Australia - New Zealand - The Aussie thread. . . part cinq.

First, Firefox.

safari...

Expat's right

I'm cool with that.


safari...

Baby steps.

safari...

safari is as bad as ie

opera or ff

The TAN sucks. For some reason, I can't post there. It's like the "Post reply" page just freezes. If I wanted to deal with buggered servers and such, I'll just stay here.

Um, guys, not to complain, but browsers? This is not the kind of head-butting, extreme fighting action I had been led to expect on TAT. Where's the melodrama? Where's the piss and vinagrette? You better spice it up or your ratings are gonna slide. Unless you're all just waking up and ain't had your cuppa yet, in which case I apologiz(s)e.

Cheers.

It's noon, Satdee. They should mostly be awake. Less posting during the weekend, they can't piss away their employer's high speed connection.

hmmm, 'Click on User Control Panel'.... geezus! how long's that been there?... never noticed it before.... right then, give it a click, bugger.... instructions are gorn..... back button.... ah, here we are again...
'Click on Edit Options on left side Control Panel menu'... click....aghh!!... gorn again... back button...
Under Section Messagi.... ah, bugger it, can't be arsed. ;)
Expat's right, we're lazy bastids :D


Hmmm.....is this even in English?......Do 'puter stuff?......but I'd have to put my 'crownie' down! :D....subscribing to threads is way to close to 'giving a stuff'....which is total against the constitution of TAT

It's noon, Satdee. They should mostly be awake. Less posting during the weekend, they can't piss away their employer's high speed connection.

Also, don't forget there's club racing on the weekends, so a lot of them are out on their bikes. Expect the action to pick up around 18:00 Australian Time.

I'd been out and done 75km this morning before most of you fine seppos headed home from work (depending on your timezone) :D

Hmmm.....is this even in English?......Do 'puter stuff?......but I'd have to put my 'crownie' down! :D....subscribing to threads is way to close to 'giving a stuff'....which is total against the constitution of TAT

So I'm guessing no racing for you today Hitchy? :D

So I'm guessing no racing for you today Hitchy? :D


Nuh...Did 5 hrs this morning...this arvo had to do the Daddy thing & see my daughters basketball...she got fouled off....that's my girl :D

BTW...whats this 'report this post to moderator' thingy?...haven't noticed that before?.....you thinking we be 'dobbers' expat?

I think that used to be the "spam" option. Same effect.

safari is as bad as ie

opera or ff

This from the guy who thinks Usenet is a chatroom :)

Also, don't forget there's club racing on the weekends, so a lot of them are out on their bikes. Expect the action to pick up around 18:00 Australian Time.

And Jock prolly left Maitland at 4AM to ride to Newie for fun...


BTW...whats this 'report this post to moderator' thingy?...haven't noticed that before?.....you thinking we be 'dobbers' expat?

Uh, no. But it's there to protect the integrity of the thread.

Hmm I'm getting somewhere with the history of this.
Check out 100 years worth of maps of the middle east .... http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gov46/

So Palestine goes from being Ottoman (Turkish) and pretty much the whole of the middle east until WW1, when Britain promises an independent Arab state covering most of the Middle East in exchange for support in the war, which went well, but ahem, then we get the British Mandate of Palestine which then gets split up by the poms, and bits get handballed around with the french between the wars,
with almost exactly what is now Israel being called Palestine from September 11!!!,1922. Jewish population is 11%.
Talk of a Jewish homeland builds, is encouraged by Britain and Jewish immigration from Europe begins skyrocketing. Major land ownership disputes with the locals lead to a violent Arab uprising and so the Brits trained up an elite Jewish military force.
Then WW2, everyone starts attacking everyone else, the Brits want to get out, 1945 Jewish pop. 31%.

Oodles of different proposals to share the space, 1947 the UN majority decides to split the space into two states (Australia couldn't decide and abstained:o ) roughly 50-50, despite the population inbalance. Jerusalem itself supposed to stay 'international' (British controlled). The Arabs are NOT happy with the carveup, and the killing starts.
Meanwhile the neighbouring Arab states have emerged from colonialism and been encouraged by Britain to form the Arab League, but they're militarily distinct and well varied in strength.
The Israelis have been planning ahead and buying up weapons big time, and training.
1948 Britain gets out. War really starts. The US and the Soviets both denounce the Arabs for 'invading'.
Israel gradually kicks arse and eventually gets most of the land, keeps Jerusalem, and we're left with only two Palestinian "settlements" at the extreme southwest (Gaza) and east(West Bank). Refugees all over from both sides. Reprisals all round.

It hasn't really got much better since then. And I reckon the Arabs got screwed out of their land pretty royally, and it wasn't just by the Jews, although they picked up the ball and ran with it given the chance. Some huge deceits by the West all the way through.
And every attempt by the Arabs to defend their turf gets labelled 'terrorism'.:mad: I dunno why they get explosive shirty.

You 'dunno' but you're not letting it stop you - attaway, mate!

Once you've delved deeper than the last century - say, perhaps the last 3 - 3.5 millennia - then come & declare it's their (Arab) turf and that the Israelis are the foreign element. Let us know when the 'Palestinian people' came into being.

You 'dunno' but you're not letting it stop you - attaway, mate!

Once you've delved deeper than the last century - say, perhaps the last 3 - 3.5 millennia - then come & declare it's their (Arab) turf and that the Israelis are the foreign element. Let us know when the 'Palestinian people' came into being.

I was hoping we could just make this part of the thread go away. Really. If you must have this discussion, do it in P&R.

I was hoping we could just make this part of the thread go away. Really. If you must have this discussion, do it in P&R.
Fair enough.

Fair enough.

Thank you. In exchange, I'll learn you a bit o' Strine. It's "Fairy nuff". Strine is fun stuff, I got a very conservative LDS girl to say "Far cough" at work the other day. :D

Thank you. In exchange, I'll learn you a bit o' Strine. It's "Fairy nuff". Strine is fun stuff, I got a very conservative LDS girl to say "Far cough" at work the other day. :D

You are a wicked man! :D

You are a wicked man! :D

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Bloody Hell, Toto! We're back in bleedin' Oz! :D :D

Bloody hell.

Everytime i read this thread i miss home.

Bloody hell.

Everytime i read this thread i miss home.

Cleveland, Queensland. They kinda sound the same.

There is a Cleveland in Queensland

is it safe to come back here now? i mean we seem to have gotten our own way which i like - our thread is returned and we have seen off the evil one...and the sticky doesnt mean much i mean the shear volume of crap we churn through we see us at the top of the tree anyway...

yes all of us have been on our bikes...its been a cracker weekend in melb so ive just made the most of it...didnt quite get 5hrs in today like hitchy but did get 34 nasty hill repeats under the belt which left the old stumps perfectly numb :D

i feel like returning to bikeforums full time as i think justice has been served and because i think expat has worked his butt off to fix the whole mess up on our behalf and we shouldnt ignore that fact..

now this boy knows how to think outside the square...

http://www.policeone.com/news/250655/

wow this is going to be fun its like my very own padded cell..can have plenty of conversations to myself lol:eek:

now this boy knows how to think outside the square...

http://www.policeone.com/news/250655/

That's a repeat of sorts. A few weeks ago, the cops came and told this lady to keep her noise down, or something like that. She thought he wasn't a bad sort, and called 911 (000 to youse) and asked them if they could send that "Cute cop" back. They did. He gave her a summons. Stoopid chook.

Oh, welcome back, d-head. :D

Oh, welcome back, d-head. :D

lol thanks :)

Queensland? Puh.

Sydney all the way...and if that were to fall into the ocean, Melb :)

Queensland? Puh.

Sydney all the way...and if that were to fall into the ocean, Melb :)

yes they are a weird bunch those qlders lol!!!!!!!!

yes they are a weird bunch those qlders lol!!!!!!!!

I'd take the combination of Chinese tourists and Aussie beach girls over Sydney any day.

I'd take the combination of Chinese tourists and Aussie beach girls over Sydney any day.

:roflmao:

im not sure we even own any of queensland anymore..:o ..

still it is a nice place to visit without doubt...if i had to rank australia by state heres my order:

1.VIC (Money, Power + Influence, Fashion, Culture + Style, SPORT)
2.NSW (a bit of the above + beaches)
3. WA (women completely stunning, some of the best beaches, surf and weather)
4.QLD (warm weather, beaches, women)
5. NZ (awesome skiiing, best holiday destination, everythings cheap as chups!!)
6. NT (offroad adventures, awesome fishing, croc hunting etc)
7. SA (good wines...errr...ummm...good wines...)
8. TAS (...a truely barren wasteland...lol nah its cool just a little quiet and chilly!!!)

NZ is quasi-state :D :p

:roflmao:

im not sure we even own any of queensland anymore..:o ..

:p

Sure you do. The Baby Boomers from Vic and NSW bought most of it back about 5 years ago. (Retirement Sea Change :roflmao: :roflmao:)
Good for us who own property in Qld. Keep sending them up there, we luv ya.
Steve.;)

Sure you do. The Baby Boomers from Vic and NSW bought most of it back about 5 years ago. (Retirement Sea Change :roflmao: :roflmao:)
Good for us who own property in Qld. Keep sending them up there, we luv ya.
Steve.;)

lol will do...although one wonders in about 20 years time when all the baby boomers start wetting the bed what will happen? you can keep them ;):p

lol will do...although one wonders in about 20 years time when all the baby boomers start wetting the bed what will happen? you can keep them ;):p

Noooooo:eek: , take em back, take em back.

edit... second thoughts, my joint's on the Gold Coast, we'll keep their grand-daughters, and they can send the old farts up north. Rocky would be nice.

1.VIC (Money, Power + Influence, Fashion, Culture + Style, SPORT)
2.NSW (a bit of the above + beaches)

Switch those ranks and i'll go with ya. Redeeming quality of tassie is the beer though. Melb over Syd in terms of money, power and influence? C'mon, you didn't really type that up with a straight face did ya? :p

There's an American car named after a Japanese city, if that makes you feel any better.

The Chrysler New Yorker.

WA is good, but people there seem to think everyone in the Eastern states has got something against them - which is not true, it's just that they are so far away that they are irrelevant to us :)

WA is good, but people there seem to think everyone in the Eastern states has got something against them - which is not true, it's just that they are so far away that they are irrelevant to us :)

+1

Westies are so insignificant we just dont care :)

+1

Westies are so insignificant we just dont care :)

yeah they do get a little insecure from time to time but the standard of women they produce is simply outstanding!!!!!!!!!! in terms of lifestyle its right up there....

oh and cmon...dame enda lives in VIC..how much more power and influence can there be???:p

wow i must be in my very own padded cell....

You should be. Anyone heard from Tiger lately?

You should be. Anyone heard from Tiger lately?

nope but i suspect he is still educating folk on the finer points of frame building somewhere in the cosmos...

wow i must be in my very own padded cell....

Given the Aussie tendancy of laziness & shortcuts, if a thread doesn't appear on page 1 then not likely many will search for it.

Unless, of course, they are trying to do anything but the work that they should be doing,...:D :o

Given the Aussie tendancy of laziness & shortcuts, if a thread doesn't appear on page 1 then not likely many will search for it.

Unless, of course, they are trying to do anything but the work that they should be doing,...:D :o

thats true...i just like to see it on the top page for old times sake lol :D

Given the Aussie tendancy of laziness & shortcuts, if a thread doesn't appear on page 1 then not likely many will search for it.

Unless, of course, they are trying to do anything but the work that they should be doing,...:D :o

Unless of course, you have it in your subscribe list, then you just look in your user control panel and there it is. :)

But you are correct, scrolling past the first page and trying to sift through all the drebbige is far too time consuming.

Maybe a case or two of Magical Oz Brew will bribe a Mod to re-sticky it...or maybe The Australian Forum? That might take more than a case, though....might be worth it to miss the 'what bar tape makes you go faster' thread.

Well, if more people posted, then it might be worth being stickied. Of course, if the posts were there, then there wouldn't be the need to sticky it.