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Lost boy in Tassie Australia

jinjaninja

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Hey guys and gals.

Been told it's time I did one of these :D

Names pat :D only mum calls me Patrick. And even then I hate it lol.

37 year old perpertual Peter pan. Live in a small town just outside Launceston in the mid north east of Tassie. My gorgeous wife and surprisingly amusing baby boy keep me company.

Most of the details of my adventures can be found in my shed story. But a brief recap.

Moved to Tassie from Brisbane about 5 years ago. Took up an old man apprenticeship as a metal fabricator. Mostly worked in stainless tube and pipe work for medical and food and beverage

Tassie hasn't been that nice to us. Mostly with various medical issues since landing.

I'm currently looking down the barrel of a terminal illness. I think I can trace the misfortune to a flippant remark I made at my 21st about having a midlife crisis (i ran away from a white collar career to race pushbikes and work in bike shops lol)

I also have a very dark sense of humour about the whole adventure. So please don't anyone feel awkward about some of my darker jokes about my illness :D

I have had a few issues (some strokes and reactions to medications) that sometimes limit my talents in communicating lol so apologies in advance for any missteps I may make :D

All in all i have been very lucky with a lot of things and outcomes in the last few years. (in pretty good at keeping my eye on the silver lining lol )

Anyways, thanks for reading and feel free to hit me with any sort of random questions you might have :D

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Unfortunately I'm not the tidiest of workers lol

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jinjaninja

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Hi Pat! Nice little Rolla, obv being a metal fab guy you pumped those arches yourself?
My missus is from Launceston, nice little town.
Heya :)

The fronts were simply beaten with a hammer. At the time I had not had any experience lol and bought the Rolla as a toy to learn new things. This was the start of my love affair with metal. These guards along with many other escapades are constant reminders that failure is simply a chance to learn lol

The rear guards are actually front arches welded on. A lot more room this way. Again I made mistakes and I know I would do a much better job next time lol.

The guards will all be getting a bit of love once I have finished playing with suspension. Once I know I don't need any more room I'll clean them up and make everything a bit more nice lol.

I have some work to do with calculating track changes front to rear and finalising how much more width I need at the front. I'm not the best with math these days so I'm not rushing it lol. Then I need to decide how to lengthen the front to match the rear. Easiest is stock lca with say 20mm added. Through to my preferred option of complete tubular front suspension in chrome Molly lol

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jinjaninja

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Always wanted to visit Tassi.
What`s it like mate?

Nice lookin tacka mate.
Amazing place to visit.

Truly amongst the most beautiful places in the county

I may be a bit biased, but it's not the easiest place to live though lol.

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Pat I will let you into a secret if ( hypothetically now )

I was to say to Mrs 1/2 Cup.......................we are moving down to Tassie the bags would be packed in the blink of an eye..:thumbup:

We love it down there..
 
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jinjaninja

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Pat I will let you into a secret if ( hypothetically now )

I was to say to Mrs 1/2 Cup.......................we are moving down to Tassie the bags would be packed in the blink of an eye..:thumbup:

We love it down there..

yeah look im being unfair to it really. We came here on holidays from brissy and decided to take a chance.

it IS an amazingly beautiful place. we have just had shocking luck with everything since we landed lol. so we are a bit jaded really :D

Grass is always greener sort of things i think lol.

Thanks to all for the welcome guys and gals.
 
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