Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
/awaits Kwacky's post, telling us that he's "got some of those, and that they're aggressive little buggers that keep escaping".
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
kiwikrasher wrote:In Tasmania this spider was found eating a baby possum
Wow.
That's not something you want to have to clear up. Not sure it would go up my hoover.
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Nope. I've only got one true spider. It's tiny and it's not very happy being out in the open.StMarks wrote:
/awaits Kwacky's post, telling us that he's "got some of those, and that they're aggressive little buggers that keep escaping".
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Warning: NSFW due to explicit language.
A bit long but hilarious!
[video]https://youtu.be/ON5hGzydnsY[/video]
A bit long but hilarious!
[video]https://youtu.be/ON5hGzydnsY[/video]
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Cracking clip that Kiwi, well worth watching imo mate.
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
That guy's funny as fcuk!!
.....And doing absolutely zero to change the male Aussie stereotype. Good on him.
.....And doing absolutely zero to change the male Aussie stereotype. Good on him.
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Hawkesbury, NSW.
Personnel at RAAF Richmond are reporting that a C-130 Hercules aircraft has gone missing. Apparently this happened immediately after the aircraft received a new coat of camouflage paint. Staff are currently unavailable for comment.
Personnel at RAAF Richmond are reporting that a C-130 Hercules aircraft has gone missing. Apparently this happened immediately after the aircraft received a new coat of camouflage paint. Staff are currently unavailable for comment.
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
D41 wrote:Hawkesbury, NSW.
Personnel at RAAF Richmond are reporting that a C-130 Hercules aircraft has gone missing. Apparently this happened immediately after the aircraft received a new coat of camouflage paint. Staff are currently unavailable for comment.
Obviously very effective camouflage paintwork they gave it.
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Nah....some urban legend BS I came across on the web. Be great if it were true, as the location definitely makes it plausible/probable.
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Be a bit hard since they don’t operate from there anymore, and the only ones in service in the RAAF are J models which are grey.D41 wrote:Hawkesbury, NSW.
Personnel at RAAF Richmond are reporting that a C-130 Hercules aircraft has gone missing. Apparently this happened immediately after the aircraft received a new coat of camouflage paint. Staff are currently unavailable for comment.
In fact the H models that were based there (but were put out of service approx 5 years ago) haven’t been camo paint scheme for over 18 years. I know that for a fact because when I moved to Australia 18 years ago I worked on the H model C130’s at RAAF Base Richmond.
It’s literally ‘down the road’
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
I'd love to do a parachute jump from the ramp of a Hercules. That has got to be the Holy Grail of parachute jumps.
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
https://www.therock.net.nz/home/vids/20 ... ice-c.html
Aussies worst drug mule. Someone is going to be angry with him!
Aussies worst drug mule. Someone is going to be angry with him!
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Darwin award!kiwikrasher wrote:https://www.therock.net.nz/home/vids/20 ... ice-c.html
Aussies worst drug mule. Someone is going to be angry with him!
He wont last long in or out of prison now
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Kwacky wrote:had he sampled some of the product?
273kg does seem an odd amount - like it's 2kg short ...
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
That's right at 600lbs. Which kinda makes me wonder why in the US, the drug trade went metric & nobody else did??
Must be because of the tiny amounts involved...??
Must be because of the tiny amounts involved...??
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Because it's so much easier to work out in metric. Plus it's usually shipped in metric amounts.
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Because Americans can't get their head around change even when the change makes everyone's lives easier!!!
"If I just take 5/8ths from 11/16ths" I'll be left with another random number which doesn't make sense.
Or... you can take 16mm from 17.5mm and you have yourself a number even an American can understand.
"If I just take 5/8ths from 11/16ths" I'll be left with another random number which doesn't make sense.
Or... you can take 16mm from 17.5mm and you have yourself a number even an American can understand.
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Just out of idle curiosity Cav, when did you yourself make the switch from imperial to metric...or did you grow up just with metric?
You still use miles as a base scale when it comes to speed & distance, correct??
1/16.
You still use miles as a base scale when it comes to speed & distance, correct??
1/16.
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
We still use feet for altitude, but if you're an engineer metric makes so much more sense.
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