willedoo Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Exciting times today. A jet and helicopter flew over today. That brings the ten day total to six aircraft. There's life out there after all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 All gunshops in Queensland have been ordered to close. Licensed firearm owners can no longer buy ammunition and as of 27th. March, Queensland Police Weapons Licensing Branch will no longer process documentation for any permits to acquire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I bet now that Queenslanders wished they hadn't got rid of Bjelke-Petersen's law that made it illegal to associate with more than two people at the same time. Much has been made of Queensland’s recent so-called ‘”anti-bikie laws”. However, although that is their main intention, the laws are not specifically targeted at bikies. The legislation is called the Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment Act 2013 and ‘association’ is defined to mean any group of three or more persons, whether under the umbrella of a formal entity such as a company or club, or simply ‘associated informally’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 So what happens to hermits during the lockdown? If everyone is staying home, are hermits no longer classed as hermits? Now they suddenly find themselves mainstream; that must be disappointing for any self respecting hermit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Ah, but your true hermit wouldn't even know it was happening, so remains unperturbed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 What happens if you are perturbed? Isn't a hermit like being pregnant? You are or you are not. (in a condition). Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Victoria has introduced similar gun restrictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Ah, but your true hermit wouldn't even know it was happening, so remains unperturbed. Good point Marty, I didn't think of that one. A mate told me years ago of these two hermits he met living up on the beach in the Cape York area. They used to live together but had had too many disagreements so one of them moved up the far end of the beach and built his own humpy. They would then come out onto the beach at a set time in the afternoon and signal each with a mirror so they knew each other were ok. More like a hermit association. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Isn't a hermit like being pregnant? You are or you are not. I'm not sure if it's all or nothing. I'm not a hermit, but could be described as a bit of a hermit. So maybe there's degrees of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 One of the joys of being a hermit is that you have your own Hermitage. Probably not the Grange type. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 What happens if you are perturbed? Isn't a hermit like being pregnant? You are or you are not. (in a condition). Nev Maybe the observer effect applies. If a hermit is observed, they become perturbed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 " I'm not sure if it's all or nothing. I'm not a hermit, but could be described as a bit of a hermit. So maybe there's degrees of it. " I'm in agreement with Willedoo Reasonably happy to be without the maddening crowds. But I and the wife miss our great-grand-kids. can't even pay them a quick visit spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 [ATTACH type=full]51863[/ATTACH][ATTACH type=full]51863[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Here's hoping the governments are acting in our interests in a temporary manner and don't get power drunk over all this. It would be sad to lose more freedoms in the long term than necessary. As of today, all recreational boating is banned in Queensland and is being enforced by water police. A mate of mine lives alone by the river and part of his daily exercise routine is going for a paddle on his surf ski in the river. No other people for miles around, but he will now be breaking the law. Water police regularly patrol the river, so he has two choices, give up paddling or continue and hope the police use their better judgement. I couldn't see the police worrying about his activities; they'd be too busy making sure people aren't skiing in groups. It's a rural property and he can legally walk up and down the riverbank all day, but if he sets paddle in the water, he's a lawbreaker. I guess if the government is operating under a state of emergency footing they can make any ad hoc laws they deem necessary. I think it's just part of their move to shut down all non essential businesses and activities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Here’s a bizarre outcome - our daughter had a baby 30 minutes ago and we cannot visit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Congratulations, Granddad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Happy days and may there be many more to come. CONGRATULATIONS spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClintonB Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Congrats pmccarthy, shame about visits. but better safe than sorry. At least we have video calls etc now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Thanks friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Onya, Poppy! Was it a boy or a girl? If it's a girl, will they call her Corona? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Maybe Corolla, she is quite small! No name yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 Many congrats pm.. Bummer about not beig able to visit, but will be sweeter when you finally can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 A guy on the TV this morning complaining about the closing of gun shops. Kochie said "You are only supposed to go out to buy food, not go duck hunting." The guy said "What if you want to shoot your own food?" FFS. We all have to make sacrifices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Duck season doesn't start until 2nd May. They might unlock us by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 How can duck hunting be considered "essential"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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