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[nicnacs_4u]

Gotta hand it to us Viccies....yesterday  had the airconditioning going in the car,today it`s the heater....geez it`s a boring life hey??lol

[nevillesdaughter]

Again, back in the old days I had a mate who, after the third time his prized Hey Charger (anyone here old enough to remember that?) was stolen for a joy ride, decided he'd had enough. He got 2 carpet snakes and let them live in the car. One of them liked to curl up on the driver side bucket seat, and the other one used to drape itself around the steering wheel.

He said they didn't mind the heat in the car, and that even if someone didn't notice them before the got into the car, it was virtually impossible to do so without putting a hand on the wheel. Presto - no more joy riders!

Cheers,

Marina.

[*crikey*mate*]

that's a good idea Marina LOLOL

I bet clair'd have babies if that happoened to her!

Clair, you do know that even if you check for spideys andf stuff, even if you can't see them, they are there.

just hidin'

waiting to sneak up on you

peeking at you with their little beady eyes and big fangs...

you might not be able to see them, but they are there.

[azureline**]

Really nice day here in Brissie 🙂 The nursing home residents had an outing on a bus today so I got a free day!! well, mostly, then I just had to go round and hear about the duckpond.

Coolish outside now.

Some years ago, we were in the car with 5 children............ one said "mum, I am going to tell you something but you have to promise not to panic, ok?"

OK

"there is a huntsman in the cavity between the door and the dash"

AAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHH as I climbed over the console into OH's lap, all sense of reason gone! 

He pulled up and despatched the huge spider....and the voice from the back

"but mum you promised you wouldn't panic"

[lakeland27]

i used to take out the rotor from the distributor instead,  i think 2 snakes would make the charger stink a bit

[nevillesdaughter]

Men are wierd (I don't mean that in a judgmental way) - the man I like to call my first husband will pick up a cane toad while I scream hysterically (for despatch by RSPCA-recommended method of putting them in the freezer, and we only even do that because I have a silly oodle-type dog called Lola, that's L-O-L-A Lola), who thinks it's fun to go right up to them and bark hysterically IN THEIR FACES!!!

Anyway, aforementioned large husband, when asked to hold the guinea-pig (called T-Bone) for a minute while I hose out the cage, will walk away backwards shaking his head, and refusing because "they feel creepy".  Everyone knows that on a creepiness scale, cane toads are waaay ahead of guinea-pigs.

See, men are wierd, and just so I don't get accused og getting off-track - give me Melbourne's stay-indoors-at-a-gallery-type weather over Brisbane's (where I'm at) suck-the-very-life-out-of-you-heat-and-humidity any day.

Cheers,

Marina.

I am not insane and I have the psychiatric reports to prove it....

[*crikey*mate*]

laughin at the Kinks reference.... can't write a suitable comment tho

but a guinea pig named T-Bone? why?

Little Crikey HAD a cow called T-Bone. was a bit chewy tho.

as for the cane toad thing - most men like anything they can hit with a golf club, but society kinda frowns on 'em if they do that to guinnea pigs.

it's a desensitization thing, I reckon

This WAS T-Bone

[nevillesdaughter]

John would probably happily belt them with a 9-iron, but being a bit of a bunny-hugger, I won't let him - hence the freezer option.

And because of my aforementioned bunny-huggerness, I am choosing not to follow up regarding your T-Bone except to say that he looks beautiful. When I was about 10, I had a black hen called Bessie, and when I came home from a St Johns Ambulance camp I was told that she had died in her sleep. Hmmm....

Re Lola, as the purchasing power in the pet acquiring division of this firm, I claim naming rights (also had a pair of cats called Harley and Rose). When naming the dog, the kids wanted to hear the song. So...... we hopped onto You Tube. About half way through, one of my boys screamed "She was a dude!!!!". Bright boy.

They seem constantly amazed that way back when I was young, we had gay people, trannies, rude words, and even sung songs about them. When I told them it was Ray Davies who sang at the closing of the Olympics - I was met with "But wouldn't he be dead now?"

On that cheery note

'Night, 'night,

Marina.

PS   I just thought of a reason your big boy might not have phoned home - he might have met a girl. Now try to get some sleep.....

M.

[*crikey*mate*]

LOL - our T-Bone was always going to be dinner, no misconceptions there.

P'raps Bessie should have laid more eggs....

Got my last speeding ticket whilst listening to LOLA - not a great driving song....

know a bloke called david - he called his son Harley - no kidding - Harley, David's son

putting fingers in the ears about the last bit

sleep well.