wana shoot the shit off thread .. here's a place to do it folks..

++dez;

FROM TAKA:
Dez was soooo right. This Lounge is for any shit that is not quite RX-8 related. That was the initial intention of this thread. I will move some of the shit posts to this Lounge without notice. This is the thread that they belong.

Sounds good, as long as someone doesn't try and hijack this thread by bringing up a technical question about the RX-8. OMG, this might be the first thread ever that stays on topic by completely going off topic! LOL.

;) ;) ;)

Hey, that big old three seater over there is mine .

alfa, bentley, citroen, daewoo, ferrari, gogomobile, holden, jaguar, kia, lambo, mercedes, nissan, oldsmobile, pontiac, rover, suzuki, toyota, bloody volvo, .... see not a singel mention of a mazda ... d'oh !!!!! I just blew it!!

<-- pulls up his big fat old chair!!

You'd think L&L could put his thongs and coffee mug away ... and is that messy pile comics timbo's?


Drove the little bloke home from school today ... 100m from the school gates on a left turn he calls out to some "older boys". The boys started hooting and yelping, my son sat back around with a huge smile and said "YESSSS!".

I think his street cred went up ~200% :)

Wouldn't be a lounge if there weren't a few books about...

Just read the new Matthew Reilly - Scarecrow. It's more of the same. I think I liked Contest the most, his writing style was fresh then.

It's been a couple of weeks since I read the RX-8 book... must be time to read it again :D

Hi sco, get comfy...

I don't think I want to read pulp thrillers like Matthew Reilly. Maybe I'll bring along a copy of the absolutely brilliant new book by Neil Stephenson "Quicksilver".

And , damn it, we need some wine. I want the finest wines available to humanity, I want them here, and I want them now.

Hey……! where have all my comics gone? I bet L&L has borrowed them :D

Guys,

Welcome to Hymee Bar and Grill - bought to you by Dez :)

Cheers,
Hymee.

Awe - who farted?

Smelly bastards.

Sorry :(

I may just have to start "The Bathroom" thread!

I thought it might have been you, but I didn't recognise your voice :)

I have $10 on Hoof Hearted in his next race.

OK, here's a bit of interesting reading ( well ... it is to me :) )

I'll just throw it on the coffee table...

http://www-ra.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/forschung/motor/welcome_e.html

and if you found that interesting - maybe to read in the loo...

http://www.bridgeport.edu/sed/projects/cs597/Spring_2003/navsingh/Neuron.doc

Hymee, can you make the lounge sticky?

( I don't believe I just typed that :p )

Ah - now we're talking - ye ha! good stuff guys!

As for books - God I wish that f8cking Schofield would get killed!

I concur with you're comment about Mathew Reily's "Contest" - that was just pure brilliance on the first count of his authorship.

I was pretty impressed with Ice Station - as a one off it would have been a quick evening read and a laugh, but the trip to Area 4 was just abuse of a good relationship - the latest - well I'm reading it - but shit - there's supporting young Aussie authors and then there's just wasting $35 bucks!

I have to say you guys have started to leave this place in quite a state - move that frigging furnature back to where it should be, pick those magazines up, throw out the old newspapers, and oh man..

Who left these sticky glossy mags under the cushions! please, leave them in your bedrooms ok!

As for farting - that's just filthy..

Bloody great to see you're all into the Lounge idea, cheers Hymee, viva la technico threads!

I'm tempted to start a Drive Story thread - would anyone else get into short story type sharing of memorable drives etc?

Much thanks goes to Hymee for a fix to my Night Drive thread title - you're affirming your selection as Moderator man, way to go.

Say, I understand that there's no real technical reason for putting a grill on the left hand small vent, but doesn't it look odd being blank? I'm wondering if it's possible to put a grill on the left port just to keep the front end look balanced?

I did also talk to the manager at Euro Mazda's service center when I dropped by there yesterday to get them to drop 2 litres of "the good oil" into the '8 and I asked in as round about fashion as I could if putting some form of grill on the front end might void any warranty etc, and with a broad brush stroke picture of the Hymee Bar and Grill kit, he firstly said 1) Shit that sounds like a great idea, 2) Make sure Mazda doesn't steel the idea and rip off the money you can make from it, 3) no, it won't void anything on the car's maintenance etc. unless it makes a major change to the air flow, which it sounds like it won'd * grin *

No night drive tonight sorry - I really wanted to but hey, I guess every night might illustrate my issues a little too well.

I had the pleasure of meeting Kev today, a really nice guy - hey Kev! Thanks a zillion for the hot chocholate - my shout next time - and wow, I had no idea that they red paint was so neat in the sun light!

Really great to start to get f2f with some of you, Tanaka, Kev, and I'm hoping more soon clan - don't be strangers!

I've started to get a pretty good idea of how many of us are in Sydney now, even if certain folk don't update their profiles * tsk tsk *. There's more of us in Sydney than I thought ( in the forum that is ).

Hey, I'm thinking of making up some forum URL and info business cards, for $83 I can get around 250 of them printed at Kinko over night, will get y'all to preview and comment on the design before I get it printed pls - will give bundles of them out at each of the Dez's Night Drive gatherings so you'all can hand them out to folk you know, even if they don't have either an RX8 or even a Mazda.

Oh man - that Sony "Cyber Shot" TVC just played on free to air on #10 - I love that girl in her jim jams sleep waling near naked - hmmm...

Hey, has anyone got a really good hi res rotary logo I can use as the starting point for a T-Shirt design by the way?

I'm planning to knock up a one time run of limited numbers of RX8 / Rotary Logo T's for fun, leme know if you have a good hires image of the logo I can start with - leme know if you're interested in a T, I'll get costs and such locked down tomorrow, but it should be around the $20 each - going to get color - ideas welcome.

As for posting URL's for MOTOP papers, jesus, this ain't the study or sun room guys, light reading please * grin *

++dez;

ps: anyone here own a SMART car yet? I'm thinking of getting one and having it painted up with the http://WebSearch.COM.AU color and URL for fun!

Consider it stuck :)

Stuck?

che cosa è esattamente quello una volta di più?

++dez;

Dez,

It could be possible to fit a grille to the LH side where the oil cooler should be but I think it will be much harder than the other grilles because of the shape of the black plastic insert. The stainless steel mesh doesn't respond well to bending and IIRC it will need to be bent a bit to fit properly.

I'm not too worried because I'm thinking of fitting fog lights to my cloth pack if I can find them at the right price. My grille is matt black so it's quite hard to spot anyway, so the car doesn't look unbalanced. I'm not sure how noticeable Hymee's is as I haven't seen the powdercoated version, only his prototype which was spray painted gloss.

Cheers

sco

high res pics were here once...

http://media.mazda.ch/main/indexF.htm

Ok - now we are having a technical discussion in the Lounge. D'oh.

The current Hymee oil cooler grille design mounts to the oil cooler. No chance of having a 2nd one the same design if there is only one cooler to mount on. You cant notice it anyway, as it blends with the cooler.

Cheers,
Hymee.

Wouldn't get too worried about the oil cooler grill looking unbalanced Dez, you can't even notice it. IMO they just look like a couple of black holes next to the fog lights unless you are deliberately analysing them up close.

I've had a few drinks tonight. Anyone mind if I sleep on the couch?

edit: Don't you hate simultaneous posts.... ;)

Regarding the warrantee, my dealer (everyone from the DP, sales manager and service manager) knows all about the kits, and even wants to fit them himself.

I kind of think of it as a "Dealer Approved Accessory". I was coming up with an acronym. DAAc. Anyone want some more of Hymee's Daacs? Hehehe. Pretty pathetic attempt, but I feel lonely sitting so far in the northern corner of the lounge.

Cheers,
Hymee.

(H)ymee's (A)pproved (P)rotective (P)arts (I)nvention (E)nterprise

(M)azda (U)nderside (G)rill

...

The "HAPPIE MUG"

give me a break :) it's late and I hate writing functional specs :(

If I'm going to have to hang out with you guys here in the Hymee Bar and Grill, then I'm going to need another of those Daac'aree's and make it a double [ pun intended kids ].

Hymee - I'm sure it will be fine - put me down still for the standard kit.

DGW - if you're sleeping on the lounge, you're going to have to boot Kev off - he's already snoring!

++dez;

Alright DGW, you can have the couch - I'm off to bed!

If we have any female visitors to the lounge, they might like to use a magic cone when visiting our toilet.

WTF is a Magic Cone:

first go to this:
http://magic-cone.com/index.htm

then watch this:
http://magic-cone.com/animation1.htm

Cheers,
Hymee.

Originally posted by Hymee
If we have any female visitors to the lounge, they might like to use a magic cone when visiting our toilet.

WTF is a Magic Cone:

first go to this:
http://magic-cone.com/index.htm

then watch this:
http://magic-cone.com/animation1.htm

Cheers,
Hymee.

Crikey! Next they'll be writing their name in the snow :eek:

:)

For some reason the magic cone reminds me of something that happened a couple of days ago when I was reading a book with my small son.

It was a nice, politically correct Fisher Price board book about different occupations – Farmer, Fireman etc.

When we got to the hospitals page the various doctors were both male and female, black, white, coffee coloured etc. to convey the right message to kids.

Down in one corner was a doctor, bearing a passing resemblance to Michael Jackson, with a syringe in his hand.

The speech bubble over “Dr Michael” said (and I swear this is true) – “You’ll just feel a little prick”.

My son wondered why I suddenly came down with an attack of the idiotic snorts…

Originally posted by Kev
high res pics were here once...

http://media.mazda.ch/main/indexF.htm

Just the odd hires picture or twenty on that site!

:eek:

Cheers,
Hymee

god bless Beni Bendasi for the video clip for "Satisfaction"..

I've got to get some of those "power" "tools"!

Call 1-800-WATCH-THOSE-TITS-WOBBLE now, for your free set of steak knives!

**(dez)+=Mind->Blowing{ex.perience};

Error: divide by zero..

I can't put my finger on it, but is it just me or is there something inherently just * wrong * with that little paper piss cone!?

++dez;

Dez

I'm with you .. its unnatural but I guess it was bound to happen. First we let them have the vote, then jobs, then drivers licences , then get pregnant without us .... now they can 'stand up' for themselves ... I fear our final bastion of blokedom is under threat - surely they'll want the keys to the shed next!!

Stand strong brothers !!!!!

Originally posted by Dez
god bless Beni Bendasi for the video clip for "Satisfaction"..

I've got to get some of those "power" "tools"!

Call 1-800-WATCH-THOSE-TITS-WOBBLE now, for your free set of steak knives!

**(dez)+=Mind.Blowing{ex.perience};

Anyone wondering what Dez is talking about, click here: http://dev.ministryofsound.com/asx/wvx.aspx?media=/media/Video/BennyBenassi/BennyBenassi_Satisfaction_56K.wmv&rate=56

I've just come into the lounge to relax for a short while. I have been working on batch 2 of "the grills". Got the spot-welder out for a slight improvement to the design.

I'm not game to go to that sight sco :eek:

Maybe when everyone else is in asleep ;)

Cheers,
Hymee

That is enough lounging around - got to go and get the Christmas lights out for the house.

speaking of grills .. I just had a mate visit with his Mazda MPV. Couldn't help but notice that it has a plastic version of the Hymee Grill - seems more like a K-Tel Grill-o-matic - flimsy as flimsy can be .. cant wait till I get my PROTECTION so Professor Hymee - GET BACK TO WORK !!!! (with all respect due to a genius such as Hymee!!)

And more... I walked past a Mazda 6 the other day. They have a similar setup up the front with two openings for the air to get in just like the '8. Only the '6 has a grill to protect each of them.

I know one of the regulars here has an '8 and a '6 in the garage, so if I'm sprouting sh*t, please correct me.

BTW Dez, have you heard about specific restrictions in the RX-8 exhaust that are caused by the cat? Obviously the cat does restrict flow through the exhaust, but it's not an RX-8 specific phenomenum as far as I can tell. Every car with a cat has the same restriction. Your only option if your serious is to install a high flow cat, or remove it completely. Option B is illegal as far as I know.

I am one of "the regulars with an '8 and a '6 in the garage". The '6 gets both lots of protection.

I don't have any empirical evidence to go by, but the "cat" (I am used to saying 'cats' - from my V8 days) may not be a restriction until we start seeing some forced induction '8s. If you put a larger bore exhaust on, you can "open the cat up" but cutting a short length off the ends (they are tapered) to get the larger diameter, and welding the new pipes on. That is a lot cheaper than getting new cats. (There I go again!).

Yes - we must run cats here. There was a guy on the LS1 forum from NZ - they are allowed to remove the cats, but he didn't put headers/extractors on because it would void the warantee/insurance. What a joke. When I get around to making the "Hymee is Exhausted" project it will be a(nother) "Dealer Approved ACcessory".

And did I miss Dez introducing cat restrictions to the discussion?

Cheers,
Hymee.

I was talking to a guy at redline rotary a while back. He suggested a "Y" off the maniflold, into two hi flow cats (staggered), another "Y" into a big pipe, then something like another "Y" into two mufflers ala racing beat's jobbie or twins all the way from the first "Y" + dual cats.

I'll have a look at the 6 in the morning - I think you're right though!

if you're here, you're looking to kill time, here's an IRC script to gaze upon and then plot and scheme your next seal clubbing [ read seal as honda ] :

http://hondakid86.blogspot.com/2003_07_06_hondakid86_archive.html

--dez;

Hymee

READING that you have a 6 and an 8 in your garage , hey thats great but personally id prefer a 69 myself you fall 1 short ( 68 ) any how its good to be back lounging around , and yes i still have all my fingers .

KEV

HOLLY shit your on 892 posts , was it you who set me up with chizuko just to try and disrupt my postings , and get her boyfriend to try and bust my balls .

HYMEE

I HAVE BEEN READING OF YOUR TRIP TO SYDNEY TO HELP FIT THE FAMOUS HYMEE GRILL , would you consider driving up to sydney???, may come along and supervise ??

DEZ

Any truth in the rumour that you are becoming the KEN DONE of rotary T - SHIRTS ???

Timbo
HOWS camberra and little johnny?

L&L,

If the plans I've set in motion have played out in full, you must either be typing with your nose or typing in an aroused state with your willy.

Hint, don't type with your nose after typing with your willy ... particularly if you've done anything else with your willy!!!

Oh no. I thought this was a smegma free lounge.

L&L: Ken Done, don't think so - just a one time run to be honest.. who knows.. anything is possible..

Hymee: is that your pool of "juice" over there on Kev's chair? filthy individuals! tidy up this place!

<-- on a post rest

have burned the grey matter to a crisp in the past 72 hours writing an ad management engine for http://WebSearch.COM.AU and I'm fegged out!

Thats in between my day job too! sheeze.. Time I retired I think.. [ again ]

++dez;

One more for the coffee table...

http://www.metrum.org/index.htm

Background : I'm probably building a pyramid all night tonight ( school projects were something kids did years ago :( ). Anyway, reading "A History of Measures" - "Dimensions of the Great Pyramid", but there's lots of great reading here all over!

Kev,

you driving tonight 4 a DND ?

<-- loved pyramid's as a kid, used to read every bit of crud I could find, then along came the internet * grin *

Originally posted by Dez
Kev,

you driving tonight 4 a DND ?

<-- loved pyramid's as a kid, used to read every bit of crud I could find, then along came the internet * grin *

:( not tonight :(

I'm building one of those bloody pyramids this evening - you've got this all to look forward to ... My wife is busy trying to make a Cleopatra outfit!

Kev

When will the pics of your project be posted .. and we are only interested in Cleopatra and her asp (yes I said ASP !!!!)

R

Originally posted by pricer01
Kev

When will the pics of your project be posted .. and we are only interested in Cleopatra and her asp (yes I said ASP !!!!)

R

Maybe in another 8 years ... she's only 10 :)

Originally posted by pricer01
Kev

When will the pics of your project be posted .. and we are only interested in Cleopatra and her asp (yes I said ASP !!!!)

R

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
*waits for sirens*

Looks like our first arrest in the lounge.......

The doctor told a man that masturbating before sex often
helped men last longer during the act. The man decided,
"What the heck, I'll try it." He spent the rest of the day
thinking about where to do it. He couldn't do it in his
office. He thought about the restroom, but that was too
open. He considered an alley, but figured that was too
unsafe. Finally, he realized his solution. On the way home
from work, he pulled his 4X4 over on the side of the highway.
He got out and crawled underneath as if examining the
vehicle.

Satisfied with the privacy, he undid his pants and started
to! masturbate. He closed his eyes and thought of his lover.
As he grew closer to orgasm, he felt a quick tug at his pants
leg.

Not wanting to lose his mental fantasy or the orgasm, he kept
his eyes shut and replied "What?"

He heard, "This is the police. What in the hell are you
doing?"

The man replied, "I'm checking out the rear axle, it's
busted."

The cop says, "Well, you better check your brakes too,
because your 4x4 rolled down the hill 5 minutes ago."



Courtesy "SSAndy" from ls1.com.au

Four married guys went sailing. After an hour, the following
>> conversation took place:
>> >
>> > First guy: "You have no idea what I had to do to be able to
>> come out sailing this weekend.
>> > I had to promise my wife I will paint every room in the house
>> next weekend."
>> >
>> > Second guy: "That's nothing! I had to promise my wife I'll
>> build her a new deck for the pool."
>> >
>> > Third guy: "Man, you both have it easy! I had to promise my wife
>> that I'll remodel the kitchen for her."
>> >
>> > They continued to sail along, until they realized the fourth
>> guy had not said a word.
>> >
>> > So they asked him. "You haven't said anything about what you
>> had to do to be able to come sailing this weekend.
>> > What's the deal?"
>> >
>> > "I just set my alarm for 5:30 am. When it went off, I shut off
>> the clock, gave the wife a nudge
>> > and said, "Sailing, or Sex?"

and she said, "Wear a jumper ."

Guys,

I'm taking the leap - A national RX8 owners club.

Pls post thoughts, ideas, support, etc at:

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?threadid=15938

++dez;

Originally posted by Dez
Guys,

I'm taking the leap - A national RX8 owners club.

Pls post thoughts, ideas, support, etc at:

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?threadid=15938

++dez;

DEZ

You will be a clever monkey if you can get the national rx8 club going good luck

What is going on in this thread?

I am waxing a bit loquacious tonight, but that is due to the
combined effects of :

2 x Absolute Vanilla
2 x longnecks of Coopers Sparkling ale

But I am still managing to avoid all the bollocks going on here.

Leading me to believe one of the following :

(a) too drunk
(b) too sober
(c) need more alcohol to determine the fundamental correctness of either (a) or (b)

For those of you who were really interested in Helmholtz resonance... look what I found:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=278701&highlight=resonance

dbb: here's how it should run for you..

ab=c or c=a+b^2 or if your wife is involved e=sc^reAm

the sum input required by C to offset B where A is true is the combined sub of AB * grin *

sco: I'm having a little trouble working out how exactly I'm going to atain 100% HHR in the RX8 with the drivers seat being the point of equilibrium where general bass broadband absorption levels might exceed normal broadband bass trapping you would see in a normal car cabin under low preassure at average crusing speeds sans air con [ excluses most aussie drivers ] - note - acoustic interference, as experienced in the trusty old RX8 when it's "singing" at 7k to 8k RPM, which causes severe peaks and dips in the low frequency range as well as low frequency reverb are going to cause you additional problems that require the some sort of mid to high end harmonic acoustic and interference absorption of any comercial solution! you solve that issue and you're driving a frigging volvo!

I gota say that I've sure bloody glad I'm not a "senior member" of a forum discussing "Helmholtz resonators and frequency heterogeneity" - no matter how bloody interesting it might be.

no, all that babble and I'm not drunk - impressive isn't it ( not ).

++Dez;

To change the subject completely....

I was sent this recently:

The Brain is a marvellous work of creation!

Instructions: Just read the sentence straight through without really thinking about it.

Acocdrnig to an elgnsih unviesitry sutdy the oredr of letetrs in a wrod dosen't mttaer, the olny thnig thta's iopmrantt is that the frsit and lsat ltteer of eevry word is in the crcreot ptoision. The rset can be jmbueld and one is stlil able to raed the txet wiohtut dclftfuiiy.


Looks a lot like the average post on any internet games forum.



:)

Originally posted by BVD
To change the subject completely....

I was sent this recently:

The Brain is a marvellous work of creation!

Instructions: Just read the sentence straight through without really thinking about it.

Acocdrnig to an elgnsih unviesitry sutdy the oredr of letetrs in a wrod dosen't mttaer, the olny thnig thta's iopmrantt is that the frsit and lsat ltteer of eevry word is in the crcreot ptoision. The rset can be jmbueld and one is stlil able to raed the txet wiohtut dclftfuiiy.


Looks a lot like the average post on any internet games forum.



:)

I love that! :p

However, how come I could read & understand that so easily, but have difficulties with some of L&L's posts? :D

^^^^^^^^^
Hehehehehe!

Originally posted by timbo
I love that! :p

However, how come I could read & understand that so easily, but have difficulties with some of L&L's posts? :D

Timbo

I promised hymee that i would be nice to everyone today , so I love you dearly. ha ha ha .

SEE hymee i did try .

L&L, I :D. I shouldn't have taken a cheap shot , today of all days. So I have arranged a present for you from Japan, courtesy of yazaka. Er, performance parts, you might say (may need takahashi to translate to achieve most effective use!)

Jap Performance tuner (http://daimaoh.kir.jp/ho/menssom.htm)

Happy birthday, mate -- hope you enjoy

:D





Sorry Hymee - will probably be banned from forum -- but don't you love Japanese ingenuity :p

Very funny. I thought it was going to be a link to an Electronic BOV! (http://www.takakaira.com/accessories/nightpager/nightpager.html)

Cheers,
Hymee

TIMBO Jag performance parts

Hear your their best customer , but they had to customize yours to match your small dick .ha ha ha ( all in jest.)

L&L, you are not supposed to let anyone know you saw it...

Guys,

I have just deleted the thread "Road Kills". Sorry to take the joy out of your forum experience, but in a public forum like this, it was poor judgement to post the info in my opinion.

We have a responsibility as drivers. OK - I'm no angel, but there is a line somewhere, and it got crossed.

The correct place to see if you can out drag a Commodore is at the Drag Strip, and they have regular public sessions in each state AFAIK. And (sorry to say) you won't beat many LS1 Commodores down the 1/4. Yes - you will beat them to 80km or so, and get a better 60' time, but that is about it. And BTW - the message with "A Series II SS" didn't mean much, it could have been a 5.0L VSII, or a 5.7L LS1 VTII or later.

Also, get out on the circuit if you really wan't to see how well you can drive. Driving on the track at 8 or 9 tenths requires much more skill/concentration that driving "fast" on the street. There is actually absolutely no comparison.

Cheers,
Hymee.

PS - Some of you who posted some good reasons that post was about to get deleted - would you mind retyping your valued opinions here please :)

Correct decision, Hymee.

I will try to rewrite what I said when I have some time.

Kas, no offence mate, but a forum such as this cannot condone or encourage such driving. Do it on a track! And we really do want to hear about progress with the mods you are planning :)



Timbo

Kas,

I did forget to mention that deleting the your thread was not personal or anything, and we all hope that you continue to contribute to this forum with the same enthusiasm.

Cheers,
Hymee.

I am bored

Analyse this then, doc... How do I release myself a little from the forum addiction?

And while you do that, I'll pour you a Bundy and Coke. Anyone else?

Jack Daniels is stocked here as well, since I made the JD Distillery tour.

Here is something else to ponder... I was talking to a friend of mine, and he was telling me his vehicle accelerates much harder when he goes WOT & full boost at around 700km/h compared to when he does the same thing at about 350km/h.

That is one a wicked machine!

Cheers,
Hymee.

Originally posted by Hymee
Here is something else to ponder... I was talking to a friend of mine, and he was telling me his vehicle accelerates much harder when he goes WOT & full boost at around 700km/h then when he does the same thing at about 350km/h.

That is one a wicked machine!

Cheers,
Hymee.

Doesn't sound like an earth bound kinda animal - winged ???

Originally posted by takahashi
I am bored

Drive to a beach - go for a run.

Take a pretty woman to dinner.

Find some funky music and chill out over a couple of drinks.

Call someone you haven't seen in years.

Plan a cycling holiday overseas.

Throw out all of your old clothes.

... dissect someone interesting :)

Originally posted by Kev
Doesn't sound like an earth bound kinda animal - winged ???

Correct. What type?

Yet I did personnally witness a car accelerate form rest to 502 km/h in 4.85 seconds one night over a distance of 400m. :)

Cheers,
Hymee.

Originally posted by Hymee
Correct. What type?



Doesn'ts sound like propeller either - so I'm guessing jet propelled?

There was a German guy who recently dissected something interesting, and they have thrown him in jail for murder.

oh well.

I guess it is time to go back to my xbox and start shooting more terrorists. Someone has to.

Originally posted by Kev
Doesn'ts sound like propeller either - so I'm guessing jet propelled?

Jet. Keep going. Bit like celebrity head, this :) Wow - a new net based game!

Time to go and euthenaise some noisy cane toads that have moved into the Hymee family pond (sorry - water feature).

Good night fellas!

Cheers,
Hymee.

Originally posted by Hymee
Jet. Keep going. Bit like celebrity head, this :) Wow - a new net based game!

I'm not up on planes - in the forces? F/A18?

And 'Hornet' would have got you a banana as well.

Wouldn't it be freeking awesome in one of those. I was once told by the cops that I "Accelerated in a manner unacceptable to them." I'd love the F18. Tell the cops to stick it - catch me if you can! Stick that on the ticket: "Exceeding the speed limit by Mach 1.5 - Airborne" Hehehe.

Heard a rumour that Saddam was seeking the help of a well known plastic surgeon to change his looks , as John Howard is one of his most admired foes he though he would become his clone .ha ha ha

I thought he asked me for change on the way to work today! :p

Maybe these guys are the desciples of Soddom :)

The best Saddam can get:

So … that'd be a "Razor of Mass Destruction" then! (boom boom) :D

Knowing that i upset some of the local yakuza , maybe i should take it easy with the Saddam gillette jokes , he may have a few loyalist amongst the Iraqis here in Australia .

Michael

Errrr, the lounge?

pepe,

You are quite right. I have merged it into the Lounge.

I ask everyone to use the Lounge (either the Aussie one, or the main one) as the place to post jokes etc that are really off topic.

It help keep down the proliferation of threads, especially ones that don't really deserve there own thread.

Cheers,
Hymee

MATT

Has posted this good one called :Jihad Joe.

Cheers Hymee... good modding :D I don't have any issues with posts like this, but yeah, they belong here, not clogging up the main thread :)

I just sent JihadJoe around the office. ROFL!

Originally posted by pepe
Cheers Hymee... good modding :D I don't have any issues with posts like this, but yeah, they belong here, not clogging up the main thread :)

Pepe,

I think L&L did a "Ready, Fire, AIM!" :p

Cheers,
Hymee.

Originally posted by Hymee
Pepe,

I think L&L did a "Ready, Fire, AIM!" :p

Cheers,
Hymee.

Hymee ,( See i posted Jihad JOE in the lounge)

I have decided to be a nice guy and play along so as to not upset our wankel anal retentive forum members in canberra.

Michael

I hear L&L has ordered "IRAQX8" number plates.

Maybe some black concentric circles on the car too? :)

^^^^^^^^^^
Hehehehe

He actually has some other "sign writing on it", but I don't think he has come out of the closet yet. C'mon L&L, tell us all about it :)

Cheers,
Hymee.

Originally posted by pepe
Errrr, the lounge?

I was told to go to the toilet when you feel Errrr constipated not the lounge.

Michael

Originally posted by Hymee
^^^^^^^^^^
Hehehehe

He actually has some other "sign writing on it", but I don't think he has come out of the closet yet. C'mon L&L, tell us all about it :)

Cheers,
Hymee.

Hymee

Now that i have been outed i will try and post some pics of my rx8 together with my pet mascot (no its not my trouser snake )

michael

Originally posted by Lock & Load
(no its not my trouser snake )


Thank heavens for that :eek:

Cheers,
Hymee.

Having just received this (again), I thought I ought to post it, for the benefit of L&L's use ;) … and of course, many others:

1. I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow is not looking good either.

2. I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.

3. Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it.

4. Accept that some days you are the pigeon and some days the statue.

5. Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If they aren't there the first time, chances are you won't be needing them again.

6. I don't have an attitude problem, you have a perception problem.

7. My reality check bounced.

8. On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.

9. I don't suffer from stress. I am a carrier.

10. Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.

11. Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.

12. A pat on the back is only a few centimeters from a kick in the butt.

13. Don't be irreplaceable -- if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

14. The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get.

15. You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a clipboard.

16. Eat one live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

17. If it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would get done.

18. When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried.

19. Following the rules will not get the job done.

20. When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"

Timbo, I like it! :D (Snips and copies.....)

As you say, it looks familiar, but it's worth sending round again. I particularly like No.1. Might try it out on my wife when she gets home tonight.... (don tin helmet first of course.... )

Just thought i would show a different humanitarian side to my past posts that some have either knocked or not appreciated .

I am the only 1 left with the rx8 . ha ha ha

Question:
If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following:

Answer:

There would be: 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south and 8 Africans.
52 would be female and 48 would be male.
70 would be non-white and 30 would be white.
70 would be non-Christian and 30 would be Christian.
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and all 6 would be from the United States.
80 would live in substandard housing.
70 would be unable to read.
50 would suffer from malnutrition.
1 would be near death;
1 would be near birth.
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education.
1 would own a computer.


The following is also something to ponder...

If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more fortunate than the million who will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the lonliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death...you are more fortunate than three billion people in the world.
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep...you are richer than 70% of this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace...you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

For those that may require an explanation it shows saddam and osaman in traditional HASSIDIC (orthodox jews clothing walking past the wailing wall)

michael

Of course - no offence meant to anyone.

Crikey!! :eek:

Am not sure whether that was simple bad taste or irony deficiency :confused: Please explain!?!

Originally posted by timbo
Crikey!! :eek:

Am not sure whether that was simple bad taste or irony deficiency :confused: Please explain!?!

As i am a proud Australian Jew , yes i do find it rather ironic.

I hope this clears up your confusion.

michael

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE let's not start down the the path of religion.

Believe what you want about how we came to be here, but don't start on religion - it's killed almost as many threads as it has people.

Probably a good time to say lets keep politics and religion out of this place. Unless it is the Rotary Religion :) Or the CAR political party (Citizens Against Rice). I better stop there. My LS1 mates like to eat rice for dinner.

I am sure there are numerous forums for discussing all that stuff. Even ones for giving waitresses driving lessons.

So - new topic...

Punter did well in the Cricket, hey? The Aussies really played themselves back into that match in impressive fashion.

Wildcard and I did some interesting experiments with the RE Intake this afternoon. Look out for the results soon. He is out tonight doing some measured performance tests.

Cheers,
Hymee.

Performance tests postponed due to a little run-in with the boys (and lady) in blue. No fine (must have been L&L's mates) but I decided to put the rest of the testing on hold until they clear the playing field.

Wise descison. Where they out near the testing ground?

Not really. I was on a different road letting the ECU 'learn' the changes. However I think they were roaming everywhere looking for people to book.

Punter did do well in the cricket. I can't remember what he did in Adelaide, since I was sitting on the Hill watching the game. This involves sitting on the Hill not watching the game. But it does involve beach balls, beer, cheering, booing, beer cup snakes, more cheering and booing, and constantly walking that fine line between being entertained, and being thrown out.

Loungers .....

Now that its 2004 we really need to clean up .. the landlords inspection is due any week and who knows how we can run this forum if we get evicted ...

And on the topic of lousy money hungry policing ... last night I saw a radar with the 2 cops standing on the medium strip on the approaches to an 80 zone at 12.30 ... HAPPY NEW YEAR .. not!!!

What annoys me even more - on the 55km round trip I didn't see a single RBT unit ...

I know at my age I shouldn't be surprised but this is so useless .....

R

I'll clean the Bar up, and give the Grill a de-scale.

Dez - you can give the carpet a vacuum, and clean out the racks.

Kev - you can get all the crumbs out from under the seats.

Pepe & Timbo - you can check all the magazines and throw out any offensive material.

L&L - you can check with the bouncers, and also tidy up your action room. You need to throw all those balloons away.

And my mind is blank, so everyone else can volunteer for the other jobs!

Hymee

Good to see that your sense of humour is rotating well so early in 2004.

michael

I've made a lovely apple crumble from the remains under the lounge, it's the brown thing above the black thing in the fridge - help yourselves!

L&L, what's that on the balloons? Yeech!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

OH!!!

Have you seen the trailer to the new thunderbirds movie???

I've heard it looks good.

Got pulled over by the cops (again) yesterday pulling out of a Hungry Jacks carpark. I couldn't remember if it was a stop sign or a give way sign as I pulled out, but feared the worst, because I didn't make a complete stop. Turns out the police officer just wanted to take a look at the car as he is thinking about buying one! Asked me to pop the bonnet and everything. Nice guy, but nothing beats that sinking feeling when you see those lights in your mirror though.... I'm getting too old for this sh*t!

So he approved of the Hymee Exhaust??

Yep, he probably thought it was stock.

Hey Wildone .... maybe the true lesson is to avoid junk food ... hehehehe

Seriously - its a horrible feeling when you see those lights ....

Think of the positive thought - you now have at least one sympathetic officer who may be liberal in his/her view on our cars...

Originally posted by pricer01

Think of the positive thought - you now have at least one sympathetic officer who may be liberal in his/her view on our cars...

I hope you were nice to him and offered to give hime a drive!

No, but I would have given his partner a drive....

Originally posted by Wildcard
No, but I would have given his partner a drive....

Hmmm hmmm.

Dan .
I also have a weak spot for nice women in uniform , dated a police women for 3 months , nice but one tough bitch , with a nasty dissposition ,but one hell of a ride.

michael

Happy Birthday to Winning!

Cheers,
Hyme.

Guys

click on this and follow the instructions have a good laugh .

HYMEE hate to say this but this sounds miles better than your exhaust.

http://www.funny-funny-pictures.com/insanity/

It is actually the new Indian budget F1 teams engine sound.

Originally posted by Lock & Load
Guys

click on this and follow the instructions have a good laugh .

HYMEE hate to say this but this sounds miles better than your exhaust.

http://www.funny-funny-pictures.com/insanity/

I love it. I'm sure there's a couple of points where it could have transitioned into an interesting rendition of Blue Moon.

Here's the flash file if you want to keep it for posterity :)

(zipped of course, use "save as")

Belated Happy New Year!
One of the best Iv'e found.

http://nil.k-oil.ru/New_Year.swf

Happy Birthday mate!

Cheers,
Hymee.

Hey!

Yes - RX8 still in one piece despite all my efforts to date - I'm still alive and well and almost done with xmas and nye break, back in the office on Jan 12th ( rats ).

Managed to stay off line and net free ( mostly ) for what has almost been four weeks of holiday break. Intending to get roughly another 18 hours of like "down time" till monday morning.

Planning to be back with a vengance next week, so load your browsers!

Regards to all - have missed the banter et al but there's no substitute for time out with my dear wift, hard case 2 year old daughter, good food, books, and some time catching low dosages of radiation surrounded by silicone in fine grane and saline infused fluids.

Looking forward to catching up with the old faces, and meeting some newbies in a day or so - I can feel an all nighter post fest coming on!

Oh, I've got a dual pack HBNG in the garrage Rob, we should do a DND and I'll get yours to ya.

++dez;

ps: Mark / Rob - got your PM's and emails, thanks for checking up on this little duck, indeed I was most honoured to hear from y'all !! Nice to know people care * smile *

pps: got a laugh from the code coma kev.. thats sure to come soon, I'm planning a month off around March to rewrite major chuncks of http://WebSearch.COM.AU before it's 10th year anniversary hits the press.

Anyone up for a trip to space... only a cool $20M.... from a travel agency newsletter:

You’ll be over the moon

Now is the time to be a space tourist. Space Adventures are actively seeking a candidate from Australia to participate in an Orbital flight. The next mission SA-1 will be in 2005 and costs a tidy sum of US$20 million.

Hey, for $US48m, you can join the Hundred Mile High Club! Lock & Load?

http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8275323%255E13762,00.html

:D

Originally posted by timbo
Hey, for $US48m, you can join the Hundred Mile High Club! Lock & Load?

http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8275323%255E13762,00.html

:D

Hate to boast but i joined the:

" MILE HIGH CLUB "on a LAUDA AIR flight to Austria .

I must admit it did not last a hundred miles , but more like 5 minutes .

Cost :
A few drinks ,bit of grass (not the average garden type variety) and a few good jokes(.he he he)

Making out with a gorgeous Austrian flight attendant in the male loo at 3 am on the way to VIENNA thats the best a halve pissed overtired Aussie could do .

I am currently working on a springbrook mountain high adventure , if you want more details ask HYMEE. ha ha ha

Michael

On cue :D

<-- happy to report that floors and seats ( L&L, you eat too messily ) vacumed and racks and servers all rebooted and ups's all checked for cell erosion.. we're set for another year of full speed posting..

insults and salutations to one and all !!

--dez;

Dez - could that really be you?? After all this time!

Originally posted by Hymee
Dez - could that really be you?? After all this time!

If you know the character "The Eternal Emperor" from the 8 volume Sten space opera - well, there may be some doubt... Dez, are you the single source of AM2 in the entire universe??? Hmmm???

Hey Dez, isn't the last year's avatar?

Where's the --dez; ver. 04 graphics?

Mark, yea - and yes it's been too long - turns out being at the top of the shit pile can cause you to end up with a pile of shit [ to deal with ]. What I had hoped would be a quick re-entry to the office has taken just over a week - endless partner meetings, business planning, sales and marketing strategy sessions, yadda yadda.. I'd give up the chair if I thought I could trust the board to not sail too far south..

Kev, yea - avatar change time appraoching..

And as for "was I orphaned at 17, causing me to turn into a single minded, revenge-driven space-dreg who's been hounded by an Imperial covert team sent to investigate the Company that killed my parents, causing me to become a young thug the street assets consider a "local asset."

No.

But to prove my validity as the one and only copy of the Dez in the box [ schrodingers cat ], I'm please to report that the sqrt(12) is still:

3.464101615137754587054892683011744733885610507620 761256111613958903
8660338176000741622923735144971513

if you're wondering why I remeber the sqrt of 12 to bizarre numbers [ average of 100 or so ] decimal points, thats a long story..

but if you take an average desk calculator and enter 3.464101615 and the press X ( times ) twice ( to multiply it by itself ) and hit = ( equals ) you should get 12, but 99.999% of cheap calculators will give you a classic software rounding error and reply 11.99999999 or thereabouse..

the inane trivial and generally useless information should beyound any doubt prove I'm "the" one [ and not that interloping wife of mine! by the way ].

--dez;

Dez

Could tell you were back my emails replies had doubled from average as i began to open them , Dez dez dez dez dez and none other than whirlwind Dez.

I try and eat sushy pussy out as much as i can keeps house/lounge nice and tidy ,ha ha ha also great for rx8 stamina and libido.

michael

Dez,

Glad to see you're well read in the classics - hanging out for Deathstalker Return?

L&L:

I think there's a perfect aussie colloquialism that sum's it up.. "I dont' fuck about.." * grin *

as for you're sushi cat thing.. you're on your own there * laugh *

Kev:

one does what one can * smile * - I had to dig deep for that memory I can tell you now.

I've just finished a book called "Factoriing Humanity", a novel, well worth the read, a really neat mind bender near the last half - up there with Neuromancer et al - recomend you get it and read in one sitting.

As for Deathstalker - ah, Simon Green ( can never remeber his middle name ) - and fearless old Owen Deathstalker, a man who died to save the empire and humanity - what can you say to that!? nothing really.. retoric of course..

We have had an I AM IT vote, we should have an I AM BOOKWORM vote, i.e. (I read: a) spy novels, romance novels, sci-fi, et al )

Mark?

how do I start one 'o them votin thangs?

++dez;

When you post a new thread, you get the option to post a "Poll", and you get to select the options etc.

Hey Guys ....

I've just seen the Fed Ex truck pull up with the 250 copies of Wheels . Please move the old pizza boxes so we can get them in the lounge!!

Rob

PS - I'm not COTY obsessed !! .I'm not, really.!!!!!

Not half as excited as L&L was today when I was talking to him and the FedEx truck turned up. I had to hang up in fear he was about to loose it completely and make a mess.

Originally posted by Hymee
Not half as excited as L&L was today when I was talking to him and the FedEx truck turned up. I had to hang up in fear he was about to loose it completely and make a mess.


Yeah my stage1 kit arrived as i was on the phone to Hymee.

OOPS , whos going to clean up the mess , bring in the cleaners and the airozone, this lounge needs to be aired .

Hymee turn of the stereo TV and get of the internet we need to connect the stage1 tommorow , so get some sleep.

I'm NOT jealous I tell you, I'm NOT. I always SHOUT and STAMP my feet ... I'm NOT JEALOUS!!!

Kev, you'v turned a nasty hue of green?

* grin *

In view of recent events - not as green as I should have been...

I SHOULD CHECK MY LOTTO TICKET.

I know I did not win the first prize. ANyhow, I want money quick. I felt in love with a body kit.

Any yes, I still love my wife :p

To my utimate surprise that I did not even hit the powerball with 26 lines... anyhow.... I will keep dreaming

Steven Takahashi

Are you going to line me up with that cute bridsmaid of yours if we go out for dinner with Linda and her husband???????

michael

Hey which one... ? There were 3?

I take you are coming to Melbourne by yourself... should be fun then

Takahashi
By saying this :
I am Not insulting my lovely wife but you DONT take sandwiches to a French restaurant , or take Sand to a Beach. ha ha ha

Yes i will be coming on my own and you know the old saying:

" A Stiff Dick Has NO Conscience"

From memory the cutest bridesmaids nickname is "BANANAS", on the photo she is on the right , the smaller thinner one with the cute smile .

Looking forward to meeting you Linda has told me you are a NICE guy .

I will be arriving on the 17th of february staying for approximately 10 days of R & R.

cheers
michael

Originally posted by takahashi
Hey which one... ? There were 3?

I take you are coming to Melbourne by yourself... should be fun then

Sorry i made a mistake i though her nick name was banana , but she asked not to be called that .

Her name is Benvinda Dos Santos (SPANISH ORIGIN???????)as u may be aware i also speak Spanish and Hungarian.

Evelyn kwan is also very pretty .

Any way i will leave it in your capable hands , if you can organize it thats fine otherwise there will be 5 of us for dinner .he he he

Cheers

michael

my sister in law?!

IC.... she is ok... I think my wife is cuter. They are chinese with portguese names. Anyhow I don't think Benv like to come out that much. SHe is very oriental,,,, if you know what I mean.

I thought you want to date Cammy... she is the only one available there! Bad like

Takahashi

i WILL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU THERE MUST BE SOME NICE NURSES IN YOUR HOSPITAL , WHO WANT A FREE MEAL.HE HE HE

MICHAEL

takahashi

I assumed that the maid of honour Cammy TSAI would be married , heck if shes available she also seems nice and a physio to boot .

In my younger days i would go for girls purely on looks and their physical attributes now that i am older and some what wiser personality plays a much larger role , also if a girl has P.C.F .its definetely a bonus.

POSITIVE CASH FLOW (P.C.F.)

cheers
michael

Michael .... You must have spent too much time in the sun today .. a woman with PCF .... easier to pick the winning powerball numbers ... he he he

heheh....

Hey I am in a new job today. I have my own office. with my name on the bloody door. I am gun!

Taka

Takahashi

Man new car, new wife ,new job with your name on the door all you need now is 3 sons to carry on your family name .

Congratulations.

michael

So what is you new title?

Big Gun Taka?

They put his name on the door because he kept walking into the women's changing room by mistake :)

Survive the first day... went to 2 Post Mortem... nice stuff

Originally posted by takahashi
Survive the first day... went to 2 Post Mortem... nice stuff


So its true Doctors do bury their mistakes .

Or have u developed the martial art Death touch.

michael

I can see it now, takahashi's discount body parts...

Liver : 23 years old, one owner. Suit heavy drinker - $4,500.

...

Don't see it listed? Our Queensland office offers a custom supply service.

Hey Taka ... congrats ... but you know you have really hit the big time when your name is on the car space next to the lift!!!

Name on the building ... private helipad on roof ...

Learjet and whole campus to buzz with it...

Originally posted by takahashi
heheh....

Hey I am in a new job today. I have my own office. with my name on the bloody door. I am gun!

Taka

Congrats, I had to buy my job so I could get my name on the door...............

So what job is it?

I am in a path lab as a registrar. Nice job

Isn't that "pretend doctor" stuff?

A pathologist is a doctor by trade... know much more than a surgeon.

yeah but no patients.

Don't they have lab techo's doing all their work for them?

heheh.... That's why they train me up as a cut up slave in the next few years.

Taka,

I think some of the comment about your job are, uhmm - Pathetic. Hehehe

Cheers,
Hymee.

As a comedian you make a great moderator Hymee.

(Lucky I burnt my post count in a PROM)

Hehehe - I have to do this sometimes so you can remind people of that!

Not many job that you can be a professional (Pathologist) and a manager of a company (laboratory). I should do a MBA or some sort, shouldn't I?

MBAs .......

Whilst I completed a course of study to become a
Master of Business Administration , acAccording to my wife its
More Bloody Attitude !!

In that case, I'd suggest most RX8 owners are MBAs !!

more bloody attitude. i like that! :)

In the 10 car carpark out the back of my work are currently the following cars :

1 x new WRX Sti
1 x Lotus Elise circa 2001
1 x Rx8 (mine)
1 x red 350z
1 x Mercedes E55 AMG

and a commodore S, a Hyundai Excel, and a Mazda 2.

ehhh... that is good. I can see outside my windows are company's car. Of course there is no underground parking here so my 8 sits at home

Tonight, I would have to say, would be the busiest night I have witnessed on the Australian RX-8 forum.

Good work fellas!

Cheers,
Hymee.

Its so popular we might have to charge soon .. al to think there is no sign of Dez either!!

I thought Sco might have been abducted by the same beings who took Dez, but I saw he did post today :eek:

Have fun tonight guys and girls, I have to go write an address label for the lastest member dedicated to protecting their RX-8 from stone damage, Deano! Goodonyamate.

Cheers,
Hymee.

Originally posted by Hymee
I thought Sco might have been abducted by the same beings who took Dez, but I saw he did post today :eek:

He he. Been busy renovating... very busy indeed.. blinked and December and January disappeared.

I'm sure one day soon, I'll refresh this forum and there'll be 50 really old threads bumped to the top with a line of "Dez" down the right hand column and we'll know he's back ;)

Good on u guys... the new job is too slack. Thank god it is Friday ~~ ;)

L&L has been quiet lately.

Originally posted by Hymee
L&L has been quiet lately.


Shssss - don't wake him!

Maybe Yakuza got him?

Maybe he is busy with his injections.... Caverject?? ;)

Oh I think L&L may be in Melbourne?? :confused:

Originally posted by takahashi
Oh I think L&L may be in Melbourne?? :confused:

Who was it who said Doctor arent bright ????

Yes i am in Melbourne alive and kicking unfortunately i have been made aware of one good friend and one good aquantance that have passed away one aged 50 and one 53 life sometimes SUCKS .

"Youth is wasted on the young and money is wasted on the old" .

I am missing driving my 8 however i am going to test drive a rx8 as a would be buyer today .he he he , a man has to have fun , especially after hearing of death illhealth and divorce .

All my friends have done financially very well but have payed the price in their health and happiness , they are all very streessed and have become too serious for their own good .

cheers
michael

Michael,

Are you going to test drive one of the faster cloth pack models?? Hehehe.

Cheers,
Hymee.

I went for to test drive the Crossfire today... sucks. Agree Michael..

Watch out for the black RX-8 when you are test driving one Michael. i am a hoon! :D

Death & taxes -- inevitable! Still, it does hit you when you get a bit older and people you have known, young and vital, die suddenly and not from a drug overdose or accident.

Oops, embarrassing silence in The Lounge :eek:

Quick change of subject -- scrabbles for joke -- how about this:

HEADACHE

Joe was moderately successful in the career, but as he got older
he was increasingly hampered by incredible headaches. When his
personal hygiene and love life started to suffer, he sought
medical help. After being referred from one specialist to another,
he finally came across a doctor who solved the problem. "The good
news is I can cure your headaches. . ." "The bad news is that
it will require castration. You have a very rare condition which
causes your testicles to press up against the base of your spine.
The pressure creates one hell of a headache. The only way to
relieve the pressure is to remove the testicles." Joe was shocked
and depressed. He wondered if he had anything to live for. He
couldn't concentrate long enough to answer, but decided he had no
choice but to go under the knife. When he left the hospital, his
mind was clear, but he felt like he was missing an important part
of himself. As he walked down the street, he realized that he felt
like a different person. He could make a new beginning and live a
new life. He walked past a men's clothing store and thought,
"That's what I need: a new suit." He entered the shop and told the
salesman,"I'd like a new suit." The salesman eyed him briefly and
said, "Let's see. . .size 44 long." Joe laughed, "That's right,
how did you know?" "It's my job." Joe tried on the suit. It fit
perfectly. As Joe admired himself in the mirror, the salesman
asked, "How about a new shirt?" Joe thought for a moment and then
said, "Sure . . ." The salesman eyed Joe and said, "Let's see. .
.34 sleeve and . . . 16 and a half neck." Joe was surprised,
"That's right, how did you know?" "It's my job." Joe tried on the
shirt, and it fit perfectly. As Joe adjusted the collar in
the mirror, the salesman asked, "How about new shoes?" Joe was
on a roll and said, "Sure . . ." The salesman eyed Joe's feet and
said, "Let's see...9 and a half wide." Joe was astonished,
"That's right, how did you know?" "It's my job." Joe tried on the
shoes and they fit perfectly. Joe walked comfortably around
the shop and the salesman asked, "How about a new hat?" Without
hesitating, Joe said, "Sure . . ." The salesman eyed Joe's head and
said, "Let's see. . .7 5/8." Joe was incredulous, "That's right,
how did you know?" "It's my job." The hat fit perfectly. Joe was
feeling great, when the salesman asked, "How about some new
underwear?" Joe thought for a second and said, "Sure . . " The
salesman stepped back, eyed Joe's waist and said, "Let's see...
size 36." Joe laughed, "No, I've worn size 34 since I was 18
years old." The salesman shook his head, "You can't wear a size
34. It would press your testicles up against the base of your
spine and give you one hell of a headache."

^^^^^^^
ROFLMAO!

Hell - someone give me a cold drink! Fark it was hot today.

Have a look at the official BOM figures (below) for today.

It doesn't look easy to create a table here, but hopefully you can see it has been a hot day, without much breeze. Readings from 7:00am this morning (29.2) until 7:30pm (30.6) with a max. of 40.8 at 2:00. The ambient air temp. sensor went up to 44 in my car today.

Cheers,
Hymee.

Date Time
(AEST) Temp
(deg C) Dew point
(deg C) Rel Hum
(%) Wind dir Wind speed Wind gust Press
(hPa) Rain since 9am
(mm)
(km/h) (knots) (km/h) (knots)

21 19:30 30.6 25.9 76 NE 7 04 13 7 1001.9 0.0
21 19:00 30.9 26.0 75 NE 11 06 17 9 1001.5 0.0
21 18:30 31.4 25.5 71 NNE 13 07 20 11 1001.4 0.0
21 18:00 32.1 25.5 68 NNE 11 06 19 10 1001.2 0.0
21 17:30 33.4 25.2 62 NNE 9 05 17 9 1001.0 0.0
21 17:00 34.1 25.0 59 NE 13 07 17 9 1001.0 0.0
21 16:30 34.9 24.5 55 NNE 11 06 19 10 1001.2 0.0
21 16:00 35.6 24.6 53 NNE 13 07 24 13 1001.3 0.0
21 15:30 36.1 24.7 52 NNE 13 07 19 10 1001.6 0.0
21 15:00 36.6 25.1 52 ENE 13 07 19 10 1001.7 0.0
21 14:30 38.0 25.8 50 ENE 13 07 20 11 1002.0 0.0
21 14:00 40.8 22.3 35 W 9 05 19 10 1002.3 0.0
21 13:30 40.1 22.2 36 WSW 11 06 19 10 1002.8 0.0
21 13:00 39.5 22.1 37 SW 13 07 19 10 1003.3 0.0
21 12:30 38.8 21.9 38 WSW 15 08 22 12 1003.8 0.0
21 12:00 38.9 22.8 40 WSW 11 06 20 11 1004.2 0.0
21 11:30 37.9 21.1 38 W 15 08 22 12 1004.8 0.0
21 11:00 37.2 22.1 42 WSW 17 09 28 15 1005.3 0.0
21 10:30 36.2 24.5 51 S 6 03 9 5 1005.9 0.0
21 10:00 34.6 23.3 52 WNW 7 04 13 7 1006.3 0.0
21 09:30 34.0 24.0 56 W 6 03 9 5 1006.6 0.0
21 09:00 33.0 22.5 54 NNW 7 04 15 8 1006.7 0.0
21 08:30 32.3 23.0 58 NNE 7 04 11 6 1006.7 0.0
21 08:00 31.6 23.4 62 NNE 7 04 11 6 1006.9 0.0
21 07:30 30.2 22.7 64 N 6 03 9 5 1006.9 0.0
21 07:00 29.2 22.7 68 NNE 4 02 7 4 1006.8 0.0


I believe it was freaking hot in Sydney's as well.

Cheers,
Hymee.

The morning was warm, but a coastal breeze cooled it a bit - for those of us on the coast.

I have two lot's of sleeper overs tonight at our place ... 9 year old boys an 11 year old girls - things were never like this when I was a kid!!!

2 sleepovers ..... the Household of Kev is "STRESSVILLE, NSW"

If the noise and excitement gets you stressed I'd prescribe a quick trip to ... actually it don't matter where you go, coz going is the prescription to relieve the stress!!

We have a hangover of 10 y.o boys basballers still hanging around since the 10-30 game this morning ..call me a psychic but I can sense a sleepover in the making ... and the 13yo girl doesnt like it one bit!!

Still too fuggin' hot to sleep.

28.2 @ 91% (BNE airport). Yes - 91% humidity :eek:

Cheers,
Hymee.

40 predicted again today... 32 at 8 am

Two words: air condititioning

Another shocker - peak (not shown below) was 41.7 at 14:08

Columns below are:
Date Time (AEST)
Temp (deg C)
Dew point (deg C)
Rel Hum (%)
Wind dir
Wind speed
Wind gust
Press (hPa)
Rain since 9am (mm)

22 16:00 35.7 24.9 54 NNE 15 08 28 15 1000.5 0.0
22 15:30 37.0 24.2 48 NNE 11 06 20 11 1000.6 0.0
22 15:00 37.9 24.3 46 NE 17 09 24 13 1000.7 0.0
22 14:30 38.2 24.9 47 ENE 17 09 24 13 1000.8 0.0
22 14:00 40.9 19.9 30 S 11 06 24 13 1000.8 0.0
22 13:30 41.1 20.6 31 SW 11 06 22 12 1001.3 0.0
22 13:00 40.8 20.3 31 SW 11 06 20 11 1001.7 0.0
22 12:30 39.6 20.3 33 W 15 08 26 14 1002.1 0.0
22 12:00 38.8 19.6 33 W 19 10 30 16 1002.5 0.0
22 11:30 38.4 19.8 34 W 17 09 26 14 1002.7 0.0
22 11:00 38.1 20.9 37 WSW 13 07 22 12 1002.9 0.0
22 10:30 37.1 20.0 37 W 19 10 26 14 1003.1 0.0
22 10:00 37.7 20.5 37 W 13 07 24 13 1003.3 0.0
22 09:30 36.8 20.1 38 W 15 08 22 12 1003.2 0.0
22 09:00 35.8 19.7 39 W 15 08 30 16 1003.3 0.0
22 08:30 34.4 22.1 49 WNW 7 04 9 5 1003.5 0.0
22 08:00 33.1 24.0 59 N 4 02 9 5 1003.4 0.0
22 07:30 31.5 23.3 62 NNE 6 03 9 5 1003.4 0.0
22 07:00 31.2 23.8 65 N 4 02 7 4 1003.2 0.0
22 06:30 29.8 24.9 75 CALM 6 3 1003.1 0.0
22 06:00 28.6 24.8 80 NNE 4 02 9 5 1002.8 0.0
22 05:30 28.6 24.8 80 NNE 4 02 9 5 1002.5 0.0
22 05:00 28.1 24.8 82 CALM - - 1002.3 0.0
22 04:30 28.8 24.8 79 N 4 02 11 6 1002.0 0.0
22 04:00 28.8 25.2 81 NNE 2 01 7 4 1001.8 0.0
22 03:30 28.7 25.6 83 N 6 03 9 5 1001.8 0.0
22 03:00 28.5 25.7 85 CALM - - 1001.9 0.0
22 02:30 28.9 26.1 85 CALM - - 1001.9 0.0
22 02:00 28.9 26.4 86 ENE 6 03 7 4 1002.0 0.0
22 01:30 29.0 26.4 86 CALM - - 1002.1 0.0
22 01:00 29.3 26.9 87 NE 7 04 9 5 1002.2 0.0
22 00:30 29.4 26.8 86 ENE 6 03 7 4 1002.8 0.0
22 00:00 29.6 26.6 84 ENE 7 04 9 5 1002.8 0.0

Here, pass Hymee & sco these ice cold XXXXs ;)

Bundy & coke, Dark & Stormy's or JD and Coke's thanks guys.

I just drank a jug of water, now it is pouring out my skin on to the floor - but won't evaporate & cool me off...

So anything stong with icy coke will do huh?

... and I thought you were a martini kinda guy!

Hey Kev ... how was the sleep over .....

Dark and Stormy's don't have any Coke.

Sleepover?

Boys crashed in a tent in the back garden by 1:30am
Girls still watching movies and playing guitar (badly) at 3:30am

I cycled ~100k today and I'm certain I was asleep for half of it!

----

OK, I'll bite - what's in a dark and stormy?

I'm a Queenslander who can spell BEER, so no XXXX for me... but thanks for the offer. Stella, Corona, Boags sound good to me. Did my dash on Bundaberg Rum as a teenager... so no D&S's or Bundy and coke for me.

Storm just passed through, wiped out the heat, but now we have humidity. Note to self - Self, retire to Hobart. Mt Wellington got 2 degrees minimum the other day. Some nice roads for the '8 too. Will be well and truly a collectors item by then.. .and probably had a hydrogen conversion.

Kev - Pour me a dark and stormy, mate - that is Bundy Rum and Ginger Beer.

Mmmm

Cheers,
Hymee.

Originally posted by Kev
Sleepover?

Boys crashed in a tent in the back garden by 1:30am
Girls still watching movies and playing guitar (badly) at 3:30am


I have three boys -- the youngest is 18. When they have sleepovers I get earplugs. And then try to look cool when young lady appears in morning. This is easy where I have previously met same, but sometimes …! :cool: :eek:

Hello Mr Co**ay...

Gomez.

That's what not having your car yet does to you -- too much time searching the web trying to solve trivia quizs. Hymee, hand the man a banana :D

NO,NO,NO...Dont change it now...ARRRRRRGH...

Embrace the change! :eek:

Its either Oscar Wilde or Alfred E Neuman....:D

Gomez

Guys yes i am back in the land of the RX8 .

For those that are interested we are at 7971 current members on the forum , cant help but wonder who the 8000 member will be .

Hymee i heard you are thinking of re-joining in order to be the 8000th member .( i personally would like to be the 8888th member .ha ha ha)

cheers
michael

How would you know you are the 8000th... is there a special gift?

Originally posted by Gomez
Its either Oscar Wilde or Alfred E Neuman....:D

Gomez

Nup! :p

Guys this should put a smile on your faces , since i havent been posting of late things have been very prim and proper, however things are about to change ha ha ha

Enjoy
michael

TWO GAY GUYS SIT AND TALK IDLY TO EACH OTHER ON A PARK BENCH.

================================================== ========

Hello:



HI:



What’s your name?



DANNY DUNLOP… AND YOURS?



Garry Goodyear.



HOW ARE YOU?



Tired.



OH WHEELY?



Yes, I just seem to be going round in circles all the time.



ME TOO. IT’S LIKE BURNING RUBBER ALL DAY LONG.



Yes I know what you mean, I was told to tread lightly today. I have weak walls

with a high temperature. All round sickly.



I’M FEELING SO DEFLATED.

THIS MORNING I HAD A BAD CASE OF FLATULENCE, YOU KNOW, TOO MUCH AIR…

HAVING TO RUN YOU KNOW WHERE AND STEER AT THAT DAMN RIM ALL MORNING.



Oh yes, I know, having to keep a low profile…makes you sick.



Got a girl friend??



YES I HAVE, SHE’S A BIT OF A CROSS PLY, BUT WITH A GREAT BODY STATISTIC.

15 HR 75 SP FROM YOKOHAMA



WOW!! Can she Hancook?



YOU BET SHE CAN, TROUBLE IS, SHE HAS THESE BURN-OUTS AND FLATSPOTS

HERSELF INTO A SPIN. GOES WHEELY NUTS OVER NOTHING WHILE I HAVE TO LISTEN TO HER RANT AND RADIAL ALL DAY LONG.



I have this friend of mine, Pete Pirelli, bit of a hubcap but he’s A1 if you know what

I mean. He used to go out with Michelin, do you know her, the sort with the big hoola hoops.





OH YES, SHE HAD A GRIP ON KELLY SPRINGFIELD, A REAL RETREAD…

BIT OF GOER … HIGH PROFILE TYPE.



Yes that’s her, a real spare.

She spoke to me the other day you know…



OH WHEELY!!!! WHAT’S THE SQUEAL THIS TIME?



Get outta my way - bloody Volvo driver!!!



OOW, HOW VULCANISING.



Likes to hug the road. Not a patch on the others though.



SHE STOPPED ME DEAD IN MY TRACKS, BROUGHT ME TO SCREECHING HALT.



How deflamatory can you get. I don’t think I will last the distance with her.

I prefer your type, you know, Bob Jane T-Mart type, that adds Firestone to a simple

Beaurepaire like me.





OOH WELL, MUST TAKE OFF NOW.

SEE YOU LATER, HAVE A GOODYEAR.



Ok Danny, just watch out for the Bridgestone ahead.

Don’t want to recap yourself do you.

Michael,

I was gunna say, post it yourself, just don't put anything offensive in there....

I well. Looks like I f@cked up :)

Cheers,
Hymee.

ME, OFFENSIVE ???

You smell ... is that what he meant?? :D

How 'bout this one:

From Der Spiegel, 02/03/2004

PADERBORN, GERMANY Overzealous zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt fed his constipated elephant Stefan, 22 doses of animal laxative and more than a bushel of berries, figs and prunes before the plugged-up pachyderm finally let it fly, and suffocated the keeper under 200 pounds of poop! Investigators say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give the ailing elephant an olive oil enema when the relieved beast unloaded on him. "The sheer force of the elephant's unexpected defecation knocked Mr. Riesfeldt to the ground, where he struck his head on a rock and lay unconscious as the elephant continued to evacuate his bowels on top of him" said flabbergasted Paderborn police detective Erik Dern. 'with no one there to help him, he lay under all that dung for at least an hour before a watchman came along, and during that time he suffocated. It seems to be just one of those freak accidents where "s**t happens."

ROFLMAO :D Darwin Award?

Hmm... just checked the Der Spiegel archives, couldn't find it (es war nicht zu finden). Another urban legend in the making?

A fter reading Hymees Shitty Elephant story i thought id add this more humourous joke .
enjoy .

enjoy , a laugh a day keeps the doctor away .

Never cheat on a woman that can fly .

ROFLMAO! :D :D

Just got a phone call from a girl I work with. I've been hassling her to get rid of the 1985 Lancer that she owns, and upgrade to a Mazda 3 or similar. Her and boyfriend have been umming and aaahing about getting the 3 - considering it a lot of money to pay cash for.

So, content of phone call is summarised as :

They bought a black leather pack RX8 instead.

Justified by the fact it will be financed, and not a $25k cash
outlay for the 3.

Bit of a leap - 1.5 ltr Lancer to a 1.3 ltr Wankel.

Has anyone seen the area in the vendors forum for good guy / bad guy reports?

(He said expectantly ;) )

Cheers,
Hymee.

I thought I saw a complaint about Hymee from the condenser manufacturer's association :p

Hehehe. I hope they buy me out!

A nod is as good as a wink! Hey, where is the 'nod' smiley? :confused:

Guys check this out. My friend from Melbourne who owns C.O.M.E Racing (Chev Off-Road Marine Engines) has just sent me some photos of his race day at Calder. He's using a 383CI COME Engine, his best time at Calder:

156 mph (251.6 km/h) in 8.59 seconds

Hymee these are the times you used to get in your car isn't it. Hahahaha.

Back in the 1970's Izzy and his brother Sam were already using Nitrous Oxide, Turbos and Superchargers on your basic Torana, Monaro etc. They currently operate an engineering racing workshop in Melbourne. Iv'e attached these photos for your enjoyment.

Guess what he has also chosen the best colour for a car... yellow!

Next.

Last.

Hmm , saw two good RED cars win by a comfortable margin at the Grand Prix today :D

Hehehe.

I like the changes wrt to reliablity, and no launch control. I would like it if they had not TC as well.

Those GP cars brake at an amazing 5G!!! The top fuelers accelerate at an even more amazing 8G!

Cheers,
Hymee.

And rotars can launch pretty well too:

http://www.fullboost.com.au/racing/dragmeets/2004/willow_04_dc/willow_04_dc_036b.jpg

Cheers,
Hymee.

even yellow MX5's can launch well too...................even into walls on landing :(