Wm.Traynor wrote:Flyonline,
To my old ears, it all sounds very adventurous and exciting
Lazarus wrote:Wasted 2 hrs, what I thought was a nice piece of white cedar, and at least 30c worth of electrickery, on an aborted attempt to make a translucent bowl.
A nascent fault, undetectable until spun up to warp speed on the lathe, and introduced to a bowl gouge, came explosively to fruition.
My face will heal, the "bowl" is currently, randomly distributed about the shed.
deye243 wrote:The one's you don't put a hook in are the most memorable...... I once lassoed a gummy off the beach one night
bigpete wrote:deye243 wrote:The one's you don't put a hook in are the most memorable...... I once lassoed a gummy off the beach one night
Notice what its hooked by ?
bladeracer wrote:Rose and I went up to Albury on Friday for the two-day Off-Grid Living Festival at Chilton.
bigpete wrote:Took the superlite out on a farm this morning thst has a kangaroo destruction permit. Despite wearing camo and working the wind and everything being damp and soft,they were extremely flighty and difficult to get close to. Eventually however I managed to take one from a solid 150m with a 165gn SGK to the head using a tree to lean against. Can't complain about the accuracy of this rifle that's for sure.
wanneroo wrote:bladeracer wrote:Rose and I went up to Albury on Friday for the two-day Off-Grid Living Festival at Chilton.
Well Blade, I think the "off the grid" term gets used to mean many different things and for some it's just getting off the electrical grid and for some it's totally checking out completely from modern society. And some in the middle perhaps finding a balance and living rurally.
In the end "the net" and "the grid" are here to stay, baring some major catastrophic event.
Lazarus wrote:Today I looked at the Austpost tracking info on my new Bog Pod.
As usual, for Austpost, it's on a scenic tour of the east coast.
After the lightning fast response by the vendor, once again, Austpost, after receiving the ball, fumbled it, dropped it, knocked it on, then kicked it into their own goal.
By comparison, the Italian hunting boots I'm wearing, got 15,000km from England to my feet in 6 days.
Austpost has had 6 days to get it less than 1000km and now they tell.me they need at least 2 more days.
Privatisation, making things cheaper and more efficient.
Just like phones, and electricity, and roads, and.....
Bugman wrote:Lazarus wrote:Today I looked at the Austpost tracking info on my new Bog Pod.
As usual, for Austpost, it's on a scenic tour of the east coast.
After the lightning fast response by the vendor, once again, Austpost, after receiving the ball, fumbled it, dropped it, knocked it on, then kicked it into their own goal.
By comparison, the Italian hunting boots I'm wearing, got 15,000km from England to my feet in 6 days.
Austpost has had 6 days to get it less than 1000km and now they tell.me they need at least 2 more days.
Privatisation, making things cheaper and more efficient.
Just like phones, and electricity, and roads, and.....
Yep. I share your frustration. And now they only deliver "snail mail" every second day. Somehow, I don't think I will notice much, if any, difference.