Unregistered how's it going?

jeffswede

A beautiful day!
Jeff CTSP,

fr33fl0w

A_LOPA, terribly sorry for your loss. Wishing you and the fam all the best.

EKKA, cool How'd you do it? Wish it were raining back here...the country's in its worst dry spell (the El Nino phenomenon)....by now we should already have a healthy dose of rain but hardly any luck. Sporadic showers mostly. the heat and humidity is terrible too.

Then again, be careful what you wish for they say. After El Nino, the weather guys are saying we'll be contending with another phenomenon, the La Nina (excessive rain, storms, floods, etc.). Sigh. Global warming sucks.

On better news, I'm designing a house! Trying to build a green one at that, although sustainable standards are virtually zero in the country. I have to resort to books and tons of research. Exciting exciting exciting.

Therrin

Oh my goodness I'm sore.. I'm in PAIN!

Just got back from what ended up being a 5 day backpacking / prospecting trip. Everything went well, found quite a bit of microgold. Sending in some samples to have them assayed.

Next time, goin back with a small scuba cylinder and some dive gear. The sinkhole is calling my naaaaaaame!

Can hardly stand up though, I packed around 160lb of equipment in and out of there. Been walking around like the hunchback all day.

dov

Haha! It sounds like a hunchback grinning from ear to ear!

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Landwaste

Hi Eric, Luke here
Business is going well.We released our full range of Dynamic Woodchippers and Grinders into the market last year and they are going really well for us, apart from that everything is business as usual, We really haven't had a chance to have a good look around the website yet but im sure we will be appearing alot more now and into the future.
Talk soon
Luke Page

treeshaveneeds

Therrin, when you say found some micro gold are you talking like 1/1000 th of an oz/ton of rock, or less?

sueann

I'm working on a new garden all around my fish pond, I've planted tree ferns and other types of ferns and have planted 100 daffodil bulbs around it, I'm over daffodil bulbs atm.

PrinterTom

Going great! Glad to find this fine forum! Hope all is doing well!

woogaman_1

Been a bit of a sht fight at the moment,but that's nothing new.Just need a longer snorkel.It's gr8 that we have had all rain everywhere in Aussy,it will help with all that depleted underground water.Our tanks are over flowing & the dust has settled & no fire danger in site for a while now.But there is timber to fall & things too do.I'm trying to place yah ekka.You'll just have to hit the memory a bit.I door remember chatting too people from Brissy but that has been a while now.I hope that all is well your way too.:-)

Rudolf73

Hi Ekka
Things are going really well, I'm off on holiday soon where I will swap the office desk for some serious felling and all things chainsaw related. Should be a great holiday haha.

Great site/forum by the way - I'm still learning my way around but getting there.

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Stihl 460, 440, 361, 390, 039, 200t

Husqvarna 346xp NE

And some chinese specials

djbohn

haha-holiday. we here say vacation. (yours is better). btw ever seen a 40~50 ft wave? turns ur hair grey i'll tell you.

Rudolf73

Oh yeah vacation is good to... and no, I haven't seen waves of that size - that would be seriously scary. reminds me of that movie... what was it, oh yeh - the perfect storm.

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Stihl 460, 440, 361, 390, 039, 200t

Husqvarna 346xp NE

And some chinese specials

djbohn

well, maybe 55. lol, i jumped off a waterfall in Maui. 60 ft. My wife refused to believe it. It was, I swear to God, 60 ft. I even measured the image. But she will not accept it. (Geez it took for ever & ever to come done).

Rudolf73

oh wow... haha

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vl2007

Hired a contract climber for the first time on monday. Made a two day job into a one day job. Margins are much better! Paid him $35.00 per hour, but the job was done in five hours. Very much worth the money.

dov

Got my beard caught in a bloody prussik today...

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sueann

Hahahaha! Dov! this is for you.

http://www.pearson.ch/download/media...2430952_FS.pdf

I've been arguing politics on a political forum. There were heaps online and it ended up a big sh*t fight.

I couldn't stop laughing and now you've made me laugh as well..but I hope your face is ok.



sorry.

dov

Haha! The only thing damaged was my dignity! I was ascending a rope using a prussik and it pulled my beard in while I was advancing it. I don't think my groundie noticed... I've been thinking I'll have to wear something to keep my beard more out of the way while working up trees. Maybe some sort of kerchief.

I'd never come across that story before. It's a strange one... Mind you, I'd be pretty annoyed if anyone cut my beard too!

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sueann

Your mum never read you snow white and rose red? it's a different snow white and the dwarf is a bad tempered, ungrateful little germ.

Anyway your beard sounds dangerous, maybe you do need to keep it out of the way, I know you are not supposed to have long hair (a beard could be counted in that?) around machinary or food, for different reasons of course.

treeshaveneeds

Looks like you're back to climbing Dov. Congrats. Maybe a beard only 6 Inches long would stay out of the prussik and still give you the effect you want?

dov

I'm finishing off the trees I have on the books, then either hiring a climber part time or dropping the business.

I might cut the beard a bit when Summer comes, but right now I like to tuck it into my collar to keep the neck warm! It works it's way out while climbing, so I guess I'll have to wear a kerchief or something.

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treeshaveneeds

Too bad you're thinking of dropping the business - knowledgeable people are hard to come by. I would think a contract climber could probably fill your needs - as long as scheduling could be worked out.

And for the beard, sorry, I forgot you are now in your winter season.

sueann

It's so cold here now as well Dov, we had 3c today, I'm wearing a balaclava these mornings when working the horses, I have to be careful with it as one of my horses, my warmblood, freaks out when he sees it on me! so funny to watch him. My Arab hates my drizabone and chucks a skitza whenever I ride him in it, he settles after a bit.
I wish I could grow a beard instead as the balaclava gets a bit itchy.

Will the frost kill my tibouchina trees does anyone know? They're only little.

dov

I'm sure you look much better without the beard! Actually a lot of men seem to think a beard gets itchy as well, but I suspect that they just don't wash properly.

The Tibouchina trees might be frost sensitive, as they are from a warmer climate. Check this out.

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sueann

That's what I was worried about Dov. I planted 6 of them a month or so ago, maybe I should have waited. I've got old chaff sacks around them and mulched to death with sugar cane mulch, I don't know what else to do really. They're about 4ft high.

I like your new avatar!

jmcg.insight.gardens

I'm cold, but it was a beautiful day, -3c this morning, crisp, clear and sunny. A day that you know it's good to be alive. Yay!

Your beard suits you Dov, maybe you could plait it to keep it out of the way, seen some bushie blokes do the same.

dov

Thank you Julie. It would feel strange plaited I think. I like playing with it too much anyway. A lot of my Nepalese mates reckon I should wrap it string or something so it looks really skinny. Not sure why... I guess I'll find out when I finally get to Nepal.

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sueann

You're going to Nepal Dov? Really interesting place to go. I've just read a book called Horse boy, about an autistic American child whose parents took him from Mongolia to Nepal to see some budhist monks who could help him, it worked. A true story.

It describes the countryside there in great detail, sounds primitive but beautiful.

dov

Nepal has it's own traditional medicines, much like many other nations, which are often quite effective. I've heard of one person being cured of Epilepsy and some other interesting treatment results. Yes, much of the country is pretty undeveloped, with corruption and political turmoil continuing to keep it undeveloped.

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oruna1

Things are great thanks! Thanks for the warm welcome. I'm a junior at this stuff but I'm learning. Cut up firewood for my woodstove in the log home. Certainly no pro at this but I am a pro at boatbuilding with steel. It is tough cutting the stihl with a chainsaw. Anyway I'll be bothering the forum for advice and I look forward to looking through the posts.