What did you buy today ???

[hard road]

my Mrs bought me a GSX1400 hoodie for me 60th yesturday   

[Mick_J]

my Mrs bought me a GSX1400 hoodie for me 60th yesturday   

You can hang around on street corners now with all you gang members, did she buy you a kitchen knife as well so you can fit in better. 

[hard road]

my Mrs bought me a GSX1400 hoodie for me 60th yesturday   

You can hang around on street corners now with all you gang members, did she buy you a kitchen knife as well so you can fit in better. 

no my Mrs has banned from touching knives, and thats no joke   

[Horse]

You can borrow my new knife a Khukuri from Nepal ex Gurkha issue , Dad fought with the Gurkhas in Borneo in WW2 couldn't speak highly enough of them

[Hooli]

A cousin of mine used to command a Gurkha detachment in the RAF, he's got nothing but praise for them either. Amazing fighters & all decent people.

[hard road]

You can borrow my new knife a Khukuri from Nepal ex Gurkha issue , Dad fought with the Gurkhas in Borneo in WW2 couldn't speak highly enough of them

thats impressive horse but I better not    but total respect to your dad and the Gurkhas     

[KiwiCol]

I think @froudy collects Knives

[hard road]

I think @froudy collects Knives

yeah he's got a few 

[Tony Nitrous]

I bought some warmth.

Probably overdoing it a bit, log burner is rarely let to go out. A bit of crude man maths says my house is like an oven 24/7 over winter for around $30 / £17 a week.  I'm happy with that.

[Speedy1959]

You wouldnt like my place Tony..
In winter time my mates keep their jackets on when they visit (and I am NOT joking).
On several occasions during the winter months when the weather has warmed a few degrees, I open the doors and windows to "let the heat in"!
I have several mates are from Yorkshire and even they think I am tight!! (UK guys will know what I mean)..

Yorkshire folk have a reputation for being errrr "careful" with money..
 

[Hooli]

Rent rooms out as a 'bracing health spa' Speedy

[Tony Nitrous]

You wouldnt like my place Tony..
In winter time my mates keep their jackets on when they visit (and I am NOT joking).
On several occasions during the winter months when the weather has warmed a few degrees, I open the doors and windows to "let the heat in"!
I have several mates are from Yorkshire and even they think I am tight!! (UK guys will know what I mean)..

Yorkshire folk have a reputation for being errrr "careful" with money..
 

I hate the cold. It was certainly part of leaving the UK and moving to the coast here.

My wife liked this area originally. I said I never want to live anywhere that has a frost !

She convinced me with an offer of early retirement, big sheds, and a warm house.  New place is very well insulated, in walls, in ceilings, under the room etc, and brick skinned not timber like most around here. Reverse cycle aircon and a log burner means we have had Winter nights here when we have opened windows to get some air in!

To be fair Winter here isn't like the UK. Even on the rare days we see a frost once the sun is up it's normally a really nice day, warm, dry and sunny.

I've worked outdoors in Aussie summers for 19 years and love it, cold... I hate !

This week (1/3rd of the way through Winter)



As I posted in the other thread, this is my Winter...



(I just wait untill the temps in double figures and avoid early starts!)

[grog]

Im with you Tony, hate the cold. Weve had three 2 degree nights this month. A/C does a great job as heater, cheapest way of doing it.

[Tony Nitrous]

Im with you Tony, hate the cold. Weve had three 2 degree nights this month. A/C does a great job as heater, cheapest way of doing it.

Yeah, we have a really good reverse cycle system in the new place. Very clever thing. Can't fault it, except I love having a log burner. I find it very therapeutic and it's a little bit of old Skool low tech in my life. A big lump of Iron Bark in when I go to bed still gives me nice glowing embers the next morning.

[Speedy1959]

Mum used to have a 200 year old cottage..
Had a lovelly solid fuel / wood / junk burning fire..
Really churned out some heat !