Trivia and other useless but interesting items

**p38arover** · 6th March 2023, 11:06 AM

Vera’s Defender 90 is an auto.

I noticed it last night when I caught a glimpse of the PRNDL and gearlever.

**V8Ian** · 6th March 2023, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by p38arover

Vera’s Defender 90 is an auto.

I noticed it last night when I caught a glimpse of the PRNDL and gearlever.

Well pet, I wonder if MR did the conversion.

**4bee** · 6th March 2023, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by p38arover

Vera’s Defender 90 is an auto.

I noticed it last night when I caught a glimpse of the PRNDL and gearlever.

Vera's SW is starting to look quite shabby of late, even for Vera.

I look forward to that Prog even though I find her accent a bit bloody hard to follow sometimes. Brenda in real life doesn't speak like that Luv.

**Tins** · 6th March 2023, 09:19 PM

Vera who?

Oh, and Rosemary Boxer’s was a manual.

**V8Ian** · 6th March 2023, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by Tins

Vera who?

Oh, and Rosemary Boxer’s was a manual.

It was a Series, wasn't it?

**Tins** · 6th March 2023, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by V8Ian

It was a Series, wasn't it?

Possibly. Back then I was more interested in Felicity...

**Tins** · 6th March 2023, 10:09 PM

Just had a look. Quite right, Ian, SIII 88"

**3toes** · 6th March 2023, 10:46 PM

From memory way back at the start of the series the Land Rover Vera drives was rebuilt as it came from a relative. An auto is an unusual conversion so might have been mentioned

**gruntfuttock** · 7th March 2023, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by V8Ian

It was a Series, wasn't it?

Yes. Not quite sure but i think it may have been an early serties III

**gruntfuttock** · 7th March 2023, 07:13 AM

Originally Posted by Gravy

My Uncle who learnt this technique whilst serving in PNG used this on properties he farmed in NSW. Climb up a suitable tree overhanging the river with a 303 or 22 rifle in hand. If using the 303 aim for the schooled fish tails, if using the 22 aim for the schooled fish heads. The stunned fish then had to be retrieved which made my Cousin bauk as one of the properties rivers was shark infested.

Some one I used to know (now deceased) used to go fishing with those “brown sticks” however he only ever used a very small charge, he said it was only enough to stun them, not kill them, even the birds of prey started to know the sound and would come for a free “fast food collection”. He took a friend one day with him who liked the idea and decided to copy it, so this ‘friend’ went out to the local reservoir, found a nice spot with plenty of snags and tired to do the same thing, only he used an entire stick!! Things went south very quick as he stopped his boat motor to prepare everything, and after he dropped it it the motor wouldn’t fire up, it blew the boat over, he finished up a tree and he had a LOT of explaining to do to the parks & fisheries officer, also paying a large contribution to the Government.

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