G'day from Up Over

[SawDustJack]

G'Day down unda' , was invited here from one of your members , who is on a wood forum up over here in the States ..
Have a good mate in Sydney , whom I stay in regular contact with ..
Curious to see what's different between here and there in the wood working arena ..

Jack

[bennylaird]

:D Probably not too much, don't get offended by the name Seppo though:D

Seppo = Septic Tank = Yank:D :D :D

We are just getting over the Vegimite scare and the fact that one of your lot poisoned Pharlap, but otherwise things are good:D :D

Join in a share with us:cool:

[MurrayD99]

Look out for the Friday drivel thread - on Thursday in Alabama - guess this means the thread will extend into Saturday - Heeellllppp! Talking about race horses, perhaps you could put some money on a horse for us - since we are a day ahead we can let you know some winners.. Well, perhaps not. Welcome.

[HappyHammer]

Welcome Jack..enjoy.......

HH.

[Gra]

welcome aboard, be warned we are not quite a serious as the US based forums, so just dont take us too seriously

[silentC]

Hi Jack.

Did someone say hijack?

How's Cliff feeling today?

[bennylaird]

Hi Jack.

Did someone say hijack?

How's Cliff feeling today?



I don't think he's dead yet????:confused:

[Wongo]

Jack,

Give us a name and he will be dealt with.:cool:

Would you like to leave voluntarily or should I hit the delete button for you?

Just kidding.:D Welcome aboard.:)

[Joash]

Another Mt. Druitt Mick??

:D:p

[bennylaird]

Doubt it but we have been fooled before:eek: :eek: ;)

[RETIRED]

Another Mt. Druitt Mick??

:D:pNope seems Kosher.

[Wood Borer]

Welcome to the board Jack.

What sort of woodwork are you into?

Looking forward to seeing some pictures of your work and hearing your ideas.

[Cliff Rogers]

G'day Jack.... did they ever have Monty Python in the US? :confused:

[bennylaird]

Told ya he wasn't dead:D :D :D

[Honorary Bloke]

Welcome to the Forum, Jack. This is a great place to hang out and the OZ bunch know their stuff. However, thin-skinned folks need not apply. And you will need an Aussie dictionary from time to time. ;)

(Yes, Cliff, we had Monty Python in the US. We're not THAT far removed from civilisation.:D )

[ozwinner]

Like this cliff? (http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_sounds/hg/knights.wav)


Im not dead. (http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_sounds/hg/notdead.wav)


Al :rolleyes:

[bennylaird]

well previously they did, now it's Ekki Ekki etc etc etc

[Gumby]

An American connection would be great for this forum. But before we get into woodwork, we're a bit behind you guys culturally. So, can you give us the answer to a current issue which is burning across TV land down here. The suspense is more than I can handle. Who shot JR ? :confused:

Ooops, my mistake, he didn't die. He's just wounded.

[ozwinner]

An American connection would be great for this forum. But before we get into woodwork, we're a bit behind you guys culturally. So, can you give us the answer to a current issue which is burning across TV land down here. The suspense is more than I can handle. Who killed JR ? :confused:


Not who, but what?

I think it was an overdose of Vegemite. :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Al :eek:

[bennylaird]

Arsenic....... Same as Pharlap

[Cliff Rogers]

Like this cliff? (http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_sounds/hg/knights.wav)


Im not dead. (http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_sounds/hg/notdead.wav)


Al :rolleyes:
That's it....
http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/grail/grail-02.htm
It would appear that my quote is not quite right...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail

It should be "I'm not dead" (but who gives a royal fig?)

[keith53]

"We don't need a Grail! We already got one!".:D

[Gra]

Sister please turn off the grail shaped light...

[Timbeck2]

Is this the thread where everyone makes fun of us Yanks? :)


I want a spanking too. Please spank me.


Of course we have Monty Python here and as far as the vegimite thing goes, I know what it is but only because Men at Work mentioned it in one of their songs, I had to look it up. Please don't make me eat any as part of some hideous initiation ritual.

Don't ask me how I found this place. I was drunk.

1st post, not easily offended so let er rip. As far as most the posts I've read about fat Americans....I'll admit it, we deserve it. I'm so ashamed.

Tim - Tim the enchantor

[Honorary Bloke]

Is this the thread where everyone makes fun of us Yanks? :) Don't ask me how I found this place. I was drunk.

Well, it wasn't, but now I suppose it will be. :confused: :confused: :o

[vsquizz]

Ohhh...I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK...

[Timbeck2]

I think I'll stop there with the Monty Python references. People might get the wrong idea.

[Gra]

Don't ask me how I found this place. I was drunk.


Thats how the rest of us stubbled here as well, some of us seem to be in that state permanently

[bennylaird]

Careful of the virtual beers tomorrow in the friday thread, it's Aussie beer not the lolly water you get over there:D :D :p

[Gra]

Careful of the virtual beers tomorrow in the friday thread, it's Aussie beer not the lolly water you get over there:D :D :p

I would have said careful of the Friday thread..... dont worry about the beers, they help you understand it..:D:D

[Felder]

Like this cliff? (http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_sounds/hg/knights.wav)

Al :rolleyes:

Couldn't see it.....

I've attached a few photos of my favourite cliffs, though. Do you like them?

[bennylaird]

What no Gumboots?:D :D :D :p

[SawDustJack]

Well with me lit'l OZ mate , and his emails and phone calls over the past three or four years , and another Ozz forum I'm on there .. I gots a grip on a fair bit o' stuff ..
Who shot JR ?? You mean he was shot .. I know when they did that scene , they said almost everyone on the cast " shot " him , so's no one would know who actually did it .. But who cares ??
You cant offend me , I be tough skinned ..
As for who in Syd , namedropper , well he's in Newport near the Northern Beaches .. high rent district , jeesh he's paying $2000 a month rent on a small house .. Course he's big money , werks for Energy Australia ..

Jack

[reef12]

Great Jokes on here Mate.

I have a Great British Friend but then again lets not go their.

Ask them about Wolf Creek???:eek: :D

[Joash]

Well with me lit'l OZ mate


That's not me is it?

[HappyHammer]

.. high rent district , jeesh he's paying $2000 a month rent on a small house
About average for those parts....


werks for Energy Australia ..

Doing what?

HH.

[Felder]

He's the one who rides the bicycle looking generator thingy for eight hours a day, just so we can keep our Fosters cold.

Nice bloke. I'll introduce you sometime. :)

[Driver]

Ohhh...I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK...

G'day Rip van Winckle! Who woke you up? :D

[SawDustJack]

HH he's the senior linesman in his district or whatever it's called and has to put in office time when the suits are out ..

[vsquizz]

G'day Rip van Winckle! Who woke you up? :D

Huh..what!..honey is that one of the kids...OH..its you Col G,day..well

I work all night and most of the day..the rest of the time I'm just busy:rolleyes:

[Driver]

Huh..what!..honey is that one of the kids...OH..its you Col G,day..well

I work all night and most of the day..the rest of the time I'm just busy:rolleyes:

Good to see a post from the Squizzman. Welcome back. Jeez....he's dropped off again....WAKE UP!!!!!

[Timbeck2]

Careful of the virtual beers tomorrow in the friday thread, it's Aussie beer not the lolly water you get over there:D :D :p

Fosters is one of my favorites. I don't know if the export brew is different than regular Fosters but I like what I can get.

[bennylaird]

Export was a bit different when I was in Malaysia back in the 80's not sure if it still is? Mainly a VB man myself. (Victoria Bitter).:D

[Felder]

Fosters is one of my favorites. I don't know if the export brew is different than regular Fosters but I like what I can get.
'Round these parts we refer to Fosters as "swill". :)

[silentC]

I'd drink XXXX before I drank Fosters :p

[craigb]

'Round these parts we refer to Fosters as "swill". :)

No, no, I won't accept that Brendan. :mad:

Round these parts we refer to Fosters as horse . :p :D

[Bleedin Thumb]

Do they still make Fosters? If so why?

[Wongo]

I don't drink.

Drinking is a sin.:D

[bennylaird]

To each his own, some even drink West End:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[bennylaird]

I don't drink.

Drinking is a sin.:D

Thanks Wongo, your way of saving water?:rolleyes:

[bennylaird]

They can have it:D :D

http://www.bandt.com.au/news/94/0c02c694.asp

[Cliff Rogers]

I'd drink XXXX before I drank Fosters :p
Erk.... can I just have a glass of water please? :eek:

[Doughboy]

Yes XXXX was named XXXX because POOP was already taken, although I think that there is one beer to rival its status and that would be

Eumundi both the full and light versions are like drinking paint stripper!!!!

Pete

[Bleedin Thumb]

We better try to get this thread back on track so.. Lets talk about American beer!


Besides Samual Adams is there Yank beer worth imbibing.

What do all you Sepos drink anyway?

[bennylaird]

Thats easy, they all drink Duff!

[Doughboy]

Moose drool is great

but there are definitely others!!

Pete

[Felder]

So anyways, SawDustJack, what sort of woodworking do you dabble in??


My grandfather always drank KB. I'm sure that's what killed him. Either that, or the shame of drinking KB. :eek::o

[craigb]

We used to reckon that KB stood for KidsBeer because it was so sweet. :p

[Felder]

Do you remember Amber Ale, the mid strength beer brought out by Lion Nathan a few years ago? It was advertised as being kinder to you person.

There was a big sign as you left Sydney International Airport with a picture of the beer, and the slogan; "Amber Ale. The New, Kinder Beer".

The German tourists lost their heads over that, 'kinder' meaning "for kids".:D

[Rossluck]

Yes XXXX was named XXXX because POOP was already taken, although I think that there is one beer to rival its status and that would be

Eumundi both the full and light versions are like drinking paint stripper!!!!

Pete


Come on now, a lot of Queenslanders love their XXXX. We can't ALL be stupid, can we? http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon12.gif This state has produced pollies such as Joh and Pauline, and we're the only ones who can see through daylight saving, and despite the fact that it's stinking hot and we all suffer from skin cancers, we attract southerners here by calling it "The Sunshine State". Leave our bear .... bere ... bier .... xxxx alone.

[bennylaird]

Is it just me or is might this be an alternative Friday thead in disguise?

We will know later if the mods close it?:D :D :D

[Felder]

Is it just me or is might this be an alternative Friday thead in disguise?

What's a Friday thread?:confused:

This is a thread welcoming SawDustJack.:)








Tooheys Red. Now that's a rough one.

[bennylaird]

Sorry mistook you for the other Felder, hang on this is the other Benny????

[Dr Jan Itor]

Do they still make Fosters? If so why?

Because the yanks are still silly enough to want to pay for it.

As I always say when someone offers it to me overseas - "there's a reason we export that stuff".

[Cliff Rogers]

Is it Friday yet? :confused:

[Andy Mac]

Leave XXXX out if this...in fact being a Friday, I will soon be enjoying a couple at the Farmer's Arms.
Who was it that said American beer is like making love in a canoe?:D

Cheers,

[Felder]

Leave XXXX out if this...in fact being a Friday, I will soon be enjoying a couple at the Farmer's Arms.

That sentence makes no sense..... :confused:

Who was it that said American beer is like making love in a canoe?:D


Dunno, but I quote them often. :D:D

[Cliff Rogers]

....Dunno, but I quote them often. :D:D
You must be going in too high, try a lower price. :rolleyes: :D

[Honorary Bloke]

Well and truly highjacked. Good job youse blokes. Now it's Friday over here--should I start another thread? :D :D

[ozwinner]

Well and truly highjacked. Good job youse blokes. Now it's Friday over here--should I start another thread? :D :D


Go for it Bob, we can keep the Friday fred going for ever.

Well until Saturday at least.

Al :p

[Bleedin Thumb]

Nup , Still want to know if you guys do infact drink your own local brews or is it imported "boutique" beers like Fosters.

[Honorary Bloke]

Nup , Still want to know if you guys do infact drink your own local brews or is it imported "boutique" beers like Fosters.

Okay, here goes. By far the largest sellers are the domestic beers like Budweiser and Millers. They are, of course, horsep*ss, but cheap.

We do have a great number of very nice small brewery beers like Samuel Adams and Iron City which enjoy a following. Most of them have limited distribution areas. There are also local brew pubs that sell beer made on the premises.

Imported beers are popular as well, led by Mexican brews such as Corona and Tecate. I am pleased to say that Fosters, while sold here, is really not all that popular. They had a big ad blitz about ten years ago with the slogan: "Fosters, it's Australian for beer." Evidently that didn't work, because they gave up and are settling for a small niche, selling mostly the larger, single tins of beer rather than the 6- or 12-packs.

The local stores have a plethora of choices: German and Dutch beers, Guiness, Japanese beers, etc. At the end of the day, it is personal taste, innit? Since I have traveled Europe extensively, I often suspect that the beer they export to the States is not the same beer they sell domestically. At least it doesn't taste the same to me.

Personally, I don't drink that much beer but prefer the German ones over others. The Mexican dark beers are also good.

The market for beer in the U.S. is huge, so naturally every brewer takes a run at it.

[Andy Mac]

Dunno, but I quote them often. :D:D

Probably, it was a Monty Python sketch....continued with, "Because its f***ing close to water" :D:p:D

Cheers

[Bleedin Thumb]

Personally, I don't drink that much beer but prefer the German ones over others. The Mexican dark beers are also good.

.

Thanks Bob,

Up until at least the 90's Bud in the States was a different brew to that of Europe because of that copyright/ownership issue. That has probably been settled by now.

Just visited the Coors Web site. They now owns Grolsch, Carling, Bass and Worthington ..the poms must be crying in their beers.:rolleyes:

Its funny that you have to enter you birth date to prove your 21 before you can look at their site...come on now! Its not as if its pornographic is it?:confused: :)

And what is it with a 21 age limit anyway? You can be sent off to war and get your a$$ blown off but you come home and cant have a beer. Very cruel.:(

EDIT Sorry Bob just realised I put the wrong quote up top.. should have been about the difference between domestic and same brand imported.

[Bleedin Thumb]

Speaking of beer. Look at the lengths that brewers will go to trying to get you to drink their product.

http://www.humantesting.com.au/

[SawDustJack]

Well I C I got you chaps talking beer .. I gave up the stuff myself after I got out of the Navy after 12 years .. Took in my share ..
Some Dark Ales in England were my favorite .. You guys had some nastee crap yourselves , as I recall .. We have some nastee beer here as well .. Budweiser is the awfullest horse swill ever invented .. The best cheep beer ?? Old Milwaukee , or PBR ( redneck , white socks , and Blue Ribbon Beer ) ..
Someone asked who shot JFK , easy one there , The Mob ..
What kinda wood werking ?? With wood of course ...
Built a 17 foot canoe a few years back , cedar stripped with fiberglass , and a matching set of paddles .. Never Again .. Was a task .. Course , if you are short on clamps for wood werk projects , build a canoe , you'll have plenty before its over ..
Other than that , I repair furniture for my wife who sells the stuff .. I get lots of green hardwood , from a little sawmill , all first cuts , butts , or slabs , whatever you may call them .. For a song , a pickup , oopps ute load at a time , a dollar a board .. Let it dry for a couple months , straighten it up , and do whatever comes to my mind ..

[Rossluck]

We have a beer here that is pretty good: Crown Lager.:) Unfortunately it's a little on the expensive side, but I for one can't fault it. Not long ago someone produced a beer called Blondie, now that was bad ....:mad:

[Honorary Bloke]

And what is it with a 21 age limit anyway? You can be sent off to war and get your a$$ blown off but you come home and cant have a beer. Very cruel.:(

Fair go, Bleedin'. When I was in the military the age was 18. The reasoning was as you suggested, if you can be shot, you can have a stubbie. The law changed sometime in the 1970s due to a namby-pamby government full of do-gooders who wanted to protect us from ourselves. :rolleyes: So they lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, but raised the drinking age from 18 to 21. They got both #### backwards. :(

Like most such generally unpopular laws, it is essentially unenforceable, so our university kids drink beer and everyone turns away unless there is an accident or something and then it's hand-wringing time.

[SawDustJack]

That law depends on the particular state as well .. AFAIK all hard likker everywhere is a 21 age minimum .. Here in Alabama beer is 21 as well , tobbacco is 19 .. In the 70's and 80's in Virginia , you could have what was called 3.2 beer at 18 ( 3.2% alcohol ) , and everything else at 21 .. IIRC , also if you were in the military , you could drink at the base at 18 , even if the state said 21 ..
Bob yawl still got the green dot or green front stores ???
Well ya has to consider who we had in office back then , even if he was from Jawga ..

[Honorary Bloke]

Bob yawl still got the green dot or green front stores ???

Yes we do. Actually they are Red Dot stores. The Red Dot stands for sunup and sundown. The story is, after the Civil War (sometimes referred to around here as the Late Unpleasantness), they (the Yankees) wanted to keep the black people from getting liquor, so the stores were open from sunup until sundown (thus the Red Dot, signifying the sun). Since blacks worked until sundown in the fields, it would be too late for them to purchase liquor and "run wild." :o :o It's embarrassing, but true. :o :o

Even today in South Carolina, liquor store hours can change from day to day, to coincide with sunup and sundown. :o

[Iain]

We have a beer here that is pretty good: Crown Lager.:) Unfortunately it's a little on the expensive side, but I for one can't fault it. Not long ago someone produced a beer called Blondie, now that was bad ....:mad:

I thought Crown was just horse p!ss in a flash bottle with a high price tag, tatses the same as Carlton draught to me.
Stick with the Becks, Heineken and Bavaria (Dutch beer with a German name made for an Australian supermarket chain).
Lot of microbreweries popping up now, vary from not too bad to excellent and are much better than the mega swill, or, make your own, bit of an art but when you get the hang of it, it tatses great, hate bottling though and keg now which can be a bit of a trap on a hot day, not that we have had many of late:mad: .

[Doughboy]

:D ...... and still America is considered a world leader .....

Mind you Canberra has a very bad reputation as well. We have a employment ratio that has public servants somewhere in the vincinity of 73% of our workforce. Now since this is the parliamentary capital of Australia we also have a Median wage of well over 45k so we are somewhat 'sheltered' from the real world.

Let me just say that the other 27% of the workforce tries to distance ourselves from the upper elite. Lawmakers, while having some of the most edu-ma-cated advisers have what I call ''textbook'' education. They have access to a privelaged working life. I used to be the Executive Chef in Aust. Parliament House and while there I was amazed and mystified at the level of luxuries afforded our pollies.

They have access to a fully stocked and fully serviced bar seven days a week and twenty four hours a day. There was no charge for any alcohol and only minimal charge for any foods.

We wonder how the powers that be come up with sometimes ludacress (?) laws that they see as incredibly important to the wellbeing of the people. Yet they seem to be oblivious to the genuine basic needs of the majority.

Petrol is one such item, considered a luxury? I dont think so, yet the price fluctuations from state to state, city to city, town to town and even on the same street seem senseless to me. I know that oil companies are all powerful and they contribute extensively to the coffers of our political parties. Can these people not see that this is wrong on so many levels?

Anyway I have digressed yet again. I feel like a beer or three. :D

Pete

[SawDustJack]

Yeah , I was stationed in Charleston for a while back then , I , for some reason recalled them as green .. We still have a few counties here , who vote every four years to remain dry .. Needless to say the border towns in the adjacent counties do a booming liquor buisness ..
The "Late Unpleasentness" , haven't heard that one in a while .. I always liked Granny Clampett , on the Beverly Hillbillies definition .. She called it , The War Between the Americans and the Yankees ..

[SawDustJack]

DoughBoy don't feel pregnant mate , we have the same politicians here .. The best money can buy ..

[Iain]

Pollies, wonderful creatures and such intellect.
We had one a couple of years ago who proposed that a river be dredged under a bridge so ships could pass under without raising the bridge:rolleyes:
I think they have an IQ test to get in, those who fail are in for life:(

[SawDustJack]

So I reckon he thought the water level would fall by the amount dredged ?? :rolleyes:

Where do they find these people ??:eek:

Educated Beyond Their Intelligence :D

Plain and simple ..;)

[Iain]

Educated Beyond Their Intelligence :D

Too many oxymorons there to contemplate;)
Another one was whining about a report of E Coli in a river system, took a glass and held it up and said he couldn't see any then proceeded to drink it.
Even the E Coli were afraid of this idiot.

[rrich]

The rings of the trees in Oz go counterclockwise while those up here go clockwise. :D

[rrich]

:D ...... and still America is considered a world leader .....
Pete

I can't understand why you would think that with the idiot we have running the show.

[echnidna]

That applies toi native species

What about US natives grown downunder thouigh? :D

[Doughboy]

To all our American friends out there we have a leader that is now known as ''Bonsai" aka A Little Bush!

No I dont envy you ... we have as many good and bad things going for us over hear as much as you do over there.

Pete

[Doughboy]

P.S .............. we all know the only thing wrong with political jokes is that they inevitably get elected!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pete:D :D

[Iain]

P.S .............. we all know the only thing wrong with political jokes is that they inevitably get elected!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pete:D :D

ICBM launched............................green of course:D :D

[SawDustJack]

Well rrich , at least IMO , he is light years ahead of the raving idiot we had before him , and the moron who ran against him .. I dont trust any of them , I just cross my fingers and go for the one I consider the lesser of two evils at the ballot box .. Even the ones we like have a hidden agenda that we find out about all too late ..
Too bad we cant get a barber or an old man sittin' on a bench whittlin' and spittin' up there ..
Jack