What if you lived in Australia? - Page 7

**palo5** · April 18th, 2011, 07:43 PM

That might be interesting to read and i'm sure some people here have never even heard about it. It's pretty much beyond belief. A real case of what the fuck were we thinking.[/QUOTE]

I agree about wtf

But it's not unique. Check out Sotalapsi / Sotalapset - google the pictures

**billybunter** · April 18th, 2011, 08:48 PM

When I was studying at tech, for my city and guilds. Tech is a term used here for college, Not University. I lived in a run down house. The place was a mess. The roof leaked, There was sacks of waste in the back yard. rats everywhere but the house. Because me and my aussie friend killed the buggers. He always said let's drink some piss! Never really got my head round that. I know he wanted to have a beer; and he never skimped on the beer. He bought good beer. He said get stuck in! I left when the ceiling fell down. He was a welder like me, I can't remember the town he came from.

**otokonomidori** · April 18th, 2011, 11:55 PM

Back in the late '50s my parents were going to emigrate to Australia - my brother and I had to call the social workers because they weren't going to take us

**Davemetalhead** · April 19th, 2011, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by nevermind

Are you shure...?

Saw a program about spiders, just yesterday.
About the "Red Back" venomous spider. They seem to be a pest in Australia..
Redbacks are considered one of the most dangerous spiders in Australia.
The Redback spider has a neurotoxic venom which is toxic to humans with bites causing severe pain.

....

You're damn right i will stay away..

My father was in the Royal Air Force working on ground radars. He was posted to Woomera in Australia about a year after I was born, and we were there for about a year or so.

My parents told me that apparantly they found me one day in the garden playing with a redback, stroking it. I'm betting my mother nigh on had a heart attack!

**Tmee2020** · April 19th, 2011, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by buttsie

by Staff Writers
Sydney (AFP) Nov 25, 2009
Some 6,000 feral camels are running wild in a remote Australian outback community in search of water, smashing infrastructure and invading the airstrip, officials said Wednesday...

Reminds me of that story a couple of years ago when it was very dry, the camels would come down off the Nullarbor Plain and lick the early morning dew off the rail lines.
The males are very territorial and would stand their ground when the Indian Pacific came along, and this was a problem because the Indian Pacific was not about to stop or even slow down for a bunch of camels.

**Tmee2020** · April 19th, 2011, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by palo5

Vegemite - they wanted me to eat this, you know. But it looked like something from an oil well, so I didn't

It does make very good axle grease palo.
Vegemite definitely got the better of my German house guests from a couple of years ago.
"You do VAT?!? You eat it? This is very strange."
Naturally it is a source of great pride to us Australians though.
In fact I'm having some now.

**rustler** · April 19th, 2011, 05:16 AM

The poor old Australians, in addition to the spiders and snakes, also have the box jelly fish, possibly the most venomous creature on earth, quite transparent, and only about half the size of your little fingernail when fully grown!

Great white sharks and Tiger sharks ( though the US of course has these too), and a rather venomous type of scorpion. At least in the last respect the middle east and round the Mediteranean comes off worst, as that is where the most venomous scorpion is found - Leirus Quinquestriatas - the death stalker!

Palo5, yeah, please do send me one of those AAA batteries, we need one here!!

. The mozzies here are really nasty, and they can 'bite' through just about anything too!

**palo5** · April 19th, 2011, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by rustler

yeah, please do send me one of those AAA batteries, we need one here!!

. The mozzies here are really nasty, and they can 'bite' through just about anything too!

Maybe yours are worse than ours, rustler

I thought Siberia was bad, but it's nothing compared to NW Russia and Lapland in the 'critical month'. "Diabolical" doesn't begin to describe it

That's why cold temperatures are good, you see - they keep the monsters away

**rustler** · April 19th, 2011, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by palo5

That's why cold temperatures are good, you see - they keep the monsters away

Absloutely! All the houses here are made of wood, and thus all sorts of little creatures live in them, so a good period of intense cold is needed to kill them off.

Mind you, when it is cold we have the elks and lynx to be careful of!! They tend to come quite in close to 'civilization' during the winters, and a 400 - 450kg elk is definately something to wary of!

BTW. How thick is the armour plating on that AAA battery, just wondering if it will be thick enough to stop a mozzie?

**palo5** · April 19th, 2011, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rustler

Absloutely! All the houses here are made of wood, and thus all sorts of little creatures live in them, so a good period of intense cold is needed to kill them off

The cold stops the larvas becoming 'adult', so I'm told. But it doesn't kill them, unfortunately. They survive everything. Even -60C doesn't kill them

Quote:

Mind you, when it is cold we have the elks and lynx to be careful of!! They tend to come quite in close to 'civilization' during the winters, and a 400 - 450kg elk is definately something to wary of!

Lynx could be a danger for your pet dog if it's alone, but you should be OK

Elk are not predators and are no threat. The "city elks" are curious juveniles who don't know better

'

Ignore them

April 18th, 2011, 08:48 PM	#62
billybunter R.I.P. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Gone But Not Forgotten Posts: 14,404 Thanks: 51,687 Thanked 252,372 Times in 14,171 Posts	When I was studying at tech, for my city and guilds. Tech is a term used here for college, Not University. I lived in a run down house. The place was a mess. The roof leaked, There was sacks of waste in the back yard. rats everywhere but the house. Because me and my aussie friend killed the buggers. He always said let's drink some piss! Never really got my head round that. I know he wanted to have a beer; and he never skimped on the beer. He bought good beer. He said get stuck in! I left when the ceiling fell down. He was a welder like me, I can't remember the town he came from. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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rustler Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: South of the North Pole Posts: 4,977 Thanks: 47,583 Thanked 84,530 Times in 4,955 Posts	The poor old Australians, in addition to the spiders and snakes, also have the box jelly fish, possibly the most venomous creature on earth, quite transparent, and only about half the size of your little fingernail when fully grown! Great white sharks and Tiger sharks ( though the US of course has these too), and a rather venomous type of scorpion. At least in the last respect the middle east and round the Mediteranean comes off worst, as that is where the most venomous scorpion is found - Leirus Quinquestriatas - the death stalker! Palo5, yeah, please do send me one of those AAA batteries, we need one here!! . The mozzies here are really nasty, and they can 'bite' through just about anything too! __________________ "I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience." - Shelley Winters Please read and follow To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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April 18th, 2011, 07:43 PM	#61
palo5 Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 16,579 Thanks: 452,836 Thanked 222,658 Times in 16,567 Posts	That might be interesting to read and i'm sure some people here have never even heard about it. It's pretty much beyond belief. A real case of what the fuck were we thinking.[/QUOTE] I agree about wtf But it's not unique. Check out Sotalapsi / Sotalapset - google the pictures

April 18th, 2011, 11:55 PM	#63
otokonomidori 緑の男 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Jockistan, UK. Posts: 8,316 Thanks: 39,016 Thanked 122,404 Times in 8,316 Posts	Back in the late '50s my parents were going to emigrate to Australia - my brother and I had to call the social workers because they weren't going to take us