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by mick
Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:43 am
Forum: Critter Corner
Topic: Birds
Replies: 22
Views: 2351

Re: Birds

bad pic of a Goshawk I think
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by mick
Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:38 am
Forum: Critter Corner
Topic: Birds
Replies: 22
Views: 2351

Re: Birds

Heres another magpie and a couple of yellow trailed black cockatoos, not the good cam sorry.

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by mick
Tue Jul 24, 2018 7:18 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: 13 Oz Boulder
Replies: 0
Views: 274

13 Oz Boulder

5 inches x 3 inches x 1 inch min sizes.

Full of very bright gem colors

Can be carved or cut up.

Contact me for presale price. :D

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by mick
Sun Jul 22, 2018 1:12 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Price of food in USA
Replies: 6
Views: 540

Re: Price of food in USA

Very interesting, I think a lot of the same goes on here. I would not eat anything produced in china, its not worth the risk. Also, some countires that you would expect to produce and pack common products, say peas for example, buy them from china for processing and then claim product of so and so w...
by mick
Sat Jul 21, 2018 11:32 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Price of food in USA
Replies: 6
Views: 540

Re: Price of food in USA

I looked up the legal minimum wage for USA $7.25 actual ?? AUS $17.10 actaul aboiut $25 Seems wages up there are half what they need to be. You have to work over an hour for a salad roll, we get almost 4 for the same time. Is it true that ppl in the USA still work for tips only? if so how much do th...
by mick
Sat Jul 21, 2018 11:13 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Price of food in USA
Replies: 6
Views: 540

Price of food in USA

It has always fascinated me the price of food in the USA compared to Australia. It used to be so cheap. I would read the newspapers used in packaging and be amazed, everting was half price in the USA, even 1/4 price of Australian prices. So the dollar goes up and down, then about 7 years ago I notic...
by mick
Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:59 am
Forum: Critter Corner
Topic: COCKADOODLE DOO
Replies: 79
Views: 6131

Re: COCKADOODLE DOO

SwordfishMining wrote:First bird I ever saw that looked like a tennis ball.


The poor womans still in shock.
by mick
Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:56 am
Forum: Critter Corner
Topic: COCKADOODLE DOO
Replies: 79
Views: 6131

Re: COCKADOODLE DOO

Well after that lash egg above, which turns out to be pretty unusual, I have had 6 eggs a couple of times. Its hard to work out as I need 6 eggs two days running to work out that they are all laying. I have been getting some long thin eggs that may be the old chook coming good, I dunno. A few days I...
by mick
Mon Jul 16, 2018 11:45 pm
Forum: Cutting Opal
Topic: Bragging time
Replies: 10
Views: 1801

Re: Bragging time

Not really, you cant charge for what you cant see in my book.
Im kicking myself that I didnt cut it. The pic of the big dark base with the gem bar that I posted
that will be even better I reckon.

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by mick
Mon Jul 16, 2018 4:30 am
Forum: Cutting Opal
Topic: Bragging time
Replies: 10
Views: 1801

Bragging time

Folks I had this piece of Coober Pedy rough sold before I could blink. j 060 [800x600].JPG It weighs 3/4 ounce as was priced on the basis of the green color, so was very cheap even for all the green color. I could see a gemmy layer sitting on the black potch. It was very hard to see, I dont think th...