Feral Adventures

[boxy]

Do you really think they're cloud seeders? They just look like regular contrails to me. There don't seem to be many clouds there to seed

[Ned Kelly]

Hey, Hoppy. I just had a dumb, or maybe a good idea. Wadda ya reckon? You are only three hours away. I turn up some time or other, with a caravan, a bloody good generator, and I bring the VBs.

[Outlaw Yogi]

This puter has a dodgey format. In this case the quote button is missing so will do replies manually ...
mantra

Good photos Heretic. You've captured the atmosphere well.

Thanx mantra. It is a nice place, but cool in winter .. got down to minus 7C one night in July.
It's where I intend to live permanently and retire one day
I've spent 18 years thickening up the bush while neighbors have been busy thining it out.
One advantage to lots of trees is I never run out of firewood. I can clear an area of deadwood and a few months later the Ironbark and Spotty gum fairies have filled it back up again.
Recently some neighbors asked if they could cut my trees for firewood?
I replied by asking if I could shoot their cows for fertiliser?
His missus retorts "That's hardly fare"
I replied "You're right, my treees are worth alot more than your cows"
She told me "Don't be ridiculous"
I asked "Why not? ... your cows are only worth $300 to $800 a pop, but some of my trees are worth $1000 to $3000 each ... Don't believe me? ... well go to the butchers and check the price of meat, then go to the hardware shop and compare it with the price of wood.

Ned Kelly

Brings back memories of my Gin Gin experiences, Hoppy. Pretty rugged living though. What is the way forward for you?

Gin Gin the town is having a bit of a development boom these days and the bush has alot more blockie dwellings.
Rugged living? Well yes, and gets a bit tiresome sometimes, but then there's heaps of things I don't have to do that townies are required to do. The way forward (unfortunately) means moving back into Bundy to get a job. Unpaid bills are starting to accumulate + I need money to kick my next business venture off the ground. Which I intend to call Road-kill Enterprises.
Y'see one of my more morbid habits is I collect animal skulls, and one of my unqualified trades is mold making (mostly for metal casting). In recent times my skull collection has increased considerably. I strengthen them with clear glue and then make silicone molds to cast fibreglass resin copies to make sand casting molds for metal. I'm considering cement molds for casting recycled glass.
I also intend staking a mining claim on a portion of my land to mine the Iron pyrite (Fools gold) then separate into iron and sulphur via electrolysis in 20 litre buckets (to avoid blast furnace muck around). Once I have my claim if the council tries to tell me I can't live in a shed or structure they don't like, I can tell them I have a Miner's Right, so go harass someone else.

boxy

Do you really think they're cloud seeders? They just look like regular contrails to me. There don't seem to be many clouds there to seed

Yes they're cloud seeders. The Qld govt has 2 planes involved in a long term experiment. Been going on for at least 2 years now. Sometimes they seed clear blue skies, and I ask "Why are you wasting you're time?"
Lately I've been cursing the cloud seeders ... "What the phuk are you tryin' to make it rain for? It's already rained too much this year and turned this joint into Pricklehaven"
The Qld govt spent a heap of money on massively overpriced dams which are usually nearly empty, so they're trying to justify the spending.

[Outlaw Yogi]

Ned Kelly

Hey, Hoppy. I just had a dumb, or maybe a good idea. Wadda ya reckon? You are only three hours away. I turn up some time or other, with a caravan, a bloody good generator, and I bring the VBs.

Sounds fine. Better be quick though, Social Security are making things hard and the local cops acting like I'm some one man terrorist sleeper cell. I intend to move into Bundy quite soon.

[Ned Kelly]

Ned Kelly

Hey, Hoppy. I just had a dumb, or maybe a good idea. Wadda ya reckon? You are only three hours away. I turn up some time or other, with a caravan, a bloody good generator, and I bring the VBs.

Sounds fine. Better be quick though, Social Security are making things hard and the local cops acting like I'm some one man terrorist sleeper cell. I intend to move into Bundy quite soon.

My home town. I'll catch up with you some time or other. Keep punching, Hoppy!

[mantra]

Recently some neighbors asked if they could cut my trees for firewood?
I replied by asking if I could shoot their cows for fertiliser?
His missus retorts "That's hardly fare"
I replied "You're right, my treees are worth alot more than your cows"
She told me "Don't be ridiculous"
I asked "Why not? ... your cows are only worth $300 to $800 a pop, but some of my trees are worth $1000 to $3000 each ... Don't believe me? ... well go to the butchers and check the price of meat, then go to the hardware shop and compare it with the price of wood.

I agree. Give me a tree over a cow anyday. The more trees the better - good to see someone regenerating rather than degenerating.

[Outlaw Yogi]

The adventure continues ..

Was refered by job agency to working backpackers hostel.
When I turned up, I got knocked back by an effeminate French jew because I'm an Ozzy.
Well phuk .. vhere are ze gaz chamberz vhen ya need zem?

Anyway I built this ..

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rocks.JPG

This fella follows me around ..

p-van shot.JPG

[mantra]

It's difficult to keep a King Parrot in captivity - yet a tame one wouldn't survive for long being free in the bush. They are a beautiful bird. How do you keep it close without clipping its wings or tying it by the foot?

[IQSRLOW]

How did he taste?

[mantra]

Trust you to look at one of God's beautiful creatures as a meal IQ. I'm sure that a person who appears to admire nature as much as Heretic wouldn't even consider using it as food.