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[MC97GQ]

Hi all,

Just thought I would let you all know AB has kindly changed my user name from mcreely to MC97GQ, I think the new user name better reflects my truck.

Regards

Mark

[timbar]

well Welcome newly named member hahahahahaha

[NissanGQ4.2]

Welcome 2 the forum again Mark *LMAO* not that i recall welcoming you the first time around, but I would of if i had a descent internet connection!

Hope your enjoying the forum mate :)

[Woof]

Welcome to the forum again Mark, I shall just call you Mark for a while in case you change it again mate..http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/

[Maxhead]

Hey Mark, how cold did the last couple of mornings been your way?...that fire must be going flat out...LOL

[MC97GQ]

Hey Mark, how cold did the last couple of mornings been your way?...that fire must be going flat out...LOL

Mate,

Freeze ones ar*e off stuff -10 the last couple of mornings but we have had 15 Degree days so it's not too bad, but soon the August winds will be upon us, then it really will be cold.

Roll on summer.

Mark

[big_fletch]

Welcome to the forum again mate lol..

[Maxhead]

Mate,

Freeze ones ar*e off stuff -10 the last couple of mornings but we have had 15 Degree days so it's not too bad, but soon the August winds will be upon us, then it really will be cold.

Roll on summer.

Mark

Haha, Yeah, we had -7 this morning and -8.5 yesterday morning.... the fireplace is definitely getting a workout

[NissanGQ4.2]

Haha, Yeah, we had -7 this morning and -8.5 yesterday morning.... the fireplace is definitely getting a workout

fark that!!!!, my place doesn't get that cold and my fire place still gets a workout! gettin cold just thinkin about those temps!

[YNOT]

Mate,

Freeze ones ar*e off stuff -10 the last couple of mornings but we have had 15 Degree days so it's not too bad, but soon the August winds will be upon us, then it really will be cold.

Roll on summer.

Mark

Welcome back Mark.
I would have said -10 really was cold, but then I'm spoilt being a Queenslander.

Tony

[MC97GQ]

fark that!!!!, my place doesn't get that cold and my fire place still gets a workout! gettin cold just thinkin about those temps!

Ah Todd,

It's the joys of living in the high country, there's a poem about Nimmitabel(can't remember the author) and how bloody cold it is.

Mark

[MC97GQ]

Welcome back Mark.
I would have said -10 really was cold, but then I'm spoilt being a Queenslander.

Tony

Yes Tony,

You blokes are spoilt, you need come down here in the middle of winter, I reckon it's colder here than at the ski fields.

Mark

[NissanGQ4.2]

Ah Todd,

It's the joys of living in the high country, there's a poem about Nimmitabel(can't remember the author) and how bloody cold it is.

Mark

I hope Kris ( Nisspat ) has shown you photo's of his fire place and ducting setup, sounds like the way 2 go if u have a fire place, but I am only guessing as I still haven't seen Kris's pics or right up yet of his fire place setup!!!!!!

[MC97GQ]

Found a copy of the poem,

THE COACHMAN'S YARN
by E.J. Brady from a book titled Australian Bush Ballads

This is a tale that the coachman told.
As he flicked the flies from Marigold
And flattered and fondled Pharaoh.
the sun swung low in the western skies:
Out on a plain, just over a rise,
Stood Nimitybell, on Monaro;
Cold as charity, cold as hell.
Bleak, bare, barren Nimmitybell -
Nimitybell on Monaro.

"Now this 'ere 'appended in' Eighty-three,
The coldest winter ever we see;
Strewth, it was cold, as cold as could be,
Out 'here on Monaro;
It froze the blankets, it froze the fleas,
It froze the sap in the blinkin' trees,
It made a grindstone out of cheese,
Right 'here in Monaro

"Freezin'an'snowin'- ask the old hands;
They seen, they knows, an 'they understands,
Down 'here in Monaro.
It froze our fingers and froze our toes-,
I seen passenger's breath so froze
Icieles'ung from 'is bloomin nose
Long as the tail on Pharaoh!

I ketched a curlew down by the creek;
His feet were froze to his blessed beak-,
'E stayed like that for over a week -
That's cold on Monaro.
Why, even the air got froze that tight
You'd 'ear the awfullest sounds at night,
When things was put to a fire or light,
Out'ere on Monaro.

"For the sounds was froze. At Haydon's Bog
A cove 'e cross-cut a big back-log,
An' carted 'er 'ome ('e wants a job -
Stiddy,, go stiddy ther, Pharaoh!)
As soon as his log begins to thaw
They 'ears the -sound of the cross-cut saw
A-Thawin'out. Yes, his name was Law.
Old hands, them Laws, on Monaro.

"The second week of this'ere cold snap
I'm drivin' the coach. A Sydney chap,
'E strikes this part o'the bloomin map,
A new hand 'ere on Monaro.
'Is name or game I never heard tell,
But' e gets off at Nimmitybell
Blowin'like Bluey, freezin' like 'ell
At Nimitybell on Monaro.

"The drinks was froze, o'course, in the bar;
They breaks a bottle of old Three Star,
An 'the barman sez, 'Now, there y'are,
You can't beat that for Monaro!'
The stranger bloke,'e was tall an' thin,
Sez,'strike me blue, but I think you win;
We'll 'ave another an' I'll turn in -
It's blitherin'cold on Monaro.

'E borrowed a book an' went to bed
To read awhile, so the missus said,
By the candle-light. 'E must ha' read
(These nights is long on Monaro)
Past closin' time, Then 'e starts an' blows
The candle out but the wick 'ad froze!
Leastways, thats what folks round 'ere suppose,
Old hands as lived on Monaro.

"So bein' tired, an' a stranger, new
To these mountain ways. they think he threw
'Is coat on the wick, an' maybe too,
Any old clothes'e'd to spare. Oh,
This ain't no fairy, an'd don't you fret!
Next day came warmer an' set in wet
There's some out 'ere as can mind it yet,
The real old'ands on Monaro.

"The wick must ha' thawed. The fire began
At breakfast time. The neighbours all ran
To save the pub ... an' forgot the man
(Stidy, go stiddy there, mare-oh).
The pub was burned to the blanky ground-,
'Is buttons was all they ever found.
The blinkin' cow 'e owed me a pound -
From Cooma his blinkin' fare, oh!

"That ain't no fairy, not what I've told;
I'm gettin' shakey an' growing old,
An' I hope I never again see cold,
Like that down 'ere on Monaro! " …
He drives his horses, he drives them well,
And this is the tale he loves to tell
Nearing the town of Nimitybell,
Nimitybell on Monaro.

[DX grunt]

G'day Mark.

Love the GQtey. lol

Rossco

[MC97GQ]

Thanks Rossco,

I'm partial to the old GQ's myself, I reckon they're a great old truck, took me quite a while to find mine, and had to drive 700k's to get it,

Unfortunately it's Tojo country down here, but a good mate has a 'Trol ute and a wrecked Mav wagon that we are poaching parts off.

Making two great trucks out of his old beast.

Mark

[Maxhead]

I think Nimmitabel is the coldest town in Australia on average, so I've heard any ways.
I drive through there heaps in summer and it can be 40+ degrees up the road (Cooma) and mid 20's at Nimmitabel an then you get over the Brown mountain and it's bloody hot again.

Bloody barren country around there as well...but a good pub in town ..LOL

[Finly Owner]

Well Mark, a name change and a poem, Thanks and enjoy you renaming ceremony!


Tim

[Dark 1]

Welcome back nameiss of new. LOL.

[growler2058]

YO MC spin that wheel hahahhhaa

[Bob]

Welcome again Mate

[Clunk]

g'day mate and welcome aboard to you once again

[nowoolies]

stop by intro`s mate and put a bit up about you hahahahahahahahahahahaha