Topic: Let it all hang out,tell us how you really feel and what pisses you off.

[trueblue]

What do you shoot it with an RPG?
Bill the demon.

Nah mate, howitzer 

[petercb750]

It pisses me off that some dickhead ignores all the warning signs, fishes on the banks of a croc infested river, and in the area where the tourist operators put on croc feeding shows, and then gets eaten by one the biggest and more famous ones, and then the rangers shoot the croc who was only doing what comes natural to a croc. FK IT PISSES ME OFF.

[Terry in Australia]

Last time I was up in Nhulunbuy was in 1995 on "Exercise K95". My unit's role was to defend the town (and it's Bauxite mine) from the "Orange Forces". (played by SAS blokes, some of whom were sadly killed a few months later in the Blackhawk Disaster in Townsville) 

I was leading a security patrol around the outskirts of the coastal town, which is partially divided by a natural lagoon, about 20 metres wide. Rather than manoeuvre the patrol of 10 soldiers spread a couple of hundred feet apart around the lagoon, I sent the forward scout straight across the lagoon. The water was only about chest deep, and as it was so hot, the scout didn't complain.

He waded across the lagoon and was climbing up on the opposite bank when we all simultaneously froze. We'd all heard a noise that was a cross between a loud snort, and an exhalation, about 20 feet from my scout, who was by now legging it up the opposite bank. We then saw a massive salty casually swimming out to open water. I'm not going to estimate it's size, but at the time it looked fcuking huge. I've seen pics of monster crocs before, and I reckon that this thing was just as big.

I then decided that we'd patrol around the lagoon and eventually catch up with my scout, who for some reason, was looking a tad pale when we reached him. He'd found some footprints that he wanted to show us, so we crept closer to the bank and  were horrified (in a manly way.........) when my scout dropped his "bush hat" into one pawprint, and the hat's OD was still a fair bit smaller than the paw's ID.

We continued on with our patrol, and one of the locals eventually sidled up to my scout and asked him if he'd been in the lagoon. When the scout answered in the affirmative, this old bloke told us that we were all very lucky, the salty we'd seen was a local identity and over it's 100(+) year history, it had taken several human victims. He wasn't sure why it didn't eat my scout, but opined that it might have eaten recently and wasn't really interested in dessert.

Either way, we took a wide berth around the lagoon on future patrols............

[mick7504]

What's got me a bit fcuked is how these fcukas take a blasé attitude to crocodiles.
How many fcuking croc warning signs does there have to be.
Obviously, it seems that some disregard the obvious.
The thing is, that there aint no second prize if a Salty grabs a hold.
There's more chance of surviving a gun shot in the guts.

Back in the early 80's, we did some crazy #$%* catching crocs and letting them go again.
And big bastards too.
How the fcuk something didn't happen is beyond comprehension.
We were mostly charged up on Bundy Rum with loaded .44's at the ready.

Now, I suppose that a bit  of fear and respect might have come into play here, as mad as we were.

So these days, if I feel like having a feed of Barramundi, you'll find me at the fish and fcuken chip shop. 

[Retro Rocket]

Mick, is it a coincidence "Darwin" is in croc country....

http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/

[vfourfreak]

My nearest city is Nimes, whose flag and coat of arms both depict a crocodile.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%AEmes

Apparently Nimes was garrisoned by a Roman legion who had served in Egypt and had developed a liking for the beasts.

I'm pissed off there aren't really any crocs there, they might wash some of the trash off the streets.

Kev

[mick7504]

We used to Scuba Dive in Darwin Harbour way back when on some of the wrecks from WW2.

The fear of not resurfacing or losing your diving buddy overrode the fear of being on a crocs dinner plate.

Young and bullet proof.
They were the days. 

[Stev-o]

I'm pissed off that I've had such a boring life compared to Uncle Terry's!

[HondaMan]

I'm pissed off that I didn't have a .45 when looking down a gator's throat in Florida (long ago)! The .22 didn't even make him bleed. Eeesh! Today, I'd probably wish it was a .50 AE or .44 Mag! 

[mick7504]

.458 Winchesters have a calming effect on 'em Mark. 

[Terry in Australia]

I'm pissed off that I'm now NOT going to Darwin on Monday. As I've previously mentioned, the company i work for has just won the largest Defence contract in Oz, and while I was only going up to help interview around 1000 prospective new employees, which would have been as boring as batsh1t, catching up with Mick and over-imbibing in ridiculous quantities of alky-hole would have been great.

What happened was the bloke who was transitioning the contract here in Victoria pulled out, so I'm now doing the stores transitioning in Victoria, working out of an office in the city. Faaark............ Now you'd all expect me to have told my state manager to get fcuked and quit my job on the spot, but, er, it pays really well, and I'm too old, too fat and too useless to get a similar paying job in another industry, plus, he said I may still go to Darwin some time closer to the "transitioning in" phase, in mid to late September, so I graciously accepted his kind offer.............

Anyway, sorry Mick, I hope we'll still get together soon. Cheers, Terry.

[petercb750]

What a piss off.....hopefully you get up there sooner rather than later Tez.

[mick7504]

No worries mate.
That's a bastard about getting pissed around.

By mid/late September, the humidity should be kicking in a bit as the build up for the Wet Season starts.
The upside is that the coldies will taste even better by then.

I bought a new Rinnai gas hot water unit today after the solar sh1t itself last week.
Kleenheat Gas had 'em on special and were 550 bucks off of the RRP so I grabbed a lad.
Then me mate rang up who's a plumber and got me a new solar hot water system at a price that couldn't be refused.
Now the missus is right up me for the rent for blowing a few grand a 2 hot water systems.

She thinks that it's a 5 minute job to put a new solar up the roof.
Anyway, Ive got a gas and a solar now and she and doesn't understand that if a cyclone blows the solar off the roof, then there's always a backup.
That's my story. 

[trueblue]

No worries mate.
That's a bastard about getting pissed around.

By mid/late September, the humidity should be kicking in a bit as the build up for the Wet Season starts.
The upside is that the coldies will taste even better by then.

I bought a new Rinnai gas hot water unit today after the solar sh1t itself last week.
Kleenheat Gas had 'em on special and were 550 bucks off of the RRP so I grabbed a lad.
Then me mate rang up who's a plumber and got me a new solar hot water system at a price that couldn't be refused.
Now the missus is right up me for the rent for blowing a few grand a 2 hot water systems.

She thinks that it's a 5 minute job to put a new solar up the roof.
Anyway, Ive got a gas and a solar now and she and doesn't understand that if a cyclone blows the solar off the roof, then there's always a backup.
That's my story. 

Mate, you'll regret the gas hot water heater.  We had a Rinnai instantaneous one for the first 6 weeks after we bought our house.  In 6 weeks it damn near chewed through a 45kg bottle of gas and we don't use a lot of water because we are on tanks.  At the 4 week mark I checked the gas bottle and it was well over half gone.  The next day I went out and bought a solar ark water heater.  It is the evacuated tube type, we have not had to boost it since the day it was put on.  That was over a year ago, that's even with three kids.  The closest we have gone was last week, we had three heavily cloudy days followed by a rainy day.  We still had enough hot water, but had to turn the tap in the shower to nearly full hot water.  As a backup a gas system would be alright, but they still scare the #$%* out of me when I think of the bill for running them.

[mick7504]

At the moment mate, since the solar up on the roof chucked the towell in last week, we've been boiling water in this big urn and having a tub with the 12 volt camp shower hooked up to the CB1100 battery.
It's all set up in the bathroom and works like a beauty but it's starting to wear a bit thin with the girls.

I had quotes for between 8 to 10 grand for these plumbers to install a new solar so I'll do it myself for that sort of moolah.
The thieving mongrols.
It will be a sh1t of a job because my roof is high and bloody steep.

In the meantime, I'll hook up the Rinnai over the weekend and keep the troops happy.
Ya gotta do what ya gotta do and keep a carton of coldies in the fridge. 

[trueblue]

At the moment mate, since the solar up on the roof chucked the towell in last week, we've been boiling water in this big urn and having a tub with the 12 volt camp shower hooked up to the CB1100 battery.
It's all set up in the bathroom and works like a beauty but it's starting to wear a bit thin with the girls.

I had quotes for between 8 to 10 grand for these plumbers to install a new solar so I'll do it myself for that sort of moolah.
The thieving mongrols.
It will be a sh1t of a job because my roof is high and bloody steep.

In the meantime, I'll hook up the Rinnai over the weekend and keep the troops happy.
Ya gotta do what ya gotta do and keep a carton of coldies in the fridge. 

I forgot you had a house full of women Mick

[mick7504]

At the moment mate, since the solar up on the roof chucked the towell in last week, we've been boiling water in this big urn and having a tub with the 12 volt camp shower hooked up to the CB1100 battery.
It's all set up in the bathroom and works like a beauty but it's starting to wear a bit thin with the girls.

I had quotes for between 8 to 10 grand for these plumbers to install a new solar so I'll do it myself for that sort of moolah.
The thieving mongrols.
It will be a sh1t of a job because my roof is high and bloody steep.

In the meantime, I'll hook up the Rinnai over the weekend and keep the troops happy.
Ya gotta do what ya gotta do and keep a carton of coldies in the fridge. 

I forgot you had a house full of women Mick

And they've usually got the sh1ts with me. 

[trueblue]

At the moment mate, since the solar up on the roof chucked the towell in last week, we've been boiling water in this big urn and having a tub with the 12 volt camp shower hooked up to the CB1100 battery.
It's all set up in the bathroom and works like a beauty but it's starting to wear a bit thin with the girls.

I had quotes for between 8 to 10 grand for these plumbers to install a new solar so I'll do it myself for that sort of moolah.
The thieving mongrols.
It will be a sh1t of a job because my roof is high and bloody steep.

In the meantime, I'll hook up the Rinnai over the weekend and keep the troops happy.
Ya gotta do what ya gotta do and keep a carton of coldies in the fridge. 

I forgot you had a house full of women Mick

And they've usually got the sh1ts with me. 

I know the feeling mate,  I've got two girls and one on the way in a few weeks as well as the Missus.  I'm normally in the #$%* with at least one of them . 

[mick7504]

Best wishes to you both for the new arrival mate.
I've got 4 daughters and one still here at home.
I tried one night for a lad by wearing a motorbike helmet when I was pissed and that didn't work with the first missus.
I think she left just after that. 

When I met my new missus, I put her in the family way almost immediately.
At least a bloke wasn't firing blanks 'cos that would've pissed me off. 

[trueblue]

Thanks Mick, my eldest is a boy and as big a tear away as his old man was, I'm not looking forward to when he becomes a teenager in a couple of years.  When my current missus and I decided it was time to try for a kid it only took a month and she was up the duff, definately no blank firing going on here

[mick7504]

After my 3rd daughter was born, I was having a beer with the transport manager from Shell and we were talking about road trains and brakes and that sort of stuff.

Any way, after a few beers, 'ol Pete says to me, You know what Mick, you're a fcuken useless bastard.
So I asked, Why's that Pete.
Pete reckons that if you can't make a lad, then the hat fits ya, but, it's probably a good thing because he'd probably turn out to be a bastard just like you. 

[Duke McDukiedook]

I'm pissed off that I didn't have a .45 when looking down a gator's throat in Florida (long ago)! The .22 didn't even make him bleed. Eeesh! Today, I'd probably wish it was a .50 AE or .44 Mag! 

If that gator could have laughed at you it would have. Heck, squirrel fur can deflect .22 rounds, that's why you usually have to head shot the sucker's to kill 'em when squirrel hunting with a .22.

[martin99]

My missus always wanted a girl. She got her wish on the third attempt. Thank fck for that I thought, otherwise she'd be churning out babies like shelling peas until a daughter came along. Thinking everything was now cool, and that I could now stop procreating and actually sit down and try to work out how I would provide for the little fckers for the next zillion years,  I booked myself in for a vasectomy. When it came round to the op, they found a lump and decided to give me a two-for-one procedure and removed it at the same time. Turned out to be benign, but left me with testicles resembling eggplants for two weeks. With foresight, I could've just bought a pack of condoms which would have saved me a lot of pain and probably still have a few left over now, although admittedly past their use-by date.

[Terry in Australia]

Well as you'd all imagine, I've been crying myself to sleep ever since I was told the news that I'm not gonna get up to Darwin next week, but God still loves me (yeah, I know some here don't believe in him because they're pissed off that they weren't born rich, or as smart as me, but stiff sh1t, you can't all be beaut) so he turned on a brilliant pre-spring day here in Melbourne, the sun is shining, the birds would be singing if they weren't sh1t scared of our 4 cats, and life is good.

When I arrived home yesterday after spending another 3 days doing very little and sleeping, eating and drinking on the company dollar, there was a box waiting for me on the dining room table containing an excellent rear brake assembly for my magnificent 'Wang. My old rear caliper was well and truly shot, so I was lucky enough to score a minty rear caliper and bracket, hoses, MC, etc etc off a 'Wang that'd done only 26000 miles, for the princely sum of 20 bucks US on eBay, plus another 60-odd for shipping.

Once I get some brekky into me I'll wheel the 'Wang out into the driveway and install it all, bleed it up and go for a lovely ride. It's hard to be pissed off on a day like this! Cheers, Terry.  

[dave500]

im pissed of that terry in the cold south gets more sunshine than me living in the sunshine state!and I got stuck at a red light aswell!

wet day lo light