Shuff's General Chat Thread ... #73 - Talk about anything and everything...  

Published on Apr 6, 2015
Get schooled in golden-age Japanese sports cars from Ben Hsu, founder of Japanese Nostalgic Car. He even knows how to pronounce "Hakosuka" correctly.

just another day in russia



Video of lots of things going BANG!

i'll just leave this here.....

http://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/cel...iami/vi-AAaxbEn

Apparently he survived that,I thought he would've been a Kebab for sure

More plastic there than in a bucket of Lego,just Google her name,and add the magic word 'naked'

I went to Noosa.

It was great.

I went to Noosa.

It was great.

Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Found Guilty on All Counts

A Boston jury has found Dzhkohar Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 counts related to the deadly 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, meaning Tsarnaev could face the death penalty.

Wearing a dark jacket over a blue shirt, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev entered the courtroom and took his seat next to his attorney Judy Clarke. As the verdicts were read, Tsarnaev stood but for the most part did not react.

He slumped in his chair, however, after he was convicted of all 30 counts. The courtroom fell silent when the clerk asked all 12 jurors to affirm their verdict and they responded “Yes.” Judge George O’Toole reminded jurors they are “still active an active jury” because the second phase of the trial, the penalty phase, will determine whether Tsarnaev lives or dies. The penalty phase will begin “early next week,” the judge said.

Karen Brassard, who said she was speaking for a group of bombing survivors and victims’ family members, told reporters after the verdict that she was grateful that Tsarnaev was going to be kept off the streets, but said there can be no closure.

“I personally think it’s something that will never be over,” she said. “But we’re all going to move on with our lives. We’re all going to get back to some sense of normalcy.”

Brassard said she is well aware the ordeal isn't over, as the penalty phase is yet to come.

U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said his office was "gratified by the jury's verdict and [we] thank everyone who played a role in the trial for their hard work."

"As we enter this next phase, we are focused on the work that remains to be done," Ortiz said.

Twin blasts near the finish line of the April 2013 Boston Marathon killed three people and injured some 260 others. In a still image taken just before the explosion, Tsarnaev can be seen apparently dropping a backpack that prosecutors said contained a bomb in the middle of the crowd, just behind eight-year-old Martin Richard, who was killed in the blast. Tsarnaev also faced charges relating to the murder of MIT police officer Sean Collier three days later.

From the outset of the trial, Tsarnaev's attorneys had argued not that Tsarnaev was free from blame for the horrific allegations lodged against him, but that he was under the influence of his older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev -- a strategy that legal analysts told ABC News was not designed to win the trial, but to avoid the death penalty later in a penalty phase to follow. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed in a police shootout days after the marathon bombing.

Man,

I wish WE had the the death penalty again.

Cricket great Richie Benaud dies

Legendary cricket commentator Richie Benaud has died in a Sydney hospice.

The 84-year-old had been receiving radiation treatment for skin cancer since November.

His family announced that he had died peacefully in his sleep, Channel Nine reported.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has offered the Benaud family a state funeral.

In 2013, Benaud was involved in a car crash outside his Coogee home that left him with two fractured vertebrae and ended his time in the commentary box.

While his commentating for Channel Nine has become the stuff of summer legend, Benaud led the Australian team to world cricket dominance in the late 1950s.

He played 64 Test matches as an all-rounder between 1952 and 1964.

He took up his spot behind the microphone with the BBC while still captaining Australia in 1960, before becoming one of the greatest commentators in world cricket over the next half a century.

He is widely regarded as one of the most influential people in the game's history.


Brilliant captain: Alan Davidson

Australian fast bowling great Alan Davidson who played with Benaud as a schoolboy all the way through to Australian representation said Benaud was one of the great captains.

"He was a great assessor of the game," Davidson said. "With Richie, it was never a risk but always a calculated decision to do something.

"Nobody every analysed or knew the opposition like Richie did and it was the same thing with his own team - he knew what every player in the side could do and that allowed for him to make decisions which, to the outsider, who wasn't a cricket expert, seemed 'different'.

"Richie could assess a situation quickly, it wasn't so much waiting for a coach to send a message out because he acted mid-over. I bowled long spells for him on many an occasion ... he was a brilliant captain, a joy to play for - you have no idea."


We've lost an icon: Abbott

Mr Abbott, speaking at RAAF Base Amberley, west of Brisbane, said: "Our nation has lost an icon. Richie Benaud passed away overnight.

"Richie Benaud has been the voice of cricket. There would be very few Australians who have not passed a summer in the company of Richie Benaud. He was the accompaniment of an Australian summer. His voice was even more present than the chirping of the cicadas in our suburbs and towns and that voice, tragically, is now still.

"But we remember him with tremendous affection. He hasn't just been the voice of cricket since the early 1960s, he was an extraordinarily successful Australian cricket captain. He led our country for five years in 28 Tests and he never lost a Test series.

"He was the first cricketer to achieve the remarkable double of 2000 Test runs and 200 Test wickets. This is the greatest loss for cricket since the loss of Don Bradman and for that reason I'm pleased to have offered the Benaud family a state funeral.

"But this is a sad day for everyone who loves cricket and it's a sad day for everyone who has felt that Richie Benaud is a part of his or her life."


The face of cricket: John Howard

Former Australian prime minister John Howard, a keen cricket enthusiast, told Channel Nine that Benaud was in so many ways the face of cricket to Australians.

Mr Howard said Benaud was "universally respected".

"He was regarded as a true professional when it came to cricket commentary," Mr Howard said.

"He didn't waste words. He didn't just feel it was necessary to talk into the microphone. If he didn't have anything to say, well he wouldn't say it, and that's a pretty good rule.

"He had enormous respect because he was a class act. He was a champion player himself."

Mr Howard said also praised Benaud's skills as a journalist.

"As a print journalist he was very good, he wrote for English newspapers for decades ... He could write as well as talk."

As news of Benaud's death spread, tributes poured in from across the world.

We've seen plenty of Stormtrooper armor made by Star Wars fans, but replica props and armor are only as good as their source reference. For Star Wars, there's a lot of interpretation of what's authentic, because props from the film are lost or scattered in private collections. We chat with eFX Collectibles' Bryan Ono about their new replica Stormtrooper armor, which is made from a newly discovered hero suit--only one of six from Episode IV--that even Lucasfilm doesn't have!

AC/DC will tour Australia later this year to celebrate their 40th anniversary.

The legendary band will play stadium shows around the country on the hometown leg of their Rock Or Bust world tour.

The tour kicks off in Sydney in November before heading to Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne.

The hard rockers will then tour New Zealand in December.

The band, which began in 1973, are heading the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in the US this weekend.

AC/DC hometown tour

* SYDNEY: Wednesday 4 November at ANZ Stadium Australia

* BRISBANE: Thursday 12 November at QSAC

* ADELAIDE: Saturday 21 November at Adelaide Oval

* PERTH: Friday 27 November at Domain Stadium

* MELBOURNE: Sunday 6 December at Etihad Stadium

..With a few boat trips.