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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #75 on: March 29, 2012, 11:39:15 PM »
That goat would be nice on the Barbie!

I am up for a beer with you on Saturday arvo, just put the word out

We watched those balloons go over our house on Sunday morning.
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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #76 on: March 30, 2012, 01:01:38 AM »
Yep, I'll be there Adam, any excuse for a ride is a good excuse. I love your BMW mate, and I'll regale you and Cliff at the BBQ with a story about how I destroyed my big brother's R75 on his 21st birthday and managed to rip the elbows out of his birthday present (a new leather jacket)  in the process. Cheers, Terry. ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #77 on: March 30, 2012, 02:36:49 AM »
I'm up for a ride there on my 350/4.  Can you PM me the address & time?

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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #78 on: March 30, 2012, 03:23:49 AM »
Sounds like a party looking for a place to happen, better make sure that fridge is well stocked.

 There is a big gun shop across the road from me that sells hunting bows too I think, so they would know what you can hunt and eat and where to hunt it.

We have feral deer in the hills up north, I once saw a moose sized bugger on Mount Baw Baw when I was up there fighting fires.
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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #79 on: March 30, 2012, 05:10:01 PM »
Wow! Post a pic of my famous drunk chicken and all the sudden everyone wants to come over. I still have to get a barbeque before I can cook it. I've got to get a bike put together before I can go for a ride too. I'm looking at gazebos to have a place to build the bike. I found one on gumtree that has 3 walls for $125. I think it was a little too far out though. I think I'll go to a couple stores today to see what I can find. We bought bicycles yesterday, so now we've got wheels! Can't carry much on them, but wheels none the less. I need to get a couple wrenches or just some pliers to fix the breaks on the one my wife is riding, but other than that they're pretty nice. Well, I'm off to the shops. Getting a later start today because we stayed out till 1am at the nearest pub last night.
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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #80 on: March 30, 2012, 05:16:55 PM »
Out at the local pub 'til 1am, good to hear you are settling in.
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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #81 on: March 30, 2012, 05:46:50 PM »
I don't know how much room you have Adam, but a garden shed might be better than a 3 sided gazebo? I did a quick search on Gumtree and there are heaps out there starting at around 100 bucks. You can hire a tray type ute (small pickup) from Bunnings for not too much and you might need to dissasemble the shed on site and reassemble it back at your place, but it'd offer a bit more security and weather protection with winter just around the corner? Cheers, Terry. ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #82 on: March 30, 2012, 07:21:45 PM »
When you guys were getting ready to leave, winter was the first thing that occured to me. It was almost over when you left and its right around the corner where you are. We'll eat some bacon in your honor tomorrow am in van buren.
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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #83 on: March 30, 2012, 07:27:20 PM »
Yep, but our winters are milder and shorter than yours mate. It occasionally rains, we have some cold days, but I commuted in and out of the city for a couple of years on motorcycles and I don't remember being particularly fussed about the weather, apart from the fact that car drivers are even more useless in wet weather than they are normally........ ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #84 on: March 31, 2012, 01:30:10 AM »
Almost forgot, I have a spare 9kg gas cylinder for a Barbie so save yourself the money when you need a gas cylinder you are welcome to have mine as a welcome to Oz gift,
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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #85 on: March 31, 2012, 01:42:37 AM »
I was riding over to visit Tom, another CB750 guy that Cliff put me onto, who needs some help with his bike today. I rode the Rocket over to his place in North Fizroy and on the way over, sitting on the footpath was a free barbecue!

Obviously it wouldn't fit in my saddlebags, and I don't think towing it behind the bike would have been an option, so I decided that I'd see if it was still there on my way back, and if it was, I'd get the car and pick it up. Sadly it was gone by the time I went past on my return trip, or we'd all be eating drunk chickens tomorrow............  :'(
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #86 on: March 31, 2012, 02:13:36 AM »
We met a few nice people at the pub last night. Got to watch some footy too. We got to pick up a few things today for cleanup around the house. Vacuum, leaf blower/vac, and some groceries.
I picked up an adjustable wrench so I could fix Abby's bike brakes too. Now she can stop! I may have fixed her front brake too well. I almost flipped over the front of the bike when I was testing
them in the back yard.

maduncle, if I get a gas barbeque I'll hit you up for the tank. I usually like charcoal better, but I don't know what I'll end up with.

Terry, I never thought about building a little shed in the back. I'll look into that. I may be able to get the chemistry ute from Abby's work to pick up something like that. Hopefully the landlord
wouldn't mind us doing that. I don't think I'll ask for permission. It's not like I wouldn't be able to get rid of it when we leave. I think all we need soon is a washing machine. One of the guys
we met at the pub last night said he had an old one that's covered in bat #$%* that we could have, but today he said he tried it and it didn't work.
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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #87 on: March 31, 2012, 02:30:37 AM »

Adam, if you go for charcoal then you need to know that they can't be used on Total Fire Ban days over summer, whereas gas barbecues can.

The cylinder is your whenever you want. As fas as sheds go - if you keep the shed size below 10m2 you don't need to worry about council permits, most inner Melbourne councils want to charge you for a permit for anything bigger than ten square meters, which is why I cram all my stuff into a 9.6m2 shed!

This is also why there are a lot of sheds on the market just under 10m2.

Also - I have some big fluorescent light fittings with plugs fitted that you can have for your shed so you can do those all night sessions on bikes, they are spares from our shop when we ripped out the old ceiling - I put one up in my shed and it lights up like the MCG.
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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #88 on: March 31, 2012, 03:43:09 AM »
Quote from: Radam on March 31, 2012, 02:13:36 AM

Terry, I never thought about building a little shed in the back. I'll look into that. I may be able to get the chemistry ute from Abby's work to pick up something like that. Hopefully the landlord
wouldn't mind us doing that. I don't think I'll ask for permission. It's not like I wouldn't be able to get rid of it when we leave. I think all we need soon is a washing machine. One of the guys
we met at the pub last night said he had an old one that's covered in bat #$%* that we could have, but today he said he tried it and it didn't work.

No worries Adam, and I don't think your landlord would care too much about a temporary structure like a garden shed. I rented a house in Coburg when I first got married and the rules were "No Pets", so every time the landlord came to inspect the place I would park my car across the road with the windows open an inch or so and bundle my dog and cat in it until he buggared off.

The cat would be trying to get out of the windows, the dog would be barking and wagging his tail and trying to get my attention while the landlord would be making comments about what sort of a person would be cruel enough to leave a cat and dog in a car on such a warm day, blah blah blah. It's nice not having to worry about that stuff anymore............ ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #89 on: March 31, 2012, 03:34:44 PM »
Thanks for all the info and help guys. I'm about to start looking at gumtree. I think Abby wants to get a washing machine before I get a shed. I'm ok with that because I don't really like going to the coin laundry places. Sometimes it's entertaining, but other times it's just depressing.
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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #90 on: March 31, 2012, 09:27:41 PM »
That all depends upon whether you find the entertaining people at the laundromat depressing - or...
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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #91 on: March 31, 2012, 09:45:34 PM »
Well, we found a washer. It's supposed to be delivered today. Abby isn't so big on the idea of having a shed in the back. We'll see what I end up wit for bike work cover. Most of the sheds I've found are a bit far out of town.
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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #92 on: April 01, 2012, 01:09:09 AM »
if its no shed,,its in the spare room then?
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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #93 on: April 01, 2012, 02:53:41 AM »
Quote from: dave500 on April 01, 2012, 01:09:09 AM
if its no shed,,its in the spare room then?
Not to mention the lounge room, then you can watch telly while flicking spanners.
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« Reply #94 on: April 01, 2012, 03:06:24 AM »
I've got a sneaking suspicion that Adams wife won't be allowing too many bike parts in the house...........  ::)
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: What's it like in Clayton?
« Reply #95 on: April 01, 2012, 03:15:39 AM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on April 01, 2012, 03:06:24 AM
I've got a sneaking suspicion that Adams wife won't be allowing too many bike parts in the house...........  ::)
I had one like that once, I traded her in on a much better model.  ;D
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« Reply #96 on: April 01, 2012, 02:20:12 PM »
She's actually a really good sport about it. If you look through the build thread in my sig you'll see that, in the house we own, she let me bring an engine in our music room. It had wood floors. I have a few places in the rental here that I can have parts, but not enough room to build the bike. I think it would be pretty hard getting the bike out of the house after building it too. The shed is yet to be totally ruled out.
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« Reply #97 on: April 01, 2012, 02:51:58 PM »
Do you need to work on the bike at home or can you catch a tram to a place where you can work on the bike? I only ask because a friend of mine is setting up a bike workshop and storage space where people can work on thier bikes. It will be off Sydney Road in Coburg and should be up and running in July.
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« Reply #98 on: April 01, 2012, 03:00:12 PM »
Well, I was hoping I could have it together by then, but I don't know what shape any of the parts are in. If I still need a place I'd be able to make it out there. I got a bicycle a couple days ago, and I'm not far from a tram stop. I'd rather work on the bike at home. Right now I have heaps of time because I don't have a job yet. If his shop was already open I'd be down. How much is he going to charge people to use the shop? Also, does he need help with any sort of set up, or someone to work for/with him at the shop. ;) ;D
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« Reply #99 on: April 02, 2012, 12:05:50 AM »
Quote from: Radam on April 01, 2012, 03:00:12 PM
Well, I was hoping I could have it together by then, but I don't know what shape any of the parts are in. If I still need a place I'd be able to make it out there. I got a bicycle a couple days ago, and I'm not far from a tram stop. I'd rather work on the bike at home. Right now I have heaps of time because I don't have a job yet. If his shop was already open I'd be down. How much is he going to charge people to use the shop? Also, does he need help with any sort of set up, or someone to work for/with him at the shop. ;) ;D

When the time comes, I will introduce you to Craig from the Mischief Makers. He will be looking for people to work with him on doing up the new workshop, and he will be looking to pay on a barter system.
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