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10th March 2015 - 05:30 AM
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alpharx7
Post #8090
QUOTE (VashBandicoot @ Mar 11 2015, 09:22 AM)  not really too much of a surprise, although you'd have thought that it'd have been his mouth that got him into trouble.  also found it ironic that they said in the article that there'd be no new top gear on Sunday, which is funny in itself. they've had 6 episodes this season haven't they?
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alpharx7
Post #8094
1965 Dodge Dart Street Machine "Dart SL" Bare Metal QUOTE A 1965 Dodge Dart my Friends at Big Oak Garage are building to compete for the Don Ridler Award 2015...For this award the car has to be shown for the first time...So to see one as it is being built is very rare...Going to be a way cool Car...Check it out!! Scottie DTV |
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alpharx7
Post #8095
there was an earth quake in Melbourne last night. QUOTE Geoscience Australia said the 2.7-magnitude quake, at a depth of 10km, struck near Pakenham in the southeast of the city at 11.39pm on Tuesday.
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alpharx7
Post #8097
it's not all happy camping @ Sauber apparently....... QUOTE F1 driver's Aust GP legal bid in limbo
A Formula One driver's bid to force Swiss team Sauber to allow him to race in the Australian Grand Prix is in limbo. Giedo van der Garde won a court decision to force F1 team Sauber to reinstate him after they dumped him - but Sauber appealed in the Supreme Court of Victoria. The court gave Sauber leave to appeal on Thursday, meaning Mr van der Garde's fate will be known before practice races start at Melbourne Park on Friday. Mr van der Garde won his effort to claim one of two driving spots on Wednesday morning, but his bid is on hold again until the appeal is heard. Sauber's lawyer Rodney Garratt QC argued the team did not have enough time to safely fit Mr van der Garde into the car. Mr van der Garde was still confident the court would rule in his favour. "We'll see what comes out tomorrow and I'm still hopeful," he told reporters outside court. Sauber has argued Mr van der Garde would be an unacceptable death risk on the track, given he has not trained in the team's car and was not fitted for a custom seat. Sauber said the seat fitting process took two weeks, but Mr van der Garde's lawyer Tom Clarke told the court this week the process could be done in days. The 29-year-old said he could be fitted for the car quickly. "Even though we have to do it overnight, it's not an issue," he said. "(It) takes around three, three-and-a-half hours, and it's not very tough." One of Sauber's current drivers, Marcus Ericsson or Felipe Nasr, will have to miss out for Mr van der Garde if Sauber's appeal is unsuccessful. Justices Simon Whelan, David Beach and Anne Ferguson will hear the appeal argument at 9.30am on Thursday. |
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Shuffs
Post #8098
Worst of batching you have to do the lot,was hoping for tomorrow off,but have to do a 'Luv' welding job on a mates farm,plus the young blooke busted the herbicide boom,so build a stronger one.The only win I did have is bought a big fat $11 steak for $3,it's sitting up there waiting for me to do the vegies,might even take a pic,before I devour it,so keep the home fires burning Alpha,and Clarkson has turned into a real wanker,has put me off TG |
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alpharx7
Post #8099
QUOTE (Shuffs @ Mar 11 2015, 06:21 PM) Worst of batching you have to do the lot,was hoping for tomorrow off,but have to do a 'Luv' welding job on a mates farm,plus the young blooke busted the herbicide boom,so build a stronger one.The only win I did have is bought a big fat $11 steak for $3,it's sitting up there waiting for me to do the vegies,might even take a pic,before I devour it,so keep the home fires burning Alpha,and Clarkson has turned into a real wanker,has put me off TG Clarkson has always been a bit of a knob, that's what gave Top Gear it's edge. bit like Klye Sandilands, except on the tele. i haven't watched Top Gear for a while now, ever since channel 9 interspersed repeats with new episodes. you'd sit down wanting to watch the new season then get repeats.  hope the steaks good. been buying a bit of rump steak from Costco, delicious. |
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vk134
Post #8101
QUOTE (alpharx7 @ Mar 11 2015, 03:49 PM) in other news, Radio Shack - the equivalent of our Dick Smith shop here, is closing down over in the states. advance forward to the two minute mark to hear the guys talking about events. <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="468" width="625" data="https://www.youtube.com/v/WcrD0uVxpTw"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/WcrD0uVxpTw"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="quality" value="best"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="scale" value="noScale"><param name="salign" value="TL"><param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/></object> What a great discussion, I guess the whole time Radio shack was going down the toilet, it had an overpaid management structure, not valuing the customer facing employees, very much the same as a big Telco in Australia, the retails stores get a 37% cut in staffing budget and are expected to make a 17% growth in a saturated market, and they wonder why the real customer focused, experienced ones say, fk it, I would rather drive a bus or work in a call centre. Yet this is the face 60% of the market they see and the other 35% get to talk to muppets, FFS. I guess I won't ever understand the Harvard business school model of management and accounting, to me the idea is to not focus on the price war cost cutting misery, fighhting over an ever diminishing cake for the crumbs, I say fk it, make a better tasting cake, make it bigger and make it the one everyone wants, let the customer sell the product, let the FOH be empowered to make the good calls, rant over..... |
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alpharx7
Post #8102
Here's an update of the above youtube clip where you see the below car in its unfinished state. QUOTE A 1965 Dodge Dart "Dart SL" built by Big Oak Garage to compete at the 2015 Detroit Autorama..The Great Eight it received is just the first of many awards this car will receive....Way cool....Check it out!!! |
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Shuffs
Post #8103
QUOTE (alpharx7 @ Mar 11 2015, 06:44 PM) Clarkson has always been a bit of a knob, that's what gave Top Gear it's edge. bit like Klye Sandilands, except on the tele. i haven't watched Top Gear for a while now, ever since channel 9 interspersed repeats with new episodes. you'd sit down wanting to watch the new season then get repeats. hope the steaks good. been buying a bit of rump steak from Costco, delicious. Steak was great,I picked it up,and the butcher guy said "I can reduce that a bit more if you like" f'king legend,think I'm getting the hang of this new BBQ,will have to watch that vid on the finished Dart,I think I can put up with a few more 'cools' from Scotty. The end product |
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alpharx7
Post #8104
ha, nice to get a steak at that price |
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Shuffs
Post #8106
QUOTE (alpharx7 @ Mar 12 2015, 11:39 AM) ha, nice to get a steak at that price watch both video's on the dart Shuff's. Scotties a bit of a bumpkin, but still harmless. The cringe worthy thing about the video's is that he asks a lot of the same questions both times when he shoots the car the second time, i think from stupidity, but it could be a strange plan to present the vehicle as if you hadn't watched the first video and don't know any of the information previously.  Watched the first one not long after you put it up,and was a bit disappointed when he said it had been filmed in October but he was only showing it now,I expected it to be finished at the end,but bloody hell,some work went into it. Second one might have to wait until the weekend,looks like I'm working tomorrow,as the young bloke wants to start harvesting next week,because it's amazing how much the place has dried out,and there's a couple of things I need to do before I go into harvesting mode. Graphics were phenomenal on that last vid! |
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alpharx7
Post #8107
QUOTE (Shuffs @ Mar 12 2015, 05:26 PM) Watched the first one not long after you put it up,and was a bit disappointed when he said it had been filmed in October but he was only showing it now,I expected it to be finished at the end,but bloody hell,some work went into it. Second one might have to wait until the weekend,looks like I'm working tomorrow,as the young bloke wants to start harvesting next week,because it's amazing how much the place has dried out,and there's a couple of things I need to do before I go into harvesting mode. Graphics were phenomenal on that last vid! i could well imagine how much fun it'd be with characters that i've had in the past - and i'm thinking Lineage 2 - that's a sword and sorcery style game for those of you who don't know - running around the countryside battling hordes of monsters, or settings in castles / dungeons etc etc. |
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mudbutton
Post #8108
QUOTE (alpharx7 @ Mar 11 2015, 06:44 PM) Clarkson has always been a bit of a knob, that's what gave Top Gear it's edge. bit like Klye Sandilands, except on the tele. i haven't watched Top Gear for a while now, ever since channel 9 interspersed repeats with new episodes. you'd sit down wanting to watch the new season then get repeats. :rolleyes: hope the steaks good. been buying a bit of rump steak from Costco, delicious. Clarkson is a bit of a tool but at least he still makes me chuckle occasionally. Sandilands is just a weapons grade penis. |
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alpharx7
Post #8110
QUOTE (mudbutton @ Mar 13 2015, 08:38 AM) Clarkson is a bit of a tool but at least he still makes me chuckle occasionally. Sandilands is just a weapons grade penis. i was reading through Clarkson's quotes last night on my phone, here's one.......... "Mexico doesn't have an Olympic team, on account that every mexican who can run, jump or swim has already crossed the US border"
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alpharx7
Post #8112
Scottie DTV. top 8 judge vehicle, with an expanded walk about and spiel by the cars designer / builder. QUOTE The 1969 Mustang Mach 1 "Stampede" build by GAP Racing out of Texas for the 2015 Detroit Autorama winning a Great Eight is just the first of many awards this car will win...Very cool...Check it out!! |
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Shuffs
Post #8114
Received a phone call this morning,the other half is up on her niece's cattle station,it's in South Australia,but up near the Northern Territory border.It's not very big,only 17,000 square kilometers,and apparently looking pretty good from the recent rain.Meanwhile,back at the ranch,I might only have my hand to keep me company,but shit I'm eating well (another bargain) |
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