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Mother Duck

QLD

6 posts

Mother Duck

QLD, 6 posts

16 May 2007 4:38pm

Hello All

I am brand spankers to this site and would appreciate a tip or two on the following...

...I live inland (cattle country, Murgon, South Burnett) and am a stay at home mumma-bear to two small children

In what seems like an eternity ago I used to sail with my father at Sandringham...now alas...with only 2% capacity in our nearest body of water - The Bjelkie Peterson Dam - I will have to wait a while before I buy an optomist for the children!

In the meanwhile I am looking forward to being a part of your forum and learning a thing or two!

So - my dilemma - I am in need of ANY old sail cloth be it ripped or otherwise (I would really like to sew it together to make a pretend sail which I can use to teach the children about the wind and tacking in our garden - I would also like to make a story tent near the sail as shade is very hard to come by!)

I know that sailors are kind hearted sort of blokes and lasses and thus I am wanting to ask you guys if you have any spare that you were thinking of throwing away - obviously I would be happy to pay for its postage but can't afford to pay much for it otherwise

The more colourful the better!

So - moderators, please let me know if I am not allowed to make this request - and sailors - thanks for taking the time to read this for me!

Warmest regards
Jessie

decrepit

12885 posts

decrepit

WA, 12885 posts

16 May 2007 7:02pm

Jessie, the problem is, most new sails are fairly nondescript, clear monofilm, that deteriorates badly in sun light (U.V. cancer).
What you are after is something pre early 1990s, there's probably not a lot of those left, all mine went in the rubbish years ago.

But you may well be lucky, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

Mother Duck

QLD

6 posts

Mother Duck

QLD, 6 posts

16 May 2007 9:54pm

Thanks Decrepit (great username by the way - a bit how I feel, but mine is due to babies devouring my brain cells!)

The sail that I want to make can be made for indoor - so I will still hold my breath!

I have been checking every couple of minutes for someone to respond - so thank you just for that!

Warmest regards
Jessie

Greenroom

7608 posts

Greenroom

WA, 7608 posts

16 May 2007 8:18pm

quote:
Originally posted by Mother Duck

(great username by the way - a bit how I feel, but mine is due to babies devouring my brain cells!)

Are you sure it was the babies or the crack shown in your avatar

Mother Duck

QLD

6 posts

Mother Duck

QLD, 6 posts

16 May 2007 10:55pm

hmmmm - let me think now, perhaps the latter in the former - but nope mostly the former in the now!

Crack - what crack - I'm sure I am making perfect sense

mineral1

4564 posts

mineral1

WA, 4564 posts

16 May 2007 9:37pm

Mother Duck, hmmm not sure this just another bait up on forums

But as Decrep also answered you then if its a bait hook, then we are both hooked

Bit of trolling going on of late so a few of us are skeptical. But you put your profile up so sounds OK so far

However if your legit then here is the best thing to do.
Keep an eye on the Forums, preference is the windsurfing one. Look for the crew located in Q who talk regular and ask them for help. They are a good bunch and if they have some gear hanging about, reckon they will be only too happy to assist

Mineral

Greenroom

7608 posts

Greenroom

WA, 7608 posts

16 May 2007 10:54pm

I still think its the crack

mineral1

4564 posts

mineral1

WA, 4564 posts

16 May 2007 11:10pm

quote:
Originally posted by Mother Duck
[Crack - what crack - I'm sure I am making perfect sense

Me ol mate Greenie is indicating that your avatar being a photo of a rock (bloody big boondy from underground) looks like "crack" thus the

Mineral

Mark _australia

23685 posts

Mark _australia

WA, 23685 posts

17 May 2007 12:17am

hey if you guys know where to score crystal that looks like that, let me know.

MintoxGT

975 posts

MintoxGT

WA, 975 posts

17 May 2007 9:43am

Hello Mother duck,

What the guys are saying is there has been a nuisance person making ridiculous comments in here and getting the regular forum users annoyed, some of us are a bit skeptical when an unusual post is made here.

The best people to look for are the guys that sail in QLD like Hobie14T, Haircut and DavMen. Go and have a look in the Speed sailing forum to find them.

The reference to crack is in relation to your avatar picture, it can appear to look like crack cocaine, I am sure it is a very nice crystal or a whopping great diamond, so the guys are making jokes about that.

You may also want to try QLD sailing clubs as well.

I hope this helps you understand a bit more about us, we are a foolish yet kind mob, except when the wrong people make their way in and become a pain, you are not one of the bad types as far as we can see which is why I hope that my explanation has helped.

Regards GT

Pugwash

7733 posts

Pugwash

WA, 7733 posts

17 May 2007 12:07pm

CRYSTAL WHAT

Image is pretty poor but looks like it belongs to the trigonal crystal system, possibly being SiO2, OR it could belong to the monoclinic crystal system and be CaSO4(OH)...

What does THIS mean

Quartz or Gypsum... Not a rock, but a mineral

One thing is for sure, this is not the sort of crystal enjoyed by everyone's favourite footballer

Mother Duck

QLD

6 posts

Mother Duck

QLD, 6 posts

17 May 2007 3:19pm

Hello Again

Very Impressive Pugwash! Nice bit of jargon quoted there

Yes it is a poor image, just a part of a bigger pic tis all - then low res. And yep plain old SiO2, hand picked some 65km SW of Cloncurry and a fair way UG

Thanks again for the comments, I am happy to hang around long enough to 'earn my stripes'

Will keep an eye out on the suggested places, time is always a bit pressing with the littlun's but no worries, will be worth the wait if I can get the material that I am hoping for

In the meanwhile I have changed my avatar to avoid suspicion!

T'rah for now
Jess

Pugwash

7733 posts

Pugwash

WA, 7733 posts

17 May 2007 2:42pm

Oooo a guessing game... 65 km SW of Cloncurry and a fair way UG...

Hmmm let me see...

Isa is ~105 km W (as crows fly) of Clonkers.

Mary Kathleen (not UG) is 50 km WSW of Clonkers.

Ernest Henry is 35 km NW of Clonkers.

Eloise is 65 km SE of Clonkers.

But I have no idea where 65 km SW of Cloncurry is

Mount something

mineral1

4564 posts

mineral1

WA, 4564 posts

17 May 2007 2:44pm

quote:
Originally posted by Mother Duck

Hello Again

In the meanwhile I have changed my avatar to avoid suspicion!

T'rah for now
Jess

Muthu ,now it looks like Cheech and Chong profile

And welcome aboard, forgot to say so yesterday

Mother Duck

QLD

6 posts

Mother Duck

QLD, 6 posts

17 May 2007 10:10pm

Thanks for the welcome

Much appreciated, as I feel just a little the odd one out in this forum!

And yep - Not SW - SE it is! Just another fine example of placenta-brain and baby/toddler induced sleep deprivation, which I am hazarding a guess you 'guys' may not be so familiar with

Anyway - yep Eloise it is - smarty old pantses

Greenroom

7608 posts

Greenroom

WA, 7608 posts

17 May 2007 9:37pm

Pugsy and Mother are talking shop. Im just waiting for Mineral to join in.
Very impressive Pugs. Your not just the dumb rock nerd I thought you were

Pugwash

7733 posts

Pugwash

WA, 7733 posts

17 May 2007 9:55pm

...errrr, wrocks taste yum

mineral1

4564 posts

mineral1

WA, 4564 posts

17 May 2007 11:01pm

quote:
Originally posted by Greenroom

Pugsy and Mother are talking shop. Im just waiting for Mineral to join in.
Very impressive Pugs. Your not just the dumb rock nerd I thought you were

Greenie, think Pugs has Mother Duck passing test with flying colours

We only join in when they find the stuff and they blow the crap out of it. and thennnn we show up with all sorts of goodies, boggers, LHD's Articulated trucks (lizards) and cart it up decline

Clever little vegemite Mr Catapilla, A

MintoxGT

975 posts

MintoxGT

WA, 975 posts

17 May 2007 11:50pm

Hey Mineral,

I used to chauffuer your boss, I had been meaning to tell you this but kept forgetting.

Cheers GT

Mother Duck

QLD

6 posts

Mother Duck

QLD, 6 posts

18 May 2007 1:59pm

I would dearly LOVE to talk shop with Pugs - sadly my brain has gone rusty and I would have trouble keeping up with him I suspect!

Yep - you gotta love a good piece of machinery! I did a stint in Tassie once and the fellas down there were unbelievable on the boggers, it is pretty awesome to watch them dodging and weaving under the rill (edge of stope etc etc - see - brain just doesn't remember anything that doesn't entail everyday functioning with family!!! - a the shame of it

- apparently only a temp condition)

Anyway - while I am loving chatting to you friendly bunch I am still no closer to my objective!

I tried going in to the Qld section but felt like such an idiot just 'popping' in to their conversations

"Hi - I'm MD - I want some material" - yeah right

So I didn't say anything!

Will do my best to look around - still have my hopes up

The Grinch

733 posts

The Grinch

WA, 733 posts

18 May 2007 1:22pm

SPAM!

Greenroom

7608 posts

Greenroom

WA, 7608 posts

18 May 2007 8:50pm

My cousin drove a bogger in Tassie. He worked at the Beckonsfield site. He new the blokes who got stuck down there. He now works at Bronze wing? Gero somewhere? I worked underground as a TA at Youami near Mt Magnet for about 4 weeks. That was pretty nuts being 8km's underground. Where I worked was about 2km's vertically from the grounds surface. But thats about the extent of my experience with wrocks. Oh and I worked on the train tunnel under the city but that was after the drill had finished boring

mineral1

4564 posts

mineral1

WA, 4564 posts

18 May 2007 9:22pm

Greenie, agree with the underground sh1t, never was that keen going down hole to fix gear

Let alone work the stuff. Too many mine deaths.
Last trip was up near Fitzroy at lead zinc mine, ugly mine profile and walls of decline only there to keep the LHD's (boggers) going in a straight line

They mined it like a coal mine with pillars

Only Blue sky mining

for me, and only keen driving among those Tonka trucks when that big Tilly lamp is alight

soon as its gone behind the hills for the day its big bugger off til it shows next day

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