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[robbiegal]

for as much as you drive me bonkers trout
if I was going to be stuck in the bush with anyone in the forum , I'd pick being stuck with you
I reckon that you have so many life skills that you'd keep a delicate piece of work like  myself going for at least a week before my complaining (oooh ants are biting me, ooohh i am sunburnt, ooohh the dust is driving me nuts and so on) then drove you bonkers ha ha

[trout]

I have spent a very large part of my life on the Land or in the Bush and being pretty well self sufficient is essential.
I have always admired and listened to the Old codgers/Bushies that I have met over the years  , both White and Black.
These Blokes have some amazing Yarns and I have spent many hours Just listening and learning from these Old buggers, Sadly many of them have now passed on .
I have learnt many of my Bush skills from these people :good:

[robbiegal]

and those skills will live on in you Jim xx

[trout]

I just picked up my old laptop from the shop.
They replaced the keyboard which was faulty and even put a new top cover on it for me :yahoo:
It was well worth the extra $99 to extend the warranty I am thinking :dance2:

[robbiegal]

Even though i have actually been doing quite a bit of work to date while i awaited the contract (course writing and then being a student doing the course work in the cert IV teaching and training to be a CIT teacher), I finally got my casual contract as a CIT teacher today (TAFE in other states).

So part 1 of my retirement plan is well underway.

never know I just might retire in a few months. it's a bit hard to let go of the security of being the boss though and very scarey after the last 25 years of full time work!

[trout]

I have still got 3 years to go before I can retire But as my left arm and hand is pretty much stuffed now I am thinking about retiring a bit earlier.
I quite like the Grey haired Nomad thing and we have all the gear so maybe that's what we maybe doing soon

[robbiegal]

pity when something comes along and pushes it forward

but that is pretty well what has happened to me as well

but bottom line is make the most of what you can, while you can

[trout]

pity when something comes along and pushes it forward

but that is pretty well what has happened to me as well

but bottom line is make the most of what you can, while you can

Ah well I have been slogging my guts out since I left school at 15 and the slackest job I have had was 6yrs in the Army, maybe it is time to just sit back and enjoy the view

[robbiegal]

yeah go for it

i am similar - starting working at around 17 and never had the benefits of maternity leave and all that stuff so I reckon i am due for a good slow down as well

[JeffH]

Look what I found growing in my yard yesterday. Does anyone want a taste? (Not me, you try first!) The clump is 0.5m across and 0.2m high.

[trout]

That is a rather odd looking explosion of fungus .

[Robster]

Cool!

[ausjack]

I'll take'em Jeff :blink: I'll give anything a go once, well maybe twice or more :mocking:

[JeffH]

Once might be the only time with those babies!

[ausjack]

We can only try these things or give to someone else to try :laugh2: