"Peter" wrote in message
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I could *never* go back to living in an apartment. Where I
am:

the waterfront is 2 minutes walk away
the nearest neighbour is 200m away
I can shoot rabbits on my front lawn without anyone caring
I can run a compressor and nailgun all day
I can have a big satellite dish on my shed
I can light up a couple acres of bracken & scrub and the
neighbours
applaud.
It's quiet at night (because we all have enough courtesy
to not ****
each other off).
There's no light pollution so you can look at the stars,
and the moon
is glaring bright.

Complain about a BBQ? Hah. I can BBQ an entire *cow* over
an open fire
and as long as it isn't one of the neighbours', the only
complaints
would be from those without an invite.


it's good that you appreciate what you have, Peter. How
about a pic of your new 'shed'?


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_

Scotty wrote:


Be sure to
give her some squirty cheese, I keep looking but I don't
see any on the
shelves at the General Sto

She was absolutely amazed when I first showed her squirty
cheese. Course, she also was astonished by our indoor loo.


You've got an indoor loo!!! Wow, and I thought we we doing well, we're
gonna get a 'lectric light in the two holer next year when the Island
gets electrified.

Cheers
Marty

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...
Scotty wrote:


Be sure to
give her some squirty cheese, I keep looking but I
don't
see any on the
shelves at the General Sto

She was absolutely amazed when I first showed her
squirty
cheese. Course, she also was astonished by our indoor
loo.


You've got an indoor loo!!! Wow, and I thought we we doing
well, we're
gonna get a 'lectric light in the two holer next year when
the Island
gets electrified.

I hope for your sake they put run the extension cords high
enough.


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_

Scotty wrote:
"Peter" wrote in message
ups.com...

I could *never* go back to living in an apartment. Where I
am:

the waterfront is 2 minutes walk away
the nearest neighbour is 200m away
I can shoot rabbits on my front lawn without anyone caring
I can run a compressor and nailgun all day
I can have a big satellite dish on my shed
I can light up a couple acres of bracken & scrub and the
neighbours
applaud.
It's quiet at night (because we all have enough courtesy
to not ****
each other off).
There's no light pollution so you can look at the stars,
and the moon
is glaring bright.

Complain about a BBQ? Hah. I can BBQ an entire *cow* over
an open fire
and as long as it isn't one of the neighbours', the only
complaints
would be from those without an invite.


it's good that you appreciate what you have, Peter.

When you've lived in Jakarta at one extreme, peace & quiet is worth
paying for. There's a fine line between a place with insufficient
amenities and one so big that it's painful. Hobart is just on the small
side of big enough for me. Tucson, with 500,000 people, was about right
but the climate sucked. There's only about 500,000 people in all of
Tasmania, 200,000 in Hobart.

Katy's right about jobs tho. I could only come back here because I got
a job.

How
about a pic of your new 'shed'?

http://community.webshots.com/user/peter_d_wiley

Random selection of pix. Roof trusses go up tomorrow I hope. The
scaffolding is in the back of the truck ATM. I'll take some more shots
as it progresses.

Bought a 3 phase 12" table saw and attached 6" buzzer/planer off of
Ebay this week. $615 AUD or slightly less tan I paid new for the POS I
have now. Freight company picked it up yesterday in Sydney, should
arrive next week. My Chinese POS 10" table saw will be on the market
and if I get enough to cover the freight bill on the replacement I'll
be quite content. Had 5 years out of it so I can't really complain but
man, does it *hate* ripsawing blue gum!

The old saw weighs maybe 50 kg. The "new" one weighs over 300 kg. I
like old iron. Local company has a big bandsaw for sale, stands 4.2m
high with 900mm dis wheels. ATM they want too much for it but how many
people can house something like that? I can - now :-)

PDW

Peter wrote:


How
about a pic of your new 'shed'?

http://community.webshots.com/user/peter_d_wiley

Thanks for the pictures Peter, that's a great "shed"! Tas looks like a
marvelous place, apparently today has some historical significance for
you; Abel Tasman first sighted your island in 1642 on this day.

Random selection of pix. Roof trusses go up tomorrow I hope. The
scaffolding is in the back of the truck ATM. I'll take some more shots
as it progresses.

Bought a 3 phase 12" table saw and attached 6" buzzer/planer off of
Ebay this week. $615 AUD or slightly less tan I paid new for the POS I
have now. Freight company picked it up yesterday in Sydney, should
arrive next week. My Chinese POS 10" table saw will be on the market
and if I get enough to cover the freight bill on the replacement I'll
be quite content. Had 5 years out of it so I can't really complain but
man, does it *hate* ripsawing blue gum!

The old saw weighs maybe 50 kg. The "new" one weighs over 300 kg. I
like old iron. Local company has a big bandsaw for sale, stands 4.2m
high with 900mm dis wheels. ATM they want too much for it but how many
people can house something like that? I can - now :-)

I wish I could take my bandsaw from work when I retire, it's old DoAll,
wheels are about 600mm, 2m or so high, variable speed (50-5200fpm),
integral band welder and cutter, she's over 50 years old. I wouldn't
trade for a brand new one if you paid me, well unless you paid me lot.

Cheers
Marty

PDW

"Peter" wrote in message
ps.com...


Katy's right about jobs tho. I could only come back here
because I got
a job.

How
about a pic of your new 'shed'?

http://community.webshots.com/user/peter_d_wiley


Nice pics. The shed looks impressive. My wife *loved* the
penguin pics.



--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_

Peter wrote:
I could *never* go back to living in an apartment.

Depends very much on the apartment.

Where I am:

the waterfront is 2 minutes walk away
the nearest neighbour is 200m away
I can shoot rabbits on my front lawn without anyone caring
I can run a compressor and nailgun all day
I can have a big satellite dish on my shed
I can light up a couple acres of bracken & scrub and the neighbours
applaud.
It's quiet at night (because we all have enough courtesy to not ****
each other off).
There's no light pollution so you can look at the stars, and the moon
is glaring bright.

Complain about a BBQ? Hah. I can BBQ an entire *cow* over an open fire
and as long as it isn't one of the neighbours', the only complaints
would be from those without an invite.

MOVE!!!


OK, we'll consider this an invitation to camp in your yard.
What's for breakfast?

DSK

Looks like they're trying to board in the last pic...

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Scotty" wrote in message
. ..

"Peter" wrote in message
ps.com...


Katy's right about jobs tho. I could only come back here
because I got
a job.

How
about a pic of your new 'shed'?

http://community.webshots.com/user/peter_d_wiley


Nice pics. The shed looks impressive. My wife *loved* the
penguin pics.



--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_

Scotty wrote:
"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...

Scotty wrote:


Be sure to
give her some squirty cheese, I keep looking but I

don't

see any on the

shelves at the General Sto

She was absolutely amazed when I first showed her

squirty

cheese. Course, she also was astonished by our indoor

loo.

You've got an indoor loo!!! Wow, and I thought we we doing

well, we're

gonna get a 'lectric light in the two holer next year when

the Island

gets electrified.


I hope for your sake they put run the extension cords high
enough.


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_


He's gor the Red Green book on household maintenance so he should be fine...

DSK wrote:
Peter wrote:

I could *never* go back to living in an apartment.


Depends very much on the apartment.

Where I am:

the waterfront is 2 minutes walk away
the nearest neighbour is 200m away
I can shoot rabbits on my front lawn without anyone caring
I can run a compressor and nailgun all day
I can have a big satellite dish on my shed
I can light up a couple acres of bracken & scrub and the neighbours
applaud.
It's quiet at night (because we all have enough courtesy to not ****
each other off).
There's no light pollution so you can look at the stars, and the moon
is glaring bright.

Complain about a BBQ? Hah. I can BBQ an entire *cow* over an open fire
and as long as it isn't one of the neighbours', the only complaints
would be from those without an invite.

MOVE!!!


OK, we'll consider this an invitation to camp in your yard. What's for
breakfast?

DSK

scrabmled platypus eggs....