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[keldaw]

hi all , I have a cycad  rev plant that I have to take out of the ground ,so the builder can replace my retaining wall .
I have listed it on eBay for $ 400.00 dollars and no buyers  just lookers now $ 300.00 , now $ 200 .00 , now $ 150.00 still no buyers just lookers , so now anybody around Brisbane or Caboolture area that wants it , you can have it free , cant get cheaper than that .all you have to do is come to my address and take it away .
if you want it or want to see it just look on eBay and can see it , still for sale on eBay for $ 150.00 until I cancel the sale . it also has pups growing out of it . remember it is free , I would rather give it a way then destroy it .

.Steve , I have had it on eBay and Facebook for over a fortnight now and looks like ne body wants it , so it will probably get destroyed when the builder comes to do the fence ,, its a shame to see it get cut up   .shame ,.

They are a nice plant maybe just auction it

[robbiegal]

mr mid fifties takes off today on his pushbke for a ride to the lake and back - not sure how far but well over 20 k's

wifies says - it's 34 degrees out there right now
he says it's 5.30

wifie says - yep 4.30 standard time

about an hour later mr mid fifties is in the back yard sitting in a garden chair and under the sprinkler hose that i had running on the garden

it took him about an hour and half of cold water soaks, drinks and sitting in the airconditoned bedroom with the fan on full bore to cool him down

wifie has gently reminded him that he's not as young as he used to be and that heat stroke is dangerous etc etc etc

look after yourselves in the heat guys and gals - it sneaks up on you

[trout]

The Best way to beat the heat is to do all the hard yakka work real early in the morning or later on in the afternoon if possible.
Drink plenty of water and try and stay in the shade during the hotter parts of the day.
If you have to toil during the hottest parts of the day make sure you give yourself regular breaks in the shade and re hydrate .:ok:

[robbiegal]

yeah

i have tried to explain to him that here it gets hotter towards the end of the day - so he needs to go for his bike ride in summer either early morning or as it is becoming dark - it was really cool when i finished watering the gardens tonight - almost cold with the (to be short lived) easterly change coming through

i  know it's worse where you live and work Trout

I hate the heat and always have - I need to move to Sweden or Canada - I think

[trout]

I must be weird because I Thrive in the heat.
Every time I go anywhere it is nearly always  North into the Sun and I usually end up with a darker skin than many of the locals I meet
I absolutely Hate the Cold.

[robbiegal]

my hubby says that he likes the heat as well


he is nuts


hey - I found the perfect place for me to apply for a job!!!
i'll send an application tomorrow
and all jokes aside over the years I have met several people who have worked at this place (and maybe they are nuts too!!)
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/

[trout]

I bought one of those cheap $80 inverter welders from Bunnings last year some time and have just tried it out fixing a couple of things that came adrift on that last run to Sharks Bay due to the corrugations in the track.
It is a little ripper, It only goes up to 2.5 rods and I had to back the setting of a bit with the 2.5 rods.
Gave me a nice clean weld as well :good:

[robbiegal]

I forgot to add that when the hubby was coming back home and he hit the spot where there was no wind and really hot (new suburban build aras where there used to magnificent pine forests pre "the fires") - there is a man made small lake and there were two old man kangaroos swimming in the pond - he figured it must be hot when the roos are jumping into the lake as well!!

pity he didn't get a photo of that - don't see that to often

[robbiegal]

have any forum members had anything to do with this solar air conditioning?

cheers

http://solairworld.com/solar-air-conditioners

[autocoupler]

No, heard nothing about them. We had a ducted Actron Air system fitted 2 years ago and couldn't be happier, it has performed faultlessly, and they're an Aussie company as well, hoodabelievedit. They claim their product to be extremely efficient and it sure is, ours can be on up to 24hrs when the humidity is high, and in winter it's often running till 0200 when we sit up watching sport etc. Never had a bill over $290 since it was installed. We do have a 5 KW/H solar system but just on an 8 cent subsidy.

Sounds like I'm a share holder :grin: but no, just extremely satisfied.

https://www.actronair.com.au/company/

[robbiegal]

oh - thanks heaps

a friend's place looks as if he has a similar system at his house as we walk past it when we go up the side of the house

[trout]

I took my discovery into the workshop today and had the head mechanic take it for a test drive and he told me that there was indeed a problem with the transfer case and that it will be repaired under warranty at NO cost to me :yahoo::dance2::dance::dance2:

[Triggersmob]

Good news.

[Unicorn]

Great news Trout! :good:

[trout]

Like many of us my first 12v air compressor was one of those cheap and nasty $20 plastic jobbies that failed miserably when being used to pump my tyres up after leaving the beach.
Mrs Trout bought me a nice solid unit for Christmas in 2008 and it has been a really reliable unit and has never let me down But compared to todays new 12v compressors it is somewhat outdated and slow.
I bought a new twin cylinder unit today.
It is a bit heavier than my old one but it has a longer air hose with a screw on fitting for inflating tyres instead of the clip on unit on the old compressor.
It also pumps up a completely flat 4wd tyre up to 40 psi in about 3min, the old unit took about 6-7min.
The new unit only cost me $117.27 plus another $14.50 for an extra 4m extension hose  which is actually cheaper than the unit Mrs Trout bought me for over $200 back in 2008 :yahoo: