I hold you all personally responsible.

asy · March 12, 2005, 04:45:42 AM

Well,

Tonight, I was standing in my kitchen, quietly chopping up the skippy for dinner, when my man walks past me, and gazes lovingly out the back door.

Softly, ever softly, he says... "I wonder how much wood there'd be in the Macadamia Tree?".

Now this tree, is HUGE... It's FULL of Macadamias, and the kids spent half the afternoon out there with a brick and a mallot cracking Macadamia shells and munching...

I say YOU lot did this to him... ;)

He was NORMAL before he started reading this forum...

Well, OK, You caught me out, He was Never Normal, but then neither am I...

By way of introduction, HI! I'm asy!

Andrew will introduce himself in a later post, I'd imagine...

Seriously, though, have been reading your forum for a week or two now (lurking) and it's fantastic. I am very impressed by you all.

We are just about to move to a farm of 60 acres, and I'm hoping to save some of the trees... Please tell him he can't cut them all down...

He's totally addicted to the forum, and is having a great time and learning lots.

Looking forward to getting to know you better.

asy :D

Ianab · March 12, 2005, 05:02:39 AM

Hi Asy and welcome to the forum

And I have NO Idea what macadamia timber is like... I do know how to find out though ;) :D

Oh.. and if you plant 2 trees for every one you cut down, you wont run out 8)

Ian

asy · March 12, 2005, 05:10:13 AM

hehe Thanks Ian...

Yeah, this replanting thing...

It has us spending the day tomorrow driving around the Sunshine Coast looking at Timber Farms.

Should be fun, am taking the camera...

I'm not sure if he wants to plant the forest just so he has an excuse to cut stuff down and mill it, or if he actually wants a forest!!! hehe...

What worries me is that the farm backs onto State Forest, so if he gets over excited, there's not much to stop him! hehehe

asy :D

Ianab · March 12, 2005, 05:42:16 AM

Well on further consideration.. Macadamia nuts are rather nice, so dont cut that tree down, well at least not untill you have got 2 new ones bearing fruit ;)

Roxie · March 12, 2005, 06:24:38 AM

Welcome to the forum Asy! I love the cat picture with the "other's will be blamed"! It's very nice to meet ya!

Fla._Deadheader · March 12, 2005, 06:44:25 AM

Welcome, Asy.

Play ya cards right, and, maybe you can wrangle a trip to the US for some hands on sawing drill. Disney World is only 1½ hours from here. :

;D :D :D

Cedarman · March 12, 2005, 07:22:51 AM

Maybe we could get some reciprocal touring going on.

tnlogger · March 12, 2005, 09:45:08 AM

welcome to the forum asy from your post you will fit in very very well here. 8) 8)

Corley5 · March 12, 2005, 10:19:19 AM

Welcome aboard! 8) New trees grow everyday ;) ;D

KiwiCharlie · March 12, 2005, 02:25:12 PM

Hi asy,
Welcome along, Im sure that youve seen already youll like it here! ;) :D
Cheers
Charlie.

Ernie · March 12, 2005, 02:37:07 PM

Welcome Asy Since Andrew has been lurking for a while, he'll probably tell you that the best way for you to save some trees is stickered and stacked.

Love your cat. I'm sure our local chinese restaurant will have some dog recipies they could share with you as they just got prosecuted for having cats in theis freezers. :D :D :D :D

Ernie

asy · March 12, 2005, 02:49:31 PM

Hehehe..

Reciprocal touring sounds fantastic!!!

Geez, I might get Andrew to take me overseas yet!!! Who knew it would take a buzz saw and a pig roast???!!!

You'd never know, I'm actually more of a dog person than a cat person (Unless you have the right sauces) :D !!!

The avatar I usually use on my other forum was too stoic, and I found this one which I thought was a lot more fun...

I must say, you all sound like a really great bunch of people, and we're looking forward to getting to know you all better.

Well, soon, we'll have 60 acres on the GORGEOUS Sunshine Coast Hinterland (Hi Sigidi!!!) Y'all are welcome, BYO axe...

asy :D

Andy Mack · March 12, 2005, 03:18:21 PM

Hi guys, I'm Andrew.

As Asy has said I've been lurking here and have become totally engrossed with all the content, and characters on the forum. :

:P

Since the Macadamia is producing well, I think it is safe (it better keep producing ;D)

I best go, We are about to leave to do a day tour (put on by our dept of Primary Industries) of sunshine coast farm forrests

Thanks guys

Andrew

Fla._Deadheader · March 12, 2005, 03:23:26 PM

G'day, Andrew. Welcome to the Forum. Yer wife is already a hit with the guys. ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D

KiwiCharlie · March 12, 2005, 03:45:57 PM

Welcome Andrew,
I would be very interested to hear about your day trip some time.
Cheers
Charlie.

tnlogger · March 12, 2005, 03:57:37 PM

welcome andrew when ya get a chance pull up a stump and join in.

moosehunter · March 12, 2005, 04:27:30 PM

Welcome! It is nice to see the different flags keep poping up.

sigidi · March 12, 2005, 06:16:50 PM

8) 8)NOw then, this is some wonderful news, another sawdust, forum addict moving into the neighbourhood 8) 8)

Mind you Bris-Vegas isn't too far either, most our family are ther and I regularly do trips to help out on building/renovating.

Welcome to both Andrew and Asy I hope you have liked, what you've seen.

On another note to fuel my addiction for sawdust, ifn ya need them trees sawn up for ya house or anything let me know, I'm more than happy to load Larry up to come visit, great rates included for FF folkes.

jjmk98k · March 12, 2005, 06:49:51 PM

I never got anything "bad" from hanging out in this forum, only makes me want to plant more trees and make more time to spend outdoors.... makes me want to run my chainsaw more so I can annoy my city slicking neighbors 8)

great bunch of guys around here, even if they don't approve of Grits.

>:(

farmerdoug · March 12, 2005, 11:41:18 PM

Welcome to the Forum Asy and Andrew,

Who knows maybe Jeff will host the International Forestry Forum Pig Roast one day. Tell then Andrew keep on sawing.

chet · March 13, 2005, 12:22:58 AM

Quote from: farmerdoug on March 12, 2005, 11:41:18 PM
Who knows maybe Jeff will host the International Forestry Forum Pig Roast one day.

farmerdoug,
The 2nd Annual International Forestry Forum Piggy Roast is August 6th, 2005.

The more international folks that show up the more international it'll be. ;D

Arthur · March 13, 2005, 01:54:53 AM

Andrew and Asy

You need to keep any branches you prune from that tree.

The wood is a joy to turn and looks wonderful

arthur

asy · March 13, 2005, 04:38:46 AM

Wowwee!

Thanks HEAPS guys!

Well, the forestry tour went really well, had a great day.

Only took 220 photos, Was too busy chatting... (Did I mention I love taking photos???)

I'll go through them and resize a few to show you in a little while.

Better go cook, this lot look hungry...

asy :D

PS: My feet are killing me...

Andy Mack · March 13, 2005, 05:01:53 AM

Hi Guys

Thanks for all the welcomes, I really do feel welcome

Asy beat me to it (as usual). Its been a long day, but had great fun. Asy will no doubt post some photos later.

Sigidi: Thanks for the offer, may well take you up on that, however we hope to get a loan of a Lucas mill from a guy we're doing some business with - see how it goes. What part of the Sunshine coast are you from? Are you on acreage?

Cheers for now

asy · March 13, 2005, 08:00:08 AM

OK!

A dozen or so photos posted in the gallery.

Please have a look!

Here are a few to whet your appetite...

Oh, by the way, sorry about the quality of the photos, they were 1500kb out of the camera, and have had to reduce to 20kb for the forum... they are in pain now... hehe

asy :D