Old fashioned shack and the Gundagai flood

I had to go to Gundagai to let the insurance assessors into the house. This is weeks after the flood. I was shocked to see the water damage. Mould has grown on the roof walls and floor, The lining is coming away from the roof in the kitchen and one of the bed rooms the walls are now with bends and the floor is wavy and far from flat. I thought the people would have moved out in the  last month but "O" no they were moving back in rent free. I put my foot down and gave then 24 hours to vacate. I have never seen people who are so lazy. They removed the draw in the kitchen as they didn't have anything to pack the stuff into and took the entire draw leaving a hole where the draw was, didn't think I would notice.
I did a posting once on what to do with a dead cat, of course put it in the refrigerator. Here is another one more grusom than that. What do you do with a dead baby? Put it in an esky under the house, I got a my mate Harry to pick up some scrap metal and there was a fridge in amongst the steel, HE ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY BODIES IN THE FRIDGE AND WAS SERIOUS. Then he related the above story to me apparently factual and was in the papers just after I moved to Nowra. There is sink holes in the yard and I am hoping that is all they are. I wont be doing any gardening as one never knows what is going to be dug up. I am not a gardener and I think this to be a good thing in Gundagai. Turns out I got the tenents from the story. It took me two days to clean out the two sheds which are twenty by ten feet. Nothing like a good clean out of ones possessions like sweeping the mind clean. I have even put heaps of stuff on eBay and to my surprise it is getting good results.
I know I preach being happy and looking on the bright side and this took its toll on the senses. This turns out to be one of life's trying times but was a blessing in disguise.  No tenants

Shoalhaven River Valley

Small dwarf ferns

 This shows the overhang where the ferns are

 Wambat burrow filled with water

 This is a tiny little mushroom photo is bigger than full size. The below photo is of the same mushroom from standing height.

Drinking from small puddle the water was cool and sweet.

Bens walk

Haven't we come a long way in ten years of internet

This is a view of what happened ten years ago, and we are haying trouble with our internet? Internet has dropped. unable to reach ISP. Support supplies a mobile number, --> msg bank regionalconnect site is up www.dingoblue.net.au seems to be down. not real convienent at the moment. anyone else having problems?

reference: whrl.pl/RbQjNo posted 2009-May-9, 12pm AEST

User #287549 8 posts DrBoon Forum Regular	Yep, It's a little discouraging seeing as I only just joined up with them. I'm getting a little buyer's remorse. Does this happen often with these guys?	reference: whrl.pl/RbQkdi posted 2009-May-9, 3pm AEST
User #83457 1039 posts Dr-Jones Whirlpool Enthusiast	well i have only just signed up too. not looking too good dingoblue site is up now. let me check, oooh green light on the modem now.. yeah! so is the internets!! damn it no its no worky, green light on the modem though, let me reboot main PC. waits....nope damn it! edit: Ok works now with Open DNS	reference: whrl.pl/RbQkJ1 posted 2009-May-9, 6pm AEST edited 2009-May-10, 12am AEST
User #287549 8 posts DrBoon Forum Regular	On their site it says there was a power outage in sydney where their servers are located. Hoping this was a one off.	reference: whrl.pl/RbQkRi posted 2009-May-9, 7pm AEST
User #275600 20 posts Steve Welsh Dingoblue Internet ISP Representative	Hi Guys We have all our servers located in row 11. :-( DINGOBLUE ALERT NOTIFICATION: 2009/2 SERVICE PROBLEM: ALL SERVICES Window : START 11:57 9/5/09 RESTORED 18:53 9/5/09 Event : Affected Services : ALL DINGOBLUE SERVICES Message: Dingo Blue Network Operations, wishes to inform customers that all services have experienced a severe total outage today due to a power failure in the equinix data centre mascot. All cabinets in row 11 lost power at around miday Services where restored in full by 18:53 Thankyou Regards Steve Proprietor Dingo Blue	reference: whrl.pl/RbQlqk posted 2009-May-9, 10pm AEST edited 2009-May-9, 10pm AEST
User #287549 8 posts DrBoon Forum Regular	I'm getting REALLY dodgy connections of late. I have no connection about as often as I do have a connection and when I do it's really slow. I know it says they have a damaged switch at the server site but there is no listed outages at the moment. I was kinda hoping to rely on this ISP for a constant stream of data, what with it being unlimited. Consistency in the speed I'm not too worried about, actually maintaining a connection though...	reference: whrl.pl/RbQ1re posted 2009-May-20, 8pm AEST

User #275600 20 posts Steve Welsh Dingoblue Internet ISP Representative	DrBoon We identified the problem and it should now be resolved. It was due to a numbr of things (a) our remote hands incorrectly reconnected ethernet leads to a piece of equipment by accident (b) we had a wierd udp problem appear. On advice of the hardware supplier, we performed a cold reboot of all the equipment late yesterday The later appears to have solved the problem with the upd and the remote hands correctly connected the equipment once it was identified. If it hasnt please contact the service desk as you may have another problem Thanks Steve Proprietor Dingo Blue	reference: whrl.pl/RbQ2nR posted 2009-May-21, 7am AEST edited 2009-May-21, 7am AEST
User #287549 8 posts DrBoon Forum Regular	It's been fine since. Thanks for the updates. I have to say I really appreciate your attention to customer service.	reference: whrl.pl/RbRgjl posted 2009-May-25, 9am AEST
User #41008 6554 posts Uncl3 Bob Whirlpool Forums Addict	The other Dr has been having trouble again /forum-replies.cfm?t=1208024	reference: whrl.pl/RbRh8m posted 2009-May-25, 6pm AEST
User #83457 1039 posts Dr-Jones Whirlpool Enthusiast	quite annoying, some websites very slow unable to play on most game servers.. wont connect with a ping of 16680 when it does get a response. Think its a melbourne problem, uncertain where it lies. Tracerts seem ok although they do take a while with pauses between hops. but ms seems ok. which is strange.. 1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1 2 30 ms 29 ms 29 ms syd-eq-lns2-adsl.regionalconnect.com.au [125.168 .255.155] 3 29 ms 29 ms 30 ms cis-syd-eq-bd1.regionalconnect.com.au [202.47.11 2.1] 4 30 ms 29 ms 29 ms 125.168.255.125 5 31 ms 31 ms 31 ms vlan474.12rcc76fb.optus.net.au [59.154.15.65] 6 31 ms 31 ms 31 ms gigabitethernet4-3.ken12.sydney.telstra.net [139 .130.2.65] 7 32 ms 33 ms 32 ms TenGigE0-1-0-2.ken-core4.Sydney.telstra.net [203 .50.20.1] 8 45 ms 44 ms 44 ms Bundle-POS1.win-core1.Melbourne.telstra.net [203 .50.6.22] 9 46 ms 45 ms 45 ms TenGigabitEthernet8-1.exi2.Melbourne.telstra.net [203.50.80.154] 10 45 ms 46 ms 44 ms telstr478.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.43.102] 11 45 ms 46 ms 52 ms 144.140.178.5 12 * * * Request timed out. 13 * * * Request timed out. 14 47 ms 46 ms 45 ms games107.gamearena.com.au [144.140.154.115] Trace complete. would of thought it would be resolved by now. I think sydney servers seem to be ok so is it the return path maybe..?	reference: whrl.pl/RbRik0 posted 2009-May-25, 7pm AEST edited 2009-May-25, 7pm AEST
User #83457 1039 posts Dr-Jones Whirlpool Enthusiast	sent an SMS to AH support, got a call back, spent a while on the phone with Tech. sorted a few problems out. my router doing something and a change on their end caused some dramas. unsure of exact details and lingo. Can reach gameservers now so happy days again	reference: whrl.pl/RbRiKr posted 2009-May-25, 8pm AEST edited 2009-May-25, 8pm AEST
User #32581 5365 posts randm Whirlpool Forums Addict	im considering joining this isp so id just like to know( other than the reported issues above) what is your overall opinion of this isp...i dont do gaming but i do want a 24/7 service and something with better than what im using now which is(internode) 256/128. im looking at the 1500/256 plan..if it was somewhere between 500(at worst) and 1500 id be happy. i use ftp not p2p

Cooking and renovation and gardening shows on TV

Lets go threw the heading one piece at a time.
Cooking
Yes you all watch the cooking shows with all those fancy dishes eating your pizzas and fast food. Wishing you could do the same, Here's the secret you can. It starts with turning off the telly and going to your farmers market and getting the ingredients. Visit your local butcher and buy some of the cheaper cuts as they are the best value, If you have money to spare then the more expensive cuts may be obtained as this leaves the cheaper cut for the less privileged.
Failing that go to the supermarket and shop the walls don't go into the centre of the shop as that is where the expensive stuff is. The most expensive stuff is in the isle where the control panel of the supermarket is.
I will post a video of cooking in my house and the way it is done. Go now and check out where to get the ingredients.
Renovation shows.
Yes after demolishing the fast food you are now ready for a sleep as the sugar content in the food you have just eaten does that to you. Start small patch the hole in the wall nail the paling back on the fence Fix a chair, you might even want to try building a chook shed remembering that a chook is only about a foot high not six foot. Do some drawing of the intended subject. Make a materials list and off you go the the local demolition yard as that is where the best materials are.
Do some dreaming as that is where it starts.
Gardening
Now most blokes who rent or live in a house know how to mow a lawn and this is a good start. I am not a gardener but I do possess four lawn mowers and um teen whipper snipers and some shovels and the like all bought from junk sales and the like. The thing is the TV has to go off, It will still be there when you get back and if its not that is one of those blessings in disguise.
This is enough to digest for now and I will revisit it again soon

Cabins

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