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Moon Phase
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Waning Crescent 10.9%
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28-01-2010, 02:13 PM
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The Irony of it All
Not happy Jan.
Being a stinker of a day I had to open all the windows to keep cool. So I'm doing a bit of a spring clean, doing a damn fine job of dusting everything and oiling all the wood work.
I had just put all the cleaning gear away when a humungous willy willy comes across the paddock opposite me, full of straw from the stables, dried horse poop and of course loads of dust.
It ran straight into my house.  Right through the open french doors, through every open window across the front. All the fly screens were wide open too.
Damn.
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28-01-2010, 02:19 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Swan Hill
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sorry JJJ thats funny
Now you have something to do in the arvo clean it up all over again 
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28-01-2010, 02:21 PM
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Politically incorrect.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Tasmania (South end)
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"Irony" or.... the devil is not an astronomer....
snigger snigger snigger 
Try this:
Set up temp observatory in my back yard 5 weeks ago....
Cloudy for 4 eeks and 6 days....
Brought scope inside, clear night....
Open curtains and windows to take a peak at Mars....
10 minutes later .... Cloudy....
WTF!!!
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28-01-2010, 02:22 PM
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 LOL if I buy you an air ticket, will you fly up and clean it for me????
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28-01-2010, 02:26 PM
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Your comments are exceedingly polite, Jeanette. I bet you said and thought worse. What a bugger!
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28-01-2010, 02:30 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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Hell yeah that would be worth the flight for sure
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28-01-2010, 02:34 PM
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Well, it was a pretty cool looking willy willy Eric. More than 40mt high, judging from the trees outside, and 8mt wide maybe. But the big chunks of straw!!! I half expected to see a small cow or a wicked witch spinning around inside it.
I was at the french doors when it hit. So I copped the full brunt of it.
Awesome experience.
except for the state of the house. sigh....
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28-01-2010, 02:36 PM
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I've white rum, brown rum and a half bottle of ginger wine for drinkies before, during and after the cleaning Jen...ok. 
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28-01-2010, 02:43 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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ok i'll bring the Ouzo then 
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28-01-2010, 02:51 PM
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Do you have that with coke?? I'll nip down the shop now for a carton, it should be cold by the time you arrive.
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28-01-2010, 03:33 PM
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Lost in Namibia
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Hang in there JJJ.
I bring my duster over!
Cheers Petra d.
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28-01-2010, 03:35 PM
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So that's two tickets to Brissie I have to cough up for!!
I'll try to time the flights so you can both share a taxi over to my place.
What's your poison Petra??
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28-01-2010, 04:03 PM
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Proof that cleaning is pointless, coz it's all just gonna be back to square one the next day, or in this particular case, the next second 
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28-01-2010, 04:25 PM
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Support your local RFS
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I know how you must feel JJJ, we had the same experience when those dust storms blew over a few months back.
We had just finished spring cleaning inside and out then everything turned red including the cat.
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28-01-2010, 04:34 PM
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Red dust is worse though isn't it.
It stains and gets into every nook and cranny.
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28-01-2010, 04:39 PM
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Support your local RFS
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We are still finding bits that we missed even now.
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28-01-2010, 04:43 PM
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We feel sorry for you..................after a big laugh
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28-01-2010, 04:44 PM
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Working bee at my place!!
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28-01-2010, 04:57 PM
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Did you wash the cat, Ric!
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28-01-2010, 05:05 PM
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dust storm
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That should wash away the dust
