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Re: Jarra Heavy?? No S**T!! :D ROTFL
By:Peter Robinson
Date: 5/29/2002, 6:27 pm
In Response To: Jarra Heavy?? No S**T!! :D (James Neely)

ROTFL! Got me!

When you said Jarra I thought - hmm a bit hard and heavy.
James I have filed your name away now :)

pjr

Peter Robinson
Brisbane
Australia

: It was a joke guys! Sheeesh! LOL
: During my first week in OZ I was a little insulted that one of the guests at
: a barby said he'd help me drag a picnic table from one side of the yard to
: another. "I don't need help to move a picnic table!", was my
: retort. He looked at me kinda funny and said "Right Mate!" then
: got a big grin. I thought I hurt myself when I just grabbed an end and
: started pulling, and it didn't move. When he stopped laughing the guy took
: the other end and we got the damn thing across the yard. Yup, it was
: jarra. We use spruce or cedar up here in the frozen north, and it's about
: 1/2 the weight.
: James

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: What timber for Greenland Paddles in Oz?
Peter Robinson -- 5/28/2002, 7:50 am
Re: Paddle: What timber for Greenland Paddles in O
Paul Burns -- 5/30/2002, 3:19 am
Re: Paddle: What timber for Greenland Paddles in O
Peter Robinson in Oz -- 5/30/2002, 8:16 am
Re: Paddle: What timber for Greenland Paddles in O
Brian Nystrom -- 5/29/2002, 1:35 pm
Re: Paddle: What timber for Greenland Paddles in O
Peter Robinson -- 5/29/2002, 7:23 pm
Re: Paddle: What timber for Greenland Paddles in O
Rick Allnutt -- 5/29/2002, 9:38 am
Re: Paddle: What timber for Greenland Paddles in O
Peter Robinson -- 5/29/2002, 6:43 pm
Re: Paddle: What timber for Greenland Paddles in O
Eric -- 5/29/2002, 3:52 pm
Re: Paddle: What timber for Greenland Paddles in O
Peter Robinson -- 5/29/2002, 5:37 pm
Re: Merci ! *NM*
Eric -- 5/30/2002, 5:03 am
Re: Paddle: What timber for Greenland Paddles in O
Pete Notman -- 5/29/2002, 5:14 am
Re: Paddle: What timber for Greenland Paddles in O
Peter Robinson -- 5/29/2002, 8:29 am
Not all wood is equal
Pete Notman -- 5/30/2002, 5:32 pm
Re: Not all wood is equal
Don Beale -- 5/31/2002, 1:22 pm
Grain orientation
Brian Nystrom -- 5/31/2002, 1:10 pm
Re: Paddle: What timber for Greenland Paddles in O
Grant G -- 5/29/2002, 3:19 am
Re: Paddle: What timber for Greenland Paddles in O
Peter Robinson -- 5/29/2002, 4:42 am
:D How about Jarra? :D *NM*
James Neely -- 5/28/2002, 8:40 pm
Re: How about Jarra?
Peter Robinson -- 5/28/2002, 9:41 pm
Re: How about Jarra?
Allan Newhouse -- 5/29/2002, 5:01 am
Jarra Heavy?? No S**T!! :D
James Neely -- 5/29/2002, 1:43 pm
Re: Jarra Heavy?? No S**T!! :D ROTFL
Peter Robinson -- 5/29/2002, 6:27 pm
Re: How about Jarra?
Peter Robinson -- 5/29/2002, 8:19 am