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#501
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Originally Posted by 531Aussie
Ever tried getting straight off your bike late on a Saturday afternoon, skipping dinner (sorry, "tea"), then going straight to the pub and skulling two or three beers? Oooo baby, talk about value for money 

Lol...a 2 pot screamer!...marvellous what dehydration can do for the soul!......i'm off the grog at the moment in a vain attempt to lose some weight for 'warnie'...this is particularly hard for a bloke whose "mmmmmmm beer" quote was stolen by Homer Simpson!.....so i'm breaking out as soon as 'warnie' is over.....the challenge is on....can hitchy drink a slab in the car on the way back?....lol
cheers,
Hitchy
#502
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Originally Posted by 531Aussie
Ever tried getting straight off your bike late on a Saturday afternoon, skipping dinner (sorry, "tea"), then going straight to the pub and skulling two or three beers? Oooo baby, talk about value for money 

Agreed....
Sunday night at the Flower would be 2 x Cascade premium and I'd go just about anything.
#503
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Wattsy's Hell Ride Adventure
sounds wilder than Brisbane's Park Road Ride.
sounds wilder than Brisbane's Park Road Ride.
#504
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Wilder than Mad Monday with the Carlton footy club....
#505
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Originally Posted by ed073
Wilder than Mad Monday with the Carlton footy club....
You know something that hasn't hit the press yet?.....apparently collingwood sent 3 hired security guards with there boys, folowed 'em around all day & nite to keep em outta trouble!
hey spinner....tell us about this Brissy ride.....
cheers,
hitchy
#506
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hey spinner....tell us about this Brissy ride.....
#507
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Originally Posted by Hitchy
You know something that hasn't hit the press yet?.....apparently collingwood sent 3 hired security guards with there boys, folowed 'em around all day & nite to keep em outta trouble!
hey spinner....tell us about this Brissy ride.....
cheers,
hitchy
hey spinner....tell us about this Brissy ride.....
cheers,
hitchy
I even used to play at The Tunnel!! Yikes -- talk about footballers running wild
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Hello. I'm from Perth And I love riding my bicycle. Please PM if you wanna slip into my slipstream.
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Rides around Brisbane, The Park Road Rides and the Zupps rides are pretty wild and harder than crit races.
Rides around Brisbane, The Park Road Rides and the Zupps rides are pretty wild and harder than crit races.
#510
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Originally Posted by Hitchy
You know something that hasn't hit the press yet?.....apparently collingwood sent 3 hired security guards with there boys, folowed 'em around all day & nite to keep em outta trouble!
hey spinner....tell us about this Brissy ride.....
cheers,
hitchy
hey spinner....tell us about this Brissy ride.....
cheers,
hitchy
Nah...just reckon that The Shag and Matty Lappin wouldn't have been home since after the game friday night yet....
#511
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Hey Hitchy....
Is the Ale-Jet using your new pedals in the Vuelta?? Very nice....maybe that was the pair you were meant to get.....lol...
Is the Ale-Jet using your new pedals in the Vuelta?? Very nice....maybe that was the pair you were meant to get.....lol...
#512
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I even used to play at The Tunnel!!
forget 'retro' jerseys.....the Tunnel!!!!...now there be some memories, (or blank spots, depending on how good a nite it was!).......I remember when they first put the 'alco meter' thingy near the front door...the lads & i looked at it as a challenge!...20 pots each, see who can blow the highest....the lowest reading had to go & hit on a 'sheila' nominated by the rest of the group...lol.....generally the one that was the most 'attractively challenged'!!!!...ah boys will be boys........so who you play with 531?...any names that will 'ring a bell'.......bet I've come up to you & said, "do ya's know Stairway to heaven?"....lol,
cheers,
hitchy
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Originally Posted by Hitchy
g'day 531,
forget 'retro' jerseys.....the Tunnel!!!!...now there be some memories, (or blank spots, depending on how good a nite it was!).......I remember when they first put the 'alco meter' thingy near the front door...the lads & i looked at it as a challenge!...20 pots each, see who can blow the highest....the lowest reading had to go & hit on a 'sheila' nominated by the rest of the group...lol.....generally the one that was the most 'attractively challenged'!!!!...ah boys will be boys........so who you play with 531?...any names that will 'ring a bell'.......bet I've come up to you & said, "do ya's know Stairway to heaven?"....lol,
cheers,
hitchy
forget 'retro' jerseys.....the Tunnel!!!!...now there be some memories, (or blank spots, depending on how good a nite it was!).......I remember when they first put the 'alco meter' thingy near the front door...the lads & i looked at it as a challenge!...20 pots each, see who can blow the highest....the lowest reading had to go & hit on a 'sheila' nominated by the rest of the group...lol.....generally the one that was the most 'attractively challenged'!!!!...ah boys will be boys........so who you play with 531?...any names that will 'ring a bell'.......bet I've come up to you & said, "do ya's know Stairway to heaven?"....lol,
cheers,
hitchy
Tunnel....lol. Used to go there with a bunch of bike racer mates....100% strike rate for the Edster down there. Great wicket for scoring runs.
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Originally Posted by ed073
Tunnel....lol. Used to go there with a bunch of bike racer mates....100% strike rate for the Edster down there. Great wicket for scoring runs.


G'day,
sadly Hitchy was never able to get off the mark at the tunnel. A couple of reasons for this might be:
1/ hitchy is an ugly bastard
2/ hitchy is an ugly bastard & would normally be well 'primed' by the time he got to the tunnel. (ever notice it's hard to pull a sheila when ya can't talk?)
3/Hitchy is an ugly bastard & would normally be well primed by the time he got to the tunnel....from the Grainstore!...or the 'butter factory', at which the hunting was better! (& 30 less pots consumed!)
cheers
hitchy
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1/ hitchy is an ugly bastard
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Originally Posted by wattsy_rules
I dunno Hitchy, I wouldn't call you ugly...more like Homely. 

Thank you for your vote of 'confidence' wattsy......(hitchy makes mental note to 'put' wattsy in the gutter next 'hell ride')
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I need to b*tch about JetStar. I made a booking on the 10th of March for a trip to Noosa with the family. The flights out of Melbourne were originally 9.45am, which is a reasonable time to get wife, 2 kids and a truck load of luggage to Tulla.
The Bast*rds emailed me today and congratulated me of flying JetStar, and happily announced that "due to feedback from their wonderful customers, JetStar were delighted to be able to change my flight to 6.10am"...WTF! I rang them and their response was, "well, doesn't every airline change their flights?"
I requested to speed to a supervisor to make a complaint. Response, "Sir, this is a Customer Service line, if you wish to make a complaint, you'll have to write a letter." I ***** you not.
Please tell me their is a journalist/TV producer who'd be interested in hammering these pr1cks as I would be happy to complain.
The Bast*rds emailed me today and congratulated me of flying JetStar, and happily announced that "due to feedback from their wonderful customers, JetStar were delighted to be able to change my flight to 6.10am"...WTF! I rang them and their response was, "well, doesn't every airline change their flights?"
I requested to speed to a supervisor to make a complaint. Response, "Sir, this is a Customer Service line, if you wish to make a complaint, you'll have to write a letter." I ***** you not.
Please tell me their is a journalist/TV producer who'd be interested in hammering these pr1cks as I would be happy to complain.
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Originally Posted by Hitchy
G'day,
sadly Hitchy was never able to get off the mark at the tunnel. A couple of reasons for this might be:
1/ hitchy is an ugly bastard
2/ hitchy is an ugly bastard & would normally be well 'primed' by the time he got to the tunnel. (ever notice it's hard to pull a sheila when ya can't talk?)
3/Hitchy is an ugly bastard & would normally be well primed by the time he got to the tunnel....from the Grainstore!...or the 'butter factory', at which the hunting was better! (& 30 less pots consumed!)
cheers
hitchy
sadly Hitchy was never able to get off the mark at the tunnel. A couple of reasons for this might be:
1/ hitchy is an ugly bastard
2/ hitchy is an ugly bastard & would normally be well 'primed' by the time he got to the tunnel. (ever notice it's hard to pull a sheila when ya can't talk?)
3/Hitchy is an ugly bastard & would normally be well primed by the time he got to the tunnel....from the Grainstore!...or the 'butter factory', at which the hunting was better! (& 30 less pots consumed!)
cheers
hitchy
Classic...lol. Grainstore!!!! What about the Sugar Shack??
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Originally Posted by wattsy_rules
I need to b*tch about JetStar. I made a booking on the 10th of March for a trip to Noosa with the family. The flights out of Melbourne were originally 9.45am, which is a reasonable time to get wife, 2 kids and a truck load of luggage to Tulla.
The Bast*rds emailed me today and congratulated me of flying JetStar, and happily announced that "due to feedback from their wonderful customers, JetStar were delighted to be able to change my flight to 6.10am"...WTF! I rang them and their response was, "well, doesn't every airline change their flights?"
I requested to speed to a supervisor to make a complaint. Response, "Sir, this is a Customer Service line, if you wish to make a complaint, you'll have to write a letter." I ***** you not.
Please tell me their is a journalist/TV producer who'd be interested in hammering these pr1cks as I would be happy to complain.

The Bast*rds emailed me today and congratulated me of flying JetStar, and happily announced that "due to feedback from their wonderful customers, JetStar were delighted to be able to change my flight to 6.10am"...WTF! I rang them and their response was, "well, doesn't every airline change their flights?"
I requested to speed to a supervisor to make a complaint. Response, "Sir, this is a Customer Service line, if you wish to make a complaint, you'll have to write a letter." I ***** you not.
Please tell me their is a journalist/TV producer who'd be interested in hammering these pr1cks as I would be happy to complain.

Rubber Band Airways.....
#520
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Originally Posted by ed073
Classic...lol. Grainstore!!!! What about the Sugar Shack??
g'day,
gawd.....moderators, please close this thread down....I can feel a linen suit jacket over aT/shirt & jeans coming on (with the arms rolled up!)...lol....the other haunts for me were 'Moonee ponds tavern' & 'regines' opposite...get chucked outta one, head to the other!.......then at quarter to 3, (if ya hadn't scored)...it was across the road to 'The baby grand', AKA 'Grab a granny'....help me god...lol
Hitchy
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Originally Posted by Hitchy
so who you play with 531?...any names that will 'ring a bell'.......bet I've come up to you & said, "do ya's know Stairway to heaven?"....lol,
We were there on Sunday nights for about 2 years, around '95 to '97. The band dude's name was Andrew Hosking & Coupe de Ville, but just remember, it was just a cover band.
We were w@nkers. 
I spent most of the gigs thinking about my bikes
#522
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Originally Posted by 531Aussie
Was that you?!?!?
We were there on Sunday nights for about 2 years, around '95 to '97. The dude's name was Andrew Hosking & Coupe de Ville, but just remember, it was just a cover band.
We were w@nkers 
We were there on Sunday nights for about 2 years, around '95 to '97. The dude's name was Andrew Hosking & Coupe de Ville, but just remember, it was just a cover band.
We were w@nkers 
seen you guys at the 'Linc' in essendon many times....Friday nites wasn't it?...seen worse. You must be Ok if you're making a buck outta it,
cheers,
Hitchy
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Originally Posted by Hitchy
g'day,
seen you guys at the 'Linc' in essendon many times....Friday nites wasn't it?...seen worse. You must be Ok if you're making a buck outta it,
seen you guys at the 'Linc' in essendon many times....Friday nites wasn't it?...seen worse. You must be Ok if you're making a buck outta it,
Remember Caroline with the fake tan, who ran The Tunnel? She was a red head in denial: fake tan (all over) and bleached hair.
I think she
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Originally Posted by ed073
Rubber Band Airways.....
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Wonder what happened to Badsac



