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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 16 Jun 2019, 15:40
by StMarks
/awaits Kwacky's post, telling us that he's "got some of those, and that they're aggressive little buggers that keep escaping".

Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 20 Jun 2019, 13:29
by D6
kiwikrasher wrote:In Tasmania this spider was found eating a baby possum
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Wow.
That's not something you want to have to clear up. Not sure it would go up my hoover.
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 20 Jun 2019, 13:40
by Kwacky
StMarks wrote:
/awaits Kwacky's post, telling us that he's "got some of those, and that they're aggressive little buggers that keep escaping".

Nope. I've only got one true spider. It's tiny and it's not very happy being out in the open.
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 07 Jul 2019, 06:55
by kiwikrasher
Warning: NSFW due to explicit language.
A bit long but hilarious!
[video]
https://youtu.be/ON5hGzydnsY[/video]
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 07 Jul 2019, 13:34
by StMarks
Cracking clip that Kiwi, well worth watching imo mate.
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 07 Jul 2019, 21:06
by D41
That guy's funny as fcuk!!
.....And doing absolutely zero to change the male Aussie stereotype. Good on him.
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 08 Jul 2019, 22:22
by D41
Hawkesbury, NSW.
Personnel at RAAF Richmond are reporting that a C-130 Hercules aircraft has gone missing. Apparently this happened immediately after the aircraft received a new coat of camouflage paint. Staff are currently unavailable for comment.
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 08 Jul 2019, 22:33
by StMarks
D41 wrote:Hawkesbury, NSW.
Personnel at RAAF Richmond are reporting that a C-130 Hercules aircraft has gone missing. Apparently this happened immediately after the aircraft received a new coat of camouflage paint. Staff are currently unavailable for comment.
Obviously very effective camouflage paintwork they gave it.

Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 08 Jul 2019, 22:39
by D41
Nah....some urban legend BS I came across on the web. Be great if it were true, as the location definitely makes it plausible/probable.
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 09 Jul 2019, 15:04
by kiwikrasher
D41 wrote:Hawkesbury, NSW.
Personnel at RAAF Richmond are reporting that a C-130 Hercules aircraft has gone missing. Apparently this happened immediately after the aircraft received a new coat of camouflage paint. Staff are currently unavailable for comment.
Be a bit hard since they don’t operate from there anymore, and the only ones in service in the RAAF are J models which are grey.
In fact the H models that were based there (but were put out of service approx 5 years ago) haven’t been camo paint scheme for over 18 years. I know that for a fact because when I moved to Australia 18 years ago I worked on the H model C130’s at RAAF Base Richmond.
It’s literally ‘down the road’
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 09 Jul 2019, 16:01
by D41
I'd love to do a parachute jump from the ramp of a Hercules. That has got to be the Holy Grail of parachute jumps.
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 23 Jul 2019, 11:00
by kiwikrasher
https://www.therock.net.nz/home/vids/20 ... ice-c.html
Aussies worst drug mule. Someone is going to be angry with him!
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 23 Jul 2019, 11:04
by C00kiemonster

Darwin award!
He wont last long in or out of prison now

Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 23 Jul 2019, 11:33
by Kwacky
had he sampled some of the product?
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 23 Jul 2019, 11:54
by Jack
Kwacky wrote:had he sampled some of the product?
273kg does seem an odd amount - like it's 2kg short ...
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 23 Jul 2019, 12:37
by D41
That's right at 600lbs. Which kinda makes me wonder why in the US, the drug trade went metric & nobody else did??
Must be because of the tiny amounts involved...??
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 23 Jul 2019, 12:49
by Kwacky
Because it's so much easier to work out in metric. Plus it's usually shipped in metric amounts.
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 23 Jul 2019, 13:11
by Cav
Because Americans can't get their head around change even when the change makes everyone's lives easier!!!
"If I just take 5/8ths from 11/16ths" I'll be left with another random number which doesn't make sense.
Or... you can take 16mm from 17.5mm and you have yourself a number even an American can understand.
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 23 Jul 2019, 14:50
by D41
Just out of idle curiosity Cav, when did you yourself make the switch from imperial to metric...or did you grow up just with metric?
You still use miles as a base scale when it comes to speed & distance, correct??
1/16.
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 23 Jul 2019, 15:06
by Monty
We still use feet for altitude, but if you're an engineer metric makes so much more sense.