Horsetan Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Serendipity: 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted June 26, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2018 Serendipity: image.jpg There must be a joke about dead frogs and live frogs in there somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 There must be a joke about dead frogs and live frogs in there somewhere. Or even a frog juicer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DIW Posted June 26, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2018 Or even a frog juicer. OUCH! A. Nura Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 There must be a joke about dead frogs and live frogs in there somewhere. I was thinking more of a frog in the throat. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 1, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2018 https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/meet-the-melbourne-man-who-has-travelled-every-train-route-on-foot-20180625-p4znk2.html Note he has left the longest trips to last. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 G'Day Folks Sorry if this has been posted before, if not Enjoy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 4, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 4, 2018 Not everyone here is this loony. Place to stay away from, if we were all like this. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/attack-on-feminism-andrew-nolch-on-why-he-defaced-eurydice-dixon-s-memorial-20180704-p4zpjf.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Not everyone here is this loony. Place to stay away from, if we were all like this. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/attack-on-feminism-andrew-nolch-on-why-he-defaced-eurydice-dixon-s-memorial-20180704-p4zpjf.html Does he originate from Queensland? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 4, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 4, 2018 Does he originate from Queensland? Apparently not, he's from Melbourne. His Facebook page is 'interesting'! No need to be on FB. https://www.facebook.com/andynolch/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 (edited) Could be a scary place if you're a train driver... https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/643773/rio-tinto-world-biggest-robot-makes-first-driverless-delivery/ but maybe a great place to actually use model train driving skills in the real world! Edited July 13, 2018 by monkeysarefun 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 13, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2018 Could be a scary place if you're a train driver... https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/643773/rio-tinto-world-biggest-robot-makes-first-driverless-delivery/ but maybe a great place to actually use model train driving skills in the real world! Thats one train you won't want to beat to a level crossing, there aint anyone going to sound the horn or put the brakes on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris hndrsn Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 When the US Marines started doing rotations to Oz in the 80's to work with the Royal Australian Regiment, they were warned about "Drop Bears". They were a little bit dubious until one night a pair of Brawling possums fell onto a tent some of them were sharing. Now possums have pretty fierce claws and can shred tents along with most other things, In the dark the Yank's first thoughts turned to Drop Bears and of course no one thought to tell them the truth.... Of course on returning home they perpetuated the story and the next load of Yanks didn't even need to be fed the Drop Bear warnings, they were already stressed about them on arrival. I was in Spt Coy 8/9 RAR when our battalion hosted the first USMC exchange company for exercise Kangaroo 81. The other dangerous animal we told them about was the hoop snake, far more dangerous that the Inland Taipan, the worlds most venomous snake, or the Eastern Brown snake, the third most venomous snake, as the hoop snake could coil itself and spring into the air holding itself into a circle and roll after you downhill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 I bloke at tech in 1982 bought a scruffy white one - , he paid $4500 for it and we thought he was insane.. https://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Holden-Monaro-1970/SSE-AD-5428823/?Cr=0 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I bloke at tech in 1982 bought a scruffy white one - , he paid $4500 for it and we thought he was insane.. https://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Holden-Monaro-1970/SSE-AD-5428823/?Cr=0 Prices seem to have come off a bit of late. 10 Years or so ago I remember seeing a Torana XU1 with some (not particularly big name) history up for $375k. Whether it sold I don't know, but the fact that someone felt able to advertise it for roughly twice what my house was worth at the time speaks volumes. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) I was in Spt Coy 8/9 RAR when our battalion hosted the first USMC exchange company for exercise Kangaroo 81. The other dangerous animal we told them about was the hoop snake, far more dangerous that the Inland Taipan, the worlds most venomous snake, or the Eastern Brown snake, the third most venomous snake, as the hoop snake could coil itself and spring into the air holding itself into a circle and roll after you downhill.Hoop snakes included in this study, it seems.. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00049182.2012.731307 Sorry, but for me the poisonous spiders under the toilet seat, still take the biscuit.. Edited July 15, 2018 by rockershovel 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 New item: a new venomous snake discovered. https://pickle.nine.com.au/2018/07/17/08/40/new-venomous-snake-australia-weipa 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 SRman I'm so glad that we now have another snake that can kill you many time over! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 New item: a new venomous snake discovered. https://pickle.nine.com.au/2018/07/17/08/40/new-venomous-snake-australia-weipa Was this inside or outside the Australian Parliament? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 17, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2018 Was this inside or outside the Australian Parliament? The ones inside the Federal Parliament, are definitely worse! A holes. https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/cowboy-culture-department-of-agriculture-s-costly-live-export-legal-bungle-20180716-p4zrsv.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Kev thats a bit harsh all the pollies are doing is looking for the gravy train! Look at them all jumping on the poor sprinter service down at Baxter... tell me that most of the land isn't owned by the political party members or associates????? A new sparkie line is needed down there but why not go all the way to Hastings! Oh maybe they should get rid of the level crossings before they do! (wow that almost got back on topic of trains!) The poor snake however is being dug out of home for the Bauxite! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 18, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 18, 2018 Kev thats a bit harsh all the pollies are doing is looking for the gravy train! Look at them all jumping on the poor sprinter service down at Baxter... tell me that most of the land isn't owned by the political party members or associates????? A new sparkie line is needed down there but why not go all the way to Hastings! Oh maybe they should get rid of the level crossings before they do! (wow that almost got back on topic of trains!) The poor snake however is being dug out of home for the Bauxite! The rest of the line to Hastings? If they did it in one go, there would be no more MP photo opportunities for the next 10 elections! Cynical, me never. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 26, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26, 2018 Emu's! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/26/this-is-the-story-of-how-australia-went-to-war-with-emus-and-lost 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 26, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26, 2018 Emu's! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/26/this-is-the-story-of-how-australia-went-to-war-with-emus-and-lost Never mind emus. It's cassowaries you want to watch out for. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 The emus eat you out of house and home, the cassowaries simply kick you to death.Many years ago a friend of my family's 10 year old son was trying to get a photograph of an emu that was walking along the road. As he lined the emu up, it kept on slowly advancing on 10 year old, so he kept on backing away, all the time trying to focus his camera on the bird. eventually, the boy backed over a small log and landed on his back in a ditch, at which point the emu lost interest and walked off into the bush. The rest of us showed our extreme sympathy for the boy by laughing our heads off! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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