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Old 28-09-08, 13:36
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...but it got the electrical conduit a couple of times followed by a head seperation with the shovel...
Personally, I never kill snakes with a shovel.
They just don't make shovel handles long enough...
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Old 28-09-08, 13:55
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Personally, I never kill snakes with a shovel.
They just don't make shovel handles long enough...
I am a bit that way too ,very nervous around those buggers
That is where the electrical conduit comes in handy at 4 metre length
number 8 fencing wire is meant to work well too
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Old 28-09-08, 22:42
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I prefer a 243 at fifty paces but have used a 22 from the safty of the raised front verandah I did use shovel once but the snake was only ten inches long and on the cement path.
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No snakes here, A.J.ou had better visit, we have a spare cottage by the beach. Only trouble is white tail spders that I think you guys exported to us

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Old 01-10-08, 09:04
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Hello Eric
You would have to be careful saying things like that i might take you up on that offer
As for white tail spiders we have had a few of those creeping into the area in the last few years as well , never had any up till about five years ago
I thought they were exported from your end

Robert I like the way you dispatch the buggers .My neighbours are only about 50 metres away so i am now a bit limited in what i can use
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Old 01-11-08, 02:03
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I had to get close enough to use the 22 today, a red bellied black was in the shed with my blitz. There wasn't much left worth photographing after I turned it into swiss cheese with 7 hollow points
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Old 01-11-08, 02:33
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Very good
A religous snake is a good snake (very holy)
One less to watch out for
I have not had any more in the yard lately (touch wood )that i have seen anyway

Temperatures have been a bit unpredictable the last month
A few weeks ago we had one of the lowest tempertures recorded for this time of the year then less than a week later 36c
Last wednesday we had 37.2
Overcast today ,sitting on 28 at present
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Old 24-01-09, 06:00
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Thought I would revisit this thread to remind our other side of the planet allies about warmer times

Today in my backyard it is overcast , strong westerly breeze and a mild 39 degrees c
roughly translated 103 degrees farenheit

quite glad it is overcast as it would be getting into the warm area of the thermometer otherwise
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Old 24-01-09, 07:34
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39 degrees is nothing. With wind chill that's what we are. Oh, wait, were you talking plus or minus? I'm going outside now with a couple of aerosol cans to hasten that global warming they keep talking about!
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Old 24-01-09, 08:06
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The one where the beer needs to be cooled and not thawed out to drink
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Old 28-01-09, 08:00
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44 degrees C today in Geelong. Not going to get below the low 30s tonight.
Got another two days of this in front of us.
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Old 28-01-09, 08:22
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I am glad I now live in Sydney. When living near Geelong, 20 years ago the weather in summer was not as hot as it has been over the past couple of years. I hope the temperature when we are at Corowa is a little cooler than last year.
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Old 29-01-09, 10:13
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Ahhh, only 45.3 degrees today. Building engines in that heat isn't fun. Beats any gym workout I reckon.
At least the power is back on at home tonight. Was out for over 12 hours last night.

Bring on winter.
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Old 29-01-09, 10:44
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In comparison only a mild 41c here today
Dosen't look like too much relief any time soon either
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Old 29-01-09, 11:00
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It seems the closer to the sun the cooler it gets, it only got to 34dec here today.
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Old 29-01-09, 11:26
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Ahhh, only 45.3 degrees today...
45.3?? 113'F!! Owch! That hurts!
All of SE Aus is sweltering at the moment...
This is the max temperature history for the last few weeks-
35.4, 36.4, 39.2, 41.4, 27.6, 29.8, 29.8, 31, 36.7, 39.0, 42.6, 33.6, 27.6, 29.8, 32.7, 37.3, 38.6, 38.8, 35.3, 36.6, 30.4, 34.4, 38.6, 39.3, 40.7
And the forecast for the next few days-
41, 42, 42, 42, 38, 39, 39
10 days plus over 100'F
I know these aren't the hottest in the world, but too bloody hot for me.
No relief or rain in sight either.
PS I hate winter, too!
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Old 29-01-09, 13:04
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I'm just glad I gave up sheering even when I was in my 20's these temps used to get to me I agree Howard we desperatly need rain all the small creeks here are dry and the main ones are at record lows so that dosn't look good for the river
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Old 29-01-09, 13:29
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Here in Holland it is just above freezing during the day, and below at night. We hope the cold sets in again so we can do some more ice skating like a couple of weeks ago!
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Old 29-01-09, 17:02
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45.3?? 113'F!! Owch! That hurts!
All of SE Aus is sweltering at the moment...
This is the max temperature history for the last few weeks-
35.4, 36.4, 39.2, 41.4, 27.6, 29.8, 29.8, 31, 36.7, 39.0, 42.6, 33.6, 27.6, 29.8, 32.7, 37.3, 38.6, 38.8, 35.3, 36.6, 30.4, 34.4, 38.6, 39.3, 40.7
And the forecast for the next few days-
41, 42, 42, 42, 38, 39, 39
10 days plus over 100'F
I know these aren't the hottest in the world, but too bloody hot for me.
No relief or rain in sight either.
PS I hate winter, too!
Summer's quite nice up here above 980m (I have to sit on the roof to get into the "Kilometre High Club" ). Hottest day so far has been 35 deg, with low humidity throughout. I think over Matilda IIA's way they even had snow this Summer!
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Old 29-01-09, 18:13
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All that hot weather must be tough on the chillers...hope the beer stays cold...

cheers from Chilly Windsor Ontario....-5C and more snow coming this evening

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Old 30-01-09, 02:01
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43c here according to one of those clock/temp signs on a building.
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Old 30-01-09, 04:50
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44.2 degrees here and blowing from the north west.
My old chook has laid the same hard boiled egg 4 times.
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Old 30-01-09, 09:51
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Another 45c day today. It actually got to 49.1 ! in Teesdale today which is 10minutes north of here.
Half of my crew didn't show up to work today. Can't blame them I guess, the lazy, weak bastards.

Have had twelve chooks die over the last three days. This hot weather can just piss off.
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Old 30-01-09, 23:45
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Hi all - too hot to work in the shed so this week have been doing part's field trips. Yesterday on the plains our Cherokee thermometer read 50c. Don't bother with the air-conditioning, just open all windows. Chooks still laying but new trees suffering.

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Old 31-01-09, 01:52
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Hanno, where are the hockey sticks?
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Old 31-01-09, 05:59
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42c in the shade on the back verandah today
took the thermometer into the shed and it hit 47c
Did a strategic retreat to the house to the air conditioner
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Old 31-01-09, 12:51
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Don,t worry A J it wont be long and we,ll be back to this.
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Old 31-01-09, 13:27
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Don,t worry A J it wont be long and we,ll be back to this.
we are forecast to get some of the white stuff tomorrow, Bob, blowing in from Russia direction, it has been the coldest winter for 13 years in the UK. So much for the "experts" and their global warming theories about Europe becoming a parched desert.
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Old 31-01-09, 20:27
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Hanno, where are the hockey sticks?
Barry..
When I saw that picture,yours were the first words that popped into my head..but you beat me to it...
Do they actually skate in Urrup with no hockey sticks..??

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Old 31-01-09, 21:16
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Hanno, where are the hockey sticks?
Barry, no we don't use hockey sticks. Skating in Holland is all about long distances. As you know we have a lot of waterways. When they freeze over, many tours are organised where you skate anywhere from a few km's to a few hundred km.

When it has been really cold for a while and the ice is at least 15 centimetres thick, the Elfstedentocht (which means ‘eleven towns skating tour’) is held in Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands. The Elfstedentocht is a very hard 200-kilometre skating marathon that passes through eleven Frisian towns. Because it isn’t often cold enough for the marathon, it is a very special event, almost like a national holiday. People come to Friesland from all over the Netherlands and beyond to cheer on the 2,000 skaters who take part. Every person who reaches the finishing line receives a hero’s welcome.


The last Elfstedentocht was in 1997, this year many people are hoping it will happen again this year!

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