Fab1
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8 hours ago, PaddyT said:
Problem in Australia is a lack of decent competition laws- ACCC is a toothless tiger-so we have ended up with 2 supermarkets, 4 banks, 1 tollway owner-weak protections for consumers and small biz-big guys come in and cut the market until the little guy dies. Not even Walmart in the USA has the market power that Woolies and Coles has, and its to the detriment of the hapless consumer.
If we all didn’t support the mega malls when they opened up shop back in the day where the Coles and woolies are usually housed we wouldn’t be in the situation we are in today.
Remember back in the day doing the rounds to the local butcher,bakery,green grocer,deli,barber, etc? As you know now it’s all under one roof for lazy people (us) to go in and pay whatever it is they charge for all of it.
We have a local shopping centre here where I live with a few shops and Woolies.A business was stupid enough to put up a greengrocer opposite Woolies about 20 meters from the front entrance.I reckon the green grocer lasted 2 months if that as Woolies wiped him out by dropping its prices and once he closed guess what happened to the prices? straight back up past what they were originally to make up for their troubles.
We are all screwed in this country and god help anyone’s children/ grandchildren.
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If any of you blokes wear crocs when launching the boat this bloke won’t be happy.
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Wondering if anyone can give me a little advice...
I have suspected for some time that my girlfriend is cheating on me...the usual signs,
Phone rings and caller hangs up when I answer, she goes out with the "girls" a lot
I try to stay awake for when she comes home but can never stay awake that late..
Anyways last night around midnight I hid in the shed behind the boat... when she got home she got out of somebody's car buttoning up her blouse and took her panties out of her purse and slipped them on.
It was at that moment crouched behind the boat I noticed a hairline crack in the outboard engine mounting bracket...
Is that somthing I can weld or do I need to replace the entire bracket?-
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It’s all a ploy to get you in the store in regards to saying they have stock when you check online and then go in to find thin air on the shelf.
99% of the time they know you’ll wonder around and spend money on 💩 you don’t need.
Hopefully you gave them an earful the bloody idiots like I do and walk out.
it’s only going to get worse.
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Tigers this year.
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The tigers nearly had it in the bag this year.
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1 hour ago, Yowie said:
More than 10 years ago when my daughter started driving, I showed her how to change a flat tyre. Nuts cracked, tyre on/off, tools to use.
Not long after that, she saw 3 young males on the side of the road, flat tyre on their vehicle. Standing around , scratching their bums and balls
, no frigging idea what to do.
She stopped, changed the tyre for them, heard them "f**k, look what she can do", however, she drove off. Did not want to get involved with someone who cannot change a car tyre. 🤣
I don’t blame her.
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Sadly having a crack at working things out and fixing things is becoming more and more a lost art.It’s to easy for people to throw things out and buy new ones.My mrs calls me Frankenstein as she reckons I get things fixed/going from multiple items/parts.
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All this talk reminds me of the Movie cast away.Remember the struggles Tom hanks went through to find food, start a fire, etc.?
And at the end he had a glut of food all around him at the party, and a lighter he could flick on and off whenever he wanted.
We certainly take things for granted until 💩Hits the fan.
i still carry things like my old radiator hoses and sepentine belt in cars.
About 20yrs ago I was driving home from work as a arvo shifter at 230 am(we had stayed back for o/t) and the deeded battery light started flickering and lights going dim.
Pulled over and as suspected frayed fan belt.Pulled over and changed out on side of the road as I had tools and used belt in car.Would have been a lot worse scenario if o hadn’t had the belt, tools and knowledge.
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7 hours ago, Yowie said:
With my caravan, I carry spare bearings, grease, nuts, bolts, gas regulator, tools, etc, etc. Probably why the van is heavy 🤣.
The most used gadget has been a tiny butane operated soldering iron. Used on 4 separate occasions, otherwise would not have been moving along.
You can never have too much gear mate.It’s better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
6 hours ago, noelm said:Some very basic tools can be a saviour, not just for repairs, but just general “stuff” while camping. My mate had a Tomahawk that had a hammer head on one side, a nail puller/pinch bar as well as the chopping side, we must have used that a thousand times over the years to “fix” things that needed hitting/chopping/levering to get us by.
When push comes to shove its surprising what you can fix/Magyver with very little tools, bits and bobs and some knowledge.
6 hours ago, mrsswordfisherman said:Yes and we have a kitchen sink as well @Yowie
When we did a lap swordie spent months and months ordering "stupid bits and pieces". The delivery people knew us well
I complained bitterly
until we had to use these things 
One time in WA we went out onto a beach and when we decided to return over the sand dunes. I said take that track and he took another. You can guess what happened.
Out came some of the "stupid bits and pieces" and the "orange recovery track things" and we got back onto hard ground again!! We have helped many others with our bits and pieces too.
Tyres for car and van we have spent $$$ changing these regularly.
@Fab1 kind of you to offer to help this chap.Thanks, I always try to help others in need no matter what.As for your adventures at the end of it all you were glad swordie had ordered all that otherwise you may hav been in a pickle.
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All good advice fellas.My suspicion is this bloke had used his bearings he was carrying to change bearings at home at some point and forgot to replace them to keep as spares.
I don’t think he wanted to mention that bit and look like a goose as from what I saw he has all the gear minus the bearings/hubs.
lucky it was a mild day here yesterday and nice and Cool.
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1 hour ago, Jiggy said:
In all fairness he might be like me. I can have all the parts and tools and still wouldn't have a clue what to do. Putting in petrol and pumping up the tyres is about all I can do. Yeah I'm useless, but I can cook and clean like no one else!
Cheers
Rob
I asked him if he knows how to change them and he said yes he does them at home.I told him it’s a good idea to carry spares and he said it didn’t even cross his mind but learnt a lesson. I offered to do it for him but he denied and said he had tools in his car to change them just no bearing hence going to go get one .
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Just went over to see a bloke on the side of the road with a caravan in tow with a wheel bearing failure with the family in the car and no spare bearing in sight.He did the old unhitch the van while he went on a detour to get one after asking me where the closest auto store is.
Some mothers do ‘ave em
Less pain would of been felt having the spares on board me thinks.
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50 minutes ago, BaitDropper said:
Ya Gotta have a project or something to tinker with I say while not wetting a line I say....
It keeps you sane...
Between work and the 💩 I have to keep me busy at home I need a 1000hr day to get it done mate.I never get bored.Sun up to sun down for me mate.
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17 hours ago, JustJames said:
Ermmmmmmmm.....why?
This is a fishing forum, for people who have too much fishing stuff, not too much groundskeeping gear.
Lawnraider is over there, on the left.
I’m a hoarder🤷🏼♂️.Kidding.I restore and sell them or fix them for people mainly.A lot of those mowers I have on a property.At home I have 5 only.
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Unfortunately I can’t get out early mate as I use to be out like 4-5am best time as you know.Good to hear not many pests around.
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A bit like triple carby vs single.More to go wrong, triple the cost when you need to rebuild them.
simple with anything mechanical is always best for the least breakdowns, headaches, cost,etc.
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23 minutes ago, noelm said:
There’s more to owning a 4 stroke than just fuel economy! simple turn key, instant starting, no messing around pumping primers, fiddling with levers and chokes, unrivalled quietness, idle for hours on end, the list goes on and on. But……of course servicing is more expensive, but you don’t burn oil all the time either, over time I think the total cost to own and operate wouldn’t be too different.
And a heap more to go wrong with 4 strokes that costs you $$$ when it does.
I did the comparison in my situation taking all those points into consideration and for me I’m thousands in front not even taking the purchase price into consideration.
One 4 stroke service alone costs more than I’ve spent on my outboard in 12 yrs I’ve had it.
Things may be different for other people but for me it isn’t the case at alll.I’d be thousands behind literally going a 4 stroke but like everything these days you want a new motor now there’s no choice.
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Just come back and already taking the fish from the kids on school holidays.😂😂Great work mate.I know you get out early but how was the human activity out there?
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16 minutes ago, BaitDropper said:
I know one thing for certain, it will take me the rest of my days to realize a saving, fuel wise, with the new 4 stroke, in comparison to the old 2 banger I swapped it for,, I'm simply not doing the expected hours on the water I thought I would be doing with it, mind you, I'm hoping to change that in the new year.
But Geez, its a pleasure to walk out to the boat now to give the engine a run, which I do about once a month, turn key and its instant 😁... I'm loving the 4 strokes. The old 2 stroke took a tad more manipulating at times,, always fired up, but it was always in the back of your mind.
I thought about it the other day, cost of a new 4 stroke, versus the fuel usage of the old 2 stroke,, After too many return trips with the old motor from out wide, barely running on fumes, even with careful planning, I needed to change pure and simply because of how variable the fuel consumption was with the old Merc. Have to admit, that's the only reason I changed, it's power and reliability was never in question and that was over many hundreds of hours use, super easy to work on and if kept maintained, they would run for ever.
When I went thru the swap over after I arrived here on the south coast, it was probably extraordinary times I guess, after narrowing down my model choices, it was very very noticeable which dealers were taking a lean as far as pricing went. Supply was of course effecting everything during the crud virus times, but there was a fair hunk of gauging going on at the time. My choice was down to warrantee and servicing, I honestly believe there's not a bad outboard being produced now, there all good in my opinion. I still had a price back in Melbourne for the Pro XS 115, The local dealer here, wanted near 5K more than that for the same engine, I could have towed the boat back to Victoria, stayed in a motel and covered all my fuel costs and still had coin left over. Happy with my choice in the end, great back up service from the local Suzuki dealer, even mobile servicing option.
But yep, homework is the key here and finding that dealer to look after you afterwards is huge...
I’ve been thinking the same thing as you on a much smaller scale with my boat.I thought many times about going from my very basic 30hp 2 stroke to a 40 yammy(I’m not interested in anything else).I owe $0 on my boat and a yammy is like 10k there abouts.10k buys alof of fuel.
I service my whole carby,fuel pump, impeller ,plugs with a 10 and 12mm spanner a flat head screwdriver and a pair of pliers, and a spark plug tool or even a shifter.
in short they can keep the 40.
Talking electric cars again I don’t owe anything on my Kia and hilux and service both myself doesn’t cost me a dime more than my parts I buy. Again just a basic electric is 40k+.That’s a lot of fuel and don’t you worry the government will make up for the petrol sales lost with a ev tax that will keep going up like the ridiculous tolls have over the years.
Agsin they can keep their evs for now.I’m fully aware their will come a time when anything you buy from mowers to cars will be electric.
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37 minutes ago, noelm said:
Yep, comparing outboards is a minefield of mis information, take (say) a 75 Mercury, it weighs a ton, way heavier than a Honda, and compared to a Yamaha 70, it’s a real heavyweight. But move up in HP, to about 200HP and the Mercury is a feather compared to the Honda. When buying a new motor, the best tip would be to research all models in the HP you want, make a list of price, weight, dealer reputation and real warranty (not some after market sales gimmick) the results can often be surprising how the tables turn in certain HP brackets.
It’s a mugs game not doing what your saying when buying anything let alone outboards.I do it with everything even with small purchases.
if I look on my phone or computer and say somethings $20 here and it’s $15 a kilometre up the road further guess who gets my $$.
To add to what you’re saying on outboards I’d be researching how much each costs to service and price of parts like timing belts,etc.
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29 minutes ago, BaitDropper said:
That's for sure true !
It's always amused me how many people hold on to views about things, they maybe heard about an outboard from their dad, ie Mercury in there early days and the corrosion mantle stuck hard. It's human nature, the ford versus holden syndrome 😁.. I've had a selection of out board models over my journey, this time I went with the 140 Suk, didn't think I would ever have one of them after being in many of my mates boats, which all did inflame the " Weak " Engine label they were lumped with. In all honesty, I too labelled them Weak, which they were mated to heavy 6 meter boats that I had been in. They were the " bees knees" engine when they first came out and they were thrown on boats as a cheap HP option, compared to the larger 150 HP options, While they still performed in all the other KPI's, there was no doubting, they were slugs.. There reliability and economy is now well and truly tested and proved, but I'm still of the opinion that putting them on heavy 6 meter fiberglass boats gave them a bad wrap. Luckily mine is only a 5.5 meter, which matches the engine performance perfectly.
It doesn't take too much for anything these days, especially outboards, to be stigmatized by a "mate of a mates" experience, although I do admit, my only experience with Etec's wasn't that flash, with a friend twice being towed back out of Eden with blown powerheads, but I'll bet there's blokes out there that have had nothing but untroubled hours on the water that swear by them. Honda was another that got a bad wrap, had a mate with the same hull as mine, took the cheaper Honda special at the time, 60 kilo's over maximum outboard weight recommendation, which played havoc with the hull, simply too heavy, but that was a choice he made, not the brand as such fault. If people " matched the hatch " as the saying goes, and did there homework and selected an engine that matched the performance they expected or wanted, issues like above wouldn't have happened. But that's life, sometimes it's the coin that makes the final decision on outboard choice, or indeed the previous owners choices..
Only way to truly find out if YOU think anything is worth it, good or bad, reliable, etc is by pulling the pin and buying/ trying it out for yourself.What I may think is great you may think is crap and vice versa.Everyone has different budgets/ expectations etc for everything in this life.
At the end of the day it’s what you can afford, like and think is reliable, etc that matters.
Please don’t talk kpi’s on here while I’m on holidays as I don’t want to hear that crap they spiel on with at work plus the other million things that they do.😂
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Enjoyed the read.Great work!
, no frigging idea what to do.
until we had to use these things 
Buying stuff
in The Bar
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I made an enquire into a piece of lawn machinery I’m after on Tuesday last week after ringing several stores.The only guy with stock tells me that he has one in stock and it costs $1180.Ok no worries thanks I’ll get back to you in a few days.I ring the same bloke this morning and he says yeah I have one last one in stock and it’s going to cost $1240 but for you I’ll do $1200.
I think you just change the prices to whatever you want dependant on the day and take $40 off to make the customer think they got a better deal when the unit retails for $1100 everywhere else I checked( 7 other stores with no stock).
Let’s just say my cars still parked in driveway.