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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: scarpsD40 on July 29, 2015, 09:45:15 AM
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I've no doubt there will be many varied views on this, and at the end of the day, the choice of how we each want to camp will always be a personal one.
Last Saturday night I had the opportunity to drive up into the High Country, roll out the swag, sling up the tarp and in the rain, stand around a roaring campfire and talk with mates. We had no phone or data access, and I'm pretty sure we all had a good time.
So is the great aussie adventure of touring still about the beauty of seeing and camping at great locations with friends and myswag mates, or, is it about the rig, set up and bling?
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Hi,
Variety is the spice of life.
Cheers
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I agree each to their own, but getting away from technology is one of the main reasons we do family do non powered camping. In saying that 90% of the time we do have phone reception, but that’s only used to check in with aging parents or look up weather sites if bad weather is coming in. We do take Ipads for the kids just in case we get a wet day, but this is the only time they come out and even then they rarely get used.
Some of my best trips have been the bare basic ones because they have been easy to arrange, (beer/meat/swag) easy to set up and most importantly easy to pack up. (While I love the week plus trips with the family up the beach in the camper, it also takes a full day cleaning upon my return)
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each to their own...
as long as the technology and bling don't affect others enjoying the same area, then what's the problem?
some don't have a choice when it comes to tech... but it shouldn't mean that they are looked down on... they want to enjoy it too... :)
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I must be going soft. When I was younger it was an a small two person tent with a kero storm lantern, then came a lighter hike tent and a Coleman white spirit stove and lamp. Then came a gas lamp and stove. A couple of years ago after getting tired of crawling out of the tent in the night for nature calls ( yes getting older seems to mean getting out two or three times regardless of fluid input) I graduated to a Coleman 4P tent, and with a 12 volt LED light. Now that was progress.
Two weeks ago I bought a Cub Daintree camper, it is a 2011 model and will require some modifications as time passes. But unless the minister for War Finance and Tourism decrees we need a caravan I feel this is as soft as I will go.
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I noticed beer being drunk ? Would you have still enjoyed it without that mod con ??
I have been camping with people in a 20 ft caravan....sitting around a campfire, drinking beer and talking crap....they had a meal out of a camp oven......I didn't see any difference to what they were doing, except their nicer surrounds when they went to bed !!
To me, it doesn't matter, as long as I get out of home, a few beers, a camp fire.....and RELAX !!
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If I'm by myself this is my normal setup. (The 40l Engel is under the tree) The blue esky is for my clothes as it's completely waterproof. I have a tarp which covers from the front rack to the back board which only gets used in foul weather. I did a 12 week trip through the Kimberley/Pilbara/Simmo in the Disco with just the swag on shade cloth on the ground & Engel in the back of the vehicle. I would not have done a lot of the places on the same diet, both liquids & solids, with just ice so, yes, I do rely on techno to a certain degree in terms of the 12v fridge plus I've always had an HF or UHF radio when out woop, so more techno there too.
I can travel very light for a fair while but, if with others, I always take their "Needs" into consideration.
I've been away with a few Swaggers & their kids & have to say that their offspring are a pleasure to be with, watching them playing with the dogs, swimming in pretty cold water, helping collect firewood, climb up an adult proof comms tower & so on, with not an Ipad in sight!
I mean swimming in really cold water is a lot more technical for an adult than a kiddy, hey?
Steve
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Each to their own x 3
We are on the bling technology side of the discussion...
For us its about the magical environment of being in the wilderness; but having the technology and bling for what we perceive as a "first class experience"... (TV; gourmet meals; plenty of light; quality music/sound; etc...).
ie: the above can be effortlessly done at the Hilton with a credit card in your pocket - but to safely and sustainably "create it" in the wilderness is something altogether different...
Its a gestalt experience - where the sum of the 2 parts; (the 21st century stuff, amidst the natural beauty of some gorgeous remote wilderness spot) - creates an altogether "higher" experience/enjoyment...
As I said - it doesn't make the folk that love their camping all natural "wrong" - just different people tick in different ways I guess....
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Kinder reminds me of this Python skit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo)
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I noticed beer being drunk ? Would you have still enjoyed it without that mod con ??
I have been camping with people in a 20 ft caravan....sitting around a campfire, drinking beer and talking crap....they had a meal out of a camp oven......I didn't see any difference to what they were doing, except their nicer surrounds when they went to bed !!
To me, it doesn't matter, as long as I get out of home, a few beers, a camp fire.....and RELAX !!
Funny you say that gronk.
We took delivery of a new 14ft Expanda in September last year. It has a microwave and air conditioner. We haven't used them yet as we have only had unpowered or bush camp and actually keep the bread in the microwave. Also has solar panels, HWS, external shower etc but I cook outside on a single burner with disposable canisters or on the fire. Also heat water on the fire for washing up. The 3 way fridge is great though.
As you say, nicer surrounds when going to bed.
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It's mostly about the rig, set up and bling.
Just look at most members sig at the bottom of each post ;D
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Yep I'm all about the bling :)
Swannie
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Show me the BLING
Scarps your setup on the weekend was full of bling
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As long as I have cold beer and dry bed I don't care. No that's bull Shit give me the cold beer and the bling.
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Show me the BLING
Scarps your setup on the weekend was full of bling
wat you talking bout Willis. You mean the flashy looking Navara or my socks? Certainly not the ARB bullbar, still has standard filament globes.
And stop highjacking my threads and trying to take them off topic. There's a few of us on here trying to have a serious D&M about camping.......
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That's all you need horse looks like a good set up. I cant see a fridge it must be hidden well.
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why? because we can
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To me, it doesn't matter, as long as I get out of home, a few beers, a camp fire.....and RELAX !!
Exactly!
each to their own...
as long as the technology and bling don't affect others enjoying the same area, then what's the problem?
some don't have a choice when it comes to tech... but it shouldn't mean that they are looked down on... they want to enjoy it too... :)
With you on this one. Bring your TV or stereo just don't have it up so loud it affects others. Nothing worse than a tranquil night under the stars with a background of canned laughter from a sit com, or the really loud Harvey Norman ads. Or doof doof until 3am.
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wat you talking bout Willis. You mean the flashy looking Navara or my socks? Certainly not the ARB bullbar, still has standard filament globes.
And stop highjacking my threads and trying to take them off topic. There's a few of us on here trying to have a serious D&M about camping.......
Stop posting up your before pics. Your setup at night was like the sun hadn't gone down and could been seen at knockwood pub. That's some impressive bling
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That's all you need horse looks like a good set up. I cant see a fridge it must be hidden well.
no fridge on the weekend SP. pub grub and it was snowing remember........beer was naturally chilled.
By the way, notice the ultibling on the back of the 79.......
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wat you talking bout Willis. You mean the flashy looking Navara or my socks? Certainly not the ARB bullbar, still has standard filament globes.
And stop highjacking my threads and trying to take them off topic. There's a few of us on here trying to have a serious D&M about camping.......
Still looks a bit blingy to me....
I remembers as a young bloke leaving to go camping with this checklist...
Truck... Beer.... Some spuds and no name aluminium foil and a tarp... If I remembered.. A pillow.
Then I got a bit more cash. And I didn't have to buy no name foil anymore.
All jokes aside... It's impossible to camp 'incorrectly'... If it works for you and doesn't effect anyone else...
Then you are doing it right.
Me personally I couldn't stand the idea of a TV etc. but we do weekends or weeks away... Sometimes a little more...
So.. If I was doing the big lap? Away for months on end? I probably would reconsider a TV. Not for me though...
For the missus... Honest...
I mean if she had to talk to me day in day out with no distraction she might figure out I only have 5 jokes... And they're not all funny.
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I have never experienced the naturally chilled experience up here in Queensland. You blokes down south sure know how to put on a fire it is good to see.
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no fridge on the weekend SP. pub grub and it was snowing remember........beer was naturally chilled.
By the way, notice the ultibling on the back of the 79.......
Looks like a nice Victorian day.
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I mean if she had to talk to me day in day out with no distraction she might figure out I only have 5 jokes... And they're not all funny.
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Yep sounds like me !!!!
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I only have 5 jokes... And they're not all funny.
Would you put them up here for my use please. After 37 years of bliss I need new material ;D
Steve
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At the risk of taking this post off track...
As requested...
What is brown and sticky?
Wait for it....
Wait....
A stick.....
And now you can see the benefit of a TV :)
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I mean if she had to talk to me day in day out with no distraction she might figure out I only have 5 jokes... And they're not all funny.
I'm hearing you fathom, have you noticed how much I travel and not always at home, and she won't come camping in winter. Mind you, when I'm away from home, I don't go hugging the natives like some I know.
Btw
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I'm hearing you fathom, have you noticed how much I travel and not always at home, and she won't come camping in winter. Mind you, when I'm away from home, I don't go hugging the natives like some I know.
Btw
You could afford spare aluminium foil to use as chewing gum?
Man I knew you were a glamper!
One of my first 4wds was an old v8 range. After filling it with oil and fuel and some more oil. I couldn't spare the extra foil for something as luxurious and frivolous as just chewing.
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I have grown up camping reasonably simply with the exception of a trailblazer fridge.
I will be honest and say I love the bling and comfort now. I don't need to wake up cold or with a sore back to feel like I have gone camping. Life is so much easier when your wife is comfortable enough to say yes whenever camping is suggested and even suggests it herself on occasion.
That being said I had a night a away with a couple of blokes recently and it was little more than the swag, a steak for the grill and veges for the camp oven. Oh and did I mention beverages.. Had a great night.
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no name aluminium foil
What is this aluminium foil you speak of?
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I think we're just getting older.
Can remember getting calls on Friday arvo
Mate lets go camping,
Go home, throw an esky, tarp and sleeping bag in the boat, grab a case and a loaf of bread, milk and go.
We ate what we caught.. Bread for fish sandwiches, or toast in the morning.
Could be on the road within 30 minutes of deciding to go.
Now it's a 3 week planned mission with the wife and 3 kids to pack the entire house.
Maybe camping with wife and 3 kids is different than 3 20 year olds going camping
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I think we're just getting older.
Can remember getting calls on Friday arvo
Mate lets go camping,
Go home, throw an esky, tarp and sleeping bag in the boat, grab a case and a loaf of bread, milk and go.
We ate what we caught.. Bread for fish sandwiches, or toast in the morning.
Could be on the road within 30 minutes of deciding to go.
Yep.... i can recall doing the same.....Buttttt Now !!!!
Cheers Tracker.
Now it's a 3 week planned mission with the wife and 3 kids to pack the entire house.
Maybe camping with wife and 3 kids is different than 3 20 year olds going camping
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There seems to be a lot less stuff when the missus stays home ..........
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It's just easier to take the camper.
Hook on and go, and it's all there.....too much dicking about without it.....
As for leaving all the tech behind? That's OK for a weekend or so, but I wouldn't like to do it on an extended trip. It's too embedded in our lives now....banking, email, etc...
:cheers:
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Foil? Geez that's fancy..... Most honest campers just use a banana leaf, usually dot painted. Oh, don't forget no pillows, just use a boot. That is real camping (even if that member wasn't real >:D ).
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Foil? Geez that's fancy..... Most honest campers just use a banana leaf, usually dot painted. Oh, don't forget no pillows, just use a boot. That is real camping (even if that member wasn't real >:D ).
...a boot?? Looxyury....
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hi all.
all I can say is each to their own
I like to go with the least amount of gear
and go to the places that have the least amount of people
go for walk. read. just hang about really
enjoy
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hi all.
all I can say is each to their own
I like to go with the least amount of gear
and go to the places that have the least amount of people
go for walk. read. just hang about really
enjoy
And that's why you get so many different opinions...everyone is different..
Everyone has different ideas on what camping is about....everyone has different financial situations.....everyone has different family members ( missus needs ?? )....and some people go camping and don't even drink alcohol !!! ;D ;D
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everyone has different family members ( missus needs ?? )....
She's the one who tells me I take too much stuff and should cut back.
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She's the one who tells me I take too much stuff and should cut back.
There you go....and others won't go without the kitchen sink !! Or don't go at all !!
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The motorsickle, orange pup tent and sleeping bag with a bottle of Stones Green Ginger Wine or Plonkers Port in it, bungyed on and the open road. Those were the days when men were men and women were glad of it and God's wrath was a helluva hangover under sunny orange nylon in the morning.
Then came the missus and kids to shut all that down and well you know how it is with we Jayco jerkers nowadays? Will Purgatory be the full blown Sterling and Prado eventually?
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and some people go camping and don't even drink alcohol !!! ;D ;D
Surely you are not serious??? Beggars belief, some people.....
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Yep all about the bling about the bling, when I roll up and see the poor people camping it makes me feel even more powerful & elite than I already am. I always go for the most expensive, useless pieces of camping gear but makes me look fantastic in the bush where people's opinions really do matter, especially people who I don't know :)
Swannie
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Surely you are not serious??? Beggars belief, some people.....
I remember 20+ years ago I just started dating this girl and we went camping with her friends to get to know them. (All of us in our early twenties)
We all drive 3 hours to find this remote bush camping spot and once finished setting up camp and I crack a beer and the look on all their faces was priceless as none of them though to bring alcohol seeing we were going camping. Even funnier that they all had these esky’s full of ice just for a couple of cans of soft drink, water and canned food.
After that they learnt that alcohol and meat is one of the first items packed and then all future camping trips were far more enjoyable.
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After that they learnt that alcohol and meat is one of the first items packed and then all future camping trips were far more enjoyable.
You can't sit around a campfire and talk dribble till midnight on a gutfull of lemonade !! ;D ;D
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Yep all about the bling about the bling, when I roll up and see the poor people camping it makes me feel even more powerful & elite than I already am. I always go for the most expensive, useless pieces of camping gear but makes me look fantastic in the bush where people's opinions really do matter, especially people who I don't know :)
Swannie
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Yep I don't drink alcohol when camping not any more.
Had our honeymoon on Morton mate and his wife arrived a week later let the drinks flow I said well the next morning woke up laying out side someone's tent 1k away from our camp surrounded by UDL cans didn't bring UDL cans with me didn't know the people in the tent.
So the bride had the Shits not sure why still married.
But after many Fraser Island trips me and my best mate getting rotten every time the brides making us suffer with hangovers with all the honey dos and honey get and after a stroke when I was 45 no more drinkies.
So give me all the glamping goodies probably don't need them but what I don't spend on smokes and alcohol I spend on things.
Each to there own as long as you enjoy life we are not here for that long.
:cheers:
Smoko
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Yep all about the bling about the bling, when I roll up and see the poor people camping it makes me feel even more powerful & elite than I already am. I always go for the most expensive, useless pieces of camping gear but makes me look fantastic in the bush where people's opinions really do matter, especially people who I don't know :)
Swannie
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You can't sit around a campfire and talk dribble till midnight on a gutfull of lemonade !! ;D ;D
Was it Homer who said "No good story ever started with a salad" or words to that effect?
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Was it Homer who said "No good story ever started with a salad" or words to that effect?
I thought it was "you don't win friends with salad"!
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I thought it was "you don't win friends with salad"!
After extensive research, I confirm that you're correct. Both apply when camping though :)
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My opinion is both.
Quick weekend with the guys and its swags, jaffle irons, tins of food, timber, fishing gear and beer. Heaps of fun
Weekend/week away with wife & kids then bit more tech, camper, ipads for kids, hot water, toilets etc and just as fun (but in a different way ;D).
The point of it is do whatever is necessary to get YOU out camping as much as possible with whomever is company and fun will happen.
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After extensive research, I confirm that you're correct. Both apply when camping though :)
It is a universally accepted premise!
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It's so refreshing to see people standing around having a yarn and a beer without at least one being unsociable and playing with there phone/tablet
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I thought it was "you don't win friends with salad"!
No. It was "you didn't get that big just from eating salad"
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No. It was "you didn't get that big just from eating salad"
Different episode than the one I'm referring to. But brings up an interesting point about how much Simpson's you could watch while set up next to the river on the sat TV hooked up to the Honda generator while brewing your own beer!!!
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Different episode than the one I'm referring to. But brings up an interesting point about how much Simpson's you could watch while set up next to the river on the sat TV hooked up to the Honda generator while brewing your own beer!!!
Mine's a quote from Biggest Loser :)
But in answer to your question - As much Simpson's as you could watch whilst set up next to the river on the sat TV hooked up to the Honda generator while brewing your own beer!!!
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Mine's a quote from Biggest Loser :)
But in answer to your question - As much Simpson's as you could watch whilst set up next to the river on the sat TV hooked up to the Honda generator while brewing your own beer!!!
and eating donuts
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MMMM hot jam donuts from the 12V oven
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When getting a CT and tug my objective was simple: beer meat and milk to be useable for a week under a tree on the bank of a river in the middle of nowhere.
Now spend my time trying to identify the location of this mythical place...
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(off topic) - I love that episode of the Simpsons where Homer is sitting across the desk from the RV salesman who is looking perplexed at his computer monitor; (which is lit up and flashing like an xmas tree...).
In Homer-dumb voice - Homer asks: "why is the screen is like that..."
The salesman's shoulders slump as he replies with something like:
"Its so that it is blindingly obvious that you cannot be given any credit"
- (or much better words to that effect...)
LOL
I have looked on you tube and cannot find that clip... It would be great if someone could post it up - cheers...
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Season 1 Episode 7 Call of the Wild.
It's here but lots of ad redirects
http://putlocker.is/watch-the-simpsons-tvshow-season-1-episode-7-online-free-putlocker.html (http://putlocker.is/watch-the-simpsons-tvshow-season-1-episode-7-online-free-putlocker.html)
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When getting a CT and tug my objective was simple: beer meat and milk to be useable for a week under a tree on the bank of a river in the middle of nowhere.
Now spend my time trying to identify the location of this mythical place...
Yep....but finding the time to go there.....??
That's the really difficult bit.
:cheers:
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Season 1 Episode 7 Call of the Wild.
It's here but lots of ad redirects
http://putlocker.is/watch-the-simpsons-tvshow-season-1-episode-7-online-free-putlocker.html (http://putlocker.is/watch-the-simpsons-tvshow-season-1-episode-7-online-free-putlocker.html)
Hahaha I remember this one, thanks needed a laugh before heading off to work .
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If it doesn't start warming up soon we might have to start up a "Mr Plough" franchise north of speewaville. Would have to have in dash GPS and DVD wired in with 6b&s.
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Bloody Qld winter, they're predicting 27c on the GC tomorrow. ;D
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Bloody Qld winter, they're predicting 27c on the GC tomorrow. ;D
Not sure how I am going to manage that, might have to pack the t shirt away and throw on a blue singlet. ;D ;D
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Lol, Yep something different.
Please, no pics. ;D
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if my life was an Simpson's episode
the one where homer is screaming after being hypnotised and remembers something from his childhood
just about every day when i get home the wife and kids are fighting and screaming and i mean loudly
it always reminds me of that episode
and no amount of camping / technology will fix it
:cheers:
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Bloody Qld winter, they're predicting 27c on the GC tomorrow. ;D
Hit a balmy 28° here today. I had to do an Oldmate & resort to the Jacky Howe while pulling down an old fence.
I'm just about to have a palate cleansing ale :cheers:
Back to the OP though.
Are todays tents better than the big, square canvas tents with the timber poles that we used in the 60's & 70's?
They always seemed to have oodles of room & had that certain smell about them. (Not sure what Jeepers would have smelt like though :o )
Steve
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Back to the OP though.
Are todays tents better than the big, square canvas tents with the timber poles that we used in the 60's & 70's?
They always seemed to have oodles of room & had that certain smell about them. (Not sure what Jeepers would have smelt like though :o )
Steve
Jeepers tent possibly didn't have any flies, bugs or mossies, so more than likeliy ahead of it's time in terms of pest control technology.
Having said that, much technology and chemicals from those days are now being blamed for cancer and dementia. Thinking if I ever happened to come across one of his crop dusting sessions, dementia might have been a nice release...........
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Thanks for the link plusnq.... such a good laugh -- good old Homer and the gang.....
Shake&Bake BB
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How good was the Simpsons/Futureama cross over ep!
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