Old Codgers Know About Stuff like:

• Selecting the right car, 4WD, truck, towing vehicle for the job - and how to go about buying one or restore one!
• Making new technology actually work, like computers, cameras, phones, power equipment, tools, communications
• Discussing/planning the best ways to get to travel to distant, interesting places, like parks, caravan destinations
• Where do get good deals on important things in life, like wine, gadgets, tools, workshop bits'n'pieces
• Knowing where to find reliable, fair priced trades people (Check with Roger!) like:
  electricians, brickies, carpenters, plumbers, gasfitters, welders, handymen (more smart old Codgers!)
• Civil Engineering, Construction, Building, Surveying, Accounting, Mechanical Engineering, even Meteorological Engineering
• How to work things out - OCKAS are great at researching the impossible!   ie:  Things like reducing power costs - Gaz/Roger have some great LED/Powerboard ideas!
• and if it gets too hard to work out for a while, they know where the best watering holes are!
  or where to stock your own cellar:  WineGrowersDirect, GetWinesDirect,  1st Choice,  DanMurphy,

codger   [koj-er]
informal  a man, esp an old or eccentric one: a term of affection or mild derision (often in the phrase old codger )

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 200

Ocker     [ok-er]
See:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocker   for a definition of the Austalian term "Ocker"
which we've elected to mis-type here as "Ockas" to demonstrate our slight indifference!

TIP:  Understanding any part of the Australian "Strine", can be assisted by reference to a good Ockas' dictionary 6,
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