Putting some grip (stippling) on an aluminium drive pulley.

[jack620]

The thought of men in thongs is bad enough...

To clarify, this is what we mean by thongs in Australia: Thongs

What you’re thinking of on a man we would call a jockstrap. And yes, it’s a horrible thought.

 

[goldstar31]

To clarify, this is what we mean by thongs in Australia: Thongs

What you’re thinking of on a man we would call a jockstrap. And yes, it’s a horrible thought.

I assume that there are testimonials for Hairy Mamods

 

[Ken I]

Jim, I have never heard of it being enforced.

But when an accident occurs, the inspectors materialize out of the woodwork - you never see them otherwise - issue fines etc. for any breaches of the law and then disappear back into the woodwork again.

A friend of mine was machining long thin ribbon swarf in stainless on his Myford - wearing flip flops - a ribbon curled around his big toe an instant before the whole affair birds-nested cutting down to the bone 360°.

Blood everywhere but apparently a fairly simple job to put it back together again.

Regards, Ken

 

[JimDobson]

To clarify, this is what we mean by thongs in Australia: Thongs

And it would be a difficult job to find a bloke in Oz that has never worn thongs into his shed. Though Crocs are making inroads into thong territory

 

[Cogsy]

If I'm only doing something like working on a car or fixing the mower, and it's a hot enough day, then the full uniform is a pair of stubbies, wife beater and thongs. If I'm machining or messing with heavy stuff I switch the thongs for steel caps and if I'm welding then I try and add a long sleeved flannie.

 

[Steamchick]

My usual attire when machining or welding on hot days is simply a cotton boiler suit over the budgie-smugglers, plus the heavy leather Apron, sleeve and gauntlets for welding, brazing, or foundry work. I simply hate hot spatter or swarf burning my skin... the smell of singing flesh gets up my nose.
So I try and keep these jobs for the other 364 days... and practice reading and sleeping in a deck chair on hot days.
K2 - in N.E. England. Just a mile from the Arctic Ocean (North sea). 23 degrees C the hottest day - in March - this year, and 11 degrees C in August!

 

[goldstar31]

The forecast for the day is 'snow; in Scotland where I had a wee bhutt and beinn but this is mid November and I have skied on Cheviot - on the English side! in early October. hat why the first civilian mountain rescue team was formed. There's wonderful story of a lost B-17 Flying Fortress trying to land on Cheviot and thereafter its wreckage used to appear and disappear at regular intervals. But I've skied the back of Cairngorm in a pair of swimming trunks- plus a pair of gloves in June.
North British weather is 'different'
To be fair, I take this 'Ossie' hype about heat with the normal pinch of salt although I have known my (late) wife put her knickers in the fridge when we owned a house on the Mediterranean. The Arabs on the other side of the plonk- only miles away put on more clothes for the summer heat.

Again. t is perfectly normal in the French Alps to ski in the morning and play tennis or sunbathe in the afternoon.
As for the cousins in the USA- I've been boiled alive in Boston, Mass and noted the congestion notices for winter snow clearing.
And-- hint!!! I have a cousin in NSW who is one of those people who is 'plays at farming' now that he is retired. Dear old Rod got the 'fires' a few yards from his door-- and took it for granted. Still got his 'Geordfie' genes from his Dad who had been an ambulance driver in the Western Desert and then into New Guinea. Me- I've snow holed in Arctic Norway in minus 32C. You know when the dogs were frozen to the lamposts and had the warning not to eat yellow snow.

It's all good old Ossie bullsh1t to be enjoyed but believed-- nah!

 

[JimDobson]

The forecast for the day is 'snow; in Scotland where I had a wee bhutt and beinn but this is mid November and I have skied on Cheviot - on the English side! in early October. hat why the first civilian mountain rescue team was formed. There's wonderful story of a lost B-17 Flying Fortress trying to land on Cheviot and thereafter its wreckage used to appear and disappear at regular intervals. But I've skied the back of Cairngorm in a pair of swimming trunks- plus a pair of gloves in June.
North British weather is 'different'
To be fair, I take this 'Ossie' hype about heat with the normal pinch of salt although I have known my (late) wife put her knickers in the fridge when we owned a house on the Mediterranean. The Arabs on the other side of the plonk- only miles away put on more clothes for the summer heat.

Again. t is perfectly normal in the French Alps to ski in the morning and play tennis or sunbathe in the afternoon.
As for the cousins in the USA- I've been boiled alive in Boston, Mass and noted the congestion notices for winter snow clearing.
And-- hint!!! I have a cousin in NSW who is one of those people who is 'plays at farming' now that he is retired. Dear old Rod got the 'fires' a few yards from his door-- and took it for granted. Still got his 'Geordfie' genes from his Dad who had been an ambulance driver in the Western Desert and then into New Guinea. Me- I've snow holed in Arctic Norway in minus 32C. You know when the dogs were frozen to the lamposts and had the warning not to eat yellow snow.

It's all good old Ossie bullsh1t to be enjoyed but believed-- nah!

Once again you show your ignorance.

 

[deeferdog]

Let's put this thread to rest, time to move on to other topics.

 

[terryd]

Re. small jet engines so commonly discussed on anti safety messages

Vincent Reffet: French 'Jetman' dies in training accident

Vincent Reffet was part of the Jetman Dubai team, and performed airborne stunts around the world.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[STEVEJ]

"I LOVE JIM DOBSON" there I said it! Jim Dobson for prime minister.

 

[JimDobson]

Re. small jet engines so commonly discussed on anti safety messages

Vincent Reffet: French 'Jetman' dies in training accident

Vincent Reffet was part of the Jetman Dubai team, and performed airborne stunts around the world.

www.bbc.co.uk

What's next Terry the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ?

BTW you ignored Cogsy.

 

[coulsea]

its spring in Aus so we had 42.2 C on Monday, it was only 36 today so i got a few hours in the shed. its getting a bit dangerous taking the dog for a walk in the late afternoon because the birds are attacking and the snakes are in a bad mood. its quite safe in the shed.

 

[Richard Hed]

its spring in Aus so we had 42.2 C on Monday, it was only 36 today so i got a few hours in the shed. its getting a bit dangerous taking the dog for a walk in the late afternoon because the birds are attacking and the snakes are in a bad mood. its quite safe in the shed.

Are the snakes large enough to eat?

 

[coulsea]

Are the snakes large enough to eat?

they are but as they can kill you, you would want to be hungry to go and catch one, the most common ones here are the western brown Pseudonaja nuchalis - Wikipedia

 

[Steamchick]

re Jetman death: At least the guy had a fulfilling life, from what I read. Too many seem to want "someone else" to do it for them... - actually, I'm one of them - and fail to "grasp the nettles" in life. But no regrets for my decisions, simply wanted to give my respect to a man who achieved what Daedalus and Icarus were attempting. And I take my hat off to the engineers who made it possible.
Incidentally, I heard somewhere that the space shuttle had a 1 in 100 chance of total failure - when the first astronauts took it up to space.... but the stats were a bit wrong - I think it ended on 2 disasters in 160 odd flights. So they took known risks, knew what could happen, but it's only as dangerous as riding a motorcycle... and many of us still do that.

A toast to the pioneers, without whom modern technology wouldn't be as advanced as it is.
Enjoy life while it lasts - whatever you choose to do!
K2

 

[Richard Hed]

they are but as they can kill you, you would want to be hungry to go and catch one, the most common ones here are the western brown Pseudonaja nuchalis - Wikipedia

Ah, thanx for the wiki, but how large is that snake in the photo?

 

[jack620]

Browns are relatively small as snakes go. The couple I've seen in the wild were less than 1.5m long and quite skinny. But they are aggressive and very toxic, which is a bad combination.

Thanks to the Wiki I now know the aboriginals call them "gwardar" meaning "go the long way around". Excellent advice.

 

[Richard Hed]

Browns are relatively small as snakes go. The couple I've seen in the wild were less than 1.5m long and quite skinny. But they are aggressive and very toxic, which is a bad combination.

Thanks to the Wiki I now know the aboriginals call them "gwardar" meaning "go the long way around". Excellent advice.

Not much to eat. How about are there any types of constrictors? They usually are larger and better to eat.

 

[goldstar31]

We have a Whiteadder but better know is a Blackadder. Bean( ?) on TV.