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Zoro supervision as the moon rises.

Arrrh my mateys, she be Edward woodwood. The house is actually on big floating concrete dock pieces filled with foam. On top is wood structure which basically floats on top. Only some of the decks where fresh water settles have rotted. It's structural pine H3 beams and cheap Bunnings Aerospace deck boards. The beams have short sections rotted that I will replace by sistering to existing and will brace together for added strength, then new boards on top. A quote would be $5k minimum. So far $180, and should be done at $300 in bits and bobs. Today I assessed the job with beer and bird as supervisor. Tomorrow start the hard yakka.

The deck on Michele's house boat has gone soft, so time for a rebuild. I will post photos in next few days as I fix the deck. Zoro is upset as the boards have been removed and looks weird to him. He still comes for a fish but he noticed the difference.

So that's what Trump looks like without skin.

Scoped Beretta .223 custom made in Italy. Hole in one, even the longest golf course.

Avogadro's mole is fundamental to all the advances in chemistry, physics, biochemistry and medicine in our modern world. It is one of the greatest discoveries of human history by creating molecular sciences. Without his mole, we would still be living in the steam age, disease and starvation would be our miserable lot, before a old age death at 35. It made "Science" possible rather than a hotspotch of naturalists and philosophical societies. He deserves to stand on the shoulders of Newton and Einstein who would happily admit his mole created modern life.

Yes, some birds refuse to eat it unless it's alive and healthy. My mate Zoro, the super model of birds - a Greater Egret, will only eat live fish, prawns and squid. I can feed him live ones, which he will take, but if it's not fighting to get away, he looks carefully and refuses it. Does the smart dog thing of tilting his head to show he is thinking about it and weighs the risk. Zoro will now come when called to fish on the verandah and always hoots to say hello. Funnily if he misses a catch, he will grunt and hoot in disgust as he does if disturbed by others on the dock. He clearly communicates differently for the circumstances. He even has different speech to tell the Night Heron to "fuck off, I am king of the dock". He even hangs out looking inside the boat through the glass door to see what's up. If the doors open he will poke his head in to check us out. He is a absolute character and given he arrived as a adult, he is remarkably friendly for a wild predator. If he catches one that won't fit head first down his throat, he drops it on the dock for us to have. He has done this with really big Garfish, too big to safely swallow. He always orientated the animal to slide down head first, this stops the risk of a fin or spine catching in his throat- that would be fatal. The Cormorant that always fishes under my friend's houseboat is a massive greedy guts and will swallow fish half his weight easily. Watching them hunt blows me away, they can fly underwater faster than most fish ever swim and be under for minutes. A perfect hunter above or below the surface. Sorry the pic is from crap phone. Zoro is 3 feet away, as I drink a beer and he fishes. Note he is growing his Sexy feathers on his back and will soon have bright red legs and his beak will change from yellow to green. Then he will dance the fantango and find a mate. Living on the water in a world renowned RAMSAR bird sanctuary sure has its benefits.

Neither The Rooster came first or no eggs.

Which came first, the Chicken or the Egg?

Awful day.. The sun was shining, dolphins swimming and the birds were in full larakin mode Had a young friend drop in for a fish from mates houseboat. 1 1/2 hrs, 5 Jewel fish, I flathead, I bream. Bloody hardwork drinking beer and chatting. None were big enough to keep bar one who whilst undersized, swallowed the lure, so will die anyway. Jew fish fillets for dinner tomorrow. Life is hard somedays... apparently.

Didn't implode... What about covid..millions died. The economy tanked and promises were bullshit. Trade war with China... And a attempted coup. Lots of bad shit happened

Sadly Bill is probably the best PM we never had. He was principled and brave.

Today was horrible... Calm water, blue skies,, fish and birds everywhere.. But I saw a tourist enjoy their day No more- ban tourists, they might tell others and come.

And the Beer is cold.

Today was beautiful sunshine, blue skies and calm water. The fish were jumping and Dolphins cruising the passage. Some young kids caught a 2 ft baby Bullshark - returned to water, on the dock. I hope they gave it a kiss, so it remembers not to eat them in puberty. Sat at my friend's cafe- water views, and read a book with a group of Lorikeets 2 ft away. Did my enforced exercise of rowing the 12ft tinny 500 m each way to dock. Only possible if timed with the tides. The shitty Parsun 9.8 outboard is DOA. New carb and coils, prop, starter unit, service. Or replace with a 15-30hp on a newer tinny? A fishing platform and bimmini would be nice. The tinnytanic had a hole open up from a previous owners excursion at speed into rocks. A trip to the local Aerospace hardware provided salt grade Kneadit expoxy and fixed in 20 minutes. The old Savage is unsinkable with 4 floatation seats built in, each day I thought shit it must have rained heavy last night. Then have to bail for ever. Amazing how easy it is to row after scrapping the growth off and fixing a huge leak. Until it's repaired or replaced, I am at natures whim getting ashore. On a day like today it's magic. Tuesday night however, was a rocking 10knot current with the tide running, fortunately the way I wanted to go. The bugger is like landing a glider, you either be precise and land the ship as you fly past or your fucked and over shoot. No second chance.

The stooge "journalists" had no idea they were paid $100k plus to write fake stories about the Democrats etc was dodgy. I call Bullshit, they knew someone was paying to make up shit and push an agenda that is pro Ruski. Since when do scribes get a sackful of gold for a story?

Man Cave? Black mutt shed? Black Dog kennel.com.au? BlackdogLounge.com.au BlackdogBar.com.au? BlackStumpBlues.com.au? BrainBoxBluesClub.com? OldMate.com.au? Blokes are Y.com.au. As in Y chromosome. Beyond grumpy.com.au? Men's muster.com.au? GreyandBroke.com.au? Chewing the fat.com.au? The back fence.com.au? GrumbleBum.com? Just some site name ideas I came up with. I have not checked if they exist yet. I guess it depends on the "mission" of the site, and the potential for growth if wanted. I am open to ads if they are paid properly to allow growth and money for Ian's time etc. but they must be moderated for truth at least.

No good on a boat but.... I would love to have made a Dalec aka Dr Who shaped one in stainless. Would look very cool. And a minions version also.

The collective noun for a grouping of politicians? Parliament? No It's a Masterbate. For the LNP? A Fuckem

I even would take my son to play on DVD Mary Poppins for the house kids whilst I swept. Blue mtns is heaven and hell for a sweep

As a ex chimney sweep and stove builder, I like it.

At least now we know he is a mammal not a green blooded alien.

Cool little thing for Europe and city work. UP! Much better than a pretentious Commodore- WTF, it's not a Naval battle group or Falcon, a top predator. Far less cardigan than Cedric, Cressida, Crown or Avalon. Not a Gulia from Alfa Romeo, which illicit heart palpitations, winding roads and been convicted of sex with an automobile. It's not 540 BMW announcing in its subtle Hugo Boss suit - don't fuck with serious Germans. But a name that says get UP and get to where you want to be, and German with a smile from a girl fresh from a Berlin dance party. Car names are weird rarely are they even sensible. And a lot of the new Chinese stuff sounds weird too.

Yep he is a greedy billionaire. Straight from the Gina greedy school

I often wonder..