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Dry as a bone!
« on: March 03, 2012, 07:41:52 PM »
I wish we could get just some of the rain you eastern shore mainlanders have been getting recently.

We've had rain predicted for the past four days now but so far haven't even seen a drop. We're planning a short ride to Richmond tomorrow and rain is predicted once again..........well we'll just see about that!
I really do wish we could get some as my water tanks are almost dry :( and I don't want to part out $170 yet again for another 3000 gallons..........that's all $$$ that can go towards my new Drift HD Camera that I'm breaking my neck to get!

I won't even mind missing out on a ride tomorrow if it'll only just RAIN!! :cuss
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Re: Dry as a bone!
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2012, 09:25:05 AM »
You were spot on Kev :thumb, the rain, if you could call it that, started during the night, but so far it's nothing short of a drizzle :'(
It's just been light misty rain, in fact I walked the dogs in it this morning with just a flannel shirt over a tee shirt and the shirt hardly felt damp. I hope we get some of the heavy rain that many others are getting. We won't be heading off on the bikes today though :(.................never mind there'll be better days ahead!!
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Re: Dry as a bone!
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2012, 01:43:44 PM »
You were spot on Kev :thumb, the rain, if you could call it that, started during the night, but so far it's nothing short of a drizzle :'(
It's just been light misty rain, in fact I walked the dogs in it this morning with just a flannel shirt over a tee shirt and the shirt hardly felt damp. I hope we get some of the heavy rain that many others are getting. We won't be heading off on the bikes today though :(.................never mind there'll be better days ahead!!

Couch,

I know a lot of people take the p1ss out of residents of Tasmania and I could never understand why.

Now I think I know.  :o

Why on earth do you take your dog for a walk with it dressed in a "flannel shirt over a tee shirt"? Don't you get strange looks or it this sort of thing quite normal due to the cold weather? :think1

Do you have any other strange habits that you feel the need to share with the rest of Australia?

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Re: Dry as a bone!
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2012, 02:16:35 PM »
Hey Dave.............no mate, it's quite normal to walk the dogs first up with them dressed in their tee shirts and flannels, everyone here does the same.........of course they get changed into their sunday best clothes before we take them to church later in the morning though.

Obviously you don't have dogs over in sand groper land :butt
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« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2012, 03:13:41 PM »
And that's just the dogs.  Your ought to see the "humans"!!!   :o   :fp
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Re: Dry as a bone!
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2012, 03:53:12 PM »
Jealousy's a curse!!

And that's just the dogs.  Your ought to see the "humans"!!!   :o   :fp
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Re: Dry as a bone!
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2012, 05:51:24 PM »
Back to blue skies again.............once the wind came up it was goodbye rain, we wouldn't have had more than a few bucket loads in our tanks unfortunately. It was just enough to stuff up our ride.
Who knows, maybe more tomorrow  :)...... or maybe not!! :(
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Re: Dry as a bone!
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2012, 10:02:05 PM »
And that's just the dogs.  Your ought to see the "humans"!!!   :o   :fp

Oh, Dogs !!!!

I was going to say, "Nice lookin kids you got there Kev." :p

My mistake :-++

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Re: Dry as a bone!
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2012, 02:56:12 PM »



No wonder you get strange looks that dog has two heads
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Re: Dry as a bone!
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2012, 06:04:56 PM »
Soooooo......what's so different about that??




No wonder you get strange looks that dog has two heads
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Re: Dry as a bone!
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2012, 06:34:31 PM »
Kev,

You've got a strange looking family.

Over here in the West we've evolved a bit better.
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Re: Dry as a bone!
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2012, 06:36:07 PM »
It hurts when you smile though.
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Re: Dry as a bone!
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2012, 06:41:04 PM »
Frightening as it might be :eek, I look forward to catching up with you one day Roper :hatwave
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Re: Dry as a bone!
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2012, 06:48:23 PM »
I appreciate your words of wisdom Kev  :crazy..........so on second thoughts I'll keep my distance!!  :-++

Back to my original post...............blue skies all day again today.........still no bloody rain!!
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Re: Dry as a bone!
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2012, 08:13:36 PM »
Back to my original post...............blue skies all day again today.........still no bloody rain!!

Boy, have we got some we could send you!!  We even had a half-hearted attempt to stir up a cyclone here today.   :'(
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Re: Dry as a bone!
« Reply #15 on: March 05, 2012, 08:15:46 PM »
just use a long hose, Tasy is down hill so all the excess water can just flow down there.
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Re: Dry as a bone!
« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2012, 08:26:14 PM »
and that's not all that flows this way... :crackup :crackup :crackup  :nahnah

Cheers  :beer

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Re: Dry as a bone!
« Reply #17 on: March 05, 2012, 08:34:04 PM »
You are on song tonight Biggles....
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