The Off Topic... Topic :)

[jonsidneyb]

Sweet Potatoes are yummy.

 

[jonsidneyb]

Join the NSS, it is kind of like indoor mountain climbing but you do spend a lot of time crawling as well.

http://www.caves.org/

This is a link to a map of Lechuguilla. The mapping of it I do not think is done yet.

http://www.resurgentsoftware.com/Lech.html

Some people I used to know that did cave rescue found this one a challenge to get a lady with a broken leg out.

 

[CFodder]

Have you seen my Camel?

 

[jonsidneyb]

Have you seen my Camel?

No..I haven't

Is it any different than the once I have seen at the zoo or on films of the middle east?

 

[Anthony Parsons]

Love the pic Jon... excellent off-topic conversation.

Just finished putting the second coat of oil into our Merbau front fence... will suffice for another year now until the next double coat.

 

[CFodder]

No..I haven't

Is it any different than the once I have seen at the zoo or on films of the middle east?

No, but I think he left, got the hump with me.

 

[jonsidneyb]

Love the pic Jon... excellent off-topic conversation.

Just finished putting the second coat of oil into our Merbau front fence... will suffice for another year now until the next double coat.

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That is a really nice looking fence. I am not familiar with Merbau.

 

[Anthony Parsons]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intsia_bijuga

Thanks Jon... looks great at night too with the mood lighting installed on it and through the garden beds. That was one of my pride and joys that I built when renovating this house.

We just need to get a concrete cleaner in now to clean our concrete paving to make it all pretty looking again.

 

[jonsidneyb]

Is Merbau the type of wood?

 

[Anthony Parsons]

I so love abseiling... nothing better than running down a cliff. Mind you... certainly plowed in a few times losing footing and ending up, upside down, head first into the rock face, but still fun as hell. That just looks awesome... never fortunate enough to abseil down inside caves though. Looks pretty special.

 

[Anthony Parsons]

Is Merbau the type of wood?

Yep... it is a dark reddish hardwood timber. Had to drill ever hold, stainless screws at 3 points in each for the tall pieces... and must keep it oiled for moisture retention, otherwise it will dry out and fall apart within a few years, lose its colour, etc.

Everything you see there.... cost a bit over AUD$7,500 to purchase... and obviously nothing for labour as I built it all myself, which took me a couple of weeks.

 

[jonsidneyb]

This is fun.

 

[Anthony Parsons]

Hmmmm.... noodles for dinner tonight... take out, the best dinners of all dinners, because no cleanup after it. Love easy dinner nights.

 

[CFodder]

Have to cook tonight dammit

 

[jonsidneyb]

I so love abseiling... nothing better than running down a cliff. Mind you... certainly plowed in a few times losing footing and ending up, upside down, head first into the rock face, but still fun as hell. That just looks awesome... never fortunate enough to abseil down inside caves though. Looks pretty special.

http://www.caves.org.au/kid_intro.htm

Show caves are kind of boring. Going into hard ones is fun.

It appears there is a a group in Oz that does the same exact thing.

Doing a survey is exciting as you might get to go where no human has ever been before.

Australian Speleological Federation

6,500 caves are in their data base for Australia. There is your chance to be on a slippery wall.

I had to look up abseiling, we call it rappelling in the USA.

 

[anotheralias]

I thought it might be proceeding down a ravine using only your abs.

 

[jonsidneyb]

I thought it might be proceeding down a ravine using only your abs.

Ouch....no one I knows does it like that

 

[jonsidneyb]

This is from a cave in Mexico. I have never seen crystals of this size but I hope I can one day.

 

[anotheralias]

Ouch....no one I knows does it like that

You never know with those Aussies!

 

[CFodder]

Sounds like the next Arnie film ... The Abinator