Well we finally got our BeeHive, now we have to wait a week for them to get oriented. Then i can start getting stung. I hope not,,,,,,,,they were very placid when we picked them up.
Now the person who helped us move them ( who shall remain nameless ) listened to all that was said about being calm & quiet around the little fellas, went straight into screaming & shouting & banging things on the back of the ute. But all is well so far. No pictures because the camera conked out & the whizzbang cheapie camcorder that i bought is more bang than whizz ( shite). Getting ready to lay the sandstone out the front, & playing a fair bit of music,OO OO OO and not smoking any more.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Another day another drop !
Actually did a few hours work on the Tahj Ma Pussy today, untill the rain started . Got all the frame up, now just trying to figure out how to get the mesh & shade cloth up on my own.
And if my ears & eyes dont decieve me the Constabulary are back on their biyearly hunt for the DEMON WEED. Been hearing helicopters all day over the back of Mt Nardi & spotter planes buzzing high overhead.
Just for once i would like to see a pollice chopper spear into the ground ,mushing all onboard. Maybe then they will change their tack & use those resources & hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars for something that is more benificial to the whole community, like catching real criminals.
On a lighter note Liam & Tanner are coming over this evening, so its all systems go for some frisbee,playstation, computer games & toys. Usually in that order.
So i might just have a strong cup of tea & a good lie down before the action starts.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
And if my ears & eyes dont decieve me the Constabulary are back on their biyearly hunt for the DEMON WEED. Been hearing helicopters all day over the back of Mt Nardi & spotter planes buzzing high overhead.
Just for once i would like to see a pollice chopper spear into the ground ,mushing all onboard. Maybe then they will change their tack & use those resources & hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars for something that is more benificial to the whole community, like catching real criminals.
On a lighter note Liam & Tanner are coming over this evening, so its all systems go for some frisbee,playstation, computer games & toys. Usually in that order.
So i might just have a strong cup of tea & a good lie down before the action starts.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
Ohhh no rain
Hoo Hoo its stopped at last & the grass has grown so long the dog dissapears when he goes out the back.
Not much to write about at the moment. i managed stave off cabin fever & now its back to work. Its guuna be wonderful when this job is finished.
Got my new videocamera sorted. Outside in the light its a ripper, but unfortunately its shortcomings are only too evident in low light situations.The 2mp camera is rubbish & the video is as well. the upside is the controls are very ergononic & simple as. It took me a while but i got my camera glasses happening as soon as i learnt to click slower lol
Well thats it im blank !
Not much to write about at the moment. i managed stave off cabin fever & now its back to work. Its guuna be wonderful when this job is finished.
Got my new videocamera sorted. Outside in the light its a ripper, but unfortunately its shortcomings are only too evident in low light situations.The 2mp camera is rubbish & the video is as well. the upside is the controls are very ergononic & simple as. It took me a while but i got my camera glasses happening as soon as i learnt to click slower lol
Well thats it im blank !
Monday, March 1, 2010
Warm & moist
Now where was i ??? oh yeh. Its still raining & my $130.00pw scaffold makes a lovely waterfall. Managed to do a couple of hours on Friday, untill the liquid sunshine fell about my ears again. After last weeks shocking adventure i decided to up stumps as soon as the sun went. Which turned out to be fortuious, cos it pissed down as soon as i got in the car.
Saturday's fancy dress party was a hoot. When we arrived i had to carry a big box with lights/cables & a fog machine down a really steep winding driveway. Jeez for a moment i thought i would not be able to stop till i hit the pool .
Im glad i didnt take my guitar because the three piece band ( big Music i think ) were bloody awesome. They did one of the best renditions of The Letter that i have heard in years. there was also a couple of performers. One did a ball balacing act plus fire twirling. It was quite mesmorising. Another guy did a tap/ trumpet old classic I got Rythm I got Music, which was great..
The party girl Lizzie & two of her girlfriends did a couple of numbers complete with big hair & costumes, which sent the crowd yahooing & hollerin.
I have to say some of the costumes were great & people were really getting into it (myself included).
Gawd the sixties were a good time, i personally tried to recreate the free love aspect.......... to no avail damnitall.
Got pulled over by the booze bus on the way home, a very close call for Shabayah lol, i think the copper looked at the four ageing hippies in the car & thought bugger it way too much paperwork so at least we made it home safe.
Jeez even made a profit on the evening. I took my usual bottle of JD, but decided to start with little glasses of champers that were being handed around & stuck with it, then one of the passengers in the car decided she should put $10.00 for petrol. So a full bottle of JD , ten bucks & one joint left at the end of the night is all good.
unfortunately i didnt take any pictures I just videotaped. So yous will have to wait for some images.
Saturday's fancy dress party was a hoot. When we arrived i had to carry a big box with lights/cables & a fog machine down a really steep winding driveway. Jeez for a moment i thought i would not be able to stop till i hit the pool .
Im glad i didnt take my guitar because the three piece band ( big Music i think ) were bloody awesome. They did one of the best renditions of The Letter that i have heard in years. there was also a couple of performers. One did a ball balacing act plus fire twirling. It was quite mesmorising. Another guy did a tap/ trumpet old classic I got Rythm I got Music, which was great..
The party girl Lizzie & two of her girlfriends did a couple of numbers complete with big hair & costumes, which sent the crowd yahooing & hollerin.
I have to say some of the costumes were great & people were really getting into it (myself included).
Gawd the sixties were a good time, i personally tried to recreate the free love aspect.......... to no avail damnitall.
Got pulled over by the booze bus on the way home, a very close call for Shabayah lol, i think the copper looked at the four ageing hippies in the car & thought bugger it way too much paperwork so at least we made it home safe.
Jeez even made a profit on the evening. I took my usual bottle of JD, but decided to start with little glasses of champers that were being handed around & stuck with it, then one of the passengers in the car decided she should put $10.00 for petrol. So a full bottle of JD , ten bucks & one joint left at the end of the night is all good.
unfortunately i didnt take any pictures I just videotaped. So yous will have to wait for some images.
Friday, February 26, 2010
And the Rain Came Tumbling Down.
After reading over yesterdays post, i noticed it was much funnier when told first hand. I made it sound pathetic rather than funny. I guess the other four days i left out were the funny ones.
I went off to work as promised, in the substantial rain. Stuck it out for a couple of hours untill rain dripping off my hat shorted out my angle grinder & gave me a jolt. That was stumps for me lol .
So have spent the rest of today playing guitar & trying to get my boots, hat, gloves & all my workclothes a bit dry. So if nothing else i will have something warm & wet to put on in the morning.
my new HD camera arrived today. Ummmm seems to be fine but i have no sound. It could be because i have no memory card with it, & only 48meg of internal ram . Im led to believe there are more settings with card installed.
So we will see when my 8gig card arrives from Hong kong in about four days.
It came with 12 months warranty but that could be a real pain in the arse if it all goes pear shaped.
And thats the downside of cheap web purchases.
If you click on the picture it will take you to a youtube video i up loaded from my odour cologne ( phone) this morning.
I went off to work as promised, in the substantial rain. Stuck it out for a couple of hours untill rain dripping off my hat shorted out my angle grinder & gave me a jolt. That was stumps for me lol .
So have spent the rest of today playing guitar & trying to get my boots, hat, gloves & all my workclothes a bit dry. So if nothing else i will have something warm & wet to put on in the morning.
my new HD camera arrived today. Ummmm seems to be fine but i have no sound. It could be because i have no memory card with it, & only 48meg of internal ram . Im led to believe there are more settings with card installed.
So we will see when my 8gig card arrives from Hong kong in about four days.
It came with 12 months warranty but that could be a real pain in the arse if it all goes pear shaped.
And thats the downside of cheap web purchases.
If you click on the picture it will take you to a youtube video i up loaded from my odour cologne ( phone) this morning.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Love drugs dogs & cockroaches.
This is a true story of two friends. One lives in Byron Bay & the other lives in Sydney. We will call the Byron one Jack & the Sydney one Jill. Now Jill often comes up to stay with Jack, who is as tight as a frogs arse & has two huge hounds. Because Jack is so tight he is renting all available space in his house out to backpackers to make some extra bucks.
And because Jack is so tight he only has a bar fridge to service himself two huge hounds & all the backpackers.
I should point out at this juncture Jack thinks housework is something foreign people do.
So Jill comes up for her Bi annual holiday, Jack greets her with hugs & kisses & much outpouring of love & affection. & proceedes to tell her how great it is to have her staying with him again & he is SO excited & happy to give up a $300.00 a week bed for her so she can stay as long as she wants, as long as its no more than three weeks.
Anyway Jill decides to do some shopping so there is something in the house that the dogs have'nt licked chewed slept or pissed on, or gone on to the cockroach supermarket.
That evening Jill cooks a lovely baked dinner for Jack, but Jacks not very hungry, it might have something to do with the case of beer, bottle of port, large bag of chips & the schooners of wine & he is downing like his arse is on fire. After jill has finished dinner Jack grabs the plates, pots, pans, cuttlery & dumps them on the verandah floor where the dogs lick them all clean as clean. Much to Jills consternation.
The next day Jill decided it would be nice to visit her old aunt in Drismore for the evening. As she is leaving Jack wonders if Jill could score a bit of pot from some of her hippy friends. Money is mentioned only because Jack informs Jill he would never waste HIS money on pot but he really likes a smoke. So Jill leaves in a daze to spend time with her dear old aunt.
She arrives home the next morning to see Jack grinning like a monkey & breathlessly talking like a man who has lost his testicals ( really high voice ) Jillie ,Jillie, oh Jillie,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i had a party last night,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i ate pork chops, nuts,bananas, chips ,ice cream, drank a large bottle of cointreau, oh & found some pot in your makeup bag, i had just the best time, it was soo much fun, i wish you could have been here.
Now to say Jill is a bit miffed because Jack has consumed every last morsel of the $200.00 + Jill spend on food & drink is an understatement ,What jack didnt finish the rats mice & cockroaches did.
And all the while Jack is still going on about how magnanimous he is by foregoing $900.00 in rent for his BESTEST friend in the world.
This is just a small portion of the week long ordeal Jill has suffered at the hands of her BESTEST friend in the whole wide world, who has many many phobias. Phone phobia, cant talk, need to let his brain cool down. Germ phobia, dont breath near me. Noise phobia, i can only stand my own noise. People phobia stay away from me unless your paying rent. Spending money phobia, Can we spend yours cos mine is dirty.
Jill is now on holidays somewhere else, where there is not so much love & its cheaper.
Funny that eh !
And because Jack is so tight he only has a bar fridge to service himself two huge hounds & all the backpackers.
I should point out at this juncture Jack thinks housework is something foreign people do.
So Jill comes up for her Bi annual holiday, Jack greets her with hugs & kisses & much outpouring of love & affection. & proceedes to tell her how great it is to have her staying with him again & he is SO excited & happy to give up a $300.00 a week bed for her so she can stay as long as she wants, as long as its no more than three weeks.
Anyway Jill decides to do some shopping so there is something in the house that the dogs have'nt licked chewed slept or pissed on, or gone on to the cockroach supermarket.
That evening Jill cooks a lovely baked dinner for Jack, but Jacks not very hungry, it might have something to do with the case of beer, bottle of port, large bag of chips & the schooners of wine & he is downing like his arse is on fire. After jill has finished dinner Jack grabs the plates, pots, pans, cuttlery & dumps them on the verandah floor where the dogs lick them all clean as clean. Much to Jills consternation.
The next day Jill decided it would be nice to visit her old aunt in Drismore for the evening. As she is leaving Jack wonders if Jill could score a bit of pot from some of her hippy friends. Money is mentioned only because Jack informs Jill he would never waste HIS money on pot but he really likes a smoke. So Jill leaves in a daze to spend time with her dear old aunt.
She arrives home the next morning to see Jack grinning like a monkey & breathlessly talking like a man who has lost his testicals ( really high voice ) Jillie ,Jillie, oh Jillie,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i had a party last night,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i ate pork chops, nuts,bananas, chips ,ice cream, drank a large bottle of cointreau, oh & found some pot in your makeup bag, i had just the best time, it was soo much fun, i wish you could have been here.
Now to say Jill is a bit miffed because Jack has consumed every last morsel of the $200.00 + Jill spend on food & drink is an understatement ,What jack didnt finish the rats mice & cockroaches did.
And all the while Jack is still going on about how magnanimous he is by foregoing $900.00 in rent for his BESTEST friend in the world.
This is just a small portion of the week long ordeal Jill has suffered at the hands of her BESTEST friend in the whole wide world, who has many many phobias. Phone phobia, cant talk, need to let his brain cool down. Germ phobia, dont breath near me. Noise phobia, i can only stand my own noise. People phobia stay away from me unless your paying rent. Spending money phobia, Can we spend yours cos mine is dirty.
Jill is now on holidays somewhere else, where there is not so much love & its cheaper.
Funny that eh !
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Spinning in the rain.
Ha its all done, in spite of the pissing down rain i assembled the scaffolding, all 4.6m of it.
Now i know a few of yous have done it before & its reel easy. But when your faced with 20 or thirty different lengh poles & assorted frames and a couple of big floor pieces for the first time ,,,well it was like looking at a jigsaw puzzle where all the pieces are the same colour & shape, ( being stoned didnt help lol ).
Anyhoo after an initial bit of faffing about i got it done in two hours & as i was placing the very last floor piece on the top i noticed the assembly instructions on the side of the frame,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sigh.
Im guessing that my assembly was more efficient because i have a couple of pieces left over.
The only thing that will stop me working tomorrow is something of biblical proportions, you know like the water in the creek parting, or my fooffoof giving up the ghost.
Do you think its dangerous working 5mtr up on top of a steel frame in the middle of thunder, lightning & rain with a power tool in my hands ???????????????????????????? NAH !!!
Now i know a few of yous have done it before & its reel easy. But when your faced with 20 or thirty different lengh poles & assorted frames and a couple of big floor pieces for the first time ,,,well it was like looking at a jigsaw puzzle where all the pieces are the same colour & shape, ( being stoned didnt help lol ).
Anyhoo after an initial bit of faffing about i got it done in two hours & as i was placing the very last floor piece on the top i noticed the assembly instructions on the side of the frame,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sigh.
Im guessing that my assembly was more efficient because i have a couple of pieces left over.
The only thing that will stop me working tomorrow is something of biblical proportions, you know like the water in the creek parting, or my fooffoof giving up the ghost.
Do you think its dangerous working 5mtr up on top of a steel frame in the middle of thunder, lightning & rain with a power tool in my hands ???????????????????????????? NAH !!!
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