View Profile: JayInOz - The WoodenBoat Forum

02-03-2023, 09:44 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread What Are You Reading? in The Bilge

I'm reading "The Wife Of Sir Isaac Harman" by HG Wells- yes that one. Loving every line of it. This copy published 1914- "This edition is intended...

1870 replies | 282235 view(s)

02-03-2023, 01:29 AM

JayInOz replied to a thread Groundhog Day in The Bilge

Our seasons all start on the first day of the month, as sensible seasons should. Too simple for you guys though. You just have to complicate things:)

13 replies | 201 view(s)

02-02-2023, 11:42 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics in The Bilge

[QUOTE=Nicholas Carey; So right now, the USA is spending, per the chart, c. $950b and China c. $180b — something approaching 4x more than China. ...

13 replies | 273 view(s)

02-02-2023, 11:38 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread AFAB the French in The Bilge

and Cleveland Clinic offers advice for “people who menstruate.” There are a number of reasons why normal women don't menstruate. I guess this...

6 replies | 311 view(s)

02-02-2023, 08:55 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread Chinese spy balloon over US in The Bilge

I'm surprised a balloon could fly anywhere in America without somebody shooting it down.

142 replies | 1361 view(s)

02-02-2023, 05:47 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread A Visit to the Dark Side- Classic Glass :) in The Bilge

Looks lovely Bill. Nowhere within two hundred miles where I could sail it though. I picked up my new screen, disassembled the trailer, completely...

64 replies | 1450 view(s)

02-02-2023, 05:05 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread Off Highway 50. in The Bilge

Lovely photos Ted. The weather girl on our TV last night warned us to brace for the cold change hitting us from the south today. The top temperature...

55 replies | 711 view(s)

02-01-2023, 09:10 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread February’s BROTM is SCOT BELL… in The Bilge

Scot come back here- I have a list of grievances........ :)

53 replies | 1267 view(s)

02-01-2023, 09:06 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread Hello all in The Bilge

Which thread has the bare chested women and scanty men things? I've looked everywhere.

39 replies | 778 view(s)

02-01-2023, 07:58 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread Going to the movies in The Bilge

I don't think so mate. Heritage listing limits what can be done do accommodate new ventures. Any movies shown in town now are upstairs in the old...

37 replies | 517 view(s)

02-01-2023, 12:22 AM

JayInOz replied to a thread rusbots and xibots in The Bilge

Good luck Tom. In his past life here he also said that the bad things we were hearing about the North Korean regime and the life of the ordinary...

203 replies | 3297 view(s)

01-31-2023, 10:56 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread John B - do you still have your head above water? in The Bilge

I thought it would have been more widespread. I had a look at the map- New Zealand is only about the size of a decent toe nail clipping after all:)

33 replies | 646 view(s)

01-31-2023, 09:59 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread John B - do you still have your head above water? in The Bilge

We have a bunch of New Zealand volunteers over here who came to help with the massive clean up after our floods- now we're sending volunteers to New...

33 replies | 646 view(s)

01-31-2023, 09:46 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread Wood stove in The Bilge

Get one with a water jacket and you can also have free hot water while ever you're using the heater. Dunno about over there but here electric hot...

96 replies | 1457 view(s)

01-31-2023, 09:09 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread Wood stove in The Bilge

I'm guessing you're talking wood heater and not actually a stove- thing for cooking on, usually with an oven as well. Doesn't take a lot to keep the...

96 replies | 1457 view(s)

01-31-2023, 09:03 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread Would you buy one of these Canoos? in The Bilge

The popular ones down here are those that also extend out to the side and are pegged down to the ground like an awning. We used to set up camp and...

24 replies | 575 view(s)

01-31-2023, 06:49 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread Education in The Bilge

My uncle Peter came home from his first day at school and my grandmother asked him if he had learned anything. Yes he replied- "Don't let your dingle...

10 replies | 281 view(s)

01-31-2023, 05:50 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread Nancy Pelosi's husband having brain surgery following an attack ... with a hammer in The Bilge

What a totally stupid thing to say.

379 replies | 8434 view(s)

01-31-2023, 05:35 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread Going to the movies in The Bilge

We once went to see a movie at "The Regent Theatre" in Mudgee, about twenty five minutes from here, mid afternoon on a hot summers day. After sitting...

37 replies | 517 view(s)

01-31-2023, 05:23 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread Trump is Toast in The Bilge

When you look down a sewer pipe what do you expect to see- yep- there it is:)

1428 replies | 72410 view(s)

01-31-2023, 05:18 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread Brexit: Whoever Could Possibly Have Known? in The Bilge

Almost as big a disaster for the country as Thatcher. Just kidding- Thatcher was way worse.

11 replies | 248 view(s)

01-30-2023, 06:43 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread Any idea what this crimps? in The Bilge

What he said! There's one of those in a box of old tools I paid a couple of dollars for at a farm sale a few months back. I had no idea what it was...

5 replies | 219 view(s)

01-30-2023, 06:11 PM

JayInOz replied to a thread A nice bit of seamanship in The Bilge

After watching a few episodes of "Deadliest Catch", I wouldn't want to cross the Bering Sea in a hundred foot trawler:)

17 replies | 428 view(s)

01-30-2023, 12:26 AM

JayInOz replied to a thread rusbots and xibots in The Bilge

We'd prefer if you didn't just keep trotting out the same few meaningless lines ad nauseum. Like a juke box with ten records on auto select. It's...

203 replies | 3297 view(s)