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Strewth! That'll take some of the pressure off his bowling
Don't mention it to Huge Vitae.......he thinks Australians can't play cricket
And, Dizzy has been taking the wickets as well.
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nice fish m8
An absolute snodger of a pike, mate. Well done, and it's not gloating.....it's skiting ( pronounced...skyting, in strine)
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Unless of course you have trailer with 'Alko sealed for life' hubs - then you have nowhere to put the grease!
The life expectancy of such hubs (for those who frequently launch into the salty stuff) is not good. They are great on caravans, but I would always recommend the older style hubs with replacable bearings (and grease) that you can do maintenance on.
Just my opinion and experience.
Bill
A thing to remember when towing a trailer boat a fair distance to the ramp, is that the bearings get warm and a sudden immersion into the cold salt water chills the bearings, contracting them, thus causing an amount (albeit small) of salt water to get into the bearings.......After every sea outing, it pays to give the complete trailer a generous hosing down, especially around the bearings and springs.
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Serious question;
I am a complete towing novice and have just had a towbar fitted. Should I grease it at all, or leave it dry?
G'day mate, virtually every second household where I live has a trailer boat and it would be 1 in 20 that greases the towball. The grease gets on to various parts of clothing, making it less than useful. I have had a trailerboat for over 15 years and never grease the towball. If you can, get an old tennis ball, cut a piece out to fit over the towball, when not in use.
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A Japanese whaling fleet arrived back in their home port last week with 850 minke whales, taken from the southern oceans........The worst part of it is, the younger Japanese are being won over at the beauty of the mammals through whale watching in Australia and are not at all interested in eating whale meat. Ergot, the price of whalemeat plummeted and has been used, of late, as pet food.
Seems that education is working.....just.
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And why should U.S. taxpayers put up the taxes to keep this mean-spirited killer in jail?
I read an article about General Pershing and his way of dealing with terrorism......dunno if it is fact, or hearsay.
Once in U.S. history an episode of Islamic terrorism was very quickly stopped.
It happened in the Philippines about 1911, when Gen. John J. Pershing was in command of the garrison. There had been numerous Islamic terrorist attacks, so "Black Jack" told his boys to catch the perps and teach them a lesson.
Forced to dig their own graves, the terrorists were all tied to posts, execution style. The U.S. soldiers then brought in pigs and slaughtered them, rubbing their bullets in the blood and fat. Thus, the terrorists were terrorized; they saw that they would be contaminated with hogs' blood. This would mean that they could not enter Heaven, even if they died as terrorist martyrs. All but one was shot, their bodies dumped into the grave, and the hog guts dumped atop the bodies. The lone survivor was allowed to escape back to the terrorist camp and tell his brethren what happened to the others. This brought a stop to terrorism in the Philippines for the next 50 years.
Pointing a gun into the face of Islamic terrorists won't make them flinch. They welcome the chance to die for Allah. Like Gen. Perishing, we must show them that they won't get to Muslim heaven (which they believe has an endless supply of virgins) but instead will die with the hated pigs of the devil.
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Ah yes, that'll be the world famous american sense of humour then!
And then, there's....Charlotte Church's quotes
On George Bush:
* "George Bush hasn't got a clue what he's doing. He asked me what state Wales was in. I said, 'It's its own country next to England, Mr. Bush.'
* "If he doesn't know the rest of the countries in Europe, he could at least know what's in his own country. I'm really worried about it. He's a right weirdo."
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Another bit of religion.....Jesus' Dad's Name
A Sunday school teacher asked her class, "What was Jesus' mother's name?"
One child answered, "Mary."
The teacher then asked, "Who knows what Jesus' father's name was?"
A little kid said, "Verge."
Confused, the teacher asked, "Where did you get that?"
The kid said, "Well, you know, they are always talking about Verge n' Mary.''
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Sometimes I despair. Jay Leno (late night talk show host) does an occasional "man on the street" series of interviews where he asks what should be very simple questions about current events and shows some of the better ones on air.
Just remembered a news item when the Beatles were being interviewed in Noo York; one reporter asked" And how did you find the USA?" To which, John Lennon answered," we turned left at Greenland".....which went over like a lead balloon.
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anybody ever fished here then ???
Yeah, mate.......got this on the other side.......
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Taken a while ago. Have a guess, they are as common as....... known locally as the sreaming woman bird.
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About 35 years ago a friend of mine left the Island to go join his parents in Australia.
I have had no contact with him since.
His name is Stephen Pritchard. The last time I saw his auntie she said he was doing very well and was a keen amateur photographer and had recently won a few national awards. She was going to get me his address but I havn't seen her since. (that was about 5 years ago!)
I know it's a long shot and that Australia has like 7 million residents now but if any of you Aussies who are into photography recognise or can help in posting on local forums I would love to speak with him again.
We used to visit the local A&E at our hospital together and my Mum still wants the monhey for the front door
Please post here if you are prepared to look. I would rather that than see the thread has had 5 views and wonder.
21 million blokes and sheilas, mate
Any more about the bloke??? Type of work etc. Town he went to??????
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=australi...:en-US:official
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GOLF-CADDY COMMENTS
Golfer: "Think I'm going to drown myself in the lake."
Caddy: "Think you can keep your head down that long?"
Golfer: "I'd move heaven and earth to break 100 on this course."
Caddy: "Try heaven, you've already moved most of the earth."
Golfer: "Do you think my game is improving?"
Caddy: "Yes sir, you miss the ball much closer now."
Golfer: "Do you think I can get there with a 5 iron?"
Caddy: "Eventually."
Golfer: "You've got to be the worst caddy in the world."
Caddy: "I don't think so sir. That would be too much of a coincidence."
Golfer: "Please stop checking your watch all the time. It's too much of a distraction."
Caddy: "It's not a watch - it's a compass."
Golfer: "How do you like my game?"
Caddy: "Very good sir, but personally, I prefer golf."
Golfer: "Do you think it's a sin to play on Sunday?
Caddy: "The way you play, sir, it's a sin on any day."
Golfer: "This is the worst course I've ever played on."
Caddy: "This isn't the golf course. We left that an hour ago."
Golfer: "That can't be my ball, it's too old."
Caddy: "It's been a long time since we teed off, sir."
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My boat /w trailer is OK to roll to the truck if I happen to park it on a level paved surface but otherwise, it is difficult to impossible to manage without lots of backing up and messing around. Bad enough if I have someone spotting but doing it solo used to drive me crazy.
Since I keep it parked in my driveway between trips, it became a major issue. I finally found a gadget that make the whole job very quick & easy and though I'd share it with you.
Basically, I bought a device that replaces the normal ball mount and has peg holes to hold a V shaped piece of metal. When I'm loading, the V piece fits on the hitch and when I'm done, I just remove it and put it away.
Not sure if anyone on here has similar needs but if you do, this thing is hard to beat and should last me for as long as I live.
G'day mate, they are quite popular in Australia and well worth having a look at. Quite a few blokes have a tow ball on the bull-bar of their 4wds and manoevre the trailers that way.
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Just ordered some of the 7" Mann's Swinnin' Fish from here: http://www.sovereignsuperbaits.co.uk/Lures..._jerkbaits.html
and some big Wobble Shads From here: http://www.uk-fishing-tackle.co.uk/product...9cc47c137f570b1
In both cases, the prices seem unusually reasonable for UK compamies. Does anyone have any other recomendations for similar monster lures at sensible prices ?
BTW. I e-mailed the guy at UK-Fishing tackle and he does do the full range of colours for the big Conrad lures.
G'day mate, how about this link?
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Jason Donovan....
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Paul Hogan and Dame Edna Everage
Kylie, as well.......
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Just the rotory washing line then?
EEERRRR, how about these, then????
Inventions
* The bionic ear, a device that enables some deaf children to hear.
* Flexible wine casks... the bag in the box.
* The boomerang. Ancient weapon of the aboriginies. Other cultures have throwing sticks but none came back to the thrower if it missed the target.
* The Notepad. In the whole history of paper, it had been sold and used in single sheets until in 1902 JA Birchall thought it would be a good idea to stack a pile of half sheets together, back it with cardboard and glue one end.
Making the world's first notepad.
* The Electric Drill was the invention of Arthur James Arnot, who patented it in 1889.
* Postage stamps. The world's first pre paid postage system was introduced at Sydney in 1838.
* The world's first refrigeration plant was an Australian invention of 1858.
* To our collective shame, the worlds first bathing beauty contest was held in Australia in 1920.
* The famous "black box" flight recorder for recording aeroplane movements was invented in Australia in 1958.
* Also in 1958 the worlds first regular 'round the world' airline service was begun.
* The inflatable aircraft escape slide, which becomes a raft if the aeroplane ditches in water was an Australian invention of 1965.
* The Automatic letter sorting machine - 1930
* Two stroke lawn mower.
* The rotary hoist washing line.
* Lithium as a treatment for manic depression.
* Latex gloves 1945
Some sources (including at one time this page!) give Australia the credit for the Xerox photocopying process but was the NOT the case. Military firsts
* The underwater torpedo, Louis Brennan 1874
* The tank (1912 - Lance de Mole)
* Paper machine gun belt - dramatically reduced gun jamming while firing.
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Nope, Don't drink................
Don't go well with my pills lol...............
(Start a new game.......... guess what pills Huge takes
)EEEERRRR....suppositories
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That being said Bobj..........................
WE WON THE BL@@DY ASHES SO SHUT UP..
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I am refering to the 'apprentices' that were sent there from the IOW..........
Convicted of 'Crimes' but pardoned en-route provided they signed an 'apprentice' agreement to Australian 'Landowners'
This was after Australia was declared 'A Penal Colony' in truth many more suffered. But probably now, given the gift of time would look down upon their offsprings-offsping and say "Bl@@dy ripper" or whatever that they weren't left here like us 'good' citizens
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OK OK....... But it wasn't from me OK................
Look up "Convict records" and "Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight" and form your own opinion.
Mate!!! The poms sent the wrong lot out in the first fleet
A nation was established with "old lags" and is very proud of that fact.
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No honestly mate...........
About 12 of my Cousins went to Aus many years ago and settled in different parts.
Kerry in particular comes home and sees his Mum, (my auntie) quite often, if he were to read it............
Well I am not a small bloke by any means and well capable of looking after myself but there are limits one has to observe..................
Let it out, mate. We all understand.......
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I just can't bring myself to do it.........................
Go on, mate......then take a panadol
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Took a few pics of some tropical plants in the backyard.....
Dendrobium orchids
Caladium
Spider orchid