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Discussion in 'The Pub' started by U_B_WARE, May 1, 2015.

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  1. U_B_WARE

    U_B_WARE Well-Known Member

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    so, anyone in Brisbane ride to work/uni or anything today?
     
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    nah, I have a perfectly good Jeep for days like this... is a jeep thing, you wouldnt understand :thumb_ups:
     
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    Its an overcast rainy day here too .... but the lounge is dry :cool:
     
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  4. U_B_WARE

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    i am on the bike in about 30 min to head home from eagle farm (near BNE airport) to redcliffe (about 25 min drive with no traffic or rain). there is also a storm just north of brisbane at the moment right where i am heading.
     
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    Let me tell you, the Sunshine Coast has been belted all day with heavy rain and wind that won't ease up......take care on the bike
     
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  6. U_B_WARE

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    i will, heading up sandgate road and if it get's to bad along the way my partner's grandmother is along the way will park up and get a ride home.
     
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    Good thinking my friend.....it is a mess out there.
     
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    absolute understatement phil,
     
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    2 hours to get home (usually 45 mins), Jeep did me proud with a few water crossings along the way :thumb_ups:
     
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    wait for the punchline :lolsign:


     
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    almost 3 hours to get home
     
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    Road flooded out of work so we sat and drank some beers till water dropped to about a foot and got out!!
     
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    Jeep didn't break down on the way? Haha. Be safe boys. Nice an sunny over here, wish i could seend it out you way.
     
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    so, by the time i got home last night bike was not liking me and running a bit rough. new oil and filter, wd40 everywhere and a radiator flush and new coolant and running great again
     
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    toughen up gents, a bit of water and you winge. sound like poms having an annual tub.PMSL.
     
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    by the way still raining here.
     
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    just north of where i am, 5 people lost there lives last night due to the rain.
     
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    last week roughly the same number of people lost there lives here from the flood and one was an old lady driving through water over the road.
     
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    IMO this saga cheapens the idea of crowd funding, imagine how $20k could have been spent on something more worthwhile, if you have a lemon then trade it...
     
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