This rain...QLD

Old Jan 24th 2012, 8:32 pm
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Originally Posted by moneypenny20
So why am I in jeans and thinking about getting a pair of socks out?
You're just weird

I have a scrub turkey PADDLING in the back garden
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Old Jan 24th 2012, 8:35 pm
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Originally Posted by Pollyana
You're just weird

I have a scrub turkey PADDLING in the back garden
I have three chickens looking like drowned rats on the verandah trying to get in the house. At least I don't have beach/park/garden plans for Australia Day
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Old Jan 24th 2012, 9:53 pm
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Originally Posted by bcworld

I escaped, sorry left Brisbane in Jan 09 and I remember plenty of prolonged rain spells.
Me too.

The media is driving me batty on this ' flood ' business.

Because we had a few dry years, they seem to have forgot SE qld is sub tropical and gets a wet season.

2/3 weeks of tropical torrential style rain is typical, and at the beginning of our time here, we had massive tropical storms 20/30 times a summer too. My kids were little then and they can remember massive storms, and wet wet summers, summer camps always washed out loads of photos of it and houses we were building swimming in water or storm felled trees crashed through the the roof

Storms were mainly early summer, Nov, dec then the wet period a few weeks in jan/feb.
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Old Jan 24th 2012, 10:00 pm
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Originally Posted by Pollyana
You're just weird

I have a scrub turkey PADDLING in the back garden
Well, I've been monitoring our creek out the back and right now it's higher than it was last year so this is my trigger to start getting a bit more serious.

The key difference being that more rain has fallen in our catchment during the last few days compared to the sustained barrage that the city/north got last year.

The question being, how high does it have to get before I get with bugging the SES about sandbags and the like? I think I'll err on the side of caution ...

I'm off to fashion a makeshift measuring device so I can see exactly how far it is rising/falling.

On the upside the fire danger is quite low
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Originally Posted by jad n rich

The media is driving me batty on this ' flood ' business.
The other day there was somebody on the radio claiming that only Australians (or specifically Queenslanders) could have coped with the floods.

No other country in the world would have done as well

They then used New Orleans as an example of an inability to cope

A bit of Brisbane getting flooded compared to a whole city flooded with massive loss of life....what planet are they on

I think it was Anna Bligh
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Old Jan 24th 2012, 10:07 pm
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Originally Posted by Grayling

The other day there was somebody on the radio claiming that only Australians (or specifically Queenslanders) could have coped with the floods.

No other country in the world would have done as well

They then used New Orleans as an example of an inability to cope

A bit of Brisbane getting flooded compared to a whole city flooded with massive loss of life....what planet are they on

I think it was Anna Bligh
They do that with every disaster, event, occasion, war, rescue, drama, sporting event - zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Only australia and australians can win, cope, befriend, clean up......

unique mateship, friendship.... and bullshite
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Originally Posted by Grayling
The other day there was somebody on the radio claiming that only Australians (or specifically Queenslanders) could have coped with the floods.

No other country in the world would have done as well

They then used New Orleans as an example of an inability to cope

A bit of Brisbane getting flooded compared to a whole city flooded with massive loss of life....what planet are they on

I think it was Anna Bligh
You can get rid of her in a couple of months and then we can look at Campbell Newman's wife pawing him constantly with her tongue in his ear - what a choice. Maybe you should throw your hat in the ring Grayling.
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Yeah but nowhere else in the world exists, Ostrayins are special

Originally Posted by Grayling
The other day there was somebody on the radio claiming that only Australians (or specifically Queenslanders) could have coped with the floods.

No other country in the world would have done as well

They then used New Orleans as an example of an inability to cope

A bit of Brisbane getting flooded compared to a whole city flooded with massive loss of life....what planet are they on

I think it was Anna Bligh
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Old Jan 24th 2012, 10:15 pm
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Originally Posted by Kim67
You can get rid of her in a couple of months and then we can look at Campbell Newman's wife pawing him constantly with her tongue in his ear - what a choice.
Talking of scary people in Oz politics


http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1226247325527

Picture says it all

Amusingly, he appeared in our small village ( now I sound like badge ) recently.

All I can say is fruit loop
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If they could just tone it down a bit and not carry on about how unique we are we wouldn't look so silly.

Originally Posted by jad n rich
They do that with every disaster, event, occasion, war, rescue, drama, sporting event - zzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Old Jan 24th 2012, 10:16 pm
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He is scary in a lot of ways, not just to look at.

Originally Posted by jad n rich
Talking of scary people in Oz politics


http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1226247325527

Picture says it all

Amusingly, he appeared in our small village ( now I sound like badge ) recently.

All I can say is fruit loop
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Old Jan 24th 2012, 10:20 pm
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Originally Posted by jad n rich
Talking of scary people in Oz politics


http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1226247325527

Picture says it all

Amusingly, he appeared in our small village ( now I sound like badge ) recently.

All I can say is fruit loop
Katter certainly is one scary character.
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Old Jan 24th 2012, 10:24 pm
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Originally Posted by chris955
He is scary in a lot of ways, not just to look at.

I love that picture Shows the sort of damage extreme sun can do to the ..... brain


Partner cracked up when he heard he was in the village, there was an invite for all to meet with him for tea rofl:. I cant stand the bloke so partner refused to stop the car in case I got into a 'debate' with him
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Old Jan 24th 2012, 11:03 pm
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Well your village had it's very own idiot for awhile at least.

Originally Posted by jad n rich


Partner cracked up when he heard he was in the village, there was an invite for all to meet with him for tea rofl:. I cant stand the bloke so partner refused to stop the car in case I got into a 'debate' with him
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Old Jan 24th 2012, 11:06 pm
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Just saved the fire-fighting pump down by the dam from going under, I don't think it will be needed any time soon.

Got a measure on the creek and heading for the local SES for some sandbags.

It's either that or watch Australia score a Gazillion runs today
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