Had a good day then mate hahahahahhahahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by clunk71
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Had a good day then mate hahahahahhahahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by clunk71
hahahaha yeah as always mate........ roflmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by growlers71gq
runnin out of alcoholmol!!!!! absolutely hate it!!!!!!!!
Being called 'youngen'
Easy fix mate, go and get some more...lolQuote:
Originally Posted by toddrhind
better than been called oldie *L*Quote:
Originally Posted by belzi82
for some reason sum1 said it was wrong 2 drink and drive, not sure why thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by NissPat
When you set up procedures to make the work place run smoother and NO B@ST@RD does them!!........................really pi55es me off...........................!!! Grrrrrrrrrrr
Doing uni work on the weekend.
Finding that every gardening tool you pick up requires maintenance before you can use it, like the rake that has the head fall off because the screw that held it on somehow "fell out", so before you can fix the job, you have to fix the tools.
makers of dishwashers who don't make it simple to change the heater element....................... just about gotta strip the whole damn thing apart just to get the bottom cover off............... damn you dishwasher designers, damn you ........ hahahahahahahaha
When your in a really difficult spot ether under the dash or under the rig and you spend five minutes patting the floor around you looking for that spanner or screwdriver that you used just 10 seconds ago then having to get out and find it sitting right there ........ Then repeat everytime you put a tool down.
Running out of your internet byte downloady things and going back to dialup speed.............
Tooright, yer right on the money there Andy!!Quote:
Originally Posted by AB
What pi55es me off unreal, is that the Chinese or whoever can make snatch straps, flog em on ebay or where ever with no warnings on the said strap for novices and the ill informed as to their safe usage.
This also goes for anyone reading this that sells them, HOW can you sleep? get off yer arzes and demand that the manufacturer stamp or sew on a warning lable regarding TOW BALL recoveries.
How many more unsuspecting novices are going to DIE because of the lack of a simple warning.
I know that I could walk into any 4x4 shop and buy a snatch strap, the pimple face behind the counter wouldn't even know what a frigging tow ball was!!
There has been another young lass killed this weekend at Geraldton in WA, this is so sad as there was no need, just trying to do the right thing and help someone and end up DEAD.
This needs to be nipped in the bud and I will be writing to the department of consumer affairs tomorrow.
The towball WILLLLLLLL break and KILLLLLL someone, end of rant.
AND another thing while I'm on the warpath, all you guys who install rear drawer systems, have you stopped to think of the damage that can be caused to your children or rear seat passengers in the event of a rear ender?
You have a very solid box with long pieces of timber and in some cases, STEEL tubing just waiting to be shoved into the backs of those passengers.
By installing these systems you have over ridden the "CRUMPLE" effect of your 4x4, the vehicle may still crumple, but the great big box you have built will not crumple and will be forced forward, taking out whoever is in it's way.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT?
A friend of mine lost his Dad, not from a drawer system, but during a rollover the loose hydraulic jack hit him in the head.
Moral of the story "Tie it down, or don't leave town"
Sorry to rant on, but I get very angry when people die just having fun when there is no need.
As they say "ya dead fer a long time"
well that could certainly stir the pot a bit I reckon........................... I would like to say one thing though, anyone of us could get hit by a car or bus and not survive, I understand the need for safety and doing things safely but I feel sometimes things can be taken too far.............. JUst my opinionQuote:
Originally Posted by the ferret
We have a cargo barrier, but no drawers. I always put long things, be they folding chairs, or anything else similar, across the vehicle, not fore and aft. This because I worry about metal tubes finding their way between the grid and through the seat. Heavy things in the cargo area go on the side in front of which the billy lid does not sit.Quote:
Originally Posted by the ferret
I spoke to Milford about how close the cargo barrier could be mounted behind the front seat. Now, this was a few years ago, and you should check for yourself, but back then the advice was 'As close as you like'. I said surely the barrier and mounting system are meant to bend forward under impact load. His response was, Yes, it will, and so will the front seats and you, so the restrained load will not impact.
I would never snatch from a towball. That said they don't always fail. I have seen video of a V8 cruiser attached to a TD42 Patrol Ute, attached to a GU Wagon, in turn attached to a 6 metre Haines, going around Indian head. All of the towing vehicles were using the tow ball - admittedly the Haines was on a boat trailer. Now, none of them were really snatching, but a moment of inattention could make it so. I have told that crew more than once that they are taking a big risk, but they just shrug it off - we've always done it that way.......
Sounds to me that yer switched on mate, good practise.
Yeah, not all towballs will snap off, but under a snatch situation, with a vehicle between 2 and 4 tons, sucked into mud, trying to slingshot that weight out with just a 19mm thread on the towball, well anyone in the engineering game could see the danger in using the towball.
Sadly, not all are engineers and do what they think is ok, sometimes it goes bad, real bad.
"Dead a long time"
Fair comment Clunk, not stirring, but I believe in not putting yer self in harms way, fer sure we could get hit by a bus, lightning, some drunken maggot or a burgler, but there are many things that contribute to fatalities, I just like to help folks become aware that circumstances alter cases and not knowing something or being ignorant of things can kill you.Quote:
Originally Posted by clunk71
My pet hate is washing dishes. The missus cooks and I wash dishes.
We have a perfectly good dishwasher sitting in the shed gathering dust because there's no dish washer recess in our rental!
No room in the laundry either, Rossco? When I had a flat, I put mine in the laundry and plumbed it into the laundry sink. That's a shame that you cannot use it.Quote:
Originally Posted by DX grunt
People who advertise roof racks to fit GU patrol OR cruiser..... Idiots, it wont fit both !!!
and I for one am very appreciative of your's, Doggy's and others comments and input on the whole subject, I've learnt alot........................Quote:
Originally Posted by the ferret
now back to pet hates...................
i really have a big dislike for people who arrange a meeting for a certain time, then don't turn up at all and don't give you a courtesy call....................
Welllllll, when a copper is doing 50 in a 60 zone and people in both lanes are too scared to pass em!!! ITS NOT ILLEGAL YOU CAN DO 60 PasT HIM GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Hmmm ... I hear ya mate, however I'm not really in agreeance - just my opinion, but unfortunately statistics and risk percentages come into play, and with that said, tell me the risk percentage of that happening based on:Quote:
Originally Posted by the ferret
- The city I live in
- The speeds I travel
- My driving style
- Time on the road
- Road usage (city v country)
- Number of times (out of all the above) that I have occupants in the back
Add to that:
- What is it that's hitting me (height, weight, type)
- How hard would the impact be based on type of driving (nudge v full impact)
- and finally, in the event of a full blown impact, chances of the bars not bending (don't have bars in mine - all sheet metal, so massive slicing and dicing would more likely) and penetrating the seats and occupants?
It's a risk no doubt, but adding all the above together would result (if real figured were even available) in an extremely low percentage of probability (not possibility). I would suggest anyone who works in the CBD has higher (far higher) risk of being struck as a pedestrian, but that doesn't stop us crossing the road - because (as per all our discussions) we are 'taught' to look to the left, look to the right, and look to the left again, etc, etc ... we can take every precaution known to man and the unfortunate reality is that accidents (true accidents) do happen, and that we can't control the behaviour of others (prepare for it yes, but not control it).
I have shelves in the back, and carry the most precious of possessions in the back seats - my kids! - and I am accepting of the risk as I allow a large stopping distance between myself and the car in front (I don't @rse hug), I rarely speed and am very conscious of my speed, and I drive to the conditions of both the road and the surrounds (bush, buildings, houses etc) irrespective of the speed limit ..
That all said - I still hear you and acknowledge your point of view.
My pet hate is when you get home from a family birthday party and you have too many drinks and leave the bloody birthday cake on the roof of the car...lol
Just got home now and realised when I went to the fridge...oops!
Better than leaving a beer up there - been there, done that ... side note (and dhuck can vouch for this) on the last trip to cruiser park, I left a stubby on the back of the rig - asked the eldest lad to move it forgetting the open beer was sitting on the rear bar ... not only did he drive over the stubby at least in reverse when it fell off (and probably twice after he went forward) the bottle barely buried into the ground as it was hard and didn't break!! Something to be said for 14psi in the tyres hey??!!Quote:
Originally Posted by AB
With a good steady driver like you Andy, it may still be there lol.
Maybe once upon a time .... but now he's got a turbo? No chance!! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by the ferret
My pet hate when your driving down the road and then a birthday cake out of thin air hits your windscreen SPLAT ..... LOL
Ha ha, Bewdy mate, GOLD lolQuote:
Originally Posted by xtreme patrol
Partners who get 2 separate speeding infringements in the post on the same day, from 2 separate occurrences on 2 consecutive days, doing 55 kph in a school zone of all places, just after dropping her own child off to school.............then asks for the money to pay the fine............. are you bloody crazy woman!!!!!!!?????
Ouch......Quote:
Originally Posted by clunk71
oh yes........... you can say that again mate!!!!!!!! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by growlers71gq
Ouch!!!!!!!!
thanks, I needed that ahahahahahahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by growlers71gq
Went to melbourne today didnt fill up in traf to dear 146.9 unleaded
wait till we get to longworry ok fuel was 129 .9 wanting to get to town
thought ok get it on the way home,wrong went past narnargoon 126.9
good fill up at longworry grab a coffee have a spell before heading home
that part was ok heading home worst part grrrrrrrrrrrrr was the fuel jumped
to 148.9 in the afternoon not happy jan
anyone else experiance that to day
Roofy is that 19cents/litre in a day?
That is crazy.
Indians took over our local Mobils and called them United, diesel has been $1.437 for 9 months or more and never changed.
Shopper dockets with 8, 12, 15 and 20cents are real attractive. Buy 6 botts of wine and get 20c you beauty with over 150litre capacity
mate they have taken over here as well fuel is the same price as youQuote:
Originally Posted by macca
but if you watch your milage bet its not as good as going to shell for fuel
united is not up to the same standard