florinhill wrote:

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Just a small tip John re your fishing, when next you are in a tackle store purchase some circle hooks, these will increase your hookup rate as fish tend to hook themselves as well as fish to be released have a greater survival rate. I enjoy your reports and happy birthday for the happy day.

Bob

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 Thanks for the tip Bob, will be buying tackle in Denmark on Monday and will look into circle hooks.

Friday at Cosy Corner East and the weather was much better, a young couple next to me had problems starting their Hi Ace and it sounded like a weak battery so I offered my jump starter to no avail and ended up getting a deep cycle battery out but that didn't help so in my opinion a mechanic was needed. The Toyota Hi Ace was diesel and I have had no experience with diesel motors so I was of no help, another neighbour who was leaving took the young man to a point where phone access was available and he phoned for assistance and the last time I saw him he was being towed back to Albany. A warning here is that he bought it two weeks ago and obviously didn't have it thoroughly checked out by a mechanic prior to setting off and now has paid the price. It was an older vehicle like mine, all the more reason to be careful.

During the day someone put a book cabinet full of books and magazines into the amenities area and I was able to swop a book that I had read with one of the authors I used to read. Later someone put some DVDs out and I took one and watched it last night returning it this morning only to find that the rest had gone, I was hoping to get another one but someone had other ideas and took the lot.

The water pump was not pumping and I deduced that the vehicle was not level and although I was apparently out of water in fact had plenty if the vehicle was pointed the other way. There is a hill in the area so I pointed the van up it and sure enough got water for a few days into storage containers but the message is clear get water a s a p.

John