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    Quote Originally Posted by Fred's mowing View Post
    Lastjob of the day, had my blower stolen in South Rd Brighton.
    Finished one customer & moved onto the next door where I thought I'd just pop my blower over their front fence as it was hot.
    After mowing & edging, came back for the blower & it was GORRRNNN !
    Oh well, could have been much worse.
    It was an old pope blower that although running well was starting to show its age.
    Plenty of way more valuable equipment in the truck, luckily they took the least valuable machine.
    Proly value it at $50 or less.
    Bit of a wake up call, be wary indies.
    Again, no big monetary loss here, its just the feeling of being had !!!
    Cheers Fred.
    You have full insurance and just got a $300 blower stolen...................

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    Screwed up.......................................

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    Having a visit from council and being ordered to cease and desist using gas cannon to scare away verminous white cockies. Failure to comply (in 'perpetuity') --> $400 fine first time!
    All immediate neighbours were 100% supportive of what I was doing & very happy with less cockies and more other birds etc about.
    Complainants to council were 'far distant' ppl -- probably the bleeding heart types who feed and attract the vermin!

    Next strategy ...???
    Hope the screeching vermin come and eat their houses ..
    Then they might get the message!
    To quote a lawyer ... 'Don't get angry ... Get even!'

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    Bloody cockys ( white sulpha crested ones) keep playing with me when im mowing.
    They actually dive bomb me scare and sit on the fence squawking at me... I keep yelling out piss of ya lunatics... and they keep squawking...

    Quote Originally Posted by seliment View Post
    Having a visit from council and being ordered to cease and desist using gas cannon to scare away verminous white cockies. Failure to comply (in 'perpetuity') --> $400 fine first time!
    All immediate neighbours were 100% supportive of what I was doing & very happy with less cockies and more other birds etc about.
    Complainants to council were 'far distant' ppl -- probably the bleeding heart types who feed and attract the vermin!

    Next strategy ...???
    Hope the screeching vermin come and eat their houses ..
    Then they might get the message!
    To quote a lawyer ... 'Don't get angry ... Get even!'
    Everything looks good with a haircut.... ɐuıɥɔ ɯoɹɟ pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ɐ ʎnq ı ǝɯıʇ ʇsɐl ǝɥʇ sʇɐɥʇ

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    They can be eliminated with the correct feed/methods, which is norty to do, so don't do it in your own region.And I say no more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by seliment View Post
    Having a visit from council and being ordered to cease and desist using gas cannon to scare away verminous white cockies. Failure to comply (in 'perpetuity') --> $400 fine first time!
    All immediate neighbours were 100% supportive of what I was doing & very happy with less cockies and more other birds etc about.
    Complainants to council were 'far distant' ppl -- probably the bleeding heart types who feed and attract the vermin!

    Next strategy ...???
    Hope the screeching vermin come and eat their houses ..
    Then they might get the message!
    To quote a lawyer ... 'Don't get angry ... Get even!'
    You have my permission to use the gas cannon on the bleeding hearts. I'd wait till early morning round 6am.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BSD View Post
    .... with the correct feed/methods, which is norty to do .....
    Yeah ... I can well imagine some of the 'ways & means'.... norty!
    Remember seeing a doco on SBS many years ago ... called 'The Rat Catcher' showing how an old fellow who was a master rat exterminator ridded a factory of rats in Poland. He had more cunning than the proverbial (upper class) toilet rodent!

    Interesting side fact .... did some research and discovered that birds cannot 'taste / sense' chilli .... Only mammals get the hot / burning sensation .. So chilli is no deterrent to birds
    Not sure about (black) pepper...

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    Most Council with rural use areas bordering residential will have a Bylaw on gas guns. I suggest that you get your local council one and find out what you have to do to comply. Gas guns feature pretty high on the list of noise related complaints. Not everyone is supportive of them so make sure that you are doing what your doing legally and then you can give them the finger
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    I have been told by council (& it's true) I am in breaking Local Law (council) regarding use of scare guns.
    You can get a permit but our property size (4ac) is way below min size for which a permit would be even considered.
    Thinking laterally, if one went jointly with supporting neighbours, we could prob make min size, but fairly sure bureaucracy (shiny bums on seats with no practical experience - my opinion after conversation with them) they would interpret local law as meaning size of individual property, not an aggregated set of properties.
    In any case the. 'bleeding heart' complainant types would stll be 'sufficiently close' so as to hear and complain.
    Also, it's not that it was continuous ... Scaring was only done with a couple of shots when flock of white vermin was trying to settle in nearby trees in preparation for attack.

    Basically it's problem territory when you get these these ppl moving into their more recently subdivided half acre blocks in the hills (& edges of towns) and to have a 'bush' environment but want to bring all their bits & whims of suburbia with them with little or no understanding of the reality of what pre-existed.
    Grrrr ....

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    Quote Originally Posted by imoww View Post
    Bloody cockys ( white sulpha crested ones) keep playing with me when im mowing.
    They actually dive bomb me scare and sit on the fence squawking at me... I keep yelling out piss of ya lunatics... and they keep squawking...
    they want to be your friends matt, probably a good conversation for you :P lol
    I dont break things ...I just use them beyond their operational limitations
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    You can get your old ute/car and make it backfire. This way its only a matter of tinkering with the engine, oops sorry about that mr council d1ckhead.

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    Quote Originally Posted by seliment View Post
    I have been told by council (& it's true) I am in breaking Local Law (council) regarding use of scare guns.
    You can get a permit but our property size (4ac) is way below min size for which a permit would be even considered.
    Thinking laterally, if one went jointly with supporting neighbours, we could prob make min size, but fairly sure bureaucracy (shiny bums on seats with no practical experience - my opinion after conversation with them) they would interpret local law as meaning size of individual property, not an aggregated set of properties.
    In any case the. 'bleeding heart' complainant types would stll be 'sufficiently close' so as to hear and complain.
    Also, it's not that it was continuous ... Scaring was only done with a couple of shots when flock of white vermin was trying to settle in nearby trees in preparation for attack.

    Basically it's problem territory when you get these these ppl moving into their more recently subdivided half acre blocks in the hills (& edges of towns) and to have a 'bush' environment but want to bring all their bits & whims of suburbia with them with little or no understanding of the reality of what pre-existed.
    Grrrr ....
    Yeah your right. Cant think of what else you could do. Why not give the Council blokes hell by going to your local councillor and complaining about the bylaw and the minimum block size and see what he can do. Or invite the person complaining over and show them what the problem is and see if they have a solution . They wont but at least they may understand your problem. If that doesnt work you can always shoot him. If you not doing it regularly then the Council is going to be hard pressed to investigate and get enough evidence anyway. Plus thy have to prove it was you. Hard thing to do if you conceal the gun lol
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    Interesting facts
    Gas cannon == 130db sound
    Train style Air horn on eBay == 150db (claimed)

    Experiment: see how cocky ears respond to a well directed air horn

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    Quote Originally Posted by seliment View Post
    Interesting facts
    Gas cannon == 130db sound
    Train style Air horn on eBay == 150db (claimed)

    Experiment: see how cocky ears respond to a well directed air horn
    Just as an aside.....
    whenever we go camping and cocky comes into roost the night, just as he is settling in we crack the stock whip, they soon fook off and sleep elsewhere resulting in a peaceful morning for us
    I spend most of my money on beer and horses, I just waste the rest....


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    Quote Originally Posted by sterlo View Post
    Just as an aside.....
    whenever we go camping and cocky comes into roost the night, just as he is settling in we crack the stock whip, they soon fook off and sleep elsewhere resulting in a peaceful morning for us
    Good one ... Love it

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