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Old 30-05-09, 11:58
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No, it isn't MOTHRA come to life ... but it almost is .

I think it's a Bogong moth .. they come around each year and bang on the windows at night . The local indigenous people used to feast on them . Fancy a snack
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Old 30-05-09, 13:38
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Having a herd of those banging against the windows would drive my kitteh kollective absolutely nuts...
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Old 30-05-09, 20:16
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Having a herd of those banging against the windows would drive my kitteh kollective absolutely nuts...
You mean that they are not already completely nuts like their owner opps who said that?????
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Old 30-05-09, 20:36
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You mean that they are not already completely nuts like their owner opps who said that?????
Ah Cliffy.... mea navis aericumbens anguillis abundant....
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Old 30-05-09, 23:13
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Ah Cliffy.... mea navis aericumbens anguillis abundant....
Now you are showing off Boss! I don't know what it means but I'm guessing it's rude and to the point

Oh well back to my
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Old 30-05-09, 23:52
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No, it isn't MOTHRA come to life ... but it almost is .

I think it's a Bogong moth .. they come around each year and bang on the windows at night . The local indigenous people used to feast on them . Fancy a snack
Their ghastly compound eyes glow red in the light... imagine being alone in a farm house somewhere in Gippsland, hearing something unusual in the next room you go in and see a herd of these monsters trying to get into the room!
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Old 31-05-09, 14:41
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Ah Cliffy.... mea navis aericumbens anguillis abundant....
Sir, I doth enquire, "Why is your flying boat filled with eels?", Is this some new trend.

Moreover, where does one find and store a flying boat; especially one full of eels?

I humbly await your reply.

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P.S. Cliff - nothing awful was said unless you 1. hired him a flying boat or 2. farmed eels that have mysteriously gone missing.

P.P.S. Just found the Toronto Sun's article by Ian Gillespie and so should correct my grammar to read hovercraft - still say it translates to flying boat.
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Old 31-05-09, 20:00
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Sir, I doth enquire, "Why is your flying boat filled with eels?", Is this some new trend.

Moreover, where does one find and store a flying boat; especially one full of eels?

I humbly await your reply.

Pedr

P.S. Cliff - nothing awful was said unless you 1. hired him a flying boat or 2. farmed eels that have mysteriously gone missing.
Pedr you know I am just so...o disappointed to discover the boss wasn't being rude, crude and unattractive! Those cats must be having a beneficial influence on him
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Old 31-05-09, 21:21
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Mike the moths are about that size here too and the cats are constantly bashing into the walls and windows catching them. The biggist ones I've seen were at Howards place they were nearly twice that size and the street was a mess of road kill from them gathering at street lights and attacking the passing cars.
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