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Thanks for that sandmanracing

It is great to hear we are a product of our forbears and I am not on my Pat Malone.:lol_hitti

Looking forward to the weekend.

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Steve

Sorry - but we took a vote. And------- yes you're on your PAT MALONE.!!!! :rocker:

I am waiting see if our North Western brethren can figure THAT out. :rocker::rocker: :rocker: :rocker:

Lyndon
One drink too many me thinks! Is it that time already. Night all. :hellobye:
 

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1/2: when you do finally get the new engine in your son's car will he be in a different class or still in the same fields and really kicking their butts? i saw the good time he had and send him my (our) congrats and i bet a little of your help and maybe genes had something to do with it.

i also saw you were trying to win the lottery. from my chair it looks like you have almost everything a guy would want except for a fridge that is an inch too tall. i bet you'd donate most of it so i'm sending you my best wishes and prayers if you buy a ticket.

have a great weekend.
 
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Steve

Sorry - but we took a vote. And------- yes you're on your PAT MALONE.!!!! :rocker:

I am waiting see if our North Western brethren can figure THAT out. :rocker::rocker: :rocker: :rocker:

Lyndon
One drink too many me thinks! Is it that time already. Night all. :hellobye:

Lyndon, I can live with that :rocker:

I spent some time in the garden last night and hit the sack at 8.30.

Note to file: It is not a wise move to post after a few coldies.:beer:

Have a great day. :thumbup:
 
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1/2: when you do finally get the new engine in your son's car will he be in a different class or still in the same fields and really kicking their butts? i saw the good time he had and send him my (our) congrats and i bet a little of your help and maybe genes had something to do with it.

i also saw you were trying to win the lottery. from my chair it looks like you have almost everything a guy would want except for a fridge that is an inch too tall. i bet you'd donate most of it so i'm sending you my best wishes and prayers if you buy a ticket.

have a great weekend.

drives my young bloke will stay in the same class, but hopefully he can improve his times. He did pretty well last year finishing an overall third in the under 2 liter class:thumbup:

Thank you for your thoughts and wishes.

Looking forward to a great week end although most of it will be spent in the garden.:thumbup:
 

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1/2: do you Aussies celebrate Valentine's Day? if so i hope you at least gave Mrs. 1/2 a big hug.

cheers and hope the Rodents are behaving and letting you and Shelby enjoy the SHED in peace.
 
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1/2: do you Aussies celebrate Valentine's Day? if so i hope you at least gave Mrs. 1/2 a big hug.

cheers and hope the Rodents are behaving and letting you and Shelby enjoy the SHED in peace.

drives we do celebrate Valentines Day out here:thumbup: Ordinarily we don't spend on gifts for each other but consider every day a Valentines day. Mrs 1/2 Cup did surprise me with a small block of my favorite milk chocolate with a caramel in fill when she went for the groceries this morning.:thumbup:

Not having a great day with the Rodents, I lost a sock that wasn't retrievable and my new 100 ft garden hose now has punctures at the end of it so it is now a 95 ft unit. Not happy.:sad:

Sheby has been helping me in the garden this week end moving trimmings all over the place and getting under my feet in general but good company none the less.:thumbup:

I have cleaned our old fridge ready for sale and put it on our craigslist - Gumtree. Mrs 1/2 Cup has kept it well so it needed little to get it ready.

The old compressor was given a wipe over and is also on the market.

My son picked up the MG F cylinder head yesterday and is now at the machinists now getting its new guides, valves fitted and a shave just to true things up.

Thank you for dropping by and have a great day.:thumbup:
 

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Note to file....not a wise move to post after a few coldies......

Maybe true 1/2 cup but sometimes things do seem to make more sense after a few. Then when you read it the next day, you say to yourself, "Phhheeewww it came off better than I thought it would, I must have still had a little of my game on" Or should I have used Pat Malone???:headscrat
 
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Note to file....not a wise move to post after a few coldies......

Maybe true 1/2 cup but sometimes things do seem to make more sense after a few. Then when you read it the next day, you say to yourself, "Phhheeewww it came off better than I thought it would, I must have still had a little of my game on" Or should I have used Pat Malone???:headscrat

dlcwent I am guilty as charged, I just tend to err on the side of caution these days.;)

Just to translate when an Aussie says " I am not on my Pat Malone" what he is in effect saying is that he is not alone.:thumbup:

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Thanks for the translation 1/2 cup. I should follow that rule myself, but it's hard to stay off the GJ especially after a few cold ones. So you are not on your Pat Malone there.
 

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1/2 and other Aussies,
I've been reading through a few of your threads and have come across many sayings I've been able to figure out either directly or from context clues. That cam to an abrupt end when y'all starting talking about being on your Pat Malone. In my finite wisdom I decided to try my hand at better understanding where the term cam from which let me to this:

Australia on Your Pat Malone

For other Yanks such as myself it would be worth a read, but you may just come out more confused than you went in. Reading that also reminded me of the Robin Williams skit about the linguistic adventure of drinking with a Scotsman:

(The Scotsman part doesn't start until around 1:40)

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1/2 Cup

I did not notice if you were able to pick any of those items up at that Estate Sale. Please tell me you did.
 

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1/2: as i continually try to learn about everything i watch the How it's Made show when i have time. sometimes i see things that interest me and other times not so much, but usually always learn something. do you have that TV show Down Under?

in any case i just happened to catch the end of a show where they were making a car engine. so it looked pretty nice and everything looked ALMOST as nice as the one you got as a greasy mess and are spiffing up. now remember i said the engine on the show was ALMOST as nice as the one you are shining up. I found out at the end of the show when they put the name up that it was a Ferrari. i'd say you are doing a fine job on your rebuild and i hope the new modifications work out like you and your son are hoping they will.

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Thanks for the translation 1/2 cup. I should follow that rule myself, but it's hard to stay off the GJ especially after a few cold ones. So you are not on your Pat Malone there.

dlcwent, I am hearing what you are saying.:lol_hitti

1/2 and other Aussies,
I've been reading through a few of your threads and have come across many sayings I've been able to figure out either directly or from context clues. That cam to an abrupt end when y'all starting talking about being on your Pat Malone. In my finite wisdom I decided to try my hand at better understanding where the term cam from which let me to this:

Australia on Your Pat Malone

For other Yanks such as myself it would be worth a read, but you may just come out more confused than you went in. Reading that also reminded me of the Robin Williams skit about the linguistic adventure of drinking with a Scotsman:

(The Scotsman part doesn't start until around 1:40)


If you don't approve let me know and I'll take these down.


JB

JB

I am still having a chuckle to myself:lol_hitti

And as they say us Aussies have created a linguistic laboratory.:lol_hitti




1/2: as i continually try to learn about everything i watch the How it's Made show when i have time. sometimes i see things that interest me and other times not so much, but usually always learn something. do you have that TV show Down Under?

in any case i just happened to catch the end of a show where they were making a car engine. so it looked pretty nice and everything looked ALMOST as nice as the one you got as a greasy mess and are spiffing up. now remember i said the engine on the show was ALMOST as nice as the one you are shining up. I found out at the end of the show when they put the name up that it was a Ferrari. i'd say you are doing a fine job on your rebuild and i hope the new modifications work out like you and your son are hoping they will.

good luck

Thank you drives some of those shows are just amazing and give a terrific insight as to how things are made.:thumbup:

I am pretty confident that the new engine will live up to expectation. The head I away getting the valves and guides installed as we speak, similarly the new pistons are getting machined to enlarge the valve pockets so I can't do much more until all those things are completed.:thumbup:

Have a great weekend :thumbup:
 

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To side track the topic that reminds me of a story. Only in Australia could this happen.

An English lady Author visiting Australia is signing her recently written best seller book for Customers in a well known book store. Australian lady picks one up and walks over to her and says "Emma Chisset". Author takes the book from her and it is signed - to Emma Chisset. Australian lady looks back shocked and speaks again this time more clearly -"No I asked how much is it?"

Talk about strangling the English language.
Here's some more: http://www.textfiles.com/humor/strine.txt


Pete
 

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:lol_hitti don't worry JB, I don't know what convict ship my heritage originated from but I'd never heard of the Pat Malone saying until I read it here either.

Cheers GB.
 
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For other Yanks such as myself it would be worth a read, but you may just come out more confused than you went in. Reading that also reminded me of the Robin Williams skit about the linguistic adventure of drinking with a Scotsman:

(The Scotsman part doesn't start until around 1:40)

If you don't approve let me know and I'll take these down.
JB

jb, thanks for that. I needed that this morning. That is one of his best. The best is the golf IMO. I'm falling out of my chair laughing.
 

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All

Sorry - I think I started that...... :)

I am descended from convicts, and my grandfather on my Dad's side was in the Australian Navy, and I picked up hundreds of rhyming slang sayings from him....:lol_hitti

There are heaps more yet to come out. :bounce:

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Quietly watching in the corner.... :)
 
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There is some rippers in that lot Pete.:thumbup:

:lol_hitti don't worry JB, I don't know what convict ship my heritage originated from but I'd never heard of the Pat Malone saying until I read it here either.

Cheers GB.

What bush have you been hiding under GB ???
:lol_hitti

Perhaps, but I bet you picked up the meaning basically straight away?

Yep but had to check it anyway to see what context I am missing.

It's still missing :lol:

:lol_hitti with an Ashley:lol:

jb, thanks for that. I needed that this morning. That is one of his best. The best is the golf IMO. I'm falling out of my chair laughing.

I have revisited that a few times and I get a laugh out of it still.:thumbup:

All

Sorry - I think I started that...... :)

I am descended from convicts, and my grandfather on my Dad's side was in the Australian Navy, and I picked up hundreds of rhyming slang sayings from him....:lol_hitti

There are heaps more yet to come out. :bounce:

Lyndon
Quietly watching in the corner.... :)

Lyndon we had a guy at work where nearly every second word was rhyming slang, nothing offensive mind you but you could listen to him all day long.:thumbup:

Our family patriarch actually came out here as a free settler from England in the 1840s or there abouts. In 1850 he married to an Irish lady at Kilmore then together they built the first pub in Benalla.

So I can't claim convict heritage.

Regards and thanks guys.:thumbup:
 

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Sorry - I think I started that...... :)

I could start a whole topic on that. I can trace family back to the 1st Fleet.
A suburb in Sydney named after one of them.

1/2, any chance we could see more of your brothers set up or some of those Sidevalve engines? I had a customer email me today wanting to know where he may find some parts so I may need you to send me some (contact) information for him. ;)
 

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1/2: so yours and HotFr8's families were the royals looking after the island of prisoners? from what i've read in the history books (of course this was maybe 40 years ago or more) Australia was a penal colony where the British dropped off the prisoners they didn't want in England. TRUE of FALSE??

I read on Lyndon's thread you are enjoying a COLDIE while Mrs. 1/2 is out. does she have the rodents with her? if not you better keep and eye on them while you are hanging in the SHED with your #1 garage dog Shelby.

have a great weekend.

DLC and ALL: i will never get tired of Robin William's skit on Golf in his Scottish accent. really sad he had to leave us so soon because even being serious he could make us laugh in an instant if he wanted to start a rant. also wonder if he really drank all those bottles of water during that show.
 
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I could start a whole topic on that. I can trace family back to the 1st Fleet.
A suburb in Sydney named after one of them.

1/2, any chance we could see more of your brothers set up or some of those Sidevalve engines? I had a customer email me today wanting to know where he may find some parts so I may need you to send me some (contact) information for him. ;)

HOTFR8 I could share volumes about our families history, as you say that deserves a whole new topic.:thumbup:

BTW there is a road near Picola that bears your family name as well so you can add that to your list.:thumbup:

Next time I am at my brothers place I will grab a few snaps to share.:thumbup:

PM sent with contact details but warn your customer they don't call my brother Have a Chat for nothing.:lol:

1/2: so yours and HotFr8's families were the royals looking after the island of prisoners? from what i've read in the history books (of course this was maybe 40 years ago or more) Australia was a penal colony where the British dropped off the prisoners they didn't want in England. TRUE of FALSE??

I read on Lyndon's thread you are enjoying a COLDIE while Mrs. 1/2 is out. does she have the rodents with her? if not you better keep and eye on them while you are hanging in the SHED with your #1 garage dog Shelby.

have a great weekend.

DLC and ALL: i will never get tired of Robin William's skit on Golf in his Scottish accent. really sad he had to leave us so soon because even being serious he could make us laugh in an instant if he wanted to start a rant. also wonder if he really drank all those bottles of water during that show.

You are correct drives , Australia was originally set up as a penal colony however many were given free passage as free settlers to establish them selves and support the penal settlements.

Then gold was discovered and so began the rush from all over.:thumbup:

Mrs 1/2 Cup took one of the pups, Jackie for her first official show in Melbourne yesterday. I still had to divide my time between Shelby, the rodents and the shed so not a whole heap got done.

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She took out Puppy in Group which gives her 7 points toward the 100 points required for her title of Australian Champion.

I promised I would give Mrs 1/2 Cup a hand next week end as both pups are entered in a show at Rochester.

Robin Williams is sadly missed for sure but his legacy lives on.:thumbup:

We have advertised our old fridge and have people coming to have a look this morning, hopefully it sells so I can clear a bit more space.

Have a great day every one and thanks for dropping by.:thumbup:
 
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1/2 thank you for the information you sent via PM.

On the family history in Nathalia not far from 1/2. My family name is well known with a street named after my family.

Too easy HOTFR8:thumbup:

I did not realise you had an Avenue in Nathalia named after the family. now that is quite a nice part of the town I might add.:thumbup:

Plus a road at Picola that is abut 10 kms out.:thumbup:

Regards.

PS Sold our old fridge this morning so that is out of the way.:thumbup:

My eldest was at the MG swap meet yesterday and he scored a TC and TF prewar heads that are now stewing away in the E - Bath.

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Congrats on Jackie and Mrs. 1/2 Cup's accomplishments. My girls would spoil that dog completely rotten :)

Thank you Dennis:thumbup:

Mrs 1/2 Cup is pretty chuffed about Jackies win.:thumbup:

They all get spoilt rotten here too and don't they know it.:thumbup:

Last week end one of the breeders Australian Silky Terriers who shares the pups blood lines was shown in New York and took out top spot for its group.:thumbup:

Thanks for dropping by and have a great week end.
 
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WOW, thanks for the heads up. I knew about the Ave but not the road.

Engineering in the family we have a few interesting things like Bridges and Swimming pools with the family name.

No problems HOTFR8 :thumbup:

Our first settler fore father was a lamp lighter in Lancashire, so I am guessing that's where my being a sparky came from.:lol:

Built and run the first pub in Benalla, so what does that tell you.:beer:

My grandfather was a blacksmith by trade so the genes are coming out now that I love sticking bits of metal together.:lol:

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Whilst on that subject. Decended on my Mums side of the Family are First Fleet.

ANTHONY ROPE - was born in 1763 at Rochford, Essex, England. He married Elizabeth Pulley at Sydney Cove on the 9th May, 1788 the marriage was performed by Rev. Richard Johnson. Anthony died on the 20th April, 1843 at Castlereagh at the age of 89 years and is buried at the Castlereagh Church of Christ Cemetery. He came to Australia on the "Alexander" with the First Fleet on 26th January, 1788.

CRIME - Anthony Rope, late of the parish of Rochford in the County of Essex, labourer: Burglary by breaking and entering the house of ROBERT GOSLING about 7 in the forenoon on 2nd September, 1784 and stealing 2 printed cotton gowns of the value of 20 shillings, one petticoat made of silk and worsted of the value of 5 shillings, one silk neck handkerchief of the value of 18d, one pair of Women's leather shoes of the value of one shilling, one pair of metal buckles plated with silver of the value of 6d, one man's hat of the value of 6 shillings, one fustian frock of the value of 5 shillings, one pair of buckles plated with silver of the value of one shilling and one hempen sack of the value of 6d of the goods and chattels of the said Robert Gosling, one pair of other men's leather shoes of the value of 5 shillings, one pair of other metal buckles plated with silver of the value of 3 shillings, one cotton waistcoat of the value of 2 shillings, one linen shirt of the value of 6d, 2 silk handkerchiefs of the value of 2 shillings, one piece of silver coin of the proper coin of the realm called a "half crown" of the value of 2 shillings and sixpence and one piece of the proper silver coin of this realm called a "shilling", of the goods and monies of ROBERT BRADLEY in the same dwelling house.

SENTENCE - Not guilty of breaking and entering, guilty of stealing goods valued at 35 shillings, no chattels - Transported for seven years. PLACE & DATE OF TRIAL - Essex Lent Assizes, which began at Chelmsford on Monday, 7th March, 1785, before Sir Henry Gould, Knt and Sir Richard Perryn, Knt - Justices. Anthony was kept on the prison hulks before transportation and was "employed when health and weather permitted, in raising gravel from the Woolwich Shoals, in wheeling the same, for the purpose of making considerably higher the ground which they have erec ted and are now repairing". On 11th February, 1789, Anthony and his friend John Summers (John was witness at Anthony and Elizabeth's wedding)} were each ordered 25 lashes for neglecting their work, and Anthony received another twenty-five lashed on 9 th March, 1789 for the same reason.


In 1791, Anthony was listed as a bricklayer and on the 31st March, 1791 he bought a pair of stolen shoes from John Marrott, which were stolen from John Beasley three weeks before and he received 25 lashes for buying stolen goods, and Marrott 25 lashes for selling them. John Marrott also came on the "Alexander" transported for "break & enter of the dwelling house of JOHN CONSTABLE with arms" and with his brother Joseph, stole goods belonging to John Constable, his sentence was hanging but later reprieved to seven years transportation.

On the 10th January, 1792, Anthony Rope was granted land "at the Ponds" , two miles to the north-east of Parramatta on Kissing point Road (for 1 shilling a year after ten years). He received 30 acres and 20 acres for Elizabeth and 10 acres for each of the two children - Robert and Mary. There seems to be some confusion over Anthony's land ownership as by 1800 he was living at Castlereagh and on 1st April, 1804 his farm was advertised in the "Sydney Gazette" for auction as 100 acres in the estate of William Cox, and on 4th April, 1804 it was sold to Captain Dagg, for 52 guineas. However, during the 1840's, this land was listed as having rates which were owed by Anthony and it was sold to the Catholic Church for the amount of the rates owing and the Church build a College. On the 5th March, 1831, John Bowman bought from Anthony for 30 pound each, the farm\rquote s original grant to Elizabeth Ann Clark and Thomas Howard which adjoined Anthony's original grant. Anthony then moved around Windsor and Castlereagh with his family for the next twenty years, eventually buying land on William Faithfull's estate,
South Creek (St Marys). This eventually gave the name of "Rope's Creek" to the area. Anthony listed as landholder 1763 - 1843 Field of Mars (Rope's Creek).

A Suburb in Sydney is named after him Called Ropes Crossing.

ELIZABETH PULLEY - was born in 1757 at Hethersett - Near Norwich, England. She died on the 9th August, 1837 at the age of 80 years. She is buried at the Castlereagh Church of Christ Cemetery presided over by Reverend Henry Fulton. Elizabeth came to Australia with the First Fleet on the "Friendship" - transferred to the "Charlotte" at Cape town.

CRIME - Elizabeth Pulley spinster, 24th December last at Heathersett about 12 in the night, burgled the Dwelling House of ELIZABETH MIMMS, Widow, and stealing ten pounds weight of Cheese, value 3 shillings, three pounds weight of Bacon value 18d, twenty four ounces weight of butter, value 12d, three pounds weight of raisins, value 12d, seven pounds weight of flour, value 12d, two rolls of Worsted, value 12d, goods of the said Elizabeth Mimms.

SENTENCE : "Jury say Guilty, no goods, to be hanged by the neck until she was dead". She was reprieved to 7 years transportation.

PLACE & DATE OF TRIAL: Norfolk Lent. Assizes which began at Thetford on Friday , 14th March 1783, before Sir James Eyre Knt, and Fleetwood Bury Esq. - Elizabeth was one of the "Fighting Five *" mentioned in Ralph Clark's Diary of the First fleet voyage out.

** The five consisted of; Elizabeth Pulley, Elizabeth Brady, Elizabeth Dudgeon, Elizabeth Thackery and Sarah McCormick. In his diary of 19th June, 1787 four women were released after he had put them in irons for ten days for fighting, the four were Elizabeth Dudgeon, Elizabeth Pulley, Charlotte Ware and Margaret Hall. On 3rd July, 1787 Clark was again punishing Elizabeth's Dudgeon, Pulley and Thackery and Sarah McCormick for getting into bed with seamen the night before - all four had got into bed with the sailors at Portsmouth and Dudgeon and Pulley had just come out of irons for fighting at Teneriffe , they were ordered back into irons and the boatswain, steward and seamen involved were flogged, but the carpenter was pardoned. On 24th July, 1787, he again put Elizabeth Pulley who, up to then had been handcuffed to Elizabeth Tha ckery, back into leg irons, along with Mrs McNamara, who was the convict cook. On 26th July, 1787, he took Elizabeth Pulley out of the irons because the punishment made her very weak and sickly. On the 1st August, 1787, Elizabeth Pulley was again in iro ns, this time together with Elizabeth Dudgeon for fighting. On 13th August, 1787, Captain Arthur Phillip released the "Fighting Five" from irons, telling them if they made any more trouble they would be flogged the same as the men. On 3rd October, 1787, Elizabeth Pulley and Sarah McCormick informed the Doctor that they were pregnant to the seamen.

On 28th October, 1787, Elizabeth Pulley was transferred to the "Charlotte" to make way for the live stock bought at Cape town. Elizabeth and Anthony stayed married and raised a family whose descendants today are spread far and wide. On the anniversary of their marriage in May, the Rope-Pulley Family reunion is held at Castlereagh to commemorate the life of these two remarkable people, who, against all odds, survived the hardship of being shipped to New South Wales with the First Fleet and the harsh survival of the first five years of the colony.

Not many people can follow up history like that. As for the names well if you missed it yes Rope & Pulley.

On my Dads side of the family are Engineers and the family name appears to Shire Engineers in the Ararat region and with the Country Roads Board or now known as Vic Roads. I guess that is where my Engineering interests come from.
 
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At last the holly grail of Australian bench grinders has almost, well nearly, subject to confirmation has arrived at the Shed Down under:bowdown:

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It is a three phase 1 HP 8 inch unit that my brother bought at a Dept. of Defence surplus auction at Bandiana.

Waldown workshop gear is the quintessential must have, aussie made and you pay a top dollar for anything that has the Waldown label attached to it.

Detail of what the deal is subject to confirmation at this point in time.

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Although it is just a little off topic to 1/2's Shed Down Under I posted for a couple of reasons 1, It has been talked about here and in other topics and 2, Our family history does shape us and what we do. So 1/2's comments on Lamp Lighters and 1/2 being an Electrician.

Not off topic at all HOTFR8 as it defines who we are.:bowdown:

I do need to share my grand fathers dialogue from WW1 and his documented encounter with the Red Baron at some point.

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