So roughbarked’s pimpmobile needs a little TLC…
His work tools, recent pay and most importantly, his stash is now gone.
If you think you can help an old bastard get back on his feet, e-mail me at miketz@gmail.com
Just remember, if he is out working, he’s not in here annoying us.
Carmen_Sandiego said:
:)So roughbarked’s pimpmobile needs a little TLC…
!http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7382/12135245576_908470c9dd_z.jpg
His work tools, recent pay and most importantly, his stash is now gone.
If you think you can help an old bastard get back on his feet, e-mail me at miketz@gmail.com
Just remember, if he is out working, he’s not in here annoying us.
Don’t bother answering my last email.
Do you take PayPal?
Divine Angel said:
Do you take PayPal?
Umm… no. Just cash, traveller’s cheques and donuts.
Carmen_Sandiego said:
Divine Angel said:
Do you take PayPal?
Umm… no. Just cash, traveller’s cheques and donuts.
i can draw donuts on a traveller’s cheque… does that count?
Well if you want help in the doughnuts department, I’m your girl :p
(As a tangent, someone emailed a compliment to a staff member but kept saying “dognuts” in the email. The first time, I thought it was a typo… the next four times though… unforgivable!)
Divine Angel said:
Do you take PayPal?
As a matter of fact we do :D
Well that makes life easier :)
Carmen_Sandiego said:
So roughbarked’s pimpmobile needs a little TLC…
!http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7382/12135245576_908470c9dd_z.jpg
His work tools, recent pay and most importantly, his stash is now gone.
If you think you can help an old bastard get back on his feet, e-mail me at miketz@gmail.com
Just remember, if he is out working, he’s not in here annoying us.
) well that last part is surely worth giving a few dollars for. ;)
roughbarked said:
:)
Carmen_Sandiego said:So roughbarked’s pimpmobile needs a little TLC…
!http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7382/12135245576_908470c9dd_z.jpg
His work tools, recent pay and most importantly, his stash is now gone.
If you think you can help an old bastard get back on his feet, e-mail me at miketz@gmail.com
Just remember, if he is out working, he’s not in here annoying us.
) well that last part is surely worth giving a few dollars for. ;)
Fucking rotten bastards, I so wish I could afford to help.
Skeptic Pete said:
Fucking rotten bastards, I so wish I could afford to help.
I wish I could afford to help myself.
roughbarked said:
Skeptic Pete said:
Fucking rotten bastards, I so wish I could afford to help.
I wish I could afford to help myself.
The good lord gave us mountains
so we could learn how to climb
stumpy_seahorse said:
roughbarked said:
Skeptic Pete said:
Fucking rotten bastards, I so wish I could afford to help.
I wish I could afford to help myself.
The good lord gave us mountains
so we could learn how to climb
There’s a lesson here somewhere.
Should I hashtag it for Australia Day? #ozdayabc
roughbarked said:
Should I hashtag it for Australia Day? #ozdayabc
#ozdayBBQ
Carmen_Sandiego said:
roughbarked said:
Should I hashtag it for Australia Day? #ozdayabc
#ozdayBBQ
How do I put a hashtag on it?
Should I remove the number plates and return them to the RTA to claim back unused registration?
roughbarked said:
Carmen_Sandiego said:
roughbarked said:
Should I hashtag it for Australia Day? #ozdayabc
#ozdayBBQ
How do I put a hashtag on it?
Should I remove the number plates and return them to the RTA to claim back unused registration?
2. Yes.
Skeptic Pete said:
Fucking rotten bastards, I so wish I could afford to help.
#1
I could sell my bike but then you’d have to launch an appeal to buy me a new one.
Bubblecar said:
Skeptic Pete said:
Fucking rotten bastards, I so wish I could afford to help.
#1
I could sell my bike but then you’d have to launch an appeal to buy me a new one.
I could have to swallow my pride and buy a bike helmet, get my bike back down off the wall.
I can help. It won’t be much but it’s something.
How much has been donated so far?
Divine Angel said:
I can help. It won’t be much but it’s something.How much has been donated so far?
Check your email.
Divine Angel said:
I can help. It won’t be much but it’s something.How much has been donated so far?
I have an identical ute in the creek. It was burnt in a bushfire & is too difficult to get out.
I must say it is humbling when such offers come in.
It is a new experience for me.
Tamb said:
I have an identical ute in the creek. It was burnt in a bushfire & is too difficult to get out.
They usually aren’t much use after that sort of fire. I’ll go back this evening and take the towbar, the grasshopper catcher and the numberplates.
roughbarked said:
Tamb said:
I have an identical ute in the creek. It was burnt in a bushfire & is too difficult to get out.
They usually aren’t much use after that sort of fire. I’ll go back this evening and take the towbar, the grasshopper catcher and the numberplates.
shoulda had a hilux…
Topgear torched theirs (and more) and it still kept going…
stumpy_seahorse said:
Topgear torched theirs (and more) and it still kept going…
I bet no car would keep going if the Mythbusters had gotten their hands on it.
stumpy_seahorse said:
roughbarked said:
Tamb said:
I have an identical ute in the creek. It was burnt in a bushfire & is too difficult to get out.
They usually aren’t much use after that sort of fire. I’ll go back this evening and take the towbar, the grasshopper catcher and the numberplates.
shoulda had a hilux…
Topgear torched theirs (and more) and it still kept going…
Yeah but they didn’t just dump it in a ditch light a fire and walk away.
roughbarked said:
Tamb said:
I have an identical ute in the creek. It was burnt in a bushfire & is too difficult to get out.
They usually aren’t much use after that sort of fire. I’ll go back this evening and take the towbar, the grasshopper catcher and the numberplates.
This one is making a small dam & allowing silt to build up so that the water stays in the creek a bit longer during the dry season so I suppose it’s still being useful.
stumpy_seahorse said:
roughbarked said:
Tamb said:
I have an identical ute in the creek. It was burnt in a bushfire & is too difficult to get out.
They usually aren’t much use after that sort of fire. I’ll go back this evening and take the towbar, the grasshopper catcher and the numberplates.
shoulda had a hilux…
Topgear torched theirs (and more) and it still kept going…
One of their girly fires. The engine block melted & made a puddle under the ute. I’m so glad it was a diesel.
Tamb said:
roughbarked said:
Tamb said:
I have an identical ute in the creek. It was burnt in a bushfire & is too difficult to get out.
They usually aren’t much use after that sort of fire. I’ll go back this evening and take the towbar, the grasshopper catcher and the numberplates.
This one is making a small dam & allowing silt to build up so that the water stays in the creek a bit longer during the dry season so I suppose it’s still being useful.
Tamb said:
stumpy_seahorse said:
roughbarked said:They usually aren’t much use after that sort of fire. I’ll go back this evening and take the towbar, the grasshopper catcher and the numberplates.
shoulda had a hilux…
Topgear torched theirs (and more) and it still kept going…
One of their girly fires. The engine block melted & made a puddle under the ute. I’m so glad it was a diesel.
Speaking of that, this bloke knows more about lighting fires than me. I couldn’t see how he ignited the diesel.
Tamb said:
stumpy_seahorse said:
roughbarked said:They usually aren’t much use after that sort of fire. I’ll go back this evening and take the towbar, the grasshopper catcher and the numberplates.
shoulda had a hilux…
Topgear torched theirs (and more) and it still kept going…
One of their girly fires. The engine block melted & made a puddle under the ute. I’m so glad it was a diesel.
Normanvile CFS have a melted lump of aluminium hanging from the roof at their station…
the leftovers of a $40K porsche engine that caught fire going up the local hill
roughbarked said:
Tamb said:
stumpy_seahorse said:shoulda had a hilux…
Topgear torched theirs (and more) and it still kept going…
One of their girly fires. The engine block melted & made a puddle under the ute. I’m so glad it was a diesel.
Speaking of that, this bloke knows more about lighting fires than me. I couldn’t see how he ignited the diesel.
stumpy_seahorse said:
Tamb said:
stumpy_seahorse said:shoulda had a hilux…
Topgear torched theirs (and more) and it still kept going…
One of their girly fires. The engine block melted & made a puddle under the ute. I’m so glad it was a diesel.
Normanvile CFS have a melted lump of aluminium hanging from the roof at their station…
the leftovers of a $40K porsche engine that caught fire going up the local hill
Yep. That trumps my Triton block.
Tamb said:
roughbarked said:
Tamb said:One of their girly fires. The engine block melted & made a puddle under the ute. I’m so glad it was a diesel.
Speaking of that, this bloke knows more about lighting fires than me. I couldn’t see how he ignited the diesel.
We mix it 3:1 with petrol to make driptorch fuel.
Yes when I was clearing and burning trees, before I became a tree planter, we used that mix to burn the piles of trees.
But where did he get the petrol from?
roughbarked said:
Tamb said:
roughbarked said:Speaking of that, this bloke knows more about lighting fires than me. I couldn’t see how he ignited the diesel.
We mix it 3:1 with petrol to make driptorch fuel.Yes when I was clearing and burning trees, before I became a tree planter, we used that mix to burn the piles of trees.
But where did he get the petrol from?
roughbarked said:
Tamb said:
stumpy_seahorse said:shoulda had a hilux…
Topgear torched theirs (and more) and it still kept going…
One of their girly fires. The engine block melted & made a puddle under the ute. I’m so glad it was a diesel.
Speaking of that, this bloke knows more about lighting fires than me. I couldn’t see how he ignited the diesel.
He just needs to light the upholstery, the rest will sort itself out.
Tamb said:
roughbarked said:
Tamb said:We mix it 3:1 with petrol to make driptorch fuel.
Yes when I was clearing and burning trees, before I became a tree planter, we used that mix to burn the piles of trees.
But where did he get the petrol from?
Came prepared maybe.
If you get the fire hot enough the diesel will burn specially if it has run through some dry vegetation.
His only other mode of transport to and from my ute was a pushbike.
The dry vegetation all around the ute didn’t burn (see the photo). There was a light sprinkle of rain that started hours after he would have lit the fire which later became a downpour. It was dry as a crisp before the rain but the wind must have been blowing towards the road or at least not towards the dry grass.
OK so I’ve paid the deposit, when can I expect my newly grafted tree? :)
What’s a Croud?
poikilotherm said:
What’s a Croud?
Japanese cloud.
Divine Angel said:
OK so I’ve paid the deposit, when can I expect my newly grafted tree? :)
Which type of tree do you want?
Native Australian plumeria :p
Divine Angel said:
Native Australian plumeria :p
My friends just found a couple of Banksias and an azelia(sp?)
stumpy_seahorse said:
Divine Angel said:
Native Australian plumeria :p
My friends just found a couple of Banksias and an azelia(sp?)
Heh, I just served a lady with a daughter named Azalia.
Divine Angel said:
stumpy_seahorse said:
Divine Angel said:
Native Australian plumeria :p
My friends just found a couple of Banksias and an azelia(sp?)
Heh, I just served a lady with a daughter named Azalia.
what was her other leg called?…
oops, sorry wrong joke…
How do I donate?
RB, what state / territory are you in?
Carmen_Sandiego said:
If you think you can help an old bastard get back on his feet, e-mail me at miketz@gmail.comJust remember, if he is out working, he’s not in here annoying us.
Sent.
CS check email
Obviousman said:
How do I donate?RB, what state / territory are you in?
I’m back. I had to go to town to chat with my son as this computer connection isn’t fast enough.I live in NSW.
Carmen_Sandiego said:
Carmen_Sandiego said:
If you think you can help an old bastard get back on his feet, e-mail me at miketz@gmail.comJust remember, if he is out working, he’s not in here annoying us.
RB, are you hurting for transport or just a ute?
Obviousman said:
RB, are you hurting for transport or just a ute?
a ute I think
CrazyNeutrino said:
Obviousman said:
RB, are you hurting for transport or just a ute?
a ute I think
something with a bit of clearance that would be ok to chuck his dirty boots in he said earlier
Ah, okay – can’t help there.
stumpy_seahorse said:
CrazyNeutrino said:
Obviousman said:
RB, are you hurting for transport or just a ute?
a ute I think
something with a bit of clearance that would be ok to chuck his dirty boots in he said earlier
Ultimately he’ll need a ute with ground clearance. I suspect that any wheels may be useful in the short term, but that’s up to Roughy to answer.
BTW, thanks for the response everybody. It’ll take a few days for the banks to do their stuff, but those of you who use the same bank as me should have already gotten the bank’s confirmation email that the money has been forwarded on to the recipient.
How did it happen?
Obviousman said:
RB, are you hurting for transport or just a ute?
At the moment a frigging scooter would be advantageous.
stumpy_seahorse said:
CrazyNeutrino said:
Obviousman said:
RB, are you hurting for transport or just a ute?
a ute I think
something with a bit of clearance that would be ok to chuck his dirty boots in he said earlier
That is what I said.
I do prefer diesel to petrol vehicles. I’m not really a revhead.
I prefer light trucks to puncey cars.
I do travel far more on bush tracks than autobahns.
I may need to toss a shovel and a hoe or a mattock in the back. If a bale of hay is going spare or a bag of horseshit, yo know the stuff I mean? I’m not like the millionaire I knew who would put his sheep on the back seat of his mercedes because it was more humane than shoving them in the boot with the bales of hay.
Hey RB I have some simes tapeners slightly shop soiled for you.
Tell me how much of the different sizes of grafting and tie tape you could expect to use this year and I can put a box together.
mollwollfumble said:
How did it happen?
I’ve got half an acre to get too far away from the car if the keys are still in it.
tauto said:
Hey RB I have some simes tapeners slightly shop soiled for you.
Tell me how much of the different sizes of grafting and tie tape you could expect to use this year and I can put a box together.
You are a diamond mate and don’t let anyone tell you different.
roughbarked said:
tauto said:
Hey RB I have some simes tapeners slightly shop soiled for you.
Tell me how much of the different sizes of grafting and tie tape you could expect to use this year and I can put a box together.
You are a diamond mate and don’t let anyone tell you different.
For those who don’t know, tauto has kept me afloat for a good while by supplying me with his off-cuts that don’t match his quality standard. I’ve used them both to help me make my way through each day but also to educate.
ie:
that better quality materials = less waste
that waste = bad economy and poor workmanship
that better tools = pride in workmanship
that happy workers = greater profit margins
and so on.
The main spin off is that people are learning better ways to think rather than having wool pulled over eyes for the sake of a few cents..
However, if the worker doing the work finds the joy of having things work properly then their work and work skills are already improving.
I do find that the greatest joy of being an employee is to gain acceptance from the employer that what the employee asks for to make the work more comfortable and more easily processed, actually improves the capability of the employer to provide the job. Which in turn leads to providing better training of suitable successors to take over the management of the business.
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
tauto said:
Hey RB I have some simes tapeners slightly shop soiled for you.
Tell me how much of the different sizes of grafting and tie tape you could expect to use this year and I can put a box together.
You are a diamond mate and don’t let anyone tell you different.
For those who don’t know, tauto has kept me afloat for a good while by supplying me with his off-cuts that don’t match his quality standard. I’ve used them both to help me make my way through each day but also to educate.
ie:
that better quality materials = less waste
that waste = bad economy and poor workmanship
that better tools = pride in workmanship
that happy workers = greater profit margins
and so on. The main spin off is that people are learning better ways to think rather than having wool pulled over eyes for the sake of a few cents..
However, if the worker doing the work finds the joy of having things work properly then their work and work skills are already improving.I do find that the greatest joy of being an employee is to gain acceptance from the employer that what the employee asks for to make the work more comfortable and more easily processed, actually improves the capability of the employer to provide the job. Which in turn leads to providing better training of suitable successors to take over the management of the business.
There’s a bit of ironing to do with the fact that I have used the very waste at the crux of the matter to provide the education with.
Like; “hey dudes, the stuff this manufacturer has to toss out, is way better than the stuff you are forcing me to use”.
I’m showing a bit more than economics and craftsmanship when it can be realised that I’m also going about the process of discussing the environmental and economic vandalsim of strewing the landscape with wasted plastic.
Which brings me back to, hey tauto, do you need someone to come and fix your machinery so that it doesn’t waste so much?and from the above ^ I do so humbly want all those who went out of their way to put out a couple of dollars to realise that their efforts will not be wasted.
I also humbly thank CS and MV for putting all this together, behind my back. I would have procrastinated any efforts if you’d done it any differently.
For example I would have said things like.. for all the dollars in the world, I’d dearly want my little plastic stool that I tied to my belt, back. Which I can say for me, would be a difficult task for in all my lifetime I’ve only ever seen the one, on its way to the landfill and I snaffled it for my use. Everyone laughed and made jokes like “look at his babyshit yellow hemorrhoid hang off his arse as he walks”
This was a bit like a seat and a bit like a 4WD exercise ball in that igt travelled over any terrain and provided exercise as well as comfort and complete freedom of movement.
The Bloke who was tossing it on the tip when I originally asked, “you tossing that out? Can I have it?” He recently tried it out after laughing at it for years and said, “you know, I’m regretting giving it to you now. To think that I could have been using it all this time”.
As it is, if I do give you my bank details I’ll still see it as a loan that needs repayment. If you’d like a piece of opal or something in return, I’d do my best to return the favour somehow. One person said, OK I’ve donated so now I am waiting for my grafted tree. ;)
I’m now indebted to buy CS and MV lotsa beer for doing this and that also means that I need the fuel to put into whatever vehicle I will be driving.. to get there. So I can tie a plumeria in DA’s hair on the way… and whatever stuff comes up as needing doing by your indentured apprentice.
We’ll probably have to turn this thread into a list of places to visit and fix the toaster or dig that drain and etc.The forum’s traveling handyman?
roughbarked said:
The forum’s traveling handyman?
oops, I forgot.. wookie may be necessary for me to bring along, if you need to make your washing machine entrap burglars.
roughbarked said:
and from the above ^ I do so humbly want all those who went out of their way to put out a couple of dollars to realise that their efforts will not be wasted.I also humbly thank CS and MV for putting all this together, behind my back. I would have procrastinated any efforts if you’d done it any differently.
For example I would have said things like.. for all the dollars in the world, I’d dearly want my little plastic stool that I tied to my belt, back. Which I can say for me, would be a difficult task for in all my lifetime I’ve only ever seen the one, on its way to the landfill and I snaffled it for my use. Everyone laughed and made jokes like “look at his babyshit yellow hemorrhoid hang off his arse as he walks”
This was a bit like a seat and a bit like a 4WD exercise ball in that igt travelled over any terrain and provided exercise as well as comfort and complete freedom of movement.
The Bloke who was tossing it on the tip when I originally asked, “you tossing that out? Can I have it?” He recently tried it out after laughing at it for years and said, “you know, I’m regretting giving it to you now. To think that I could have been using it all this time”.
For further on that…
There are things gone in that fire that for me, I’d never see again in my lifetime. Simple things like an item a child’s interactive garden setting sized plastic afternoon tea setting for a doll’s house. To me it was the perfectly engineered seat and motivational exercise stool. It cost me no money other than to put an upholstered cushion on it and a prototype belt system from scrap I found on the day, to attach it to my waistband/belt( a design which I never bothered trying to improve, though a set of braces type webbing could possibly have been better). Attached like this, I had perfect comfort and freedom of movement over any terrain without any back strain. Yet it was worth more to me than anything any money could buy. I have never seen another one of them though there must have been many manufactured. It is visible in this image if you follow the link it will take you there. Where comments may also be observed and placed. http://www.flickr.com/photos/99559986@N00/8235814663/in/set-72157624848810727/um., this link works here..
I would like to take this moment to personally thank all those who have so far promised assistance and also ask for your patience with the banking system induced delay between you transferring money to me and the bank generated email confirming your money has been forwarded on to Roughbarked.
Please contact me if you have not received the email by Wednesday or Thursday.
Can I just say that I am not really surprised with the enthusiasm of people to assist the genuinely needing or deserving?
What does surprise me however is the number of seriously generous sums involved from truly altruistic people who at the end of the day seek no recognition and wish to remain anonymous.
When exposed to such generosity in the past, I would think that it is people merely behaving in a way they would like to see the rest of the world behaving – a defiant but ultimately futile act of paying it forward.
After seeing first hand the apparent iceberg nature of altruism, I am now wondering if the world really is a good place at heart, but just covered in a thin veneer of shit.
You, (you all know who you are) have assisted a genuine bloke down on his luck. He will probably still be feeling the financial problems of the last week for a little while yet, so the coke and supermodel lifestyle is still a long way off, but hopefully, so is the need to sell his body.
What a tops Australia Day.
Carmen_Sandiego said:
What does surprise me however is the number of seriously generous sums involved from truly altruistic people who at the end of the day seek no recognition and wish to remain anonymous.
This is what has been on my mind all yesterday. I agree it’s not about recognition or how much one can afford to give right now, however I don’t think anonymity is right either. I’m sure no one is doing it for recognition but I do think roughy deserves to know who wants him back on his feet so he stops annoying us with posts. In that respect, I will say that I have donated to the Get Roughy On His Feet Fund (although I’m also willing to admit that it wasn’t as much as I would like to give; you sure picked a tough week to lose your stuff ;) ).
Generally speaking, the forum is always willing to help. Remember the forum effort to get a laptop for Geoff when he first fell ill? Or get Spocky a new computer when hers died? Or any other personal deeds from one forumer to another when we needed it. So no, it doesn’t surprise me either of how this is very much a community, albeit mostly online… but a community nonetheless. Group hug! (no groping)
i think one of the original forum helps was to get Grant a computer. that was a looooong time ago.
Simple things like an item a child’s interactive garden setting sized plastic afternoon tea setting for a doll’s house. To me it was the perfectly engineered seat and motivational exercise stool. It cost me no money other than to put an upholstered cushion on it and a prototype belt system from scrap I found on the day, to attach it to my waistband/belt( a design which I never bothered trying to improve, though a set of braces type webbing could possibly have been better). Attached like this, I had perfect comfort and freedom of movement over any terrain without any back strain. Yet it was worth more to me than anything any money could buy. I have never seen another one of them though there must have been many manufactured. It is visible in this image if you follow the link it will take you there. Where comments may also be observed and placed.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/99559986@N00/8235814663/in/set-72157624848810727/
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Bugger. The people across the road put one of those (along with the rest of the set) on the footpath recently. It stayed there for a week or so until someone spied it and removed it for their kids. I’ll keep my eye out as I travel around the place. You never know.
Keep an eye on your email, MV.
Divine Angel said:
I await…
Keep an eye on your email, MV.
Is this little stool the right type rb?
http://www.huntersandgatherers.com.au/gift/gift-for-kids/mini-magical-mushroom-stool.html
If so here is a cheaper one in Brissie for local pick-up
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Kids-mushroom-stool-/251433141784?pt=AU_Children_s_Furniture&hash=item3a8a954618
Carmen, haven’t spoken in a while. Can you email me at ‘sanquar’ at Google’s electronic milo tins and string.
Ta
Carmen, haven’t spoken in a while. Can you email me at ‘sanquar’ at Google’s electronic milo tins and string.
Ta
Carmen, haven’t spoken in a while. Can you email me at ‘sanquar’ at Google’s electronic milo tins and string.
Ta
Self imposed echolalia?
stan101 said:
Self imposed echolalia?
morrie said:
stan101 said:
Self imposed echolalia?
A regular cyber-Dustin Hoffman.
:)
OK well, I have some good news or better news than I had. The insurance claim is being processed. It looks like I’ll get $4,200 back for the car and if we can pin the theft on the main suspect, I’ll get the $650 excess back as well. The tow truck operator is liasing with the police and will not pick up the car until they notify him that fingerprinting has been carried out. My policy allows me a hire car for 21 days and I’ll pick that up tomorrow. I have to pay a $100 bond on that but that isn’t a problem now. Thanks to the people of this forum.They are processing a claim for the partial reimbursement of the lost tools which may come on the car policy or on my home contents policy. The max there is $500 but I’ve put in a claim for $700.
A friend and his wife are going out for a drive and walk around this afternoon to look for a cast off wallet. If that is found I won’t have to worry about getting a license renewal. The same friend also suggested that I visit the people in the only house on the road between where the car was burned and our village to see if a bike had been stolen matching the description. I think that may be possible but it would have had to have been the week or two previously when that house reported a jewellery theft.My theory is that he rode out from town on the pushbike, stashed the pushbike nearby, took my car to town got chased by the cops and travelled back out here via the shortest route and dumped the car, set fire to it and walked to where the pushbike was stashed, picked it up then bumped into me waiting in the dark. So a couple of items more of proof and we can tie all the thefts together and get him for the lot.
Some good news there :) Great that the insurance will come through.
Divine Angel said:
Some good news there :) Great that the insurance will come through.
At least my other half is smiling more and frowning less. I’m still in shit creek but the barbed wire canoe has been covered with some fabric.
Leaving the keys in your car on public land, roadsides etc, is a felony Think it is a $99 fine or summat. Same goes for leaving the window down an inch.
Leaving them in the car on your own property is fine as long as it isn’t for a long period while you are away from the car. Ten minutes is no problem. However if the car is within your sight on your property the keys in it are not a problem for the insurance.
Entering your property without permission is a felony.
roughbarked said:
Leaving the keys in your car on public land, roadsides etc, is a felony …
Entering your property without permission is a felony.
Umm, i’m going to be a smart-arse here…
This question came up for me in connection with another matter some time back (i was not directly involved), and i found out that Section 580E of the Crimes Act 1900 in NSW abolished the distinction between ‘felonies’ and ‘misdemeanours’ in that State. So, i suppose it’s simply a ‘crime’.
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
Leaving the keys in your car on public land, roadsides etc, is a felony …
Entering your property without permission is a felony.
Umm, i’m going to be a smart-arse here…
This question came up for me in connection with another matter some time back (i was not directly involved), and i found out that Section 580E of the Crimes Act 1900 in NSW abolished the distinction between ‘felonies’ and ‘misdemeanours’ in that State. So, i suppose it’s simply a ‘crime’.
crime will do, in a pinch.
Just remembered – the distinction now is ‘summary offences’ and ‘indictable offences’.
Good news, Roughy. Good news indeed.
Assuming you had the wallet stashed in the car, there is a pretty good chance it went up in smoke, right?
Carmen_Sandiego said:
Good news, Roughy. Good news indeed.
Assuming you had the wallet stashed in the car, there is a pretty good chance it went up in smoke, right?
Yeah,, :( however, I didn’t find evidence of a stain or a press stud or zipper tag. There was a large twin sided silicon carbide sharpening stone placed so that a quick glance under the seat would have seen only the stone and to get to the wallet the stone had to be shifted. You see I don’t carry my wallet while working on the fields. It is usually locked in my car under the seat. or was.
There was also a notebook almost beside where the wallet had been which was my field book containing contact and job data. It was black but I could turn pages without them falling to bits. A piece of glass had fallen on it so that may be why but it is also clear that he threw stuff on the seats that was alight, to start the fire.
The ditching of the car forced him to climb out the passenger door(which is where he may have left a fingerprint). This would mean that he couldn’t have got the wallet after ditching the car. He would have had to have done this before he took the car as the police chase meant that he had no other opportunity.
Therefore there may be a possibility that after I told him that the police were coming to take him away, he stashed the cash nearby where I last saw him. Definitely, he stashed the pushbike.
roughbarked said:
Carmen_Sandiego said:Good news, Roughy. Good news indeed.
Assuming you had the wallet stashed in the car, there is a pretty good chance it went up in smoke, right?
Yeah,, :( however, I didn’t find evidence of a stain or a press stud or zipper tag. There was a large twin sided silicon carbide sharpening stone placed so that a quick glance under the seat would have seen only the stone and to get to the wallet the stone had to be shifted. You see I don’t carry my wallet while working on the fields. It is usually locked in my car under the seat. or was.
There was also a notebook almost beside where the wallet had been which was my field book containing contact and job data. It was black but I could turn pages without them falling to bits. A piece of glass had fallen on it so that may be why but it is also clear that he threw stuff on the seats that was alight, to start the fire.
The ditching of the car forced him to climb out the passenger door(which is where he may have left a fingerprint). This would mean that he couldn’t have got the wallet after ditching the car. He would have had to have done this before he took the car as the police chase meant that he had no other opportunity.Therefore there may be a possibility that after I told him that the police were coming to take him away, he stashed the cash nearby where I last saw him. Definitely, he stashed the pushbike.
Oops, I left out something.. I may have photos of it. The sharpening stone had been turned at right angle to original position which would indicate to me that either I had left it that way because I was at home and/or he either spotted that or turned it himself. Either way, the wallet and money is still a mystery to be solved.
I went down to the wreck this eve and finally took off the grasshopper screen, the tow bar and the number plates. There were signs that other people had been looking through the fire damaged items. Anyway, I’m finished with it. There is little else I can salvage.
If you have sent me money but have not gotten an e-mail confirming my passing it on, please e-mail me, as I have now passed on everything that appeared in my bank account and paypal account.
Roughy, stuff I sent yesterday (which should be in your account today) is the last of it. Enjoy, and buy Mrs Roughy a new pair of shoes or take her out to dinner or something – on us!
Carmen_Sandiego said:
t.Roughy, stuff I sent yesterday (which should be in your account today) is the last of it. Enjoy, and buy Mrs Roughy a new pair of shoes or take her out to dinner or something – on us!
:) Now that could work.
A big box of helpful stuff arrived today and amongst all the stuff, were these items.
I’d already bought some sectaeurs and snips, sharpening stone holster for secateurs and stuff but there is a tool for every size job and I’m starting to get back there already. A good thing because I’ve been flat out working. The only bad vibe was a tool that I rescued from the wreck that I’d made for a special use. I had to put some hose on the handle to stop it staining my hands with burned metal but it functioned fine for one day. Somebody half inched it on the first day. That probably was because somebody was too lazy to design and make one for themselves.
roughbarked said:
A big box of helpful stuff arrived today and amongst all the stuff, were these items.
I’d already bought some sectaeurs and snips, sharpening stone holster for secateurs and stuff but there is a tool for every size job and I’m starting to get back there already. A good thing because I’ve been flat out working. The only bad vibe was a tool that I rescued from the wreck that I’d made for a special use. I had to put some hose on the handle to stop it staining my hands with burned metal but it functioned fine for one day. Somebody half inched it on the first day. That probably was because somebody was too lazy to design and make one for themselves.
Oh and thanks tauto.
Thanks everyone.
Things are coming back together.. All really need to do now is get a workable vehicle. I have new tools! So new I’m almost scared to use them. I’m working long days. I told one grower that I was a bit busy and that I’d teach a couple of backpackers to do the job he wanted me to do.. He said.. NO.. I want you.
glad you are getting back on your feet :)
Arts said:
glad you are getting back on your feet :)
Believe me, you aren’t the lone stranger there.
how’s mrs roughy?
Divine Angel said:
how’s mrs roughy?
Struggling with it all but she is a battler. She has to be to put up with me and all of what lands in her lap as a consequence of that.
Walked into a local store that sells stuff I need. Told him what happened.. Like I have been in this store twice in the past 10 years and he said, “did he steal your new knife?” Me thinking, he actually remembers me buying the expensive knife.. I said, “yes but he burned it and all of the tools, all the knives and all of everything. He didn’t appreciate what he was burning in any way to be conceived”.
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:
how’s mrs roughy?
Struggling with it all but she is a battler. She has to be to put up with me and all of what lands in her lap as a consequence of that.
How did she like her new shoes? ;)
Hey, that’s good that things are coming together a bit.
:)
Michael V said:
Hey, that’s good that things are coming together a bit.:)
I hope that you knew I wouldn’t let you down.
Carmen_Sandiego said:
How did she like her new shoes? ;)
Her shoes require to be special to be built up. Give me time.
A friend somewhere else did this and suggested that i should allow him to treat all said photos of the ute in similar ways, sell the prints and raise money that way.
roughbarked said:
A friend somewhere else did this and suggested that i should allow him to treat all said photos of the ute in similar ways, sell the prints and raise money that way.
prints can make lots of money
Dear sir/madam,
re: claim#: NRMxxxxxxxx
I’m writing because my claim has not been finalised when it had been
submitted by 26 Jan 2014.
I do realise that I did remove and return the number plates from the
car for the refund from the RTA before the wreck was picked up. I am
aware that this may well have caused problems at your end.
However I have in good faith faxed copies of these documents to you;
*intitial registration paper
*initial green slip paper
*initial purchase agreement
*original warranty on a new vehicle from a reputable dealer.
*receipt for greenslip refund
*and a letter from the RTA acknowledging that I had handed in the
plates for refund.
I am at loss. You are not. We had an agreement that you would pay for
the loss and you haven’t.
I have in good faith paid insurance premiums on said vehicle since
1995. I was not in remiss on any payment. Why then are you
dishonouring our agreement?
sincerely,
me