Bosun

This happened just down the road from where I live. I have absolutely no idea how he wasn't cooking inside that armour given the current temperatures. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-15/star-wars-stormtrooper-scott-loxley-saved-from-snake-bite/6018338 PS I HATE fucking snakes!

Yeah I'm just glad I live on the east coast near the sea!

A few of you may have seen me commenting on the weather here is Australia in the shoutbox. Don't get me wrong, I love the hot weather, but after several months of heat and high humidity and only a couple of days rain it does get a bit tiring. But for an unbiased opinion, here is the diary of a Pom (Englishman) in a lovely town called Karratha, Western Australia. While it was written as a bit of comedy, that's pretty much how Karratha is! Temperatures have been changed to F for our friends in the USA. DIARY OF A POMMIE IN AUSTRALIA August 31 Just got transferred with work from Leeds UK to our new home in Karratha , Western Australia . Now this is a town that knows how to live! Beautiful, sunny days and warm, balmy evenings. I watched the sunset from a deckchair by our pool yesterday. It was beautiful. I've finally found my new home. I love it here. September 13 Really heating up now. It got to 88 today. No problem though. Living in air-conditioned home, driving air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun every day like this. I'm turning into a sun-worshipper - no blasted rain like back in Leeds !! September 30 Had the back yard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms and rocks. No more mowing lawns for me! Another scorcher today, but I love it here. It's Paradise ! October 10 The temperature hasn't been below 95 all week. How do people get used to this kind of heat? At least today it's windy though. Keeps the flies off a bit. Acclimatizing is taking longer than we expected. October 15 Fell asleep by the pool yesterday.. Got third degree burns over 60% of my body. Missed three days off work. What a dumb thing to do.. Got to respect the old sun in a climate like this! October 20 - Didn't notice Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car before I left for work this morning. By the time I got back to the car after work, Kitty had died and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag and stuck to the upholstery. The car now smells like Whiskettes and cat shit. I've learned my lesson though: no more pets in this heat. October 25 - This wind is a bastard. It feels like a giant fucking blow dryer. And it's hot as hell! The home air conditioner is on the blink and the repair man charged $200 just to drive over and tell me he needs to order parts from fucking Perth .....The wife & the kids are complaining. October 30 - The temperature's up around 105 and the parts still haven't arrived for the fucking air conditioner. House is an oven so we've all been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $600,000 house and we can't even go inside. Why the hell did I ever come here? November 4 Finally got the fucking air-conditioner fixed. It cost $1,500 and gets the temperature down to around 75 degrees, but the humidity makes it feel about 95. Stupid repairman. Fucking thief. November 8 - If one more smart bastard says 'Hot enough for you today?' I'm going to fucking throttle him. Fucking heat! By the time I get to work, the car radiator is boiling over, my fucking clothes are soaking fucking wet and I smell like baked cat. Fucking place is the end of the Earth. November 9 - Tried to run some errands after work, wore shorts, and sat on the black leather upholstery in my car. I thought my fucking arse was on fire. I lost 2 layers of flesh, all the hair on the backs of my legs and off my fucking arse. Now the car smells like burnt hair, fried arse and baked cat. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. November 10 -- The Weather report might as well be a fucking recording.. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny, Hot and fucking sunny. It never fucking changes! It's been too hot to do anything for 2 fucking months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Fuck! November 15 - Doesn't it ever rain in this damn fucking place? Water restrictions will be next, so my $5,000 worth of palms might just dry up and blow into the fucking pool. The only things that thrive in this fucking hell-hole are the fucking flies. You don't dare open your mouth for fear of swallowing half a dozen of the little bastards! November 20 - Welcome to HELL! It got to 112 fuckin' degrees today. Now the air conditioner gone in my car. The repair man came to fix it and said, 'Hot enough for you today?' I wanted to shove the fucking car up his fucking arse. Anyway, had to spend the $2,500 mortgage payment to bail me out of jail for assaulting the stupid prick. Fucking Australia! What kind of sick, demented fucking idiot would want to live here! December 1 - WHAT!!!! The FIRST day of Summer???? You are fucking kidding me! !!

Over here if you get paid work for ONE HOUR per week then you are not deemed to be unemployed. I wonder what the criteria is in the US for being "employed" ?

What is all that white stuff on the ground in the video?

Hi fetus. Welcome and enjoy yourself. Please feel free to tell us a little more about yourself

Yeah I think you said you were a Cairns girl Prinny?

I guess the people using noob tubes and cars would disagree...

Woo nearly enough Aussie members for an >XI< Fest down under!

And here is hxtrs favorite drink...

Me too!

WTF? How do people even get outside the house with all that white crap on the ground? PS 95+ degrees here again today

Just remove the B0VJWKUk6SoDVQpD.01 at the end of the link. http://rare.us/story/this-is-the-last-bullet-youll-ever-need-watch-and-see-the-technology-for-yourself/

Now if he was doing 333km/h while he was PEDALING I would be impressed!

Hi AussieGirl and welcome! I was talking to Bones last night in-game, it looks like nearly all our Aussie FTAG players are in Queensland. Except for Prinny in SA.

Recently Mrs Bosun and I were half way through a 5400 km trip and hit a kangaroo which rearranged the front of my Ford, and damaged the mounts for the anti-sway bar. We rumbled noisily into the nearest town of any size and went to the only Ford dealer within 100s of km. A captive customer, obviously not a local. I braced myself for a real reaming. Of course, they didn't have the spare parts we needed. However they sent the apprentice down to the local wreckers to get a couple of brackets from one of the wrecks down there. Within an hour the problem had been fixed. I braced myself for the bill...it was $66. ($16 for parts and $50 for labor). So from time to time there are some good experiences.

Hey Mouselad, I was looking at sending some alcohol to an acquaintance in CA a while ago. You can't legally post alcohol to the US, but you are allowed to ship it by courier.... However, you will need to source a courier, arrange for a customs broker/agent at the port of entry, pay all import taxes etc (there is no duty free concession if you are not importing it as a passenger) and there are also state laws about the amount you can import (refer to your state Alcohol Control Board)... Might be less hassle to just have visiting UK members bring some over...

Haha Sonovabich is going to be jealous !!

Oh yeah this will save me saying it in game all the time FUCK YOU BOOM BOOM

The Eiger Sanction - Clint Eastwood

Yeah I know a lot of people think that in Australia we have kangaroos hopping down the main street of every town... http://media.canberratimes.com.au/news/nsw-news/kangaroos-go-paw-to-paw-in-street-fight-5852779.html

Okay well it resulted in me having to fetch my own beer for the rest of the evening but that was about it!

I have just printed out this flyer and handed it to Mrs Bosun as she is cooking dinner. I will keep you all informed as to the results...

Fuck it, let's all play a few rounds with our names as iboomboom

Well it shits me with people whining about people with a high ping being hard to kill - has anyone checked how many fucking times I get killed? My high ping does nothing for me....