Yes I relate to many of you out there. I had a cruising boat for some years. Spent a lot of time on Sydney harbour and spent three seasons in the whitsundays. Had an old MG VA which a lot of people have never heard of because few were made. A four seater open tourer one and a half litre engine which I rebuilt. Wish I had it now as it would be worth a bit I feel. I'm thinking of keeping chooks but I have an orchard of citrus trees plus mangoes, bananas and paw paws which I am forced to share with all the critters. Retirement is great as one has the time to indulge oneself with the things one loves. Incidentally I have three chains saws !

A beaut Thread thank you Hasbeen.

I am enjoying reading each person's contribution.

1. I love my children [though do not own them]and both dogs!
2. I just LOVE and ADORE each sunset and could sit and watch until they vanish into oblivion! One day I wish to learn how to paint, the only prob being that I would not get much done as I'd be capturing each sunset...
3. Boots [leather if and when possible] although I only own 6 pairs of summer and winter shoes in total; always somehow been the situation
4. The one and only leather brown jacket that blocks out the icy winds.
5. My computer to write, my books to read, bed and dressing table.

In a nutshell my children are who I love and the rest are my possessions I enjoy in total!

Thanks for allowing me to share Hasbeen.

Severin & Snake I know what you mean about the critters.

I planted apples, grapes a couple of peaches, an apricot, citrus, mulberries, both black & white & some odd tropical fruit trees when we came here.

We now have so many different types of birds, using the place as their own supermarket, that some days, in season, you have to wear a hat to protect yourself from the messages they drop from the sky.

There used to be a bit left for us, & a lot of damaged fruit for the horses. These days there's nothing left even for the horses.

Banjo, anyone who fetches that yacht will be entitled to a salvage claim. A marine court would make an award, taking into account the cost, & the danger, if any, involved in the salvage operation.

You can't tow a yacht behind a ship, as the yacht's hull speed is too slow. Diverting a large ship with on board cranes to fetch it would cost more than it's worth. A good sailor could set up a jury rig, & sail it back, if it's still sound, if they could get there.

My son has been told no flying, or driving for at least 3 weeks, after his operation, but he can travel, so I'm driving down to Sydney next week to bring him home for a couple of weeks R & R.

He has demanded I take the Triumph, so if you see an old sports car in that funny 70s burnt orange/red colour, buzzing up or down the New England H/way, it will probably be me.

I wonder if he wanted the Triumph for his pleasure, or mine.

Hasbeen

That sounds terrific.... tooling along..... I hope the weather is clear all the way to have the top down. Wind in your hair and no cares.

I was so lucky to be in my early 20's and have a sports car. And my motorbikes. Though if you have long hair you have to tie it back - otherwise it is a driving hazard.

Every summer I have to cover my plum trees else the rosellas get them first. If the 'critters' are getting ALL your produce, Hasbeen, may be indicates that food isn't as available in the wild as it once was.

Fraccy.. MG midget ? hmmm a mate of mine put a 186 holden 6 into a Austin Healy Sprite... oh my.. it FLEW.. but always made sparks bouncing on any thing above 5mm on the road.

For me... besides a 'ditto' with foxy's Dandenongs thing, I love my trees. I go for a daily walk and health check of those on my boundary.. I love watching them grow.. I fret over my 2 Jacaranda's which seem to die each winter, but this time, they seem to be hanging in. My snow gums are looking good and my lillypilly's are growing. The most refreshing thing is wandering through the larger Eucy Scoparia and Angophera Castata with it's pink bark and in season the profusion of flowers.

Oh, it's all coming out now... motor bikes, sports cars... what next?

Hasbeen, what model Triumph do you have?

A Stag? A Dolomite? A 2000? A TR 'something', a Spitfire.. GTS even?

Severin... you too, you auld Greaser.

I had a 'special'... (in a very not-so-special sort of way) that sported a Matchless G12 frame, a Bonnie pre-unit engine, some sort of AMC box, ape hangers, a Dunstall style racing single seat, with number plate space built in, attached to a Watsonian sports sidecar... it was built by a fellow who worked 'on the line' at MGs where the engine plates were cut out (at lunch time I'm sure Lord Nuffield).

What a death trap!

Then there was the Ariel Huntmaster 650... the Matchless/AJS 250, the 'Fanny' Barnett and the James, the 'racing' Bantam 125 with plunger frame replete with clip-ons, rearsets and George Todd packing (top speed 65 mph) MV tank and Amal Monobloc carbie Araldited onto the cylinder block..oh dear... my chums with Panthers, Velocettes, Norton's, Enfield Constellation 700cc thunder bikes.... oh dear (again)... time to slip across to the thread about Ringo being 70!