Arkayos Forum Posts (377)

RE: do you think or want to reach this far

Hey, I didn't think I would make it this far.... and it has been a very close thing on more than one occasion...

But yeah, now I'm looking at reaching 2062...

RE: The Party Has Started!

Good on ya NL!!!

(trying out my aussie speak)

RE: cooking a chook, help....

Just use a good Aussie Beer - Bud tastes like flying fox piss smells...

And if you get a whole box... you can drink the rest while the bird cooks...

Financial Armageddon

Paul Krugman (nobel winning economist) now thinks the world is coming to an end... Well a depression worse than 1930's...




Personally - I would think it is a very good time to get a few cases of tinned ham and veg in the cellar...

Enjoy the Kayos...

RE: WOULD YOU SERVIVE

I'm just getting used to Arky...

Financial Armageddon

Kim Jong Il of North Korea just died. Just a little bit more instability we didn't need right now. (although - he really wasn't what one would call "Stable")

His 20 something son Kim Jong Un is his appointed successor.

Just what we need right now - a twenty something ruler, of a potential nuclear armed state...

Financial Armageddon

This could be an interesting week.

The end of the Euro according to the Telegraph:



and Ambrose Evans-Pritchard is going on again about the 1930's repeating



both articles:

RE: WOULD YOU SERVIVE

The Professor was my hero... I wanted to grow up to be just like him...

Not sure I could build a short-wave radio out of a coconut though...

RE: Little things that fascinate us!!!

When I was a kid, I used to like to smile at random strangers (yeah I was a wierd kid) just to see if they would smile back - probably 90% of the time they did (the other 10% probably thought I was a weird kid.)

I still smile at pretty girls once in a while, and yes they usually do smile back (the ones that don't start screaming "stranger danger") and pretty girls do usually look even prettier when they smile...

RE: OMG

Hey Curly, I make spelling mistakes 24/7 - doesn't matter what time it is...

RE: Little things that fascinate us!!!

No CGI Larf... The kids today would be jaded - if it isn't computer enhanced, and in 3D - whats the point?

RE: WOULD YOU SERVIVE

Thats how we did it in Canada... When we huddled in our igloes, ten to a bed...


Or just one real "hot" body would work...

RE: if you had a magic boomerang,that whenever you threw it,the whole world stops for one day.what would

Would need much more than a day...

RE: WOULD YOU SERVIVE

I have the knowin of a lotta things... (the electrical degree helps, but the study of alternate energy also helps... )

Yes, I could work out an electric blanket - but I live in queensland for a reason - we don't need electic blankets here...

RE: WOULD YOU SERVIVE

Mobile phones work off local towers, and local power... (6 to 12 mile range.) Phones would die... (unless you have a sat phone - but generally only sailors bother with those. And you still need a charger.)

And Merri, we could buld you a hair blower with a steam generator, and a small turbine... (could steam curl your hair at the same time... )

RE: if you had a magic boomerang,that whenever you threw it,the whole world stops for one day.what would

Interesting hypothetical... I seem to remember an Twighlight Zone episode that was similar... But the actress in that one just wanted a day of peace and quiet...

RE: Little things that fascinate us!!!

Naw, I just looked at her and was amazed... I thought about stopping, and challenging her, but I realized the poor little thing was probably stressed beyond belief... my fault for walking too close... (but there are so many ducks, they are almost part of the landscape - you don't think about them as little feathery persons...)

So I muttered an appology (yes, I said sorry to a duck) and walked away... As I left, she snapped at my golf club trolley, then watched me walk away.

Never get to close to a mother and her young... (I would have thought I would have learned that lesson by now...)

RE: OMG

Don't feel you have to buy if it isn't what you want. You can afford to rent for a little while until you find what you are looking for... Don't accept something if it isn't going to make you happy long term... (sort of like a partner - but take away the rent comment - that would be icky... )

All sounds brilliant

RE: OMG

Sounds brilliant... And yes the neighbourhood is the key, also think about what you do when you are away from home. Are your hobbies easy to get to? (mine are darts and golf... but whatever yours are - is it easy to get to them?)Shopping? etc...?

Great you got your price...

RE: Little things that fascinate us!!!

I got attacked by a duck today on the golf course...

(Does that sound like the begining of a joke or what - but it is what really happened... )

Here I am, 6' tall 82 Kgs dragging along 40kgs of clubs on my trolley, and she comes after me. I guess I walked a little too close to this momma duck and her little ducklings... What kind of courage does it take to take on something nearly 100 times bigger than you?

I find that amazing, and fascinating...

RE: WOULD YOU SERVIVE

Yes....

Remember the master half of "master-blaster" the little guy in "Thunderdome"? "He has the knowing of a lotta things..." "We can rebuild..."

I am a bit taller than him though...



Could be kinda fun trying to repopulate too...

RE: OMG

did you get a good price Curly? What are you planning to do now?

It will be alright...

RE: Say what you think about Obscuritan

I'm with you 100% on this one Martia. I fully respect people have various beliefs, and I would never try to disuade them of their beliefs (even if I think they might be delusional - if we speak to an imaginary friend, we generally get institutionalized... or at least medicated. But call it religion, and it is fine... )

But I do take exception to religious bigots who believe they are better, and they know better, and try to force their beliefs down other peoples throats - so to speak... I had enough of that growing up - and I won't tollerate it now.

RE: Say what you think about Obscuritan

Yeah Lookin is the king of Emo's

And then some of us just have favorites, that seem to represent our personalities...

RE: What I really want to ask you!!!

Yes, very common...

But taken in the light of humour, common can be a little funny...

RE: Little things that fascinate us!!!

Everything can be amazing if you think about it. Ever think about how your hand works? Pick something, anything, and really think about it... wow, how good is it?

ps. I have a couple of black Rhino pictures I took (at a distance) when I was on safari in Kenya. I'll see if I can find them for you.

RE: Say what you think about Obscuritan

Haven't met you - but ...


Party on dude...

RE: Can't put it off any longer

Lol... That is giraffe manor in Kenya. I'm feeding a baby giraffe by hand... (you wouldn't believe how long and prehensile the tongues are)

The mothers, would be just about eye level. The fathers would be leaning down...

RE: Can't put it off any longer

You really are a party animal aren't you Rob?

Mow on... ... Cut that "grass"

RE: Can't put it off any longer

Hey NL, I've got no family this side of the world, so no ties.

I have many friends in Thailand, because I lived there a few years.

(the afore mentioned comments about christmas)

And, you have never experienced New Years eve until you have lived through New Years eve in Thailand - no sleep for at least two days (more likely three)The Thai's are the biggest party people on the planet... They even beat Bob Marley and the whole carribean...

So much of a no brainer for me... (sit alone in a two bedroom unit for a week - or go to Thailand for a month and party...)

Guess what I chose...