Roast Grumpy Old Thread II - the grumpiness continues

[Hojuman]

And in keeping with one of the other threads, also married his 13 year old cousin.

Myra

 

[Hojuman]

And since this is Gaso's thread;

 

[gokangas]

Was 'last man standing' from the 'million dollar quartet', that famous pic taken at Sun Studios. Vale wild man.

 

[Hojuman]

Where's the " random thoughts " thread disappeared to ?

Hijacked ?

 

[Nate7]

Where's the " random thoughts " thread disappeared to ?

Hijacked ?

The random chat thread exists, if that's what you're talking about.
Look further down the same page.

 

[Samsquanch]

Where's the " random thoughts " thread disappeared to ?

Hijacked ?

I think that thread only existed in your head Hoj. And the purple haze of the late 1970s are beginning to catch up with you.

 

[koshari]

My fri nite, (shift worker) . So sitring out having a relaxing beer, then crack. Big gum falls over a fence, fortunately no animals in that paddock but another job for tomorrow. Then the mozzies appear, grrrrr

 

[Nate7]

My fri nite, (shift worker) . So sitring out having a relaxing beer, then crack. Big gum falls over a fence, fortunately no animals in that paddock but another job for tomorrow. Then the mozzies appear, grrrrr

Easterlies, or excessive rain the cause?

 

[koshari]

Easterlies, or excessive rain the cause?

Went down and looked, borers had been into the trunk, then got some rain that just made the crown heavy.

 

[Nate7]

Went down and looked, borers had been into the trunk, then got some rain that just made the crown heavy.

Must be a bloody big widow-maker.

 

[koshari]

Must be a bloody big widow-maker.

Not huge, prolly 25cm girth, but green and its pretty dense. Maybe a 7m limb.

 

[Emma12]

Not huge, prolly 25cm girth, but green and its pretty dense. Maybe a 7m limb.

Plenty of fire wood for next year

 

[Chief]

having a relaxing beer, then crack

Jeez mate that escalated quickly

 

[Gasometer]

Omg…god visited this thread

 

[Chief]

 

[DaveyBoy123]

Omg…god visited this thread

Didn't you realise Gaso... We're drafting Wardlaw and then Chief Doull over to North with picks 2 & 3... Here's the proof:

 

[Gasometer]

Dylan Alcott, he is such a legend

 

[see see]

History's most colossal campaigners, ranked:

1. Hitler
2. Stalin
3. Pol Pot
4. Idi Amin
5. The person who thought it was a good idea to plant Plane Trees all throughout Melbourne's CBD
6. Anyone who says about Plane Trees, "But gee, they look nice"

 

[Samsquanch]

History's most colossal campaigners, ranked:

The person who thought it was a good idea to plant Plane Trees all throughout Melbourne's CBD

Agreed. I copped one of those spikey plane tree seeds in my eyeball one morning on my way to work. Ended up at the eye and ear hospital by lunchtime - they sucked the barbed seed out with a syringe.

 

[Gasometer]

I am pretty sure they mean the 1980’s and 90’s and not 1890 which is what you would think would make sense.

Anyway they are phasing them out see see

Melbourne's Throat-Scratching London Plane Trees Are Being Uprooted and Replaced

A heap of the irritating trees are being swapped out for climate change-resilient jacarandas, Moreton Bay figs and sweet gums.

concreteplayground.com

 

[koshari]

Agreed. I copped one of those spikey plane tree seeds in my eyeball one morning on my way to work. Ended up at the eye and ear hospital by lunchtime - they sucked the barbed seed out with a syringe.

and this is not even taking into account the seeds that attract corellas in their hundreds, our previous address had its street lined with these trees, must admit they didnt really cause me any allergies but the corollas were terrible in their numbers.

 

[Samsquanch]

and this is not even taking into account the seeds that attract corellas in their hundreds, our previous address had its street lined with these trees, must admit they didnt really cause me any allergies but the corollas were terrible in their numbers.

We had one in the front yard. It was planted by a landscaper but we ripped it out after a couple of years as my other half was getting hayfever from it and the bloody seed pods and leaves were everywhere. We have a 60 year old oak tree that drops enough leaves, along with the Elms etc. that the neigbours have.

 

[DaveyBoy123]

... they didnt really cause me any allergies but the corollas were terrible in their numbers.

I can imagine finding a park would have been difficult! ;-)

 

[Samsquanch]

I can imagine finding a park would have been difficult! ;-)

Don't get me started on losing cars in bloody car parks!!!

 

[gokangas]

Don't get me started on losing cars in bloody car parks!!!

My worst was at a Grand Final - can't remember which but in the early 90s. I parked at 6am as I was working in the media. Once the media gig ended, about an hour before game time, I went looking for my car. I don't go to GFs unless we are playing. By now the car park was full. I had lined up my car with a landmark but was now all out or whack. Took me two hours and only found it because two coppers came past on bicycles and I told them I thought my car was stolen. They started riding up and down the rows and found it. I was about 100 metres away.