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    Quote Originally Posted by cadase View Post
    Just looked at your site Christine,
    That looks like an awful amount of weight on that draw bar
    Fark me! Its a wonder anyone can see over the bonnet! hehe

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    Fark me! Its a wonder anyone can see over the bonnet! hehe
    nothing wrong with it = stops the front tyres from wearing out .....

    just got home finaly caught up on work and now its pissing down rain ... see what happen tomorow

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    Reminds me of a story about this dude who has a dual wheeled (side by side), I dunno, toyota small truck cab over sort of thing.
    Anyway, he would keep the inner tires less inflated than the outers thinking he would get less wear, so save a buck!
    Little did he realise the extra weight on the outers causing more wear and in the end, failure! (BANG!)
    What an idiot. Cost him heaps in the end, and nearly his life!

    This same guy used a spa filter on his swimming pool (to save a buck) but was forever spending money on chemicals to keep the pool right.
    Another. He spent an entire day trying to get a spindle repaired going from engineers to engineers etc. In the end he saved an incredible $5 (instead of replacement) but didnt work an hour that day, plus the fuel he used and no on site work being done. So ended up costing him $100's.
    "Penny wise, dollar foolish" comes to mind!

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    Quote Originally Posted by geoff1969 View Post
    nothing wrong with it = stops the front tyres from wearing out .....

    just got home finaly caught up on work and now its pissing down rain ... see what happen tomorow
    I hoping for "isolated" to mean somewhere other than where I've got to work and "possible thunderstorms after lunch" to mean possible but not likely. My working week starts tomorrow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mick View Post
    "Penny wise, dollar foolish" comes to mind!
    Prezactly Mick
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy B View Post
    I hoping for "isolated" to mean somewhere other than where I've got to work and "possible thunderstorms after lunch" to mean possible but not likely. My working week starts tomorrow.
    Go for it mate and see what happens. All you can do.
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    Showers forecast everyday here for the next week, I cant remember the last time I saw a picture of a sun in the BOM forecast for Sydney.

    Got quite humid today from around lunchtime, I was absolutely soaked doing a big garden cleanup. Worked till 6.30pm and went through nearly 7 litres of fluid, I took turns between Gatorade, cordial and water.

    31 degrees for tommorow and another big day with plenty of fluid.

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    Never thought I'd say this so soon but we could do with a days rain here. The lawns have dried out fast and a lot are suffering heat stress already.
    Did you get your wish Yesterday? had heaps of rain in brisbane

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    More rain again today, as well as Friday last week, so that will affect the work schedule...I just hope the old codger we spoke with last week was wrong when he said he predicted another big blow here on Thursday this week (He reckons he predicted TC Yasi, so we'll see how right his predictions are).
    The ground here is super-saturated in many places...very hard to mow and I have already got the ride-on bogged once recently...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Christine Wharton View Post
    More rain again today, as well as Friday last week, so that will affect the work schedule...I just hope the old codger we spoke with last week was wrong when he said he predicted another big blow here on Thursday this week (He reckons he predicted TC Yasi, so we'll see how right his predictions are).
    The ground here is super-saturated in many places...very hard to mow and I have already got the ride-on bogged once recently...
    We used to unbog ours with a crow bar, lever it up and away you go again.

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    Any long range forecasts or predictions for what this winter is going to yield for us???

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    Andy you will be pleased to know the sea water is warming thus the weather people are predicting a mild winter and average rain falls so should be a bottler this winter for us ...this summer has been a record for rain in the history of their records...you only have to look at the grass growth ..so young fellow in a nutshell you will do fine this winter

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    Rain Rain Rain, least its cooler today yesterday was a stinker

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    Yep not much happening in South East Queensland today!

    http://www.bom.gov.au/products/natio...sat.loop.shtml

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    I tidied up a small brushcutting job this morning between showers, but raining constantly since then.
    The shop's shut till Monday.

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