On 3/12/2021 7:55 am, lindsay wrote:
> On 3/12/2021 1:22 am, Clocky wrote:
>
>> Check out this little fellow that takes care of vermin around my place:
>>
>> https://ibb.co/jWkJBP3
>
> Yep. Harmless to humans, thats why you can get close enough to
> photograph, or even handle them.
>
> Then there's Boris, https://imgur.com/a/Y2sA9RS

Fuck Boris :)

>  an angry Eastern brown who can kill you after a bite. He's probably
> 6', and upset because he nearly got run over by a quad. (skid marks on
> track and on riders jocks!) )

ROTFL :)

> He's just a shiny wet stick at 30km/h.  We
> just let him go on his way. It's when they turn to you and put the head
> up, then it's time to go. They've been known to chase people, and I
> reckon he could move way faster than I can run.

They are one of the most aggressive snakes you'll ever come across, and
I have absolutely no problem with them being sent to snake heaven if
they come within range.

Jerky the clueless expert can go fuck himself on what he "thinks" should
be done, as living over there in "Wait Awhile" he's never had to deal
with one.

> Going up the block with new mower today. I'd expect to see plenty with
> all the water, and the frogs. I'll do a head-count. Neighbor has seen 4
> red-bellied blacks (nearly harmless) this week.

Good luck with it.

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Noddy.

On 3/12/2021 4:55 am, lindsay wrote:
> On 3/12/2021 1:22 am, Clocky wrote:
>
>> Check out this little fellow that takes care of vermin around my place:
>>
>> https://ibb.co/jWkJBP3
>
> Yep. Harmless to humans, thats why you can get close enough to
> photograph, or even handle them.
>

Yep. You can tell when snakes are around by the birds. They go into a
fucking frenzy with all their alarm calls going off.

> Then there's Boris, https://imgur.com/a/Y2sA9RS
>

What a beauty!

>  an angry Eastern brown who can kill you after a bite.

We have a lot of Western Brown snakes. Seen plenty, just stay clear and
let them be on their way. The only time there is any need for concern is
when bush walking as they tend to lay on the tracks in the sun and when
spooked will rear up. Just need to be alert and look ahead on the track.

He's probably
> 6', and upset because he nearly got run over by a quad. (skid marks on
> track and on riders jocks!) ) He's just a shiny wet stick at 30km/h.  We
> just let him go on his way. It's when they turn to you and put the head
> up, then it's time to go. They've been known to chase people, and I
> reckon he could move way faster than I can run.
>

Fastest snake can travel 12km/h and he's not one of them so unless you
are a cripple you can easily outleg any snake ;-)

> Going up the block with new mower today. I'd expect to see plenty with
> all the water, and the frogs. I'll do a head-count. Neighbor has seen 4
> red-bellied blacks (nearly harmless) this week.
>
>

I've seen one Westermn Browns cross the road just around the corner from
my place. I just stopped and waited and let it pass. Almost everyone
here is educated on snakes and pretty good but there are always a few
retarded fuckwits that target snakes for no reason, usually greyhair
tourists down from Perth with the old retarded "the only good snake is a
dead snake" mentality.

On 3/12/2021 8:53 am, John_H wrote:
> lindsay wrote:
>>
>> Going up the block with new mower today. I'd expect to see plenty with
>> all the water, and the frogs. I'll do a head-count. Neighbor has seen 4
>> red-bellied blacks (nearly harmless) this week.
>
> Make sure you don't accidently tread on one as they're certainly
> venomous! :)

Yes, they are. but certainly way more timid than a brown... 1st weekend
here, mate left a bag or rubbish.. i bent down to pick it up, and came
face to face with a RB blacks head, just staring at my hand, prolly 2'
away. i withdrew, and so did he/she. They are so timid... but have
killed one punter on record... must have had it's period :-)

>
> Back when I worked for GovCo I was involved in field work in SE SA and
> SW Vic entailing a fair amount of plodding through swamps.

You familiar with the Stoney Rises, west of Colac?

Our advice
> from the experts was there were four potentially lethal species in the
> area, those being the common brown (as it was called in those parts),
> tiger, copperhead and red bellied black. I came across plenty of each
> with tigers being the most common and the most dangerous, mainly
> because they were too slow to get out of the way and easily trodden
> on. They've also got a much more efficient fang structure than
> browns.

LOL.. yep, tiger central.... they love the rocks... and the rabbits..
>

On 3/12/2021 10:19 am, Noddy wrote:
> On 3/12/2021 7:55 am, lindsay wrote:
>> On 3/12/2021 1:22 am, Clocky wrote:
>>
>>> Check out this little fellow that takes care of vermin around my place:
>>>
>>> https://ibb.co/jWkJBP3
>>
>> Yep. Harmless to humans, thats why you can get close enough to
>> photograph, or even handle them.
>>
>> Then there's Boris, https://imgur.com/a/Y2sA9RS
>
> Fuck Boris :)

You can,, i'll watch, and video.. :-)
>
>>   an angry Eastern brown who can kill you after a bite. He's probably
>> 6', and upset because he nearly got run over by a quad. (skid marks on
>> track and on riders jocks!) )
>
> ROTFL :)
>
>> He's just a shiny wet stick at 30km/h.  We just let him go on his way.
>> It's when they turn to you and put the head up, then it's time to go.
>> They've been known to chase people, and I reckon he could move way
>> faster than I can run.
>
> They are one of the most aggressive snakes you'll ever come across, and
> I have absolutely no problem with them being sent to snake heaven if
> they come within range.

I certainly dont want one around the shack. Very unpredictable, very
dangerous.. hell, i'm here for an overnighter, and i bought the shotty...

>
> Jerky the clueless expert can go fuck himself on what he "thinks" should
> be done, as living over there in "Wait Awhile" he's never had to deal
> with one.

Bro in WA clobbered a dugite in his backyard in a very suburban Perth.
Hell, here in Melburg, we get reports of copperheads in the local
parks... Easy to live with a python thats too fucking fat to move after
eating your cat (YAY!) but living with deadly cunts like Boris is
another matter. For me, it's a case by case deal. As I said, in 11
years, i've shot one snake. Let the rest do what they do. No mice here. :-D

>> Going up the block with new mower today. I'd expect to see plenty with
>> all the water, and the frogs. I'll do a head-count. Neighbor has seen
>> 4 red-bellied blacks (nearly harmless) this week.
>
> Good luck with it.

Well, let me say this: whilst it doesnt have the most macho name, the
Cub Cadet RZT-S46 is absolutley fucking awesome. It's done what i'd
normally do, in half the time, with half the noise, the zero turn is
insane, and half the fuel economy. grass and weeds, 2' tall is not a
problem... Granted i'm not prepared to get it into the thick shit(yet),
it's certainly everything i want in a mower untill the Kabota arrives.
Cruise control!! :-D Very happy!!! and yep, it came with the little
bracket for the exhaust chute :-D And a full tank of fuel and a set of
blades...... happy happy joy joy. :-D

On 3/12/2021 6:50 pm, lindsay wrote:
> On 3/12/2021 10:19 am, Noddy wrote:

>>> Then there's Boris, https://imgur.com/a/Y2sA9RS
>>
>> Fuck Boris :)
>
> You can,, i'll watch, and video.. :-)

Has he got a festered arse? :)

>>>   an angry Eastern brown who can kill you after a bite. He's probably
>>> 6', and upset because he nearly got run over by a quad. (skid marks
>>> on track and on riders jocks!) )
>>
>> ROTFL :)
>>
>>> He's just a shiny wet stick at 30km/h.  We just let him go on his
>>> way. It's when they turn to you and put the head up, then it's time
>>> to go. They've been known to chase people, and I reckon he could move
>>> way faster than I can run.
>>
>> They are one of the most aggressive snakes you'll ever come across,
>> and I have absolutely no problem with them being sent to snake heaven
>> if they come within range.
>
> I certainly dont want one around the shack. Very unpredictable, very
> dangerous.. hell, i'm here for an overnighter, and i bought the shotty...

Good call.
>> Jerky the clueless expert can go fuck himself on what he "thinks"
>> should be done, as living over there in "Wait Awhile" he's never had
>> to deal with one.
>
>  Bro in WA clobbered a dugite in his backyard in a very suburban Perth.
> Hell, here in Melburg, we get reports of copperheads in the local
> parks... Easy to live with a python thats too fucking fat to move after
> eating your cat (YAY!) but living with deadly cunts like Boris is
> another matter.

Yep.

> For me, it's a case by case deal. As I said, in 11
> years, i've shot one snake. Let the rest do what they do. No mice here. :-D

I only take out the Browns, and only when they get close enough to
warrant it. Never seen a Tiger here (used to get them slithering across
the sand at Altona Beach), and only had one Red Bellied Black that I
shooed off into the paddock behind me and I've never seen it since.

>> Going up the block with new mower today. I'd expect to see plenty
>>> with all the water, and the frogs. I'll do a head-count. Neighbor has
>>> seen 4 red-bellied blacks (nearly harmless) this week.
>>
>> Good luck with it.
>
> Well, let me say this: whilst it doesnt have the most macho name, the
> Cub Cadet RZT-S46 is absolutley fucking awesome.  It's done what i'd
> normally do, in half the time, with half the noise, the zero turn is
> insane, and half the fuel economy. grass and weeds, 2' tall is not a
> problem... Granted i'm not prepared to get it into the thick shit(yet),

Fuck. If that's the mild shit then the thick stuff must be hideous :)

> it's certainly everything i want in a mower untill the Kabota arrives.
> Cruise control!! :-D  Very happy!!! and yep, it came with the little
> bracket for the exhaust chute :-D  And a full tank of fuel and a set of
> blades...... happy happy joy joy.  :-D

They're an awesome machine and I'm glad you're as happy with yours as we
are with ours. When we swapped over from the Toro lawn tractor the
difference was like night and day, and the steering wheel system is just
fucking brilliant.

Excellent :)

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Noddy.

On 3/12/21 6:23 pm, lindsay wrote:
> On 3/12/2021 8:53 am, John_H wrote:
>> lindsay wrote:
>>>
>>> Going up the block with new mower today. I'd expect to see plenty with
>>> all the water, and the frogs. I'll do a head-count. Neighbor has seen 4
>>> red-bellied blacks (nearly harmless) this week.
>>
>> Make sure you don't accidently tread on one as they're certainly
>> venomous!  :)
>
> Yes, they are. but certainly way more timid than a brown... 1st weekend
> here, mate left a bag or rubbish.. i bent down to pick it up, and came
> face to face with a RB blacks head, just staring at my hand, prolly 2'
> away. i withdrew, and so did he/she. They are so timid... but have
> killed one punter on record... must have had it's period :-)
>
>>
>> Back when I worked for GovCo I was involved in field work in SE SA and
>> SW Vic entailing a fair amount of plodding through swamps.
>
> You familiar with the Stoney Rises, west of Colac?

I am, in laws used to have a small farm at Pirron Yallock, I used borrow
the father in laws 22 and I scared lots of rabbits around that area.
Don't remember seeing any snakes but I probably scared them away as well:-)

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Daryl

On 2/12/2021 3:24 pm, Yosemite Sam wrote:
> On 2/12/2021 3:49 pm, John_H wrote:
>> Clocky wrote:
>>> On 2/12/2021 6:57 am, Daryl wrote:
>>>> On 2/12/21 7:42 am, John_H wrote:
>>>>> Clocky wrote:
>>>>>> On 1/12/2021 8:00 am, John_H wrote:
>>>>>>> Clocky wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 30/11/2021 8:33 am, John_H wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Clocky wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 24/11/2021 7:31 am, Noddy wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 24/11/2021 8:09 am, John_H wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Clocky wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I killed a 50cm (18") brown inside our house recently and it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> certainly
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wasn't agressive and made no attempt to strike.  I used a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> waste paper
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> basket to pin it down as I didn't want to damage the polished
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> floor by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> belting or shooting it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Snakes are protected and there is no need to kill them.
>>>>>>>>>>>> It's perfectly legal to kill a venomous snake that poses a
>>>>>>>>>>>> threat to
>>>>>>>>>>>> people or pets!
>>>>>>>>>>> It is indeed, and if the licensed Westralian motor mouth had a
>>>>>>>>>>> clue he
>>>>>>>>>>> would know this.
>>>>>>>>>> I know the law and you two idiots think you know the law but in
>>>>>>>>>> reality
>>>>>>>>>> have substituted your own pig ignorant ideas for the law, that's
>>>>>>>>>> the big
>>>>>>>>>> difference.
>>>>>>>>> Try reading Section 130 of the Nature Conservation ACT 2014
>>>>>>>>> which is
>>>>>>>>> the law and specifically states....
>>>>>>>>> (3) This section does not apply to a person if the injury or
>>>>>>>>> endangerment of the animal was caused—
>>>>>>>>> (a) in circumstances in which the animal was a danger to the
>>>>>>>>> person
>>>>>>>> That condition does *not* apply to anything described in this
>>>>>>>> thread.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Nice try, but you both broke the law. Period.
>>>>>>> Even the law in your own state makes you a liar. Period....
>>>>>> The law backs up *exactly* what I have stated from the beginning.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Key words here are "immediately threatened" and that situation wasn't
>>>>>> described here by either of you law breaking dimwits.
>>>>> "DPAW wildlife officer Emma Lipianin said despite the fact snakes were
>>>>> protected under the Wildlife Conservation Act, there was a clause that
>>>>> would allow a person who feared for their life to take matters into
>>>>> their own hands."
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you autistic or merely unable to comprehend plain english?
>>>>>
>>>>>> Your own words condemn you two clowns. That's the price of ignorance.
>>>>> As well as being too stupid to recognise a potentially lethal threat!
>>>>>
>>>> IMHO any venomous snake that's found to be somewhere where its
>>>> likely to
>>>> become a danger to a person even if its not an "immediate" threat is
>>>> subject to the law above.
>>>
>>> The law is clear so no, it clearly isn't.
>>>
>>> Immediate threat means immediate threat.
>> Here's a sane person's interpretation of the relevant  Act  I'm most
>> familiar with....
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8veb2EFcVU&ab_channel=EdwinHenryBlachford
>>
>>
>> Proximity being the operative word.  And, by extension, if it's close
>> enough to be a danger my dog, chooks, or canary it's close enough to
>> be a threat to me or anyone else at my place, and probably the
>> neighbours' as well if I happened to live in suburbia.
>>
>>> No situation placing either of the two clowns under immediate threat was
>>> presented.
>> There's no mention whatsoever of immediate threat in the Act.  If it's
>> a venomous snake and I consider it a danger the law clearly allows me
>> to kill it!
>>
>
> "you don't have to call a snake catcher and spend $300 if you have a
> snake in your yard. you can kill the snake with a shovel"
>
> what the law is saying basically is if you see a snake close to you and
> are afraid of it you can kill it.
>
>

That's not the correct interpretation of the law.
John is trying to whitewash his and the fraud's unlawful behaviour with
spin.

On 3/12/2021 10:49 pm, Daryl wrote:
> On 3/12/21 6:23 pm, lindsay wrote:
>> On 3/12/2021 8:53 am, John_H wrote:
>>> lindsay wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Going up the block with new mower today. I'd expect to see plenty with
>>>> all the water, and the frogs. I'll do a head-count. Neighbor has
>>>> seen 4
>>>> red-bellied blacks (nearly harmless) this week.
>>>
>>> Make sure you don't accidently tread on one as they're certainly
>>> venomous!  :)
>>
>> Yes, they are. but certainly way more timid than a brown... 1st
>> weekend here, mate left a bag or rubbish.. i bent down to pick it up,
>> and came face to face with a RB blacks head, just staring at my hand,
>> prolly 2' away. i withdrew, and so did he/she. They are so timid...
>> but have killed one punter on record... must have had it's period :-)
>>
>>>
>>> Back when I worked for GovCo I was involved in field work in SE SA and
>>> SW Vic entailing a fair amount of plodding through swamps.
>>
>> You familiar with the Stoney Rises, west of Colac?
>
> I am, in laws used to have a small farm at Pirron Yallock, I used
> borrow the father in laws 22 and I scared lots of rabbits around that
> area.
> Don't remember seeing any snakes but I probably scared them away as
> well:-)
>
>
>

when I was young rabbits were so plentiful on the farm you could sit on
top of the hill and shoot them all day long, or until you ran out of
ammo. then the government used myxomatosis.

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"A mans got to know his limitations"
- clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry

On 3/12/2021 7:55 am, lindsay wrote:
>
> Going up the block with new mower today. I'd expect to see plenty with
> all the water, and the frogs. I'll do a head-count. Neighbor has seen
> 4 red-bellied blacks (nearly harmless) this week.

And got up there again after 150mm of rain in the last week or so, and
saw 3 red-bellied blacks in the last 3 days, all around the 4' mark, all
well fed, and one has left a lasting memory on me. :-) Until the next
one does.

Had a bit of an issue with one red-bellied black snake, about 3, maybe 4
foot long, and very unhappy. I nearly ran him over on my quad, as i was
picking a path on a rocky track,  was looking for sump-breaking rocks,
rather than shiny sticks. Slammed on the anchors before squashing him.
stopped just in front of him, maybe 2 foot  from front tyre. He's got
his head flattened, and sitting up, tongue flashing in and out, clearly
pissed off at being awakened. He started heading away from me, but then
turned around and headed straight back at me. I cant move, I wont get
off the quad, I cant go left or right, and old mate is behind me with
his camera out, hoping to take photo's of brown stuff running down my
leg... I yelled "back up";  he put his quad in reverse, me too, and just
in time to see the last 6" of the snake going down a hole in the track
that was under the front of the quad. Phew. I know RB blacks are nearly
harmless, him diving into a hole in the track, rather than having a
crack at me is tantamount to that, but gee.... Got the blood moving
there for a while..  😃

>
>

On 10/01/2022 5:56 pm, lindsay wrote:
> On 3/12/2021 7:55 am, lindsay wrote:
>>
>> Going up the block with new mower today. I'd expect to see plenty with
>> all the water, and the frogs. I'll do a head-count. Neighbor has seen
>> 4 red-bellied blacks (nearly harmless) this week.
>
> And got up there again after 150mm of rain in the last week or so, and
> saw 3 red-bellied blacks in the last 3 days, all around the 4' mark, all
> well fed, and one has left a lasting memory on me. :-) Until the next
> one does.
>
> Had a bit of an issue with one red-bellied black snake, about 3, maybe 4
> foot long, and very unhappy. I nearly ran him over on my quad, as i was
> picking a path on a rocky track,  was looking for sump-breaking rocks,
> rather than shiny sticks. Slammed on the anchors before squashing him.
> stopped just in front of him, maybe 2 foot  from front tyre. He's got
> his head flattened, and sitting up, tongue flashing in and out, clearly
> pissed off at being awakened. He started heading away from me, but then
> turned around and headed straight back at me. I cant move, I wont get
> off the quad, I cant go left or right, and old mate is behind me with
> his camera out, hoping to take photo's of brown stuff running down my
> leg...

Hahahahaha :)

> I yelled "back up";  he put his quad in reverse, me too, and just
> in time to see the last 6" of the snake going down a hole in the track
> that was under the front of the quad. Phew. I know RB blacks are nearly
> harmless, him diving into a hole in the track, rather than having a
> crack at me is tantamount to that, but gee.... Got the blood moving
> there for a while..  😃

I'll bet it did :) They're pretty docile things, but Jesus they can look
nasty :)

Been a quiet Summer around here so far. Nothing but Blue Tongues.

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lindsay wrote:
>On 3/12/2021 7:55 am, lindsay wrote:
>>
>> Going up the block with new mower today. I'd expect to see plenty with
>> all the water, and the frogs. I'll do a head-count. Neighbor has seen
>> 4 red-bellied blacks (nearly harmless) this week.
>
>And got up there again after 150mm of rain in the last week or so, and
>saw 3 red-bellied blacks in the last 3 days, all around the 4' mark, all
>well fed, and one has left a lasting memory on me. :-) Until the next
>one does.
>
>Had a bit of an issue with one red-bellied black snake, about 3, maybe 4
>foot long, and very unhappy. I nearly ran him over on my quad, as i was
>picking a path on a rocky track,  was looking for sump-breaking rocks,
>rather than shiny sticks. Slammed on the anchors before squashing him.
>stopped just in front of him, maybe 2 foot  from front tyre. He's got
>his head flattened, and sitting up, tongue flashing in and out, clearly
>pissed off at being awakened. He started heading away from me, but then
>turned around and headed straight back at me. I cant move, I wont get
>off the quad, I cant go left or right, and old mate is behind me with
>his camera out, hoping to take photo's of brown stuff running down my
>leg... I yelled "back up";  he put his quad in reverse, me too, and just
>in time to see the last 6" of the snake going down a hole in the track
>that was under the front of the quad. Phew. I know RB blacks are nearly
>harmless, him diving into a hole in the track, rather than having a
>crack at me is tantamount to that, but gee.... Got the blood moving
>there for a while..  ?

The poor critter will of course die since snakes are very fragile and
even a small amount of scale damage will ultimately lead to infection
and death.
You should've blasted it with your shotttie and put it out of its
misery before it went down the hole (from which it's unlikely to
emerge). :)

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On 10/01/2022 9:49 pm, Noddy wrote:

>> that was under the front of the quad. Phew. I know RB blacks are
>> nearly harmless, him diving into a hole in the track, rather than
>> having a crack at me is tantamount to that, but gee.... Got the blood
>> moving there for a while..  😃
>
> I'll bet it did :) They're pretty docile things, but Jesus they can look
> nasty :)

When they flatten that black head, and stare at you... Pass!!!

> Been a quiet Summer around here so far. Nothing but Blue Tongues.

Didn't see one, and there are normally a few. What was very strange...
no critters!. It's not uncommon to make a coffee before sunrise, saunter
over to the fence and see 100 or so 'roos, a deer or two, perhaps a fox
or hare. In 10 days, the tally for me was 2 'roos, one hare, one quail,
and bugger all else. Mate claims he saw 2 deer on a track whilst on a
quad. Maybe the 'roos ate themselves to death? :-) (fingers x'ed)

Also slapped a deposit down on the tractor and front end loader. Dealer
in Bairnsdale wouldn't take a deposit, which sort of left me exposed to
rising freight costs and higher prices. Spoke to another Kubota dealer
in Morwell, he's doing the same deal for $900 less, free delivery,
on-site servicing... should see it before the Labour Day weekend. Very
happy. I thought the loader had a "euro-hitch". Nope.. comes std with a
"skid steer" hitch, so nearly anything on a skid steer loader will fit
up to the loader/tractor. :-) Luckily the tree puller I mentioned
earlier comes on a skid-steer mount :-D Thats #1 !!

The boys came up with some names for some of the machinery...

The new mower, (yellow and black), is now named Dusty, after Dusty
Martin obviously, because it fucks everything in front of it..

The new tractor, being Kubota Orange, is now known as Donald. Trump..

And the old tractor got a guernsey: We've called it Cathy Freeman, coz
it's ugly as sin, and keeps running. And wont be around for long. :-)

Dealer may buy it when he delivers mine. :-) I'll chuck in an old Nissan
Patrol thats rusting away for free.... :-)

On 12/01/2022 2:37 pm, lindsay wrote:
> On 10/01/2022 9:49 pm, Noddy wrote:
>
>>> that was under the front of the quad. Phew. I know RB blacks are
>>> nearly harmless, him diving into a hole in the track, rather than
>>> having a crack at me is tantamount to that, but gee.... Got the blood
>>> moving there for a while..  😃
>>
>> I'll bet it did :) They're pretty docile things, but Jesus they can
>> look nasty :)
>
> When they flatten that black head, and stare at you... Pass!!!
>
>> Been a quiet Summer around here so far. Nothing but Blue Tongues.
>
> Didn't see one, and there are normally a few. What was very strange...
> no critters!. It's not uncommon to make a coffee before sunrise, saunter
> over to the fence and see 100 or so 'roos, a deer or two, perhaps a fox
> or hare. In 10 days, the tally for me was 2 'roos, one hare, one quail,
> and bugger all else. Mate claims he saw 2 deer on a track whilst on a
> quad. Maybe the 'roos ate themselves to death? :-) (fingers x'ed)

Got a big roo here that for the last 3 or 4 days has been hovering
around my back fence. I suspect it's injured as it won't run off, but it
won't let me get close enough to find out. I've left water out for it
and called the rangers, but as yet I haven't seen anyone turn up.

> Also slapped a deposit down on the tractor and front end loader. Dealer
> in Bairnsdale wouldn't take a deposit, which sort of left me exposed to
> rising freight costs and higher prices. Spoke to another Kubota dealer
> in Morwell, he's doing the same deal for $900 less, free delivery,
> on-site servicing... should see it before the Labour Day weekend. Very
> happy. I thought the loader had a "euro-hitch". Nope.. comes std with a
> "skid steer" hitch, so nearly anything on a skid steer loader will fit
> up to the loader/tractor. :-) Luckily the tree puller I mentioned
> earlier comes on a skid-steer mount :-D Thats #1 !!

Nice :)

> The boys came up with some names for some of the machinery...
>
> The new mower, (yellow and black), is now named Dusty, after Dusty
> Martin obviously, because it fucks everything in front of it..

Hahahaha :)

> The new tractor, being Kubota Orange, is now known as Donald. Trump..

Excellent :)

> And the old tractor got a guernsey: We've called it Cathy Freeman, coz
> it's ugly as sin, and keeps running. And wont be around for long. :-)

Fucking pissa :)

> Dealer may buy it when he delivers mine. :-) I'll chuck in an old Nissan
> Patrol thats rusting away for free.... :-)

Heh :)

I'm pinching the "Dusty" name for our mower as it's perfect. My
Tractor's name is Barry, and my excavator used to be called Leroy. My
bobcat was called Mungo, and I made a stencil for it and sprayed it on
the back when I had it. I recently found the stencil when looking for
some other shit and decided to christen the Navara and painted the name
on it's rear bumper as well :)

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Noddy.