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Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 10:41 am
by feedback
seremtan wrote:
feedback wrote:Big news in Thailand. I get to wear black to work for a year.
that's a whole lotta R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Absolutely. It's like if JFK ruled for 70 years before the Jews got him.

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 10:52 am
by Don Carlos
Doombrain wrote:
YourGrandpa wrote:Every day driver. 100 miles round trip to work every day. 230 X 5 x 100 = 115,000 miles just back and forth to work.

Got to be comfortable for all that windshield time.
I guess that's the norm for such a large country? Mines now 42 per day. 21 on the way home can take 60 mins. One of the issues of living in a very old town.
I travel to a different County for work most days. It's a 70 mile round trip but I car share to keep costs down. £6.50 a day parking, £6.60 for the bridge and £8 in fuel every day takes its toll on the wallet.

But it does mean I keep my mileage down to 12k a year this way. Also sounds like Gwamps does a long motorway stint so the engine damage would be minimal.

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 12:01 pm
by PhoeniX
I do a ~50 mile roundtrip to work and back - ~1.45 hours a day. The distance is fine, getting stuck behind slow moving buses and lorry's on B roads where overtaking opportunities are minimal is not. Don't get me started with school traffic >:(.

Looking to moving to doing a couple of days a week working from home though. 20 second commute can't be beat.

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 1:47 pm
by YourGrandpa
Don Carlos wrote:I travel to a different County for work most days. It's a 70 mile round trip but I car share to keep costs down. £6.50 a day parking, £6.60 for the bridge and £8 in fuel every day takes its toll on the wallet.

But it does mean I keep my mileage down to 12k a year this way. Also sounds like Gwamps does a long motorway stint so the engine damage would be minimal.
That's my wife's to-and-from. Her commute is just under an hour one way as we don't live too far from the interstate highway. I drive a company vehicle and put in a lot more windshield time. Yesterday my round trip was 250 miles. The 2014 Nissan I drive has 113K+ miles on it.

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 5:28 pm
by MKJ
feedback wrote:Big news in Thailand. I get to wear black to work for a year.
You're not obligated to though. :alert:

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 6:05 pm
by Doombrain
My car had 50k on the clock when i got it, guess it's well below the avg. also got a £500 service due on it, lol yeah?

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 6:51 pm
by phantasmagoria
PhoeniX wrote:Don't get me started with school traffic >:(.
My commute halves during school holidays :miffed:

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 4:38 am
by Whiskey 7
Here you go. Some photos from my recent days on the Gold Coast, Queensland Australia: D



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There was a recent topic on HoloVerse here and I did visit on my recent holiday to the Gold Coast last week. It was an experience for sure and best described as being personally immersed in a 3D TV/film screen. I was able to walk through walls and all as you'd expect after seeing the promotional video on their site http://holoverse.com.au/.
The best bit was having a spear protruding from my chest. Here is a local tourist brochure and a picture while passing on a tram a day or so later.

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I also took my mate to the local pistol/handgun shooting club to let off a few rounds. It was his first time and it has been a number of years for me since firing a few shots. Here is the local tourist brochure.
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We went up to the Q1 observation deck some metres above sea level on the highest residential building in Australia. https://www.skypoint.com.au/



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Here is a small video while descending in the lift car.


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Yes, I ticked another off my bucket list, riding the Gold Coast tram network :up: : D

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The Gold Coast 600 motor car race is on shortly and they were setting up for the event. Note the photos and here’s a short video of the track passing the pit area and a picture looking north.


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Coast_600

Not quite a real plane cockpit :confused:
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Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 5:53 am
by scared?
What a sad island u live on... Looks so poor for a first world country...

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 7:57 am
by seremtan
let's take a moment to remind ourselves what real poverty looks like

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Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 11:41 am
by Don Carlos
Whiskey 7 wrote:Here you go. Some photos from my recent days on the Gold Coast, Queensland Australia: D
Looks a brilliant trip, Whiskey :D

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 11:43 am
by Don Carlos
scared? wrote:What a sad island u live on... Looks so poor for a first world country...
seremtan wrote:let's take a moment to remind ourselves what real poverty looks like

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Man, it won't be long until Geoff snaps with destruction like this.

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 4:54 pm
by shaft
Very nice, Whiskey. :up:

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 5:07 pm
by xer0s
I've got to get down to Australia. Need to see the Great Barrier Reef before it's gone for good. I think I'll do that next year...

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 7:13 pm
by plained
u believe anything ey

y0 sky is falling u better panic!

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 7:14 pm
by Doombrain
shut the fuck up!

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 7:17 pm
by plained
like a turd i stomped on !

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 7:18 pm
by plained
the stink wont fuck off :olo:

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 8:08 pm
by Whiskey 7
xer0s wrote:I've got to get down to Australia. Need to see the Great Barrier Reef before it's gone for good. I think I'll do that next year...
Cheers all. Yes it was a great little adventure with friends :)

Hey xer0s and anyone else venturing my way, be sure to let me know and we might hook up :D

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 8:40 pm
by xer0s
plained wrote:u believe anything ey

y0 sky is falling u better panic!
The fuck you blabbering about?

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 8:41 pm
by xer0s
Whiskey 7 wrote:
xer0s wrote:I've got to get down to Australia. Need to see the Great Barrier Reef before it's gone for good. I think I'll do that next year...
Cheers all. Yes it was a great little adventure with friends :)

Hey xer0s and anyone else venturing my way, be sure to let me know and we might hook up :D
Sounds good :up:

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 8:50 pm
by seremtan
xer0s wrote:
plained wrote:u believe anything ey

y0 sky is falling u better panic!
The fuck you blabbering about?
pls stop quoting the spakker

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 2:55 pm
by AndyW
Got some new vinyl:

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Sorry for the bad google-pics, no cam here.

:up: :)

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 3:49 pm
by HM-PuFFNSTuFF
Fuck yeah TOTO!

Re: What is new in your little world?

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 4:48 pm
by AndyW
HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:Fuck yeah TOTO!
Jeah, and just 1.50 Euro -like mint! :)