.
brett1868 wrote:anthillinside wrote:So what's our next mission Mr.Tracey
As far as the geriatric section goes ... I think we're in it
We can have an entrance exam and membership cards in large bold raised print
Questions
1. Are you on "Face Book" ?
2. Who "Knows Nothing"?
3. Bart tenders name on "The Love Boat"?
4. Who is "Hotter" Ginger, Maryanne or Mrs Howell?
5. What's Kim Kardashian famous for?
6. How many cardigans in the wardrobe?
7. Last prostrate exam?
8. Number of prescription meds on the bedside table?
9. Pairs of glasses?
10. Nut Bra
Correct Answers
1. What's Face Book?
2. Sgt Shultz
3. Isaac
4. Mrs Howell cause at this age the other 2 would be young enough to be your daughters. (trick question)
5. WTF is she?
6. More then 3
7. Within the last 6 months
8. 4 or more
9. 3 or more
10. Own more then 1
North East wrote:Never interested in "Thunderbirds"....real girls were a different matter!
Noisydad wrote:XP22 wrote:I am 45, due to where we lived down the West Coast we didn't have television or a phone until I was 18, but I had been working away for two years by then. We had power at the dairy and at the house when the dairy generator was running or for special occaisons. I still went to school four days a week when able so didn't miss out on too much or did I really miss much at all? I just can't sit down for hours on end and watch all the drivel on TV and often think it is a poor substitute for real life.
The property is really only a weekender and a tax write off for us now and has stand alone solar but I still go down to the, now un-used, dairy and fire up the old Lister just to listen to the thump.
Those are my memories.
The sound of a one lunger is as sweet as it gets...except maybe for a 2 cylinder John Deere I think but then I've been collecting them since I was 15. In fact I'll be starting up my '47 Johnny G model and '43 Farmall model H this arvo Becuase I need some shed space to do some work on my Landrover CV joints.
Yep, I am in the same boat, in the eighties part of my job was travelling around farms as a tradesman, especially dairies. As it was a point in time when they were mostly regarded as junk(my wife, father and brother still consider them junk) I acquired well over 100 various engines. Most for nothing except the time and labour to remove, many for a carton or two or twenty bucks, well over fifty ran without having anything more than a quick clean. I haven't really done much with them for the past ten years and they are spread out over three sheds but will get back into them eventually.
If nothing else they will make an an interesting headache for my kids when I pass on.
anthillinside wrote:I wonder is anything made in 2015 will still be running in 2115?
Seconds wrote:anthillinside wrote:I wonder is anything made in 2015 will still be running in 2115?
Some will of course.
But in terms of a percentage I have no doubt it will be a lot less compared to older quality stuff.
Title_II wrote:Old enough to be aware of it? Yeah. Old enough to remember it? Not really.
I didn't know Aussies got that old. I always figured you were eaten or envenomated by something (or someone) before you reached your 40s
brett1868 wrote:Title_II wrote:Old enough to be aware of it? Yeah. Old enough to remember it? Not really.
I didn't know Aussies got that old. I always figured you were eaten or envenomated by something (or someone) before you reached your 40s
We're bred tough down here, dodging snakes, avoiding drop bears and punching out Great White's is just part of everyday life down under.
Mate, I want to come down there
Title_II wrote:I didn't know Aussies got that old. I always figured you were eaten or envenomated by something (or someone) before you reached your 40s
Harper wrote:Title_II wrote:I didn't know Aussies got that old. I always figured you were eaten or envenomated by something (or someone) before you reached your 40s
You just have to breed faster than you get eaten.
We give it a go