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[The Bogan]

Whilst the brewery had good beer, I didn't rate the pork knuckle, the meat was good, but, there was no crackling, the skin was just thick and chewy

Will return at some stage for the beer, but, I will wash the beer down with chips

Another upsetting factor was.....no sauerkraut, I even asked the staff about it, none even knew what sauerkrauteven was, in what world do people serve pork knuckle without sauerkraut, they did serve apple slaw with it, which was nice, but.......#sauerkraut the world

[GTSBoy]

21 minutes ago, The Bogan said:

Another upsetting factor was.....no sauerkraut, I even asked the staff about it, none even knew what sauerkrauteven was, in what world do people serve pork knuckle without sauerkraut, they did serve apple slaw with it, which was nice, but.......#sauerkraut the world

Does that German restaurant still exist in the old place out the NW end of Goulburn? When I say "out the NW end of"...I am really being vague. It was 1997 when I was last there, and the only point of reference I can recall is that it was on the opposite side of the main drag from the big merino. And when I say "opposite side of the main drag", I don't mean "on the main drag". It was either a couple of streets back from there, or might have even been out in the sticks a bit further. Was an old farm building or mill or somesuch. And when I say "the big merino" I might actually be thinking of a completely different part of town, because I just looked on maps and the big bugger is not where I remembered him to be!

The food was good, consisting largely of various German mystery-meat sausage/loaf things and kartofflen.

[The Bogan]

17 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

Does that German restaurant still exist in the old place out the NW end of Goulburn? When I say "out the NW end of"...I am really being vague. It was 1997 when I was last there, and the only point of reference I can recall is that it was on the opposite side of the main drag from the big merino. And when I say "opposite side of the main drag", I don't mean "on the main drag". It was either a couple of streets back from there, or might have even been out in the sticks a bit further. Was an old farm building or mill or somesuch. And when I say "the big merino" I might actually be thinking of a completely different part of town, because I just looked on maps and the big bugger is not where I remembered him to be!

The food was good, consisting largely of various German mystery-meat sausage/loaf things and kartofflen.

I would say no, why, because my daughter, who also lives in Goulburn, hasn't recommended us going there

Pity, as we miss all the German joints around in Sydney, actually, the restaurants are the only thing I really miss about Sydney, and a special mention to Ishibanboshi at Bondi Junction, their Kara-age Don is heart cloggingly deliciousness (always added a special boiled egg...or 2) 😋 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

The German place in Cabramatta was rock solid, fresh pretzel cooked to order back then. Then it went all quiet, after all the poker machines were removed, then I believe it closed for good.

I did drive past the other week and noticed outdoor lighting a big screen, but no idea what is there now.

 

[MBS206]

There's a good German place in Brisbane if youre up for the drive 😛

[Duncan]

There was a great one on Victoria Rd in Gladesville too back in the day.

I can only assume GTSBoy is thinking of the mill up on the wollondilly, no restaurant there any more but they have restored the original steam engine on site and run it every few months, have an annual steampunk festival etc

@The Bogan, you came to the wrong town for restaurants. we have a few reasonable asian and indian options but the Paragon is as good as it gets otherwise. That brewery is apparently just opened, been meaning to give it a go some time. The Highlands have plenty of fancy options but I suspect you are more a hearty eater than fancy eater

[The Bogan]

43 minutes ago, Duncan said:

There was a great one on Victoria Rd in Gladesville too back in the day.

I can only assume GTSBoy is thinking of the mill up on the wollondilly, no restaurant there any more but they have restored the original steam engine on site and run it every few months, have an annual steampunk festival etc

@The Bogan, you came to the wrong town for restaurants. we have a few reasonable asian and indian options but the Paragon is as good as it gets otherwise. That brewery is apparently just opened, been meaning to give it a go some time. The Highlands have plenty of fancy options but I suspect you are more a hearty eater than fancy eater

Definitely a hearty eater when we go out, I consider these meals my cheat day as I've been watching my calories in and calories out pretty hard since my little fun size stroke, I've gone from a fat boy of 89 Kg, I'm only 165cm tall/short, down to a almost semi lean 73 Kg over the last few years, I'm currently around 17% body fat which my doctor is very happy with, but, my goal is to slowly get down to and maintain 15%,so yeah, I want all of the protein, carbs, fats and sugars when I go out for a binge

[GTSBoy]

56 minutes ago, Duncan said:

Paragon is as good as it gets otherwise

I like their veal scallopini.

[The Bogan]

Decided to upgrade my pressurised plastic coolant expansion tank for a fancy pants alloy version

The OEM versions can get brittle, even the new plastic one I got when I first got the car is a starting to show signs of "stress"

I wasn't cheap, but it is basically unbreakable

[The Bogan]

Looks fancy

But after having a look, prior to its installation, I noticed that the yellow looking power steering reservoir would look crap next to this

So I have this incoming.....

Much cheaper than the Moroso and has great reviews (yeap, it's a Moroso knock off)

[soviet_merlin]

Looks great, but I'm always concerned that it makes it difficult to see what level the fluids are at. Am I overthinking this?

[GTSBoy]

22 minutes ago, soviet_merlin said:

Looks great, but I'm always concerned that it makes it difficult impossible to see what level the fluids are at. Am I overthinking this?

Yes, overthinking.

Many PS reserviors are completely opaque. Our Skyline ones, for example. Have to remove lid, peak inside, swirl the dipstick, try to remember how to read it, etc etc. Normal.

Radiator overflows are often sufficiently opaque and scunged up that you can't see the true level inside anyway, and have to open and have a peak. Besides which, I replaced the (massively expensive, even back then) plastic overflow in my Alfa GTV, back in the '90s with a stainless one that I had a good fabricator make up to be dimensionally same-same, that looks remarkably similar to the Bogan's Moroso one above, and I never suffered any particular paranoia that I didn't know how much coolant was in it.

[MBS206]

1 hour ago, GTSBoy said:

Yes, overthinking.

Many PS reserviors are completely opaque. Our Skyline ones, for example. Have to remove lid, peak inside, swirl the dipstick, try to remember how to read it, etc etc. Normal.

Radiator overflows are often sufficiently opaque and scunged up that you can't see the true level inside anyway, and have to open and have a peak. Besides which, I replaced the (massively expensive, even back then) plastic overflow in my Alfa GTV, back in the '90s with a stainless one that I had a good fabricator make up to be dimensionally same-same, that looks remarkably similar to the Bogan's Moroso one above, and I never suffered any particular paranoia that I didn't know how much coolant was in it.

To back this up, I'm always looking on the outside, seeing the level, and then opening it up anyway, as I'm worried the level I've looked at, is more so a scunge line. Then you end up dipping your damn finger in it too depending on the type of tank you're looking at just to make sure I'm not going insane.

 

PS, Mark, polish up the none moroso one a bit and then give it a clear coat. The Moroso one looks to be way shiner (not mirror polished, just shinier) and it'll still look weird with the two different alloys beside each other.

Either that, or Id probably paint them a flat black...

[The Bogan]

2 hours ago, MBS206 said:

To back this up, I'm always looking on the outside, seeing the level, and then opening it up anyway, as I'm worried the level I've looked at, is more so a scunge line. Then you end up dipping your damn finger in it too depending on the type of tank you're looking at just to make sure I'm not going insane.

 

PS, Mark, polish up the none moroso one a bit and then give it a clear coat. The Moroso one looks to be way shiner (not mirror polished, just shinier) and it'll still look weird with the two different alloys beside each other.

Either that, or Id probably paint them a flat black...

Wrinkle black will be a thing for both

[The Bogan]

4 hours ago, soviet_merlin said:

Looks great, but I'm always concerned that it makes it difficult to see what level the fluids are at. Am I overthinking this?

 

4 hours ago, GTSBoy said:

Yes, overthinking.

Many PS reserviors are completely opaque. Our Skyline ones, for example. Have to remove lid, peak inside, swirl the dipstick, try to remember how to read it, etc etc. Normal.

Radiator overflows are often sufficiently opaque and scunged up that you can't see the true level inside anyway, and have to open and have a peak. Besides which, I replaced the (massively expensive, even back then) plastic overflow in my Alfa GTV, back in the '90s with a stainless one that I had a good fabricator make up to be dimensionally same-same, that looks remarkably similar to the Bogan's Moroso one above, and I never suffered any particular paranoia that I didn't know how much coolant was in it.

The alloy coolant reservoir has a sight glass, so as long as I can see coolant in the sight glass it's GTG, as for PS, it isn't anything catastrophic if it gets low, and as it hasn't lost a drop since I have owned the car I cannot see it being an issue, even after putting the "big block" 2.5 in....LOL

The only time it gets slightly messy is at oil changes, as the oil filter sits above the frame, and I need to use a plastic bottle with its bottom cut off to catch the flow when loosening the filter

[The Bogan]

Today's rock removal from my stock pile out the back into a 4m³ skip bin, I still have a bit to go, hopefully there's enough room in the skip bin, it will be close

My daughter and her boy was coming on Sunday to help, but, I got possessed by demons and started work as soon as the bin arrived at 1230 today

Lots and lots of barrow loads were achieved 

Currently I'm sitting on the lounge drinking beer thinking of how I should have waited till Sunday for some help, tomorrow will be a day off, in saying this, my day off will involve prep and paint of my alloy coolant and PS tanks with wrinkle paint (Jackie is in Sydney till Sunday so the home oven will get a run curing the paint....LOL)

[The Bogan]

Let's keep this little secret between ourselves

 

[GTSBoy]

We can use that against you later.

[MBS206]

2 hours ago, The Bogan said:

Let's keep this little secret between ourselves

 

Is Jackie home by Friday?