sharkey

That's right. Had my 15k service done this week. $132 including oil and filter.

1973 or 74. Jackie Stewart drove the six wheel Tyrell Elf. I remember having a poster of it on my bedroom wall.

An old man was sitting on a bench at the mall. A young man walked up to the bench and sat down. He had spiked hair in all different colors: Green, Red, Orange, Blue, and Yellow. The old man just stared and stared. Every time the young man looked, the old man was staring. Finally the young man said sarcastically, "What's the matter old timer, never done anything wild in your life?" Without batting an eye, the old man replied, "Got drunk once and had sex with a peacock. I was wondering if you were my son."

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I remember meeting that guy and admiring his replica GT40 at the Sydney motor show years ago (maybe '97 or '98). At that stage it was a very small kit car company. Good to hear it is going well for him. They are still an awesome looking car today.

Today's paper has a story on a speed limiting device that links GPS technology to the ECU. Saving Young Lives (Daily Telegraph)

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Veal Parmigiana and a couple of beers at the Paragon Hotel at Circular Quay for me. Not a bad Friday lunch.

My height's not their either - 1.88m

Mickq you're a bit wrong regarding the auto in the "T". If you have the auto in manual mode and go into a corner in 4th it will stay in 4th until you either change it or stop........ Geea. OK. I tried this out on the week end. With the car in 4th in manual mode I coasted to a stop. It changed back to 3rd by itself when the speed dropped below about 20kmh.

I think that could be called fried rice

Things you know because of TV 1. If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises wearing their most revealing underwear. 2. If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing St Patrick's Day parade - at any time of the year. 3. All beds have special L-shaped top sheets that reach up to armpit level on a woman but only waist level on the man lying beside her. 4. All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French bread. 5. It's easy for anyone to land a plane, providing there is someone in the control tower to talk you down. 6. Once applied, lipstick will never rub off - even while scuba diving. 7. The ventilation system of any building is a perfect hiding place. No one will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building without difficulty. 8. Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language. A German accent will do. 9. The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window of any building in Paris. 10. A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds. 11. When paying for a taxi, never look at your wallet as you take out a note - just grab one at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare. 12. If you lose a hand, it will cause the stump of your arm to grow by 15cm. 13. During all police investigations, it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once. 14. Mothers routinely cook eggs, bacon and waffles for their family every morning, even though the husband and children never have time to eat them. 15. Cars and trucks that crash will almost always burst into flames. 16. A single match will be sufficient to light up a room the size of a football stadium. 17. Medieval peasants had perfect teeth. 18. All single women have a cat. 19. Any person waking from a nightmare will sit bolt upright and pant. 20. One man shooting at 20 men has a better chance of killing them all than 20 men firing at one. 21. Creepy music coming from a graveyard should always be closely investigated. 22. Most people keep a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings - especially if any of their family or friends has died in a strange boating accident. 23. It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involved martial arts - your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessor. 24. During a very emotional confrontation, instead of facing the person you are speaking to, it is customary to stand behind them and talk to their back. 25. When you turn out the light to go to bed, everything in your room will still be clearly visible, just slightly bluish. 26. Dogs always know who's bad and will naturally bark at them. 27. When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other. 28. Rather than wasting bullets, megalomaniacs prefer to kill their arch-enemies using complicated machinery involving fuses, pulley systems, deadly gases, lasers and man eating sharks that will allow their captives at least 20 minutes to escape. 29. Having a job of any kind will make all fathers forget their son's eighth birthday. 30. Many musical instruments - especially wind instruments and accordions - can be played without moving the fingers. 31. All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off. 32. It is always possible to park directly outside the building you are visiting. 33. Make-up can safely be worn to bed without smudging. 34. A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty. 35. If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you bump into will know all the steps.

A woman and a man are involved in a car accident; it's a bad one. Both of their cars are totally demolished but amazingly neither of them are hurt. After they crawl out of their cars, the woman says, "So you're a man. That's interesting. I'm a woman. Wow, just look at our cars! There's nothing left, but we're unhurt. This must be a sign from God that we should meet and be friends and live together in peace for the rest of our days". Flattered, the man replied, "Oh yes, I agree with you completely!; This must be a sign from God!" The woman continued, "and look at this, here's another miracle. My car is completely demolished but this bottle of wine didn't break. Surely God wants us to drink this wine and celebrate our good fortune." Then she hands the bottle to the man. The man nods his head in agreement, opens it and drinks half the bottle and then hands it back to the woman. The woman takes the bottle and immediately puts the cap back on, and hands it back to the man. The man asks, "Aren't you having any?" The woman replies, "No. I think I'll just wait for the police...." MORAL OF THE STORY: Women are clever, evil b!tches. Don't mess with them

If you can get a drunk blonde in a loose bar to discuss how many times a week she would like to have sex, then I would suggest sticking with that as a topic, rather than confusing her with inane mathematics.

Yep. Go the projector. This technology has had plenty of time to evolve. There are some awesome projectors out there now at good prices. Another advantage may be that you can buy a projector as a business tool (for those IT presentations, training, whatever) and claim it as a tax deduction!

The rooster!

Go the full beard. I'm thinking more ZZ top style. I can't see the point of decorative, manicured beards. You have the worst of both worlds. You have the itchy, scratchy hair on your face but you still have to shave every day.

I'll see if I can get my son to do it. He has made several NFS cars in the past. He hasn't played or been on the NFS forums for some time though, at the moment he is addicted to SOCOM.

Try this - How Much Horsepower is Required to Achieve a Given Acceleration Time?

Is that the one with the nude mud wrestling and jelly wrestling in it Sharkey? I saw a clip about that era on rage at about 0300 and if so...Gimmee Gimmee Gimmee Yes That's the one.

I have about 5000 mp3s. They include a bit of everything because of the diverse tastes of my family (2 teenage children). I have also just finished compiling about 8 hours of music video clips as mpegs (about 14gb worth) to play at my 40th party this weekend. The selection includes some classic clips such as Peter Gabriel–Sledgehammer, Queen–Bohemain Rhapsody and the full version of Duran Duran–Girls on Film , just to name a few. My house has an audio-visual and computer network so I can send the clips to three different hi-fi systems and 3 TVs.

For all video conversion / compression etc I use TMPGEnc. It's freeware with a lot of configurable options. I haven't used it to convert DVDs yet, but I think it will do it ok.

I have a friend who has a Datsun 1600 rally car with 'DIRT' plates in NSW.

Killbot I had the oil changed at about 7500km too. I bought the oil myself and booked it in at my local mechanic. He supplied the filter, used my oil and left the leftover oil in the boot. I think he charged about $30. Plus while my wife was picking the car up she organised for our son to do a weeks work experience there. All in all, it worked out pretty well.