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by muntries
Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:20 pm
Forum: Photography
Topic: Some Cunnamulla photos
Replies: 8
Views: 2484

Re: Some Cunnamulla photos

Gotta say I am very jealous of you Jeff, looks like some beautiful country up there! I have just consulted my Eucalyptus bible by Brooker & Kleinig and looks like that gum tree is a Bloodwood, just not sure of the exact species and would probably need to see the fruit to determine that. I do kno...
by muntries
Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:04 am
Forum: Traditional Tackle
Topic: Black wattle?
Replies: 16
Views: 2407

Re: Black wattle?

if you had some leaves, flowers of seed I might be able to better ID it. The bark looks superficially like some of the mountain blackwoods you sometimes see growing in the Otways and Strzlecki Ranges in Vic. That occurs up into QLD so a possibility... but Blackwood tends to be a much darker timber b...
by muntries
Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:34 pm
Forum: Traditional Tackle
Topic: Black wattle?
Replies: 16
Views: 2407

Re: Black wattle?

The grain features in the top two photos look very much like Southern Sassafras, where was the tree harvested?
by muntries
Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:01 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Email Scams
Replies: 6
Views: 1109

Re: Email Scams

unless you've bought a UK lottery ticket or entered into the draw then you wouldn't be eligible for a win anyway, easiest way of finding out is checking your numbers to the numbers that were drawn that week. I love the emails from nigeria asking me to give me all my details, bank details, passport, ...
by muntries
Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:06 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Not another overseas telemarketer phonecall!!!
Replies: 30
Views: 4648

Re: Not another overseas telemarketer phonecall!!!

Also worth mentioning that a few of the charities, including some of the larger 'reputable' charities have been caught taking advantage of elderly folk and other vulnerable people to get them to donate money. There was a case of an elderly lady in Melbourne who was suffering from a mental illness an...
by muntries
Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:06 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Archer's Ale
Replies: 9
Views: 1207

Re: Archer's Ale

Sounds nice, but a bit flat it looks like the glass has been sitting there for a few hours. English ale tastes better served through a beer engine with a nice frothy head not like the insipid cold tea they seem to serve in London (and gives English beer a terrible name everywhere).
by muntries
Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:55 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: A Brew For Hazard 'COCK ALE'
Replies: 6
Views: 1090

Re: A Brew For Hazard 'COCK ALE'

I brew a fair bit of beer and probably yes the meat would provide nutrients for the yeast to help metabolise the fermentable sugars but usually there is a fair amount of proteins in the grain anyway (unless it's extract malt) to aid fermentation. I would be more worried about cross contamination fro...
by muntries
Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:06 am
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Not another overseas telemarketer phonecall!!!
Replies: 30
Views: 4648

Re: Not another overseas telemarketer phonecall!!!

I loved the telemarketer who called from the USA but said she was in Melbourne and when I asked her how she was enjoying the sunshine she replied that it wasn't sunny and had been snowing for three days solid. Oops it wasn't summer in the US. Yea you can put your name on a register and they are not ...
by muntries
Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:41 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: when will it sink in?
Replies: 32
Views: 4075

Re: when will it sink in?

LP, how can anyone disagree with what you said here, I totally agree with you. Heard about this at lunch time today and just thought about my little lad who is the same age, what a terrible thing for the little girl to experience, for the mum who was powerless to stop the dog and the whole family wh...
by muntries
Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:55 pm
Forum: Traditional Tackle
Topic: Poletti
Replies: 5
Views: 1249

Re: Poletti

check out the knives, some beaut pieces of craftsmanship there.
by muntries
Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:09 pm
Forum: The Ozbow Trade Blanket
Topic: L/H T/D Toelke Whip Longbow
Replies: 8
Views: 1503

Re: L/H T/D Toelke Whip Longbow

Damn that is a good bargain, lovely bows!
by muntries
Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:14 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: new toy
Replies: 30
Views: 3893

Re: new toy

Yeah - I'd had the hilux for nearly 10 years and they don't make them like they used to telling me, my current hilux is the new model and not half as happy with it, my old model could pull a small ute mounted plough through a paddock without me ever worrying about getting bogged but this one may as...
by muntries
Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:20 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Had enough of Gillard and the rest?
Replies: 43
Views: 4860

Re: Had enough of Gillard and the rest?

Clinglish, I don't disagree one iota!! and what we've called greenwashing (as opposed to whitewashing) has been around for awhile and is the biggest disingenuous crock of of bull dollop going and has merely been a way of ripping off concerned folk for years. I also agree and although I like the curr...
by muntries
Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:51 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Had enough of Gillard and the rest?
Replies: 43
Views: 4860

Re: Had enough of Gillard and the rest?

Just like the one they have in Newcastle on Tyne but the backdrop is a little bluer, maybe sell the weather too and you'll have a few more offers. I agree with Craig, we need to do something to reduce emissions and stop or slow climate change. Even China has started and is one of the largest global ...
by muntries
Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:22 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: the UK Parliament
Replies: 11
Views: 1613

Re: the UK Parliament

The dude throwing the pie was a small time UK comedian so probably a stunt to get punters in the doors of his shows no doubt. I gotta say I was pretty appalled at the behaviour of the current pollies here at the moment, seems like politicians haven't been up to much here since the Bob Hawke days and...
by muntries
Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:41 am
Forum: Hunting & Fishing
Topic: A bit scary - if true
Replies: 9
Views: 2747

Re: A bit scary - if true

Yikes, that picture gives me the jeebies! I dont think it's a fake, the animal is the right proportions for its distance, the eyeshine looks spot on and that stance is all too familiar (I'm a reluctant owner of two moggies) with that look of apprehention. Probably not hunting the hunter but just tra...
by muntries
Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:32 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Cynical
Replies: 12
Views: 1951

Re: Cynical

Is Quantas and their cronies trying to get rid of some competition
Funny but it's exactly what I thought when I first heard about this on the radio the other day.
by muntries
Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:24 pm
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: making my first set of woods, a couple of Q's
Replies: 17
Views: 3767

Re: making my first set of woods, a couple of Q's

Thanks everyone, sorry I haven't been to this post for a few days but just been busy with the kids etc. Jeff, on the straightening issue, how straight? I have one shaft thats looking a bit more like my bow and that will certainly need bending, the others are just ever so slightly bent (and some don'...
by muntries
Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:55 pm
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: making my first set of woods, a couple of Q's
Replies: 17
Views: 3767

Re: making my first set of woods, a couple of Q's

wish I had asked before I ordered the shafts, ah well all a learning process. I'll have a crack and see where it gets me. What about adhesive on the points? Would need to be something that can be removed each time I'm cutting down wouldn't it?
by muntries
Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:40 pm
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: making my first set of woods, a couple of Q's
Replies: 17
Views: 3767

making my first set of woods, a couple of Q's

I'm finally having a crack at making my own Port Orford arrows, I have my varios clipper, nocks and points and my taper tool and I'm ready to have a go. But I have a couple of questions before I start chopping and tapering. Should I cut the shafts longer than I would normally and then tune them and ...
by muntries
Sun Jun 26, 2011 8:03 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Carbon or wood to be or not to be that is the question
Replies: 56
Views: 6118

Re: Carbon or wood to be or not to be that is the question

I know what you mean Hazard, was only messin with you and I'm just gonna pull a bundle out now and have a good old smell, hmmm ahhh 8) .

Did not realise there was such an issue with the early carbons, that is certainly enough of a reason to put you off for life.
by muntries
Sun Jun 26, 2011 1:25 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Should the Burqa be banned in public places?
Replies: 90
Views: 10197

Re: Should the Burqa be banned in public places?

And I must also agree that the burqua and also the niqab are just an example of interpretation of religion gone mad and it's got more to do with oppression of women and insecurities of men who force their wives to wear them than anything else. I don't mind the Hijab, I knew these girls that used to ...
by muntries
Sun Jun 26, 2011 1:16 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Carbon or wood to be or not to be that is the question
Replies: 56
Views: 6118

Re: Carbon or wood to be or not to be that is the question

Dont get me wrong but the beauty, and the fairytail romance of the timber shaft is quite strong and even the smell of a P.O.C shaft is something quite sacred and almost erotic. Hazard, just to clear something up here, did you mean erotic or exotic? I'm not getting the erotic, arrows and erotic just...
by muntries
Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:00 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Should the Burqa be banned in public places?
Replies: 90
Views: 10197

Re: Should the Burqa be banned in public places?

don't carry on like a pork chop
How does a pork chop carry on? Mine was perfectly quiet apart from a gentle sizzle in the pan and when I ate him there were absolutely no complaints. I think pork chops are getting a raw deal here.
by muntries
Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:32 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: A Death in the Family!!!
Replies: 28
Views: 2892

Re: A Death in the Family!!!

terrible news about your bow, sick as a chip comes to mind!
by muntries
Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:30 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: A Death in the Family!!!
Replies: 28
Views: 2892

Re: A Death in the Family!!!

From what I can work out reading that link, Darren, apparently Chad was the dealer for Chek-mate archery , but a chap called Marc actually built the bows. Whatever, they are a bloody good bow. It's sad to see one in that condition your is in, big loss, Bud. Yep Chad is/was one of the main dealers t...
by muntries
Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:01 am
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Should the Burqa be banned in public places?
Replies: 90
Views: 10197

Re: Should the Burqa be banned in public places?

Need I say more than what has already been said by Craig, if I'm a wowser for holding differing views then so be it, I would rather stick to my guns than go with the flow with these issues and like to think my father did me proud by teaching me to stick to my principles on these thing.
by muntries
Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:31 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Should the Burqa be banned in public places?
Replies: 90
Views: 10197

Re: Should the Burqa be banned in public places?

Muntries for the time being our freedom of choices will dissapear forever if these if these extremists dostort every thing we hold precious in the name of discrimination. We all need to grow a set say it out loud and stand up to it instead of worying we might offend someone I'm sorry but I can hard...
by muntries
Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:55 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Should the Burqa be banned in public places?
Replies: 90
Views: 10197

Re: Should the Burqa be banned in public places?

What concerns me with the Burqa is cases like the recent one in todays Melbourne papers where a Magistrate found the woman could not be Identified because she was wearing a Burqa and overturned a previous decision. Yes but the Muslim Council of Australia say that there is nothing wrong with asking ...
by muntries
Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:03 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Should the Burqa be banned in public places?
Replies: 90
Views: 10197

Re: Should the Burqa be banned in public places?

or re-worded "make women criminals under the false pretenses of liberating them" wonder if that would have 98% votes for? A lot of these online and tv polls can often be weighted heavily in a particular way merely by a particular demographic who visit these sites. A number of similar polls...