Duke and Princess Leah had a good Rub-A-Dub-Dub Piliga Scrub after their big day with their tools.
After that we went over to Park Rd and saw Rocky for an Italian dinner. As a "ginger beer", herself we needed to get Rocky's brain working on what we had to do to to make Lamb happy that everything was ok.
Rocky was a bit perplexed as to why the girls had done what they had but she eventually gave us all the answers. Rocky is an electrical engineer but knew pretty much what we had to do. Rocky also has a great degree of respect for Lamb's talents as an engineer and it is nice to hear about Lamb from someone who really knows how good she is.
Today was another day to finalise the modifications to the Pantser. The Lamb was on her way back from Melbourne tonight and we wanted to have this thing looking spiffy and a solution to put to Lamb. The idea of putting up a problem instead of a solution just didn't sit well with any of us in this instance.
We awoke at 6.30AM in the Tree House and started the action. Well, we started and then decided that we'd need more sleep. At 9.15 I was looking out the window and Princess said "I think from the angle of the sun relative to the Tree House it must be 9.15". Sure enough she jumped out of bed and looked at the clock and it was 9.15 exactly. Princess Leah has talent.
Duke spent all day documenting exactly what was going and how they had done it.
Princess Leah drove me around Brisvegas to do the shopping for the "barbie" on Monday. It was getting pretty mental and we knew we had to get a bucket of food. We also had to get some clothes for the ceremony. I thought I'd wear a suit as I would probably have to make a speech. This idea didnt sit well with Princess Leah and we agreed on what we would both wear. We found an outfit each in various shops.
After that we went back to the Tree House and I pulled out some of the technology from the Tree House companies. It is all GIS enabled applications and we started to work out where to cut the roads for the new vehicle that Princess Leah and Dukie had procured. I still had no idea what the vehicle was but they said "give us enough clearance for a 5m wheel base and we will be right". Holy phark, what did they have?
I overlayed a series of topography, native vegetation,soil type, village location, waterway and DCDB maps and worked out the best possible route. I entered this into the Pantser differential GPS (for accuracy to 20cm) and we could put that thing on auto-pilot and it would work. Princess Leah still had to drive it but she would always knew where she was and where to go.
I was busy trying to fix the distillery and the girls finished the Pantser. I knew we wouldn't have the still fixed in time to make grog for the big day but I needed something to take my mind off everything else. We were starting VC discussions with new companies and I was stressed as all shit.
After we had all finished work we sat down on the deck of the Tree House, draped an Aussie Flag over the back deck and had a few beverages. Princess Leah decided to play dress-ups and we all laughed our tits off at the get-up. There is nothing as hot as Princess Leah in her suede "phark me" boots, Pink feather boa, pink sunglasses and jungle shorts and singlet.
I put Alex Lloyd on the CD and we chilled. I had to make a few trips to the Tree House laundry in between beers as we were busy washing hammocks and we'd have to install some new as well.
If Cap'n Dyke and Margo's Posse wanted to stay they'd need to sleep in the air as well. It is no use inviting people to come from afar for a party into the jungle and letting them sleep on the floor. You need air in the jungle and traditional "Queenslander" helped with air flow but we needed soorious air in the middle of Summer. I had entertained the idea of putting the visitors up at the Carlton Crest or letting them sleep on the boat- but this is very unAustraahlian. And I had no doubt they'd be having such a good time and wouldn't want to leave.
Anyone else that came for the party would have to get back into the Transport Dukie and Leah had and be taken back to Brisvegas. All blindfolded in both directions of course.
I cooked pork marinated in soy sauce, garlic, ginger, chilli and coriander and a big Asian salad and we all sat down and discussed how we were going to break the news to Lamb over dinner.
It was agreed I'd do it whilst the girls were downstairs. Things would be fine.
Tomorrow was to be a massive day for Princess Leah and Duke clearing some forest in the most environmentally sensitive manner and then we'd need a big sleep for Monday's festivities.
We were looking forward to all of this. We just needed to maintain our anonymity. It would be fine.
After that we went over to Park Rd and saw Rocky for an Italian dinner. As a "ginger beer", herself we needed to get Rocky's brain working on what we had to do to to make Lamb happy that everything was ok.
Rocky was a bit perplexed as to why the girls had done what they had but she eventually gave us all the answers. Rocky is an electrical engineer but knew pretty much what we had to do. Rocky also has a great degree of respect for Lamb's talents as an engineer and it is nice to hear about Lamb from someone who really knows how good she is.
Today was another day to finalise the modifications to the Pantser. The Lamb was on her way back from Melbourne tonight and we wanted to have this thing looking spiffy and a solution to put to Lamb. The idea of putting up a problem instead of a solution just didn't sit well with any of us in this instance.
We awoke at 6.30AM in the Tree House and started the action. Well, we started and then decided that we'd need more sleep. At 9.15 I was looking out the window and Princess said "I think from the angle of the sun relative to the Tree House it must be 9.15". Sure enough she jumped out of bed and looked at the clock and it was 9.15 exactly. Princess Leah has talent.
Duke spent all day documenting exactly what was going and how they had done it.
Princess Leah drove me around Brisvegas to do the shopping for the "barbie" on Monday. It was getting pretty mental and we knew we had to get a bucket of food. We also had to get some clothes for the ceremony. I thought I'd wear a suit as I would probably have to make a speech. This idea didnt sit well with Princess Leah and we agreed on what we would both wear. We found an outfit each in various shops.
After that we went back to the Tree House and I pulled out some of the technology from the Tree House companies. It is all GIS enabled applications and we started to work out where to cut the roads for the new vehicle that Princess Leah and Dukie had procured. I still had no idea what the vehicle was but they said "give us enough clearance for a 5m wheel base and we will be right". Holy phark, what did they have?
I overlayed a series of topography, native vegetation,soil type, village location, waterway and DCDB maps and worked out the best possible route. I entered this into the Pantser differential GPS (for accuracy to 20cm) and we could put that thing on auto-pilot and it would work. Princess Leah still had to drive it but she would always knew where she was and where to go.
I was busy trying to fix the distillery and the girls finished the Pantser. I knew we wouldn't have the still fixed in time to make grog for the big day but I needed something to take my mind off everything else. We were starting VC discussions with new companies and I was stressed as all shit.
After we had all finished work we sat down on the deck of the Tree House, draped an Aussie Flag over the back deck and had a few beverages. Princess Leah decided to play dress-ups and we all laughed our tits off at the get-up. There is nothing as hot as Princess Leah in her suede "phark me" boots, Pink feather boa, pink sunglasses and jungle shorts and singlet.
I put Alex Lloyd on the CD and we chilled. I had to make a few trips to the Tree House laundry in between beers as we were busy washing hammocks and we'd have to install some new as well.
If Cap'n Dyke and Margo's Posse wanted to stay they'd need to sleep in the air as well. It is no use inviting people to come from afar for a party into the jungle and letting them sleep on the floor. You need air in the jungle and traditional "Queenslander" helped with air flow but we needed soorious air in the middle of Summer. I had entertained the idea of putting the visitors up at the Carlton Crest or letting them sleep on the boat- but this is very unAustraahlian. And I had no doubt they'd be having such a good time and wouldn't want to leave.
Anyone else that came for the party would have to get back into the Transport Dukie and Leah had and be taken back to Brisvegas. All blindfolded in both directions of course.
I cooked pork marinated in soy sauce, garlic, ginger, chilli and coriander and a big Asian salad and we all sat down and discussed how we were going to break the news to Lamb over dinner.
It was agreed I'd do it whilst the girls were downstairs. Things would be fine.
Tomorrow was to be a massive day for Princess Leah and Duke clearing some forest in the most environmentally sensitive manner and then we'd need a big sleep for Monday's festivities.
We were looking forward to all of this. We just needed to maintain our anonymity. It would be fine.
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