calvin
Reged: Apr 29 2002
Posts: 2388
Loc: NW Ohio
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Thanks buddy, and in return, I won't send any of that hot muggy crap we get late July...............appreciate the help.
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Johnwalker
Reged: Apr 30 2002
Posts: 630
Loc: Australia
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Kangaroos are the road kill here, nearly everyday their is a roo or wallaby dead on the road and some of the roos are pretty big, makes a bit of a mess of the car and its all year round!
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Armin
Reged: May 20 2002
Posts: 352
Loc: Michigan's upper peninsula
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Kangaroos? John, Grilled Kangaroo, that doesn't sound good. Dummy me,I don't know why but I thought you lived on the west coast. Where are you at?
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calvin
Reged: Apr 29 2002
Posts: 2388
Loc: NW Ohio
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Speaking of Where? Are you in the area that produces some fine wine? Tried a couple bottles last nite that were tasty.
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Armin
Reged: May 20 2002
Posts: 352
Loc: Michigan's upper peninsula
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John,
Just goes to show, one should never log on before the coffee is ready. I see right next to your name, in print is Australia. OK, now that's pretty clear, so what part of the Down Under you from. Always wanted to see the place, infact unless the aborigines did him in I have a relative living there someplace. My parents and I came to the states from Germany in 52 at the same time my dads younger brother-in-law went to Austrailia. We know he got there since he sent us a letter, said he was off to the interior, never heard from him again. My dad thinks he got done in, my mother thinks he's hiding from the family, me I think he's the Man from Snowy River and living happily ever after with the ranchers daughter.
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Johnwalker
Reged: Apr 30 2002
Posts: 630
Loc: Australia
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Armin, It would be pretty wild back in '52 I would guess,I think a croc probably got him, lately they seem to like American tourists.
Roo meat is a bit of a delicacy here all though I must admit I have'nt had any, something about eating our national icon does'nt sit right, maybe Mark has had some.
We are in a wine region here in fact the whole state is dotted with wineries, like a good red myself.
We are from the West Coast but its in Victoria. Torquay is our town at the start of the Great Ocean Road, a surf and tourism area about 6000 people.
We took our little camper on its first trip to the Apollo Bay music festival on the weekend along the Great Ocean Road, went like a dream.
http://www.greatoceanrd.org.au/surfcoast/surfsup.htm#
Link to the G.O.R
Cheers John
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Luka
Reged: Apr 25 2002
Posts: 1387
Loc: The great NorthWet
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I heard a rumor, that, if true, means a great many Americans have had roo meat as well.
Close to twenty years ago, I heard that Mickey D's had used a lot of roo meat for their hamburgers.
Reason, it was cheap, and was supposedly called "beef" where it came from.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. ~Samuel Johnson
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Armin
Reged: May 20 2002
Posts: 352
Loc: Michigan's upper peninsula
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What can I say, winter still has it's teeth firmly imbedded in Michigans Butt, after a few nice days we get dumped on, some places got a foot of snow while we got 10 degrees and sun. Skis are still in style, shorts still in the closet.
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Edited by Armin (Wed Apr 02 2003 10:30 PM)
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Johnwalker
Reged: Apr 30 2002
Posts: 630
Loc: Australia
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Luka, maybe they called it "beef' where it was going.
Roo meat is suppoosed to be very lean, all that hoppin' I guess, they would'nt call It beef here.
Cheers John
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Armin
Reged: May 20 2002
Posts: 352
Loc: Michigan's upper peninsula
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Somehow going to a fast food burger joint, peeling back the bun and shouting "Where's the Roo" just doesn't sound right.
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calvin
Reged: Apr 29 2002
Posts: 2388
Loc: NW Ohio
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Opening day, sausage with onions and peppers, beer that never got warm, 39 and variable winds..........
Mudhens 5 - Riverbats 1
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Pro_Dek
Reged: May 01 2002
Posts: 533
Loc: Seattle
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Sorry Armin, maybe you better move to Sunny Seattle.This was taken last weekend looking at the front of my house. 
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Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
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Armin
Reged: May 20 2002
Posts: 352
Loc: Michigan's upper peninsula
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Pro Dek, looks like you are getting pretty good using Photo Shop, how much time did it take to paste on the flowers? My sister-in-law lives in Bremerton so I get to listen to all the nice weather stories. Sounds like an awesome place, maybe one day I'll go check it out for myself.
Just finished plowing about a foot of new snow, cleared up nice, temp expected to drop to zero tonight, might try a moonlite ski if I can stay awake past midnight. All kidding aside I'm anxious to see how my little flower garden will do, this will be my second year, adds a nice splash of color along side the house.
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Armin
Reged: May 20 2002
Posts: 352
Loc: Michigan's upper peninsula
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I haven't heard the fat lady sing but I think it's over. Two sunny days and we only have 18 inches of snow left with a few bare spots around the trees. On the down side, with two big dogs and a horse this place is starting to look like a turd world country.
Yesterday the wife and I took a trip to the far western end of the peninsula to check out a railing project in a monastery. On the way out I spotted this full scale snow gauge. The Keweenaw Peninsula is the backbone of a high rocky ridge stretching northward into Lake Superior for over 40 miles. This ridge acts as a barrier to the northwest storms that come out of Canada, the Keweenaw takes the brunt of the snow before deflecting the wild weather back out into the lake where it picks up even more moisture as it travels in a wide arc and finally slams into the shore east of Munising. Which is, to be more specific, the back of my house. Needless to say the realtor who sold me the property neglected to explain this natural phenomenon.
Photo of said snow gauge
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Armin
Reged: May 20 2002
Posts: 352
Loc: Michigan's upper peninsula
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Close up of snow gauge
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calvin
Reged: Apr 29 2002
Posts: 2388
Loc: NW Ohio
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phew!
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Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City
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Pro_Dek
Reged: May 01 2002
Posts: 533
Loc: Seattle
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So how do you breathe when your house is buried under 35 ' of snow?????? I guess Pizza delivery is out.
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Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
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Armin
Reged: May 20 2002
Posts: 352
Loc: Michigan's upper peninsula
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Pro Dek, Gives new meaning to the term "vent stack".
Pizza, well lets just say when they take the order the first question asked is not "what toppings do you want" but rather "is the driveway plowed"?
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