What Really Grinds My Gears 5

[wendybr]

^^ Sorry - but 4 of us so far have responded with the laughing emoji.

But it does sound unpleasant.

PS How did a mozzie...errr... get to you there?

[Edinburgh]

7 hours ago, Smoggy said:

lol thanks

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeeter_syndrome

Which makes sense as I get hay-fever really bad, my body goes in to overdrive big time against pollen and same with mozzie bites. I showed a doc a mozzie bite on the back of my arm once and she couldn't believe a single mozzie bite would make my whole ******* arm swell up so much and also make it really painful at the joint... I also sometimes feel sick and lethargic after being bitten..... its a bastard...

One single mozzie bite can have a circle of red around it and swell up as much as a dinner plate...which is the current state of my arse....my wife and son think it is ******* hilarious of course 

So, situation normal eh?

[sonar]

I took my dad, who has colon cancer to see the specialist for his regular injection which puts the cancer to sleep. The problem was that when we arrived a sign on the door said they were closed for holidays untill the 14th Jan.......yet the card with his appointment time and date said the 7th......idiots......what a waste of a morning.

Edited January 6, 2019 by sonar

[wendybr]

I'm up the coast...near Port Macquarie atm.

That doesn't grind my gears, of course.

WRGMG is that, for the whole time I've been here, the water has been freezing!!! and it's been really windy..

Actually...I'm not sure whether what grinds my gears more is the cold water and the blustery conditions...or the fact that I'm sooo old, I grumble about that now. 

Summer used to be more enjoyable.

Sigh.

[JackDoff]

4 minutes ago, wendybr said:

I'm up the coast...near Port Macquarie atm.

That doesn't grind my gears, of course.

WRGMG is that, for the whole time I've been here, the water has been freezing!!! and it's been really windy..

Actually...I'm not sure whether what grinds my gears more is the cold water and the blustery conditions...or the fact that I'm sooo old, I grumble about that now. 

Summer used to be more enjoyable.

Sigh.

Teach , it’s time now, you know what to do....

chair, blanky over your legs , knitting , cuppa n bikky

[sonar]

https://twitter.com/slpng_giants_oz/status/1082619474157531136

and we keep allowing it to happen

Edited January 9, 2019 by sonar

[GunnerWanderer]

12 minutes ago, wendybr said:

I'm up the coast...near Port Macquarie atm.

That doesn't grind my gears, of course.

WRGMG is that, for the whole time I've been here, the water has been freezing!!! and it's been really windy..

Actually...I'm not sure whether what grinds my gears more is the cold water and the blustery conditions...or the fact that I'm sooo old, I grumble about that now. 

Summer used to be more enjoyable.

Sigh.

Wendy also in Port M

the water temp yes little cool but it’s all the algae and seaweed that is driving me insane the car smells like fish constantly 

we have been to towns, lighthouse and Flynn’s beach and it’s the same everywhere 

this area is pretty cool though went to the rainforest, koala hospital and Ricardo’s 

lots of things for the kids to Do 

first time up here have enjoyed 

Edited January 9, 2019 by GunnerWanderer

[Smoggy]

16 minutes ago, wendybr said:

I'm up the coast...near Port Macquarie atm.

That doesn't grind my gears, of course.

WRGMG is that, for the whole time I've been here, the water has been freezing!!! and it's been really windy..

Actually...I'm not sure whether what grinds my gears more is the cold water and the blustery conditions...or the fact that I'm sooo old, I grumble about that now. 

Summer used to be more enjoyable.

Sigh.

The water hear never seems cold to me after growing up near the north sea. When i was around 8 i had these ridiculous swimming trunks and the old man would be stood behind me with his trousers rolled up, smoking a ciggie whilst i stood there shivering with him asking me if i was 'ever going to get in...waste of ******* time coming if your not going in' I think my testicles were a few years late dropping because of that cold north sea at Scarborough...

I got my own back though because on one holiday whilst asleep in his deckchair i threw a bucket of cold sea water over him.....he kicked my arse but it was worth it...

The water up in QLD was glorious..a few blue bottles final day mind...my son was running around with one on the end of a stick...

Edited January 9, 2019 by Smoggy

[Smoggy]

With seawater though the longer you dwell on it....these people inching in bit by bit...just got to go for it...me and the lad charge in like loons and dive into the first wave...

[thefairy]

11 minutes ago, GunnerWanderer said:

Wendy also in Port M

the water temp yes little cool but it’s all the algae and seaweed that is driving me insane the car smells like fish constantly 

we have been to towns, lighthouse and Flynn’s beach and it’s the same everywhere 

this area is pretty cool though went to the rainforest, koala hospital and Ricardo’s 

lots of things for the kids to Do 

first time up here have enjoyed 

@wendybr MEET UP MEET UP MEET UP!!

[Edinburgh]

1 hour ago, wendybr said:

I'm up the coast...near Port Macquarie atm.

That doesn't grind my gears, of course.

WRGMG is that, for the whole time I've been here, the water has been freezing!!! and it's been really windy..

Actually...I'm not sure whether what grinds my gears more is the cold water and the blustery conditions...or the fact that I'm sooo old, I grumble about that now. 

Summer used to be more enjoyable.

Sigh.

Bloody hell, kids these days!

[JackDoff]

1 hour ago, wendybr said:

I'm up the coast...near Port Macquarie atm.

That doesn't grind my gears, of course.

WRGMG is that, for the whole time I've been here, the water has been freezing!!! and it's been really windy..

Actually...I'm not sure whether what grinds my gears more is the cold water and the blustery conditions...or the fact that I'm sooo old, I grumble about that now. 

Summer used to be more enjoyable.

Sigh.

*shakes fist at clouds

[wendybr]

8 hours ago, JackDoff said:

Teach , it’s time now, you know what to do....

chair, blanky over your legs , knitting , cuppa n bikky

Never used that one before..but you deserve it ....for rubbing salt into my wounds!

[wendybr]

7 hours ago, Smoggy said:

The water hear never seems cold to me after growing up near the north sea. When i was around 8 i had these ridiculous swimming trunks and the old man would be stood behind me with his trousers rolled up, smoking a ciggie whilst i stood there shivering with him asking me if i was 'ever going to get in...waste of ******* time coming if your not going in' I think my testicles were a few years late dropping because of that cold north sea at Scarborough...

I got my own back though because on one holiday whilst asleep in his deckchair i threw a bucket of cold sea water over him.....he kicked my arse but it was worth it...

The water up in QLD was glorious..a few blue bottles final day mind...my son was running around with one on the end of a stick...

Did not try to swim when I visited my Dad's home town ...near your UK neck of the woods...but I did swim in Cornwall.

Well...I did endure the TORTURE of standing in waste high water for 10 mins.. trying to motivate myself to fully plunge in.

Did it mention that it was torture...it was so COLD!!!!!!!!

And two young women near me were saying that it wasn't as cold as the previous day. LOL.

I did get sunburnt though. That was even more ridiculous! But I WAS there during a 4 day heatwave...of 27 degrees each day!

Lol!

 

 

[wendybr]

7 hours ago, GunnerWanderer said:

Wendy also in Port M

the water temp yes little cool but it’s all the algae and seaweed that is driving me insane the car smells like fish constantly 

we have been to towns, lighthouse and Flynn’s beach and it’s the same everywhere 

this area is pretty cool though went to the rainforest, koala hospital and Ricardo’s 

lots of things for the kids to Do 

first time up here have enjoyed 

Port (as the locals where I am call it) is nice.

I'm actually about 40 mins South of there...at a little place that's also nice. But quiet compared to Port. 

[JackDoff]

10 minutes ago, wendybr said:

Port (as the locals where I am call it) is nice.

I'm actually about 40 mins South of there...at a little place that's also nice. But quiet compared to Port. 

You're not staying at Rossglen are you?

[wendybr]

No...on the coast at North Haven....but I know Ross Glen.

Not many people would though. 

[Smoggy]

I know the Lauireton area pretty well as have stayed up that way a good few times...walked up that big hill behind Lauireton...beautiful up there. Usually is windy there when i go...

If you get the chance to get up Hervey Bay and Fraser island way well worth the extra effort...stunning and the water is warm...

[wendybr]

I've been coming up here for decades...my late aunt lived here since the  60s and my brother and sister both have places here.

PS That "hill" is a mountain...by Australian standards.

PPS Manfred knows and approves of the pie shop here...a slight detour from his Pacific Pieway...apparently. 

 

[Wanderboy]

I too, have also spent many a holiday at Dunbogan, near Laurieton.

I remember one year, the family spent a summer holiday week first at our little place in Kalkite, on the northern shores of Lake Jindabyne, and we swam in the lake every single day. It was gloriously warm, fresh water and so clear.

Then, the 2nd week we went to Dunbogan for a beach holiday, and the water was absolutely freezing. I hardly went in at all.

Ridiculous.

[Smoggy]

32 minutes ago, Wanderboy said:

I too, have also spent many a holiday at Dunbogan, near Laurieton.

I remember one year, the family spent a summer holiday week first at our little place in Kalkite, on the northern shores of Lake Jindabyne, and we swam in the lake every single day. It was gloriously warm, fresh water and so clear.

Then, the 2nd week we went to Dunbogan for a beach holiday, and the water was absolutely freezing. I hardly went in at all.

Ridiculous.

Yeah..solar heating of a lake would be pretty good in this country, around the edges at least. Whereas with the ocean you are at the mercy of upwelling, currents and even some winds push cold water closer to the coast. You can have a stinking hot day and yet the water be freezing and also in winter you can on occasions get warm sea water at the beach....

Edited January 10, 2019 by Smoggy

[Wanderboy]

11 minutes ago, Smoggy said:

Yeah..solar heating of a lake would be pretty good in this country, around the edges at least. Whereas with the ocean you are at the mercy of upwelling, currents and even some winds push cold water closer to the coast. You can have a stinking hot day and yet the water be freezing and also in winter you can on occasions get warm sea water at the beach....

Haha, yep. And you know I know these things eh!!

At Jindabyne, if I swam out to where I couldn't touch the bottom, the water at my feet was far colder than the surface water. Gotta remember that in summer, the lake is full of snow melt. The surface warms up nicely though.

The constant north easterlies over the past month have indeed been responsible for the upwelling and colder sea temps along the NSW coast. 

[Smoggy]

2 hours ago, Wanderboy said:

Haha, yep. And you know I know these things eh!!

 

Ha...yes...i know of your true geeky ways 

[marron]

That mid north coast cold pacific water is ace. I love it. It's cold for half a minute, wakes you up, cleans you out, then you hop back onto the beach and are warm within about 5 minutes anyway.

 

Warm water makes me feel like like I'm swimming in piss and mildew.

[Smoggy]

4 minutes ago, marron said:

 

 

Warm water makes me feel like like I'm swimming in piss and mildew.

You deff wont like the Brisbane South Bank beach then! Imagine the inhabitants of Gosford rolling around in a massive hot tub to get clean...that is pretty much it....

[Smoggy]

My son wants to take up ice skating   He went with a friend this weekend and now he wants to do it...he wants a lesson... And he wants me to have a go with him...

 

[Edinburgh]

9 minutes ago, Smoggy said:

My son wants to take up ice skating   He went with a friend this weekend and now he wants to do it...he wants a lesson... And he wants me to have a go with him...

 

You should be ok as long as the water under the ice is shallow.

[Smoggy]

1 minute ago, Edinburgh said:

You should be ok as long as the water under the ice is shallow.

Thats what my mate said to me as a kid when i was going to get the football off the frozen ponds.......

[Carns]

22 minutes ago, Smoggy said:

My son wants to take up ice skating   He went with a friend this weekend and now he wants to do it...he wants a lesson... And he wants me to have a go with him...

As a loving father you owe it to your son, but more so to all of us on here so we can revel in the inevitable amusing anecdote about how shite it was.

[mack]

4 hours ago, Smoggy said:

My son wants to take up ice skating   He went with a friend this weekend and now he wants to do it...he wants a lesson... And he wants me to have a go with him...

 

Tell him he can do it once the lakes freeze over.