Swanny Jr's MB-1

[wazkelly]

Where, East (Blast Furnace) Ipswich, I mean Bellbowrie?

How close are you to the river as that might provide some slight cool breezes. Mind you a few years ago it also introduced water features or frontages to many homes in that neck of the woods. Was your place affected or were you one of the lucky ones just marooned high and dry?

[Andy40]

Where, East (Blast Furnace) Ipswich, I mean Bellbowrie?

How close are you to the river as that might provide some slight cool breezes. Mind you a few years ago it also introduced water features or frontages to many homes in that neck of the woods. Was your place affected or were you one of the lucky ones just marooned high and dry?

Yeah, nah nowhere near the river. at the top of a hill, was a good place to buy and 2011 confirmed that! Bellbowrie actually wasn't as bad as the media made out in 2011, so far as number of properties flooding, it just got cut off and the local Coles (near the river, went under) so quite a few people with no power were running out of food etc. (not our place, it had power too). but a lot of the locals helped each other out, the waters went down, they hosed out Coles and a few houses on near the river and it was business as usual.

[wazkelly]

Yeah, nah nowhere near the river. at the top of a hill, was a good place to buy and 2011 confirmed that! Bellbowrie actually wasn't as bad as the media made out in 2011, so far as number of properties flooding, it just got cut off and the local Coles (near the river, went under) so quite a few people with no power were running out of food etc. (not our place, it had power too). but a lot of the locals helped each other out, the waters went down, they hosed out Coles and a few houses on near the river and it was business as usual.

Good to hear Andy. There were all sorts of crazy stories at the time like bull sharks in the Goodna Butcher shop and stuff. Having lived in the Kenmore/Chapel Hill area from 1980 to around 1991 know the area well and when working at Commonwealth Bank Kenmore had the pleasure of doing the school banking run that took in Brookfield, Pullenvale and Moggill schools on one out of the 3 days per week we did such. Blows your mind just comprehending how high the river level can rise.

[Swanny]

We're all going to cop it in SEQ tomorrow. I'm on days off so can't use works' aircon.

[wazkelly]

We're all going to cop it in SEQ tomorrow. I'm on days off so can't use works' aircon.

Hi Swanny, our aircon at work has been on the blink since yesterday and was only just milder than being outside. Mind you when a Rep called around midday walked with him out to his car and it felt like being in Cairns or Darwin it was that hot and moist. Besides being too stinking hot, not ideal conditions for putting coats of finish on guitars.

[Nickosaurus]

Looks mean mate. Don't worry about the router slip you can always just get a slightly wider cover.

[Swanny]

Yeah, nah nowhere near the river. at the top of a hill, was a good place to buy and 2011 confirmed that! Bellbowrie actually wasn't as bad as the media made out in 2011, so far as number of properties flooding, it just got cut off and the local Coles (near the river, went under) so quite a few people with no power were running out of food etc. (not our place, it had power too). but a lot of the locals helped each other out, the waters went down, they hosed out Coles and a few houses on near the river and it was business as usual.

I worked at Indooroopilly, covering down to Moggill for a couple of years for a change. I went down to the Moggill Ferry after the flood and was amazed at how high the river had risen, from the debris on the pylons way up above, either side of the river.

Hi Swanny, our aircon at work has been on the blink since yesterday and was only just milder than being outside. Mind you when a Rep called around midday walked with him out to his car and it felt like being in Cairns or Darwin it was that hot and moist. Besides being too stinking hot, not ideal conditions for putting coats of finish on guitars.

It wasn't too hot today, Waz, I was working the other night as a storm was rolling in and copped a job at a house. Humidity felt like 150%, and I had to wear three layers of clothing for the chemical conditions.... lucky I took a couple of litres of water with me! If that was yesterday, it would have been almost impossible.

Looks mean mate. Don't worry about the router slip you can always just get a slightly wider cover.

Cheers, Nick! The battery box hasn't arrived yet, but I got the measurements from where Alex bought it on Ebay, and the cover will hide the slip (I hope!)


Anyway, today we went over the body. When I did the burst, Alex stopped me from doing the sides, because he liked the white edges. So we looked at the back, front, sides, working out what it was that he wanted it to look like, got him doing some wet and dry cleanup of the overspray, then decided we should start again. If I'd had known he'd wanted the edges white, I could have masked them off, so now... we're back to being all white!

[wazkelly]

That's kids for you.

[wazkelly]

It wasn't too hot today, Waz, I was working the other night as a storm was rolling in and copped a job at a house. Humidity felt like 150%, and I had to wear three layers of clothing for the chemical conditions.... lucky I took a couple of litres of water with me! If that was yesterday, it would have been almost impossible.

Hi Swanny, curious to know what sort of work you do that requires 3 layers of clothing for chemical conditions?

[TC1600]

Slightly OT, but nice Sierra! Is that Dick Johnson's old one?

That burst looked great, hope it comes out as well second time round