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Mick from Down under

Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 8:18 am
by Micks1966
Hi I'm Mick from Woolomin in N.S.W Australia,
I'm 51 and semi retired ,worked as a t/a welder for a few years, just settling into a new place and setting up my workshop,
Love the you tube videos and looking forward to meeting new people and exchanging some good advice amost fellow welders

Re: Mick from Down under

Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 1:15 pm
by GreinTime
I know of one Brody, and about 15 Micks from Australia. I think they might be the only two names down under!!!

Welcome!!!

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Re: Mick from Down under

Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 6:06 pm
by weldin mike 27
Hi Mick from Woolomin. Im Mick from Bendigo, Vic. This could turn into a funny town name thread...

Re: Mick from Down under

Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 8:36 pm
by Otto Nobedder
weldin mike 27 wrote:Hi Mick from Woolomin. Im Mick from Bendigo, Vic. This could turn into a funny town name thread...
There's a town in Missouri, USA, called Knob Lick.

Top that.

Steve

Re: Mick from Down under

Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 8:43 pm
by Farmwelding
Otto Nobedder wrote:
weldin mike 27 wrote:Hi Mick from Woolomin. Im Mick from Bendigo, Vic. This could turn into a funny town name thread...
There's a town in Missouri, USA, called Knob Lick.

Top that.

Steve
Or is this your hobby :lol:


My favorite town is leighton buzzard in England we went through when we were there.

Re: Mick from Down under

Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 11:00 pm
by WeldItUp
Hi Mick! Thanks for joining up and helping me not be the latest new guy to sign up! I will admit though that our trade experience is quite different, but I will be grateful for the exchange and input regardless


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Re: Mick from Down under

Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 11:45 pm
by Otto Nobedder
Farmwelding wrote:
Otto Nobedder wrote:
weldin mike 27 wrote:Hi Mick from Woolomin. Im Mick from Bendigo, Vic. This could turn into a funny town name thread...
There's a town in Missouri, USA, called Knob Lick.

Top that.

Steve
Or is this your hobby :lol:


My favorite town is leighton buzzard in England we went through when we were there.
Okay, I was good and ready to cry, "Not funny!", but I have to admit, that's a little bit funny. :lol:

Steve

Re: Mick from Down under

Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 5:18 am
by weldin mike 27
I saw a rail photo from somewhere in the USA called Knob Mount.... Theres also a place in South Australia called Iron Knob.

Re: Mick from Down under

Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 10:03 am
by Harry72
Drove past iron Knob the other day :lol:

Re: Mick from Down under

Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 11:02 am
by Otto Nobedder
There's also Toad Suck, Arkansas, and Nameless, Tennessee.

Toad Suck is a bit of a mystery, but Nameless has a good story. Seems the postal service needed to build a post office there, so the little community needed a name. The town meeting turned into a big argument, until one old man stood up and said, "This place has always been nameless. Let's keep it that way."

Peculiar, Missouri has a postal origin, as well. Every name they submitted was already taken in the state, so in frustration, the mayor wrote to the postal commission, saying, "Just give us some peculiar name..." and they did just that.

Steve

Re: Mick from Down under

Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 12:12 pm
by Artie F. Emm
Welcome, Mick! Just a warning, threads may get hijacked!
Otto Nobedder wrote: Top that.
Intercourse, PA
...just down the road from...
Bird in Hand, PA

Re: Mick from Down under

Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 12:41 pm
by Otto Nobedder
Artie F. Emm wrote:Welcome, Mick! Just a warning, threads may get hijacked!
Otto Nobedder wrote: Top that.
Intercourse, PA
...just down the road from...
Bird in Hand, PA
You forgot Blue Ball, just down the road from these (actually, 15ish miles northeast, on a different road). Blue Ball and Bird in Hand are named for the taverns they grew up around. Intercourse is named for an important crossroads in colonial times, but was formerly named Cross Keys, also for the tavern.

For generations, newlyweds have had their pictures taken under the sign that says, "Welcome to Intercourse." :shock:

And of course, there's the old joke, "If you can't get to Intercourse, you might experience Blue Ball unless you take your Bird in Hand..."

Steve

Re: Mick from Down under

Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 8:47 pm
by Micks1966
Artie F. Emm wrote:Welcome, Mick! Just a warning, threads may get hijacked!
Otto Nobedder wrote: Top that.

Intercourse, PA
...just down the road from...
Bird in Hand, PA
OK I hadn't really noticed :mrgreen:

Re: Mick from Down under

Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 9:48 pm
by Farmwelding
Otto Nobedder wrote:
Artie F. Emm wrote:Welcome, Mick! Just a warning, threads may get hijacked!
Otto Nobedder wrote: Top that.
Intercourse, PA
...just down the road from...
Bird in Hand, PA
And of course, there's the old joke, "If you can't get to Intercourse, you might experience Blue Ball unless you take your Bird in Hand..."

Steve
Wow...just wow :lol:

Re: Mick from Down under

Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 10:27 pm
by Otto Nobedder
Sooo....

Welcome, Mick! :lol:

Don't think we're not serious about welding and welding questions. Just realize that's the ONLY thing we're serious about.

Steve