Thread: Wool, wool, wool.

And I thought I had put the painful childhood memory of the white woolen short-sleeved singlets that I'm pretty sure were made of sandpaper, that my mum made me wear to primary school, behind me. I reckon if it was in modern times I could have reported her to Oranga Tamariki for child abuse...... Bloody itchy, scratchy shit things!

Originally Posted by bumblefoot

And I thought I had put the painful childhood memory of the white woolen short-sleeved singlets that I'm pretty sure were made of sandpaper, that my mum made me wear to primary school, behind me. I reckon if it was in modern times I could have reported her to Oranga Tamariki for child abuse...... Bloody itchy, scratchy shit things!

obviously a north islander
down here in the south we wear barbed wire undies !

Originally Posted by gonetropo

obviously a north islander
down here in the south we wear barbed wire undies !

is that to repel unwanted attention from your uncle's?

Originally Posted by stevodog

is that to repel unwanted attention from your uncle's?

dont worry if your parents get divorced, they will still be cousins

I bought raw lanolin grease, diluted it in white spirit then dipped my swannie, beanie and Norsewear fingerless gloves In the ‘soup’ then air dried them.

Absolutely brilliant results for outer-layer clothing. Definitely shower proof and I felt the swannie held onto less water in a downpour too - but it would still be bloody heavy. Absolutely hell to wear next to your skin lol.

I tried sourcing raw lanolin a couple of years back and really struggled to find any. It’s all exported and sold back to us as exhorbitantly-priced beauty products

I've got 50 bales in the shed you can have!!!!!

Originally Posted by Rangidan

I've got 50 bales in the shed you can have!!!!!

Now you made me feel Guilty
Wool should have a future use - why not use for insulation etc etc

It is in my view still (like cotton) the best natural fibre on this Planet
I even topped the Napier sale one year with my hogget clip (3.92kg per hogget) with exactly $4 per kg
Robert Muldoon had topped it up with 24% SMP but !!

@Sarvo Back in the day before witholding tax they reckon Muldoon was an expert possum trapper because every invoice receipt filled out by the fur buyer for the trapper was for Rob Muldoon.......

Originally Posted by bumblefoot

@Sarvo Back in the day before witholding tax they reckon Muldoon was an expert possum trapper because every invoice receipt filled out by the fur buyer for the trapper was for Rob Muldoon.......

I did a few in his name too
Also C Cash was a fav

" I love you Mr Langy - eah eah eah"
Still my fav PM
Shit-- that should fire up the WOKE brigade

I often go to the saleyards and hear drystock farmers saying that people should be wearing more wool. While wearing their farm fleece tops......

Yeah, wool used to reign supreme. Back at the end of the century before last, just before the large Aussie sheep stations came on line, our wool was fetching $65/kg equivalent. Back then if you wanted to be warm, wool was the only option. That's why sheep farmers used to walk the fencelines picking the wool stuck on the barbed wire off and sticking it in their pockets. It was just worth so much.

Wool products should almost be free
Our last shed full of wool sold for $1.18/kg
Thats a new low

Originally Posted by BRADS

Wool products should almost be free
Our last shed full of wool sold for $1.18/kg
Thats a new low

I was going to hit the like button. But that's not the right word!!

Originally Posted by BRADS

Wool products should almost be free
Our last shed full of wool sold for $1.18/kg
Thats a new low

Sheezz that’s low. When I had anything to do wool I remember $2:50/kg being mentioned.. and that was down as well


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The possum merino gear is amazing , but it is all aimed at rich tourists , not much workwear etc.