Recent content by HamishR

My son is Perth through and through and he loves the football. I like the footy, especially when Freo are doing well (like now) but usually find watching on TV too stressful. Strangely enough I'm fine if I'm at the game. My Dad was super into footy, being Victorian. I lived in Canberra for a...

Dying is fairly dire. And I think the hoax about drop bears is that they're related to koalas. Sure, there are similarities but they are separate, non-related species as far as science knows. Caveat - there has been very little research into drop bears, mainly because of their rarity. You're...

Drop bears are a relatively little known species - I believe they're the only true bear species in Australia. Koalas are not bears. Drop bears are so called because they drop from trees onto unfortunate campers with fairly dire results. The kakapo is a large flightless parrot in NZ. It's...

Beautiful. Do you have drop bears in NZ? You might come across a cranky kakapo.

Haha! I was actually referring to Aussie rules football. Where we actually kick the ball, you know, with our feet. :LOL: The first game of Aussie rules was played in Melbourne between two schools, Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College. My dad was a scholarship student at Melbourne Grammar and...

Ha! I LOVE top mounted jacks! And this is why we like to make our own pedals. We can make them how we like. I don't know why the Tommy has to be on such a large board. But you worked out how to make it fit - bravo!

Another way to get some PCBs of this width to fit in a 1590B is to solder just the tip of the pot legs into the PCB. I've done this recently with some other PCBs and it works. Instead of soldering the pot legs into the PCB as far as they will go solder them when the tip of the leg only just...

Yeah I've heard it's not too good these days. I lived there a looooong time ago.

I had an experience like that once when explaining oral sex to my young son. He would have been around 12-14 I guess? He asked what it was so I told him. He screwed up his nose and said "Ewww!!" So I told him that he wouldn't be saying that once he had tried it. He looked at me in horror - " you...

"I was born in Boronia (a suburb of Mebourne about 20 miles east of the city). I first lived in Orchid Ave (a street), near the train station (station where you can catch and disembark trains. A bit like a subway but not under the ground). When I was a kid (small person) there was a paddock...

Ha! They're often mistaken for owls, apparently. They sleep through the day imitating bit of tree branch so can be very hard to spot. I was born in Boronia. I first lived in Orchid Ave, near the train station. When I was a kid there was a paddock across the road with ponies in it and at the end...

Anywhere near Boronia? I'm a bit jealous. It's usually pretty rare (and difficult) to see a Tawny Frogmouth let alone a pair.

Well you can tell by the way I use my voice I'm a sheep. Bah.

They look great! The Sacrificial Lamb/Alter Destiny is a fave of mine - just a fantastic fuzz. I wouldn't mind trying the Reezafratziz or whatever it's called - I've heard good things.

Is that a pair of tawny frogmouths?