41 minutes ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Been and gone ringo . Massive damage to many parts of the North Island 

with lots of places isolated . With no road access power or internet 

lots of flooding …

we didn’t have any trees come down but both my neighbours did ! 

Ah, misread the last. Dang. Well, least you guys faired well!!

Once upon a time up here in Far North Queensland you expected at least one cyclone per year. Floods and insane weather were par for the course. As time has moved on (climate change, anyone?) it seems the rules have changed. Places that are not normally associated with extreme weather are now experiencing such events. Poor old NZ isn't used to cyclones & flooding, and yet what a bad start to the year for them. In direct contrast, here in north Queensland we get the occasional full on thunderstorm but it's nothing compared to what was an expectation in the past. Anyway, Kiwi's all right and as soon as he has that motley collection of shitboxes moved from his backyard, life can go on.

Oh, and before anyone gets frothy at the mouth and wants to give me a serve, no I am not a climate change believer. Things HAVE changed, but it's just the planet doing it's thing.

I once ran into a website that tracked magazine articles/ covers starting in 1900 and going to about ten years ago which is when I ran into it.  Every decade it cycled, we are going to freeze, we are going to boil, freeze, boil etc as the planet cycled. I should have printed it out but didn't and have never been able to find it again. It was an interesting read. I would love to find it again as my daughter ( chicken little) runs around screaming the sky is falling to shove it under her nose. 

 

Oh !!  Have a brother in law  I call henny Penny !! He is 67 and has spent his whole life thinking the sky is falling Dwight !

I am certainly of the thinking it is the planets cycle !!

I just listen to a program on tv .. banging on about what we need to do right now !!! 
Really !!! 
 I turned it off and went and watered my garden ! 
hahaha 

Someone, I believe it was one of our friends from down under, posted a picture of a narrow spit of land with water on both sides from 99 years ago and a current picture of the same spit of land today. Water level is the same. I showed it to my daughter and said if all the ice caps and glaciers are melting where is the water going? The sea level is the same as it was a century ago. 

Her response? How do you know the picture wasn't photoshopped! WHAT?

I just let her rant.

4 hours ago, Old guy44 said:

Someone, I believe it was one of our friends from down under, posted a picture of a narrow spit of land with water on both sides from 99 years ago and a current picture of the same spit of land today. Water level is the same. I showed it to my daughter and said if all the ice caps and glaciers are melting where is the water going? The sea level is the same as it was a century ago. 

Her response? How do you know the picture wasn't photoshopped! WHAT?

I just let her rant.

hahaha  love it !!!

 eveyone has a answer aye !

 facts are facts and i walked my beach,,, there are 2 4x4 posts in the beach , they are dated 1978, and show the sand dune height.. its 2023 and those sand dunes are a metre higher !,,, yip the water may be higher, but the tectonic plates keep moving,,, most likey up on the beach i walk !!! hahahaha

 i think its called the big picture !!!

Sorry fitzy .. I didn’t buy a hussler ! 
I went with a John Deere 😜

And I am very impressed with the new mower !!  Way faster than my old dinosaur! 
 

Edited February 21, 20233 yr by 64 kiwi boni

3 blades and 48 inch cut .. with mulch kit 

the lawns are wayyyy  more groomed 👍

And it has a cup holder, or is that for a beer bottle?

2 hours ago, Old guy44 said:

And it has a cup holder, or is that for a beer bottle?

Well I think it could hold a beer bottle looking at the size !!!

I will test it out today since it’s my birthday  and I am having the day off 

17 minutes ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Well I think it could hold a beer bottle looking at the size !!!

I will test it out today since it’s my birthday  and I am having the day off 

12 fl oz? 16 fl oz? 20 fl oz? Inquiring minds need to know mate! 

46 minutes ago, Frosty said:

12 fl oz? 16 fl oz? 20 fl oz? Inquiring minds need to know mate! /cdn-cgi/mirage/01af4a6a6e5f56bc950c4b24cb7bc8e58c748ef54b4a5e1c2afbd74fb63403ff/1280/https://content.foreverpontiac.com/emoticons/default_cheers.gif

Ah very good question !!! I will need to test. … haha

1 hour ago, Frosty said:

12 fl oz? 16 fl oz? 20 fl oz? Inquiring minds need to know mate! 

oh look my bud and Baileys fits perfect !!!

now to find a place to store the ice !!!!!

Edited February 21, 20233 yr by 64 kiwi boni

Forget the ice just drink up. Happy Birthday! and have a swig for me as I am forbidden to indulge

7 minutes ago, Old guy44 said:

Happy Birthday! and have a swig for me as I am forbidden to indulge

i might very well be forbidden to indulge by the end of today too Dwight 

but before we get started ... the boss promised me a leaf blower !!! so we are heading to the stihl shop this morning.... yep more tools for more work... i know what she wants me to clean up this weekend!! 

 

Edited February 21, 20233 yr by 64 kiwi boni

4 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Well I think it could hold a beer bottle looking at the size !!!

I will test it out today since it’s my birthday  and I am having the day off 

Happy Birthday!!!  

Just had a normal lunch with the boss 

beer battered oysters lamb cutlets with a citrus salad 

And bought my very first leaf blower ! 
I have only ever used a leaf rake !!

this thing works wayyyy easier !!! 

What a meal!! I’m hungry!

Congrats on the leaf blower and Happy Birthday ol 'buddy! 

2 hours ago, Wrongway said:

Congrats on the leaf blower and Happy Birthday ol 'buddy! /cdn-cgi/mirage/01af4a6a6e5f56bc950c4b24cb7bc8e58c748ef54b4a5e1c2afbd74fb63403ff/1280/https://content.foreverpontiac.com/emoticons/default_cheers.gif

Thank you mate 

kinda cool having potm on my birthday 

4 hours ago, Ringo64 said:

What a meal!! I’m hungry!

I love oyster!! They are the best 

I just got home (a day early this week) and am catching up.

Happy Birthday! New fancy mower, fancy leaf blower, fancy vittles...what a hoot! My own GTMow is also a 48 incher and it makes a LOT of difference. I don't suppose you were lucky enough to have that JD fitted with a Kawasaki engine? Won't matter - just look after it and it'll probably go forever. Most peeps treat outdoor garden equipment with total disdain, but you won't. 

9 hours ago, Fitzy said:

I just got home (a day early this week) and am catching up.

Happy Birthday! New fancy mower, fancy leaf blower, fancy vittles...what a hoot! My own GTMow is also a 48 incher and it makes a LOT of difference. I don't suppose you were lucky enough to have that JD fitted with a Kawasaki engine? Won't matter - just look after it and it'll probably go forever. Most peeps treat outdoor garden equipment with total disdain, but you won't. 

Cheers Fitzy, funny you say that about the motor, its a john deere motor but looks just like the Kawaski with a jd label on it !!! hahaha.

Edited February 22, 20233 yr by 64 kiwi boni

Hate to say it, but........Frosty has been holding out on us with the roadmonster.  No wonder Lucy is rusting away.

 

Cars cleaned and prepped !

Have had my workers sorting all the little details !!!