One of the interesting things about certain hobbies, including ours, is that they encompass a range of skills and activities, many shared with other hobbies. For example, Photography, Chemistry, Metallurgy, Computing, and so on.
So I got to wondering about my other interests, and who among you might just share them. Perhaps, just as I've found people in other groups who had a fledgeling interest in coins, the reverse might also apply?
So, just to get the ball rolling, here's a little about one of my other loves. If this takes off, I'll share others later on.
Computing - (of course, you knew that was coming, right?)
I built my first computer in 1972, out of junked IBM S/360 parts. It could not only add two binary numbers, but subtract them as well! Woo-hoo! :yahoo: Then in 1974 I went to CIT (now Monash) and ended up operating and programming mainframes, then minis (I own a DEC VAX 11/750 and a MicroVAX), and bought my first microcomputer in 1976. I gave up on PC's as a bad joke around about the time Windows 3.1 was released, after taking a tech support call at 3am! I declared that I didn't do Windows, and life improved dramatically. Since 1992 I've owned about 130 Macs, most of which I still have, and a dozen or two of which are in service at any one time. I once did a stocktake, and found I owned over $4,000 of magnetic media, and its quite depressing to think it would all fit on a single DVD now. Nowadays I've got 18Tb online, and another 3Tb I just can't bring myself to fire up... I know I'd only fill it! ;)
Right... who's up next?
I am the furthest thing from a computer fanatic you could possibly find.
I like rocks. Have collected them since I was very young but stopped the a little while ago to buy coins. Still have my old collection but its nothing fantastic. One day i'll start to add to it again.
Fulvio, I have (or more appropriately had) the computing habit. Started in 1978 with some 1960's Litton 1200 and 1300's. (1"Paper punched tape numbers!!!! 4kb vacuum memory) Progressed into multiuser Z80's (on a S100 bus) in the early 80's running multiuser CP/M under Digitial Research's DPC/OS. Developed database applications since then right up to last year (Dataflex & Oracle) running on Unix, Linux servers and no doubt your favourite Windows!!!! (On too much medication now to keep my attention and my eyesight is cr@p).
Oddles more hobbies ...... yes Enworb, I have always liked rocks (now have a head full of them). Have one that I reckon came from a meteor. Took a really nice piece of it to school in the early 70's and the science teacher reckoned he sent it away (never got it back ..... silly me). It was so cool, like smooth black bubbled glass over a very heavy layer of stone. The piece I still have is nowhere near as spectacular, but still nice!!!
I have a bunch of tektites from the Great Stony Desert and some cool cubic stones known as "Devils Dice." My Grandpa sold most of the tektites to N.A.S.A. in the early 60's.
My other hobby is stamp collecting. I do that in much the same way as I collect coins.
I just want one of everything from everywhere. I have about 27,000 different stamps,
but only about 6,400 different coins.
I only got into computers in 08 thru rehab, didn't even know how to turn one on before that. But I'm a collectic, so everything and anything that takes my fancy :winkextra:
Robster, you have collector in your blood! (Generations of it!)
My great great uncle apparently had a fabulous collection of coins and banknotes (my mum had seen them), a new solicitor in town rented part of his house in my uncle's later years (late 60's). Funnily enough the solicitor left town not long after my uncle's death quite wealthy. Needless to say some in my family were more than pee'd off.
Don't get me started on stamps, cards, matchboxes, tins, guns, bottles or cars .......please ...... I'll just rave on. (Geez even the kids had me into Yugioh and Pokemon!!!).
Rocks are cool. Never really got into them seriously, probably because our geology teacher was crap. But I did have a little collection of interesting bits and pieces. No idea where they are now of course. Closest I come to geology now is Discovery doccos.
Sorry to hear about the vision, Unicorn. Been there, done that. Two cataract operations and recently two lots of emergency laser spot-welding, but I still persevere. The attention span and energy levels have suffered dramatically though, thanks to all sorts of medical issues. :(
Since you mention stamps, that's another one of mine:
Stamps - Mostly Australian, started in the sixties when we discovered the cardboard recycling bales at Melbourne Uni were full of stamps. Many bathtubs of soaking stamps later, I managed to fill a few albums. Started buying up NCLP (Non-Circulating Legal Postage.. I just made that up!), and drove the staff at Russel St nuts, grabbing every 1970 Cook red spot and double spear I could. Picked up a few predecimals, especially errors (see a theme here?), but was never a big fan of dealers. Then when Australia Post discovered mass-marketing of NCLP crap, and every single issue started costing $20 just for one of each, I gave it away entirely. One day I should dig out the albums and do something about them.. there must be some value in there that could be turned into coins, right? :)
Fulvio, left eye spontaneous cataract (thanks to a 6' 2" ex biker), plastic lens now. Six months later, detatched retina (same eye). Emergency Sydney Eye Hospital, frozen back on. Right eye cataract now (ex brain siezure - well that medication didn't agree did it!). See different things out of each now, so my brain somehow works out which one's paying attention and changes tack without notice. Oops ran it that. No depth perception ..... and there is no such thing as a straight line now....... but I can see!!
PS: Yes, my stamp days ended too once the mass money making releasing started, but I still tear them off envelopes and keep them lol.
yeah I do stamps but only what comes in the post and yugioh Uni, suss my link mate and if anything takes your fancy yell out :winkextra: and I have fuzzy spots and other eye complaints like not being able to see some of the red on different plants after my brain op..the spots are very distracting when driving and my eyes get sore now but hard to explain and they can't do anything about it..I think they either hit my optic nerve or the back of my eye :(
OMG! Fulvio is into computing! Who'd a thought it?
My first computer was a kit, based on an Electronics Australia (magazine) design. Had a 16 key pad as the input device and could display about a 16 x 32 pixel screen on a TV. If I remember rightly I upgraded the RAM to 128k. It would also multiply but, to divide, you had to enter a large number of lines of hexadecimal code.
My first exposure to computers was at UNSW in 1970, creating very simple programmes in Fortran IV on punch cards -no card machines for undergrads -we had cards that we had to punch the holes out (with a stylus) by hand. One wrong hole and the programme crashed; we could only submit them for batching overnight -very frustrating.
My first "proper" computer was an IBM clone around 1975. Running (if I remember correctly) DOS 2 or 3. I paid extra for the biggest available hard drive -a monstrous 80MB. Upgraded the RAM to the maximum the mother board would support and loaded DOSSHELL. Thought that was great -maybe that was about when I should have checked out Apple.
All downhill since then but computer developments have made it possible for anyone to achieve something. Biggest problem is even trying to keep up.
Still Shaw's (I think that's the name) Law is holding -double the performance and half the price every 18 months.
Now I am happy as long as it works.
Jeff
Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='19616' dateline='1372326636'...Right eye cataract now.
When they operate, have them put in a different lens. After testing with various contacts, we settled on 2.5 diopters, so I'm short sighted in that eye. It means I can both read and drive without glasses for either. The brain
WILL work it out, just as it makes the floaters from the detached retina disappear. They're still there of course, but it ignores them.
Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='19616' dateline='1372326636'PS: Yes, my stamp days ended too once the mass money making releasing started, but I still tear them off envelopes and keep them lol.
Heh, yeah, I do too.. one day...... someone else can soak them. :)
Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='19618' dateline='1372328120'...upgraded the RAM to 128k.
Ah, RAM upgrades.. While cleaning out the shop a few years ago, I found a little cardboard box. Inside were eight 4kx1bit chips, and the customs declaration said US$129. By that reckoning I've got hundreds of billions of dollars worth of RAM nowadays! And don't get me started on HD's.. My first HD was a 30Mb for just over a grand. Now I have photos bigger than that!
BTW, that was Moore's law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law and it really doesn't work anymore. Physics stops any major advances now. And as for systems, one could argue IBM put the nail in
that coffin with the PC. ;)
AJ, I've had a look at your cards before. Maybe now is a good time to bring up another hobby...
Cards - I got into cards back in school of course, like everyone else. But nothing from those days survived the beating. Then I got into AD&D, which of course led to Magic... and that led to dealing in cards in my shops, mainly so I could get them wholesale! Then came Basketball, Cricket, and the full gamut of collectible cards. fast forward a few years, and I got offered a job with the Aussie distributor of all these games, and ended up the impressively-named
Director of Organised Play for Australia/NZ, for CCG games like DBZ, Magi-Nation, Mage-Knight (figures), and a little bit of Pokemon, Magic and others which we were no longer exclusive distributors for. Sadly this life came to an unpleasant end, when the scumbag millionaire who owns the company screwed me out of a year's pay. After much grief I finally locked that up and threw away the key to preserve my sanity. I've still got tons of cards lying around, both sealed boxes and albums full, but I'd have to say its not an active pursuit.
Fulvio ....wow .... indeed a scumbag and probably explains why they're rich (karma will get him). Glad to see you've been able to move on. Thanks for the pointer about the cataract. I've always been short-sighted (still wear a contact in the right eye), left is just under. Reading glasses for both now, hilarious!!
AJ, will definately check out your site when I have my yugioh hat on. (I still have around 3,500 cards to sort into "the collection" yet so lots to be done on that front ...... EXVC, PHSW, GENF, HA03 and the like).
Great thread all.
For AJ ....... the main (sorted) Yugioh collection ......
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/yug1.jpg)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/yug2.jpg)
UltraPro likes me .............. (all sleeved+sheets).
Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='19627' dateline='1372333307'UltraPro likes me .............. (all sleeved+sheets).
Heh, you're making the scumbag richer if you buy them in Oz or NZ. One reason I'm glad I had a stockpile left over from the shops. :)
oooo very nice, I reckon I might be able to help with a card or two :) I have more than what is listed as well and haven't listed common, rare or super rare and have sets up to phsw :good:
and I was buying pretty much direct from dacard and ideal so I was buying a fair bit..I should take a pic of how many I have as I have no idea how hany cards..maybe one or two, hundred..thousand :mocking: I have folders and carry all thingies and all sorts of stuff, stickers and tazos so you work out what your after and let meknow :good:
I'm still sorting this mess as well, the tins are pretty much full of rares
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and the tubs have common but I'm slowly moving them into tins and there's another cupboard with god knows what in it :)
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I see a common theme here, my friends on this site will be the ones the Aliens will befriend coz we have all the fun stuff.!! :yahoo:
Yeah I have stamp collection too that I inherited from my grandfather which consists of about 8 albums full of Australian and NZ and foreign stamps including 2 world books all dating back to the 1850's.I'll do something with them one day but for now they'll for now they'll just sit in cubboard
Wow AJ :swoon:..... now that is one HUGE accumulation!
Fulvio ...... Croftminster P/L :read: was where I got mine back around 2008 (I hope I wasn't feeding the rat).
Quotethe Aliens will befriend
Robster, yes they visit regularly for a quick game of Yugioh :cards:, soak off some stamps, noodle some coins and rattle the rocks in my head! :pilot:
Stevo, I reckon you'll have some work cut out for you with 8 albums! Should be lots of interesting stuff in there if they go back that far. :good:
how big do you think it need to be to be the biggest in oz :) and to think I haven't bought any for quite a while :winkextra:
If anyone wants anything for the kids or grandkids please yell out :good:
(http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o787/robster836/002_zps71f95a04.jpg)
Tektites and "Devils Dice."
bit of money sittin there rob :good: I must go lookin one day :winkextra: I should pull my tinny saphires and opal out :) have a few fossils as well..besides bein one :)
So where did ya get them out west?
My Mums Dad was the Commonwealth Cop at Maralinga (Atomic Bomb Test Site) for over 20 years and part of his job was to visit the many groups of natives throughout the 'bush'. In his travels he would fossick for tektites. He was awarded the British Empire Medal (B.E.M.) for his work. I was lucky enough to be invited to Maralinga for Remembrance Day on 11/11/11 and met many of the original servicemen who were stationed there and visited all the bomb sites.
Very nice Robster!
Your roll ......
Ta Unicorn- I will "Roll for your Soul".
Do I get the fiddle made of gold if I win ???
I love the tektites rob! Very cool
Very interesting, thanks heaps for sharing rob :good:
This is the piece I have left. The piece I took to school was about 1/3 of this size, but the entire top was glazed smooth large bubbled black. (similar to the smaller bubble shown here, but much more impressive and the bubbles were on a much larger scale, each lump being about the size of a 20c piece). This piece weighs approx 3.4kg.
Hope the photos do it justice.
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/m1.jpg)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/m2.jpg)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/m3.jpg)
yep very impressed team :drooling:
Very cool - love the different layers and colours as well.!!
It looks like a iron rich rock with those black bubbles possible being haematite.
Thanks Enworb. I'm not sure whether I tried my metal detector on it or not (before it stopped working), I think I did and there was no reaction (I thought that most, not all, meteor material would react). Just tried a really powerful tiny magnet on it and it doesn't stick at all. Was thinking of sending a piece of it off to the person who did the metal test on the coin for Shane on CCF to see what came back. (Except I'm not sure how Í'd get the token payment of alcohol to them :laugh2:)
Is the rock stripy with red/brown and grey layers? Looks a bit like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banded_iron_formation
It would be make sense if they are haematite bubbles. I have a piece of that banded iron rock which has had one side cut and polished. It looks amazing.
Looking from side on it looks pretty much solid black with no real layering on the side. I might give it a soak and a wash to see how it looks then. From memory on one side of the other piece it had a real grain to it that was at a right angle to the face. ie: instead of being horizontal it was vertical.
You might be on the money with iron stone as there was some in the area where it was found.
Enworb, this was originally a piece of iron stone that I found about 500 yards from the other rocks. From memory most of the ironstone in the area was this colour. I did this in lapidary in high school around 1976. It was a mongrel to do as it would often chip when ground. Funny isn't it, I came across this a few weeks ago and had it sitting on my desk.
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/iron1.jpg)
Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='19649' dateline='1372375347'(I hope I wasn't feeding the rat).
You were, yeah. :(
They got such a bad name, I see they've changed it recently. Still the same guy though.
BTW, love the rock pics. You got that teacher's address? You should pay him a visit and introduce him to your "lil' frien" (can't do the Al Pacino accent here, dammit)
Sorry about feeding the fat rat.
Lol Fulvio! Al Pacino sounds like a plan!
Perhaps a phone call, with a mouth full of chips ...... "This is a friend of Danny Clark" ........ come on, now name that Movie!!
Meanwhile, back at the hobbies:
Trains - After falling in love with this beast:
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Alco's PA-1 in AT&SF's beautiful Warbonnet paint scheme...
The railroad bug really bit, hard. There weren't a lot of railfanning opportunities in Carlton in the 1960's and 1970's, so I turned to the miniaturised version:
Model Railroading - I still recall secretly buying small items, none of which made any sense in relation to each other, before discovering the Melbourne Model Railway Society around 1970. Here was an opportunity to do some modelling and run trains without needing real estate for my own layout. My attempts at building one were severely cramped by those hairy-nosed beasts called parents, and the best I ever managed was about a 4'x6' N-scale loop which was somewhat unimpressive.
But at the club, there were unlimited vistas. Through the birth and destruction of four sprawling empires, I got to hone my skills building all sorts of structures and scenery. Rolling stock was another matter though. Lacking the proper tooling, most of my efforts were somehow disappointing, so I stuck with commercial offerings.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, a drivers licence and some wheels gave me the mobility to chase trains all over the place. Not my beloved Santa Fe of course, but VicRail was a passable stand-in. I even got to drive a locomotive around Dynon Yard once, which was awesome.
Nowadays, things are a bit quiet on both fronts, mostly thanks to the coin bug. I still get my monthly NMRA magazines, having bought a life membership for the outrageous sum of $200 fourty years ago. About three years worth of dues at today's rates, so not a bad deal I reckon. And once in a blue moon I visit the MMRS, which is now under Auburn station. But regrettably my days only comprise 24 hours each, and those all get spent on noodling and talking to you lot. ;)
Very nice Fulvio! :good:
Unforunately the closest I get to that is my 2yo daughter's daily dose of Thomas & Friends on ABC2!
Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='19837' dateline='1372469621'Unforunately the closest I get to that is my 2yo daughter's daily dose of Thomas & Friends on ABC2!
Ah.. Thomas.. There has been much debate about whether he's good or bad for the hobby. On the one hand, Model Railroads are precision miniatures, not toys, and Thomas is the exact opposite. On the other hand, in our virtual world, anything that gets kids interested in physical objects they can play with
may lead to future hobbyists. Given that much of the baby-boomer modellers got started with toy trains under the xmas tree, there may be some validity to this hope. ;)
Fulvio, probably as close as I can get to a train / stamp crossover. I did want to post a pic of my rail freight stamps but I can't put my hands on them?
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/rail.jpg)
Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='19861' dateline='1372477306'Fulvio, probably as close as I can get to a train / stamp crossover. I did want to post a pic of my rail freight stamps but I can't put my hands on them?
Very nice. I'd forgotten we had RPOs in Oz.
"Nice cover, good keepsake.!!
I collect DVD's (mostly limited edition releases from all around the world) and the odd movie prop replica from some of my favorite movies.
Hopefully I win the lotto this week so I can buy Jack Sparrow's original screen used costume and Doc's Delorean! :D
Quote from: 'czark' pid='19914' dateline='1372511661'I collect DVD's (mostly limited edition releases from all around the world) and the odd movie prop replica from some of my favorite movies.
Hopefully I win the lotto this week so I can buy Jack Sparrow's original screen used costume and Doc's Delorean! :D
Hmm, did I mention I owned three video stores? Still got maybe 800 DVD's which are, as they say, surplus to requirements. ;)
Besides coins I have a few swords and enjoy Fishing and shooting.
While I do have a Stamp Collection, apart from taking the stamps off letters I receive and buying the yearly Book from Aust Post, I don't actively collect.
I was sent a shoe box full of mainly US and Mexico stamps about 4 years ago and it took me until recently to trim/sort them and send a bunch of duplicates to Triggersmob. Haven't done anything else stamp related for ages, but I never throw an envelope w/stamps away unless the stamps are damaged.
Quote from: 'trout' pid='19937' dateline='1372543751'Besides coins I have a few swords and enjoy Fishing and shooting.
swords?
my hubby did some of the sword training with his karate
(he is a black belt so it's ok - i.e. he is sensible)
"Besides coins I have a few swords"
Oh Crap!... AJ we may have to rethink our heist plans...
:laugh2: Enworb ....... you reckon that's bad ..... RG's hubby is into Karate ...... I'm hoping he's not on one of those Chuck Norris unicorn diets!!!
ha ha
the old boy is a bit rusty now
but he still does his kata - mostly in the pool weight assisted (knees are a bit bung)
I almost almost bought the granddaughter a baby judo ghi the other day
I have just advised the visiting daughter that I expect my granddaughter to learn at least one of the martial arts
(grandchild is 4 1/2 months old mind you - but has a very good kiai right now!! ha ha)
good fun jumping around in the white pyjamas
so I suppose I can add martial arts to my other interest list (judo and Shotokan karate)
although i'd break in half now if I hit a judo mat!!
:laugh2: Looks like I'm on me own as I'm not scared of a little knife or anyone in PJ's :diablo: They think the 1%er's are bad..what about us .01% :zomby: :mocking:
Don't think MA is anything special because it's all about the fight in the dog not the dog in the fight :winkextra: I'm actually against MA now as they have taken the bad and forgotten about the good..it was disipline and fitness, not fighting, that was until we changed it. There are a few that are still fairly true but most are like asian food, they have made it to suit us, the one's where you have to go to another country for your grades are better. And ya won't beat a gun ay trout :winkextra: It leads people to think they're something they aren't, and do things they shouldn't.
it's all about the fight in the dog not the dog in the fight
my daughter made me clean out my bedroom cupboards of clothes clothes clothes
and one of my favourite T Shirts has this on it and it's not getting chucked out!
" it's not the dog in the fight but fight in the dog "
I love it an it's my (unspoken) life motto
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='20012' dateline='1372589675'it's all about the fight in the dog not the dog in the fight
my daughter made me clean out my bedroom cupboards of clothes clothes clothes
and one of my favourite T Shirts has this on it and it's not getting chucked out!
" it's not the dog in the fight but fight in the dog "
I love it an it's my (unspoken) life motto
That's why Jack Russell's are such amazing dogs, Tiny but with the heart of Godzilla :good:
Anyway, Back to T shirts.
My favorite has "If I go fishing again my Missus will leave me" on the front.
On the back it has :Jeez I'll Miss Her".
My Missus bought this for me, Isn't it grand when you are with someone that just knows how your mind "Ticks":yahoo:
What was that post on a dating site? ... something like:
"Looking for a wife and an aluminium dinghy... please send photo of dinghy."
doesn't your daughter know that "what's old is new again" old retro stuffs worth a fortune :winkextra:
yes
I have tried that line - for my kitchen as well - not a winner
I have another T Shirt
that I wear to the local coin show
"I'm so broke - I can't even pay attention"
I had one I would not wear ,
it said on the front , my wife run away with my best mate
on the back it read ,, shit I miss him ,,
I wear these and don't know why but get funny looks when I wear the bottom one..and I got that in 92 at bathurst so it's gettin near vintage :)
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haha thinking of copying that last pic
I used to have a shirt that said "chocolate makes my clothes shrink" right across the boobs :P
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='20063' dateline='1372644598'yes
I have tried that line - for my kitchen as well - not a winner
I have another T Shirt
that I wear to the local coin show
"I'm so broke - I can't even pay attention"
Love it......
When the wife and I visited Japan on the Cherry Blossom cruise several years ago, I wanted to wear a t-shirt with the sign "Stop Whaling". She who thinks she is obeyed was obeyed this time. I wasn't even allowed to buy the t shirt.....darn it. They were selling them on the ship prior to arrival in Japan.
Just to get back on topic :angel:
Cooking is another thing that I really enjoy, Especially when I get it right :yahoo:
mate could I have fun with some of the meat you've put pic's up of :drooling: taken me a long time but I've finally worked out how to cook it so it melts in ya mouth, I do a mean stirfry and also pizza :winkextra:
:acute: You'll get me in trouble AC :)
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='20106' dateline='1372663413'mate could I have fun with some of the meat you've put pic's up of :drooling: taken me a long time but I've finally worked out how to cook it so it melts in ya mouth, I do a mean stirfry and also pizza :winkextra:
:acute: You'll get me in trouble AC :)
There is just something about eating the meat you have killed, prepared and cooked yourself.
The best thing I have ever cooked is a chilli Mud crab pie :ok:
It had Mud crab meat in a hot chilli cheese sauce with a few veggies chucked in there all in puff pastry in a huge baking tray.
It was AWSOME :yahoo:
Quote from: 'Goldseeker' pid='20102' dateline='1372661343'Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='20063' dateline='1372644598'yes
I have tried that line - for my kitchen as well - not a winner
I have another T Shirt
that I wear to the local coin show
"I'm so broke - I can't even pay attention"
Love it......
When the wife and I visited Japan on the Cherry Blossom cruise several years ago, I wanted to wear a t-shirt with the sign "Stop Whaling". She who thinks she is obeyed was obeyed this time. I wasn't even allowed to buy the t shirt.....darn it. They were selling them on the ship prior to arrival in Japan.
Tshirts are on topic - they are obviously a big interest here
Humm , I wonder if you would have got out alive if you had of worn the whaling t-shirt!
I would have bought it and worn it as I'm just so PC :laugh2:
Quote from: 'Australian coin' pid='20100' dateline='1372660408'I used to have a shirt that said "chocolate makes my clothes shrink" right across the boobs :P
Why did I just think of Wet T-Shirt contests?
Go away, you norty gurl! :angel:
Quote from: 'trout' pid='20107' dateline='1372666359'There is just something about eating the meat you have killed, prepared and cooked yourself.
A close second is having the guy who killed it, and is an awesome cook, prepare it for you.
Back before BP's Port Melbourne depot got turned into high rise flats, I used to hang out down there when my mate ran the night shift.. great fun like racing desk chairs down the hall and seeing how many gears you could get through in a tanker before hitting the back fence
(personal best: 11 out of 15).. but I digress...
One night the gatehouse keeper told us not to eat anything, cos he had a special surprise. After hours and hours of slow cooking, he presented us with massive inch-thick chops from a huge boar he'd shot up north. Talk about melt in your mouth.. I have never ever tasted anything that came even close to that slab of meat. Absolute heaven, I tellya.
Craps all over the duck I had for dinner tonight.
Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='19920' dateline='1372517892'Hmm, did I mention I owned three video stores? Still got maybe 800 DVD's which are, as they say, surplus to requirements. ;)
Might have to hit you up on that one :P
Quote from: 'trout' pid='19937' dateline='1372543751'Besides coins I have a few swords and enjoy Fishing and shooting.
Yay! Another fisherman! Where about do you fish trout? I fish saltwater only usually around Western port as well as Geelong/Queenscliff.
I caught these Australian salmon recently. The two big ones were both 1kg @ 45cm.
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:drooling: very nice and love ya fishy thing down the bottom :good:
Quote from: 'czark' pid='20127' dateline='1372688787'Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='19920' dateline='1372517892'Hmm, did I mention I owned three video stores? Still got maybe 800 DVD's which are, as they say, surplus to requirements. ;)
Might have to hit you up on that one :P
Quote from: 'trout' pid='19937' dateline='1372543751'Besides coins I have a few swords and enjoy Fishing and shooting.
Yay! Another fisherman! Where about do you fish trout? I fish saltwater only usually around Western port as well as Geelong/Queenscliff.
I caught these Australian salmon recently. The two big ones were both 1kg @ 45cm.
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Due to work commitments I haven't put the boat in the water for over a year :dash1:
When I finally get the time I like to fish the Shark Bay Area :good:
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aww I like fishing if anyone does fishing down my way, I would love to tag along :)
Quote from: 'Australian coin' pid='20155' dateline='1372744731'aww I like fishing if anyone does fishing down my way, I would love to tag along :)
I went fishing once..
Took my boat up the Yarra...
... and caught a Seagull just opposite Crown. :(
Needless to say, I'm not much of a fisherman. :dodgy: