CanOz
Home runs feel good, but base hits pay bills!
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Why doesn't that surprise me froggy!
I lost my job, the economy is in the toilet, ISIS is gonna kill me:dance:
ROTFLMAO!!
Why doesn't that surprise me froggy!
I lost my job, the economy is in the toilet, ISIS is gonna kill me:dance:
ROTFLMAO!!
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Why doesn't that surprise me froggy!
I lost my job, the economy is in the toilet, ISIS is gonna kill me:dance:
ROTFLMAO!!
HAHAHAH......HAHAHAHA
Don't move to QLD CanOz, move to Perth and tell me jokes. Much better timezone for Europe !!!!!
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Baahahhahahaaa 
I was waiting for a bit ....
I was waiting for a bit ....
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Why doesn't that surprise me froggy!
I lost my job, the economy is in the toilet, ISIS is gonna kill me:dance:
ROTFLMAO!!
but I am very very bad at it so probably too much sex, reds and good food to really get the vibe
Faramir
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Talking about Spec Surf Ski: the skis you see ironmen like Grant Kenny, Guy Leech paddle back in the 80's.
Last Sunday I was paddling my surf spec ski Fenn LS (which I brought 2nd hand). I tried to catch a massive wave but it travelled too fast for me. I rode the wave for abit before the wave picked me up and my ski nose dived. Since it happened in deep water, hitting no rocks nor reefs, I thought the ski was fine. I was dumped by the wave!
Whilst I was under water, I thought "oh #%#", I have to swim a long way to get my ski. I wasn't wearing my life jacket as well. It's easier to swim without a life jacket but with a paddle in my hand, swimming is much harder. (There must be a special technique.) Then my head resurfaced and I saw my ski. Yippee, only a 20m swim if I can swim to my ski before the next wave pushes my ski away. I reached my ski in time.
I found a MASSIVE crack in the ski!! I couldn't believe the force of wave cracked my spe ski. I tried to catch another wave but it was much slower. Eventually I paddled to my paddling pal and he was shocked at the damage. I paddled 400-500m back to shore in wild surf. The ski was so full of water. It took a very long time to drain out.
I think my ski is a write off. I don't have another $2,800 - $3,800 to buy another spec ski. I don't want to buy a 2nd hand one because they all have some 'damaged' history. I only paddled my current ski 14 times. I paid $1,500 - that's $107.14 per paddle. I was paddling well on it. If only I had more money. If only I didn't nose dive. If only I paddled it at least 50 times, (that's about 6-7 months of training), it would have been worth it.
I wonder what my other clubbies will think? I wanted to have fun catching waves. Now it will take me a long time to save for another ski. I guess I have to miss out on training for a while. If my current ski can be fixed, it will be confined in the lake or maybe the flatter days
Last Sunday I was paddling my surf spec ski Fenn LS (which I brought 2nd hand). I tried to catch a massive wave but it travelled too fast for me. I rode the wave for abit before the wave picked me up and my ski nose dived. Since it happened in deep water, hitting no rocks nor reefs, I thought the ski was fine. I was dumped by the wave!
Whilst I was under water, I thought "oh #%#", I have to swim a long way to get my ski. I wasn't wearing my life jacket as well. It's easier to swim without a life jacket but with a paddle in my hand, swimming is much harder. (There must be a special technique.) Then my head resurfaced and I saw my ski. Yippee, only a 20m swim if I can swim to my ski before the next wave pushes my ski away. I reached my ski in time.
I found a MASSIVE crack in the ski!! I couldn't believe the force of wave cracked my spe ski. I tried to catch another wave but it was much slower. Eventually I paddled to my paddling pal and he was shocked at the damage. I paddled 400-500m back to shore in wild surf. The ski was so full of water. It took a very long time to drain out.
I think my ski is a write off. I don't have another $2,800 - $3,800 to buy another spec ski. I don't want to buy a 2nd hand one because they all have some 'damaged' history. I only paddled my current ski 14 times. I paid $1,500 - that's $107.14 per paddle. I was paddling well on it. If only I had more money. If only I didn't nose dive. If only I paddled it at least 50 times, (that's about 6-7 months of training), it would have been worth it.
I wonder what my other clubbies will think? I wanted to have fun catching waves. Now it will take me a long time to save for another ski. I guess I have to miss out on training for a while. If my current ski can be fixed, it will be confined in the lake or maybe the flatter days
Faramir
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I guess I need try surfing again or goto swimfit more often. Maybe drive IRB (rudder duck) on the beach, paddle board more so that I don't come last in masters carnival races. I want to buy a new motorbike - Triumph Street Triple?? I'm so broke.
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My latest hobby is SoundSelf.
Tisme
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Drinking Sambucas with a cigar on my front verandah while I field calls from the Hadron Collider crew.
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My hobbies are photography and woodworking.
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eating eating eating.
Pick fruit and eating it
Buying meat and eating it
Pick fruit and eating it
Buying meat and eating it
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Croquet and needlework.
Needlework especially. I like needling. People that is.
Needlework especially. I like needling. People that is.
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Croquet and needlework.
Needlework especially. I like needling. People that is.
Croquet. Interesting. I see a few croquet clubs around, but have never met anyone who actually plays.
Tisme
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Boozin and fanging it.....as below
Crank up volume fellas....best 20 seconds of your life
Crank up volume fellas....best 20 seconds of your life
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Well I finally started the restoration, of the 'old' motorbike I bought for something to do in retirement, OMG what a mess.
This is going to be a big job.
This is going to be a big job.
wayneL
VIVA LA LIBERTAD, CARAJO!
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But, will be so rewarding in the end. Good luck with it.Well I finally started the restoration, of the 'old' motorbike I bought for something to do in retirement, OMG what a mess.
This is going to be a big job.
Well I finally started the restoration, of the 'old' motorbike I bought for something to do in retirement, OMG what a mess.
This is going to be a big job.
Are you going to join the Ulysses club ?
My brother is in that, he is down to three bikes at present, he usually owns more
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Probably not, I'm not into clubs, usually they are too political for me.
I'd rather just head off for the day with the wife, any longer than that and I go alone, the wife is over long distance touring on motor bikes.
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January 11 2021June 9 2020
Well I finally started the restoration, of the 'old' motorbike I bought in 2010 for something to do in retirement, OMG what a mess.
This is going to be a big job.
Step one successful.
The front forks in the original bike were from an earlier model, which didn't have a big enough keyway for the brake hub, for those who don't understand that, the front brake at some stage would have spun and locked on.
So I have been trying to find a set of the correct front forks, if I couldn't find a set, the bike would have had to be sold as spares.
Anyway at last I found a set for sale in Atlanta ( ebay, isn't the internet magic), long story short, they arrived thanks to some great people in Atlanta and Brisbane, I can move on.
