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[jlm]

Have to pick a name for the IPA Archive comp;

I think i've got it down to a top 2;
- Blackbeard's Delight
- The Dutch Rudder

Maybe a 3rd;
- Gepetto's Crotch

thoughts? suggestions?

Dutch rudder without a doubt. Then you get to call your iipa the double Dutch rudder.

 

[petesbrew]

I'm no birdspotter, but it's pretty cool when a Satin Bowerbird has started visiting our backyard. I mean when have you ever seen one of them?
But geez he leaves a mess.

 

[Pollux]

Oh the humanity.............my ADSL2+ has been shaped........Dropping from 10mb/s down to 256kb/s is just downright wrong, worst part is I can remember when I first got ADSL and thought that was fast. How times change.

 

[Shed101]

I'm no birdspotter, but it's pretty cool when a Satin Bowerbird has started visiting our backyard. I mean when have you ever seen one of them?
But geez he leaves a mess.

Pretty sure i've got photos of a young male from Bunya Mountains, but too young for the whole satin thing if this is correct. http://birdsinbackyards.net/species/Ptilon...nchus-violaceus

Is yours old enough for the spooky goth look?

 

[jlm]

Mutherfudgin' rats.....

Clean through one of the hoses, other ones fucked.

 

[Pollux]

Lucky they didn't eat your brewstand............

 

[jlm]

Lucky they didn't eat your brewstand............

I know, a lot of time went into that.

 

[Dave70]

Mutherfudgin' rats.....
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Clean through one of the hoses, other ones fucked.

Rat problem?
No worries. I had em in the chook shed at one point. big fuckers to.
I nailed a few of these suckers to pieces of timber out of harms way and it straightened the bastards right out.
Look at the damage to that hose. That rat wanted to see you get blasted in the dial when you cracked the valve.
malicious..

 

[jlm]

Rat problem?
No worries. I had em in the chook shed at one point. big fuckers to.
I nailed a few of these suckers to pieces of timber out of harms way and it straightened the bastards right out.
Look at the damage to that hose. That rat wanted to see you get blasted in the dial when you cracked the valve.
malicious..

These ones aren't massive, but they're cunning. I've been at war with them for a while. Tried that bait, ratsack, another one I can't remember, heaps of different traps but can't get rid of them completely, a few keep hanging round. Next step is to push out all the fiberglass insulation thats over a storeroom under the house, I think thats were they live. Ugly, itchy job but this is the last straw.

 

[Pennywise]

Found a dead rat here at work a few weeks ago, thing was about 30cm long, without the tail :blink: . Never seen a rat that big before, nearly shat my pants when I saw it. Prolly was after the bits of grain left lying around

 

[petesbrew]

Pretty sure i've got photos of a young male from Bunya Mountains, but too young for the whole satin thing if this is correct. http://birdsinbackyards.net/species/Ptilon...nchus-violaceus

Is yours old enough for the spooky goth look?

Thanks for the link. Yeah he's an old goth. Once 2 grey females were there as well. I'll have to find some blue stuff for him.

 

[brettprevans]

get a cat. mines been keeping guard. left 2 big buggers at the door and even tried to take down a ******* possum thats been eating my fruit and veg. for keeping my grain safe i love my cat weven though im a dog person

 

[Pennywise]

Getting pet rats should also help, when I lived in Sydney we had a rat problem in the rental, got 2 pet rats and one night there was rat droppings next to the cage (ferals must have come to have a look see), after that never saw a rat or mouse in the house, apart from ours

 

[argon]

Second son born this morning... Big bugger too 9lbs 3oz. Mrs Argon did great. 2 boys now, 2 year old and a new born. Won't be long till their doughing in for me. Next few weeks off work are going to be a sleep deprived blur.

Might crack a barleywine in the next day or 2 in celebration.

 

[Pennywise]

Congrats argon, get some sleep before they come home :lol: And maybe put a brew down to

 

[brettprevans]

Second son born this morning... Big bugger too 9lbs 3oz. Mrs Argon did great. 2 boys now, 2 year old and a new born. Won't be long till their doughing in for me. Next few weeks off work are going to be a sleep deprived blur.

Might crack a barleywine in the next day or 2 in celebration.

congrats Argon :icon_cheers: !!

just dont do what I did and have a motobike accident 5 days into paternity leave and be of no use and get no brewing done!

 

[petesbrew]

Congrats Argon!

 

[warra48]

Congrats, Argon.

It's a great feeling to be a dad again. Enjoy the marvelous experience of seeing them grow up and develop into their own personalties.

mrs warra and I are all done with our own, but we're expecting grandchild No 3 in October. Bugger, birthdays and Christmas just got even more expensive than ever.

By the way, the dad of all our grandchildren is our son, 9 lbs 10 oz at birth. Big job for mrs warra, who even today after 36 years of marriage still only tips the scales at 50 kg.

 

[Pollux]

Just make sure you are fit to keep up with the grandkids warra............

I saw a horrid situation today where a grandmother and grandson (3yo) were at the same park as me and my daughter today (Sydney Park in Tempe for those who know the one) and she lost sight of him for a second and he was gone. Now this is a 40ha parkland, surrounded by VERY busy roads, has large water sections and mostly is off leash for dogs........She didn't alert anyone to the fact she had lost him until he had a 15min headstart so the little bugger could have been anywhere.

Luckily there were some cops on pushbikes in the area who radioed back and got a van full of cops to come help look, he was found in a section of bush, perfectly fine and unharmed, but the potential for that to have ended in tragedy was massive. The look on the grandmother's face got worse by the minute. I did the most responsible thing I think of and went and stood in the carpark with my daughter keeping an eye out as at least he would have to pass us to wander onto the Prince's Highway.

 

[argon]

Cheers all, really appreciated. Great feeling seeing the little one born and looking forward to seeing him grow into his own little person.