mrsmackpaul

On 9/12/2025 at 2:47 AM, 67RModel said:

Parts are unobtanium for it. Just sayin

Only in the U.S., in the rest of the world you can get the parts pretty easily, you just have to order them and ship them to the States, no big deal 

Paul

We found out on the 12th as due to time zones around the world it was already the next day, I was milking cows in the dairy and the Princess appeared with a cuppa 

A very unusual thing to happen that early in the morning and she told me about the news

Not really knowing if it was true or not, it made no difference at all to me until I finally made it back inside the house a few hours later

I sat there watching the T.V. a little gob smacked 

My old apprentice electrician from before dairy farming days called me to ask me if it was real or not 

Him and a mate were riding push bikes up Cape York, the pointy bit on the north east coast of Australia, very remote and very few people 

Him and his mate had got a bit shit faced the night before and the publican told them about the attacks when they finally awoke the next morning, he was convinced the pub owner was tricking him and  called me because he knows I won't bull shit 

What a shock to the world it was and it changed the world forever

I think people in Australia were possibly just as shocked as America 

I do remember that the news ran stories asking people to stop trying to enlist in the Armed forces in Australia as the Armed forces had no way of taking all the extra volunteers 

It was a nervous time for the world 

Paul

You blokes need one of these doohickies

Most trucks with stud type of wheels carry these in Australia these days 

Guaranteed to bust any nut loose 

Paul

5 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

Truth is.... I dont think we do dumb shit.  I think we will push the limits of our knowledge, using our knowledge, to effectivley, push the limits Of our knowledge... What say u? 

That's right Jo Jo

It's because we are having ago and are always testing ourselves on things we have never tried 

It's called "having a crack" were I'm from

Stupid stuff is jumping off cliffs into a tiny rock pool when your high as a kite 

Paul

Yes mate, I feel I'm only warming up and am about to break into a whole new level of dumb shit 😃

Paul

21 minutes ago, mowerman said:

And yes, I noticed that about the lifting method doesn’t really look very secure to me either, but I have done some really dumb shit back on my early years

So Bob, does this mean your all done doing dumb shit ?

I was beginning to think blokes never stopped doing dumb shit until we fell off the perch 😄🙃

Paul

Yes there's a lotta corners in the chassis tp clean and sand and so on

Looking very purple 

Paul

inspector Clouseau, I love it and yes, also quality control, customer feed back and general all round judge 

built a ramp at the back of the house a fortnight ago for Miss Molly, hand rail and all

my inspector Clouseau advised that it didn't quite line up properly and could be a trip hazard 

my un helpful reply, "I didn't build it for you and you can keep on using the stairs"   was not as helpful as I thought it might of been 

gasket is looking good

Paul 

Good luck, should I have the cocktails ready for the celebration drink ??

Might start mixing just to be ready 

Paul

Thanks for the kind thoughts everyone 

I always say to people that dogs are  only with us for a short while because  they give so much in that short time

I have never bought a dog, they just sort of end up in my life, normally as a pup

I wish I had my older mind many years ago with dogs as my biggest regrets inlife are when I have really done my block (gotten really angry) at a dog 

It achieved nothing and the dog meant nothing wrong, I  guess age gives us wisdom, sometimes ?

Miss Molly will be missed by me thats for sure and to me she was a unofficial forum member as she featured in plenty of messages and story telling 

Miss Molly came into my world when I was putting underground power onto a cattle station (ranch) in north Queensland, Leichhardt Creek station (is about 33,000 acres) 

Anyway this little pup, maybe about 10 or 12 weeks old gave me a hand all day, whether I needed a hand or not

grabbing conduit and electrical wire, the end of the day I was asked if I would like her to which I said "YES PLEASE" and she came back to the sugar cane farm and chased roo's and pulled deer down and wrestled big goannas and generally lived a good life full of adventure 

She always loved riding in the trucks, she loved the little Isuzu as she could lay on the seat and cuddle me and watch the road all at the same time 

what a mate she was, did many 1000s of km sitting on the passenger seat of the Mack, I dunno how she sat there for so long but she loved it and would really crack a darcky if I left her behind 

I  do a lot of running and in maybe the last 6 months she started to struggle to do the miles in the morning so the runs got shorter 

she loved it when we shifted to town as she would clean up around the fast food fish and chip cafe type of shops

Anyway she bought me a lot of joy and I hope she had fun

Leichhardt Creek station called her "Rubbish" as they were convinced she would never amount to much as she was kinda smallish for a working dog in Australia were they generally have huge dangley legs to cover upwards of 50 km a day working cattle and sheep

the Princess changed her name to Molly 

I usually called Sweety or Darling pie 

once again, thanks for the kind thoughts 

Paul 

You all may of picked up I have been lucky enough to have a border collie dog share my life and tolerate me for well over a decade

I did wonder when she was young if border collies ever slept

Well apparently border collies do eventually sleep

Poor old Miss Molly the border collie is gone

After loosing the use of her right back leg 5 or 6 weeks ago for no apparent reason, the poor darling had something wrong inside and she went down hill pretty quick

Anyway I can't be cruel and made the decision have my darling put down 

What a good little doggolog she has been 

See, that's what I'm talking about, we have all had those moments in life we're we wanna leave a lasting impression ha ha ha 

Always good to have some fun and it is a battle to honestly remember some of the stupid stuff I have done

Thank goodness there was no smart phones years ago

But, I doubt a younger me would of cared, as long as my parents never found out I was doing okay 

The joys of growing up in a country town were everyone knows everyone 

If you really make a ass of yourself your parents find out before you make it home and the wrath of Mum and Dad was worse than any law enforcement person 

Paul