Aussie Off Topic Chat Thread

The pasty is regarded as the national dish of Cornwall.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"></sup> Following a nine year campaign by the Cornish Pasty Association, the trade organisation of about 50 pasty makers based in Cornwall, the name "Cornish Pasty" was awarded Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status by the European Commission on 20 July 2011


Many parts of Australia, including the Yorke Peninsula, the site of an annual pasty festival since 1973, which claims to be the world's largest. A clarification of the Protected Geographical Status ruling has confirmed that pasties made in Australia are still allowed to be called "Cornish Pasties"

-Wikipedia.

Thanks PeBee

Good ol' Wiki eh...? Where you can find the answer to absolutely everything...

from what's in a cornish pastie...

... to the contents of vomit (much the same as a pastie if you can just identify the corn nibblets, carrot and peas ).

... to picking the peanuts out of monkey sh... (oops!)



If it's in Wiki... it must be right... right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasties

Hmmm.... I always get bits stuck between my teeth.

Troye, If it's on the interweb it must be true....eh.:jose

We did a rally back in '02 and had a ball.

Put in a roof vent to pressurise the car, would be my number one advise.
secondly leave most of the running gear original, upgrade springs for lift, and some decent shocks.
fit some taller tyres, in LT type like BFG AT's

But remember its for fun, don't try to win
and you will have a ball

Aye... 'tis true...

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Good one Stef, I'll look into that vent thingy.

Thanks.

So says an WA professor

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/12705112/aussie-flags-on-cars-racist/

Anybody putting flags on their car/bike

ed

Road Boss (Jamie Lawson) doesn't mind a beer

Yep,all 205 of them.

should have been here two days ago

We did the rally a few years back in a Holden HZ ambulance with a Ford 302 engine (what a nightmare). Best advise is keep it simple. Upagrade suspension, tyres etc but otherwise keep it original as possible. The local dump may be your best friend when things go astray.
I don't know what rally computer you have but carry a spare sensor, we broke ours half way and didn't have a spare so had to finish the rallly following the cruise competitors. We used a Philtronics Rally trip pro, very good but needed a spare sensor. Most use Terra Trip so no one had a spare sensor to give us, lots offered the terra trip sensor but it didn't match.
Beer, everyone drinks lots of beer but be careful of the local constabulary doing an RBT coming into an overnight stop, a few got caught on our rally. Pack light, we carried way to much stuff, were far to heavy and got stuck too many times.
I don't know if they still do it but on our rally, for a small fee you can have your swags and heavy items (some took spare gearboxes on our rally) carried on their truck and they are there on the ground when you arrive ( I will do that the next time i go ).
Nightly auctions, don't get caught out at these, stay focused and don't be to drunk, I saw blokes pay $200 -$300 for some blokes old hat that I would have thrown in the bin. Good fun watcing though. If you can try and get some stuff to auction off, as you know it's all for a good cause.

Best of all you will have a great time and meet some very nice and interesting people. As said above some go and try and win it, first attempt just enloy it

Cheers

Anyone know of a Hitler parody that involves BMWs?
(that was one of my first posts and I nearly got banned for it)
(And I thought I was so clever)

Racist, now lets see go up to the $2 shop run by a local Indian family to buy the made in China flags and do i put them on my Jap toyota van or the Korean Hyundai car or how about my Italian or German bikes.
Cheers Locky.

Doesn't get any more Australian than that.

and don't forget the Profs name, Farida Fozdar

ed

PS is it warm enough for you, my air con crapped out,:eek1

It's no coincidence the media and TV whores like Oprah Winfrey, Dr Phil etc have so openly promoted the use of the phrase "You are a Racist" to describe often what is nothing more than a hatred of another because they happen to think differently or look different. Actual Race rarely has anything to do with the issue, its designed to keep people hating each other and divided.​

You had better get it fixed.

Forecast for Perth
Wednesday Very hot. Max 40
Thursday Very hot. Max 41
Friday Very hot. Max 39
Saturday Very hot. Max 42
Sunday Very hot. Max 40
Monday Very hot. Max 40
Tuesday Very hot. Max 40

Must be summer.

Hot your side and wet over here again, least its better working in my shed when its raining than when its stinking hot.

Must be the wet seasion.

Cheers Locky.