Posted by rehctub, Friday, 16 March 2012 7:53:30 PM

" ... *DreamOn* the main problem with retail, .. small Retail businesses, is that in most cases they net less today than they did ten years ago. This is due to the costs associated with running a business. ... "

Yes, a lot of the people that I am familiar with who own restaurant businesses in Fremantle claim that they spend 5 days of the week paying the rent and only 2 days making a modest profit.

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" ... BTW, there is a fair chance Clive Palmer will win his case .. ... "

Well, if the States get involved and are able to expand the action to include things like tip sites etc it will likely become more interesting, but as most of them have sold off the people's electricity generators they are no longer considered State property for Constitutional purposes which is a shame for more reasons than one i.m.o.

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Posted by Yabby, Friday, 16 March 2012 8:51:07 PM

*DreamOn* yabbies, koonaks and gilgies are all various species of
freshwater crustaceans. .. Koonaks and Gilgies are in fact quite rare ... "

Interesting that you say the Koonak is now rare as having spent a lot of time in the WA bush as a young fella I can tell you from north of Corrigin, to as far east as Lake King to down south Esperance way, I never went for a weekender at any cockies farm who didn't have Koonaks (distinguishable by their claws) in their dam. Their were regular p!ss ups following an afternoon of drop netting.

*Yabbies* of course were indeed claimed to be an eastern states variety.

Occasionally in the local markets here there are still Koonaks on offer so it surprises me that you say that they are now rare.

Of course, the issue remains as to how a self confessed loyal *Sand Groper* ended up with an eastern states imports name.

;-)

http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/pub/IdCrayfish/IdCrayfishPage05.php?00

There you go DreamOn, learn the difference between them. What most
people call Koonaks or Gilgies in dams, are in fact yabbies.
Its a great way to win a carton at the pub, because few people
actually know the difference.

Ok, so the tax is in, so what do you labor supporters suggest we do if this tax has a negative effect.

I don't think sorry will cut it for anyone who looses their job, due to either this, or the carbon tax.

But then again, sorry is not a word in their vocab, at least not in the past four years and ten odd stuff us.

I just hope and pray labor has got it right, as it's a huge risk.

But at least the everage small business owner can enjoy a night out at the movies, thanks the HUGE 1% tax cut.

$20 to $30 per week, that's it!

Thanks for that *Yappy*

Indeed, now having looked at the linky, the pictures of the *Yabbies* are by far the most consistent with my early childhood memories of them. Hmmm .. not *KooNacks* as I was told at that time at all ey?

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http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/pub/IdCrayfish/IdCrayfishPage03.php?00

" ... Gilgies can be commonly found in most streams, rivers and irrigation dams in the South West, ... "

But rare you say?

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and then there were the "marron" which we also snorkelled for around *Collie* before the dam. Must have been somewhere around '76 - '78 from memory and without looking any further.

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*RehcTub*

I gather "Sole Traders" miss out on the tax altogether though?

DreamOn, as it happens, astacology is something that I know a bit about.

Put it this way, there are 90'000 farm dams in WA, I know of two
which contain koonaks, the rest are yabbies. I know of one girl
who did actually find some gilgies down in a creek, that is the only
time I've known of them to occur. Yes marron are around, but they
need alot more oxygen in the water then yabbies, so they are mainly
found in the deep South West, like Collie, Margaret River etc.
A few people try to grow them in farm dams, with limited success.

Both yabbies and marron are exported from WA, to the East and to
overseas, although the industry has dramatically shrunk with the
droughts and increased cropping in the wheatbelt.

So yes, what they all told you were koonaks or gilgies, were probably
yabbies.

*RehcTub*

On an older issue, I got a most pleasant surprise the other day. After shopping at *WoolWorths,* which we rarely do, I unwrapped my raw *CrackLer* only to discover that it was actually really well cut for crackling. Not perfect mind you, but 90%+ and the best effort I've ever seen to date.

That's not to say that I believe that it doesn't happen elsewhere, but rather that in the entirety of my limited life experience, I have otherwise not received one.

I have to do another one in a couple of weeks to try to try and improve the cooking technique and enhance my crackle yield though. Me *Jumbo Barbie* needs to read 230degC before I start getting any crackling action.

A new technique I read recently in a mag when in the waiting room at a hospital not so long ago of tipping boiling water on the skin post a wash (in our case traditional Indo style) pre cooking also worked out really well.

I do so Luv the other white meat and flesh of the swine, from time to time.