Aussie off topic chat thread

[boneman660]

Originally Posted by fatbloke49

If you have young kids who still beleives in Santa, go to www.portablenorthpole.tv
and enter your kids name, wether they have been bad or good, a photo and also enter your email address and santa will send you a personal Santa video. I do it every year for my kids....:-)

Thanks FB, that was great, the look on my boy's face was priceless. I reckon we can guarantee best behaviour between now & christmas after Santa's warnings!

[Phil_Fong]

Originally Posted by hunter_greyghost

One hazard of desert riding I suppose?
Cheers
Baza

I have a friend who hit one in a heavy rigid on the Nullabor and spent 6 weeks in horsepiddle, 1 week intensive care.

Damn things like to sleep on the warmer bitumen at night.

It would be "goodnight Irene" if you clobbered one on a bike ....

When we did the Wanaaring OCR, I noticed the Bourke Shire council trucks placing signs on the highway south. You can't see them with the scrub so close to the highway and they are well camouflaged for it. 2 steps from them, and they're in harms way.

hence the cull ......

[Sleepy John]

We spotted a flock of emus about 15 metres off the Pacific Highway at Broadwater in northern NSW a couple of Sundays ago. Not in an emu farm either!

[lentil]

Originally Posted by Phil_Fong

I have a friend who hit one in a heavy rigid on the Nullabor and spent 6 weeks in horsepiddle, 1 week intensive care.

Damn things like to sleep on the warmer bitumen at night.

It would be "goodnight Irene" if you clobbered one on a bike ....

When we did the Wanaaring OCR, I noticed the Bourke Shire council trucks placing signs on the highway south. You can't see them with the scrub so close to the highway and they are well camouflaged for it. 2 steps from them, and they're in harms way.

hence the cull ......

I reckon they would make a hell of a mess if hit by a HR . bloody nuisance things. A friend has a contract for the cull he sits in helicopters for days on end searching them out and shooting them in the NT.

Originally Posted by Sleepy John

We spotted a flock of emus about 15 metres off the Pacific Highway at Broadwater in northern NSW a couple of Sundays ago. Not in an emu farm either!

I guess because of all the development we dont tend to think of emus being that close to the coast but they must have been there before all the highways and stuff eh ? either way I friggen hate emus and motorbikes together its an unnatural partnership!

[SYDADVGS]

First time I rode my PD I picked it up in Alice and was riding into Marla at night and there were about 30-40 of the bastards standing in the middle of the Stuart Highway.

I was a little over the NT speed limit, it was at that moment I learned what 20 year old brakes, lights and horn were really like, how I missed them I'll never know they were scattering in every direction.

It slowed me right down for the rest of ride into Marla fortunately it was only about another 15k.

[oodeano]

I rode through a dozen goats between Dorrigo and Tyringham on Sunday - not something i expected at all.

Maybe they were domestic livestock?

[Reefdog]

Does this count

[Lerxstdawg]

I know there are more than a few Rush fans in the U.S.A & Canada, but are there any here in OZ? Enough even to get the band to tour maybe?

[Brute]

They may as well tour , just a few coming up in the new year , Black Sabbath , Neil Young , Robert Plant , Deep Purple , Mettalica , The list of oldies & old bands getting back together is amazing .

[eieio]

Looks like B.O.C. will do a roaring trade in the new year,
they'll definately need to be stocked up with Oxygen with all those old blokes touring

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by Lerxstdawg

I know there are more than a few Rush fans in the U.S.A & Canada, but are there any here in OZ? Enough even to get the band to tour maybe?

A big fan here... Neil Pert(sp) is a fantastic drummer. They had many a great hit over the years. But as for a tour.... who would know.

[Happy Snapper]

Originally Posted by ozimick

So, the other day I found an item of interest for sale on a well known internet site. A few emails later, I transfer $500 into old mates account and ,I assume he caught the first plane out of town with the money as I havent been able to get a response from him since (can you see where this is heading ) and I haven't recieved said purchase in the mail.
I have a name, I have a bank account number and bugger all else at this point. (although I am working on getting his address through somewhat devious means )
I am not overly bothered about the money, it stings a bit but in the overall scheme of things it dont matter much,I have good health and get three feeds a day
What Im wondering is there any course of action to follow to track this grub down and bring him to answer .....
Im probably not the first sucker to have boosted his income, if I can I would like to be sure I do what I can to be the last.

My usual conservative approach to people like him is to hunt them down and drive a stake through their heart!

As you are the one who has lost the cash you might prefer a more aggressive approach!

[MOLAHS]

Originally Posted by Phil_Fong

I have a friend who hit one in a heavy rigid on the Nullabor and spent 6 weeks in horsepiddle, 1 week intensive care.

Damn things like to sleep on the warmer bitumen at night.

It would be "goodnight Irene" if you clobbered one on a bike ....

When we did the Wanaaring OCR, I noticed the Bourke Shire council trucks placing signs on the highway south. You can't see them with the scrub so close to the highway and they are well camouflaged for it. 2 steps from them, and they're in harms way.

hence the cull ......

Hi Phil, In the 70's I was managing a diving company and one of our expat divers lost his wife and two children after hitting a camel on the way back to Abu Dhabi from Dubai on a shopping trip. They were out on holiday from the UK.
Especially driving/riding in the desert at sunset the camels are almost invisible. I had a lucky escape at that impending sunset time when the car in front, maybe 200 metres, jabbed his brakes and woke me up. Bill

[MOLAHS]

Originally Posted by ozimick

So, the other day I found an item of interest for sale on a well known internet site. A few emails later, I transfer $500 into old mates account and ,I assume he caught the first plane out of town with the money as I havent been able to get a response from him since (can you see where this is heading ) and I haven't recieved said purchase in the mail.
I have a name, I have a bank account number and bugger all else at this point. (although I am working on getting his address through somewhat devious means )
I am not overly bothered about the money, it stings a bit but in the overall scheme of things it dont matter much,I have good health and get three feeds a day
What Im wondering is there any course of action to follow to track this grub down and bring him to answer .....
Im probably not the first sucker to have boosted his income, if I can I would like to be sure I do what I can to be the last.

Hi Mick, Can't you contact the mods on the site ? I had 2 bad experiences buying off this site from US members. One was resolved, the other not. But on the unresolved one a US site member tracked him down and gave him shit, unfortunately to no avail. Good luck with your problem. Cheers Bill

[Rus]

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