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[facthunter]

Just take the no from your Name, Pete  Nev

[nomadpete]

10 hours ago, facthunter said:

Just take the no from your Name, Pete  Nev

My astute friends already do!

[facthunter]

Peter the ROCK.  Nev

[Marty_d]

On 16/01/2026 at 6:06 AM, facthunter said:

Peter the ROCK.  Nev

That's the old one.

This is Peter the Rock & Roll.

[nomadpete]

Nah. None of that glory or talent.

 

Just plain mad. In a mostly harmless way

[Jerry_Atrick]

FFS! Despite spending an amount that would materially add to my pension on the heating in this place, it has bloody well gone again, just when we need it most (so far this winter). In the 7 years we have been here, we have had two winters without any heating; and 4 with a decent interruption to it. This time, there is something wrong with the boiler and it is blowing fumes back into the house. The CO2 detectors aren't ringing, but there is that smell of burnt jet fuel (they are oil burners). A plumber came out and issued a safety notice, so it is illegal to ignite the boiler until it is repaired and signed off.. and he can't come out until the end of next week! 

 

Marble Bar, WA, here I come!

 

Edited Thursday at 09:48 PM by Jerry_Atrick

[old man emu]

15 minutes ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

Marble Bar, WA, here I come!

You don't need to go out into the Wilderness to stay warm. Over the next few days most of the southern part of teh continent will suffer temperatures into the mid-40s. And not a single sign of rain to follow.

[red750]

Melbourne is forecast for 40° tomorrow (Saturday) and 42° Tuesday. Ouyen is forecast for 48°.

[facthunter]

Ouyen is always the hottest in the state. They must have a candle under the instrument. Cities create some of their OWN Heat. They COULD be  designed better in that respect. Nev

[nomadpete]

9 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

FFS! Despite spending an amount that would materially add to my pension on the heating in this place, it has bloody well gone again, just when we need it most (so far this winter). In the 7 years we have been here, we have had two winters without any heating; and 4 with a decent interruption to it. This time, there is something wrong with the boiler and it is blowing fumes back into the house. The CO2 detectors aren't ringing, but there is that smell of burnt jet fuel (they are oil burners). A plumber came out and issued a safety notice, so it is illegal to ignite the boiler until it is repaired and signed off.. and he can't come out until the end of next week! 

 

Marble Bar, WA, here I come!

 

Is tazzie starting to look more appealing?

 

Whilst the mainland expects 40 degrees, we might reach a more civilised heatwave of 30.

 

We rarely need to turn on the heatpump. 

What's this boiler thing of which you lament? Sounds like it's as big a moneydrain as an extra child?

 

Edit:

 

Sorry. That's not much of a gripe. But it's the best I can manage in utopia

 

 

Edited yesterday at 07:27 AM by nomadpete

[facthunter]

I'd be a bit concerned about any Place with MANIA as Part of it's NAME. . IF the tide goes out 200' We can walk to there...  The shallowness of Bass Strait causes freak waves now and again as the swells come from 2 directions. That can Make the  Ferry ride Interesting. 

Edited yesterday at 07:36 AM by facthunter

[Marty_d]

Peter! Hush.

Ignore him folks. It's crap down here. And we're full.

[facthunter]

Full OF DEVILS and People who MAKE GIN. They get a bit cocky because they Know we will let them come HERE if their Place goes Pear shaped or gets blown away by the wind. . Nev

[nomadpete]

31 minutes ago, facthunter said:

I'd be a bit concerned about any Place with MANIA as Part of it's NAME.

What better place for Madpete, eh?

[nomadpete]

8 minutes ago, facthunter said:

come HERE if their Place goes Pear shaped or gets blown away by the wind. . Nev

But it is the least likely place to be invaded by the mad mango mob.

 

I'll take my chances. 

[Marty_d]

3 hours ago, facthunter said:

They get a bit cocky because they Know we will let them come HERE...

40+ degree heat? You have to be kidding me.

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

11 hours ago, nomadpete said:

Is tazzie starting to look more appealing?

 

Whilst the mainland expects 40 degrees, we might reach a more civilised heatwave of 30.

 

We rarely need to turn on the heatpump. 

What's this boiler thing of which you lament? Sounds like it's as big a moneydrain as an extra child?

Be careful what you disclose - I may be your neighbour and devalue your property 😉

 

BTW, when we moved in here, we got a uite for a ground source heat pumpo.. £150K.. 

 

I'll stick with the boiler and a couple of weeks of shivering when it fails.

[onetrack]

That's the problem with very large houses, the sheer cost of trying to keep them warm inside. I hate to think what it must be like, to live in an English castle in Winter.

[facthunter]

A Scottish one would be worse, and it would NEED subtitles. IF you have a Big House, close off the rooms you are not using and INSULATE.  Nev

[nomadpete]

Marty & I are insulated from mainland Orrstraya

[facthunter]

Isolated Maybe.  All other Parts you CAN walk,,ride, drive to. You are somewhat 'trapped' in Taswegia. ,Nev

[nomadpete]

44 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Isolated Maybe

Pedantic...

 

Semantic...

 

Trapped ?

 

Yeah, stay away you infidels.

[Marty_d]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

Isolated Maybe.  All other Parts you CAN walk,,ride, drive to. You are somewhat 'trapped' in Taswegia. ,Nev

The thing is, most of us Tasmanians are fairly provincial.

Most people in the south don't often travel the 200km to Launceston, and vice versa.

I've known people who've lived their whole life in the Huon valley and never been further than Hobart.

So the thought of driving 1000km+ is kind of alien to us.

[facthunter]

I Know, I stayed a night at the Pub in Cygnet. I also went to the Playbox theatre in Hobart and was treated like a creature from, outer space as No one knew me. I think the Audience was all the relatives of the actors on stage. You would have to live there for Hundreds of there to be accepted. Even then don't count on it.  Nev

[nomadpete]

7 hours ago, Marty_d said:

So the thought of driving 1000km+ is kind of alien to us.

So, why do most of the second hand cars have over 300,000k on the clock?