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I borrowed a kelpie

10 March 2021 Robert Pepper

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I’ve always loved dogs for all the usual reasons; their unconditional devotion, companionship, giving you a sense of purpose. But owning one? There’s a problem. A dog is a huge, huge 15-year commitment, but also a lifestyle change. I live mostly alone, so there’s nobody to share the load and I travel a lot, plus […]

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Snatch block loads

14 August 2020 Robert Pepper

If the force required to move the tree is X, and a snatch block is used on another tree to reverse the pull (not shown), then what is the approximate force the winch will produce (Y) and what is the force on the tree with the snatch block (Z) ? a) Y = 0.5 X, […]

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Amarok or Range Rover Sport? Or Discovery 4 or Landcruiser 200 Series?

7 August 2020 Robert Pepper

I am now considering the eight speed Amarok auto due out in July I believe. Possible issue: no transfer case/low range. Any thoughts please? Do you think that it could be as bush capable if compensated by an ultra low first and associated traction controls? I believe that you may have intimated in your latest book that low range […]

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Why not me?

28 July 2020 Robert Pepper

Why can’t I leave my mark? Tens of thousands of years ago our ancestors wrote on rocks, shifted nature around to make dwellings and generally acted just as they pleased. Even a couple of hundred years ago people emblazoned their initials into trees, and now we protect those engravings as precious history. But today we’re […]

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The 5 Greatest 4×4 Lies

28 July 2020 Robert Pepper

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You don’t even believe them yourself, but you say these 4×4 lies anyway. GENERALLY, 4X4 people are good people. They tend to be self-reliant, outgoing, adventurous and as travel widens the mind, open-minded. But in specific situations they are also outright liars. We say these things, and half the time we are trying to convince […]

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How Not To Drive A Jetski, or I Should Have Learned By Now.

14 January 2018 Robert Pepper

If it goes fast and can be driven, I’m up for it. And that’s how I found myself astride a three-seater jetski, with my 15yo daughter and a young feller sat behind. It was an ocean ride, so pretty choppy and I wouldn’t say the waves were big, but tall enough to get interesting as […]

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Cooking Diary, Part 0

18 July 2016 Robert Pepper

Many years ago I left home and thus life changed. I rented a small room in a house, and lived happily there with two brothers as joint landlords. It was a peaceful existence, with only a few noisy moments when the younger brother entertained his girlfriend, usually a virtuoso performance amplified by the fact our […]

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Cooking Diary, Part 1

15 July 2016 Robert Pepper

If you don’t eat, you die. That’s primarily why I eat. Of course, if the experience can be pleasurable that’s all the better, but in general I sacrifice pleasure for speed. Left to my own devices, I would purchase a fridge only to keep beer cold, and probably never construct anything more elaborate than toast, […]

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