Woodborers Southern Style Get Together

[ozwinner]

Welcome back viewers.

Woodborer held a BBQ for one of our Nothern cousins today.
The weather was magnificent, as one would expect of Melbourne in spring time.
The BBQ was most good, as Robs and Megs always are.

Turn out was good, with free wood to those that attended.
There was also a pre showing of one of Sturdees latest jigs.

What a desperate looking lot.:D


Owwhh yeah, Cliff, you need to head back into the tropics mate, you aged sooo much when you came down here. :D


Al :D

[Zed]

not a single adolesent pubescent amongst you. more grey hear than gunsynd. :D

[ozwinner]

Sorry I didnt get you in the piccy Zed, but one of the others did.


Al :)

[Grunt]

Zed, they got a picture of you and me making out. I hope won't wield his axe when it gets posted.

[Driver]

Hey, Rob!

That looks like the crew of the Very Little Gravitas Indeed on a quick run ashore!

[Gumby]

'twas a pleasant afternoon, thanks Rob & Meg. ;)

[Cliff Rogers]

Yeap, thanks guys.... I've scored some timber to take home too.

I'm going to have to carve & polish that burl you gave me Rob 'cos it's too good to waste turning it.

The Lion King was VERY good, recomend it to anyone.

[Wood Borer]

Glad you all enjoyed the day.

It's a pity the sun was so bright all day, I hope it wasn't too hot for Cliff.

Cliff, the burl could be used amongst other things as a piece if sculpture.

I'll see if I took a photo Zed and Grunt - the two that give each other reddies :rolleyes:

[Waldo]

G'day Wood Borer,

Looks like it was a great arvo. :D

[Sturdee]

In the morning I worked in the workshop assembling a jig :D and then went to WB BBQ.

It was great to meet Cliff and spent time with good mates and even meet some more BB members. The food was well cooked by our host, thanks Rob and Meg for your hospitality, and yes I showed one of my jigs. :D

On leaving ( unfortunately a bit early ) I was joined by my wife, who had been dropped of by my daughter to save time, and we went out for dinner and dancing. They looked a tad strange at me when I walked in wearing jeans and sneakers but after a quick change no problems.

So I made a jig, talked about a jig and then danced a jig - a wonderful day indeed for a jig builder. :D :D :D


Peter.

[ozwinner]

But did you get any jig a jig??


Al :eek:

[Sturdee]

But did you get any jig a jig??


Al :eek:

:)


Peter.

[Jack E]

But did you get any jig a jig??
Fair go Al, he is 61 :)

[ozwinner]

Whats age got to do with it?
Its the thought that counts anywhooo.....
Al :D

[Jack E]

Its the thought that counts anywhooo
I think about it alot, trust me, it doesn't count :)
And no, I don't mean I think about Sturdee doing it alot :)

Cheers, Jack

[Sturdee]

Fair go Al, he is 61 :)


Jack, at my age I am old enough to know what I am doing and yet young enough to enjoy it all :D without all the worries of youth. :D

Peter.

[Sturdee]

I think about it alot, trust me, it doesn't count :)
And no, I don't mean I think about Sturdee doing it alot :)

Cheers, Jack


Shucks, and there I thought that you cared. :eek:

Jack, thinking is useful, but action is what counts. :D


Peter.

[ozwinner]

Gooooooo, Peter....


Al :)

[Iain]

Zed was seen lurking, Grunt and Zed made up, very well, after the event...

[Iain]

Meanwhile, the rest of the crew drooled over Cliff's contribution....

[Auld Bassoon]

Thanks to Rob & Meg for a great afternoon!

Good to meet up with a bunch of other woodies too!

Cheers!

[ozwinner]

Glad to see you got Grunt and Zed in an embrace..http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/contrib/guus/liefde.gif

Al :D

[Iain]

Glad to see you got Grunt and Zed in an embrace..http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/contrib/guus/liefde.gif

Al :D
Wrong one on your avatar :eek: :eek: :eek:
Hey Zed, is that your 20c on the ground........................................whoopeeee :D :D :D
And......, you were bloody well laughing too so don't you dare delete :p

[Iain]

And thanks to Rob and Meg for a wonderful afternoon, Cliff for envying our wonderful weather, Sturdee for getting a grip of things ( :D ), Julie for keeping under control, Al for supplying a monkey etc, Grunt for co-operating, Auld Bassoon for his dry wit, Gumby for tolerating us all, Eastie for making sure the BBQ was safe :rolleyes: and Rob Gell for providing magnificent weather.
Who did I miss?????

[Gumby]

I got me some nice blackwood and huon (thanks Al) plus some lovely orange silky thanks to Cliff. He must have looked funny carting it all on the tram from the city :D :D and it cost him $40 in excess baggage on the plane - they just have no respect for wood !

After the whole day and a tour of the Woodboreum where some georgeous looking planes live (did you count them Rob ? :D ), one big question remained unanswered:

Where did Grunt hide his sausage ? :D :D

[RETIRED]

Wrong one on your avatar :eek: :eek: :eek:
Hey Zed, is that your 20c on the ground........................................whoopeeee :D :D :D
And......, you were bloody well laughing too so don't you dare delete :p
That was in private not here. To be or not to be, that is the question? :D

Thank you Meg and Rob for putting up with this scurrilous lot.

Cliff, hope you had a good day today.

[Grunt]

Where did Grunt hide his sausage ?


Bananas aren't the only thing that Zed likes!

[Wood Borer]

The pleasure is always ours having good people around for a visit, a BBQ, a drink or a chat and joke especially if the topic is woodwork.

We accomplished them all on Sunday thanks to our visitors.

BTW, Cliff tried some of Journeyman Mick's limecello whilst he was in Melbourne, I think you will have a visitor soon Mick after some more.

Here's some more photos.

[DanP]

So who's who?

[Jack E]

Shucks, and there I thought that you cared. :eek:

Jack, thinking is useful, but action is what counts. :D
I do care mate :)
Unfortunately there are many things I only "think" of :D

Cheers, Jack

[Wood Borer]

Dan,

My photos:

Photo 1: L-R ½ Gumby, Iain (sitting), Eastie and Ozwinner holding Zed


Photo 2: L- R Auld Bassoon, Sturdee, Gumby, Ian (sitting), Eastie and Ozwinner


Photo 3: L- R Iain, Auld Bassoon, Gumby, , Ozwinner, Grunt and Cliff

Photo 4: L-R ½ Grunt, Cliff Rogers, , Iain (shielding his view of something in Ozwinner’s direction), Auld Bassoon and Ozwinner

[Grunt]

Buggerer - Grunt
Buggeree - Zed

[Wongo]

Grunt,

You are sick mate.

I am surprised allowed you to take the picture.

[Grunt]

I am surprised allowed you to take the picture.

I didn't take the picture I was busy. :D

[Iain]

I agree with Wongo :rolleyes:

[Iain]

Just found this.....
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Condoms-4-Pack-Ribbed-Banana-Condoms-From-USA_W0QQitemZ5612445895QQcategoryZ1277QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[silentC]

Bizzare.

Not the banana flavoured condoms, but the fact that someone would try to sell them on eBay.

Anyway, they're Amercian. Too small :D

[Grunt]

I don't know, they're pretty big prics

[Zed]

Zed was seen lurking, Grunt and Zed made up, very well, after the event...

just got around to looking atht his thread again - what a pack of wankers. who's the "idiot" holding the blowup gorilla ? :D

[Iain]

who's the "idiot" holding the blowup gorilla ?
One of the moderators who gate crashed, we sent him home though.

[Zed]

just got around to looking atht his thread again - what a pack of wankers. who's the "idiot" holding the blowup gorilla ? :D

Thanks Dan for asking the obvious.

I now know who the idiot is (ie "all of you)

Jezzus! ! you're a man mountain - remind me to be more polite to you....

Oz - I think we need to have a little chat!

[silentC]

How come you automatically assumed it was a blow-up gorilla, Zed? Do you have one? :D:D

[Zed]

just assuming the worst of the neanderthals darren.

the thing that makes me shudder most is that if it came from oz's shop its probably "unclean"

[silentC]

One previous owner, only driven on Sundays :D

[Iain]

Afternoons, after a couple of reds (which I now sense heading this direction).

[Grunt]

You know Zed gave me a reddie for this. After I gave him the tip and all.

[Zed]

its all about consistancy Gruntman, consistancy...

[Gumby]

I want to know ho put them in that position in the first place :rolleyes:

[Grunt]

Well Zed bent over and I felt obliged

[Cliff Rogers]

....
Thank you Meg and Rob for putting up with this scurrilous lot.

Cliff, hope you had a good day today.

Yeah thanks guys.... I turned up with 2 cartons of wood & a bottle of plonk, I drank the whole bottle trying to keep warm & then started on Rob's little bottle of rocket fuel he got from Mick & went home with more wood. (thanks Al & Rob) & forgot to get my book on timber trees that Rob gave me. :rolleyes:

Yeah , thanks for the 14 cups of coffee & the guided tour of your corner of the world (& SE Melb) & the chance to brush up on a few short cuts in spindle turning... I came home to a frown for staying too long :rolleyes: so I suggested a walk while the sun was out, we got almost 3 blocks before it rained.:D

I had a very good weekend inspite of the weather.... it was 8°C on the way to the airport this morning, it was 11°C when we got to Sydney & 29°C when we landed in Cairns at 11:30.... we were still dressed for 8°. :eek:
It is currently 26°C here in my office & I have the AC & a fan going.:D

[ozwinner]

:eek: And you look 20 years younger too.

I think the tropics agree with you. :D

Nice to have met up with ya cliff.

Al :)

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I had a very good weekend inspite of the weather.... it was 8°C on the way to the airport this morning, it was 11°C when we got to Sydney & 29°C when we landed in Cairns at 11:30.... we were still dressed for 8°. :eek:
It is currently 26°C here in my office & I have the AC & a fan going.:D

:confused: I don't see why you're fussed; we get that sort of daily temperature range down here all the time, w/out having to leave the state! Must've been milder than usual while you were here. :D

Sorry to have missed you, BTW. I was invited but family got in the way, dagnabbit. SWMBO keeps telling me there's sure to be a next time and I've no reason to sulk... Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll just slink off to my corner...

[Waldo]

Sorry to have missed you, BTW. I was invited but family got in the way, dagnabbit. SWMBO keeps telling me there's sure to be a next time and I've no reason to sulk... Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll just slink off to my corner...[/QUOTE]

G'day,

SWMBO gave me the same speil too damnit.
:(

[Gumby]

:eek: And you look 20 years younger

I am 20 years younger :D

[RETIRED]

Grunt,

You are sick mate.

I am surprised allowed you to take the picture.
Time to straighten out a few things.

I was a tad late. The pics were taken before I arrived and I had no idea they were taken until put up here. I knew the others had been taken.

Cliff, sorry for getting you in strife with Gina.

[junkboy999]

Man! woodies are like dogs. Thay are ok when thay are alone, but get them in a pack and no one ( or tree ) is safe. :)

wish I could of came over. Love to see Au :)

[Wood Borer]

Let's know when you are coming, it's BBQ weather now almost, we could have a BBQ for you. :)

[Cliff Rogers]

.....Cliff, sorry for getting you in strife with Gina.
This is my worried look.... :D

She forgets about the weekend we had in Sydney in May, she shot through & worked at the markets on Sunday & left me at home.

I'm going to make you another egg cup, this time in my shed, on my lathe, with my tools. ;)

[Zed]

Man! woodies are like dogs.

are ytou implying that we sniff each others bums in ritual greeting ? ugh!! Sorry but you aint my type (neither are you Grunt'o)

[RETIRED]

are ytou implying that we sniff each others bums in ritual greeting ? ugh!! Sorry but you aint my type (neither are you Grunt'o)
Oh I am so glad. :D

[AlexS]

Let's know when you are coming, it's BBQ weather now almost, we could have a BBQ for you. :)

See you next week, I'll give you a call when I get to Melbourne. :D

[Wood Borer]

I look forward to it Alex.

Anyone else who wants to catch up with Alex, give me a bell or a PM.

[Grunt]

I'll go if I can get a day pass. What day?

[ozwinner]

Ive been grounded, Ive got home work to do.


Al :D

[Gumby]

Me too. With WB's last weeekend, Triton Club tomorrow, Grand final Saturday and work the Saturday after, I have GOT to mow the lawns, clean the gutters, prune some trees for the council green waste collection and finish the pelmet boxes in the family room.

*sigh*, so many things to keep me out of the shed :(

[Grunt]

When are you going to come around and do my lawns?

[Auld Bassoon]

G'day Rob,

Always happy to pop over to your "Aladdin's cave" of w/working delights and to meet other woodies!

Do you know when yet?

Cheers!

[ozwinner]

*sigh*, so many things to keep me out of the shed :(

Thatll be WB's shed I take it?

Al :(

[Wood Borer]

Alex and I will let you know of the arrangements when we figure them out. :rolleyes:

[Iain]

What has Alex done to derserve a round of incriminating pics??? :rolleyes:

[ozwinner]

What has Alex done to derserve a round of incriminating pics??? :rolleyes:

I wont be going, so he'll prolly be safe.

Al :D