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[Nevol]

Back in the early 80's, I had a TAB Agency and there was an attempted armed hold-up late one Saturday arvo. I had 2 employees with me at the time when the bandit showed one of them a gun.

She actually needed glasses and didn't realize what it was that had been pointed at her with the request to 'open the door', so she turned her back and walked away. (When I later queried her on this action, she told me she thought he was exposing himself to her)  He repeated 'open the door' again and I had a sideways look to see what was going on & saw the gun.

I hit the alarm immediately ducked down and yelled out loudly "he's got a gun" so the 2 staff would stay down/hidden.  It turns out both the girls had hidden in the toilet.  The bandit left as soon as he realized he was not going to be let in.

The rest of the day was dreadful and I I had nightmares about it for a long time. I also became dependent on sleeping pills for many years after.

You know how you're supposed to do what the bandit tells you to and all that malarkey. It's very hard to follow instructions with your heart beating like it's going to jump out of your chest, and believe me, I wasn't letting that creep in no matter what! Basic instinct kicks in and keeping everyone safe was what mattered to me.

I reckon just telling this again now has sent my BP soaring & I may very well have trouble sleeping tonight.

[Basil]

Sorry to hear that,terrible experience,it was all Heroin in those days but now we have the Ice freaks roaming around as well as the plain vanilla Druggies and Crims.

[trout]

We are having a nice drop of welcome rain here in the West.
A tad windy But :angel:

[trout]

Bugger :dash1:
Bloody wind.
There goes my little tractor shed I use to store my lawnmower :cray:

[Unicorn]

I can see the headlines now Trout .......

..... Gusty Wind Guts Troutshed Mint ......

Fortunately the yellow die reduction and PMD manufacture machine was undamaged ......

[trout]

I can see the headlines now Trout .......

..... Gusty Wind Guts Troutshed Mint ......

Fortunately the yellow die reduction and PMD manufacture machine was undamaged ......

All is good the main mint at AJ's remains unscathed by the storm :angel:

[ausjack]

Operations are still all go here and taking orders if anyone is interested, full steam ahead :good:

[Pedro]

Can you produce a 1966 wavy 20c for me AJ? Thanks in advance.

Pedro

[ausjack]

I'll give any thing a go Pedro, gee mate you know that :mocking:

[trout]

I only got home yesterday arvo and I have to travel again tomorrow morning for another job, that gives me only today off to relax.
Unfortunately when I got home I was informed by Mrs Trout the hot water system had karked it :dash1:
So today I had a look at the manual I got when I bought the unit a couple of years ago and it told me that I had to clean the hydro generator if there was no spark to ignite the gas.
OK plumbing is not one of my strong points so I had a dummy run pulling the little generator off the old unit I had kept before I had a crack at the new one.
I am sooo glad I am a hoarder and kept that old unit  
Anyway , I duly removed and cleaned the little gizmo that powers the spark and refitted it.
When I turned the tap on and the unit worked perfectly I did a little :dance::dance2::dance: them went and told Mrs Trout that I am a bloody legend :laugh2:
It is SO nice when you get a win when the odds are stacked against you :good:

[ausjack]

Well done cobba, and what did Mrs Trout say when you told her your a legend, nothing but gave a look something like this :blink:

[JeffH]

You were lucky it came with a decent manual. Service information (and spare parts) seem to have gone the way of the dodo.
A few years ago I purchased a reverse cycle air conditioner and wanted to install it myself. The two sheets of A4 paper Owner's Handbook was a waste of paper; but it was printed both sides. So I called the manufacturer to ask for a copy of any available technical literature including installation instructions. They told me that information is not available to purchasers and installation must be done by a licensed electrician or refrigeration mechanic.
They would not believe I am a licensed electrician until I sent them a copy of my license. Then they asked for a copy of the purchase receipt to check it was in the same name -off course it was not (it was in my trading name from the wholesaler)- so I also had to send them a copy of my business registration. I could comment on my reaction to this nonsense but will refrain as this is a family friendly forum. Eventually they did send the necessary information.

[robbiegal]

MINUS 2.3 HERE AT THE MOMENT
going to get to -6 this morning
hope that my chooks make it!!  brrrr

[trout]

MINUS 2.3 HERE AT THE MOMENT
going to get to -6 this morning
hope that my chooks make it!!  brrrr

It's going to be +6 here this morning and even that is too cold for my liking , getting close to dragging Mrs Trout up to the Kimberlies again :yahoo:

[JeffH]

Only -4º here now and forecast to reach a balmy +10º today.