We need to rig up some sort of barrier thing on our verandah to stop errant ping pong balls from flying off and pissing off our neighbours below us.

We really just need like a netting thing - I was thinking maybe there's something like a net made of fishing wire that some of you fishing-types might know about that would be cheap and really easy to rig up?

Thanks for any suggestions!@#

BCF

Get those zip shades, but instead of plastic get mesh

I think any sort of net or chicken wire would be sufficient, just get whatever is cheapest?

just some sort of shadecloth
buy it off the roll from bunnings etc

Employee a busty topless bird to catch it before it goes over.

Much more attractive than netting.

Bunnings
Shadecloth is okay, but you'll lose light (~$7.50/m, 1.8m wide; ~$15/m 3.6m wide)
Bird netting will probably be better: usually in white or black, 4m x 4m pre-packs (~$4) or 2-4m wide for about $4/m.

Guess what job pays my rent while I'm at uni?

Probably a good idea to check with your body corp before buying anything. Will be a waste of money if you put it up then some wanker whinges about it and you get a breach notice to take it down.

netting consultant!?

Employee a busty topless bird to catch it before it goes over.

Much more attractive than netting.

I know someone ;)

I know someone ;)

your mother is familiar to us all

your mother is familiar to us all

She's cheap too, and fast

Look for some hail netting, it's only about 10% shading so it won't block your light and it's pretty cheap.

It's funny when you find out s*** like this like - like there's different levels of light shading for nets. It's really amazing how in-depth stuff is.. I mean I just thought nets were nets. Craziness. Thanks guys, I'll check out hail and bird stuff, looks like a goer!

As mentioned above, just head to bunnings and get them to custom cut you something. Might cost a little bit, but depends on how badly you need to retrieve those ping pong balls.

Also, got a little giggle from the word 'zip' in Kat's post.

im gonna stress dans point of checking with body corporate if its a unit block...

Full canvas, I don't think anyone wants to see your ping pong shows.

or just buy a big bucket of ping pong balls

im gonna stress dans point of checking with body corporate if its a unit block...

yeh we've considered this but at this point in time I think we'll just risk it and if they whine then we'll deal with it then... atm I'm more worried about the complaints from the neighbours from constantly having tio fish balls out of their garden

^ yeah thats true....
how do they go with the noise?

I dunno but I think it should definitely involve ocky straps

^ yeah thats true....
how do they go with the noise?

no complaints about that - from what I can tell the noise mostly just bounces straight out horizontally so you can hear us easily across the road but not so easily above/below us :)

haha, we were watching some pingpong yesterday

after half an hour we still couldnt tell if it was mens or womens due to the 4 azns all looking like both

http://www.catnets.com.au/

^^ omg yes, then you can get a cat too! Double win (cept that the ping pong balls are likely to go thru the holes...).

The net comes in 2 sizes 19 or 40 mm

It's funny when you find out s*** like this like - like there's different levels of light shading for nets. It's really amazing how in-depth stuff is.. I mean I just thought nets were nets.

that could have been something CHUB would post after toking on his giant bong