Thread: Hey, Jonesfam.

Well now ,aren’t we a bunch of blue rinse sticky beaks .

Ian calls some poor bugger stuck in the wilds of the Gulf and 64 of us get on the party line🤨

Now if was regarding tanks, I would understand

Dave

Probably no double ewes up there, Dave.

Thanks for asking.
We had a lot of rain, a good stiff breeze & not much else.
No damage here except by water.
Our company's Normanton shop did not fare so well with roof & water damage, it has to have all the electrics checked before it can re-open.

We did have some fun though over the week-end. Some kids decided it would be a good idea to throw a chain over & across the power lines down town (what we call down town).
This took out all the towns power, because ergon was slightly busy with cyclone type issues it was a couple of days to be fixed. This also set a house on fire & a couple of power poles when everything shorted out!
Because the power was out & it was raining the telecom system also went out once the batteries died.
So no phones, no internet, no mobiles & no power.
Situation normal then!
All fixed now & the power didn't worry us as we have a big generator which runs the whole compound.
We now await the next cyclone, vandalism, flood or whatever the world throws at us.
jonesfam

Originally Posted by jonesfam

We did have some fun though over the week-end. Some kids decided it would be a good idea to throw a chain over & across the power lines down town (what we call down town).

Gee down South , they only throw runners (shoes with laces) over power lines. I've been told it means drugs are available in the area, I don't know how true that is.

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Gee down South , they only throw runners (shoes with laces) over power lines. I've been told it means drugs are available in the area, I don't know how true that is.

I've heard the same Mario, but I think it's an urban myth.

The real reason shoes are often placed on overhead wires in Australia | Daily Mail Online

Originally Posted by V8Ian

I've heard the same Mario, but I think it's an urban myth.

The real reason shoes are often placed on overhead wires in Australia | Daily Mail Online

thanks but I think the real reason will never be known and will remain one of the great mysteries of all time just like "why did the chicken cross the road" "?