Koala In Electronics Store - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 23, 2013, 09:46:32 am
content: Yes, happens every day in Oz, seriously.WARNING: Vertical Video!

author: Rerouter
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2013, 09:53:58 am
content: koala's in the electronics shops and drop bears in the bowling alleys,

author: ddavidebor
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2013, 10:04:54 am
content: Cuteeee

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 23, 2013, 10:25:21 am
content: Just like me in Jaycar. Wander up and down the aisles a bit and then go back to the car-park when I find they don't have stock of what I'm after.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2013, 10:31:27 am
content: Quick GeoffS, you better lock the offtopic thread

author: kizzap
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 23, 2013, 10:32:17 am
content: I didn't watch the video, but lost it with the Vertical Video warning....

author: Kempy
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2013, 11:37:53 am
content: It was probably looking for one of these:https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10614

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2013, 05:22:49 pm
content: Trying to find a eucalyptus picker

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2013, 11:39:11 am
content: Could have been like the one night I went out to the toilet in the accommodation I was staying at in the air force. Inside having a drink from the toilet was an Impala, who went rushing past me and down the stairs at full tilt as I walked into the bathroom. Both of us were very surprised.not as bad as the time the one bull went and tried to jump over the car one night, and left marks where the lowest part of his rear dragged hair across the car bonnet.Or coming around a corner and finding a hippo wandering down the road. Anchors and full speed reverse for around 200m back the way we came. only went when she wandered off the road again.Cows on the road in the mountain pass, or the messiest was the swallow we hit with the radio antenna and shredded leaving the side of the car looking like we took a short cut through a slaughterhouse.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2013, 12:51:22 pm
content: I suppose the UK equivalent would be a badger in Maplins...!

author: peter.mitchell
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 25, 2013, 06:11:58 am
content: Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on August 24, 2013, 12:51:22 pm'probly give you a nasty nip too like the koala

author: pickle9000
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 25, 2013, 06:57:32 am
content: We have moose in Canada. They can be quite scary during mating season.http://youtu.be/XnKjoCzJmbY

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 25, 2013, 07:52:20 am
content: Quote from: SeanB on August 24, 2013, 11:39:11 amKangaroos are a very serious problem on our race tracks.Don't believe me?

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 25, 2013, 09:39:36 am
content: These can also be pretty nasty to hit.....Goosing timebySeanB_ZA, on Flickr

author: pickle9000
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 25, 2013, 09:51:44 am
content: Can't remember seeing any live shots but plenty of aftermath pictures. In most cases the front windshield is gone roof caved in and the moose may or may not be in the vehicle. Don't forget these things can reach 1000 plus pounds, a small one is around 500 or so.These aftermath shots are slightly graphic (shows a dead moose in the front seat so don't look if you can't).http://youtu.be/mNUIS1LMKJw

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 25, 2013, 09:58:10 am
content: 2 legged cows cause about the same damage........... The roads agency puts up signs warning of cattle on the national roads, as theoretically pedestrians are not allowed on them....... 3 types of pedestrian, the quick, the dead drunk and the deceased dead drunk.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 25, 2013, 02:54:29 pm
content: Lets go back to the furry and cuddly Koala: it doesn't seem very impressed / scared by humans. Do people keep them as pets or is it impossible to domesticate a Koala?

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 25, 2013, 03:23:58 pm
content: Well, as they have a diet that would test even a monk, and smell like an explosion in a pharmacy involving a large case of liniment while being somewhat cute looking and cuddly I would not consider it a house pet.

author: ElectroIrradiator
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 25, 2013, 04:22:43 pm
content: WTB more interesting, local wildlife...Anything remotely unusual or even slightly dangerous has mostly been hunted to extinction around these parts, usually centuries ago. Well, we have a very rare and mildly poisonous snake, a lone wolf or maybe two, plus wild deer, but that is about it.

author: Rerouter
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2013, 01:15:44 pm
content: just to continue the trend of driving off tourists, koala's are actually extremely dangerous if they go at you, there claws are more than capable of getting down to muscle in one swipe through cloths, and in those cases they dont stop at a single swipe, luckily 9/10 times they are docile,

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2013, 05:24:53 pm
content: The most dangerous wildlife around here is the JCB fasttrac. they come flying around the bend towing trailers with twent tons of straw, every year around this time a car gets hit by one of these.

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2013, 12:32:23 am
content: Quote from: nctnico on August 25, 2013, 02:54:29 pmMakes them easy to catch. Koala steaks are really tasty on the barbie.

author: chibiace
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2013, 04:36:28 am
content: Quote from: GK on August 27, 2013, 12:32:23 amyum!

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 28, 2013, 01:27:13 am
content: If I ever get to kiwi-land again (its on the list) I'll try Koala

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 28, 2013, 03:20:54 am
content: aww leave the poor thing alone. It's officially declared a Vulnerable species by the Aus govt and classed as Threatened under the EPBC Act.There's also a push to get it declared as critically endangered

author: ElectroIrradiator
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 28, 2013, 07:05:47 am
content: What about 'roos? Are they tasty, or will you get lynched by an angry mob of locals for even suggesting to eat the national symbol of Oz?

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 28, 2013, 07:40:40 am
content: I think that it was Sainsburys that had Roo steak on sale here a year or two back, not that I tried it.

author: peter.mitchell
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 28, 2013, 09:47:29 am
content: Quote from: ElectroIrradiator on August 28, 2013, 07:05:47 amIt depends on how it is sourced, some times the meat can be very tough, other times it is very tender, the most important thing though is not to overcook it, it will go very tough very quickly.Makes great steak.

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 28, 2013, 09:54:49 am
content: Very healthy roo meat, low fat and low cholesterol.My local supermarket stock it but at ridiculous prices.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 28, 2013, 07:02:56 pm
content: All I get locally is a lot of ostrich, which is very nice and tasty. Stocking up the freezer with is so I will have a few months supply when it dries up again. Nice and tasty, low fat and appreciated on the braai. Next one I will probably pull out the steaks. When asked what it was ( wondering why they wanted more) I replied it was chicken, a very large chicken.Thank you to the EU for banning imports to protect the local markets there, and then dumping the excess on others at low prices to get rid of it.