ernokaikkonen 0 #276 October 23, 2002 Morning. I'd say good morning, but my personal morning at the moment is a bit woozy and tired.I had this great idea to hit the bars last night with a couple of my buddies... Don't you just love being at work and hung over? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkF 0 #277 October 23, 2002 Quote It sucks doesnt it? All of north Victoria needs rain badly, and down here in southern vic we have had nothing but shitty weather here for ages! We've had a lot of rain days but stuff all actual rain. About a third the average I hear. Must have a look at www.bom.gov.au there's some rainfall maps there. Thompsons dam is still only at around 54% capacity and Silvan is bloody near empty... What we really need is a solid Vic / NSW / SE Qld / SA downpour for about 3 weeks... Ooroo Mark F... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluefingers 0 #278 October 23, 2002 sounds like the last time I played hackey sak with the Yeti - I had a bruised butt - couldn't sit down for a week! There's even a pic of him taking a full swing at my poor bum, missing, and getting my back! OWWWWWW! Yes, we were very drunk. It was the night of my freefall taxi ... say no more .... Kerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkF 0 #279 October 23, 2002 Quote Mark - go to bed!!!! You can post whore tomorrow after your suit and tie affair That's it, the managment marathon is OVER. Yes the sandwiches were soggy and the bloody coffee was bloody decaf and I didn't get out for a smoke 'til 3.00pm but now I'm free and it's ten to BEER (and Bundy OP of course) Oh BTW ... Good everyone...Ooroo Mark F... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #280 October 23, 2002 Good morning peeps, its a little damp here but I'm managing to keep my powder dry...and my dander up. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2351633.stm[url]-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #281 October 23, 2002 Quote Why on earth do you want to avoid the funnel?The rules of WOP are simple.......you learn them as you goActually it is easy. A minimum of five people stand in a circle and kick a soccer ball around. The ball may bounce once and may only be played once. If you make a mistake you take a letter, starting with W. Once you get to WOP you step out and remember if you were first out or second or third etc etc. When everybody is out the first person places himself up against the hanger door as a target. The second places the ball, kicks it as hard as he/she can and tries to hit said target. If you score you get to stand down. If you miss you join the line by the hanger door. It is a lot of fun and takes a certain amount of insanity.BTW Were you at nationals this year? we play teh same game, with slightly different rules, the word to spell is BUTTS UP, and once you have reached the required letters you must bend over with your rear facing out and that is the target of punishment. I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluefingers 0 #282 October 23, 2002 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2351633.stm Kerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scratch 0 #283 October 23, 2002 Yup, head down and butts up it the proper way. When I have had a few I tend to just lean up against the hanger door facing out and drink my beer in between taunting the kickers. I have not been hit yet.....not for want of them trying Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluefingers 0 #284 October 23, 2002 *hands nacmac a warm towel and a hot drink* .... nasty weather!!!!! Kerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #285 October 23, 2002 Well damn. The whole of Europe seems to be getting floods these days. Except Finland. It's just getting cold and dark here, we had -15C yesterday. brrrr. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluefingers 0 #286 October 23, 2002 -15Cnow see, I could never cope with that .... I would have ceased to exist at about -5!!! Kerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #287 October 23, 2002 NacMac This is for you, photo lifted from the link you posted...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #288 October 23, 2002 Hey Quatorze, how did the job interview go? Blue thanks for fixing that typo, I guess I hit underline instead of url...Ho humm...fingies still cold and wet....-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #289 October 23, 2002 LOL Dave..-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #290 October 23, 2002 Did I use the right Scottish word?--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkF 0 #291 October 23, 2002 Quote Well damn. The whole of Europe seems to be getting floods these days. Except Finland. It's just getting cold and dark here, we had -15C yesterday. brrrr. Think about the people in Port Hedland in West Aus. yesterday. 46.7C only about 35C today though. Further north in Fitzroy Crossing it was about 44C at 2.00pm... They'd probably like it a bit cooler. -15C would probably be just a touch too cool though.Ooroo Mark F... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #292 October 23, 2002 I should be getting the digital camera I ordered sometime this week. I'll have to post a pic of the view out of my window. It even looks cold. Or maybe I should wait until the next time we get sleet horizontally. So that it looks cold and wet. Have mentioned lately how I don't like the place this country ended up? I mean I mostly like my country, it's just in the wrong geographical place... When my plans for world domination get fulfilled, I'll tip the earth's axis so that Finland ends up nearer the equator... MWAHAHHAAHHAAAAA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #293 October 23, 2002 The interview went amazingly well, I should hear something within the nect two weeks. But fear not old Scottish friend, if I get the position I will only leave the night shift here in the US for about two months and I will work 3 days on, 4 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off, all the more time to post whore. I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scratch 0 #294 October 23, 2002 Quote 46.7C Jeeeze That sounds like Citrusdal. Don't you just love it when your canopy sticks to you while you are trying to pack Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #295 October 23, 2002 >Think about the people in Port Hedland in West Aus. yesterday. >46.7C only about 35C today though. Further north in Fitzroy >Crossing it was about 44C at 2.00pm... They'd probably like it >a bit cooler I'd like to have a word or two with the stupid shit who designed this world. Some things(like temperature) could have been distributed a bit more equally... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #296 October 23, 2002 "The interview went amazingly well" Cool, its about time some good news came to the forums...Sounds like a lot of time off for fun.... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluefingers 0 #297 October 23, 2002 The mind boggles ... Man's bite adds to severity of mamba venom By Graeme Hosken and Lee Rondganger Terrified after he was bitten by a green mamba in KwaMakhutha, a 44-year-old man bit off a chunk of his hand in a desperate attempt to stop the poison from spreading. But instead the poison spread to his mouth and stomach and he was fighting for his life in the intensive care unit at Durban's Addington Hospital. The man, who cannot be identified until his next-of-kin have been told of his plight, was walking through a dense bush when he was bitten on the hand. He continued to walk for more than three kilometres to the KwaMakhutha Clinic to seek help before being airlifted by paramedics from the Specialised Trauma Air Rescue Unit to Addington Hospital. When paramedics arrived at the clinic, the victim was suffering from hallucinations, convulsions and showing all signs of having been poisoned. Green mamba venom is a neuro-toxin which attacks the nervous system and can be lethal. The poison paralyses a victim from the feet up, shutting off the internal organs as it moves through the body. Star's lead flight paramedic David Doull said the man was in a serious, but stable condition and that he was extremely lucky to be alive. "By trying to suck the poison out of his wound he further endangered his life," Doull said. "The poison was transferred on to his lips and mouth thus moving closer to his brain and heart." He said a person should never try to suck the venom from a wound as this was an old wive's tale and victims placed themselves in even greater danger. Durban snake expert Craig Smith warned people to be on the lookout as the onset of summer heralded an increase in the reptile's activity. People with gardens, Smith said, should keep them tidy and that all left over food be either stored or removed completely from the property. "The food attracts rats and mice which attract snakes," he said. "Should anyone come into contact with a snake, immediately phone a snake park or zoo which will send someone to catch the snake. The best thing to do is to try and describe the snake by its length, width and colour," he said. He added that if a person was bitten by a snake they should be rushed to the nearest hospital. "A common mistake," he said "is that they try to catch the snake which has bitten the person in order to show the doctor what snake it was." Kerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #298 October 23, 2002 >"A common mistake," he said "is that they try to catch the >snake which has bitten the person in order to show the doctor >what snake it was." Didn't we talk about this yesterday? Stupid people, I mean... "Hey, a dangerous venomous snake! Let's try to catch it!" WTF? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkF 0 #299 October 23, 2002 Quote >Think about the people in Port Hedland in West Aus. yesterday. >46.7C only about 35C today though. Further north in Fitzroy >Crossing it was about 44C at 2.00pm... They'd probably like it >a bit cooler I'd like to have a word or two with the stupid shit who designed this world. Some things(like temperature) could have been distributed a bit more equally... It hasn't got HOT up there yet - it's still _only_ spring. The signs are that we're set for a bloody hot summer. If you want sumemr HEAT Marble Bar is the place to go. It's about 150 of so km inland from Hedland. I've been there a couple of times. You just drink beer and sleep.http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/climate/tempmaps.cgi?page=map&variable=tmaxhigh&period=12month&area=aus... There's a few pics on page 5 of http://members.optusnet.com.au/mark_forsyth/ that might make you feel a bit warmer. The aeroplaney ones were shot at the Avalon airshow last year. It was about 40C for the whole week... The centre top of page 2 is a C17 doing a VERY cross wind landing - about 25 kts cross wind component... Looked good from the ground...Ooroo Mark F... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkF 0 #300 October 23, 2002 QuoteThe mind boggles ... It surely does... A few members of a tour group went swimming in a billabong up in Kakadu Nat. Park yesterday despite the croc. warning signs. One of 'em got eaten of course. Story at http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/23/1034561533720.html Ooroo Mark F... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
