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mouce
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 Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 10:01:34 AM
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Problem is they look crap. Not to mention the fact that the switch is usually only on and off, I need something that's going to be at least 3 way, maybe 4. Anyway...when I have it all setup, as I said I'm going to build an electronic switching circuit, that way I don't have to worry about anything other than a single button, and I just use it to scroll through the chips.
Oh...Ohh...I know...When I get the carputer all up and running I can build an interface for that so that when I want a different chip to run, a click of a mouse and it can switch it for me. That sounds much geekier, I like that one. |
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johnny cade
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 11:26:08 AM
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lmao...geekier the better :P
My dads best m8 who is an airline pilot, HATES having guages all over the place, so he designed a touch screen interface just underneath his head unit. It is just a picture of his car, when he presses and holds it spins the picture, and if he just presses a part of the car, temps come up, pressure, and stuff like that. So if he presses the boot, options come up (would you like to open/lock the boot) and it gives him the pressure and the temp in the boot. If he presses his engine bay, all sorts of goodies come up, including shutting certain things off and turning certain things on...cost him a pretty penny but it looks fawsome (thats fu**ing awsome) |
He sees an old man and says “See we’ll part with your hard,
Earned cash or rest in peace we can start with your heart.
Some girl steps not afraid she’s gonna cop it sweet,
And gets decked before she made it even on her feet,
The old man leaped to her aid and to his horror he’d,
Thrusted his chest into the blade of his robber s piece,
He grabbed the wallet, dropped the knife as he fled the car,
Concerned about the loss of life he’d never went this far,
What’s done is done, he’d got the prize and he’d spent his half,
Of two dollars in change and a pension card. |
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mouce
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 12:30:30 PM
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I like the sound of that touchscreen system, but I'm the type of person who likes to have the gauges there all the time, that way with a single glance I can check the entire status of the car and just about all it's systems. Coming home from work a few months back, I noticed that idle was way rougher than normal, but she was fine once I got her moving. No warning lights or anything, but I noticed the ammeter was having a bit of a spaz out...changed the alternator over and presto...all better.
I do intend on having the ability to bring up some stuff on the screen (a/f ratio, MAP, MAT...) but for the most part I like real gauges.
I know someone who mucked around with an interface (home built of course) and a whole lot of servo motors they set up the entire heater control/air conditioning/cooling system to run from their computer, click the mouse the a/c comes on, dial in the temperature you want and it moves the heater control dial around to keep it at the right temp...it's nuts.
With all the stuff that I'm coming across with the research into making your own memcals, I think that if I upgrade to a VR ECU (it can be done) I might be able to retune the car ON THE FLY. So instead of having multiple chips in there, I'd just have a link straight into the computer and I can dial in whatever parameters I want whenever I feel like it. Problem is that all the programs run under windoze, and it's just not stable enough for me to want to run my car off it ;) |
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johnny cade
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 12:52:46 PM
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the problem with those interfaces is the more you have there more things that are there to go wrong.
Anywho got things to do, keep me posted on the MEMCALS |
He sees an old man and says “See we’ll part with your hard,
Earned cash or rest in peace we can start with your heart.
Some girl steps not afraid she’s gonna cop it sweet,
And gets decked before she made it even on her feet,
The old man leaped to her aid and to his horror he’d,
Thrusted his chest into the blade of his robber s piece,
He grabbed the wallet, dropped the knife as he fled the car,
Concerned about the loss of life he’d never went this far,
What’s done is done, he’d got the prize and he’d spent his half,
Of two dollars in change and a pension card. |
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mouce
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 1:13:24 PM
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That's why I said I probably won't want to do it. It's a nice idea though.
As for the memcals, they are a while off yet, I'm just doing the reading in my spare time. I'm busy applying for jobs at the moment. And I'm also checking out all the binary files from the VN V6 memcals, there are SO MANY DIFFERENT ONES! It's unreal. I always thought that there was two or three, but I've come across a dozen or more. It's a spin out.
Don't worry...the memcal how-to will be a BIG one, and everyone is going to know about it when it hits the forum, but it's a while off yet. |
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johnny cade
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 2:24:59 PM
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lmao...ill be sure to read your how to...is fitting a memcal hard to do?
btw...my gf just found out i gave myself at tattoo...so my posts will be short as im in alot of trouble at home ;P |
He sees an old man and says “See we’ll part with your hard,
Earned cash or rest in peace we can start with your heart.
Some girl steps not afraid she’s gonna cop it sweet,
And gets decked before she made it even on her feet,
The old man leaped to her aid and to his horror he’d,
Thrusted his chest into the blade of his robber s piece,
He grabbed the wallet, dropped the knife as he fled the car,
Concerned about the loss of life he’d never went this far,
What’s done is done, he’d got the prize and he’d spent his half,
Of two dollars in change and a pension card. |
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mouce
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 2:41:05 PM
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LOL, you gave yourself a tatt. That's brilliant. What was it a tatt of?
So long as you know which end of a soldering iron to hang onto fitting it isn't too hard. But I'm going to suggest going one step further (and this wasn't my idea originally, it came from someone else). Pull the old chip off the memcal and fit a socket so that you can just clip the new EPROM into it, makes it hell easy to change chips if you ever want to. |
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johnny cade
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 2:44:31 PM
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its a cross, on my thigh...she says shes not pissed about it but shes doing that whole...silent sit on the couch in the fetal position thing...
ive never done soldering in my entire life :P |
He sees an old man and says “See we’ll part with your hard,
Earned cash or rest in peace we can start with your heart.
Some girl steps not afraid she’s gonna cop it sweet,
And gets decked before she made it even on her feet,
The old man leaped to her aid and to his horror he’d,
Thrusted his chest into the blade of his robber s piece,
He grabbed the wallet, dropped the knife as he fled the car,
Concerned about the loss of life he’d never went this far,
What’s done is done, he’d got the prize and he’d spent his half,
Of two dollars in change and a pension card. |
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mouce
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 3:20:09 PM
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She might say that she's not pissed, but you can always tell. Hope she's not pissed for too long.
With the soldering...I'll give you a hint...don't grab the end that's at 350degC. Hold the other end. :) |
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trizo
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 8:17:57 PM
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lmao I told u that u would get caught!!gf's are good 4 puttin us bak in line lol..hey johnny a solering iorn is an even better option (if u can handle the pain lol)we call it branding hehehehehe!!!!
@mouce cant wait 4 the memcal how 2' these binary's are they on the net?
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 8:28:35 PM
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holy snappin duk shi# I'm gettin na fat stop it!!lol @mouce if u actually get this happening it would be great to c sum pics of it all fitted!!!Sound right in theory but the pratice bit will b interesting ?? @lolo ye mate no hear from 4 at least a week (R u stuk underneath ur car)lol??
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 8:33:06 PM
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| ohyeah 13 pages this just keeps goin!!!lol |
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mouce
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 9:38:28 PM
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The binaries are on the net, but they take a bit of tracking down and to make sense of them you need the correct definition file for our ECU loaded into a program otherwise you'll just end up seeing a whole lot of un-intelligable crud on the screen. With the right definition file you can view (and edit) just about anything and everything that you could ever want to.
The only problem is, it's so easy to change something and kill your car. There's one magical little table that's so powerful that if you get it too far one way, you'll melt your exhaust, if you go the other way you'll shatter your pistons. It's a fun one. I've already started work on modifying the little things, like the speed limiter, and the rev limiter. I just found out that my current memcal starts to slow down the fuel delivery rate at 4500rpm, no wonder it feels like it hits a brick wall! Redline is at 5600rpm! My memcal won't let me run past 5200rpm at the moment. Probably a good thing that, being an 18 year old engine and all, but still...the lower limit is just too low.
As for getting it all working, I can get multiple chips physically stacked and running, that's not the hard part, that's just 10 minutes with a soldering iron, the hard part is actually tuning them, I've spent all my spare time for the last 10 days reading stuff, and looking at examples of what other people have done, and it's doing my head in...I'm only just starting to get my head around the basic parts of it. I think that the how-to is going to be the longest single post that will ever be posted on this forum. The disclaimer I'm going to have to put at the bottom is going to have to be massive. The potential for things to go wrong is huge, the benefits of getting it right however make it worth while :)
Anyway trizo, what would you like your memcal to do for you? I could make it so the cooling fan is on all the time LOL. What would you like the top speed limit of the car to be (keeping in mind that at best it's good for about 285 if I extend redline a little bit)? Would you like to have it limited to only 130kph incase you lend it to someone? Time to start dreaming :) Let me know what you're thinking and I'll look into how to go about it.
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 9:48:23 PM
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| che this sounds like its gonna b fun give me till 2 morrow and I'll get bak 2 u with sum ideas (might b longer movin freekin house 2morrow again the realastate fu@#ed up the lease so they give us a bigger house so bonus ) but wen I got my net runnin again there will be sh#t load of posts and ideas on therte as I will b settled again lol!!! |
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mouce
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 9:53:00 PM
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I've just finished helping my g/f and one of our mutual friends move. God it sucked...neither of them wanted to rent a moving truck :(
Moving the g/f wasn't too painful, between the two of us, we managed to move everything using a Rodeo, a VN (YAY) and a Lancer. Moving our friend in however...a VL commodore (with a massive box trailer), an early 80's gemini and a Dihatsu charade...it took three days. Seeing and hearing the charade was the funniest part, fully loaded (couldn't see out the rear) the poor little 1.3L 3-cylinder motor was really struggling to make it up the hill.
Thankfully there was plenty of pizza and beer afterwards. And when it comes time for me to move in there, they can both help me move all my computer gear, and all my car stuff ;) They're gunna be sorry!
Best of luck with the move mate, hope it all goes well. |
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johnny cade
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 10:04:37 PM
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Shes doing this whole...silent im not pissed thing...(and ive done branding before, i can handle the pain)
This is starting to get irritating...i wish she would just yell at me :@
anywho, lol i know which end to grab...lol im not that stupid :P |
He sees an old man and says “See we’ll part with your hard,
Earned cash or rest in peace we can start with your heart.
Some girl steps not afraid she’s gonna cop it sweet,
And gets decked before she made it even on her feet,
The old man leaped to her aid and to his horror he’d,
Thrusted his chest into the blade of his robber s piece,
He grabbed the wallet, dropped the knife as he fled the car,
Concerned about the loss of life he’d never went this far,
What’s done is done, he’d got the prize and he’d spent his half,
Of two dollars in change and a pension card. |
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mouce
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 10:14:47 PM
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LOL...everyone grabs the wrong end once, just by mistake...twice is forgivable if you're under stress...but it's a really quick way to learn.
Might have to put together a how-to solder tute as well :)
Sounds like it's going to be a long night for you johnny. |
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johnny cade
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 10:16:41 PM
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Nah...shes gone home (im only 17, we dont live together yet)
But shes not as pissed now. Because she wants me to finish it, and she said "i want to be there when you do, so i can watch you in pain"
kinda psycho, im thinking of hiring a body guard :S |
He sees an old man and says “See we’ll part with your hard,
Earned cash or rest in peace we can start with your heart.
Some girl steps not afraid she’s gonna cop it sweet,
And gets decked before she made it even on her feet,
The old man leaped to her aid and to his horror he’d,
Thrusted his chest into the blade of his robber s piece,
He grabbed the wallet, dropped the knife as he fled the car,
Concerned about the loss of life he’d never went this far,
What’s done is done, he’d got the prize and he’d spent his half,
Of two dollars in change and a pension card. |
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mouce
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 10:25:17 PM
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17? Bloody hell...and you just went and spent $21000 on your car?
Not only am I feeling old (22), but I'm feeling fairly poor too :) Since I have had to scrimp and save to just PLAN to do my suspension and that's only going to be $1500. I can't wait to get full time work, it's not like I'm not applying for the jobs, there's plenty out there, today alone I applied for quite a few. I spend about 5 hours each day hunting for them...I guess I've just gotta be patient. |
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johnny cade
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 10:28:13 PM
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I started work when i was 14 and 9 months...and didnt spend a cent...saved it all up for one year...then i started spending half of my pay and saving the rest...made a tidy profit...but then, i quit, and now im jobless again :P so the car is gonna go to a grinding halt for a while
jobs are hard to come by these days :P |
He sees an old man and says “See we’ll part with your hard,
Earned cash or rest in peace we can start with your heart.
Some girl steps not afraid she’s gonna cop it sweet,
And gets decked before she made it even on her feet,
The old man leaped to her aid and to his horror he’d,
Thrusted his chest into the blade of his robber s piece,
He grabbed the wallet, dropped the knife as he fled the car,
Concerned about the loss of life he’d never went this far,
What’s done is done, he’d got the prize and he’d spent his half,
Of two dollars in change and a pension card. |
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mouce
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 10:32:08 PM
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Trust me, I know jobs are hard to come by...over the last couple of weeks I've applied for more than a dozen jobs, of which I have been more than suitably qualified...the rejection letters have started to roll in already. Telling me that for whatever reason the position has either already been filled or the position has not been available.
The worst part is that just about everyone asks for 'experience' with certain things, one thing that everyone seems to ask, and no one can answer: How the FU&K do I get experience when no one will give me a freaking job? I'm lucky with the job that I've held for the last 7 years, it's given me experience in lots of usefull fields...but what about everyone else out there? |
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johnny cade
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 10:35:39 PM
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its a catch22...exerience needed, but you cant get it without the job. Thats where TAFE courses come in handy...ive got a C2 in network managment and a C1 in advanced network managment...but still no one will hire me :P
oh well. ya get that.(ive applied for count them 284 jobs in the last 3 weeks)
and been knocked back by 221 |
He sees an old man and says “See we’ll part with your hard,
Earned cash or rest in peace we can start with your heart.
Some girl steps not afraid she’s gonna cop it sweet,
And gets decked before she made it even on her feet,
The old man leaped to her aid and to his horror he’d,
Thrusted his chest into the blade of his robber s piece,
He grabbed the wallet, dropped the knife as he fled the car,
Concerned about the loss of life he’d never went this far,
What’s done is done, he’d got the prize and he’d spent his half,
Of two dollars in change and a pension card. |
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mouce
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 10:41:49 PM
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Ouch...I thought I was having a hard time of it. You beat me hands down there.
Might sound crazy but have you thought of starting your own business? I used to do a LOT of freelance IT work and was never low on funds. Don't know why I ever got out of it...I used to be able to make $75/hr (CASH) for database design, working at home, with no real deadline to worry about, free to work whenever I had the time. The majority of my work was IT security though (ex-hacker, it tends to stay with you), I used to do security work for a couple of schools in the area.
I would have thought that you'd be able to get a job with those certs under your belt. |
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johnny cade
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 10:44:25 PM
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| I live in albury, they cant even spell job. The locals noticed when a new stop sign was put in place :P lol...there arent much call for IT workers in this **** hole. But your an EX hacker? I used to be one of those things that i cant say the words of...well, i liked to think i was...i didnt get very far..my gf made me quit. Id love to get into it though, is it advisable? |
He sees an old man and says “See we’ll part with your hard,
Earned cash or rest in peace we can start with your heart.
Some girl steps not afraid she’s gonna cop it sweet,
And gets decked before she made it even on her feet,
The old man leaped to her aid and to his horror he’d,
Thrusted his chest into the blade of his robber s piece,
He grabbed the wallet, dropped the knife as he fled the car,
Concerned about the loss of life he’d never went this far,
What’s done is done, he’d got the prize and he’d spent his half,
Of two dollars in change and a pension card. |
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mouce
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 10:59:01 PM
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I decided to get out of the life after I had a few phriends of mine go to jail for a few things. Getting out of it was one of the smartest things I ever did.
It was fun, it was interesting, and it kept my mind active and focused when school work became too boring. I'm glad that I still have the skills, they do come in handy from time to time (when friends forget passwords to computer/documents I can help them out), but I don't set out to access things that I shouldn't. The risks aren't worth it.
My biggest piece of advice with it all...if you want to get into it: Don't. I've seen too many people lose their future because they got caught. You think it's hard to find a job at the moment...try finding one when you've got a criminal record for computer crime.
Just for the record, I got out before I did anything stupid enough to get caught for. I'm not saying that any of it was particularly smart, but I was smart enough to get out. |
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johnny cade
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 11:04:20 PM
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| lol...the stuff i learned, i usually used as security measures on my website...just learned to hack, then tested it on my own website...if i got in, then security was a 0/10 and i had to start again :P but perhaps we should get back to cars yeah? |
He sees an old man and says “See we’ll part with your hard,
Earned cash or rest in peace we can start with your heart.
Some girl steps not afraid she’s gonna cop it sweet,
And gets decked before she made it even on her feet,
The old man leaped to her aid and to his horror he’d,
Thrusted his chest into the blade of his robber s piece,
He grabbed the wallet, dropped the knife as he fled the car,
Concerned about the loss of life he’d never went this far,
What’s done is done, he’d got the prize and he’d spent his half,
Of two dollars in change and a pension card. |
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mouce
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 11:06:01 PM
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PM sent...yes...back to the cars...
Either that or jobs...
I know you live in Albury, have you thought of moving to either Sydney or Melbourne (Canberra if you got desperate), there's a LOT of IT jobs bouncing around in Melbourne I know that much. |
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johnny cade
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 11:10:02 PM
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| Yeah ive thought of it. Not untill i finish this next TAFE course and get a place to live. I was born in sydney, i intend to die there |
He sees an old man and says “See we’ll part with your hard,
Earned cash or rest in peace we can start with your heart.
Some girl steps not afraid she’s gonna cop it sweet,
And gets decked before she made it even on her feet,
The old man leaped to her aid and to his horror he’d,
Thrusted his chest into the blade of his robber s piece,
He grabbed the wallet, dropped the knife as he fled the car,
Concerned about the loss of life he’d never went this far,
What’s done is done, he’d got the prize and he’d spent his half,
Of two dollars in change and a pension card. |
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mouce
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 11:14:53 PM
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If you're interested in stupid stunts, and don't mind the chance that you'll break a nose, or seriously injure your pride check these guys out if you get bored:
http://boredom-induced.com/integration/index.php?id=24
Check out some of the sh!t they do to their 'cars'. I think I've found the definition of 'abuse'. Specifically check out the 'aspire' series of clips and then the 'free car sunday' one where they destroy a ford. :) Actually...come to think of it...they destroy several fords.
Sorry if it's a re-post, I think I mentioned these guys once before, but I'm too tired to care. |
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johnny cade
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Posted - 31 Aug 2006 : 11:23:36 PM
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| yeah you did, and i hate them with a vengence...:P their immature idiots...no offence if you like them |
He sees an old man and says “See we’ll part with your hard,
Earned cash or rest in peace we can start with your heart.
Some girl steps not afraid she’s gonna cop it sweet,
And gets decked before she made it even on her feet,
The old man leaped to her aid and to his horror he’d,
Thrusted his chest into the blade of his robber s piece,
He grabbed the wallet, dropped the knife as he fled the car,
Concerned about the loss of life he’d never went this far,
What’s done is done, he’d got the prize and he’d spent his half,
Of two dollars in change and a pension card. |
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