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03-12-2022 02:55 PM
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That's bloody gorgeous! Top marks that man.
That's bloody gorgeous!
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01-25-2022 07:45 PM
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Those pockets, the colour of the upholstery, and...
Those pockets, the colour of the upholstery, and the wooden inserts on their own, take the appearance of the car to a higher class.
It's bloody gorgeous.
Top marks that man.
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01-23-2022 07:56 PM
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Ingenious. It's logical thinking; but still...
Ingenious. It's logical thinking; but still ingenious.
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01-08-2022 08:15 PM
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I must be naive, but how has this come to pass?...
I must be naive, but how has this come to pass?
The steel / timber / chemical / cloth et cetera manufacturers want to sell their products, the manufacturers of all sorts of knobby bits and pieces... -
12-14-2021 06:38 PM
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As rumrumm noted: it's not the colours you so...
As rumrumm noted: it's not the colours you so often see.
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10-06-2021 08:26 PM
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That's bloody clever. I like your style. You...
That's bloody clever.
I like your style.
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09-03-2021 09:42 PM
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Crikey. That'd make you spit wouldn't it? Or...
Crikey. That'd make you spit wouldn't it?
Or rip your hat off and jump on it.
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05-12-2021 09:38 PM
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Gorgeous! Just bloody gorgeous!
Gorgeous!
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04-20-2021 08:59 PM
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Phoo! Read my byline. 'I don't know...
Phoo!
Read my byline.
'I don't know everything about anything, and I don't know anything about lots of things.'
I've had the response ready for you well before you passed the comment.
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04-20-2021 08:47 PM
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...complete with an instrument for removing crown...
...complete with an instrument for removing crown tops off BEER bottles!?!?
Who me??
Shame, shock, horror!
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04-20-2021 03:39 PM
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I hear you on that. I won't deal with any large...
I hear you on that.
I won't deal with any large franchise-holding garage for that very reason.
The bloke in the local garage will repair it, and explain exactly what he's done and why in words of... -
04-12-2021 09:39 PM
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It's very likely they both got taught their job...
It's very likely they both got taught their job by reading the same book..."How to be a Bureaucrat in Five Easy Lessons."
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03-04-2021 06:58 PM
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It's called PROGRESS Roger. We old farts are too...
It's called PROGRESS Roger.
We old farts are too set in our ways to understand it.
Next thing ya know there will be little boxes on which you press a button and it will take pictures.
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03-01-2021 07:56 PM
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I'm comforted with the knowledge that I'm not the...
I'm comforted with the knowledge that I'm not the only one to do that.
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09-22-2020 07:40 PM
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It's looking good mate. It's hard to tell from...
It's looking good mate.
It's hard to tell from a photograph; but it looks to me too that the radiator is leaning a bit too far forward. -
09-06-2020 09:09 PM
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I hear you on that! There are many pics posted...
I hear you on that!
There are many pics posted on here that show such amazing skill and craftmanship that make me feel inadequate.
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09-05-2020 09:28 PM
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I hear you on that! After discovering finger...
I hear you on that!
After discovering finger tight bolts I'd be wary of anything/everything he could possibly have touched. It might even be prudent to go back to the chassis again; there may be... -
09-02-2020 09:34 PM
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It looks pretty good to me too! Well done that...
It looks pretty good to me too!
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07-29-2020 04:07 PM
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Jim, my sand blaster is exactly the same as...
Jim, my sand blaster is exactly the same as yours.
Every now and then the local quarry gets an excess of fines which they sell off as fill for $3 a cubic metre, so I go get myself a trailer load,... -
07-19-2020 09:43 PM
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I had absolutely no idea of the origin of the...
I had absolutely no idea of the origin of the phrase; so looked it up in 'Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable'.
Bob's your uncle. 'That will be alright; you needn't bother any more, just leave it... -
06-28-2020 09:43 PM
Thread: Followed Me Home II
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It's a well known and commonly used word here in...
It's a well known and commonly used word here in New Zealand. Essentially it means to prevaricate.
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06-04-2015 02:30 PM
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Bugger! What else can I say? I feel for you...
Bugger!
What else can I say?
I feel for you mate...why do we do these things to ourselves? -
05-05-2015 06:25 PM
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Did you notice the seats we have in our bus?...
Did you notice the seats we have in our bus?
They're manufactured here in NZ by Starfish Interiors, and have lap/diagonal belts built in to the seat frame itself.
Perhaps there's a similar product... -
02-28-2015 11:46 AM
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What he said. It looks 'better'.
What he said.
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01-27-2015 07:42 PM
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You beat me to it Jack! Roger, I don't know the...
You beat me to it Jack!
Roger,
I don't know the finer points of law regarding placement of lights in the various States, but I do know that the initial (so called) 'lo-light' Morris Minor was...
Wiring can be a pain. My problem is I get in a groove and have a plan and then get sidelined to another project and when I come back I forget what the heck my plan was.
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