Grumpy old buggers thread

[4bee]

My very word yes, this paper thing, a passing fad it must be, and so scratchy.
Peace be with you.
Mustapha.

Oh no, Mustapha crap?

[scarry]

Anyway,back on topic.

One son has just had approval come through from the Brisbane city council for a largish shed,he lives on acreage.

So he is wondering if the shed approval also allows to cut down 4 trees that are in the way of the new shed.Two are small not natives,one is a 4M high paperbark,the other a 15M tall ironbark.He had to note this on the paperwork for the approval.

So does the right things,rings them and finds out no.So 4 weeks later they send out a tree inspector to have a look,no cost,which is a surprise.He is worried as they check these things using google maps.

So the approval for removing the trees comes today,on the following conditions.

'a wildlife spotter/catcher,fully qualified has to first inspect the trees,and also be present on the day the trees are removed.The wildlife spotter/catcher must implement any fauna protection or relocation measures.The wildlife spotter must issue certification that this has been done.'
'The debris must not be burned,it can be mulched or taken to a facility that receives green waste.If the debris is left on the ground for longer than 24hours,the wildlife spotter/catcher must return to site and check the debris before it is mulched or removed.The wildlife spotter/catcher must certify that this has also been done,and must implement any fauna relocation or protection measures if needed.'

'The wildlife spotter/catcher must be fully qualified and verified with the DEHP' whatever that is.

So he now has to find a wildlife person,at his cost,to do this work,at a cost of whatever.More money down the drain.

Anyone would think he is clearing the whole block of trees.Or felling the only tree in the neighbourhood.There would be hundreds of huge trees on his block.

I bet developers that clear 100's of acres don't have to go through this garbage.

In fact at our place,which is a different council,we have fell three trees that were over 30M high,in the last two years,no issues at all.

The birds just flew off into the many neighbouring trees.

In fact the arborist i used did check the trees first for wildlife,and would have called the relocaters, if needed.

[Tombie]

I can assure you any development that removes vegetation requires much work!

Just went through my Environmental audit with Dept of Mines and Dept of Environment. Fun stuff.

[RANDLOVER]

bloody idiots buying toilet paper, its got to the point where most people out there are just drooling morons and believe whatever is in any form of news etc.

I would assume any member here has not bought boxes and boxes of **** paper.
The other thing that bites me is when I actually need to buy toilet paper I'm going to look like one of the idiots above.

(I had a signature but the yearly non renewal of my vendor subscription is happening again)

Not me, I learnt my lesson from the pallet load of beans I bought for the Y2K virus. Having said that both of the two of each Woolies and Coles either side of my house are out of toilet paper, and low on pasta, flour, and rice! I think I saw the tale end of an argument about quantities of tissues allowed to be purchased today at Woolies, complete with swearing, crying, and threats of the police being called!

[Saitch]

My neighbour wanted to clear some black wattle from the 100 acre block behind us and was refused on the grounds that we are in a koala habitat. Now, this is quite true as we do have a koala population in our area but, I have never seen a koala on that ex-pineapple paddock, 100 acres and I have never seen a koala in a black wattle.

As to developers, as Tombie stated, there's nothing easy for them. During one of the last, big developments I was involved with, about 20 years ago, we had to have an environmental person on site every day to point out trees which were 'Of Environmental Significance' and then I would identify, mark and locate said trees. There was also an official 'Koala Spotter'. These people were each on a couple of hundred $$$ an hour!

Now, I am all for protection of the environment but, for those people to be charging those fees for the lower level expertise of the exercise, it was almost a matter of extortion in my view, as the developer had to conform with these requirements or go home.

[trout1105]

My neighbour wanted to clear some black wattle from the 100 acre block behind us and was refused on the grounds that we are in a koala habitat. Now, this is quite true as we do have a koala population in our area but, I have never seen a koala on that ex-pineapple paddock, 100 acres and I have never seen a koala in a black wattle.

We Have to keep all our unwanted undergrowth and trees, Otherwise how the hell are we going to have any more major fire seasons like the last one was

[DazzaTD5]

Not more than an hour ago...

I approach a cross road, I have a stop sign against me, there for I stop. A car coming along the road from my left, (no stop sign against them) stops, the driver waves me to cross the road, I throw my hands up in the air, point to the stop sign and mouth WTF are you doing. She then turns left.

On a completely different note, my sister made a cheese cake for my birthday, it was a "cheese cake" only in the name she called it. It was this greyish whatever hard block, something that looked liked it was from one of my scifi books/movies, you know some form of protein artificial square.

[4bee]

The common denominator is that they both meant well & had good intentions.


Pity it all went tits up for you.


A belated Happy Birthday to you, you ungrateful bastard.




















BTW, No offence meant.

[DazzaTD5]

The common denominator is that they both meant well & had good intentions.


Pity it all went tits up for you.


A belated Happy Birthday to you, you ungrateful bastard.






BTW, No offence meant.

Yes I really should look at it from "best intentions ment" but when my 11 year old niece, 8 year old nephew, 5 year old niece got it so right with a HUE 166 print it really makes everyone else's effort look pretty **** poor

[4bee]

Yes I really should look at it from "best intentions ment" but when my 11 year old niece, 8 year old nephew, 5 year old niece got it so right with a HUE 166 print it really makes everyone else's effort look pretty **** poor

But you can't really compare the Print with a wannabee Cheesecake can you? Not unless it was very flat obviously.