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Offline Milwaukee Midget

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2745 on: July 02, 2012, 02:16:13 AM »
I been jumping up and down and running around the house incessantly since I decided, then I saw 970 Cooper block and went "oh , yeah, that"....I'd been conveniently forgetting that I had to do other stuff than look at cars, talk sheet and drink margaritas...

Should fit in the overhead, but to be safe, put it above somebody else's seat.

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Hmmm . . . , how is it that when I pull up a quote from myself within a quote by you, it comes up "Pommy Car Guy?"   :wink:
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Well, I guess we're making a LOT of progress . . .  :roll:

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2746 on: July 02, 2012, 02:49:20 AM »
Hmmm . . . , how is it that when I pull up a quote from myself within a quote by you, it comes up "Pommy Car Guy?"   :wink:


aaaaah . . hahahahaha . . .hehehehe.......awwwwww snuk snuk snuk  . . .heheheh bahahaha :-D :-D
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2747 on: July 03, 2012, 05:55:52 PM »
Sold the Tow Truck, finances coming back under control, ticket bought........ I feel like an owl stuffed with peanut butter and some apple juice. :-D
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2748 on: July 03, 2012, 08:59:27 PM »
Sold the Tow Truck, finances coming back under control, ticket bought........ I feel like an owl stuffed with peanut butter and some apple juice. :-D
Una tecolote relleno con cacajuates molido.  :cheers: Wayno

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2749 on: July 04, 2012, 04:28:06 PM »
I just caught wind of this. AWESOME to hear you are making it Goggs. I will have some of that fine IPA among other surprises. Swing by the #416 pit, can't miss the Seafoam Green 61 Ford pickup.

Don't forget our BBQ at the Bend Friday night. Will raffle off some neat stuff and passing the hat for Save the Salt.  :cheers:

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2750 on: July 04, 2012, 05:31:28 PM »
I just caught wind of this. AWESOME to hear you are making it Goggs. I will have some of that fine IPA among other surprises. Swing by the #416 pit, can't miss the Seafoam Green 61 Ford pickup.

Don't forget our BBQ at the Bend Friday night. Will raffle off some neat stuff and passing the hat for Save the Salt.  :cheers:

Hmmm, that sounds like diary entry number one. Looking forward to that IPA, I'll have to come up with a worthy auction item for you blokes.

Just got a new job yesterday, starts three days after I get back, whatever it is I'm doing at the moment it seems to be workin' ............34 days to lift off. :cheers:
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2751 on: July 04, 2012, 05:54:51 PM »
Cool, auction items are needed. So far we have some cool petroliana (gas station stuff)

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2752 on: July 06, 2012, 08:45:08 AM »
Sounds all good, I am jealous I can't be there.

Colonel, still looking for that muscle car?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221060696094+&viewitem=

On sheds and temperature:
When I visited Sumner in his snow bound shed it was great to see the warm air from his leanto glasshouse for tomatoes being pumped into his workshop. Sweet design.

On temperature:
38degrees celcius and 80% humidity every day this week. Ok indoors but mostly I am on site and that is hot and sweaty... Especially up 30 meters of bamboo covered scaffold with no safety net in a glass parabolic dome...

Other news:
Coming home though on the 13th of August, dr g are you still going to be there?

Work coming to an end here, have a new job in the UK at the University of Nottingham starting in September. They have an excellent rapid prototyping department there so a chance to make some specialist pieces for the tank... 3d laser sintered team woggles anyone?

Good luck racers, keep the shiny side up.
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2753 on: July 06, 2012, 11:50:42 AM »
Rev;

"...up 30 meters of bamboo covered scaffold with no safety net..."

Tiger hunting?    :-P

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Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2754 on: July 06, 2012, 12:34:18 PM »
So, is the scaffold made out of bamboonium?  :-P Wayno

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2755 on: July 06, 2012, 04:48:47 PM »
No OSHA in China, more like oshat.
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2756 on: July 07, 2012, 12:23:52 AM »

Colonel, still looking for that muscle car?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221060696094+&viewitem=

Other news:
Coming home though on the 13th of August, dr g are you still going to be there?


With the demolition of the asbestos shed and the other small purchase, it would have to be somewhat cheaper
Will be in the USA from the 8th of August to the 1st of Sept. When are you going to Nottingham?
How are those T shirts coming?
And not so hot here this morning
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2757 on: July 07, 2012, 12:54:37 AM »
Leave Melbourne on the 30th of August so perfect timing to miss each other!
I'll try to finish tee shirt design this weekend and look to sending to be made somewhere...

Dik

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2758 on: July 07, 2012, 01:05:18 AM »
Leave Melbourne on the 30th of August so perfect timing to miss each other!
I'll try to finish tee shirt design this weekend and look to sending to be made somewhere...

Dik

I'll be back on the 25th, which is my birthday....I'm going to have a BBQ and you two, sorry ,three have to come....I't won't be too crazy as the host will be severely jet lagged ......

Just get those shirts sorted so I can have them in Bendover.You've got a month, and that includes shipping time.

I could have skied on the back lawn this morning.
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2759 on: July 07, 2012, 04:29:54 PM »
Hmmm...