Thread: Lockdown/Stay-in-place situation, What are you planning to do?

Hey trout maybe you should be retired and live in the country .

FFS he lives at Geraldton, if that is not Country I don't know where the **** is.

Originally Posted by BradC

Does it? The specs say it has a 10.4Ah battery that can "power your fire for up to 24 hours". It needs to be externally recharged, and can be recharged in "3-5 days" using a 3W solar panel on the carry cover.

Where does it generate its own power?

I see they have a small pellet wood stove that also generate 3W using thermo-electric generation, but that's still going to take some time to charge a 38.5Wh battery.

Not knocking the product, I reckon it looks cool. I just can't quite understand where it generates its own power.

From the FAQ : "Does the FirePit create electricity?
Nope. If you are asking this, chances are you're familiar with our CampStove or BaseCamp (if so, welcome back!). Those stoves feature a thermoelectric generator that produces electricity from the heat of the fire. The FirePit does not – and that's on purpose".

Yes, I stand corrected - was thinking of the stoves which do generate their own power.

The fire pit is just a fire pit - the cover it lives in has a solar charger on it to keep it topped up.

The 2 stoves look after themselves though.

Originally Posted by 4bee

FFS he lives at Geraldton, if that is not Country I don't know where the **** is.

Nah, not country. Geraldton is a coastal city. Quite a nice one, I may add.

Originally Posted by 4bee

FFS he lives at Geraldton, if that is not Country I don't know where the **** is.

I actually live 35K's out of Geraldton and NO I don't get a fuel card untill after i turn 66 when I can finally get a pension, Roll on October
I could take a potshot at my nearest neighbor and a.243 round would run out of steam 5k's from him, So Yes I am living (the dream) in the country

Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

He is retired and does live in the country - country WA near Geraldton

Have never been there although I should one day. My Mum was from there when my Grandpappy was Librarian, at well, the upstairs Library, & back in the days when it was also the Railway Station downstairs. An up- stairs Railway Station would be silly.
My Gran was engaged there when she turned 21.

Geraldton also known as the nearest Coastal Town when HMAS Sydney & the German Commerce Raider Kormoran had their historic punch up off the coast in WW2.
Sadly, as we now know, Sydney was destroyed & sunk, as was the Kormoran. Difference was the Kormoran managed survivors & Sydney apparently did not & if there were some, they were never located. Apparently the whole Ship's Company was lost when Sydney exploded, possibly when a Magazine went up & her Bows were blown off.

A mystery until quite recent years when her remains were discovered by an Underwater Search Team. Now a Wreck of Historic Importance & a War Grave & not to be tampered with.

Just sayin'


Battle between HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran - Wikipedia

Originally Posted by 4bee

FFS he lives at Geraldton, if that is not Country I don't know where the **** is.

it's not that country.
they have two or three indian resteraunts!

Originally Posted by trout1105

I actually live 35K's out of Geraldton and NO I don't get a fuel card untill after i turn 66 when I can finally get a pension, Roll on October
I could take a potshot at my nearest neighbor and a.243 round would run out of steam 5k's from him, So Yes I am living (the dream) in the country

Good luck with the pension. I mean it.
I guess you know you can pre-submit everything with your application and it can be pre-approved to start automatically on that date.
Be aware they take an average of nine weeks to consider an application and bank statements cannot be more than three months old. We had to resubmit some of ours.
If you haven't already I recommend you check the asset limits as you may need to re-organise your assets to get a full pension, depending on what you have.
I don't know your situation, but a pensioner whose wife is not a pensioner gets less than a single pensioner, even if the wife has no income, which seems strange to me as two people are being supported, not one.
I recommend getting the Centrelink ap on your phone as it makes communications so much easier. For example, you can just photograph documents with your phone and quickly upload them through the ap, rather than having to scan and email or, heaven forbid, visit a Centrelink office.
Anyway, good luck with it.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Good luck with the pension. I mean it.
I guess you know you can pre-submit everything with your application and it can be pre-approved to start automatically on that date.
Be aware they take an average of nine weeks to consider an application and bank statements cannot be more than three months old. We had to resubmit some of ours.
If you haven't already I recommend you check the asset limits as you may need to re-organise your assets to get a full pension, depending on what you have.
I don't know your situation, but a pensioner whose wife is not a pensioner gets less than a single pensioner, even if the wife has no income, which seems strange to me as two people are being supported, not one.
I recommend getting the Centrelink ap on your phone as it makes communications so much easier. For example, you can just photograph documents with your phone and quickly upload them through the ap, rather than having to scan and email or, heaven forbid, visit a Centrelink office.
Anyway, good luck with it.

Any land over 5 acres is deemed an asset. I was surprised to be told two years ago that I am entitled to Jack ****! Not even a health card.

My wife is still working and it's not as though we're rolling in money!

Back on topic: I gave the tractor flail implement it's first full paddock run this a.m. To say I'm happy with it is true. Under 3 hours for a bit over 5 acres.

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