The 06 Brass Monkey Thread

**Rashika** · 13th June 2006, 11:37

Originally Posted by festus

Ha ha...........those involved have been reprimanded
Looking at the weather down there bloody lucky the Brass was not on the weekend just gone!..........

Hell yeah, heres a taster of what is was like travelling back up yesterday

Pic 1: The Dangerous crew heading back from Teretonga
Pic 2: Winchester... not the way I normally see it at the Magpie Madness rally

**scumdog** · 13th June 2006, 12:01

Originally Posted by Rashika

Hell yeah, heres a taster of what is was like travelling back up yesterday

Pic 1: The Dangerous crew heading back from Teretonga
Pic 2: Winchester... not the way I normally see it at the Magpie Madness rally

You negelected to mention that Chez Scumdog and its environs were bereft of any of the white stuff.....as befitting its title of Riviera of the South.

And we had electricity courtesy of Mr Jantar.

**Rashika** · 13th June 2006, 13:13

Originally Posted by scumdog

You negelected to mention that Chez Scumdog and its environs were bereft of any of the white stuff.....as befitting its title of Riviera of the South.

And we had electricity courtesy of Mr Jantar.

oh yeah...woops!
Actually had a very lovely warm couple of nights at Chez Scumdog, altho i think Dangerous was getting a wee bit frozen by the time we managed to get around all the lovely sights of Balclutha, namely Scumdogs many vehicle containing sheds

Thanks heaps for the hospitality SD and ChrissieB ...I'll be back!

**scumdog** · 13th June 2006, 13:17

Originally Posted by Rashika

altho i think Dangerous was getting a wee bit frozen by the time we managed to get around all the lovely sights of Balclutha, namely Scumdogs many vehicle containing sheds

Thanks heaps for the hospitality SD and ChrissieB ...I'll be back!

If Dangerous had remembered to wring-out his wet beanie before putting it on he might not have been QUITE so cold!!

**festus** · 13th June 2006, 18:55

Originally Posted by festus

Oh forgot....few drama's in our group, had 4 off's all low speed, 3 on the Sunday and 1 on Monday.........2 by the same guy ....... doh! No injuries except for bruised pride............

Ice grit claimed 3 and 1 too quick into a corner........

Did I mention 3 speeding tickets? one of the boy's was clocked at 156kph, they threatened to take his bike and licence, after much grovelling they issued him with $400 fine for 139!........

To boot, Monday decided to take the Westport/Buller Gorge route from Greymouth, pressed for time with a 115pm ferry as it was, go to Westport to be told the gorge was out!, missed the bloody ferry too.........

The Wanganui boy's had a bit of a shocker when you think about it!........

**paturoa** · 13th June 2006, 20:00

Originally Posted by dangerous

North Islanders right?

surely not!

Originally Posted by scumdog

If Dangerous had remembered to wring-out his wet beanie before putting it on he might not have been QUITE so cold!!

well at least he remembered it! did he have his thermals or forgot those too?

Dangerous - saw K14s write up of the weekend, where is yours?

Did you let the Kat out of the bag?

**Jantar** · 13th June 2006, 21:46

Originally Posted by scumdog

You negelected to mention that Chez Scumdog and its environs were bereft of any of the white stuff.....as befitting its title of Riviera of the South.

And we had electricity courtesy of Mr Jantar.

No snow here either. In fact yesterday I was boxing up our patio extension ready for the concrete. The mixer arrived today for the big pour, so today has been concreting in fine but chilly weather. And we had power on as well.

**paturoa** · 14th June 2006, 20:19

Originally Posted by Jantar

No snow here either. In fact yesterday I was boxing up our patio extension ready for the concrete. The mixer arrived today for the big pour, so today has been concreting in fine but chilly weather. And we had power on as well.

must have been a big concrete pour! or is the white stuff in the attached photo the snow u lot reckon you didn't get?

**far queue** · 14th June 2006, 21:06

I was looking at this pic earlier today and thought the same, but one of the guys at work who's into this sort of stuff explained it to me.

Apparently the weather satelite that produces these pictures actually shows temperatures only, and in monochrome with lighter being colder and darker being warmer. When the newspapers, TV stations, etc get hold of the pictures they enhance them with photoshop or some such to add colour and make it look like a colour photo. So, while it looks like we've all disappeared under a layer of snow, 'tis not the case. There is plenty of snow about, but not that much, certainly not here. Mind you, it has been bloody cold, as the pic shows. It was -3.2 when I went to work at 7.30 this morning and it's 0.6 outside right now.

**k14** · 14th June 2006, 21:13

Originally Posted by paturoa

must have been a big concrete pour! or is the white stuff in the attached photo the snow u lot reckon you didn't get?

He's right, no snow in cromwell, alexandra, roxburgh and even further east. Wanaka and queenstown did get some though. The surrounding hills have a spattering aswell. Seems as though it stopped probably around 50m above cromwell.

**Jantar** · 14th June 2006, 22:09

Still no snow here. But I am more hopeful for some on friday.

The concrete pour was only 18 square meters, so its unlikely to show up on a satelite image.

**Highlander** · 17th June 2006, 14:39

Weather missed the brass monkey buy a week. Get you order in early for next year.

Bit cool a tad further north than you guys Jantar / K14.

I was in Adelaide wearing a T shirt and they were complaining about the cold.
Concreting is fun in cold weather specially when the water freezes...

**Highlander** · 17th June 2006, 14:41

Originally Posted by Highlander

Weather missed the brass monkey buy a week. Get you order in early for next year.

Bit cool a tad further north than you guys Jantar / K14.

I was in Adelaide wearing a T shirt and they were complaining about the cold.
Concreting is fun in cold weather specially when the water freezes...

Picture added.