Continuing happiness

[tavas]

Really? Have they pulled a John Farnham I went to their final ever shows years ago and have the signed merch to prove it. Love to see em again.

Yeah they've dusted off the waistcoats again. Only Paul and Tim. Richard is committed to his ABC Radio gig. Flacco is playing guitar for them. Tim is nigh on ****** now though, wheelchair bound and a bit dopey for either the MS or the drugs.

Farken funny though. I was crying from laughing so hard. Obviously not letting adversity get in their way.

I suspect this will be one of the last times they'll tour though. I can't see Tim being able to tour much longer.

 

[Kingy]

Took delivery of a pigeon pair fridge/freezer combo they hold 2 fermenters each or a 60litre. Cost me nuffin just had to pick them up. I told the inlaws there not a fridge freezer there lagering vessels.
I also went for a drive in the bro In laws 6.2litre walkinshaw supercharged gts 460kw clubsport.


Still shaking, I didn't relise my cheeks where so flabby untill they where pulled into the seats.
Been a great day today

 

[butisitart]

Yea my misses used to hate sampling them, now she likes to. Well at least I think she does bcoz I don't have to force her anymore

be careful what you wish for. my missus didn't drink beer. then she started telling me that every brew was 'the best beer i've ever tasted'. now i've had to up the production to accomodate her. and she hooks through my better attempts and leaves me to drink the rubbish.

 

[Weizguy]

Imagine DAAS & Tism doing a joint gig... :super:

I never 'Got" DAAS, Maybe it was the stupid name or all the ridiculous 'in" jokes. TISM, I would see again...in a heartbeat.

Took delivery of a pigeon pair fridge/freezer combo they hold 2 fermenters each or a 60litre. Cost me nuffin just had to pick them up. I told the inlaws there not a fridge freezer there lagering vessels.

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I also went for a drive in the bro In laws 6.2litre walkinshaw supercharged gts 460kw clubsport.

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Still shaking, I didn't relise my cheeks where so flabby untill they where pulled into the seats.
Been a great day today

I assume you're not talking about but cheeks?
That's a whole lot of horses for a street car, though, but it's also about power to weight. Maybe that's why the engineer would not let me put a 350 Chev in the old LJ Torana (2-door). Nothing bigger than a 307 (bored out to 327, haha)

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

I never 'Got" DAAS, Maybe it was the stupid name or all the ridiculous 'in" jokes. TISM, I would see again...in a heartbeat.

I assume you're not talking about but cheeks?
That's a whole lot of horses for a street car, though, but it's also about power to weight. Maybe that's why the engineer would not let me put a 350 Chev in the old LJ Torana (2-door). Nothing bigger than a 307 (bored out to 327, haha)

Pffftt...

Get a commodore 304 block....

And put one on these in it

http://www.comeracing.com/catalog/component/396ci-holden-v8-billet-steel-crankshaft


BAM...6.5Ltrs....

 

[Weizguy]

Been a fan of Chev Offroad and Marine Engines for a while now, but I can't afford that stuff AND make beer.

It wouldn't be fair to the beer!

 

[Kingy]

be careful what you wish for. my missus didn't drink beer. then she started telling me that every brew was 'the best beer i've ever tasted'. now i've had to up the production to accomodate her. and she hooks through my better attempts and leaves me to drink the rubbish.

to late, my misses has been drinking my beers for years. It's the hydrometer samples that she has never been fond of. But she's taking a liken to them lately and gives feedback on them to lol.

 

[butisitart]

to late, my misses has been drinking my beers for years. It's the hydrometer samples that she has never been fond of. But she's taking a liken to them lately and gives feedback on them to lol.

that's odd - i have to prod my missus on the hydro samples too. trying to get her to get a feel for the raw mix, but she's not keen.

 

[Kingy]

Bitter and twisted this weekend. That's what makes me happy. Hope public transport is good to me for once.

 

[Weizguy]

Coming to see the HUB stall? I'll have some Yorkie-style bitter there.

 

[jimmy86]

I will be there on both days, most special favourite happy time of the year.
If you want to find me I will probably be the most whimsical person there.

 

[TheWiggman]

Have you been to Bright? I haven't until today. Well I have actually, but on my way through to the slopes 15-off years ago. Today I decided to take the family there and bugger me if I didn't stumble across one of the secrets of Australia. We're driving in and there are a shitload of nice old muscle cars around. SHITLOADS. We find a park and hop out of our car to go for a walk to the brewery. The first thing we see has the kids in awe:

Water park in a picturesque setting. We drag the kids past this for lunch and have a very enjoyable lunch at Bright Brewery. The Hawaiian pizza was very nice, and the beers were worth experiencing. Thanks to the little ones for posing unnecessarily for the tasting paddle:

RIS if you don't mind -

Then we go for a walk and find out it's the weekend of the Bright Rod Run. I couldn't believe my luck. People everyone in their hotted up classics and the town centre cut off so that the rods could be on show. There were some very bloody clean vehicles there in absolutely pristine showroom condition. Hundreds of them. Here's the view as I started walking up the street:

The kids were happy with their icecreams:

I mean ******* look at this:

How can you not take a photo of a rod like this?

There were classic vehicles as far as the eye could see. I saw my fair share of Monaros, GT-Fs, Chevs, Valiants and Chargers. My wife had no idea how good this whole experience was:

If you're into cars you'd be mad not to go there. The scenery about the place was second to none, Bright really is a gem of a town to visit. The whole Alpine Road is definitely worth the drive. The kids were entertained with the lolly shop, playground, water park and ice creamery.
An awesome day.

 

[Camo6]

Love Bright. Gets cold in Winter in a pop up camper though.

There's a red and black '73 Mach 1 Cobra Jet Mustang in your last pic that I put a new clutch in amongst other work. It's one of 40 odd classic Fords the bloke owns. Goes like stink.

 

[Tahoose]

Great spot, sounds like you had a ripper day.

 

[Kumamoto_Ken]

I'm not sure this is the right thread...but for want of a better one

Queanbeyan Show with the family today. Had to have a Dagwood Dog and am now waiting for the inevitable food poisoning*.

* Fighting the food poisoning with some solid beer consumption...what could go wrong?

 

[Kingy]

Off to warners at the bay beer festival today with a day off work tomorrow yeeew!

 

[Kingy]

My day started with working on my new brew stand, then took the kids to see santa. After waiting 2 hours my 3 year old was scared shitless and crying,and the other 18month didn't care. But I give it to good old santa he turned him around and got a cuddle out of him. It brought a tear to my eye.
Then My herms from nev turned up while was working on the stand. Looks great with my 5star element and housing. Now topping the day off with a saison/Brett blend beer. Nearly 4months in the bottle. Bloody beautiful.

 

[manticle]

It's about 23 degrees, sunny, light wind.
I'm sitting on a deck underneath a balcony in a house I'm renting for about 2/3 what I was paying in melbourne.
The vege garden is growing beautifully, the deck is surrounded by ripe berries and healthy ferns.
Next to me is a glass of cascade and chinook hopped apa, my first brew in over a year. Just ate bacon and eggs, rowland howard is on the stereo, altbier wort just about to come to the boil. One cat is licking my finished brunch plate, the other curled up nearby in a chair.

I've had much worse days than this one.

 

[MastersBrewery]

Must be a day for it manticle- just sitting back sipping on my end of brew day stout(all I have left in stock and CBF going down the road), first brew day south of the boarder, found out I was missing (lost in transit) a few things: brewing salts, ph strips, whirfloc! But hey I made an apa and it will probably be better than what I could afford to buy. 78% eff hell I can't complain. And I got the lawns mowed before lunch too.

I just found a RIS at the back of the fridge nearly 2pm certainly not too early!!

 

[manticle]

2pm is actually an official compulsory RIS drinking time in some parts of the world.