Crap! How did I forget to write back?!?!?! (yeah, I guess we can call it a draw, but I'm not gonna lie- that message down there is quite imposing.) OOOOOOOKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY . . . here I go. Swag- had no clue what that was until a minute ago. You did a fantastic job of explaining, and I think a swag sounds magnificent. I want one. So, might you be able to inform me of how you came to call a truck a ute? (you can call them that now that I know what the heck you're talking about.) I've never met anyone that slept comfortably in a truck. Ever. I've found that if you roll the window by your feet down you can stick them out and they don't cramp as much. Its not such a great idea when its raining, but yeah. Duh? I hope you don't let your skin melt too much- my mom told me it'll stay that way, just like when you made funny faces as a kid. WHAT?!?!?!? NEVER BEEN TO WALMART?!?!?!? How is this possible? I'm flabbergasted! Please give me an explanation. I can't even fathom that . . . its not a trip to town unless you hit up Walmart! Oh, hush! eighty nine degrees is hot to someone that spent all winter chasing wounded birds and building houses at twenty below! (I have my handy phone de-celsiuser and it says . . . 89 degrees is 31.6667 degrees celsius.) So yeah. Now, would you please give me your definition of hot again? I was ready to step into a deep freezer Tuesday, but go ahead and make me thankful I don't live where you do. Yep. Frostbite is freaky. And yes, I probably am lazier than you are on a general basis, but I am (fairly) sure I had a legit reason to not want to get up whenever it was I wrote that. I'm not particular on my facial acrobatics. First ever is always funny as hell, but I can live with the first of the night too. (I like that term! I hope you haven't copyrighted it yet, because I'm borrowing it. ) My sister takes a sip from my glass and gasps and her face gets all red every single time. She's not a big drinker, but she likes a little bit every once in a while. Yeah, I used to be able to shoot all that stuff- Tequila, Vodka, rum, ammaretto, you name it. I never fell down a flight of stairs, but one day I started doing shots of EVERYTHING in the cabinet- I was fourteen at the time, and I've only surpassed being that sick once since then (I'm nineteen now.) Oh good! So if I visit Australia I won't die of dehydration! That's good to hear. Yeah, Jack makes a few of my friends very VERY grumpy/mean/aggressive. I will drink other things than Jack, but he's the first thing I grab. I can live with some Beam or Knob Creek, or if I can find some Forty Creek I love that stuff. If I want a guarantee no-hangover though, it has to be a Jack night. No, no skulling out of our boots. We'd all die if we did that, our boots are so damn deep! Yuck. I can't imagine drinking anything out of my boots. That is NASTY! I gotcha now- I had no idea there were that many different kinds of eucalyptus shoots. Thats crazy! How long did it take people to figure that out? So, koalas must know instinctively what the poisonous shoots smell like? Obviously or they wouldn't be around any more. What causes the toxins? Do you ever sneak some baby food for yourself? Don't lie, I know! With my luck, I'd adopt a koala, try to give it a kiss and it would scratch my face off. I babysat a teachers rat one week and let it crawl around on me, then it crawled under my shirt and slipped and scratched its way down my back. That was the end of me wanting to get a rat as a pet. Yeah, gotta watch out for those deaf people! That's when it would almost be worth it to know sign language, then you could tell them off for making fun of you! I agree about the tats! I've seen some really cool ones. One of the guys I worked with last summer was a bullrider, and he got a full-back tattoo of a bullrider in front of a wooden-grain cross with the words "in God I trust" above it. It was pretty sweet. No, I don't have any ink yet. I'm thinking and waiting for something to pop into my head that won't be obtrusive but still meaningful. I'm thinking about a small one right above short-sleeve line that says something along the lines of 'Don't fence me in' or 'no fences' or something like that. No skin . . . that is certainly an interesting choice. I hope he doesn't work in any severely professional offices! That would be a fun one to explain. "Well, I made it look like I didn't have any skin because I wanted it to symbolize . . ." Yeah. Yes, I was wearing jeans and I'm glad because it probably would have ripped my leg off, then I would have had to get my tetanis shot again . . gah! Thank God for Wranglers! or Stranglers as we affectionately called them in South Dakota. I'm not sure why they wanted to change it. Something about it's easier, but there are so many people that would have to learn their whole trade over . . . it just wouldn't be worth it. Ah. I've never had a boss so bad I had to do anything quite that drastic, and I hope I never have to! I can relate- it takes a lot to make anyone in my family blow up, but run for cover when it happens! Well, I was doing some landscape maintenance for the last month waiting till I head back up to my ranch, and tomorrow morning I'm headed back up into the mountains wrangling at a guest ranch. here's a link to the ranch website- http://www.cherokeeparkranch.com/ Sorry, all the pics are really, really outdated, but they still show some really good photos of the place. So how long have you been playing koala wrangler for? Never! Never too long! I'm enjoying your waffling way too much. I do believe you have me beat for length, and if you're tired of yacking at me you can claim your title and run. Poopy excuse to never talk to me again, but I understand . . . .
Over here in Aus, we use swags, so maybe we're not as tough as you guys... Either that, or not as silly Wait, do you know what a swag is?? Just to fill space, I'll explain it - it's a canvas thingo... with a mattress in it and you roll it up and yeah. I'm not very good at explaining things I'm 5'9 so sleeping in a truck (I keep wanting to say ute, but for the sake of continuity I'll use truck) kinda cramps my legs... And those bloody seatbelt buckles I think you'd have to be tiny to be able to sleep comfortably in a cab. Oh and I love giant bonfires, I always sit so close that it feels like my skin is about to melt I've never been to Walmart period If I ever do, I'll be sure to avoid it at two am... I'm not sure about braving the unsavoury types I may see forty below.. In a postcard, or maybe a photo. That's about as close as I'm going to get, although having an excuse to go to the bar for days on end sounds like too good an opportunity to miss. I may be tempted 89 - what's that? 31?? Phfft! I've played sport in hotter temperatures than that! Our body temperatures are normal, you don't have much room to play with when it comes to the body temp range. When it gets hot we go swimming at the beach, go to the pub... Normal kinds of stuff. If it's unbearable we just sit in air conditioned houses Although, when I worked at the machinery dealership we didn't have air conditioning, you just have to grin and bear it at times like that. Frostbite kind of freaks me out Ohhh! I get it now. Ha ha you want to see scrawny? I've got a guy that stays at my house that is about 6'6 and probably doesn't weigh much more than you! P.S. You may be lazier than I am! Ok, not admitting defeat, simply pacing myself... I'll finish this later Do you mean first ever? Or first for the night? The first of the night is usually pretty harsh and involves a bit of facial acrobatics, then they just get easier When I was a wee one and first started drinking, my friends and I would buy a bottle of vodka and take turns swigging from it until it was all gone. Blegh! I can't do that anymore.. Especially after the night that ended in me falling down a flight of concrete steps. And yes, we most definately have Jack Daniels over here. He is very well known. Alcohol doesn't judge, but it can turn people into complete a**'s. But then some people don't need alcohol for that. Hah! Most people I know won't touch tequilla normally (same bad experiences), that's until I step in offer a round of slammers I can be quite convincing. So is Jacks your only choice of drink? Maybe slightly desperate! Ok, very desperate. The grossest thing I've seen is some of the country guys I know have a habit of having skulling competitions out of their work boots! Please don't tell me people do that over there too. Actually please don't tell me you do that!! Yes, koalas are VERY much like little kids, except they have no concept of the word "No" or phrase "I really wish you wouldn't rip my skin open" Actually speaking of being like little kids, one of our koalas is underweight, so we've been sup feeding her. Guess what she's being fed?? Baby food! It's rather cute having her on your lap, syringe feeding her baby food, her making cute little noises as she laps. This is coming from somebody who is completely non-kid friendly. Actually, she gave me a good cut on my arm today, another bloody scar, thanks Bella. Koalas are VERY picky eaters, they'll only eat the very best and they have to be fresh or they don't get enough water. There's about 100 different species of eucalyptus that they'll eat and those are in season at different times. The whole thing is when they're "out of season" the shoots actually have dangerous levels of toxins in them, hence their fantastic sense of smell. Trust me, you'll regret having koalas Do they enjoy their kisses? I don't actually do it, I just tell her I do I've seen their reactions when she kisses them, so I'm not going to bother putting them through that! Although I have snuck in the odd one or two when I'm feeling a bit sooky Ah ha ha that sounds funny. I would have liked to seen that. I find it amusing trying to work out what non-english speaking people are trying to get across, lots of hand signals and loud, slow talking (because it really helps ) The funniest was when I worked in an ice cream shop and these two deaf guys wanted to order something, it took about ten minutes and lots of laughing to get it sorted. Then after I'd finished I went to walk out the back and slipped over. I got up bright red and they were pissing themselves laughing at me and signing stuff... I still wonder what they were saying Scars always make for good conversation fillers But then, the right tattoo on the right person can be very attractive, unfortunately a lot of people don't realise that. This guy I know had his arm tattooed so that it looked like he had no skin and it was all muscle and sinew It was a very odd choice. Do you have any tattoos? I can't think of anything I like enough to have permanently inked on my skin. No you didn't say you were wearing jeans. We were talking about wire I also think you may be as forgetful as me. We mainly use metric, but imperial comes into play quite often, I have no idea why. Honestly! Why would they change it?! That's just dumb. I worked at the dealership for about two years I think. I left abruptly after an argument with my boss that ended in me telling him to shove his job up his you-know-what and walking out. It takes a lot to get me really angry, but I'm glad I did. And yes! EVERYBODY came in then!! So where are you working now? No, they'd never notice or smell a mini donkey in my bag You could always get some wild koalas that you can just look at! But then, I'm harsh on my little fuzz balls, they are very cute and a lot of fun. One of the babies came out of it's mother's pouch for the first time today which was pretty cool. I hope THIS isn't too long! It's gigantic! Maybe we should settle on a draw and I'll stop waffling
My goodness, that was an effort! I could concede defeat... But I won't!!
Ignore every space I put in and it should be a little shorter!
Good granny . . . I'll say it's longer! Lets see- where to start? Yes, I was sleeping on the ground, with no tent. I'm just like that. I'll start crashing in my truck bed when the ticks and bugs start getting bad, but no tent. I don't really like tents much. I throw a sleeping pad (all twenty one inches of its width) down, then another blanket on that then my sleeping bag. Then when it rains you have to pick all that **** back up and stash it somewhere so it doesn't get wet. I wouldn't guess sleeping in a truck would be so bad for a short person. One would have to be fairly short though. Yes, fire. Fire is my friend. Kevin and I can sit and stare at a fire for hours without saying a word. Then we'll both jump up at the same time and decide to go to Walmart. Have you ever been to Walmart at two in the morning? That's when all the criminals and petifiles shop. Its fun! Forty below is something to see! Okay, I lied- nobody goes outside if they don't have to! Obviously the farmers and ranchers have to feed, but everybody else either drinks at home or goes to the bar for days on end. The nice thing about those kinds of temps is that when it gets back up to twenty above, people are out walking around in their t-shirts. Speaking of hot temperatures- today it was 89 (F) and I almost died. I don't understand how people can stay cool in your kinds of weather! Are your body temperatures normal, or do you tend to run higher? I just can't comprehend that. Yep. You can lose limbs to frostbite if it gets bad enough. I'm lucky enough to have never had it, but from what I hear, it hurts when it starts defrosting! I guess it would be kind of like sticking your hands into a bucket of ice water for an hour. I mean a hundred forty pounds by a buck forty. I'm a scrawny sucker. I don't have a clue what that translates to in kilos- again, my handy dandy translating phone is across the room and I don't want to get up and get it. I can imagine someone imagining drinking a fermented beer. I get a kick out of watching people's faces when they take their first shot of hard liquor! Yes, I love my Jack. Uncle Jack is the only friend I have that never judges me! I know that the Jack Daniel's company can only put out so much whiskey, so do you have it all the way down there in Australia? The distillery has been in the same spot for two hundred years and they can't move it, because the water from their well is unique, so they are limited in how much they can produce. (That is my reasoning for my question, if you didn't follow me across that jump.) Oh my. Tequila is at the top of my list of no-no's! I don't know one person that hasn't had a bad experience from that stuff! Though, one of my buddies in high school brought back a bottle of Aha Toro from Mexico, and it was one of the weirdest smelling drinks I've ever smelled. (He didn't share any with me though- the stuff goes for eighty dollars a fifth in the States. ) Since we're on the topic of sand, I once knew a fellow who took a mouthful of sand and chewed on it for a minute so someone would give him a free beer. Can we say desperate? Ah. So koala's are kind of like little kids? Need to be fed, always want your attention even if they don't know why, grab anything they can get ahold of so they can get a better view of something. I see. Heck, I'm gonna adopt some koalas! They can sleep outside in a tree in the summer and I won't have to clean up after them! That sounds marvelous! Are all koalas picky eaters, or just the spoiled ones? And what do they eat when the shoots aren't in season? People with hard accents annoy the heck out of me- last week some Mexican fellows stopped me and asked me for directions, except they didn't speak any english. At all. It was a lot of hopping up and down and interpretive dance and whatnot. I would have liked to be the people sitting at a stoplight though! (I have a horrible time understanding Japanese accents.) Do your koalas enjoy their good night kisses? Yep yep. I have a beautiful scar from that incident. I'm very glad I was wearing jeans. Did I already say that? Or was that how we got onto this subject? Whatever. Scars are better than tattoos, I always say! So, do yall just mix and match your measurements down there, or do you have to learn both metric and English? They've been threatening us with the metric system since the 60s, but never went through with it. wasn't that lovely to leave one person on shift at lunch?? Isn't that when everybody goes to get their tractor and atv parts? How long did you work there? I'll tell you what- you come visit, and I'll help you smuggle that stupid burro into your suitcase and you can fly her back to Australia! Nobody would notice your carry-on bag moving on a twenty four hour flight, would they? And I bet you're right about your koalas. I don't like kids, and a bunch of spoiled, fuzzy little beasties would drive me up the wall! Oh dear- I hope this isn't too long!
I had posted the other half of my message here but then decided my reply didn't look half as impressive as it should. So I moved it!
Your message put mine to shame! I'm going to have to do something about that, even if I have to insert random things like news articles or song lyrics I know I secretly like getting the money, but just hope there's no complications! La la la la (random space filler) - ok, ok that's cheating! I won't do it again... Obviously anyway. Snowed on!?! Weren't you sleeping in a swag or tent or something? Were you on the ground??? Should I be calling your mum? Yeah, it does suck sleeping in the cab of your ute/truck/pickup, it's the seat belt buckles that always get me. That, or the lack of length to stretch out in. Plus it's either too cold or too muggy. Fires are mesmerising aren't they? I love fires and never get sick of staring into them. I don't know about that... I really don't think I could get used to those sort of temperature. Even our mild winters get to me, I don't acclimatise and the start of spring is sweet relief from the horrors of being cold -40!!?! Holy crap! That is insane, how can people even survive in those kinds of temperatures!? That would be like people living in.. I don't know 50+ degree (c) temperatures here! I'm glad your friends hand was ok, you can lose limbs and stuff from frostbite can't you? Ok, my turn to not know what you're talking about: What do you mean by buck forty?? Heh heh, I just couldn't resist! Plus the look on his face is better than any monetary reward You like your Jack Daniels don't you? I'm not a big drinker (anymore) but I usually drink pretty much what ever is going. I am particularly fond of tequila though, you know when I start on the slammers there's going to be trouble Blegh! I'm going to stay well away from expired beer now! That's just gross! And as for challenging women to drinking bets, you shouldn't have any problems going up against me Ewww! As if the fact that the bagle is practically ancient, you get sand in your teeth too! I hate sandy food, that's why I refuse to eat at the beach Nothing worse than "Oh this is nice - CRUNCH!" Darn it, I've got to go for a bit, I'll continue this when I get back. Should I put on my koala keeper voice again? Ahem. We can't let them have eucalyptus trees in their enclosure, they'll kill the trees! Actually, we did have one tree and they stripped it in one day, we had to fence it off and luckily the tree recovered. So we have big tubs of branches for them with yummy, young shoots on them because that it their favourite part. There's also a small plantation on the park which we go and cut shoots from to feed them when weighing and hand feeding etc. They are very fussy and the shoots are seasonal, so if the koalas don't like them, they don't cooperate. Ha ha if Eddie could let himself in he would, bugger all that waiting at the door stuff. He's a bit of a character and one of my favourites And no, the tour guides don't have australian accents Sometimes I can barely understand them myself! Oh and the koalas don't need harnesses! I can walk around with a koala hanging on to me, no hands necessary, it just makes manouvering difficult. Plus you have to be careful, if they don't feel secure they grab and it doesn't matter where. I was weighing one and she decided she didn't want to be on the scales anymore, I had half turned to talk to somebody and suddenly I had a koala hanging onto my face, the worst thing is, you have to be calm and actually unhook the claws, not just tear them out. We actually have a volunteer who treats them like her babies, if she can't come in for any reason she'll call the night before and make me promise to give every single koala a kiss! A till? It's a cash register Ouch! I bet you have a wonderful scar from that injury! Oh and don't worry, I actually do know inches! Hm now that I've seen the snap ring picture, it's not what I was thinking of. I should have known though, I used to work at a farm machinery and atv dealership, everyone who actually knew something would take their lunch break at the same time, leaving me to hold the fort. Soon everyone got the message that I was useless at finding parts and stopped coming in during that time period Unco = uncoordinated Yes, yes perfectly relevent! Things are so much clearer for me now! I want a miniture donkey to add to my animal collection! Koalas are very mysterious creatures and that's what I'm here for! Ask away! Ha ha you wouldn't last a minute with our little brats, you'd probably have your rifle cocked and ready within the hour I'm shaking in my boots This better be longer than yours!!
Oh my gosh, you posted wrong! *smack* There I've got one bit out of the way
Well, if you insist! I'm generally not too cool for fads, I'm not cool enough for them. Last time I wore my hat wrong I got smacked. So much for that.
My oh my! That is quite a message! I'm honored! Well, that's fifty bucks you didn't have before! I just hope Mr. Boss isn't asking any favors! I slept in because I went camping the night before and ended up getting snowed on at eleven, so I had to sleep in my crew cab pickup, which is a lovely time, tossing and turning, fighting blankets and my coat, waking up every thirty minutes. So I decided at four thirty I was tired of it, so I got up and stared at the fire till it was light enough to cook. So yeah. The next day I kinda slept in a little. Minus twelve is kind of like 40 plus. You get used to it. I feel tough at minus twelve and think of the crazy people up in Wyoming and the Dakotas and Montana that are out working in . . . my phone is across the room, so this will be the un-calculated temperature- 40 below zero Farenheit. That's COLD! But yeah. It takes a few weeks of bundling up to get used to that kind of temperatures. Yeah, my buddies hand was fine. They plopped his hand in some warm water for a few minutes and we went home. It was cool. Yeah, big tough men! Right. I don't know about the big part- I'm six foot and weigh a buck forty. Tough is a relative term! (refer to above statement about crazy people up north!) Yep. Drinking a two month old beer is nasty. Absolutely disgusting. I'm not all that fond of fresh beer. Kevin told me once about a beer he drank that was expired, and that is was all chunky. Yuck. (I know better than to challenge women to drinking bets!) So, lets see, (strains to think of tough bets I've taken) So when I was in high school, we were out on the baseball diamond and someone found a bagel that was hard as a rock. IT looked like it had been out there for a few weeks, and someone dared me to eat it. So I did. It wasn't too bad, except for the sand getting stuck in my teeth. Lets see . . . . what else? I don't really take bets, because I usually lose. If I think of any more I'll let you know, k? Oh, I don't expect you to visit Colorado. Ever. Just hearing the words 'minus twelve' is enough to deter most folks! Just do a google image search and that should give you a good overview of what you'd see. Oh. Cut it down, cut it up, same dif! Can't they climb, or do they get too many apples? Eddie sounds like my kind of fella- I like the pets that can find their own food! Why not teach him to open the door himself? Save yourself a lot of trouble! Do the Japanese tour guides have Australian accents? That would be an interesting combination . . . You could make harnesses for them! Like a baby backpack! Then you could give them a little diaper and call them your children! What's a till? (you're probly going to tell me and I'll feel like an idiot because its so obvious) Oh, it cut a line across my leg about seven inches long and a good quarter inch deep. Again, my phone is across the room and my feet refuse to touch the ground right now, so good luck transcribing! I've also heard snap rings called circlips, and they are spawn of the devil. Unco. What does that mean? (going to fall in the same category as till.) Here's a link to a yahoo image result of a snap ring- if it doesn't go through no biggy. It's a ring of metal. Big whoop. http://images.search.yahoo.com/image...sigb=137ffoird One would have a specifically designed pair of pliers to take snaprings off and install them on things. I was replacing some stuff on my truck, and didn't have the necessary pliers, and a job that should have taken me an hour took six instead. It was frustrating to say in the least- waffle. that was relevent, now wasn't it? Yep, we still have Burrita! To me she looks like a severely overgrown rat, but then again, yeah. Oh, pardon me! (grovels on ground) I didn't know! I'm VERY uneducated koala-wise. Maybe I'll have to come visit and get smarted up. All done?!?!?! I'm just getting started!
