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25 December 2004, 13:03
Easy_Rollins
So what did ya get for Xmas?
Sat 10.15am



I got a Charles Bronson DVD,I love westerns.

This was after the wife said not to get each other anything,like a fool I didn't.First thing she asked for was,"where's mine?"



Men can be so dumb sometimes.



Looks like I'll have to dig deep for her B'day.(Jan.2nd)
25 December 2004, 14:19
Bad Ass Wallace
John Wayne in the Alamo!

Woke up to 2000 birds singing, frogs croakin and three pesky hares knowing they are save because the neighbour's horses were in the line of fire

They will make a positional error soon
25 December 2004, 14:46
Bakes
Got a swivel seat for the tinny .



Easy

Never...I repeat NEVER believe them when they say that



My young bloke looked at us and said " Hey, I was bad and I still got presents!" ....little shit
25 December 2004, 15:31
NitroX
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Woke up to 2000 birds singing, frogs croakin and three pesky hares ....





It lovely living in the country isn't it. We have a (dry - occasionally wet) river running through the centre of our property and it attracts many parrots such as rosells, lorikeets, hundreds of galahs and cockatoos, hawks, kookaburras, magpies, honey-eaters, willy wag-tails. Rabbits on the front and back lawns - damn the dog isn't doing a good job, some hares. Fox calls at night. If it is a drought year kangaroos and even emus appear from the plains across the hills.



Later in winter frogs, ducks and ducklings.





PS I am geting a GPS. I know because I bought it a month ago and gave it up. Said "it may save my life if I get lost some day".




25 December 2004, 17:08
MLG
I got a book "Rhodesian Ridgeback Pioneers" written by an Aussie lady who lives round the corner from me, Linda Costa.

She spent some time in Zimbabwe after marrying a bloke from there. They bred Ridgebacks of which I have two and the book is about the dogs but also has some really good photos of early Rhodesian Pioneers and also hunters like Selous and Cornelius van Rooyen. Also got some interesting hunting stories about how the early hunters used dogs to bay up lions. Its a good read and excellent for any ex Rhodesians or others who have interest in the early days of that country.
25 December 2004, 17:58
muzza
Well , we got ourselves a new DVD/ Video player since the old vcr had just died - so now NitroX can send me the Tanzanian Hunting DVD we are all waiting on.... Now all I gotta do is figure out how to make it work...

All the usual stuff , chocolate, chocolate , stuff to eat , chocolate , and the 2nd hand Remington Model 7 in 223 that I got myself a couple of weeks ago- needed a clean up and a better scope ( funny - had just the right one on the shelf..) and the new recoil pad will be here in two weeks , and then the local goats will be in trouble...

Her-indoors got a cookbook - that I had wanted for a while . Reverse psychology , buy it for her and use it yourself .

The little guy got more toys than you can poke a stick at , is currently outside playing with the water slide- probably have pnuemonia in the morning ...

Hope everyone else had a great day too .
25 December 2004, 22:09
Easy_Rollins
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... and the new recoil pad will be here in two weeks




Too much kick for you.

Never see S/H Remingtons on the racks here,little own a model 7.
25 December 2004, 23:16
Les
fuck all....Les
25 December 2004, 23:59
cr500
On the subject of westerns ,Ive just hired out "for a fist full of dollars' ,For a few dollars more" and "the good the bad and the ugly. AS far as chrissy presents ,apart from the usual socks and jocks ,I got myself a 6mm PPC barrel and getting a 30BR barrel a .14/221 cal barrel and a .458 Lott barrel when the barrel makers open up for buisness again. again. A big splurge for me. Oh well ,I will get food and clothes for the kids next christmas.
26 December 2004, 03:22
Bakes
MLG
I'll have to track that book down. Sounds good.Do you know where I can get a copy?
26 December 2004, 03:50
Pygmy
Same as last year....A pair of socks and a piece of ass and they were both too big...
26 December 2004, 04:30
<Wolfsangle>
I got a nice lamp! and I got a piece of ass too it was huge but still felt really good! amazing how much that thing has opened up in 26yrs.
26 December 2004, 04:32
gas57
A Mitchell's Mauser.
26 December 2004, 09:54
PC
Got myself a digital camera.....also a set of 50-110 dies
26 December 2004, 10:31
muzza
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Too much kick for you.





No mate , the rifle had been battered and abused cosmetically , and the recoil pad is a fairly soft rubber that had torn badly . I suspect the rifle had been carried in a vertical rack in a vehicle in rough country , and the pad had been battered to bits . The original scope had a major bash/rub on the eye relief ring too - as well as awfull scratching to the lens.Should be sweet once the new pad gets here.

You dont see many 223 cal rifles secondhand here either , and the Rem Mod 7 is a nice light unit for goat hunting on steep country . With budget hunting ammo available from a friendly source locally ( less than half gunshop prices )it should be a much used package .
26 December 2004, 10:52
IanF
Got a GPS from my wife - guess that means she doesnt trust me to lose myself after all!

Garmin Quest - what a lovely piece of kit - easy to use and good for almost anything I care to do.

http://www.garmin.com/products/quest/

Recommended essential toy!

Have a good one - IanWink