Wongo in Melbourne

[Wongo]

Hi there

I will be in Melbourne on Wednesday and Thursday. I am busy during the day but free on Wednesday night. Are there any hardware stores (Bunnings??) in the city that I can go to after office hours? (I know it is sad.) I would prefer to go somewhere within walking distance as I do not know much about Melbourne.

OR

You can take me out for a nice meal. ;)

Cheers :)

[bitingmidge]

Wongo,

DON'T GO
IT'S A TRAP!!!

:eek: :eek: :eek:
P

Or if you do go, take a wetsuit, raincoat, galoshes and a REALLY BIG jumper! :D

[Wood Borer]

Wongo,

Gotcha. You fell into our trap.

Give me a call - see your PM for info

[Wood Borer]

Wongo is in town so if the weather is OK I'll be having a BBQ in my backyard otherwise it will be Pizza in the shed.

Naturally Foil Hats are the dress code.

Anyone interested please send me a PM.

[RETIRED]

Wongo,
Or if you do go, take a wetsuit, raincoat, galoshes and a REALLY BIG jumper! :D
At the moment bikinis would be advisable too. Stupid weather. :D

Wongo where are you staying?

[Wongo]

At the moment bikinis would be advisable too. Stupid weather. :D

Wongo where are you staying?

Marriot Hotel (Lonsdale Street) but I am trying to change it to one which is closer to my office in Collins Street. :)

[bitingmidge]

If you're only staying one night, you'll probably only need a bikinus.

P
:D :D :D

[jackiew]

Bunnings in the city - Melbourne 403 Bourke St, Melbourne

their site doesn't tell you the opening hours though or their telephone number which isn't very helpful of them is it!

[craigb]

Bugger Bunnings.

Borer's shed. :D

Enjoy Scott!

[Wood Borer]

Forecast for Melbourne Issued at 0505 on Wednesday the 15th of December 2004

Wednesday
Fine apart from an early shower or two. Sunny periods developing. Moderate south
to southwest winds freshening in the afternoon.

Max 21

7PM is the time for the BBQ

[Wood Borer]

Wongo,

Give me a call at work today, we have arranged to pick you up but needs to know where you are staying and to arrange a time.

At least 2 other well known members are meeting you tonight.

[bitingmidge]

Fine apart from an early shower or two. Sunny periods developing. :D :D :D :D :D :D

Let's know how it turned out eh?

P

[Wongo]

At least 2 other well known members are meeting you tonight.

Now you are making me nervous. I look forward to meeting you good people. :)


I took a change of clothes in a hurry this morning but forgot to take a pair of shoes. :mad: Now I have to stick with suit the whole time. Let’s hope the weather stays dry hay. Should I take my umbrella? Just to be safe. :cool:

[Wood Borer]

Wongo,

Don't worry about your attire apart from getting cobwebs and sawdust and fine plane shavings on them. :D

I hope you packed your foil hat.

[DaveInOz]

Wongo,

Sorry I will miss you (and Borers meat cremation) but I was pre booked for Wednesday night .... bloody season of goodwill and parties :-)

[bitingmidge]

Hmmmm.... 9.26 pm Wednesday....(Melbourne time)

Has anyone noticed how quiet it is in this thread?

Hellooooooo....is anyone home???

oooo....is anyone home???

anyone home???

one home???

home???

ome???

Hmmm...well I'll just have to go and play with...err... BY myself then!


P
:D :D :D

[craigb]

I'm here BM :)

The others must still be involved with the ritual charring of the meat :D

[bitingmidge]

Phew!!

Hey Craig, did you know it's 11° in parts of Melbourne at the moment? Hope Wongo took that big jumper!!!

P
:D :D :D

[craigb]

Phew!!

Hey Craig, did you know it's 11° in parts of Melbourne at the moment? Hope Wongo took that big jumper!!!

P
:D :D :D

No I didn't. That's only a few degrees warmer than when I was in Borers's shed in August. :eek:

By gee it was a bit drafty in there too ! :D

[Toggy]

Define drafty. Would it have been "gassy/methane" drafty; lots of hot air being spoken; or just plain cold wind??????:D

Ken

[craigb]

Define drafty. Would it have been "gassy/methane" drafty; lots of hot air being spoken; or just plain cold wind??????:D

Ken

Both mate, both :D

[Toggy]

Probably too late to save Wongo now. The poor buggar is probably captive with that lot between him & the door.

Ken

[vsquizz]

Hope he remembered the secret had shake:D ...


Cheers

[Wood Borer]

Gee it was warm in Melbourne last night, sat outside discussing you lot. Wongo was so glad he wore shorts and a short sleeved shirt otherwise he would have been too hot.

The night sky showing all the heavens made us thank our lucky stars we weren't being flooded out like our banana bender mates and then having to put up with the humidity.

I enjoyed meeting Wongo and of course catching up with Sturdee, Ozwinner, Eastie and . They learnt a new BBQ trick.

Ozwinner took some photos for posting on the board. It's possible his chilli hot snags caused delayed posting of these treasures.

[Sturdee]

It was indeed a lovely night, balmy weather, good food and the opportunity to catch up with old friends and being with pleasant company.

It was also great to meet Wongo and being able to offer him good old fashioned Melbourne hospitality.

Thanks Woodborer for your hospitality and ignore Midge. He is only biting himself with jealousy because when he was in Melbourne he only went to the Craporium and not your shed. :D :D :D


Peter.

[ozwinner]

:confused: Ok Guys

Here it is the best of the best piccy, I had to pick this one beacause it shows my big powerful manly chest. :D

Left to right,
, Wongo, Eastie, Me, Woodborer and Sturdee.

Ohh btw, dont beleive a word from Wongo about it being cold here last night, he doesnt know the meaning of cold, try coming back in July. :D

A good night was had by all the Melbourne Mob again, thanks to the hospitality of Rob and Meg. http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/contrib/legionxs/wavey.gif

As usual, only the die hard fools had the foilys on. http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/otn/other/ylsurprise.gif

Al :)

PS. youll have to trust me one this one, but it is Sturdee, not Little Johnnie on the right of the piccy.
Since I made the piccy larger, Little Johnnie, has snook into the piccy??

[craigb]

Al,

It looks like a great group shot, but any chance of posting a bigger one?

It may be my eyes but I can't really make out the personnel. :o

[ozwinner]

That was going to be my next post.


"How to make bigger piccys while still keeping the 75 dpi bullsht thing happening."

Al :o

[ozwinner]

Thanks Woodborer for your hospitality and ignore Midge. He is only biting himself with jealousy because when he was in Melbourne he only went to the Craporium and not your shed. :D :D :D


Peter.
Peter, how can you say " ONLY", he went to the shrine of the Foily.
All hail the foily.

Im sure if I had of lived in 12 century Europe, I could have made a religion of the Foily.

Al :D

[bitingmidge]

:eek: :eek: :eek:

I thought Woodborer was living in some of that stuff in the back of the Craporium..... now you tell me HE'S GOT HIS OWN SHED!!!!!


:eek: :eek: :eek:

P

[Sturdee]

Midge,

If only you had an inquisitive mind like other interstaters. :D :D For then you would have asked.

And remember that those who ask on this board shall be answered. Trouble is the answers may not be what you want or make sense and often refer to pancakes or foilies.


Peter

[Sturdee]

Im sure if I had of lived in 12 century Europe, I could have made a religion of the Foily.



Al, not to worry, no need to go back in history just go over to the land of the septics. :D :D

With everything else that goes on there I am sure you will have a large following and converts very soon shouting : Hail to Al, the grand poobah of the foilies. :D :D :D

Peter.

[craigb]

That was going to be my next post.


"How to make bigger piccys while still keeping the 75 dpi bullsht thing happening."

Al :o

:confused: :confused:

Please explain

[ozwinner]

:confused: :confused:

Please explain
Dont worry your pretty little red head about it Pauline.

Ive got it sorted, I think??

Al :confused:

[oges]

Nice police lineup .. i mean group shot.

I hope you dirtied his thongs a bit, they look too clean :D

[bitingmidge]

Nice police lineup .. i mean group shot.

I hope you dirtied his thongs a bit, they look too clean :D

He had to wear something on his feet, he'd catch his death from the cold otherwise.

White Shoes too!!!

Cheers,

P :D

[Zed]

:confused:
Left to right,
, Wongo, Eastie, Me, Woodborer and Sturdee.




what a pack of wankers !!! :D

[Wood Borer]

Great Picture Al of real men.

[Wongo]

I made it. OK I had a great time (honestly).

I managed to find buy a pair of thongs in David Jones so I didn’t have to wear suits to the BBQ. Meeting , Sturdee, WB, OZ and Eastie was great. They are all top blokes except ……

So what did I learn about Melbourne this trip.

Traffic:
1.Taxi drivers in Sydney are excellent drivers
2.You change lane and then indicate but it is optional
3.Doing an U-turn in heavy traffic is very common
4.When the light is green means go, red means keep going
5.Streets are square and parallel (Is Triton from Melbourne??)

Woodworks:
1.Nice people
2. and WB smoke a lot
3.Fashionable and they wear silver hats (too cool for me)
4.WB has a lot hand tools
5.They do their No 1 in the backyard

But the best of all: Summer in Melbourne is bloody cold. 10 degree was it? I thought it was less then that.

Cheers :)

[craigb]

They learnt a new BBQ trick.



Well come on Rob, what was it? Enquiring minds want to know. :D

[DanP]

Taxi drivers in Sydney are excellent drivers

Come on now Wongo, there is no such thing as a good taxi driver. Anywhere. Ever. :rolleyes:

Good to see Wongo was the only one wearing appropriate shed attire (thongs). :p

Dan

[Wood Borer]

Because we were entertaining someone from Sydney, we decided to act like a Sydneysider so we dressed down and used the lemon tree just like they do in Sydney.

All of us Victorians felt very uncomfortable and embarrassed acting in this manner but in the interests of diplomacy we made out that we always do these things so Wongo felt he was still in Sydney.

Craig, it isn't really a trick. I have perfected placing the BBQ near a bushy part of the garden so when the hotplate needs scraping (the honey and soy sauce on chickens makes a bit of a mess when they are cooking) you can use the Barbiemate to flick the crud into the bushes. Recycling is the theme.

Dan, your comments about taxi drivers are pretty much spot on. When I drove them on the weekends in the late 70's and eighties I kept your colleagues in regular employment whilst driving like a maniac. Used to do about 1000Km a weekend and I never had a stack or caused one but all the same we used to do a bit of low flying!

145K's around Batman avenue 10PM near the MCG on a Saturday night - $50 fine on the spot!!!! :o :o Rightfully the consequences today might be slightly more severe - nuthouse or watch house?

Anyway it was good to catch up with Wongo and as stated earlier I am glad everyone enjoyed themselves.

The big question is, who will our next victim be?

[DanP]

$400 and something fine and 12 months walking. A trip to court for dangerous speed if the copper can be bothered with the reams of paperwork. The result wouldn't be any better.

Dan

[craigb]

Craig, it isn't really a trick. I have perfected placing the BBQ near a bushy part of the garden so when the hotplate needs scraping (the honey and soy sauce on chickens makes a bit of a mess when they are cooking) you can use the Barbiemate to flick the crud into the bushes. Recycling is the theme.



Cool. Instant compost :)

[DanP]

$400 and something fine and 12 months walking. A trip to court for dangerous speed if the copper can be bothered with the reams of paperwork. The result wouldn't be any better.

Dan

PS I'll be happy to be the next to come and p!ss on your lemon tree. When I get the time.

[Wood Borer]

$400 and something fine and 12 months walking. A trip to court for dangerous speed if the copper can be bothered with the reams of paperwork. The result wouldn't be any better.

Dan

It is still too light. The consequences if something went wrong are too high. The fine and punishment should reflect the potential consequences.

I acted like a goose and I got off lightly.

[echnidna]

Wood Borer,
Just so you can feel properly remorsefull I have increased your penalty by $1000, please mail it to me immediately so you can lose your guilt trip.

[echnidna]

To all and sundry, :D :D :D :D
The next BBQ will be on woodborer when he coughs up the loot!! :p :p :p :p

[Grunt]

"How to make bigger piccys while still keeping the 75 dpi bullsht thing happening."

Download a program called Gimp from http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html

You need to download the 2 files, GTK+2 and Gimp. Install them both.

Start Gimp.
Open up your JPG file.
Choose File/Save As from the menu.
Give your picture a new name but keep the .jpg and press ok.
A window will pop up called 'Save as JPEG'
Tick the 'Preview in Image Window' checkbox
Using the 'Quality Slider' slowly move it to the left until the size is less than 100k. The size is shown under the 'Preview in Image Window' checkbox.
Once it is less than 100k, press ok.

I've attached two images that I've squished (reduced the quality). They are of the same original picture but one is cropped and the other isn't

BreeKaneCropped.jpg Original: 443k Reduced Quality: 96k (around 75%)
BreeKaneFull.jpg Original: 569k Reduced Quality: 97k (around 50%)

Both images still look quite good but are not usable for printing.

[Wood Borer]

You are all welcome whenever you hit town.

I will send you cheque for $1000 soon Bob, just keep looking out for it. :D :D :D

[Zed]

Geezuz!! Grunt - that one (2) ugly dog! :D

thanks for the tip - the photo quailty is ok for posting on this site....!

[Iain]

For those interested in the NEXT ONE, jow 104 is coming over from the UK and will be at my place on 29 January.
I will place a post closer to the date.
Plenty of room for tents, caravans etc if anyone wants to come.
We are about 75km SE of Melb, BYO own bag and I will even donate rose food (horse crap).

[Wood Borer]

Iain,

I am looking forward to it but I can't get there too early or stay overnight because of pre bookings.

No doubt you will send us directions when the time is closer.

[ozwinner]

PS I'll be happy to be the next to come and p!ss on your lemon tree. When I get the time.
That will be great for Robs lemon tree.
Just make sure you eat plenty of sulphur before you go.
I hear copper sulphate is good for curly leaf. :D

Sorry, couldnt help myself.

Al :D

[Toggy]

Is there a common theme creeping into these BBQ's??:confused:

firstly there is the suggestion of hot air/bull at WoodBorers; and now not to be outdone, Iain is already planning plenty of horsecrap.!!

Yep; those lemon trees etc should do well.

But damn; if attendees have to take a bag with them it's either going to be a big meeting or lots of tall tales told. Must be something like the old fisherman tales. The more refreshment, the bigger the fish.;):D

Pity you are so far away Iain.
Ken.

[Iain]

I'm not far away, you are :D
BYO tent if you wish, will post later anyway, just after Xmas.

[Dean]

[size=6][color=red]"How to make bigger piccys while still keeping the 75 dpi bullsht thing happening."[/color

You can't :(

Well not without further degradation to image quality.

[scooter]

For those interested in the NEXT ONE, jow 104 is coming over from the UK and will be at my place on 29 January.
I will place a post closer to the date.
Plenty of room for tents, caravans etc if anyone wants to come.
We are about 75km SE of Melb, BYO own bag and I will even donate rose food (horse crap).
Gday Iain, count me in, thanks mate, keep us posted with details.

Cheers..........Sean, right for e thanks :)