Thread: Trivia and other useless but interesting items

Originally Posted by Tins

They've got me beat then....

Your only beaten if you think you are. If not keep kicking walking and moving

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Your only beaten if you think you are. If not keep kicking walking and moving

You omitted "breathing" me old son.

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

The running was not in the truck John Goats and sheep get both hot and puffed inside 5km if pushed hard. The pig stickers do it on 2 legs but use dogs to hold them

I did take a goat to Ikara ranges and tossed it in a pot in my RIP gold Disco. It was sort of a major talking point for the whole Wilpena pound camp site. It was so bloody windy that despite four hours over the fire the leg was still far to rare even for me who doesn't mind a very bloody steak Ok I shot that one

That would have made it much more tender, unless Rigor Mortis had set in.

Originally Posted by scarry

Bloody dumb most of those goats,down one and the rest in the group often stand around looking as if to say what just happened?

The Grandkids of the owners next door round them up on their trail bikes, and get them into one paddock,hoping to sell them.
Usually during the next couple of days,they escape,and the kids are off looking for them again.
Anyway,keeps them busy when they are on holidays from boarding school.

At least your potential target is standing still-ish.

Originally Posted by 4bee

At least your potential target is standing still-ish.

They need to be these days,my eyes and reflexes are not as good as they were

I have just about given up night shooting,i spot,or drive,the young blokes shoot.

This getting old doesnt sit very well with me

Originally Posted by scarry

They need to be these days,my eyes and reflexes are not as good as they were

I have just about given up night shooting,i spot,or drive,the young blokes shoot.

This getting old doesnt sit very well with me

Oh dear, getting down in the dumps are we? FWIW, it ****s me off as well @ 85 but as my Sparkie used to say when summat seemed insurmountable "Wot can yer do Des, What can you do?"


I bet you are whizz on the Dance floor though Paul? I can just imagine those shiny Patent Leather pumps flashing in reflected light from the Disco Ball on the ceiling.

You have had a "hard" Fridgie life like me, although different, & now it is time to have a rest from all that crap & let your young 'uns carry the load. It will be their turn to have a moan one day. You can step back & offer advice.
. I gave it away in 2000 & bought a Laptop instead.
Now on my 3rd poot & spend more time than is good for me online, & being semi- remote is good to swap bull**** with like minded, dare I say, friends, who I will probably never meet but feel I know many of this bunch here in one form or another.? I certainly have a lot of laughs.

But Paul this Covid crap hasn't helped & a lot of personal contact which I was used to, has faded away & the world has become a bit of an odd place these days for most of us.


What can you do?

Originally Posted by Tins

Dunno about that. Used to see heaps of 'em out between Bourke and Broken Hill. Never managed to hit one.

I’ve seen plenty travelling north in WA, never seen a dead one on the side of the road
I’ve had goats for 15 years, never hit one, nor has any visitor to my property

Western Power visited my property as the pole snapped with a transformer on top
(Reported 4 times that pole didn’t look in good condition)
They managed to run over a goat (somehow)
No compensation as they “weren’t negligent”☹️

Originally Posted by 4bee

Oh dear, getting down in the dumps are we? FWIW, it ****s me off as well @ 85 but as my Sparkle used to say when summat seemed insurmountable "Wot can yer do Des,?"

What can you do?

No,all fine,you are right,what can you do...

Just put up with it and keep going
You have quite a few years on me.

Yes Covid smashed my Mother,before she went,didnt want to go anywhere,**** scared it was going to jump out from somewhere and grab her.All her friends thought the same.They used to Zoom each other but not the same.Actually hit the elderly pretty bad.

Anyway,just looked at an old vid where i dropped a large porker like a sack full of spuds at a measured 250M running flat out.....
Those were the days