Thread: G'day from Penrith/Sydney

Maca49, in response to "Trouble with this forum BB78 is quite a few speak a different language to Engrish, takes a while and works the brain ?"
It's a good thing that this forum's NOT back in my home country of Papua New Guinea where there are over 800 local languages in addition to many minor dialects. Imagine trying to effectively communicate with a neighbouring tribe over in the next valley !

As for working the brain, it's truly one piece of amazing 'equipment', as exemplified when you read the following:

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is that the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mess and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Pttery amzanig huh ?

Cheers.

Originally Posted by BrnoB78

Just curious, is there much rivalry between the North and South Islands

Hell yes. North Islanders are highly intelligent, good looking and omni talented much like Gibo, Maca and myself. South Islanders by contrast are inbred, ugly and couldn't play their banjo's without that third thumb.

Originally Posted by Rushy

Hell yes. North Islanders are highly intelligent, good looking and omni talented much like Gibo, Maca and myself. South Islanders by contrast are inbred, ugly and couldn't play their banjo's without that third thumb.

Well said Rushy well said

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Originally Posted by Rushy

Hell yes. North Islanders are highly intelligent, good looking and omni talented much like Gibo, Maca and myself. South Islanders by contrast are inbred, ugly and couldn't play their banjo's without that third thumb.

Ohh Rushy, you call that a 'thumb'??????

Originally Posted by Rushy

Hell yes. North Islanders are highly intelligent, good looking and omni talented...

*cough *cough

South definitely wins hands down in my books
As does Maroons over the Blues

My eldest son and his wife were thoroughly impressed with the South's lovely scenery during a recent hire car holiday - they're saving the North for another visit. An outdoor loving mate of mine, who has travelled fairly extensively around NZ and beautiful Tassie, reckons NZ's far superior. Hence why I'm keen to cross the ditch and hire a camper in the near future. Undertaking a couple of decent bush walks are on the cards in addition to hopefully snapping lots of stunning landscape pics. In the process, I'm also keen to investigate the feasibility of having my cherished .243 Win Browning B78 High Wall upgraded to a 6.5x55 Ackley Improved, with something like a 28" heavy stainless steel True-Flite Ultra-Match barrel.

6.5x55 starting to like you even more
To rub salt in the wound, I lived in Melbourne for nearly 2 years. Loved every minute of it

Sako75, I've never been to Melbourne...... isn't that where all the ballerina dropouts play some sort of aerial ping pong football game !? My Mum's from Victoria and is a rather keen Richmond supporter, in turn, I love giving her heaps. In contrast, I'd rather go bush any day.

I've long contemplated the 6.5x55 AI upgrade, particularly in light of the fact that the fire formed 'improved' cases allegedly require minimal neck stretching & trimming. Although the .243 Win B78 comfortably dispatches all my current prey species (feral cats, foxes, 'tagged' Eastern Grey roos, goats and pigs) I'm very much attracted to both the 6.5x55's moderate boost in overall performance and the option of loading up heavier projectiles that are potentially more suited to humanely culling large goats across wide scrubby gullies. For the latter, I currently use 6mm Sierra 100 Gr SBT's. In contrast, I'm likely to use 6.5mm pills like the Hornady 129 & 140 Gr SST's or Sierras such as the 130 Gr HPBT or 140 Gr SBT. In hindsight, the proposed upgrade's definitely 'overkill' for smaller game. Namely, 6.5mm 95 Gr Hornady V-Max compared to 6mm 75 & 87 Gr V-Max's. Note, the B78's my only centre fire rifle and such a slight calibre upgrade will arguably make it more of a 'jack of all trades' firearm for all of the mentioned game species. We'll see.
Cheers.

If it makes 4" we will call him Justin

BB78 with a quote like that you will fit like a hand in a glove!

Maca49, I'll check with my daughter-in-law to see if the quote reflects any of the languages or dialects common to her original place of origin, namely, Dunedin !!
Cheers.