The Combo Club

[Giffro]

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No doubt about it Morri..when it comes to our giant huntsmen spiders...i'm definately a big girlie lolll (my wife just piped in with..."tell 'em I can vouch for that"..loll

 

[GwenOnBass]

Isn't "Sheila" the Aussie generic term for "girl"?

... at -40C machines stop working
... at -40C or 40C people should stop working
(but they don't)

 

[Giffro]

Isn't "Sheila" the Aussie generic term for "girl"?

... at -40C machines stop working
... at -40C or 40C people should stop working
(but they don't)

YEP..lol
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[GonePlaid]

I keep my wagon under the outside carport/verandah area cause there are too many spiders in my garage and I hate spiders loll After years of keeping my car in the garage, one night driving home from band practise a giant Aussie Huntsman spider sprang up onto the inside windscreen right in front of my eyes...ive never pulled over so quick..luckily it was a quiet sidestreet not far from home. I musta sat in the gutter for an hour before building up the courage to wack it with a street directory then drive the remaining 1/2 mile home in a feverish sweat loll Since that night Ive never parked in the Arachnid Garage. If you guys don't know Aussie huntsman spiders they are very big..see car dashboard pic loll
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Since everything in Oz will kill you, that makes sense.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Since everything in Oz will kill you, that makes sense.

Happily, no recent reports of flying monkeys.

 

[RodRy]

Chili is as serious as barbecue.

Mmmmm chili and barbecue...

 

[DrMole]

Happily, no recent reports of flying monkeys.

I would like to think though, that maybe, just maybe there are flying monkees on the South Island of New Zealand. Maybe.

 

[G-Dog]

There was a news story a while back about how we Norwegians use the word «Texas» to describe something wild and chaotic. The story was widely reported in the US, and I dare say offended a lot of Americans, Texans especially, of course. Now, in contrast to @Doctor Intrepid 's story it was completely true. Norwegians do refer to chaotic situations in that way, but it’s not really anything to do with Texas as such, it’s more of a Wild West reference, with Texas being one of the few US states Norwegians could remember by name. Which doesn’t reflect that well on Norwegians either, I suppose.

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Now that's funny (I'm not offended). I wasn't born here but have lived here since the mid 1980s. Native Texans do get a bit testy at times when poked. Don't even get me started on the beans versus no beans in chili debate LOL.

It’s understandable, especially as most reports tended to have the slant that Norwegians think Texans are crazy, which of course we don’t. I’ve never been to Texas myself, BTW, but I have a brother who spent four years at North Texas in Denton.

I know, and have known, several native, and non-native, Texans and I daresay that very few, if any, of them would take any serious offense, whatsoever. Now, I certainly don't speak for the entire state but, from my not insubstantial first-hand experience with quite a few Texans, this is exactly one of the many various perceptions that many of them actually enjoy, if not actively promote! Shoot! The article in the OP link is printed in one of Texas' leading cultural periodicals! Complaining? Oh, he** naw, son. I think they was bragging!!

Just my 2¢.

** = ck, to keep it PG rated.
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[G-Dog]

Happily, no recent reports of flying monkeys.

I would like to think though, that maybe, just maybe there are flying monkees on the South Island of New Zealand. Maybe.

Flying Monkees were once seen in southern California many years ago! I don't think they have been documented anywhere since then.

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[EatS1stBassist]

I would like to think though, that maybe, just maybe there are flying monkees on the South Island of New Zealand. Maybe.

Santa Barbara, Ca. Has flying monkeys

 

[Giffro]

46C degrees North of Adelaide today..100 people hospitalised due to heat stress/heat stroke. Wife and I keeping cool with air con belting away and beers in hand lol All my basses and Rumbles in the same air conditioned room as us...they can't have my beer...can't wait for tomorrow's 47C degrees...the tar/bitumen is already melting on the roads loll Nuffin like a stinking hot Christmas in Oz loll

 

[Giffro]

Santa Barbara, Ca. Has flying monkeys

I saw a flying monkey once..no wait that was my ex-wifes divorce lawyer.

 

[TheBass]

... and crazed housewives.

The most dangerous species of them all, I suppose

 

[BazzaBass]

Loll Doc..not to mention the snakes, crocodiles, sharks, blue ringed octopus, dingoes and crazed housewives. Actually the Aussie Huntsman spider I mentioned before is relatively harmless..just frighteningly BIG loll

 

[BazzaBass]

46C degrees North of Adelaide today..100 people hospitalised due to heat stress/heat stroke. Wife and I keeping cool with air con belting away and beers in hand lol All my basses and Rumbles in the same air conditioned room as us...they can't have my beer...can't wait for tomorrow's 47C degrees...the tar/bitumen is already melting on the roads loll Nuffin like a stinking hot Christmas in Oz loll

You should post a photo of thongs (flip flops) melted into the road

 

[Giffro]

You should post a photo of thongs (flip flops) melted into the road

Roads melt as temperature hits 49.9C in remote SA ahead of catastrophic fire conditions

 

[GwenOnBass]

Poor is when you take your flip flops to the tinker for repair.

And round-and-abouts

 

[GonePlaid]

Yikes! We get Portuguese Man-o-War here at our beaches. Nothing to mess with.

 

[GwenOnBass]

There are [alleged] humans I encounter in any major city who are much dangerous than flying monkey jellyfish crocs. Some of them pay come come in to hear the music.

 

[Giffro]

Well because it's Christmas and a really really hot one here..2 songs I did about 10 years or more ago for my (now wife) Fiance when she was still in England. She wanted to hear some of my bad bass playing (I did 600 in all lol) and as she wears hearing aids she asked if I could make the bass quite prominent in the songs I recorded for her...I actually just dubbed my bass playing onto the original songs. So to embarrass myself once more here ya go..Giff's bass recordings to his Fiance 12,000 miles away 10 years ago...now that we are married she turns her hearing aids off when I practice loll
I chose 2 "hot" tunes to match our temperatures here loll
In case I lose power in the heat the next week or so...Merry Christmas everyone.