Roast Grumpy Old Thread- 10k posts of whinging

[rippersnipper]

Got a few books myself. Just grabbed a $10 special of Cassini probe pictures of Saturn. Stunning photos.

Yeah i have a few at home including wonders of the solar system by brian cox. Might need to buy a few more though, particularly on stargazing as I'd like to use my telescopes/binoculars properly. Need to go to a dark area too

 

[Hojuman]

Yeah i have a few at home including wonders of the solar system by brian cox. Might need to buy a few more though, particularly on stargazing as I'd like to use my telescopes/binoculars properly. Need to go to a dark area too

Good lad. Keep looking up and out. Future lies there.

 

[rippersnipper]

Good lad. Keep looking up and out. Future lies there.

Luckily, my Nannu is pretty big on this stuff so I've learned a lot already from him over the years. Always good to have a chat to someone who shares a hobbie

 

[Gasometer]

Yeah i have a few at home including wonders of the solar system by brian cox. Might need to buy a few more though, particularly on stargazing as I'd like to use my telescopes/binoculars properly. Need to go to a dark area too

At Katamatite South you can see satellites out in the bush.

You can see Uranus.

 

[rippersnipper]

At Katamatite South you can see satellites out in the bush.

You can see Uranus.

Can't see much in suburban melbourne unfortunately. A few bright stars but nothing cool like the outline of the galactic centre or clusters.

 

[Dodecahedron]

Out of interest what was the last satellite to actually probe Uranus?

 

[Hojuman]

Out of interest what was the last satellite to actually probe Uranus?

Think it was one of the Russian " Venera " one's.

 

[Gasometer]

Out of interest what was the last satellite to actually probe Uranus?

You got it.

4 runs.

 

[Dodecahedron]

A few decades ago I babysat a kid (friend of the family). Nice kid. In our chit chat he said he wanted to be a pilot when he grew up. Well 30 years later I bumped into him at a BBQ. Here's the conversation.

DDH: So what do you do?
Kid: I'm a pilot.
DDH: Good on you. You followed through on your dream. Which airline?
Kid: I don't fly for an airline.
DDH: Cargo?
Kid: No I am the personal pilot of a family.
DDH: WTF? What, so like a Learjet?
Kid: Yep. One day a week I fly them to the Gold Coast and back. They own the Learjet. They have some coin by the way.
DDH: Do you fly for any other company on the other days?
Kid: No just for them. I'm sort of on-call but they are pretty organised and usually give me 2 weeks notice.
DDH: That's nice of them.
Kid: Sometimes I fly them to their chateau in southern France. They put me up in a nice hotel all expenses paid until they want to come home. Last trip we stopped in Mykonos on the way back for 4 days.
DDH: Wowee. You've done really well mate. Sounds like a good gig.
Kid: It's OK.


**** my life.

 

[Gasometer]

A few decades ago I babysat a kid (friend of the family). Nice kid. In our chit chat he said he wanted to be a pilot when he grew up. Well 30 years later I bumped into him at a BBQ. Here's the conversation.

DDH: So what do you do?
Kid: I'm a pilot.
DDH: Good on you. You followed through on your dream. Which airline?
Kid: I don't fly for an airline.
DDH: Cargo?
Kid: No I am the personal pilot of a family.
DDH: WTF? What, so like a Learjet?
Kid: Yep. One day a week I fly them to the Gold Coast and back. They own the Learjet. They have some coin by the way.
DDH: Do you fly for any other company on the other days?
Kid: No just for them. I'm sort of on-call but they are pretty organised and usually give me 2 weeks notice.
DDH: That's nice of them.
Kid: Sometimes I fly them to their chateau in southern France. They put me up in a nice hotel all expenses paid until they want to come home. Last trip we stopped in Mykonos on the way back for 4 days.
DDH: Wowee. You've done really well mate. Sounds like a good gig.
Kid: It's OK.


**** my life.

Doesn't live in the Goulburn Valley does he?

There is one Lear Jet that flies in and out of here.

Embarrasses the Cessna Gang.

 

[muttley45]

A few decades ago I babysat a kid (friend of the family). Nice kid. In our chit chat he said he wanted to be a pilot when he grew up. Well 30 years later I bumped into him at a BBQ. Here's the conversation.

DDH: So what do you do?
Kid: I'm a pilot.
DDH: Good on you. You followed through on your dream. Which airline?
Kid: I don't fly for an airline.
DDH: Cargo?
Kid: No I am the personal pilot of a family.
DDH: WTF? What, so like a Learjet?
Kid: Yep. One day a week I fly them to the Gold Coast and back. They own the Learjet. They have some coin by the way.
DDH: Do you fly for any other company on the other days?
Kid: No just for them. I'm sort of on-call but they are pretty organised and usually give me 2 weeks notice.
DDH: That's nice of them.
Kid: Sometimes I fly them to their chateau in southern France. They put me up in a nice hotel all expenses paid until they want to come home. Last trip we stopped in Mykonos on the way back for 4 days.
DDH: Wowee. You've done really well mate. Sounds like a good gig.
Kid: It's OK.


**** my life.

I have 2 aviation related stories to tell, but the exact opposite to yours,

First was i knew a guy who after attaining his pilots licence, his first paying gig was to fly a couple of big punters to the Birdsville races, uneventful trip up there, the guys backed a few winners and tipped him handsomely. He goes out in the morning to do his preflight check of the plane, and unbeknownst to him, a Taipan has taken up residence in the wheel well area, and friggin bit him multiple times in the thigh and groin, Luckily, after a 2 month stay in hospital, he returned to flying.

Second was probably about 20 years ago now, but i was asked to go skydiving with 2 brothers, said ok, but something kept nagging at me not to do it, so i chickened out. One brother broke an ankle on landing, the other broke both.

As far as flying goes now, i woukld never go anywhere near a light plane.

 

[Dodecahedron]

Doesn't live in the Goulburn Valley does he?
There is one Lear Jet that flies in and out of here.
Embarrasses the Cessna Gang.

Nope. The whole story sounded like something out of a movie. That family lives in Brighton. It is mind boggling how much wealth exists in this world.

 

[KiwiRoo]

Nope. The whole story sounded like something out of a movie. That family lives in Brighton. It is mind boggling how much wealth exists in this world.

Mrs Kiwiroo doing her best to ensure we don't join any rich lists. A few retail outlets she supports have tho

Typical conversation in my house

Wife :" I've just bought new shoes"
me: "Aren't they the same as the last ones ?
Wife: "No, those were charcoal , these are black"

 

[Hojuman]

Is it just me ? CANNOT believe the moral corruption that people think is normal behaviour.

The L.J. Hooker couple.
Billabong bloke.
Ultranet fella.

( not naming names )

At what stage do they " not think " this is wrong.
Bugger me......but things are screwed up.

 

[Dodecahedron]

Mrs Kiwiroo doing her best to ensure we don't join any rich lists. A few retail outlets she supports have tho

Typical conversation in my house

Wife :" I've just bought new shoes"
me: "Aren't they the same as the last ones ?
Wife: "No, those were charcoal , these are black"

You forgot the standard next line.
"I'll wear them".
No sh1t. I know you'll wear them. Once. Then they'll pile up in the cupboard with the rest of the clothes and shoes crammed in there.

 

[Gasometer]

Is it just me ? CANNOT believe the moral corruption that people think is normal behaviour.

The L.J. Hooker couple.
Billabong bloke.
Ultranet fella.

( not naming names )

At what stage do they " not think " this is wrong.
Bugger me......but things are screwed up.

Its a judgement they make as to whether or not they will be caught or not.

Jails are full of them.

 

[Gasometer]

You forgot the standard next line.
"I'll wear them".
No sh1t. I know you'll wear them. Once. Then they'll pile up in the cupboard with the rest of the clothes and shoes crammed in there.

Handbags says hi.

 

[Hojuman]

Its a judgement they make as to whether or not they will be caught or not.

Jails are full of them.

Thank god in this country it seems most of them do.
Or they end up living away from home attached to O2 cylinders, sitting in a wheelchair smoking cubans.

Still can't get my head around it. I always think " my mum never brought me up this way, she would be appalled "

 

[Gasometer]

Thank god in this country it seems most of them do.
Or they end up living away from home attached to O2 cylinders, sitting in a wheelchair smoking cubans.

Still can't get my head around it. I always think " my mum never brought me up this way, she would be appalled "

Problem is we have gone from one extreme of kids not seen not heard 50 years ago by parents to parents wanting to be the kids friends...no boundaries...poor consequence...and we all end up living in a rude and disrespectful society.

 

[Twinkletoes]

A few decades ago I babysat a kid (friend of the family). Nice kid. In our chit chat he said he wanted to be a pilot when he grew up. Well 30 years later I bumped into him at a BBQ. Here's the conversation.

DDH: So what do you do?
Kid: I'm a pilot.
DDH: Good on you. You followed through on your dream. Which airline?
Kid: I don't fly for an airline.
DDH: Cargo?
Kid: No I am the personal pilot of a family.
DDH: WTF? What, so like a Learjet?
Kid: Yep. One day a week I fly them to the Gold Coast and back. They own the Learjet. They have some coin by the way.
DDH: Do you fly for any other company on the other days?
Kid: No just for them. I'm sort of on-call but they are pretty organised and usually give me 2 weeks notice.
DDH: That's nice of them.
Kid: Sometimes I fly them to their chateau in southern France. They put me up in a nice hotel all expenses paid until they want to come home. Last trip we stopped in Mykonos on the way back for 4 days.
DDH: Wowee. You've done really well mate. Sounds like a good gig.
Kid: It's OK.


**** my life.

Is said kid's name Jason by any chance? I ask that as I recently became FB friends with a bloke (younger than me) who I haven't seen nor spoken to for many years and your description above sums up what my old mate Jason does nowadays. Lives, eats, sleeps and breathes all things aviation (going by his FB profile), yet when I knew him as a young bloke he was nothing of the sort.

 

[Gasometer]

Is said kid's name Jason by any chance? I ask that as I recently became FB friends with a bloke (younger than me) who I haven't seen nor spoken to for many years and your description above sums up what my old mate Jason does nowadays. Lives, eats, sleeps and breathes all things aviation (going by his FB profile), yet when I knew him as a young bloke he was nothing of the sort.

Iirc Jason was interested in a career in air conditioning maintenence.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Iirc Jason was interested in a career in air conditioning maintenence.

Speakng of which, the pricks are returning to reinstall the motor on Tuesday. Of course Monday has a forecast of 38C and my holidays finish tomorrow.

 

[Nate7]

Speakng of which, the pricks are returning to reinstall the motor on Tuesday. Of course Monday has a forecast of 38C and my holidays finish tomorrow.

Holidays??? Far out you must have a 9-5 CBD based position.

 

[giantroo]

Speakng of which, the pricks are returning to reinstall the motor on Tuesday. Of course Monday has a forecast of 38C and my holidays finish tomorrow.

Ditto here. Back to reality, sigh.

 

[Gasometer]

130am
Countdown March 1980
37 years ago
Gaso in Yr6
I was in Yr6
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