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Post by jonesy on Dec 13, 2014 20:07:26 GMT 12
If you don`t like Emu there is always Swan, always a good thirst quencher in W A weather. We always keep some in the esky for the flight home. Havent tried the Swan, but am partial now to some of the James Squire range...
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Post by jonesy on Dec 13, 2014 18:57:33 GMT 12
Well, I'm hardly associated with aviation anymore, except for the fact that I jump on a plane and fly approx 1600km to work each week. No frequent fliers points either! So heres me with my work vehicles, and in comparison one of the diggers at work.
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Post by jonesy on Dec 13, 2014 16:17:11 GMT 12
Where are the Emu Bitter stubbys, they taste better, Congrats on the left seat Emu bitter??? Thats used to clean the drains with!
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Post by jonesy on Dec 11, 2014 18:23:40 GMT 12
This is quickly slipping into politics mode again gents.... Although I can see how easily that can happen when discussing current/future/previous RNZAF equipment
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Post by jonesy on Dec 10, 2014 18:38:49 GMT 12
Have to share the fuel costs then....its wayyyyy cheaper over here
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Post by jonesy on Nov 25, 2014 12:59:08 GMT 12
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Post by jonesy on Nov 24, 2014 21:36:17 GMT 12
Well we've just recently had some great electrical storms over here, and apart from the usual professionally captured pics I've never seen one taken like this before. A guy at work has an app on his iPhone that he had fixed to the cab of the dumptruck that enabled him to capture a lightning strike. My office is about 1km away from that. So yeah, it was pretty close! PS, for the interested out there (even though they arent planes but pretty cool technology anyway) the dozer is a Cat D10, the dump truck is a Cat 785, and the digger is a Liebherr R9400.
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Post by jonesy on Nov 11, 2014 20:57:52 GMT 12
Winners: Shareholders & CEO congratulated for a sterling effort...
Losers: Staff/Suppliers/Commuters/Tourists....
Unfortunate but unavoidable in this business climate. Great opportunity for a little battler to move in and replace ANZ, but a hellofa risk.
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Post by jonesy on Nov 10, 2014 21:00:06 GMT 12
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Post by jonesy on Nov 4, 2014 7:24:28 GMT 12
I guess he felt in the instance above that without wings, he was not a hazard to other traffic and could stay on his side of the road. Backing out would need some manual pushing! Yes the spinning prop would have its attendant risk - and the braking and mobility is not as good as a car... but it was an emergency, was it not?? The spinning prop is a risk...you should see the locals there-they arent the quickest moving people on the block!
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Post by jonesy on Nov 4, 2014 0:05:27 GMT 12
Just saw this on media here...yep just a bit bizarre! Just down the road from work, a bit difficult to confirm from the picture, but pretty sure thats the pub next to the shopping mall, biggest danger would be one of the "locals" wandering in its path as he was on his way for a few warm Emu Exports! All class
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Post by jonesy on Oct 15, 2014 0:10:01 GMT 12
Certainly heard lots when I was growing up about the "bad old days" of NZ Railways with freight consignments not always guaranteed to turn up, or missing the odd parcel here and there, and seen plenty of NZR tarps used for a multitude of purposes...
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Post by jonesy on Oct 14, 2014 21:39:02 GMT 12
Ha ha ha...the thing about stealing a train is that they pretty much know where youre going, I dont seem to recall any event of "missing" trains in the past.
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Post by jonesy on Oct 13, 2014 18:48:17 GMT 12
I must remind you that carriages are for hauling passengers. Any freight such as iron ore is carried in wagons, sometimes other names but never carriages. Quite right... I stand corrected. Should know better!
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Post by jonesy on Oct 13, 2014 16:11:05 GMT 12
Ha ha yeah saw this on the news over here...only an idiot would try this! Nothing worse for a resources company over here having its load delayed thats for sure. The trains leaving our site have 4 locos and 240 carriages, each holding 130 tonnes of ore. That takes a lot of stopping! Those muppets were lucky to get out of that alive, but it will cost them a packet, good job...
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Post by jonesy on Oct 4, 2014 6:41:44 GMT 12
Best tribute so far from Mike King..."Jesus in a Swanndri"
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Post by jonesy on Oct 2, 2014 2:30:20 GMT 12
Intersting comments....after about a year and a half of FIFO, flying to work every week, we went on a flight to Bali for holidays. Geez, it was noisy! People chatting, kids screaming grrr....couldnt wait to get back on my charter flight every Wednesday where NOBODY says a word for the whole flight - ahh bliss!
Mind you, theres a fair share of bogans over here boozing it up before heading to Asian destinations and causing strife-but paying the consequences for it! Good job I say.
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Post by jonesy on Sept 19, 2014 3:24:05 GMT 12
Hey Bede. Coincidently I'm heading up to Ohakea tomorrow for Glen Turners farewell from the RNZAF (after 30 years service). Going to be a big ACF reunion by the sounds of it! Staying the night on base so am picking it will get messy! ;+) Messy? Gosh when has a big do at OH gotten messy? Have fun, Don, I'm sure it will be a blast!
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Post by jonesy on Sept 14, 2014 22:16:59 GMT 12
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Post by jonesy on Aug 28, 2014 19:36:30 GMT 12
Never mind, the Australian Government (aka the ever-generous Taxpayer) will bail them out. Will it? Previous hesitation to inject funds into struggling companies (Ford/Holden/SPC) I feel they'll this time leave Qantas to sort out its own mess. First to go should be the boss. He's been poison right from the onset. Interesting to compare with Air NZ's profit. Just quietly chugging along doing the job its good at. Well done those guys.
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