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Hi guys Long time no see but have been busy mind you
lifes like that some times
I've got a question
I have a range of die cast letter stamps (various styles) I use on leather work but I want to...

Sorry mate have been flat out and off line for the past 6 days
Tell you what I'll give them a bell 2moro and see how long the display will be up there
some of the wood is just beautiful such a...

. i smell a rat, and niot a woodrat either. byb the way did i tell everyone i bought a woodrat today????[/quote]

Hey Doug it wasn't one of the rats you met at my place they are innocent young...

A while Back I mentioned my MIL "Pin" well we just found out that the school where she works has nominated her for the next year Aussie of the year for Community Service
I got quite choked up about...

Hi Guys
Finaly got most of the house unpacked in the new place and took the kids up to the local library up the road in Chermside in Brissy
If any woodies on the list are in Brisbane there is a...

Dear Doug
I am so Sorry Sending Love and Hugs your Way
Hope Jules is Ok give her a big hug from me ok
Moved into the house hopefully getting two more book cases next week end and that should be...

dam wont upload Lou :mad:

Ok this is the after photo with no doubt more to come
:( Lou

Glad to be of some help Ang and Guys check out the before and after photos he's doing the rest of the trees this afternoon
and all week end by the end of it there will not be one tree standing ...

Hi Cosmo

Thanks for the compliment and I am glad I could be of some assistance
I would rather see a kid working in a job they are interested in doing
I can certainly tell you some horror...

Make up a bunch of study cards about 8cm by 3cm out of thin cardboard.

That is a great idea I have my number one son do it to help him when he has to do speaches in front of the class and then...

I Love my MIL we all call her Pin but thats just her nic-name, she's a hoot, she does tai-kwando (spelling) and line dancing and is so full of energy and she's in her sixty's she has worked at the...

Hi Cosmo and Angel just sent the article
re your message you're both just up the road from us although we will be even closer as we are just moving one suburb north really only 5 min up the road...

[quote=Cosmo]Biotechy2k

Hi Angel
Don't be worried he is your dad and he really does love you
and if it helps talking to me you are in reality talking to a mum not a man
mind you my kids are...

haya matee
thas a bit easier on this ol noggin to understand i got lost on the other reply the article sounds good i just showd angel and she wants to know if its in word format she wants to be a...

Hi Cosmo

well I can certainly answer what a phenotype is
It is a term (read jargon) used in the study of genetics and a
Phenotype in simple terms is any measurable characteristic
if...

Hi Cosmo

First of all welcome to the forum, and I can see you really are worried about your little girl
There is so much stress and competition this day and age it really does impact hard on...

Hey then Benny you will be pleased to note that two of the goodies are currently travelling around Australia Graham and Tim but apparently Bill Oddie will be on stage with them via a video hook up or...

[quote=Wongo]Please join us to welcome the newest member of our family. Emily Violet Wong was born this morning. Both mother and daughter are doing very well.

Congradulations Wongo and Family...

Here is a pic of my absolute favorite non tool when Its not in use as a cradle for holding saddles while I work on them it can also double as a handy saddle stand also
altho here we have just...

I Love the Name NON TOOL

I've got heaps in my saddlery workshop small off cuts of old blocks of wood for punching holes in leather on the grain end

a lovely chunk of scapula from a cow we...

Hi
My mate has these most beautiful floors and was really worried about scrachtes I raided my leather work shop for old 5mm (thick) scrapes and basically just glued pieces (Cut to fit) under her...

ok checked the elib cat and the book is called Darwins' Blade by Dan Simmons

not a bad read for a bit of guff and quite a few scenes from it have been taken from the darwin's awards sites LOL ...

Hi Guys if you check out the snopes site the last one is not true (the metallica concert) but it was also mentioned in a book I read a couple of years back called "Darwins' Radio" but don't quote me...

CARS V COMPUTERS

Bill Gates is reputed to have recently said that, if the motor industry had progressed as quickly as computer businesses, we would all be driving cars that cost £25 and did a...

[QUOTE=Waldo]G'day,

Today hasn't been a good day, my wife has been admitted to hospital with pregnancy complications (5 months pregnant / 24 weeks) and will be in there until the baby is born,...

Bad news mate

The Freezer is Toast
you will never get the smell out ever How do I know this I have two friends lovely young ladies I have worked in the labs with who have their own business ...

A Dead Duck. A woman brought a very limp duck into a veternary
surgeon.
As she lay her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his
stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest. After a moment or...

Cat Haiku

You never feed me.
Perhaps I'll sleep on your face.
That will sure show you.

The rule for today
Touch my tail, I shred your hand.
New rule tomorrow.

[QUOTE=darley]Well I would be interested to know a source or some one doing cane Toad skin ( hide ), I would like to make a pen with it, so any person how know a supplier of it I will appreciated the...

Sending Healing thoughts your way

May you both meet together at the Rainbow Bridge where there your friendship will continue, You have given a good and decent man a wonderful sense of spirit and...

When you've made them can you post up some pics I have a lot of my saddlery tools that have nice wooden handles but eventually they will need to be replaced and if I can do that might solve the ever...

Hi Bluegum
I thought Tordon was banned I used to work with a vet whose nick name was tordon because he'd kill anything over the size of a small dog LOL
so far we've been using them for BBQ fuel...

Hi Andy thanks for that yep its pretty noxious did you try and stain it I did a bit of a search on the net and I came across three or more different species I do know some people use it for bonsai...

[QUOTE=echnidna]I am making some jigs'n'things and would like to fit brass edges.

Any suggestions where to get 1/2" x 1/16" (or even 1/8") brass flats ans 1/2" x 1/8" (or so) angles.


Hi...

Hi Guys

Got a bit of a probably silly question but can you use Chinese elm for anything?
its such a fast growing timber I've probably cut down 5 trees from the property but it springs up faster...

Or maybe 4 McMansions :( :([/QUOTE]

yeah its sad all the urban development

I like a little grass between me and my neighbours Oh say about 5 acres LOL
and I absolutely hate Mc Mansions
...

[QUOTE=Skew ChiDAMN!!]
Which'll probably be all too soon, sadly. It's a lovely old place but the trend around here is to subdivide housing blocks and build 2 or more units. I've a nasty feeling...

Cheer up mate It really is a mugs game to bet on the horses, and truth be told quite a few of those poor animals end up at the doggers, because they can't run fast enough

We would buy ex racers...

Hi Echnidna this is definately T&G but I don't think they sealed it correctly
as on the outer edges there is rot forming where the T&G is so obviously when it rains heavily the water has been...

[QUOTE=Gumby]Well, I'm all suited up and off to Caulfield for the Cup. Got a ticket to the members and we have our own marquee :D :D (free booze and food).


Have a Good Time Gumby and I hope...

I've got a question for the chaps who have built their own decks or had a deck put on their house

We are currently in an Old and I mean old Queenslander and while we are renting here I do a lot...

Well if the thread was more than a month ago I wouldn't have even been a member of the forum so would have missed it completely LOL
and I've not had a chance to approach near the poor old PC...

Dear David this is what I've grabs so far (sorry for the font change just cut and pasted from my favorites Hope this helps somewhat

Rodent links

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Hi David I am so Sorry to hear that and I know it is very difficult to explain to kids when things like this happen I run a small animal rescue up here in Bris and also be long to a group called...

With Sincerest Apologies to Mr. Edgar Allan Poe

This was penned in frustration to cleaning out many many rat cages and for the uninitiated
Raisins are in the Rodent Lovers world another name for...

One which my Da would quote

"There is nothing as good for the inside of a man As the outside of a horse"

and

My rat is smarter than your pHd Student

Rats are what keep Researchers...

Thanks Mate yep I still get a bit teary thinking about it but its more like Happy tears if you get my drift,
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What do they call the rats that frequent rodent forums, apart from clever. :eek:[/QUOTE]

I do know that some of my lab rats have it hands or rather paws down over some of the pHd students I've...

Mary Had a Little Lamb

And the Midwife Fainted

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