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Originally Posted by Terry B
Not astronomy but I remember years ago driving about an hour across the city to go windsurfing with a fantastic wind blowing to find when I got there that I had left a small but vital bit of equipment at home. I then watch the others sail for a while and return home very frustrated.
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Ha !!!
Try fishing for several hours to get enough livebaits for a night chasing the jewie only to find out when I had dragged the baits (swimming in about 40 litres of water and my 2 big jewie rods etc all the way up to the end of Nobbys Wall (a very long and hot walk which is actually all up hill (about half of it dragging the trolley through wind blown sand about a 1" thick)) only to find out I had left all by 6 oz snapper lead sitting on the bench at home....and there was no one else I could buy or borrow any sinkers big enough off on the wall that evening.
Miffed .... had to pack everything back up, turn around and head back to the car park , put everything back in the Pajero and onto it , and find a servo who had a few snapper lead (which cost a packet) and then by the time I was back at the car park , I discovered about 2/3 of yaccas were not looking very healthy despite the two pumps blowing stacks of bubbles, so I settled for fishing near the Pilot Station only for a Southerly Buster to show up about an hour after I'd lobbed out my first livey.... Doublely Miffed .....I was not destined to have good evening fishing that night and threw in the towel , and released the few yaccas that were still alive.
Often been blown off Nobbys by Southerly Busters showing up not long after I've arrived to fish (during the avo for snapper, or at night for jewie) in summer.