Grumpy old buggers thread

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Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

Others have the same problem due to cosmetic procedures like botox.

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I will certainly have the same problem after they cut/chop a BCC off my nose in a couple of weeks[bigsad][biggrin]

The surgeon started to explain what he is going to do,and i tuned off,so have no idea WTF is going to happen[biggrin][bigsad]

I had a few somethings frozen off a couple of weeks ago. My doc is a top bloke, but definitely no sniper. [bigrolf]

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Originally Posted by scarry

The surgeon started to explain what he is going to do,and i tuned off,so have no idea WTF is going to happen[biggrin][bigsad]

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Best way IMO. It is what it is.

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Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

It is some sort of gum nut tree, definitely not a Leopard, I don't want to kill the whole tree.

Edit: Just did a Google image search and it says it is a Blakely's Red Gum, but that doesn't seem quite right so some kind of eucalypt.

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How close to your house?

You *will* want it dead if it’s within 20-30mtrs

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Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

Years ago I installed a car radio with my mate, when I turned it on I found wasn't working, I checked the wiring and found some crossed over, turned out my mate was colour blind! I took the radio back to the shop and they gave me a new one.

Later I had a radio with a clip off face which I hardly ever took with me, I'd just unclip it and hide it in the car somewhere. Also never had a car radio or wheels stolen.

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I had a very high end stereo in one vehicle.
Security bolts etc.


They stole the damn car! Smashed the dashboard apart to get the 3 components out of it. Tore the doors apart to get the components out.
Smashed the boot, removing the Subs, and all the amps.

Then stole the brake calibres, Rotors, sway bars etc. plus the wheels, tyres and springs.


Ironically all they left was the Radar Detector (top of the line at the time)….

Hope it was insured, but you never really get your money back.[bigsad]

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Originally Posted by Tombie

How close to your house?

You *will* want it dead if it’s within 20-30mtrs

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I got a better picture in daylight and it seems to be a Qld or Brisbane Brush Box tree, and can get to 40m in the rainforest but more like 10 to 20 in cultivation. It is only about 10m from the house but uphill and supposedly hardly drops limbs, and not over hanging the house (yet?), after 25 years.Lophostemon confertus - Wikipedia

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Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

I got a better picture in daylight and it seems to be a Qld or Brisbane Brush Box tree, and can get to 40m in the rainforest but more like 10 to 20 in cultivation. It is only about 10m from the house but uphill and supposedly hardly drops limbs, and not over hanging the house (yet?), after 25 years.Lophostemon confertus - Wikipedia

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I know of a few Qld Brush Box around the S-E area and the tallest would be ~ 15m. One on Moreton Island did drop a large, dead branch several years ago, but there was a fair, old breeze at the time. It brought a few branches with it. (The car was written off. Was the young bloke staying here, mother's few months old car!)

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Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

I got a better picture in daylight and it seems to be a Qld or Brisbane Brush Box tree, and can get to 40m in the rainforest but more like 10 to 20 in cultivation. It is only about 10m from the house but uphill and supposedly hardly drops limbs, and not over hanging the house (yet?), after 25 years.Lophostemon confertus - Wikipedia

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Heaps around here,as well as ironbarks and Spotted gums.
Had a few cut down a month ago,more this weekend.The Ironbark cut down last time was just over 30M high.The Brush boxes were around 25M high.
There is a Spotted Gum 5M from our house,an estimated height is 25M,on the neighbours property.
I have tried everything,they won't have it removed,anyway,the house will be sold shortly,so we will have new neighbours to talk to.

You lot ought to try living with Mountain Ash