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Old 01-26-2004, 9:28 PM
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What is this, my Aussie friends?
So, are any of you Aussies old enough (or willing to admit it) to know what this relic is? (Excluding ratter of course, we all know he is old enough). I brought this back to the US in '90. Which makes me wonder... why are there no Aussie representatives from the Northern Territory (Arnhem Land is beautiful! Maybe they have all gone Troppo!!), or Queensland, or Southern Australia, or Tasmania - well, we know why there aren't any members from Tasmania

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Old 01-26-2004, 9:30 PM
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Is there an attachment that I am missing?
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Old 01-26-2004, 9:32 PM
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Yes, I am missing it too

Resized it, trying again...
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Old 01-26-2004, 9:40 PM
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Aussie 'shroom juice?
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Old 01-26-2004, 9:54 PM
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EEERRRRRR! Wrong!

But a good guess, nonetheless..
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Old 01-26-2004, 10:53 PM
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I'm working on it...ok?
 
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Re: What is this, my Aussie friends?
This should be in NWS. It's a petrified vulv... volvo, yeah, a petrified car.
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Old 01-26-2004, 11:33 PM
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maxib, me thinks you are looking at the wrong item!
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That my friends is a Darwin Stubby
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It's a Darwin stubby, you know for beer, a normal stubby holds about 375 ml and that one holds 2 litres (Coxy should know the exact sizes )
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Old 01-27-2004, 1:00 AM
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Which makes me wonder... why are there no Aussie representatives from the Northern Territory (Arnhem Land is beautiful! Maybe they have all gone Troppo!!), or Queensland, or Southern Australia, or Tasmania - well, we know why there aren't any members from Tasmania

It's probably too hot up north for sports bike and there is no curves only lots of long straights and lots of dirt.
I think we had a/some QLD members at one stage, not sure about SA they have some good hills too ride in, as for tasmania, apparantly they have some of the best roads for motorcyling in the world, but it's gotta be hard for the two headed freaks to get helmets


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The above two headed comment was issued in ther nameof comedy amusement, any ressemblence to anyone living is purley a Tasmanian
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lol @ Ratter
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Old 01-27-2004, 6:28 AM
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spot on Ratter down in tassie are some Fantastic roads.
Log trucks are a problem though! when I was down there last time
on a cricket trip there was a riders group staying at the pup next to
us and you couldn't shut them up about it! I drove around Tassie
back in 89' with a mate and our missus then and the roads were
Awsome ! wish I had the bike back then.

Yes Bac that is a Darwin stubbie which holds 2ltrs or 1/2 a gallon!
They dont sell them anymore but then again they would go
flat and warm towards the end

Ratter is right thoug thy dont have many twists or turns up there and
its f*#king hot all the time

much better down here
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Old 01-27-2004, 7:47 AM
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that'll be a stubby for them thar drop bears...

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Re: What is this, my Aussie friends?
Bacci,
Is that a set of petrified Mammoth nads in the foreground...


Aussies,
Never had a Darwin Stubby.....but we are really enjoying all of the kickass table wine coming from Oz right now.....price is excellent, and they are really good....

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Old 01-27-2004, 6:45 PM
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I guess you Australia-ites didn't get the fact that my title post was a rhetorical question . When I was over there in '89-'90 a guy that I met in Darwin gave it to me as a going away present. I believe that the N.T. Brewery had just ceased manufacturing the beast (too bad). I also heard stories of some of you crazies skulling the damned things. Check this out, from the net...


<Darwin is a town full of top Australians. It is in the Northern Territory which is also a pretty tops place because it has a massive rock in the middle of it. The average temperature in Darwin is 65 C, with humidity usually around 190%. This creates an ideal climate for beer consumption. The Guinness Book of Records makes a special mention of Darwin because it is a place where beer consumption approaches super-human levels. The people of Darwin drink a massive 194.6 litres of beer per person annually, and that includes women and children. That is a shitload. In fact it is illegal in Darwin to drink less than a six-pack a day. Darwinnians drinks so much that they created their very own 2 litre bottle, called the Darwin Stubby. It is the biggest beer bottle in the universe. Skulling a Darwin Stubby is a necessary requirement for a Darwin High School Certificate.

Darwin is a top Aussie!>

And for those of you who mentioned a beer that size going flat before consuming it... you must have some fair dinkum weenie drinkers over there
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Bacci,
Is that a set of petrified Mammoth nads in the foreground...
A couple of Indian artifacts I found in the desert/mtns. Bake. The one on the left is a Hohokam axehead. The Hohokam lived in this area from about 300-1500 AD. The round one is a mano, as in mano y metate - look it up
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ratter, you are right on cue, as always . I was just waiting for the
"two-headed" comment .
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A couple of Indian artifacts I found in the desert/mtns. Bake. The one on the left is a Hohokam axehead. The Hohokam lived in this area from about 300-1500 AD. The round one is a mano, as in mano y metate - look it up
Very cool... I used to pick up points when I lived in Kansas...but nothing like that....
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Old 01-27-2004, 10:42 PM
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I'm working on it...ok?
 
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I now know that I am going to emmigrate to Australia, but before I go...
Bacchus, how much do you want for the Volvo?
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Old 01-27-2004, 10:45 PM
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maxib, Australia is an awesome place to be! BTW, you can buy your way over there, if you want and can afford it. Now, as for the vulva, er, volvo - make me an offer!
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We make the best wine in the world, red or white
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Old 01-27-2004, 11:10 PM
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Yo! Will! California might have something to say about that...

edit: South Australia does make a mean Mead though
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Well cali should stop talking and start drinking!
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at Bacchus, Bloody Volvo drivers
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Yes, I am missing it too

Resized it, trying again...
Bah, it's ****en easy! It's a Darwin Stubby. and no, I didn't read down the posts to find the answer.
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Yes, I am missing it too

Resized it, trying again...
Is this your backup plan for getting down here Bacchus? Looks like it should have plenty of leg room for the voyage and I'm sure you could get Chain to help you "launch" it.