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G'day Gang,welcome to another batch of aimless "meanderings"................In a recent post I spoke about "ghosts" who visit.~gd has advised that they are known as "lurkers".This term to me is most "offensive",it is neither friendly ,welcoming or in any way "nice",so to all of you who take the...

Wednesday cont:Well we are back, THE CHAT:A casual comment by ~gd re US lamb is the basis for the chat.I think a little background may be in order first. Aust Pop 20 million USA Pop 250 million Aus Sheep flock 70 million USA Sheep...

G'day gang,we are so glad you could "pop" by again and visit....It's cold and "horrible" outside so I'm getting an early start on the journal. Wednesday:Wow, what a "frost" this morning,it looked like it had "snowed" overnight the lawn was so white when we got up.I think I must have "knocked...

G'day gang ,how'yer'goin?I dont know how lng I will last tonight ,I am really worn out. Tuesday:Well this morning was another freezer,-5C and a huge fog,after "breekie" when the temp had got to +4C I went over to light a heap of branches and logs and stuff, it took about an hour for it to burn...

G'day Gang,Well today was both very good and really bad. Monday:It was "damm" cold this morning -4C and was only expected to get to +10C.So in spite of the cold loaded up the gear to do some spraying .Recently I had undertaken a trial on the Scotch Thistle's,and had managed to achieve 100% kill...

G'day to you all,we are glad you could make time to visit us again............................. Sunday:It looked like rain when we got up this morning ,but nothing came ,so I guess it will be back to the spraying tomorrow,we have had another visit from some "feral pigs" again ,hell, they make a...

Hi to you all,before I start with today's "chat",I would like to try to clear up some misconceptions about us Aussie's...Firstly to ~gd,you intended NO offence and none was taken.I feel that we have "chatted" long enough now for me to treat you as I would any" Aussie friend".....As a "species"...

G'day and welcome ,you said that OH used to have a Goat dairy.How long ago was that ?Was he producing raw milk or cheese?How big was the herd and what breeds were you "running"?....We were also running Dairy Goats on a previous farm ,but we were breeding them for an improved Meat...

Hi Gang ,just thought I would let you know that the previous post is now finished,regards......................T.O.R..........................

G'day and welcome back ,its a special "hello" if this is your first time with us .May I suggest you look back over some of/or all of the posts so the story makes "sense". Friday:Well ,the best laid plans of "mice and men",early this morning we got a "Strong Wind Warning",over 100 kph on the...

G'day gang,Well after being put in my place by~gd,I will en-devour to post each night.After reading his "novel"(lol)I can see there is a "heap" of stuff to get through ,so I had better get on with it. Thursday: As you know by now its "retail therapy",left home in the dark and returned in the...

HELLO,HELLO,I know you are out there,I can see you have stopped by but its all silent?.........Was the subject matter that bad?.............I had better re-read it to see if it could have caused "offence".Hmmmmm.....Cant see any problems ,Magpies, GST,Voting and our money... So g'day and...

G'day gang,Well another day behind us ,and some more spraying finished ,although I still have one more day in this paddock to finish......On today's check I found a ewe (maiden ) that had prolapsed,when I opened her up she had a growth that was stopping the lamb from entering the birth canal,so...

G'day Gang,hope everything is going well?... . What a day it was today!..Almost Spring,nearly 20C,little or no wind,so it was a good day to spray,the paddock I am in now is the last of the worst.I covered about 5 acs and used about 80mls of herbicide...Saw both of the lambs in my travels...

G.day Gang,Not much to report for today ,it was a bit of a rest day for us.Had a bit of a wander around to check the lambs and watched a bit of TV.(Sunday is the day they show Landline ,its the only truly rural show on TV.)The predicted rain did not arrive so tomorrow its back to spraying the...

G'dag Gang,Well time got away on me again,so its a 2 day post tonight......I never realized that a journal came with "such" responsibility's I keep a bit of a check on the "hits" and it appears that I get up to 100 a day,which comes as quite a "shock"to me,as when I started I did not think it...

G'dag Gang,hope you are all well and your ready for the next episode,time got away on me a bit this week so you will get 3 days in one post. Tuesday: So the paddocks are to wet to spray,so I set about cutting up some of the windfall timber,managed a 7x5 trailer load before lunch and went and...

G'dag Gang,well what NEWS? we found our first new lamb today,it's one of our maidens ,but its 5 weeks at least early,so she must have went to one of our 6month old ram lambs(I dun'o Girls and Hormone's)no wonder us boys get into trouble?..anyway it's a strong little "devil",cause it trotted...

G'day Gang,its great to see you back visiting with us again,we hope you have all enjoyed DL/~Gd chatting about the "OLD" days(LOL).For us its what makes the "journal" interesting,as we get an insight into "other peoples" lives,past and present.(don't forget that "you can join in at any time,we...

G'Gang,Well its raining again today(you beauty),we have had 53mm(over 2ins)and its starting to "run-off".yesterday it was pretty"brisk"it went from5C to 7C,lucky we were away "shopping" although it was not much better over there,it got to 10C during the day....The rain looks as though it may...