Kia ora from Redbank Plains Qld.

[Manuka Jock]

Gidday folks ,
Here I am , at my brothers place . Got in last night .
First time visiting him , so I have no idea whats where .

Jock

[Ed Reiss]

Gidday folks ,
Here I am , at my brothers place . Got in last night .
First time visiting him , so I have no idea whats where .

Jock

Jock...me thinks that MJ hides the good stuff in the bottom drawer of the pantry!:2tsup::2tsup:

[Manuka Jock]

Jock...me thinks that MJ hides the good stuff in the bottom drawer of the pantry!:2tsup::2tsup:

:U Ed , MJ and Jock is me , I'm from NZ , my brother is Jeff , he lives in here Aussie .

:D

The good stuff he has here is logs , the fly in the ointment is that I have no lathe with me , it was too big for me luggage :C

[jimbur]

:U Ed , MJ and Jock is me , I'm from NZ , my brother is Jeff , he lives in here Aussie .

:D

The good stuff he has here is logs , the fly in the ointment is that I have no lathe with me , it was too big for me luggage :C

Knock up a raft with the logs and do a Kon-Tiki:D
Jim

[Manuka Jock]

OK , why was this thread of mine moved ?
I am a wood turner , from New Zealand , a member of this forum for a year or more , and I have let my fellow turners know that I am here in the Brisbane , Australia , area for a while .
Please have the good manners to restore this thread to the correct place , Woodturning General

Manuka Jock

[funkychicken]

So will you be coming round to my place then?

[Manuka Jock]

Gidday FC,
yeah , cheers , I will when I get me bearings . Jeff is taking me for a tiki tour later this arvo , up Mt Coootha to spy out the lie of the land .
I'm glad you found me thread mate :2tsup: hidden as it is :rolleyes:

Jock

[Manuka Jock]

Knock up a raft with the logs and do a Kon-Tiki:D
Jim

Jim ,
the Kon-Tiki sunk .
:D

[tea lady]

Its alright MJ, They can't hide things from us for long.:D So hows the weather? Perfect?:rolleyes:

[Manuka Jock]

Grand day today TL , a wee bit of a Nor'wester wind , just like at home in Canterbury .
:U

Looks like I missed the storms ....bugga it , I love their energy .
Might score a bit of work from them though

[tea lady]

I quite like a storm too, but you can have to much of a good thing. :rain: We had some good rain. The weather man might even tell us the dams have gone up not down this weekend.:cool:

[jimbur]

Jim ,
the Kon-Tiki sunk .
:D

this forum wasn't going then:D
Jim

[Manuka Jock]

this forum wasn't going then:D
Jim
True .

Balsa wood logs huh sound like fun eh .
I wonder how they would go on the lathe :U

[rsser]

Welcome to Oz, Jock.

Melbourne's just a wee drive down the road. Pop in for a cuppa. We'll get out the brown lace for you ;-}

[Manuka Jock]

Welcome to Oz, Jock.

Melbourne's just a wee drive down the road. Pop in for a cuppa. We'll get out the brown lace for you ;-}

Thanks Ern ,
I may just do that when I get some wheels under me boots :U

[rsser]

Haere rā

[Manuka Jock]

Haere rā

Slainte' mhath :D

[artme]

Howlongyagame2stay?

[Manuka Jock]

I'll play that by ear , although that depends on if I get work too .

[rsser]

Pity about the downturn as far as work goes.

I see the Qld dam has been put on hold ... might put my brother in an awkward spot as technical concrete advisor to one of the bidding consortiums.

[Manuka Jock]

There seems to be a fair swag of building going on here , unfortunately the big jobs are a fair distance away in the city center.
I don't have a wagon as yet , and I only have me hammer and nailbag with me , to work on my brother's place :rolleyes:
The local house site seem to have been deserted , due to the storm damage repair work in town .
Road construction is big out this way , maybe I should take up my shovel and walk :U

[rsser]

Yeah, done that :sweatdrop: - on the last Snowy hydro power station.

Liked TA better (Brisbane, Gladstone, Rocky) and dogman/crane chaser best (Westernport Bay).

[Manuka Jock]

Yeah, done that :sweatdrop: - on the last Snowy hydro power station.

Liked TA better (Brisbane, Gladstone, Rocky) and dogman/crane chaser best (Westernport Bay).
Well bugga me , so you're the man from Snowy River .
Ya looking well mate :2tsup:

[rsser]

Yeah, look pretty young for being dead ;-}

I had to work 4 months of the year to help put myself through uni. The allowance from the pater wasn't enough.

First was T3 (Tumut, Snowies). Started on the concrete gang and graduated to helping the chippies with formwork.

Then TA and dogman on a tank farm on Westernport. Came close to spitting the dummy on uni and going for a rigger's ticket.

After that, mostly TA to welders: Brissie gas line, Gladstone power station, pipe factory in Rocky.

Good times. Yum, XXXX off the wood at the Breakfast Ck hotel ;-}

Good education as well (excluding the asbestos).

[Manuka Jock]

Aye , that the good thing about the big jobs , in town or country . A cross section of folk , from all around the world .
I wheeze a bit nowdays , asbestos when I was a lad , fiberglass insulation now .
Plus dust and fungi spore from doing renovations on old buildings .
Still and all , I do all right :U

[rsser]

Damn Jock.

Asbestos latency period is about 25 years ... hope you're lucky.

We have a good law firm down south for asbestos claims. Hope I'm lucky :-{