Three contractors die at the same time and miraculously make it to
heaven. One from Florida, one from Texas, and one from New Jersey.
Saint Peter meets them at the gate and realizes they are all
contractors. He asks them if they would be willing to look at some
fence work in heaven on the back fence. Saint Peter tells them he has
to get three bids on everything and since they are all here together....
They look each other up and down and then take a ride to the fence in
the golf cart with Saint Pete.
The Florida GC hops out, measures the fence, does some math in his
notebook and says he can do the job for $1400, $600 for labor, $600 for
materials and $200 profit.
The Texas boy jumps out, does some measuring and figuring, then says he
can do it for $1200. Says labor is cheaper in Texas, so $400 for labor,
$600 for materials and $200 for profit.
The New Jersey fellow looks at Saint Peter and, without measuring a
thing, says; "I'll do it for $4200."
Saint Peter says: "How can you just come up with a number that
outrageous without even so much as measuring the fence?"
"Easy!" he says, "A thousand for me, a thousand for you, a thousand for
the inspectors and I get the boy from Texas to do it."
--
Robert Allison
New Braunfels, TX
On Apr 1, 3:11=A0am, Steve <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote in news:14264dbc-2be0-4ca2-9777-
> [email protected]:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Mar 31, 4:54 pm, "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Robatoy wrote:
> >> > On Mar 31, 8:37 am, Larry Jaques <[email protected]>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:02:36 +1100, Noons <[email protected]>
> >> >> wrote:
>
> >> >>> Robert Allison wrote,on my timestamp of 31/03/2011 3:03 PM:
>
> >> >>>> Saint Peter says: "How can you just come up with a number that
> >> >>>> outrageous without even so much as measuring the fence?"
>
> >> >>>> "Easy!" he says, "A thousand for me, a thousand for you, a
> >> >>>> thousand for the inspectors and I get the boy from Texas to do
> it."
>
> >> >>> LOL! Almost universal. Change the state names and it could well be
> >> >>> Australia.
>
> >> >> Speaking of Oz, I was looking at eBay prices on magazine
> >> >> subscriptions
> >> >> and came to the higher price ranges when I nearly shat me pants.
> >> >> Starting at $135.07, you can get a year's script of Good
> Woodworking
> >> >> mag. Just add shipping fees. Or get 3 years of PC Plus for only
> >> >> $753.85 <thud> Who the $%^& is this Treeet company,
> >> >> anyway?http://goo.gl/vC6E3Crikey!
>
> >> >> With prices like those, I can see the Oz contrator's need to cheat.
>
> >> >> --
> >> >> You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will
> >> >> preserve for our children this, the last best hope
> >> >> of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take
> >> >> the last step into a thousand years of darkness.?
> >> >> -- Ronald Reagan
>
> >> > You see, according to a promotional flyer I read when en route to
> Oz,
> >> > published by Canadian Enterprise Development Corporation, "All
> imports
> >> > to Australia come from overseas."
>
> >> > I thought that was chuckleworthy.
>
> >> Australia is an island, completely surrounded by water.
>
> > That explains it then....
>
> If Bernie Ecclestone gets his way, they may not have a race in 2012.
He starts those rumors as a strategy to get more money. They didn't
blink in Montreal, they told him to screw himself. He's just a greedy
little bastard... what a creep.
I used to go to quite a few F1 races in Montreal, but at $ 650 for a
gold seat, $ 6000 for a hospitality pass.
Are they nuts?
The Australian F1 for 2012 has been sold out already, maybe we'll go
to another oner one.
On Mar 31, 12:03=A0am, Robert Allison <[email protected]> wrote:
> Three contractors die at the same time and miraculously make it to
> heaven. =A0One from Florida, one from Texas, and one from New Jersey.
> Saint Peter meets them at the gate and realizes they are all
> contractors. =A0He asks them if they would be willing to look at some
> fence work in heaven on the back fence. =A0Saint Peter tells them he has
> to get three bids on everything and since they are all here together....
>
> They look each other up and down and then take a ride to the fence in
> the golf cart with Saint Pete.
>
> The Florida GC hops out, measures the fence, does some math in his
> notebook and says he can do the job for $1400, $600 for labor, $600 for
> materials and $200 profit.
>
> The Texas boy jumps out, does some measuring and figuring, then says he
> can do it for $1200. =A0Says labor is cheaper in Texas, so $400 for labor=
,
> $600 for materials and $200 for profit.
>
> The New Jersey fellow looks at Saint Peter and, without measuring a
> thing, says; "I'll do it for $4200."
>
> Saint Peter says: "How can you just come up with a number that
> outrageous without even so much as measuring the fence?"
>
> "Easy!" he says, "A thousand for me, a thousand for you, a thousand for
> the inspectors and I get the boy from Texas to do it."
> --
> Robert Allison
> New Braunfels, TX
That back fence was along that section where Heaven separates from
Hell.
Turns out that a contractor from Hell's side, got the job and the
fence was built.
It also turns out that you just can't trust anybody these days and the
fence was built, encroaching onto Heaven's property by a good 50 ft.
St. Peter was made aware of this and confronted Satan, who was
inspecting the fence.
"You best move this fence, it is on our property."
Satan replied: "Screw off, you pinko bastard, the fence stays!".
Upset, St. Peter said: "If you don't have this fence by the end of
next week, you'll be hearing from our lawyer!"
Satan laughed and said: "And where are YOU going find a lawyer?"
On 01 Apr 2011 07:11:59 GMT, Steve <[email protected]> wrote:
>If Bernie Ecclestone gets his way, they may not have a race in 2012.
Bernie no longer has any say whatsoever.
http://paddocktalk.com/news/html/story-157024.html
RIP
--
The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it.
-- Al Batt
On Mar 31, 4:54=A0pm, "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
> > On Mar 31, 8:37 am, Larry Jaques <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:02:36 +1100, Noons <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
>
> >>> Robert Allison wrote,on my timestamp of 31/03/2011 3:03 PM:
>
> >>>> Saint Peter says: "How can you just come up with a number that
> >>>> outrageous without even so much as measuring the fence?"
>
> >>>> "Easy!" he says, "A thousand for me, a thousand for you, a
> >>>> thousand for the inspectors and I get the boy from Texas to do it."
>
> >>> LOL! Almost universal. Change the state names and it could well be
> >>> Australia.
>
> >> Speaking of Oz, I was looking at eBay prices on magazine
> >> subscriptions
> >> and came to the higher price ranges when I nearly shat me pants.
> >> Starting at $135.07, you can get a year's script of Good Woodworking
> >> mag. Just add shipping fees. Or get 3 years of PC Plus for only
> >> $753.85 <thud> Who the $%^& is this Treeet company,
> >> anyway?http://goo.gl/vC6E3Crikey!
>
> >> With prices like those, I can see the Oz contrator's need to cheat.
>
> >> --
> >> You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will
> >> preserve for our children this, the last best hope
> >> of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take
> >> the last step into a thousand years of darkness.?
> >> -- Ronald Reagan
>
> > You see, according to a promotional flyer I read when en route to Oz,
> > published by Canadian Enterprise Development Corporation, "All imports
> > to Australia come from overseas."
>
> > I thought that was chuckleworthy.
>
> Australia is an island, completely surrounded by water.
That explains it then....
On 03/31/2011 02:07 PM, DGDevin wrote:
>
>
> "Leon" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>> Every one knows that if you want something done right, get a Texan to
>> do it. ;~)
>
> Not win a World Series.
>
>
>
Yabbut, they haven't been at as long as the Cubies.
On 3/31/2011 3:43 PM, Robatoy wrote:
> On Mar 31, 4:54 pm, "HeyBub"<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Robatoy wrote:
>>> On Mar 31, 8:37 am, Larry Jaques<[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:02:36 +1100, Noons<[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>
>>>>> Robert Allison wrote,on my timestamp of 31/03/2011 3:03 PM:
>>
>>>>>> Saint Peter says: "How can you just come up with a number that
>>>>>> outrageous without even so much as measuring the fence?"
>>
>>>>>> "Easy!" he says, "A thousand for me, a thousand for you, a
>>>>>> thousand for the inspectors and I get the boy from Texas to do it."
>>
>>>>> LOL! Almost universal. Change the state names and it could well be
>>>>> Australia.
>>
>>>> Speaking of Oz, I was looking at eBay prices on magazine
>>>> subscriptions
>>>> and came to the higher price ranges when I nearly shat me pants.
>>>> Starting at $135.07, you can get a year's script of Good Woodworking
>>>> mag. Just add shipping fees. Or get 3 years of PC Plus for only
>>>> $753.85<thud> Who the $%^& is this Treeet company,
>>>> anyway?http://goo.gl/vC6E3Crikey!
>>
>>>> With prices like those, I can see the Oz contrator's need to cheat.
>>
>>>> --
>>>> You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will
>>>> preserve for our children this, the last best hope
>>>> of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take
>>>> the last step into a thousand years of darkness.?
>>>> -- Ronald Reagan
>>
>>> You see, according to a promotional flyer I read when en route to Oz,
>>> published by Canadian Enterprise Development Corporation, "All imports
>>> to Australia come from overseas."
>>
>>> I thought that was chuckleworthy.
>>
>> Australia is an island, completely surrounded by water.
>
> That explains it then....
It doesn't explain why most people think it is a continent.
On Mar 31, 4:54=A0pm, "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
>
> > You see, according to a promotional flyer I read when en route to Oz,
> > published by Canadian Enterprise Development Corporation, "All imports
> > to Australia come from overseas."
>
> > I thought that was chuckleworthy.
>
> Australia is an island, completely surrounded by water.
Much like your brain. The difference is that Australia has signs of
intelligent life. :)~
R
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:02:36 +1100, Noons <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Robert Allison wrote,on my timestamp of 31/03/2011 3:03 PM:
>
>> Saint Peter says: "How can you just come up with a number that outrageous
>> without even so much as measuring the fence?"
>>
>> "Easy!" he says, "A thousand for me, a thousand for you, a thousand for the
>> inspectors and I get the boy from Texas to do it."
>
>
>LOL! Almost universal. Change the state names and it could well be Australia.
Speaking of Oz, I was looking at eBay prices on magazine subscriptions
and came to the higher price ranges when I nearly shat me pants.
Starting at $135.07, you can get a year's script of Good Woodworking
mag. Just add shipping fees. Or get 3 years of PC Plus for only
$753.85 <thud> Who the $%^& is this Treeet company, anyway?
http://goo.gl/vC6E3 Crikey!
With prices like those, I can see the Oz contrator's need to cheat.
--
You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will
preserve for our children this, the last best hope
of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take
the last step into a thousand years of darkness.?
-- Ronald Reagan
On Mar 31, 8:37=A0am, Larry Jaques <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:02:36 +1100, Noons <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >Robert Allison wrote,on my timestamp of 31/03/2011 3:03 PM:
>
> >> Saint Peter says: "How can you just come up with a number that outrage=
ous
> >> without even so much as measuring the fence?"
>
> >> "Easy!" he says, "A thousand for me, a thousand for you, a thousand fo=
r the
> >> inspectors and I get the boy from Texas to do it."
>
> >LOL! =A0Almost universal. =A0Change the state names and it could well be=
Australia.
>
> Speaking of Oz, I was looking at eBay prices on magazine subscriptions
> and came to the higher price ranges when I nearly shat me pants.
> Starting at $135.07, you can get a year's script of Good Woodworking
> mag. =A0Just add shipping fees. =A0Or get 3 years of PC Plus for only
> $753.85 <thud> =A0Who the $%^& is this Treeet company, anyway?http://goo.=
gl/vC6E3=A0Crikey!
>
> With prices like those, I can see the Oz contrator's need to cheat.
>
> --
> You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will
> preserve for our children this, the last best hope
> of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take
> the last step into a thousand years of darkness.?
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 -- Ro=
nald Reagan
You see, according to a promotional flyer I read when en route to Oz,
published by Canadian Enterprise Development Corporation, "All imports
to Australia come from overseas."
I thought that was chuckleworthy.
I had the time of my life in Australia, just loved the people, was
blown away by scenery, and I didn't see very much of it. Ang & I will
be going back, probably for the F1 Grand Prix in Melbourne next year.
"George W Frost" <[email protected]> wrote:
>"George Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>On 3/31/2011 9:00 AM, Robatoy wrote:
>>>
>>>> I had the time of my life in Australia, just loved the people, was
>>>> blown away by scenery, and I didn't see very much of it.
>>>
>>>Know the feeling, and was fortunate to see a lot of it. When I lived
>>>there in the early sixties there were only 11 million people in the
>>>entire country and outside the few big cities it was akin to going back
>>>in time to the mid 1800s in the US, what with the crocodile hunters,
>>>pearl divers, cane cutters and soldiers of fortune floating about.
>>>Stored up great memories and experiences in the country, from a stint
>>>buffalo hunting on horseback in the Cape York peninsula, to surviving a
>>>plane crash just outside of Mount Ida,
>>>
>> That would have been hard, back
>> then, crashing in the Isa, like<g>
>
>
>I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt and take it that he meant
>Mount Isa, and he may suffer from FFS
>But, seeing there is a Mount Ida as well,
>maybe he did mean Mount Ida as he didn't say when he was there
>and Mount Ida closed about 3 or 4 years ago
>
Well there ya go..having not heard of that operation
I assumed it was a keystroke error.. "D" n' "S" being
neighbours, like. Could well be FFS, though.
Pretty prevalent amongst "terrista", n' that like :-)
Ida has had a colourful history.. to say the least, eh?
Supposed to reopen last year under yet another new
banner.
Still, a light plane crash out in the Nullarbor is likely
comparable to coming down around the Isa, even
today. Not ideal country for a wander, that is.
So either way the guy gets creds.. in my book :-)
Dying to know how you hunt buffalo on
horseback, especially up in the Cape!
The Gulf country one might just handle a ride
but you would want a good arse hold in the
saddle around them creeks up around the Cape!!
Mr. Three.0.Three would be my choice
as a 'buddy'... and a looooooooong shot,
in 1960-? <g>
cheerio
george
Robatoy wrote:
> On Mar 31, 8:37 am, Larry Jaques <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:02:36 +1100, Noons <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Robert Allison wrote,on my timestamp of 31/03/2011 3:03 PM:
>>
>>>> Saint Peter says: "How can you just come up with a number that
>>>> outrageous without even so much as measuring the fence?"
>>
>>>> "Easy!" he says, "A thousand for me, a thousand for you, a
>>>> thousand for the inspectors and I get the boy from Texas to do it."
>>
>>> LOL! Almost universal. Change the state names and it could well be
>>> Australia.
>>
>> Speaking of Oz, I was looking at eBay prices on magazine
>> subscriptions
>> and came to the higher price ranges when I nearly shat me pants.
>> Starting at $135.07, you can get a year's script of Good Woodworking
>> mag. Just add shipping fees. Or get 3 years of PC Plus for only
>> $753.85 <thud> Who the $%^& is this Treeet company,
>> anyway?http://goo.gl/vC6E3 Crikey!
>>
>> With prices like those, I can see the Oz contrator's need to cheat.
>>
>> --
>> You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will
>> preserve for our children this, the last best hope
>> of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take
>> the last step into a thousand years of darkness.?
>> -- Ronald Reagan
>
> You see, according to a promotional flyer I read when en route to Oz,
> published by Canadian Enterprise Development Corporation, "All imports
> to Australia come from overseas."
>
> I thought that was chuckleworthy.
>
Australia is an island, completely surrounded by water.
On 4/1/2011 8:06 PM, George Watson wrote:
> "George W Frost"<[email protected]> wrote:
>> "George Watson"<[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Swingman<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> On 3/31/2011 9:00 AM, Robatoy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I had the time of my life in Australia, just loved the people, was
>>>>> blown away by scenery, and I didn't see very much of it.
>>>>
>>>> Know the feeling, and was fortunate to see a lot of it. When I lived
>>>> there in the early sixties there were only 11 million people in the
>>>> entire country and outside the few big cities it was akin to going back
>>>> in time to the mid 1800s in the US, what with the crocodile hunters,
>>>> pearl divers, cane cutters and soldiers of fortune floating about.
>>>> Stored up great memories and experiences in the country, from a stint
>>>> buffalo hunting on horseback in the Cape York peninsula, to surviving a
>>>> plane crash just outside of Mount Ida,
>>>>
>>> That would have been hard, back
>>> then, crashing in the Isa, like<g>
>>
>>
>> I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt and take it that he meant
>> Mount Isa, and he may suffer from FFS
>> But, seeing there is a Mount Ida as well,
>> maybe he did mean Mount Ida as he didn't say when he was there
>> and Mount Ida closed about 3 or 4 years ago
<second attempt to respond ... Thunder bird apparently ate the first>
"MT IDA" ... see previous post
> The Gulf country one might just handle a ride
> but you would want a good arse hold in the
> saddle around them creeks up around the Cape!!
> Mr. Three.0.Three would be my choice
> as a 'buddy'... and a looooooooong shot,
> in 1960-?<g>
Was in Oz for approx three years, from 63 to 65 and for a while (six
months or so) worked for a Greek exporter who exported feral water
buffalo beef/meat to the US for use in pet food manufacturing.
He had abattoir's in Darwin, Normonton (sp?), and, for a while also
operated out of Cooktown.
The crew I was on consisted of four or five Land Rovers, equipped with
metal containers and trailers, that ferried the meat from where it was
shot, skinned, and quartered to strategically placed mobile
refrigeration units (as close to the action as they could get, but
generally at least two or more days drive by LR) and then taken to the
abattoirs for processing; half a dozen Aborigine skinners; up to two
dozen horses; one of his sons (one of the worst cooks in the world,
whose "specialty du jour" was curry, ad infinitum, containing fresh
buffalo liver (among other bits) washed down with liberal amounts of
Ouzo/water ... can you spell HEARTBURN?), and me ... hired because I
could both shoot a rifle, and being raised on a horse farm, could ride,
shoe/trim, and handle horses.
As much of the shooting (with a British 303 Enfield) as possible was
done from one of the LR's, but often had to be done off horseback (you
do NOT approach a wild herd of water buffalo on foot, for a number of
reasons!). I would venture to say that during that period I
traveled/rode well over 1500 miles through Arnhem Land and portions of
the Cape York Peninsula.
Fair dinkum, mate ... and you may not have been born yet. ;)
I have boxes upon boxes of color slides from this period ... if they are
still viewable I'll see if I can get some prints and post them to the web.
BTW ... I was in Cooktown the night Aborigines got the right to vote (or
maybe it was to drink legally?) in Queensland. A wilder night at the
pubs I've never seen.
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 4/15/2010
KarlC@ (the obvious)
HeyBub wrote the following:
> Robatoy wrote:
>
>> On Mar 31, 8:37 am, Larry Jaques <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:02:36 +1100, Noons <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Robert Allison wrote,on my timestamp of 31/03/2011 3:03 PM:
>>>>
>>>>> Saint Peter says: "How can you just come up with a number that
>>>>> outrageous without even so much as measuring the fence?"
>>>>>
>>>>> "Easy!" he says, "A thousand for me, a thousand for you, a
>>>>> thousand for the inspectors and I get the boy from Texas to do it."
>>>>>
>>>> LOL! Almost universal. Change the state names and it could well be
>>>> Australia.
>>>>
>>> Speaking of Oz, I was looking at eBay prices on magazine
>>> subscriptions
>>> and came to the higher price ranges when I nearly shat me pants.
>>> Starting at $135.07, you can get a year's script of Good Woodworking
>>> mag. Just add shipping fees. Or get 3 years of PC Plus for only
>>> $753.85 <thud> Who the $%^& is this Treeet company,
>>> anyway?http://goo.gl/vC6E3 Crikey!
>>>
>>> With prices like those, I can see the Oz contrator's need to cheat.
>>>
>>> --
>>> You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will
>>> preserve for our children this, the last best hope
>>> of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take
>>> the last step into a thousand years of darkness.?
>>> -- Ronald Reagan
>>>
>> You see, according to a promotional flyer I read when en route to Oz,
>> published by Canadian Enterprise Development Corporation, "All imports
>> to Australia come from overseas."
>>
>> I thought that was chuckleworthy.
>>
>>
>
> Australia is an island, completely surrounded by water.
Ya think?????
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
"Just Wondering" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 3/31/2011 3:43 PM, Robatoy wrote:
>> On Mar 31, 4:54 pm, "HeyBub"<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Robatoy wrote:
>>>> On Mar 31, 8:37 am, Larry Jaques<[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:02:36 +1100, Noons<[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Robert Allison wrote,on my timestamp of 31/03/2011 3:03 PM:
>>>
>>>>>>> Saint Peter says: "How can you just come up with a number that
>>>>>>> outrageous without even so much as measuring the fence?"
>>>
>>>>>>> "Easy!" he says, "A thousand for me, a thousand for you, a
>>>>>>> thousand for the inspectors and I get the boy from Texas to do it."
>>>
>>>>>> LOL! Almost universal. Change the state names and it could well be
>>>>>> Australia.
>>>
>>>>> Speaking of Oz, I was looking at eBay prices on magazine
>>>>> subscriptions
>>>>> and came to the higher price ranges when I nearly shat me pants.
>>>>> Starting at $135.07, you can get a year's script of Good Woodworking
>>>>> mag. Just add shipping fees. Or get 3 years of PC Plus for only
>>>>> $753.85<thud> Who the $%^& is this Treeet company,
>>>>> anyway?http://goo.gl/vC6E3Crikey!
>>>
>>>>> With prices like those, I can see the Oz contrator's need to cheat.
>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will
>>>>> preserve for our children this, the last best hope
>>>>> of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take
>>>>> the last step into a thousand years of darkness.?
>>>>> -- Ronald Reagan
>>>
>>>> You see, according to a promotional flyer I read when en route to Oz,
>>>> published by Canadian Enterprise Development Corporation, "All imports
>>>> to Australia come from overseas."
>>>
>>>> I thought that was chuckleworthy.
>>>
>>> Australia is an island, completely surrounded by water.
>>
>> That explains it then....
>
> It doesn't explain why most people think it is a continent.
It is the worlds smallest continent at 2.9 million square miles
also the worlds largest island at the same rate
Greenland, which is claimed to be the largest island, is only 822,000 square
miles
Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote in news:14264dbc-2be0-4ca2-9777-
[email protected]:
> On Mar 31, 4:54 pm, "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Robatoy wrote:
>> > On Mar 31, 8:37 am, Larry Jaques <[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:02:36 +1100, Noons <[email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>>
>> >>> Robert Allison wrote,on my timestamp of 31/03/2011 3:03 PM:
>>
>> >>>> Saint Peter says: "How can you just come up with a number that
>> >>>> outrageous without even so much as measuring the fence?"
>>
>> >>>> "Easy!" he says, "A thousand for me, a thousand for you, a
>> >>>> thousand for the inspectors and I get the boy from Texas to do
it."
>>
>> >>> LOL! Almost universal. Change the state names and it could well be
>> >>> Australia.
>>
>> >> Speaking of Oz, I was looking at eBay prices on magazine
>> >> subscriptions
>> >> and came to the higher price ranges when I nearly shat me pants.
>> >> Starting at $135.07, you can get a year's script of Good
Woodworking
>> >> mag. Just add shipping fees. Or get 3 years of PC Plus for only
>> >> $753.85 <thud> Who the $%^& is this Treeet company,
>> >> anyway?http://goo.gl/vC6E3Crikey!
>>
>> >> With prices like those, I can see the Oz contrator's need to cheat.
>>
>> >> --
>> >> You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will
>> >> preserve for our children this, the last best hope
>> >> of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take
>> >> the last step into a thousand years of darkness.?
>> >> -- Ronald Reagan
>>
>> > You see, according to a promotional flyer I read when en route to
Oz,
>> > published by Canadian Enterprise Development Corporation, "All
imports
>> > to Australia come from overseas."
>>
>> > I thought that was chuckleworthy.
>>
>> Australia is an island, completely surrounded by water.
>
> That explains it then....
>
If Bernie Ecclestone gets his way, they may not have a race in 2012.
Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> On 01 Apr 2011 07:11:59 GMT, Steve <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>If Bernie Ecclestone gets his way, they may not have a race in 2012.
>
> Bernie no longer has any say whatsoever.
> http://paddocktalk.com/news/html/story-157024.html
> RIP
>
> --
> The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause
> of it.
> -- Al
> Batt
I can't confirm this story on any other website, so it may be just an
April Fool's joke. Most fans of the sport would hope that it were true
however.
"Leon" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Every one knows that if you want something done right, get a Texan to do
> it. ;~)
Not win a World Series.
On Mar 31, 10:00=A0am, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I had the time of my life in Australia, just loved the people, was
> blown away by scenery, and I didn't see very much of it. Ang & I will
> be going back, probably for the F1 Grand Prix in Melbourne next year.
Which one of you does the driving?
R
"George W Frost" <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Just Wondering" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On 3/31/2011 3:43 PM, Robatoy wrote:
>>> On Mar 31, 4:54 pm, "HeyBub"<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Robatoy wrote:
>>>>> On Mar 31, 8:37 am, Larry Jaques<[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:02:36 +1100, Noons<[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> Robert Allison wrote,on my timestamp of 31/03/2011 3:03 PM:
>>>>
>>>>>>>> Saint Peter says: "How can you just come up with a number that
>>>>>>>> outrageous without even so much as measuring the fence?"
>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Easy!" he says, "A thousand for me, a thousand for you, a
>>>>>>>> thousand for the inspectors and I get the boy from Texas to do it."
>>>>
>>>>>>> LOL! Almost universal. Change the state names and it could well be
>>>>>>> Australia.
>>>>
>>>>>> Speaking of Oz, I was looking at eBay prices on magazine
>>>>>> subscriptions
>>>>>> and came to the higher price ranges when I nearly shat me pants.
>>>>>> Starting at $135.07, you can get a year's script of Good Woodworking
>>>>>> mag. Just add shipping fees. Or get 3 years of PC Plus for only
>>>>>> $753.85<thud> Who the $%^& is this Treeet company,
>>>>>> anyway?http://goo.gl/vC6E3Crikey!
>>>>
>>>>>> With prices like those, I can see the Oz contrator's need to cheat.
>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will
>>>>>> preserve for our children this, the last best hope
>>>>>> of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take
>>>>>> the last step into a thousand years of darkness.?
>>>>>> -- Ronald Reagan
>>>>
>>>>> You see, according to a promotional flyer I read when en route to Oz,
>>>>> published by Canadian Enterprise Development Corporation, "All imports
>>>>> to Australia come from overseas."
>>>>
>>>>> I thought that was chuckleworthy.
>>>>
>>>> Australia is an island, completely surrounded by water.
>>>
>>> That explains it then....
>>
>> It doesn't explain why most people think it is a continent.
>
>
>
>It is the worlds smallest continent at 2.9 million square miles
>also the worlds largest island at the same rate
>Greenland, which is claimed to be the largest island, is only 822,000 square
>miles
>
.. and yet by far we are an urbanised Nation with
new generations owning little more skills than
the ability to open a hotseal bag, of crisps :-/
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mediareleasesbyCatalogue/28F51C010D29BFC9CA2575A0002126CC?Opendocument
"oh where oh where have the
saddlers, ironworkers and
adzemen gone...
why they have gone to be by
the sea to sip chilled tea and gum down
on sweet brown cookies, dear me"
[apols to ol' mate Banjo (Paterson)]
A tad disappointing there, George, to
not read you chippin' Larry for
his "Oz" reference... bugger.
"Watch the pennies".. and all that yer
know, like n' that :-/
jftr
There aint no "yellow brick road", "Down Under".
Nor no heartless - brainless - gutless "dudes",
as icons of the population
(Ok.. we got Tony Abbot)... and our
"fair dinkum shielas" do not even
_wear_ shoes!
"Down Under" is not "Oz" guys.. nor
Afghanistan!
jes sayin' like ...
george
Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 3/31/2011 9:00 AM, Robatoy wrote:
>
>> I had the time of my life in Australia, just loved the people, was
>> blown away by scenery, and I didn't see very much of it.
>
>Know the feeling, and was fortunate to see a lot of it. When I lived
>there in the early sixties there were only 11 million people in the
>entire country and outside the few big cities it was akin to going back
>in time to the mid 1800s in the US, what with the crocodile hunters,
>pearl divers, cane cutters and soldiers of fortune floating about.
>Stored up great memories and experiences in the country, from a stint
>buffalo hunting on horseback in the Cape York peninsula, to surviving a
>plane crash just outside of Mount Ida,
>
That would have been hard, back
then, crashing in the Isa, like<g>
>to picking up beer and rent money bare knuckle fist fighting in
>North Queensland, for starters ... a great
>place for a young man to knock about in those days.
>
Indeed so, and not appreciated by many from
elsewhere in Australia, believe it or not.
Being just a kid my five tonne a day
(cut and load) was considered a good
days yakka. The experience stood me in
good stead in later years as I supplemented
meagre apprenticeship wages in "cutting plant"
on a Saturday. I could earn in one day what
the Trade paid me for a week!
I saw the light, eventually .. and got me some of
that "edu-mah-ka-chun".
/chuckle
>That said, think I'll go listen to a little Slim Dusty and Bushlanders
>... ;)
Catch up with John Williamson, Paul Kelly and
Kevin Carmody while you are "in the mood"<g>
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/p/paul_kelly/from_little_things_big_things_grow.html
cheerio
george
On 3/31/2011 9:00 AM, Robatoy wrote:
> I had the time of my life in Australia, just loved the people, was
> blown away by scenery, and I didn't see very much of it.
Know the feeling, and was fortunate to see a lot of it. When I lived
there in the early sixties there were only 11 million people in the
entire country and outside the few big cities it was akin to going back
in time to the mid 1800s in the US, what with the crocodile hunters,
pearl divers, cane cutters and soldiers of fortune floating about.
Stored up great memories and experiences in the country, from a stint
buffalo hunting on horseback in the Cape York peninsula, to surviving a
plane crash just outside of Mount Ida, to picking up beer and rent money
bare knuckle fist fighting in North Queensland, for starters ... a great
place for a young man to knock about in those days.
That said, think I'll go listen to a little Slim Dusty and Bushlanders
... ;)
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"HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Robatoy wrote:
>> On Mar 31, 8:37 am, Larry Jaques <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:02:36 +1100, Noons <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Robert Allison wrote,on my timestamp of 31/03/2011 3:03 PM:
>>>
>>>>> Saint Peter says: "How can you just come up with a number that
>>>>> outrageous without even so much as measuring the fence?"
>>>
>>>>> "Easy!" he says, "A thousand for me, a thousand for you, a
>>>>> thousand for the inspectors and I get the boy from Texas to do it."
>>>
>>>> LOL! Almost universal. Change the state names and it could well be
>>>> Australia.
>>>
>>> Speaking of Oz, I was looking at eBay prices on magazine
>>> subscriptions
>>> and came to the higher price ranges when I nearly shat me pants.
>>> Starting at $135.07, you can get a year's script of Good Woodworking
>>> mag. Just add shipping fees. Or get 3 years of PC Plus for only
>>> $753.85 <thud> Who the $%^& is this Treeet company,
>>> anyway?http://goo.gl/vC6E3 Crikey!
>>>
>>> With prices like those, I can see the Oz contrator's need to cheat.
>>>
>>> --
>>> You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will
>>> preserve for our children this, the last best hope
>>> of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take
>>> the last step into a thousand years of darkness.?
>>> -- Ronald Reagan
>>
>> You see, according to a promotional flyer I read when en route to Oz,
>> published by Canadian Enterprise Development Corporation, "All imports
>> to Australia come from overseas."
>>
>> I thought that was chuckleworthy.
>>
>
> Australia is an island, completely surrounded by water.
>
And aren't we lucky?
no-one able to sneak in the back door across the land borders
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:00:28 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy
<[email protected]> wrote:
>You see, according to a promotional flyer I read when en route to Oz,
>published by Canadian Enterprise Development Corporation, "All imports
>to Australia come from overseas."
>
>I thought that was chuckleworthy.
Indeed.
>I had the time of my life in Australia, just loved the people, was
>blown away by scenery, and I didn't see very much of it. Ang & I will
>be going back, probably for the F1 Grand Prix in Melbourne next year.
Ooh! Be sure to take lots of pictures. (OK, take some of the cars,
not just the pit girls, eh?)
--
You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will
preserve for our children this, the last best hope
of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take
the last step into a thousand years of darkness.?
-- Ronald Reagan
On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:03:56 -0500, Robert Allison <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Three contractors die at the same time and miraculously make it to
>heaven. One from Florida, one from Texas, and one from New Jersey.
>Saint Peter meets them at the gate and realizes they are all
>contractors. He asks them if they would be willing to look at some
>fence work in heaven on the back fence. Saint Peter tells them he has
>to get three bids on everything and since they are all here together....
>
>They look each other up and down and then take a ride to the fence in
>the golf cart with Saint Pete.
>
>The Florida GC hops out, measures the fence, does some math in his
>notebook and says he can do the job for $1400, $600 for labor, $600 for
>materials and $200 profit.
>
>The Texas boy jumps out, does some measuring and figuring, then says he
>can do it for $1200. Says labor is cheaper in Texas, so $400 for labor,
>$600 for materials and $200 for profit.
>
>The New Jersey fellow looks at Saint Peter and, without measuring a
>thing, says; "I'll do it for $4200."
>
>Saint Peter says: "How can you just come up with a number that
>outrageous without even so much as measuring the fence?"
>
>"Easy!" he says, "A thousand for me, a thousand for you, a thousand for
>the inspectors and I get the boy from Texas to do it."
Ok, what's the punch line?
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:40:17 -0700, Doug Winterburn <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On 03/31/2011 02:07 PM, DGDevin wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Leon" wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>>> Every one knows that if you want something done right, get a Texan to
>>> do it. ;~)
>>
>> Not win a World Series.
>>
>>
>>
>Yabbut, they haven't been at as long as the Cubies.
There's got to be something about Obama and Bush in there somewhere.
"George Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>>On 3/31/2011 9:00 AM, Robatoy wrote:
>>
>>> I had the time of my life in Australia, just loved the people, was
>>> blown away by scenery, and I didn't see very much of it.
>>
>>Know the feeling, and was fortunate to see a lot of it. When I lived
>>there in the early sixties there were only 11 million people in the
>>entire country and outside the few big cities it was akin to going back
>>in time to the mid 1800s in the US, what with the crocodile hunters,
>>pearl divers, cane cutters and soldiers of fortune floating about.
>>Stored up great memories and experiences in the country, from a stint
>>buffalo hunting on horseback in the Cape York peninsula, to surviving a
>>plane crash just outside of Mount Ida,
>>
> That would have been hard, back
> then, crashing in the Isa, like<g>
I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt and take it that he meant
Mount Isa, and he may suffer from FFS
But, seeing there is a Mount Ida as well,
maybe he did mean Mount Ida as he didn't say when he was there
and Mount Ida closed about 3 or 4 years ago
Robert Allison wrote,on my timestamp of 31/03/2011 3:03 PM:
> Saint Peter says: "How can you just come up with a number that outrageous
> without even so much as measuring the fence?"
>
> "Easy!" he says, "A thousand for me, a thousand for you, a thousand for the
> inspectors and I get the boy from Texas to do it."
LOL! Almost universal. Change the state names and it could well be Australia.
On 4/1/2011 8:00 AM, George Watson wrote:
> Swingman<[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 3/31/2011 9:00 AM, Robatoy wrote:
>>
>>> I had the time of my life in Australia, just loved the people, was
>>> blown away by scenery, and I didn't see very much of it.
>>
>> Know the feeling, and was fortunate to see a lot of it. When I lived
>> there in the early sixties there were only 11 million people in the
>> entire country and outside the few big cities it was akin to going back
>> in time to the mid 1800s in the US, what with the crocodile hunters,
>> pearl divers, cane cutters and soldiers of fortune floating about.
>> Stored up great memories and experiences in the country, from a stint
>> buffalo hunting on horseback in the Cape York peninsula, to surviving a
>> plane crash just outside of Mount Ida,
>>
> That would have been hard, back
> then, crashing in the Isa, like<g>
"Mt Ida" ... no typo. Hitchhiked a ride on a DC3 mail plane heading for
Perth that lost all hydraulics en route, and "crash" is an apt way to
describe the resultant reuniting with mother earth on a deserted
airstrip close to the "town", and I use the term loosely, of Mt Ida.
Although no one was seriously injured, we spend three days there before
being able to get out on another plane. Smallest "town" I've ever seen ...
> Catch up with John Williamson, Paul Kelly and
> Kevin Carmody while you are "in the mood"<g>
> http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/p/paul_kelly/from_little_things_big_things_grow.html
Thanks for the link ... <g>
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But, like horse shoes and hand grenades: Oh so close :>)
Sparky 01
"DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> "Leon" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>> Every one knows that if you want something done right, get a Texan to do
>> it. ;~)
>
> Not win a World Series.
>
>
>
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:03:56 -0500, Robert Allison <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>Three contractors die at the same time and miraculously make it to
>>heaven. One from Florida, one from Texas, and one from New Jersey.
>>Saint Peter meets them at the gate and realizes they are all
>>contractors. He asks them if they would be willing to look at some
>>fence work in heaven on the back fence. Saint Peter tells them he has
>>to get three bids on everything and since they are all here together....
>>
>>They look each other up and down and then take a ride to the fence in
>>the golf cart with Saint Pete.
>>
>>The Florida GC hops out, measures the fence, does some math in his
>>notebook and says he can do the job for $1400, $600 for labor, $600 for
>>materials and $200 profit.
>>
>>The Texas boy jumps out, does some measuring and figuring, then says he
>>can do it for $1200. Says labor is cheaper in Texas, so $400 for labor,
>>$600 for materials and $200 for profit.
>>
>>The New Jersey fellow looks at Saint Peter and, without measuring a
>>thing, says; "I'll do it for $4200."
>>
>>Saint Peter says: "How can you just come up with a number that
>>outrageous without even so much as measuring the fence?"
>>
>>"Easy!" he says, "A thousand for me, a thousand for you, a thousand for
>>the inspectors and I get the boy from Texas to do it."
>
> Ok, what's the punch line?
Every one knows that if you want something done right, get a Texan to do it.
;~)
You take up too much space here when you post back and forth to yourself.
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Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 4/1/2011 8:06 PM, George Watson wrote:
>> "George W Frost"<[email protected]> wrote:
/chipped
>>> I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt and take it that he meant
>>> Mount Isa, and he may suffer from FFS
>>> But, seeing there is a Mount Ida as well,
>>> maybe he did mean Mount Ida as he didn't say when he was there
>>> and Mount Ida closed about 3 or 4 years ago
>
><second attempt to respond ... Thunder bird apparently ate the first>
>
>"MT IDA" ... see previous post
>
ah yes:-)
Still holds (the creds given), though.. hard country
that Nullabor.
/chipped
>He had abattoir's in Darwin, Normonton (sp?), and, for a while also
>operated out of Cooktown.
>
The Norman (Normanton) Gilbert Rivers and
up to Staaten Park reserve is all my stamping
ground, know it well:-)
>The crew I was on consisted of four or five Land Rovers, equipped with
>metal containers and trailers, that ferried the meat from where it was
>shot, skinned, and quartered to strategically placed mobile
>refrigeration units (as close to the action as they could get, but
>
Maybe the forerunner to Game Produce of
Australia, a company my company built a
number of "kill boxes" for back in the 80's.
A rough mob (business wise) they were
bankrupt inside two years despite having
a ready market in Germany for pig
meat, and selected offal (the kidney etc)
tied to the backbone of cleaned hung carcasses.
Story is they didn't pay their bills. I got
my money, before delivery:->
>generally at least two or more days drive by LR) and then taken to the
>abattoirs for processing; half a dozen Aborigine skinners; up to two
>dozen horses; one of his sons (one of the worst cooks in the world,
>whose "specialty du jour" was curry, ad infinitum, containing fresh
>buffalo liver (among other bits) washed down with liberal amounts of
>Ouzo/water ... can you spell HEARTBURN?), and me ... hired because I
>could both shoot a rifle, and being raised on a horse farm, could ride,
>shoe/trim, and handle horses.
>
A Greek patriot doing a curry (of anything) and
dallying with fresh liver? It's wonder you survived!
The Ouzo was used to drown the churned
guts, I take it?
>As much of the shooting (with a British 303 Enfield) as possible was
>done from one of the LR's, but often had to be done off horseback (you
>do NOT approach a wild herd of water buffalo on foot, for a number of
>reasons!). I would venture to say that during that period I
>traveled/rode well over 1500 miles through Arnhem Land and portions of
>the Cape York Peninsula.
>
Likely you have seen more of it than I!
And contrary to what that Crocodile Dundee
character would have folks believe, anywhere
on foot near buffalo isn't at all clever.
Every home (on a property) must have had a
brace of 303 Enfields as "war surplus". I had a
rechambered "sports", firing a 270cal rimless.
Nice weapon if a tad slow (reload) and lacking
punch compared to the 30/30 Winchester.
However all our pig hunting was done with just
dogs and a knife, as we used to hobble the
"gooduns" to get them penned later.
Plenty of "war stories" from those days<g>
>Fair dinkum, mate ... and you may not have been born yet. ;)
>
heh.. '63 I was blowing tree stumps with
"greasy" Gelly and powder fuses. Just kids,
but between my two younger brothers
and myself - with Dad doing the c'saw
work behind the dozer - we cleared 53 acres
of virgin rainforest in just two years.
Something you don't tell folks today<g>
>I have boxes upon boxes of color slides from this period ... if they are
>still viewable I'll see if I can get some prints and post them to the web.
>
Something of the Abo crew (working) would be
good for something I am working on web
wise.. but do not sweat it.
I do thank you for the offer, though.. and
your full response on your take of your time
in Aussie.
What I have done is knocked you up a gift. You will
need a crafty lady(?) friend to get the product
but it is gratis with no obligation implied or
inferred. If the name needs changing, jes holler like.
Maybe you can find a golf bag, cap or a toolbag to
wear it:-)
Look for:
From: George Watson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking
Subject: 0t---cue <Springman>__with an adze... I... - SpringMAN_xPortGift_mar2011.rar (1/1)
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:48:50 +1000
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The files are archived in rAr format for posting.
>BTW ... I was in Cooktown the night Aborigines got the right to vote (or
>maybe it was to drink legally?) in Queensland. A wilder night at the
>pubs I've never seen.
>
Had to look it up meself, n' that<g>
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/ind/community/qldleg/voting
Every man has the right to their own destiny, in my book.
However some do have an excess of vertical climbs
placed in their path. We (.au - the white mob) should have had
"self determination" in place _before_ "assimilation".
Doing it the other way there was 20 years of drinking, drugs
and substance abuse before indigenous Aussies finally got
the right to run their own show. Total fuckup.. IMHO.
For myself the two milestones were the referendum:
http://www.indigenousrights.net.au/section.asp?sID=5
and the events preceding "Land Rights" which (really)
was initiated by Lingari, for which I gave you the link to
the song.
I was not to know at the time, although quite transfixed
by the whole saga, that the spinoff from Wadi Creek
was to carry great influence in my life, later on, much
later on:-)
And yes, the pubs..?..I grew up in mostly rural precincts
of the regional centres in NQ where you never saw a
blackfella, yet it was "bush", and their spiritual
lands! heh... don't get me started on that topic:-/
My partner never even saw a blackfella until her
highschool years, when at last they were allowed
into "Town". Yet it was still many many years
after that we could actually interact without having
"social dispersions" cast our way from the
protestant type Anglo-Saxon mob<g>
.. but I do go on some, like:-)
thanks...
george