This has to be the most American thing, whale carcass washes up, do you bury it? Cut it up and remove it? Tow it out to sea? Nah let’s blow it up. With chunks of whale blubber airborne what could go wrong?
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This has to be the most American thing, whale carcass washes up, do you bury it? Cut it up and remove it? Tow it out to sea? Nah let’s blow it up. With chunks of whale blubber airborne what could go wrong?
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Not too bad if I do say so myself.
Not too bad if I do say so myself.
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There was once an albino baby blue whale that washed up at Flinders. It was rotting away on shore trailing out an oily track of crap into the water. Surfers still surfed.
Me on the other hand thought it would be a great idea to souvenir one of the vertebrae (against the law). So I head down at night with rubber gloves, torch in hand. Start carrying it back up a path. I should note that I was inebriated at the time.
Blue whale vertebrae are an awkward and stinky carry. Halfway up the path I try to change my grip and for some reason I put the torch into my mouth. Bad idea. Very bad idea.
Started spitting and gagging straight away. Had flashbacks for days.
Not sure why the Japanese like them. Rancid whale blubber does not taste good.
And the vertebrae broke down after I buried it.
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We filter-out the things about suburbia that grate. The traffic, the wound-up people, the ugliness of the concrete jungle...
It's when you return from a week away that its noticeable and soul crushing.
Today is the 2nd day back and the filter is back up and running.
The Sorrento jetty at sunset, have a nice weekend.
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It's when you return from a week away that its noticeable and soul crushing.
Today is the 2nd day back and the filter is back up and running.
The Sorrento jetty at sunset, have a nice weekend.
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I tried it for the first time today. That was ridiculous. I knew there was an island down there called "Inaccessible island" I just remember it because I like the name. But that wasn't even an option. Some other thing that was even smaller that noone has ever heard of was an option? WTF
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That’s not something you read every day.
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I'm curious about the purpose of this souvenired whale vertebrae, how you extracted it from the whale carcass and why you buried it?
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Fair questions.
1. It was about 2ft tall (baby) and looked a lot like a human vertebrae. Pretty cool house decoration.
2. It was just sitting there. Surrounded by decaying tissue.
3. Bury it to keep the stink away while other organisms eat the flesh leaving a pristine specimen. It’s what I plan to do with a mako shark’s jaws. In my dreams. I still have a suspicion someone pinched it.
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Hosting a bbq today.
Spicy chicken wings, lamb chops, sausages for the kids, crispy potatoes, selection of salad, lemon meringue and Mountain Culture American Pale Ale
Spicy chicken wings, lamb chops, sausages for the kids, crispy potatoes, selection of salad, lemon meringue and Mountain Culture American Pale Ale
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Hosting a bbq today.
Spicy chicken wings, lamb chops, sausages for the kids, crispy potatoes, selection of salad, lemon meringue and Mountain Culture American Pale Ale
Post pics or it doesn’t exist
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I’m going to need to high pressure clean the yard first.Post pics or it doesn’t exist
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Floreat Pica, Bitch!
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I bought a Bosch, works well. There’s something intensely satisfying about blowing leaves around with high pressure water.
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do you recall The Coodabeens' character "Man from Canterbury" who lamented the fact that it became illegal to burn piles of autumn leaves in the street? - used to be the classic indicator that autumn had arrived in Melbourne
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The Spanish GF used to live on the second level of an apartment block
In month 2 of dating, she asked me to help clean the outside of her kitchen and bathroom windows
I was already under the thumb so enacted the following:
* Me using a soapy mop gaffer taped to the pool cleaning pole
* Then me balancing on the top rung of an 8 foot ladder holding the Gerni to jetspray the windows clean
While on the ladder, another resident lectured me that I was breaching OH&S rules and insisted I dismount
(this is where a Spanish GF is perfect to fire-up at do-gooder, nanny-staters)
I was a contestant for a Darwin Award but instead was treated as an urban hero by the GF
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The power of pressure cleaners should not be underestimated.
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