What has made you Angry Today???????

[Stropp]

so upset at the moment, another old work colleague from up north took his life on sunday (yesterday) i knew he had been doing it tough but never thought it would come to this

[threedogs]

Not good mate. guys hide their feelings too much, talk to some one please
even a stranger

[AB]

so upset at the moment, another old work colleague from up north took his life on sunday (yesterday) i knew he had been doing it tough but never thought it would come to this

Shame mate, terrible news...

[jack]

so upset at the moment, another old work colleague from up north took his life on sunday (yesterday) i knew he had been doing it tough but never thought it would come to this

Sorry to hear Stroop, I've had three mates whose sons have taken their own lives. Those left behind are devastated.

[jay see]

so upset at the moment, another old work colleague from up north took his life on sunday (yesterday) i knew he had been doing it tough but never thought it would come to this

Never good to hear..

[RubberDuckieGQ]

so sad no one should have to feel so bad that it comes to that

[Sharky1]

It wasn't today but it's on my mind so I'm having a rant about it......

Bloody young people in 4x4's........all full of cash & testosterone & no brains. And I'm extra angry because for making me think this way I feel like an old fart at the ripe old age of freakin 35!!!!!!

I happen to live a stone's throw (almost literally) from what is becoming a popular 4x4 bog hole/muddy swamp. What seems attractive about it I have no idea. It's not even aesthetically pleasing. Anyhoo a few weeks ago, around 7pm I got a call from a mate who responded to a facebook (another pet hate of mine) request looking for a recovery in said swamp........multiple vehicles involved apparently. I politely refused, reasoning that if they were stupid enough to go in there after dark, they deserve to be stuck. Then the girlfriend & kids gave me the guilts. It'll be fun they said. Yeah right!!! I grew up on a farm I know how treacherous swamp is. Even a tractor would get stuck in that. I just cleaned my car a few days prior too. Against my better conscience I went. As I entered the area, there were 4x4's everywhere. Most were too scared to go right in. As I pulled up, another mate with a double diff locked 80 pulled up. He was driving past & saw the cars. There were so many ppl & cars it was hard to tell who was stuck & who wasn't. I noticed one particular GU patrol attempting to snatch out his mate. There were people standing around everywhere. Next thing he rev's the ring out of this thing & launches it. PERTWANG went the snatch strap......like I didn't see that coming. At that I ran away. I'm not losing my head for some young twat!!! Then they tied it in a knot & a 2nd attempt. From 50M away I heard it snap again. Finally they got a new strap & a slower attempt & they made it. Once they were on solid ground I had a tactful go at him. I explained how a snatch strap is an elastic band & you need to let it do it's work, which doesn't happen at full throttle. I also told him since he's the one doing the recovery he has a duty of care to the public. There were 50+ ppl standing within 10M of the action. I've seen snatch straps near on take ppl's head's off. I told him his duty of care is to make sure everyone is standing back. At least then it's not his fault if they don't listen. No recovery is worth a life. I'm not one of those ultra safety conscious ppl. I hate worksafe with a passion. But there's a HUGE difference between stupidity & common sense. On top of this, once they got out the hoards left & there was a guy still there stuck & everyone just left him because he wasn't part of that group. So my mate & I, who had the most capable cars anyway, went in to the deepest, boggiest part of the swamp where he was........in a suzuki sierra too. How he got even that far I couldn't work out. Apparently someone had tried to get him out & only got him stuck worse.....so they took off & left him. I got right up close to him & then suddenly sank. I was being lazy & wanted to snatch him instead of winching him. So my mate with the 80 winched both of us out & we went home to a beer & a karcher session. The next day I realised the remote control for my stereo had fallen out somewhere. I went back but no luck. That's what you get for helping twits I thought. Luckily I know ppl in the audio industry & got another one free the next day.

Since then there has been a facebook request for help almost every 2nd night. I'm thinking of putting up signs around the place offering recoveries for $100. I break the $100 down as follows:

$5 fuel
$45 for my time
$5 wear & tear on my gear
$10 car cleaning costs
$35 for being so stupid to go in there alone

.........................The end

[Stropp]

Mate I see exactly what you see and I totally agree, stupid enough to go there in the middle of the night and after seeing their mates bogged there as well, my sentiments fu@k em.

[4bye4]

I can imagine how much help you would have got if your mate wasn't there! Doing the good thing often ends up costing you.

[Sharky1]

Yeah I reckon. I can understand if it's the powerlines or something. That's unpredictable at times, especially to a novice. But swamp is swamp, boggy, muddy, swampy. It's not hard to see, even in the dark.......and on a freakin week night too. I should have just ridden my bike down there & roostered the lot of em. At least I would have had a damn good chuckle....