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GreenMachine · 31-07-2005, 10:08 PM

Well, I just got back from a flying visit to Veeeectoria... Had a bloody good time, too. A few observations:

- It's too cold. It's ok though - I've identified the problem. Too close to Antarctica.
- Jetstar planes are better than QANTAS. Go figure!
- The Anti-Fun Types at Avalon don't appreciate it when you light up walking down the steps out of the plane... Something about aviation fuel...
- Greg the bus driver at Avalon Bus Services is a champion bloke - thanks for the tour of Geelong!
- McDonalds tastes the same everywhere.
- Geelong is full of nice old cars. I can't help but like a place where I saw 4 nice ZA-ZC Fairlanes in the space of 20 minutes.
- The bogans in Geelong will need to find a new source of bummed ciggies now that I'm gone.
- Smciner1's idea of "yeah, 30 minutes mate" apparently refers to some paralell universe that I'm not familiar with.
- Traffic lights in Geelong flash yellow three times before going green - Apparently to improve motorist's 60ft times at Calder...
- Shane's GT is nice, but Not Nearly Loud Enough (tm)...

I was also mildly surprised that all you Victorians whingeing about the Police State down there actually had a valid point. I read several letters to the editor in the Sunday Herald Sun to the effect that speeding was the sole cause of accidents. Every 15 seconds, we were urged to "Wipe Off Five"...

I found this particularly offensive because the "Ring Road" (I was dying to see the Ring Road - I've always had this vision of a road going straight up a massive ********...) is better than 90% of Queensland's Bruce Highway, and the limit seems to vary between 80 and 90... Go figure...

So anyways - thanks Shane for your awesome hospitality - I'll be back!

Feathers · 31-07-2005, 10:12 PM

Because of the stupid Victorian weather I've gone through 2 boxes of tissues in the last 24 hours.

But at least you had steps to get off your plane at Avalon.
Last weekend we had to wait 35 minutes for the plane in front to move before we could exit.

blue fairy · 31-07-2005, 10:18 PM

Glad you had fun Nicksan. 2 months until I crash at Smciner1's as well.
Hopefully the weather by then will be warmer!

paul7v7 · 31-07-2005, 11:04 PM

bah the weather isn't that bad down here, you qld folk are just soft ;)

AdzT3-146 · 31-07-2005, 11:18 PM

i agree, the best weekend we've had for a while me thinks.

The MaDDeSTMaN · 01-08-2005, 01:14 AM

Hehehe, you think Melbourne is cold, its nice and warm compared to where I was when I was much younger - near Mansfield, in the high country where the snow fields are! We used to have a good laugh at all the tourists coming up to see the snow and being completely unprepared for just how COLD and WET the snowfields are, hahaha!

Anyway, glad you enjoyed your trip to Victoria

smciner1 · 01-08-2005, 02:40 PM

What can I say. To quote someone: I Had a Blast (tm)!

Thirty Minutes (tm) included doing a bit of shopping for a trip to Adealide that weekend, going home, swapping the XR6 for the GT, putting fuel in said vehicle, negotiating Friday Afternoon Traffic (tm) to find some lost Bogan (tm) getting smokes bummed off him by 15 yo Mini-Bogans (tm) out front of Maccas in town. Oh, and someone is still a little peeved they didn't get a ride in the GT.

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Radio Birdman (tm) was certainly an experience, atleast we had the Dress Code (tm) right, Black from Head to Toe (tm). By the way, love the Radio Birdman Moo-Moo (tm) you purchased, you still need to grow into it.

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I still find it hard to believe the Green Machine (tm) is louder (tm).

whiskieboy · 01-08-2005, 06:42 PM

You stayed with smciner1 and are still alive and well to talk about it!!! wow didnt you need to have shots or anything.......WOW! Shane you must have been tidying up for a month, and to think you were just around the corner and didnt say hello, he,he,he.
I hope you guys had a really good time and no its not cold down here this winter its actually pretty mild.

out:

347_XR8 · 01-08-2005, 08:22 PM

Yeah i agree with the maddestman and everyone else, ya think melb is cold try going out 30minutes in any direction and if u don't live out there you will get a cold.
Good to hear ya had a good time in good ol' vic

Feathers · 01-08-2005, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Lukey_XF

Yeah i agree with the maddestman and everyone else, ya think melb is cold try going out 30minutes in any direction and if u don't live out there you will get a cold.

Well that piece of information would have been useful before last weekend.

Laminge · 01-08-2005, 08:30 PM

You ****, didnt even let on you where down here, no wonder Shane locks the door when he has people around!

The MaDDeSTMaN · 01-08-2005, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Feathers

Well that piece of information would have been useful before last weekend.

I don't remember anyone asking, but I probably just didn't see the thread about it. :hihi:

MO · 01-08-2005, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Laminge

You ****, didnt even let on you where down here, no wonder Shane locks the door when he has people around!

Locks the door eehhh...sounds interesting..an orgy maybe????

GreenMachine · 01-08-2005, 08:56 PM

WHOA!!! I was pretty drunk, but Shane's just not my type...!

I have an excellent excuse for not letting anyone know I was down:

Friday

10:15am: Crawl out of bed, get dressed, leave house.
10:16am: Check letterbox. Find ticket to Radio Birdman concert in Geelong that night.
10:17am: Chuckle, say "bastards!", leave house.
11:20am: Start thinking that it'd be pretty cool to see Radio Birdman
11:25am: Call Jetstar
11:26am: Jetstar has a flight leaving at 12:45.
11:26am: Panic.

and then all of a sudden I'm at the Macca's in Geelong waiting for Shane to pick me up...!

GreenMachine · 01-08-2005, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by whiskieboy

You stayed with smciner1 and are still alive and well to talk about it!!! wow didnt you need to have shots or anything.......WOW! Shane you must have been tidying up for a month,

He must've given the place a pretty thorough cleanup - car mags, model cars and XB falcon bumper bars only covered about 80% of available floorspace...!

MO · 01-08-2005, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenMachine

He must've given the place a pretty thorough cleanup - car mags, model cars and XB falcon bumper bars only covered about 80% of available floorspace...!

Hey nothing wrong with that a real pad!

whiskieboy · 01-08-2005, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenMachine

He must've given the place a pretty thorough cleanup - car mags, model cars and XB falcon bumper bars only covered about 80% of available floorspace...!

ONLY 80% WOW he must like you, what about all the pizza boxes with the dots(tm). Fill up GT drive into town, Fill up GT drive home again, Fill up GT drive to work, Fill up GT drive home again......ha,ha.

belz82 · 02-08-2005, 07:31 PM

don't worry Nick, a few more visits [and cold showers] and you might be tough enough to handle our weather :P

oh, and if you're nice enough, next time i'll show you the rest of the Ring Road... not just some of it

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belz82 · 02-08-2005, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by smciner1

Oh, and someone is still a little peeved they didn't get a ride in the GT.

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meh

i'm over it :P

rodderz · 02-08-2005, 07:47 PM

lmao...Green Machine your 1st post is just about spot on....

My g/f's clan is from the sunshine state and their observations were almost identical when they came down here!

I bet you found us Victorian drivers are very patient too...lol

347_XR8 · 02-08-2005, 08:00 PM

Yeah very patient, i must have an invisible sticker on the back of my cay that only other motorist can read. It must say "Get as close as you can and tailgate me, i like it!"

belz82 · 02-08-2005, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Lukey_XF

Yeah very patient, i must have an invisible sticker on the back of my cay that only other motorist can read. It must say "Get as close as you can and tailgate me, i like it!"

so i'm not the only one who's noticed that?? i find a mighty tap on the brake pedal helps fix that... and if not, they'll generally try and run you off the road... as has happened in the past :P

and as for Shane's hospitality Nick? who dumped your *** and left me to drive you around? and keep you company in the pub? hmmm? lol

:P

Hawk · 03-08-2005, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenMachine

A few observations:

- It's too cold. It's ok though - I've identified the problem. Too close to Antarctica.

Bah. Soft. Victoria has lovely weather...where else can you experience it so much in just one day!

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenMachine

- Jetstar planes are better than QANTAS. Go figure!

Egad! Are you kidding? From what I have heard Jetstar is effectively Bogan air (tm)...although I suppose that doesn't mean the planes aren't good...

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Originally Posted by GreenMachine

- McDonalds tastes the same everywhere.

You came all the way down to Victoria to go to maccas?!!!!!???!! Why?!?!?!

You should have tried one of our 50 million Cafes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenMachine

- Smciner1's idea of "yeah, 30 minutes mate" apparently refers to some paralell universe that I'm not familiar with.

This one is a given. Surely when you met Shane you must have realised everything about him refers to a parallel universe. :P

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenMachine

I found this particularly offensive because the "Ring Road" (I was dying to see the Ring Road - I've always had this vision of a road going straight up a massive ********...) is better than 90% of Queensland's Bruce Highway, and the limit seems to vary between 80 and 90... Go figure...

Would totally believe that. Your mind works in mysterious ways...a giant ********!!! We aren't that mental down here...although we did elect Steve Bracks....

smciner1 · 03-08-2005, 05:16 PM

[QUOTE=Hawk
Egad! Are you kidding? From what I have heard Jetstar is effectively Bogan air (tm)...although I suppose that doesn't mean the planes aren't good...
[/QUOTE]

You haven't met Nick yet have you? He is a Poster Child (tm) for Bogans (tm) everywhere.

:evilsasmo

Perana · 03-08-2005, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenMachine

- Smciner1's idea of "yeah, 30 minutes mate" apparently refers to some paralell universe that I'm not familiar with.

Sounds a bit like Shanes idea of "Ill be there around 3 or 4pm" Turns up at 9.30 :P

smciner1 · 03-08-2005, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Perana XR8

Sounds a bit like Shanes idea of "Ill be there around 3 or 4pm" Turns up at 9.30 :P

yeh well, I got Held Up (tm) with an Unexpected Visitor (tm).

GreenMachine · 03-08-2005, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smciner1

You haven't met Nick yet have you? He is a Poster Child (tm) for Bogans (tm) everywhere.

:evilsasmo

I resemble that remark!

smciner1 · 03-08-2005, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenMachine

I resemble that remark!

Yes, yes you do.

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blue fairy · 03-08-2005, 06:13 PM

Gosh, I can harldy wait for my trip to Melb.

Why am I not surprised to hear that Nick managed to end up in a pub?

Bogan Pinup Boi (tm)