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  1. ......then died, and couldn't be made to turn over.

    Fortunately Cappy had been a mate of Jack Absalom during Cappy's days as a Nurse at Broken Hill Hospital, and featured in a lot of Jack's outback films, holding a tyre when Jack packed it with 5,000 psi air to use as a self-contained method of repairing a puncture in the outback, or wading a creek in Crocodile infested Kakadu while Jack sat on the bonnet of the Land Cruiser telling everyone always to wade a creek before driving through, in case there was a deep hole, or standing above a rabbit warren ready to light a match as Jack showed that you can almost find meat for the evening meal anywhere by pouring a jerry can of petrol down burrows. Cappy and bull were in luck today because Cappy had brought along his Jack Absalom SWR battery jumper kit consiting of a slingshot, and 30 metre coil of steel cable with an alligator clip on the end.

    The Range Rover jumped into life instantly; true, the harness was on fire and they couldn't charge their mobile phones, but the engine was running sweetly. However, ................

  2. 13 minutes ago, Spoon said:

    I really appreciate the discussion and it helps understand and interpret the legislation. I was going to mention the high water mark and every beach landing I’ve seen so far has been in between high and low and under the jurisdiction of the crown. Ultimately like you said safety is the primary concern and is the responsibility of the pilot. 
     

    Well I still loved the hours “training” I did and think I’ll go back and do some more 🙂 

    Just working out who owns the land, while important, isn't the only restrictor.

    When you've rolled down the camber and caught a wing in the sea, or a wheel has caught in soft sand, or what looked like a smooth dry surface is quicksand, you will need to explain how you met ALA requirements. You talk about loing the training in the past tense; air legislation is included in training for both certificate and licence, so I think you've missed some training there.

  3. .......at that time of his life, very similar to a Brahman bull,  which was why he earned $300 grand a year as a bull, because once the beer tent opened and the Rodeo got through the Childrens calf rides, the Camp Drafting (NTTIAWWT), the flag and barrel races, the Rooster Chase and the 23 classis of horses in both the open and closed buck jumping classes, no one was looking too closely at the bull.

    I'm the ridee, bull announced proudly, and that was the start of a lifelong friendship with Cappy telling bull where he coulf find an old Cricket in a shed out the back of Boulia, covered in crow sh!t, but otherwise in good condition. He even took bull out there in his Range Rover, and they .........

     

  4. 4 hours ago, jackc said:

    IF that happened to me, I would just fly and have someone take a pic not identifying the pilot or surrounding landscape and send it in anonymously to RAA!!,

    Would probably pi$$ themselves and secretly chuckle to themselves, good on him.....IF it was years ago.

    Now they would cause a full scale investigation and want to see Spacey in gaol 😞

    The World of having fun, left us years ago 😞

    Maybe the ‘empire needs to strike back’ ?

    He's been told enoughy times what to do to fix the problem.

  5. ....to euthenase him under the new 2019 Act. "He's just high maintenance" said Dr Spick; "he won't know the difference" responded Dr Span and they were just about to administer the dose when Turbo walked in ready for a marketing follow up lunch with his customers. Luckily he had just overheard the conversation. "You're coming with me" he said to his dear friend Cappy, and saved Cappy's life.

    Was Cappy thankfull?...................

  6. .........pray each night that the same thing will never happen to them. Turbo can't imagine the pain of those Bardi grubs emerging from Cappy's skin, although Turbo also experienced pain when his mother and security staff were trying to get him to take a bath. "If you don't wash your ears out you'll grow POTATOES in them" she used to say and that was usually the persuader.

     

    We pay respect to the Cook family past and present, and mean no ill in referring to Cappy's grubby past.

     

    Speaking of medical matters, in 2020 Turbo had noted that after President Trump suggested to Americans that if they wanted a Covid vaccine faster they should inkect themselves with disinfectant, some 143 million Americans took that advice. Turbo had been trying to start an old tractor which had been standing out in the paddock after becoming bogged in 1972, and in desperation used some "Start ya Bastard", a well known tool of farmers.

     

    He wondered whether this may have efficacy against Covid-19 as well as getting people started faster in the morning, and so Turbine Pharma was incorprated.  

     

    As we know, Turbo would never try to use something like that on people without proper trials, so he used it in the Cat farm.

     

    There were only two deaths per hundred thousand cats, even less on the rats, so the vaccine is being rushed into production at ...........

     

     

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  7. NES readers will notice that Cappy was so overwhelmed and shattered By OT's words that her was unable to continue the story. A cynic might see that as two-bottle time, but we know our beloved Captain was upset because he struck back eloquently just as Turbo was about to have dinner.

     

    We can advise that the matters have been resolved to everyone's satisfaction, and Cappy is more than happy with the $30 mil that OT and Turbo tipped in for further development of Chez Spratley. Cappy can now attain his dream of offering Turtle watching in the Spretley Straits using slow boats, and ..............

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  8. ........responsible for rounding up any coprolitic (Cappyref) mice and dumping them in the Harbour.  Turbo knew this was not a sustainable and likely to fill the Harbour with coprolite, in which case OT and the WAbarons would be likely to drain it and start mining, and probably export it to C...........................

  9. ...........The Furneaux Island group.

    Not many people know that James Cook aka Jimmie the Stud, DID actually hit the Furneaux on his bumpy way around the eastern coast where Endeavour tapped it about every third day at Gin Time.

    There, they found a group of ..........

     

  10. .....couldn't find the bone IGA when I desperately needed toilet paper.

    "Bad meal at the RSL again" asked OT.

    "No I was about to go flying in the Jacka" said bull.

    OT trying to be diplomatic said "They're not that bad"

    "it's not that" replied bull "I put the roll on a peg and when I take off it leaves a trail........."

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  11. ..........of the former Colonies, New Zealand or Ceylon opens their countries or a volcanic formed a new Island.If neither of these things happened, he could be permanently stuck up there.

     

    A similar thing happened to Cappy many years ago, when Cappy had a crew cut and identified as "Charliey". He was living in Boston on the smell of an oily rag when the Metropolitan Transit Authority put up their fares without notice, and .......................

     

     

    The Story of Cappy (then aka Charlie) and the MTA

     

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  12. .......1972 in WA. Turbo points out that WA is heading for Lockdown Champion of Australia, having the ability to spread Covid like Broadacre Manure.

    Bull, in Tasmania has had a stunning Change of Government (COG). As we know you should always check your COG before departing your Home State, and also ..............

  13. Just now, turboplanner said:

    .....being Bren Gun Carrier, which was probably a good idea given Captain's Official Report list which went for 32 pages, and included one incident  of "Attempting to run over the Chief of Catholic Church, Rome, Vatican, Pope" withe the rest marked top secret.

    Turbo had been the Battalion Champion at stripping and rebuilding a Bren Gun, and still remembers the order; Piston, Barrel, Butt, Body, Bipod; handy to know under fire when the Bren predictably jammed due to sand, water, the wind or the sun, just as the enemy had sighted you and were about ......

     

     

    [Turbo appreciates Cappy's clever wording which indicates only someone who has operated a Saracen would know about banging your head on the door, which gets a second prize for indicating he's one of the tall ones. Don't tell anyone but this incident happened during an Open Day at Kapooka when Cappy, dressed in his suit and loafers, standing a full 165 cm was asked if he'd like to get into one. Mistaking the question, Cappy tried to rush through the door]

     

  14. .....being Bren Gun Carrier, which was probably a good idea given Captain's Official Report list which went for 32 pages, and included one incident  of "Attempting to run over the Chief of Cathilic Church, Rome, Vatican, Pope" withe the rest marked top secret.

    Turbo had been the Battalion Champion at stripping and rebuilding a Bren Gun, and still remembers the order; Piston, Barrel, Burr, Body, Bipod; handy to know under fire when the Bren predictably jammed due to sand, water, the wind or the sun, just as the enemy had sighted you and were about ......

     

     

    [Turbo appreciates Cappy's clever wording which indicates only someone who has operated a Saracen would know about banging your head on the door, which gets a second prize for indicating he's one of the tall ones. Don'te tell anyone but this incident happened during an Open Day at Kapooka when Cappy, dressed in his suit and loafers, standing a full 165 cm was asked if he'd like to get into one. Mistaking the question, Cappy tried to rush through the door]

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  15. .......a debate and a proposed notion by Turbo that one of their policies would be to pick on Catholics.

    "We know you're a bunch of heathen", he said to the others in both Mandarin and Orange, and they nodded.

    He added: "Not many people know their origins; It was a disciple of Jesus who started the Catholic version on the church. His name was Paul the Apostle, also known as Saint Paul, and also by his Hebrew name Saul.

    The Christians had some good policies, but no idea of finance, so Jesus had to resort to doing things like cutting fish up into strips and telling the audience he was making "many fishes", which brought a lot of sarcastic laughter on the day, but someone yelled out "FISH FINGERS!"; and one member of the audience, a Colonel Sanders registered the name and the rest is history.

     

    This didn't help the Christians though; but Saul was clever and invented the forst example of taking a little money off a lot of people to make millions. Soon they were awash with cash; all the disciples bought their own donkeys, with more for the groupies like Mary Magdalene.

     

    Of course, soon the Romans, Pharacees, Saracens and everyone else wanted a part of the action, so they had a meeting a Nicosea, and decided to form the Carthagenian and Saracen Association (CASA) to use this money. Someone didn't like this name, calling them "bloodsuckers", so there was a four hour shouting match, but finally Centuion Marcus Turbinius put up a motion seconded by Brutus MonoRailus to form a separate church to handle funds, and this was passed.

    This is when Saul made his move to call it the Catholic Church, with him in charge of finances, and proceeded to fleece the general public until they stopped bing scared of eternal damnation, and .....

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  16. 11 minutes ago, Phil Perry said:

    It's a song isn't it ?

     

    First of May. . . .on a Saturday. . .we used to love while others used to play. . . . 

     

    ( Can't recall the artiste,. . .BGs perhaps. . .I dunno.  did you like the 1970s AFTN message layout ? )

    It's May 2 here in Australia, but apart from that, I'm just slow on the uptake.

    Good to hear you are well.

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  17. .......entering into a Joint Venture with both groups for $50 million at a fixed exchange rate.

    "How you sell us lot for $10.00, but sprit three ways $50 million?" asked Orange1  (the Orange people have always used codes.

    "The Grapefruit Leader, as we have read came from the West Indies, with a background of banhing a stick on a 44 gallon drum, but offered this explanation. "Critical Mass" he replied and Turbo thought he might make  a good Recreational Flying Board Member, when he saw Orange1 nodding his understanding, but ...............

  18. "..........I expected to hear. I TOLD you I wanted them to play One Dimension songs; Dont you ever LISTEN?!; Do I have to do EVERYTHING  here!"

    and for the next ten minutes it was a classic Kevin dummy spit.

    It didn't dawn on him that most of us don't need minders and are capable of managing ourselves.

    Kevin had even blamed the Pink Batts scandal on a female member of his office.

    He could speak Mandarin, but look where that got Australia - down the tubes as Enemy No 1.

    However, Turbo had found a way of saving the China-Australia relationship. Not many people know that Turbo can speak Orange.

    There are not many Orange speaking people in China, but they are an ancient race, much like the Star Family, The Watchers or The Family in the west, and like them the Orange People control everything.

    Turbo had a deal to sell all the ABoriginal land to China for ten bucks, and ...........

  19. .........rubbed his nose, and he always did when Kevin rjected his sound advice and made fun of him, because as you know, Cappy has rat blood in him from way back.

     

    He felt the involuntary twitches in his checks where whispers would have been growing in hid ancestors, and decided to stithc up Kevin, so he went to see ...........

     

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