Off the radar again

[Wongo]

One is gone again and the other is missing for more than 5 days now.

Dramas, dramas, dramas.:(

[Cliff Rogers]

. :confused:

Cats????

[Kev Y.]

What! Who! Where?

Your not talking about "some-ones" Hissy fit earlier this week are you?

[Cliff Rogers]

Arhh those 2.... Well; one of them is history & I reckon I saw the other one walking across Scott St. here in Cairns this arvo, I thought he was a long way from home. :rolleyes:

[silentC]

OK, who is the 'other one'?

[Wongo]

So Gumby is on leave.:D

[Clinton1]

One is gone again and the other is missing for more than 5 days now ????

Has SWMBO talked you into an alternative male contraceptive Wongo?

[Cliff Rogers]

Ooops, now Al has gone missing again too; BM is king again.

[bitingmidge]

So Gumby is on leave.:D
NO, just taken leave of his senses.

What other explanation is there for not logging on without making application for a leave pass??

Cheers,

P:D

[craigb]

Ooops, now Al has gone missing again too.

Oh, good grief!

Christopha banned.
Al disappeared completely.
Gumby MIA.
Grunt's lost his avatar.

is going on?? :confused: :confused:

[silentC]

I told ya in that other post. It's coming up to the last full moon of summer. Strange days indeed.

I think I'm the only normal person left in the world ;)

[Daddles]

I think I'm the only normal person left in the world ;)

This is obviously some new and unusual use of the term 'normal' :D

Richard

[silentC]

I'm not that new but I am unusual :D

[Wongo]

Normally unusual:confused: Does it make sense?:D

[bennylaird]

We are all individuals!



(Oh I'm not....................)

[silentC]

Normally unusual:confused: Does it make sense?:D
Normally it would be an oxymoron. But this is an unusual case...

[bitingmidge]

I think I'm the only normal person left in the world ;)
Even though this is probably the appropriate forum, could we just lay off politics for a day or two?

P
:rolleyes:

[DavidG]

Right oh.

[silentC]

Damn, I forgot to put on my whig this morning....

[Wongo]

And don’t forget poor me I have a sore leg.:(

[Daddles]

I seem to remember someone saying that life's got a lot harder since it wasn't meant to be easy :D

Richard

(seventies political joke for you newchums, referring to a comment made the Molcrom Fraser's missus)

[Termite]

And don’t forget poor me I have a sore leg.:(
Well you can just hobble along behind like the Nationals. :D

[Termite]

I seem to remember someone saying that life's got a lot harder since it wasn't meant to be easy :D

Richard

(seventies political joke for you newchums, referring to a comment made the Molcrom Fraser's missus)
Was that when he got caught with his pants down in the Yewnighted States? :rolleyes:

[Daddles]

Was that when he got caught with his pants down in the Yewnighted States? :rolleyes:

Nah, during Molcrom's depression (not the one we 'had to have', thanks Mr Keating). His missus also made a comment about 'all this hoo hah', referring to inflation, which spawned an Atchinson cartoon where two women were looking at a newspaper and one said - "I see the hoo hahs have gone up again" :D

Twas indeed a productive era for political cartooning. The current lot must be dry stuff to work with (post Latham of course:rolleyes: )

Richard

[bennylaird]

It was a mis quote, He was actually trying to butter some scones and was kept dropping the knife Hence:

"Knife wasn't mean't to be greasy!"

[silentC]

The seventies was such a great decade to grow up in. It really was the golden age in this country. The sight of Denis Lillee pumping down the pitch, hair and gold medallion akimbo. Good old Paul Hogan and Strop. Gough and Mal. Number '96. Aunty Jack. Countdown. I tell ya, the young people don't know what they missed.

[Termite]

The seventies was such a great decade to grow up in. It really was the golden age in this country. The sight of Denis Lillee pumping down the pitch, hair and gold medallion akimbo. Good old Paul Hogan and Strop. Gough and Mal. Number '96. Aunty Jack. Countdown. I tell ya, the young people don't know what they missed.
Bloody hell, you must have had a ripper of a childhood you were only 14 at the end of the 70's. :eek:

Gotta laugh, he's 40 and talking about "The Young People". :D :D

[bitingmidge]

I tell ya, the young people don't know what they missed.
Well for starters there was war, terrorism, gang fueds (mostly racially based), nightclub fires, a generation gap.........

Not like now eh??

P
;)

[Felder]

Gotta laugh, he's 40 and talking about "The Young People". :D :D
I ain't laughin' *. He seems ancient to me........:p:D

* Young persons grammar.......perfectly acceptable if your age still starts with a "2".

[Cliff Rogers]

substance abuse to the point that we now correspond with a talking toaster. :D

[Ashore]

Silent is right , kids today don't know what they missed, bring back conscription, fuel & beer strikes at xmas each year, black and white tv , only test cricket and only use one camera to cover the whole game, get rid on moble phones, digital watches, microwaves , videos, cd's , computers , the internet, fax machines,split system ac's ..... yeah bring back the good old days:rolleyes: :D :D

[craigb]

The seventies was such a great decade to grow up in. It really was the golden age in this country. The sight of Denis Lillee pumping down the pitch, hair and gold medallion akimbo. Good old Paul Hogan and Strop. Gough and Mal. Number '96. Aunty Jack. Countdown. I tell ya, the young people don't know what they missed.

Yeah right, and what about the P76? :eek:

[silentC]

Yeah, that was a great car, wasn't it? We had a green Leyland Marina in the seventies. Before that, we had a red Austin 1100. Cars were so much cooler then, weren't they?

[Felder]

Silent is right , kids today don't know what they missed, bring back conscription, fuel & beer strikes at xmas each year, black and white tv , only test cricket and only use one camera to cover the whole game, get rid on moble phones, digital watches, microwaves , videos, cd's , computers , the internet, fax machines,split system ac's ..... yeah bring back the good old days:rolleyes: :D :D

What's a video??:confused::confused: Are they the old things they had before DVD's??:confused:

CD's?:confused: Are they the things that you used to have to carry around with you before MP3 players came out??:confused:

:p:p:p:D:D

[bennylaird]

The Leyland Marina, heaps of grunt but heavy as hell. Still it was fun.

Brendan, Guess you haven't heard of black things with holes in the middle then? They had songs on them too. 8 tracks as well and wait for it.......Reel to Reel tape decks oh and also radios with valves etc. You have missed so much.

When Mp3 fianlly get the nice warm heavy bass output I might upgrade.

[silentC]

I listen to MP3s all the time now because the CD player in my PC can't seem to keep up with itself. At first, I really noticed the difference and I actually hated the sound, now I'm used to them. But when I put on a CD it sounds so much better. Felt exactly the same about vinyl when CDs first came in. It's all part of the cheapening of our society. Digital approximations are good enough for us today it seems.

[bennylaird]

Anyone remember the amount of playing you had to do with a cartridge and and tracking adjustment on the record player? And the lovely thump as it his a bit of dust and the fun of listening to it repeat over and over when a scratch occured it repeat over and over when a scratch occured it repeat over and over when a scratch occured it repeat over and over when a scratch occured it repeat over and over when a scratch occured.......................................

And you try and tell the young people today and they just won't believe you......................

[silentC]

Well, life wasn't meant to be easy you know.

This is the problem today. They hit a little hurdle and instead of just shrugging and saying shyte happens, they try to change the process so it's more hassle free, even at the expense of what you were trying to achieve in the first place. Cheapening, I tells ya...

[bennylaird]

The new blue DVD's are nearly here but you will need a new player as well. How about we list the new technolgy devices we have paid through the nose for only to find they are useless and only worth throwing on the tip after a few years?

Who paid over a grand for a Beta video???????

I have just thrown out a $1300 laser printer, no longer supported for drums, and have 2 inkjets that might as well be turfed as well, not worth buying cartridges for them.

[craigb]

The new blue DVD's are nearly here

is a blue DVD? I assume you're not refering to porno. :eek:

[silentC]

.

Blu-ray Disc (BD) is a next-generation optical disc format meant for storage of high-definition video and high-density data. The Blu-ray standard was jointly developed by a group of consumer electronics and PC companies called the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). As compared to the HD DVD format, its main competitor, Blu-ray has more information capacity per layer, 25 instead of 15 gigabytes, but may initially be more expensive to produce.

Blu-ray gets its name from the shorter wavelength (405 nm) of a "blue" (technically blue-violet) laser that allows it to store substantially more data than a DVD, which has the same physical dimensions but uses a longer wavelength (650 nm) red laser.

Blu-ray unveiled their plans for a Spring 2006 launch at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January 2006. [1]

[bennylaird]

http://www.blu-ray.com/info/

Just another way to get your hard earned dollars out of your wallet.

Blue lasers, higher frequency hence shorter wavelength so more on the disk.

[bennylaird]

But don't worry you will still get blue movies on them, lol.

[woodbe]

Leyland P38!

Don't you mean a Leyland P76?

Nope, it's only half a car!

They were ugly. I wonder how they ever thought they'd achieve any sort of market share with such an awful beast.

Interestingly, the guys that designed that junk went missing for 30 years until the Toyota Avalon appeared. I hear they are replacing that failure with an 'Aurora' or somesuch that looks like a big Camry. Can't wait...

[Cliff Rogers]

... Leyland P76?...how they ever thought they'd achieve any sort of market share with such an awful beast.....
The only car I know of that would hold a 44 gal drum in the boot. :cool:

[Daddles]

The P76 was a good car, but badly produced (rushed into production) and badly timed (didn't see the oil crisis coming). Still, the motors have given new heart to many an MGB, particularly when bored and stroked out to 4.2 or 5 litres :D

Richard

[Wongo]

So what should we talk about now?:D

[Felder]

Hot day, huh?

Not as hot as those days we used to have before electricity. Great days, those......used to have a beautiful woman fanning your face and feeding you grapes.

At least that's how I recall it....:p

[Felder]

Back then a Woodworking Forum was held every four years in the Colloseum, not like these young whipper-snappers that call themselves woodworkers now! There was never any debate about hand tools VS power tools - everyone used the same!

We never discussed the merits / follies of Bunnings, GMC, etc. They didn't exist. Instead we turned our ire upon those damn Romans. They didn't give us anything! Except aqua-ducts. And roads. And.......(bennylaird? a little help needed here!)
:p;):D:D:D

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

The only car I know of that would hold a 44 gal drum in the boot. :cool:

My '66 Pontiac GTO'd take two. Actually... one was the fuel tank. :) Still only got 4 servos to the mile but. :(

[AlexS]

The seventies was such a great decade to grow up in. It really was the golden age in this country. The sight of Denis Lillee pumping down the pitch, hair and gold medallion akimbo. Good old Paul Hogan and Strop. Gough and Mal. Number '96. Aunty Jack. Countdown. I tell ya, the young people don't know what they missed.

...and the rest of us can't remember what we enjoyed.:D

[Barry_White]

What's a video??:confused::confused: Are they the old things they had before DVD's??:confused:

CD's?:confused: Are they the things that you used to have to carry around with you before MP3 players came out??:confused:

:p:p:p:D:D

What about one of these 9 CD,s on a postage Stamp running in a PPC playing back through the Stereo car radio. Twelve hours of playing without touching anything.

[Daddles]

My '66 Pontiac GTO'd take two. Actually... one was the fuel tank. :) Still only got 4 servos to the mile but. :(

Me old man used to say our first Valiant was like a well trained dog - everytime we went past a bowser it sat up and begged:D

Richard

[craigb]

Me old man used to say our first Valiant was like a well trained dog -

"S" model, AP5 or AP6?

[fxst]

"S" model, AP5 or AP6?

Yes:D
Pete

[Daddles]

"S" model, AP5 or AP6?

A VE, the last of the old slant sixes. That old girl lasted us many years and taught us a lot of interesting new ways to fix things that the factory hadn't thought would break :rolleyes:

Every changed a set of radial tyres on wheels with safety rims ... using only tyre irons and a crow bar? Including pumping them up with a hand pump (tubeless remember). We did. Gawd knows how, but we did four of the things. Learnt some new words that day I did ;)

Richard

[bennylaird]

What about one of these 9 CD,s on a postage Stamp running in a PPC playing back through the Stereo car radio. Twelve hours of playing without touching anything.


But it's only a 512? Why not get a good sized one?

While the specs do tell us the sound should be better I just love the old distorted output from a big valve amp with heaps of grunt (sorry Grunt).

How does Tim the tool man say? More Power!!!!!! (Can't spell his grunts)

I used to be a ludite but I like the old ways too much!

[bennylaird]

Back then a Woodworking Forum was held every four years in the Colloseum, not like these young whipper-snappers that call themselves woodworkers now! There was never any debate about hand tools VS power tools - everyone used the same!

We never discussed the merits / follies of Bunnings, GMC, etc. They didn't exist. Instead we turned our ire upon those damn Romans. They didn't give us anything! Except aqua-ducts. And roads. And.......(bennylaird? a little help needed here!)
:p;):D:D:D

LOL we have been there but you do have the right to have Babies!!!!!!

Write 1000 times on the wall, Romans go Home.

[bennylaird]

Maybe we need thread Marshalls to stop the hijackings?

[Shannon]

My old car had a 354 hemi and 727 torqueflite with the push button auto, think it was out of an AP6 and on some days of big use I thought I could watch the needle go down on the gauge.

As for the P76 being ugly, I reckon it will become an icon of excesses :)
Sort of like orange and green laminate kitchens, red 30mmX30mm tiles for splashbacks, burnt timber paneling
The 70's was all class man :D

[Shannon]

Oh, good grief!

Christopha banned.
Al disappeared completely.
Gumby MIA.
Grunt's lost his avatar.

is going on?? :confused: :confused:

Forgot to actually stay on thread there with remenising.
I would in all seriousness be interested to here the story here, I may have missed something over the last few days, but is this all serious or a beat up????
Was he banned because of the DIY thing?