The Aussie Thread- Part 4
05-09-06 | 06:34 PM
#5401
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I know the difference between a kangaroo and a wallaby.
Anybody here know the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
Anybody here know the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
05-09-06 | 06:36 PM
#5402
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Bikes: Thylacines...only Thylacines.
Nope, but I do know where California is and can even point to it on a map.
It's a suburb of Brisbane, right?
It's a suburb of Brisbane, right?
05-09-06 | 06:38 PM
#5403
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what is the difference between a kangaroo and a wallaby? They taste the same to me.
05-09-06 | 06:49 PM
#5404
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A wallaby is any of about thirty species of macropod . Essentially, a wallaby is any macropod that isn't considered large enough to be a kangaroo and has not been given some other name. There is no fixed dividing line. In general, a wallaby is smaller and has a stockier build than a kangaroo; a wallaroo is any of a few species somewhat intermediate in size between a wallaby and a kangaroo. Very small forest-dwelling wallabies are known as pademelons and dorcopsises.
Bison is a taxonomic genus containing six species of large even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Only two species are still extant—the American and European bisons.
The bison is often mistakenly called "buffalo", but the true buffalo is native only to Africa and Asia.
In Australia we have water buffalo that are creating environmental havoc in northern parts of Queensland and some parts of the Northern Territory
Wikipedia is your friend
Bison is a taxonomic genus containing six species of large even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Only two species are still extant—the American and European bisons.
The bison is often mistakenly called "buffalo", but the true buffalo is native only to Africa and Asia.
In Australia we have water buffalo that are creating environmental havoc in northern parts of Queensland and some parts of the Northern Territory
Wikipedia is your friend
05-09-06 | 06:53 PM
#5405
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Bikes: Thylacines...only Thylacines.
Thank YOU Wikipedia!
05-09-06 | 06:54 PM
#5406
Thor's dad
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From: Oz
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<20kg = wallaby
>20kg = kangaroo
That's what the local ranger told us - we get wallabies in the backyard
>20kg = kangaroo
That's what the local ranger told us - we get wallabies in the backyard
05-09-06 | 07:02 PM
#5407
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From: Melbourne
Bikes: Thylacine Arete Ti
Originally Posted by Thylacine
Nope, but I do know where California is and can even point to it on a map.
It's a suburb of Brisbane, right?
It's a suburb of Brisbane, right?
Your such a pr1ck!
05-09-06 | 07:03 PM
#5408
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Q: What is the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
A: A buffalo is a hoofed creature that roamed the American Plains. A bison is what you wash your bloody face in, mate.
A: A buffalo is a hoofed creature that roamed the American Plains. A bison is what you wash your bloody face in, mate.
05-09-06 | 07:06 PM
#5409
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From: In a parallel universe
Originally Posted by mrkott3r
Heavy low speed traffic is no problem. Thats called fun 
I ride past Maud Street amd a few schools around 3 o'clock. Its fun to see some of the looks I get, running reds etc etc. Nothing more fun than riding in the middle of the road on the white line passing all these slow moving or stopped cars. It drives them insane.
Its just when those cars start moving quickly I get afraid
I ride past Maud Street amd a few schools around 3 o'clock. Its fun to see some of the looks I get, running reds etc etc. Nothing more fun than riding in the middle of the road on the white line passing all these slow moving or stopped cars. It drives them insane. Its just when those cars start moving quickly I get afraid
05-09-06 | 07:07 PM
#5410
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Q: What's the difference between a wallaby and a guinea pig?
A: You don't need tape for a wallaby!
A: You don't need tape for a wallaby!
05-09-06 | 07:07 PM
#5411
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From: In a parallel universe
Originally Posted by Ritterview
Q: What is the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
A: A buffalo is a hoofed creature that roamed the American Plains. A bison is what you wash your bloody face in, mate.
A: A buffalo is a hoofed creature that roamed the American Plains. A bison is what you wash your bloody face in, mate.
05-09-06 | 07:12 PM
#5412
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Originally Posted by jock
Q: What's the difference between a wallaby and a guinea pig?
A: You don't need tape for a wallaby!
A: You don't need tape for a wallaby!
05-09-06 | 07:14 PM
#5413
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From: Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
Bikes: Peugot
Originally Posted by Thylacine
I sanded and Scotchbrited Royales' Ti Arete entirely by hand. It's theraputic!
However, if I can buy a media blaster for 60 bucks, I think I might start doing them in a 'speedblast' finish. (Called 'speedblast' of course because it only takes 20 minutes to do instead of 4 hours) The other option I'm considering is shot-peening, but that scares me. "Hi there, here's a 3600 buck titanium frame I want shot peened. Be careful though, the tubes are only 0.9 of a mil thick."
However, if I can buy a media blaster for 60 bucks, I think I might start doing them in a 'speedblast' finish. (Called 'speedblast' of course because it only takes 20 minutes to do instead of 4 hours) The other option I'm considering is shot-peening, but that scares me. "Hi there, here's a 3600 buck titanium frame I want shot peened. Be careful though, the tubes are only 0.9 of a mil thick."
Need to know - I've been putting together a spec for you for a Ti bike to do bunch rides (races!!) and randonneurs. I want a bike I can pass on to my descendants.
05-09-06 | 08:15 PM
#5414
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From: Between the mountains and the lake.
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Originally Posted by Bernie Knight
Hi all
I know I'm way of 'Thread" topic here but cannot 'Post' on the Wanted category for some reason.
Anyone have or know of an available set of Mavic Cosmic wheels - clinchers carbon/aluminium units.
kni-time@bigpond.net.au will find me if you can give me a lead
Cheers
Bernie
I know I'm way of 'Thread" topic here but cannot 'Post' on the Wanted category for some reason.
Anyone have or know of an available set of Mavic Cosmic wheels - clinchers carbon/aluminium units.
kni-time@bigpond.net.au will find me if you can give me a lead
Cheers
Bernie
Originally Posted by mrkott3r
In all seriousness, you're probably not going to get caught sharing protected content of bt. Lets face it we all do it. But posting it on a public board is probably not the best thing to do, as one, anyone can see it, (MPAA and RIAA are crazies who knows what they are doing), and in some forums you can get banned for posting that stuff. Since this is a bike forum, I dunno what their policy is, even if they have one. (wanna cut in Expat?)
Originally Posted by matagi
Just make sure you do this in full-on stealth mode as the removal of beach sand without a permit is in fact illegal on many beaches.
05-09-06 | 08:28 PM
#5415
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
Shhhh! We have our own bit of Newcastle Beach here in Utah...
05-09-06 | 08:34 PM
#5416
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Originally Posted by jock
Smuggled in the tubes of a famous Ti tandem, no doubt!
05-09-06 | 08:37 PM
#5417
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hopefully no used condoms or syringes in there. 
05-09-06 | 08:38 PM
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So let me get this straight.
You nicked some sand from Newcastle Beach to take with you to Utah. Hmmmm...
I can only imagine that it has been suitable enriched with the sweat of a bikini clad Vodafone Beach Volleyball girl
You nicked some sand from Newcastle Beach to take with you to Utah. Hmmmm...
I can only imagine that it has been suitable enriched with the sweat of a bikini clad Vodafone Beach Volleyball girl
05-09-06 | 08:58 PM
#5419
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Hang on.....appart from the mountains and the local Mor(m)on cemetary, isn't Utah just one big beach minus the fun bits?
An anyway, it's not a farken bison, moit, it's a farken SINK!
Ozbiker, what embrittlement issue?
An anyway, it's not a farken bison, moit, it's a farken SINK!
Ozbiker, what embrittlement issue?
05-09-06 | 09:01 PM
#5420
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Originally Posted by jock
So let me get this straight.
You nicked some sand from Newcastle Beach to take with you to Utah. Hmmmm...
I can only imagine that it has been suitable enriched with the sweat of a bikini clad Vodafone Beach Volleyball girl
You nicked some sand from Newcastle Beach to take with you to Utah. Hmmmm...
I can only imagine that it has been suitable enriched with the sweat of a bikini clad Vodafone Beach Volleyball girl
05-09-06 | 09:03 PM
#5421
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Originally Posted by Thylacine
Hang on.....appart from the mountains and the local Mor(m)on cemetary, isn't Utah just one big beach minus the fun bits?
05-09-06 | 09:03 PM
#5422
Thor's dad
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Originally Posted by matagi
... as the removal of beach sand without a permit is in fact illegal on many beaches.
05-09-06 | 09:04 PM
#5423
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Bikes: Thylacines...only Thylacines.
Would you like us to send you some stolen beer and pron Brian?
05-09-06 | 09:07 PM
#5424
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From: In a parallel universe
Originally Posted by Odin
That's a bit hard to enforce... I've seen people at the beach that could easily smuggle a couple of kilos of sand in their arse cracks.
I need to go lie down for a while.
05-09-06 | 09:10 PM
#5425
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From: Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
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Originally Posted by Thylacine
.....Ozbiker, what embrittlement issue?