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Old 01-20-06 | 03:53 AM
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I give up. What's the weather supposed to be like on the weekend Expat?
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Old 01-20-06 | 04:03 AM
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I have to wash my car before I (hopefully) deliver it to a buyer on Sundee. Was hoping you could tell me if it's going to rain. Oh well. I'll wash it tomorrow morning.
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Old 01-20-06 | 05:42 AM
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you're kiddin, right?

www.bom.gov.au

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Old 01-20-06 | 06:18 AM
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Saccy, they're calling you:

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...=161350&page=1

Make sure you use gloss lipstick!
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Old 01-20-06 | 11:02 PM
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looks like Gerrans has sown up the TDU.

I am not sure how well endowed he is Ed, but he sure has a fine set of balls. Sanchez is very strong.

I think he will win a tour that bloke.
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Old 01-21-06 | 03:22 PM
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I have a quiz for Expat. After a few years in aus lets see how much he's learned.

https://smartasses.org/aussiequiz.html

As for my results -

You got 20 answers right.
You got 0 answers wrong.

You're a bottler, mate!
You are a fair dinkum, ridgy didge, dinky die, true blue, dyed-in-the-wool Ocker-like strine speaker. Well bugger me, you could probably even play a didgeridoo and know the proper way to twirl a billy. Goodonya. Get us another stubbie while you're up, will ya... and have one yourself while you're at it!

Might be in America, but havent lost my touch
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Old 01-21-06 | 05:56 PM
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Bludy 'ell! I thought I would have done a wee bit better. But my score's fair dinkum:

You got 16 answers right.
You got 4 answers wrong.

You'll be apples! Well... nearly anyway.
You will communicate fairly effectively with the native population, but they will still mutter "bloody yank" when you walk out of the pub.
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Old 01-21-06 | 09:36 PM
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Bludy 'ell! I thought I would have done a wee bit better. But my score's fair dinkum:

You got 16 answers right.
You got 4 answers wrong.

You'll be apples! Well... nearly anyway.
You will communicate fairly effectively with the native population, but they will still mutter "bloody yank" when you walk out of the pub.
Bluddy 'ell's good but *She'll* be apples!
("farg'n septic")
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Old 01-21-06 | 10:53 PM
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The bikes apart! Thanks Expat for the extractor. After the crank arms came off, the rest of the bike came apart in about 2 minutes.

Any suggestions on a colour?
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Old 01-21-06 | 11:43 PM
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Banana boy would say yellow, Jock would say blue or red, Tiger (if he hasn't been consumed by a Thylacine) would say orange or pink, (it's the new black!) and Climbo would probably suggest black. White with silk-screened roses? Flat black? Desert camo? I'd probably go with blue, as an obscure nod to an equally obscure children's book writer named Leonard Kessler.
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Old 01-22-06 | 01:05 AM
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i was thinking cream for that old school look. But I will have to do something with the stem then
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Old 01-22-06 | 01:09 AM
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Purple.
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Old 01-22-06 | 02:43 AM
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You got 18 answers right.
You got 2 answers wrong.
You're a little ripper!
You have a near perfect grasp of the colourful gab and can probably make yourself understood in most social occasions, such as Gazza's weekly Barbie... but I bet you can't throw a boomerang!

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Old 01-22-06 | 02:44 AM
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Originally Posted by berny
Bluddy 'ell's good but *She'll* be apples!
("farg'n septic")
I would have thought 'Strewth mate' would have been more appropriate in that context
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Old 01-22-06 | 02:45 AM
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red or white
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Old 01-22-06 | 02:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
Banana boy would say yellow, Jock would say blue or red, Tiger (if he hasn't been consumed by a Thylacine) would say orange or pink, (it's the new black!) and Climbo would probably suggest black. White with silk-screened roses? Flat black? Desert camo? I'd probably go with blue, as an obscure nod to an equally obscure children's book writer named Leonard Kessler.
Jock would actually say BLACK. Black is the only colour worth considering for any bike, except maybe recumbents which should all be painted fluro pink at birth.

Canary yellow is the WORST color for a bike, and yes I've painted a bike canary yellow and regretted it. My race bike is also canary yellow and white, and it sux. Canary yellow goes with no other color.
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Old 01-22-06 | 02:51 AM
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Tomalaris to Davis

Is Robbie getting slower?

muppet, he clocked 75 kph on stage one and gapped the big boys by two lengths.
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Old 01-22-06 | 02:54 AM
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BWAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAH.

MT: "Will Robbie be riding with a walking stick next year?"
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Old 01-22-06 | 03:29 AM
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Jock would actually say BLACK. Black is the only colour worth considering for any bike, except maybe recumbents which should all be painted fluro pink at birth.

Canary yellow is the WORST color for a bike, and yes I've painted a bike canary yellow and regretted it. My race bike is also canary yellow and white, and it sux. Canary yellow goes with no other color.
Black and silver, goes with anything
Beudy bottler.
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Old 01-22-06 | 03:42 AM
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How'd the racing go today berny?
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Old 01-22-06 | 03:55 AM
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How'd the racing go today berny?
Mate I squibbed it. I did my 65k yesty morning and raced the boat in the arvo and in the heat, it drained me completely such that I just couldn't do anything this morning but sleep in.

I'll be fresh for Penrith tomorrow nite

You ride?

P.S. I'm over my back pain
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Old 01-22-06 | 04:08 AM
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On road bike colour choices, I thought about the road bikes from my past:
The Felt was white with carbon fork.
Cannondale was dark blue.
Ciocc was dark blue.
Basso was fuschia.
Trek was black.
Go dark.
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Old 01-22-06 | 04:13 AM
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he's got the 'fro, I say red, yellow and green.
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Old 01-22-06 | 04:21 AM
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I think Ive narrowed it down to red or black or white/cream.

I might go a little crazy and paint the fork a different colour.
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Old 01-22-06 | 04:24 AM
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You wild man, you. Mix cream with vanilla!
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