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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Pondered whether I should post these, but then I tought 'bugger it!'. Inspired by Jeff's religion post

Some pictures of a recent 4wd trip I went on. Heaps of fun.

Take a look & post yer own.

Pic 1: Me in drivers seat, with back seat matey Damian.
http://solareclipse.net/Channel/p1.jpg

Pic 2: A view of the bunyip state forest. Albeit of one valley only. There's a nasty track on the left had side which we had to conquer.
http://solareclipse.net/Channel/p2.jpg

Pic 3: A rather nasty bog hole. Me & my pajero conquering it.
http://solareclipse.net/Channel/p3.jpg

Pic 4: My friend Leeham had his Toyoto landcruiser stuck in a bog. Totally buried, up to the bumpers (he's got a 2inch lift kit on, so that's a DEEP hole).
http://solareclipse.net/Channel/p4.jpg

Pic 5: Same bog, different view.
http://solareclipse.net/Channel/p5.jpg

Pic 6: It's nice & green. Gee I love the Australian desert.
http://solareclipse.net/Channel/p6.jpg

Pic 7: Giving Leeham encouragement for getting stuck.
http://solareclipse.net/Channel/p7.jpg

Pic 8: Turning the car on a steep hill, and running out of articulation whilst doing it. Oh yeah, I was sticking out my tongue to guage air temp..or something.
http://solareclipse.net/Channel/p8.jpg

Pic 9: Leehams cruiser coming through a bog which I'd just done.
http://solareclipse.net/Channel/p9.jpg

Some vehicle specs may be in order for those who care:

Mistubishi Pajero 1990, GLS.
3.0 L V6
Full HI/Lo capability (1.9/1, low / high)
Front / Rear LSD
All Terrain Tyres

Psychotic driver.

Nuff said.

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Re: Russia in WWII

"Hey, we butchered Poles! Thats OK."
- DT.

[This message has been edited by Daryus Aden (edited May 01, 2001).]

Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

Yeah, my parents had a Shogun (or Pajero as they're known to everyone else) when they lived in Pakistan. They loved it.

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"It strikes me that there are enough episodes of the Simpsons that people could speak entirely in Simpsonese, using references from the show to explain or describe an endless series of situations. Nelson and Apu . . . at Tinagra.

But now I�ve brought Star Trek into it again, haven�t I. Sorry."

- James Lileks, 09/04/2001

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

It's not a Jeep, that Pajero.

But methinks it's got the spirit of a Jeep. Too bad you can't take the doors off

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"Oh, yes, screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!"
-Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001
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"I think this reason why girls don't do well on multiple choice tests goes all the way back to the Bible, all the way back to Genesis, Adam and Eve. God said, 'All right, Eve, multiple choice or multiple orgasms, what's it going to be?' We all know what was chosen" - Rush Limbaugh, Feb. 23, 1994.

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

So that's why people say Daryus looks like Jeff Goldblum...

And, yes, this is, in fact, the first time I've seen a picture of him. Someone left me out of the loop in the past, apparently...

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"Although, from what I understand, having travelled around the Mid-west quite a bit, apparently Jesus is coming, so I guess the choice now is we should decide whether we should spit or swallow."
-Maynard James Keenan

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

Methinks that first picture is primo capcom material...

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"I�ll never fall in the arms of someone sincere
I fall just the same
And like before, it's just too hard."
---Kim Leaman, "Sincere"

Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

Or prime "Interrogation" material.

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In this crazy world of lemons, baby...you're lemonade!

Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

That forest pic, #2, looks much like the area I live in.

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Witty Remark

Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :

Actually, the Mitsubishi Pajero is known as the Mitsubishi Montero in America.

At least you're not trying this with a Pajero Mini...then I'd be forced to laugh.

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"No, 3 & 6 are mandatory, so you only have to do them if you want"

Alex, fellow classmate, trying to explain an assignment (2/2/01)

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

My first music teacher was named Victor Montero. Hmmm...

Where lies Bunyip, pray tell? I heard the name in "Charmed" but it didn't help. I love the word...

My next movie, "Take me to Bunyip!"

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Don't kill me, I'm charming!

Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

JeffK: Speaking of Jeeps, we (as in my erstwhile family) just recently got a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Grand Laredo. Cost? $28,000 bucks.

She's a beauty. So, we know about "It's a Jeep thing" here.

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In this crazy world of lemons, baby...you're lemonade!

Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

THAT's Daryus? Not at all how I imagined.

So let me get this straight. My future White House chief of staff is an Indian-Australian bartender that looks like Jeff Goldbloom?

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"How do you define fool?"
"I don't attempt it. I wait for demonstrations. They inevitably surpass my imagination."
- CJ Cherryh, Invader

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Actually, I was expectin' a white dude with a "Mic Dundee" hat myself.

Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Hmm, that was rather a big smile. Yes, that's me. Now a Pajero mini would be interesting, with a big set of tyres and some diff lockers it would do it. Though not with the same charisma. Speaking of which, the spirit of Jeep is holy. But if anyone mentions the word grandaddy...I'll be peeved.

This Jeff Golblum thing...are you sure? I'm nowhere near as lanky!

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Re: Russia in WWII

"Hey, we butchered Poles! Thats OK."
- DT.

Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

I should borrow my uncle's four-wheel-drive Chevette sometime and go for a spin... (you heard me - four-wheel-drive Chevette

)

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"Of course I'm paranoid! Everyone's trying to kill me."
- Weyoun, "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River"

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Daryus: It's just the face. And not even that, so much. I never would have thought of it if I hadn't heard others say it before.

Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

The whole Jeff-lookalike thing stems from a school portrait he once posted, in which there was no doubt - he IS Mr. Goldblum. The resemblance has decreased, but it's still there.

Tell me, D, while you were in the 4x4, you didn't spend a lot of time staring at ripples in a cup of water? Or sitting in the back saying "must go faster, must go faster!" 8)

But now I�ve brought Star Trek into it again, haven�t I. Sorry."

- James Lileks, 09/04/2001

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

"Leeham"?

"LEEHAM"!?

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You know, when Comedy Central asked us to do a Thanksgiving episode, the first thought that went through my mind was, "Boy, I'd like to have sex with Jennifer Aniston."
-Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park

Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

Yes. For shame. They were so intent on finding out whether they COULD create a Lee-Liam hybrid, they never stopped to ask themselves whether they SHOULD. 8)

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Phasers

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Condoms!
No-no, if I were to devote the rest of my natural life producing condoms, so that no spawn of Lee and Liam could exist, you would praise me!

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Don't kill me, I'm charming!

Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

I was thinking the same thing. "LEEHAM?!"

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Yes, well. That's how he spells it.

We're planning another 4 day trip to an area about 4 hours east of here. Called Donally Creek. Its in the Victoria alps. So the weather will be F*ucking cold. And the traction minimal. Still....its all in good muck.

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Re: Russia in WWII

"Hey, we butchered Poles! Thats OK."
- DT.

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Can I come?

JEEP!

Grandaddy of 4x4 vehicles everywhere...

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"I think this reason why girls don't do well on multiple choice tests goes all the way back to the Bible, all the way back to Genesis, Adam and Eve. God said, 'All right, Eve, multiple choice or multiple orgasms, what's it going to be?' We all know what was chosen" - Rush Limbaugh, Feb. 23, 1994.

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

Yeah, but you don't even own a REAL Jeep, so shut it, right?

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"I�ll never fall in the arms of someone sincere
I fall just the same
And like before, it's just too hard."
---Kim Leaman, "Sincere"

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Not a Willy, if that's what you mean ...

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-Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001
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"I think this reason why girls don't do well on multiple choice tests goes all the way back to the Bible, all the way back to Genesis, Adam and Eve. God said, 'All right, Eve, multiple choice or multiple orgasms, what's it going to be?' We all know what was chosen" - Rush Limbaugh, Feb. 23, 1994.

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Daryus: "F*ucking"? Usually, if you're going to censor something, you're supposed to actually leave something out. :-)

Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

isn't offroading bad for the environment?

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The government that seems the most unwise, oft goodness to the people best supplies. That which is meddling, touching everything, will work but ill, and disappointment bring. - The Tao Te Ching

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Not any more so than camping. Pack out your garbage, try not to run over any animals or foliage, and you're set.

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-Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001
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"I think this reason why girls don't do well on multiple choice tests goes all the way back to the Bible, all the way back to Genesis, Adam and Eve. God said, 'All right, Eve, multiple choice or multiple orgasms, what's it going to be?' We all know what was chosen" - Rush Limbaugh, Feb. 23, 1994.

Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :

Based on these screenshots and an advanced persepctive analysis, I believe that car is exactly 120m long

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

And it's got five decks, to boot.

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-Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001
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"I think this reason why girls don't do well on multiple choice tests goes all the way back to the Bible, all the way back to Genesis, Adam and Eve. God said, 'All right, Eve, multiple choice or multiple orgasms, what's it going to be?' We all know what was chosen" - Rush Limbaugh, Feb. 23, 1994.

Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

It must be a tight fit at any rate.

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

And if you are wondering...there IS a dorsal phaser strip.

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Re: Russia in WWII

"Hey, we butchered Poles! Thats OK."
- DT.

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

I thought those were window heaters... On the jeep too.

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Don't kill me, I'm charming!

Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Yes, well.

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Re: Russia in WWII

"Hey, we butchered Poles! Thats OK."
- DT.

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Aah, Kirk old friend, it's very cold in space...

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Don't kill me, I'm charming!

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

I want a dorsal phaser strip on my Jeep too!

And a quantum torpedo launcher, also.

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-Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001
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Card-Carrying Member of the Flare APAO
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"I think this reason why girls don't do well on multiple choice tests goes all the way back to the Bible, all the way back to Genesis, Adam and Eve. God said, 'All right, Eve, multiple choice or multiple orgasms, what's it going to be?' We all know what was chosen" - Rush Limbaugh, Feb. 23, 1994.

Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Jeff - no worries. Like an eat in curry place in the back of it too?

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Re: Russia in WWII

"Hey, we butchered Poles! Thats OK."
- DT.

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

I'd rather a beer keg, methinks

Speaking of which, I got pulled over last night while working by a cop who, apparently, was so f***ing bored, he yelled at me for having my highbeams on. They weren't ... he yelled at me for having my headlights aimed too high.

::sigh::

I guess it's good to live in an area where the cops are so bored.

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"Oh, yes, screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!"
-Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001
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Card-Carrying Member of the Flare APAO
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"I think this reason why girls don't do well on multiple choice tests goes all the way back to the Bible, all the way back to Genesis, Adam and Eve. God said, 'All right, Eve, multiple choice or multiple orgasms, what's it going to be?' We all know what was chosen" - Rush Limbaugh, Feb. 23, 1994.

Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Did you tell him a joke? Most cops I know love a dirty joke. That would have saved ya

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Re: Russia in WWII

"Hey, we butchered Poles! Thats OK."
- DT.

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

No, although I did consider telling him he was a fuckin' moron ...

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

That's a slightly more dangerous thing to say.

Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

That would have got a giggle, I'm sure. ;0

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Re: Russia in WWII

"Hey, we butchered Poles! Thats OK."
- DT.

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

And a ticket, no doubt.

I did throw a pizza at the asshole driving down York Rd. with his lights off at midnight though. That was fun.

Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

How could you waste a pizza like that? I hope it wasn't pepperoni and sausage or I'd have to kill ya.

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

"Large Pepperoni, extra cheese."
How I hate that clich�.
My current favourite pizza, although it's been a while, has jalap�no, green chili, garlic sauce, artichoke, mushrooms, onions, fillet of beef and sourcream on it. I like to eat pizza, not a big cheese sandwich.

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"Babies haven't any hair;
old men's heads are just as bare;
between the cradle and the grave
lies a haircut and a shave."

Samuel Hoffenstein

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

It was a small works. The bitch wasn't home (who the fuck orders pizza when they're not home?), so it got tossed at some a-hole driving down the road with no regard for the lanes and an apparent ignorance to what "headlights" are.

But it did have pepperoni and sausage on it. And mushroom, green pepper, onion, ham and black olives, too.

Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

*brings the conversation kicking and screaming back on subject*

Daryus, that first picture if the most amazingly frightening thing I've seen in a long time. *o_O*

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"Babies are squirmy, ugly, dirty, smelly, and noisy. They'd offend all five of my senses if I had any reason to lick one..."
-- TSN, 2001.01.11 23:27, PhoenixChat

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Yep, they sure are going to show those Israelis how far they're prepared to go!

(all in good pun, not antisemitism)

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"Babies haven't any hair;
old men's heads are just as bare;
between the cradle and the grave
lies a haircut and a shave."

Samuel Hoffenstein

Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Charles, I understand. Completely.

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Re: Russia in WWII

"Hey, we butchered Poles! Thats OK."
- DT.

Posted by Jeff The Card (Member # 411) on :

Hopefully, soon, I will be able to post "Before" and "After" pictures of my Wrangler.

Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :

Are you finally getting that front air spoiler added with the "Danger: Driver is a Caffeine Junkie" painted across it?

Reminds me, though, that I still need to wash my car. I'm still in that "new car owner phase" where I have the desire to wash my car every weekend.

Posted by Daryus Aden (Member # 12) on :

Well, post quickly!

I'm pondering investing in a set of 31 * 10 Mudterrains. Would love to do it. Only one catch. They're bloody expensive. Even the remanufactured ones.

Posted by Jeff The Card (Member # 411) on :

I put on the bug deflector ... left off the stencil, though. Maybe later.

Before I post the pic, I've got to get the body-damage repaired, the fog-lights installed, and my new AR-39 wheels & tires.

Woo-hooh.

I'm also putting in a funnel air intake system, which will just completely rock and boost my horsepower.

Posted by Jeff The Card (Member # 411) on :

And, BTW, will completely ruin my credit, but ...

Daryus, check your PMs, ya' bloody bastard.

Posted by Daryus Aden (Member # 12) on :

OK. I will check my PM's. =)

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

FADE IN: INT, SECRET BUNKER IN AUSTRALIA

HAROLD HOLT is sitting on a sofa, sharing tea and bagels with JOHN HOWARD.

HOWARD: And so you've been down here ever since, huh?

HOLT: Yup. It's not so bad, once you get used to it. And I get to meet some interesting people. Jimmy Hoffa was here visiting just a few months ago.

Suddenly, DARYUS bursts into the room.

DARYUS: Oi! What's all this then?

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Assuming those were Australian Prime Minister's, then that was the worst pun I've ever read. You die now.

Posted by Daryus Aden (Member # 12) on :

Please, kill him.

Posted by Jeff The Card (Member # 411) on :

PsyLiam? Sol System?

Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :

Bris?

Posted by Jeff The Card (Member # 411) on :

You're such a flaming turnip.

Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :

And don't you forget it!

In fact, the ancient chinese saying still has merit; "After one thousand circumcisions, beware invitation to great kebab feast".

Posted by Jeff The Card (Member # 411) on :

How do I upload files again?