Roast Grumpy Old Thread- 10k posts of whinging

[koshari]

16 years is sensational if there’s anything positive at your sad time. My thoughts are with you, Pets passing is the worst.

Cheers mate. There's heaps positive with this dog. She was the best one we ever had. We were pretty grateful all be it sad she was such a great dog. Our other dog boomer can be a real prick but we love him as well.

 

[Hojuman]

Righto. Short story. Hoj been without heating since Sunday morning when woke > no power. $359 later and North supporting sparkie " it's your Braemar Ecostar heating unit in the roof " Great ☹

So finally get nice bloke around today, fiddles, turns it on " dunno what the sparkie did " > works $49 but it needs a service after 6 years and he needs 2 guys ( for oh & s reasons ) to access through the tiled 2nd storey roof.

Quote $1469 !

Anybody get me out of it cheaper ?

 

[Gasometer]

Righto. Short story. Hoj been without heating since Sunday morning when woke > no power. $359 later and North supporting sparkie " it's your Braemar Ecostar heating unit in the roof " Great ☹

So finally get nice bloke around today, fiddles, turns it on " dunno what the sparkie did " > works $49 but it needs a service after 6 years amd he needs 2 guys ( for oh & s reasons ) to access through the tiled 2nd storey roof.

Quote $1469 !

Anybody get me out of it cheaper ?

Yes you might pay the same for a Rebate Heater. So we got ours for $5000 but the rebate bought it back for for around $2000. A Braemar 6 star.

 

[Hojuman]

Yes you might pay the same for a Rebate Heater. So we got ours for $5000 but the rebate bought it back for for around $2000. A Braemar 6 star.

Is that like a " solar rebate " thingy Gaso ?

 

[Gasometer]

Is that like a " solar rebate " thingy Gaso ?

The Vic Govt were offering rebates when you decommissioned older models in favour of 6 Star models. Try Google or go into your local Hearing/Cooling. It was around in 2019

 

[Gasometer]

Hojuman google this. There is a table on it that shows the types of old heaters etc

 

[Hojuman]

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Hojuman google this. There is a table on it that shows the types of old heaters etc

Ta regional Gasman You're tops !

 

[koshari]

Righto. Short story. Hoj been without heating since Sunday morning when woke > no power. $359 later and North supporting sparkie " it's your Braemar Ecostar heating unit in the roof " Great ☹

So finally get nice bloke around today, fiddles, turns it on " dunno what the sparkie did " > works $49 but it needs a service after 6 years and he needs 2 guys ( for oh & s reasons ) to access through the tiled 2nd storey roof.

Quote $1469 !

Anybody get me out of it cheaper ?

Box of matches 50c but you will need some crap to burn.....

 

[Nate7]

Box of matches 50c but you will need some crap to burn.....

Logsplitter and a tonne of bluegum in my backyard. 8 silver birch trees also needing a new home.

 

[Lomas]

Logsplitter and a tonne of bluegum in my backyard. 8 silver birch trees also needing a new home.

Hmmm, where are you based?

 

[Nate7]

Hmmm, where are you based?

Melbourne

 

[Lomas]

Melbourne

Dammit! Do more for us regional folk!

 

[Nate7]

Dammit! Do more for us regional folk!

Melbourne border opens tomorrow but I'm not currently in Victoria.
Where are you?

 

[Lomas]

Melbourne border opens tomorrow but I'm not currently in Victoria.
Where are you?

Melbourne and Northern Grampians split. To be honest, with the cost of firewood this year, someone local would pay for it. Needs to be dry to sell now as firewood, but someone would take the bluegum regardless.

 

[Nate7]

Melbourne and Northern Grampians split. To be honest, with the cost of firewood this year, someone local would pay for it. Needs to be dry to sell now as firewood, but someone would take the bluegum regardless.

Bluegum good to go. Mate has loads of red. Silver will burn well, dunno how long it stays lit.

 

[koshari]

Logsplitter and a tonne of bluegum in my backyard. 8 silver birch trees also needing a new home.

Will see you a tonne and raise you a tonne!

 

[koshari]

Messmate and greygum with a little bit of blackwood.

 

[Hojuman]

 

[ferball]

Logsplitter and a tonne of bluegum in my backyard. 8 silver birch trees also needing a new home.

Can i borrow the log splitter when you are done.

 

[SonofSamsquanch]

Straight from the territory of Ben Cunnington, Horace and my good self there Hojuman. Dad was friends with Jack and I recall one day when I was about 14 or so, one of the O'Toole boys came to our place in Timboon - he sharpened our old axe and got an edge good enough to shave whatever hair I had on my arm. We used to go to the local shows as kids - the O'Toole's cleaned up the wood chopping. Another local, Frank Whiteside was a decent axeman as well, and Laurie Matheson. Maybe Horace remembers some of those blokes from the area back in the day?

Keeping the North Melbourne connection, John Rantall also gets a mention in this...

http://cobden.org.au/sites/default/files/cc/62-october-26-2016.pdf

 

[Lomas]

Straight from the territory of Ben Cunnington, Horace and my good self there Hojuman. Dad was friends with Jack and I recall one day when I was about 14 or so, one of the O'Toole boys came to our place in Timboon - he sharpened our old axe and got an edge good enough to shave whatever hair I had on my arm. We used to go to the local shows as kids - the O'Toole's cleaned up the wood chopping. Another local, Frank Whiteside was a decent axeman as well, and Laurie Matheson. Maybe Horace remembers some of those blokes from the area back in the day?

Keeping the North Melbourne connection, John Rantall also gets a mention in this...

http://cobden.org.au/sites/default/files/cc/62-october-26-2016.pdf

Mum's family was from Timboon, then moved to Beufort, still have family there. Dare I say it, my Nan was an O'Toole!

 

[Hojuman]

Must be Cohuna people on here. Farrant territory.

 

[SonofSamsquanch]

Mum's family was from Timboon, then moved to Beufort, still have family there. Dare I say it, my Nan was an O'Toole!

SpiderBurton22 has a story about the Timboon footy club that might give you a nasty surprise. Something to do with wearing gumboots. All I can say is that it happened well after my time there.

 

[Lomas]

SpiderBurton22 has a story about the Timboon footy club that might give you a nasty surprise. Something to do with wearing gumboots. All I can say is that it happened well after my time there.

Well, it's a big family......

 

[Nate7]

Mum's family was from Timboon, then moved to Beufort, still have family there. Dare I say it, my Nan was an O'Toole!

Got a few friends originally from Timboon, Simpson, Heytesbury. Seems to be a few people around here have that southwest connection.