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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.

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.

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?

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.

Tigers this year.

The tigers nearly had it in the bag this year.

I don’t blame her.

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.

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.

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. When push comes to shove its surprising what you can fix/Magyver with very little tools, bits and bobs and some knowledge. 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.

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.

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 .

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.😂

Enjoyed the read.Great work!