What do you do to fund the habit??

[Slipstream]

I fuck around all day doing sweet fuck all, getting paid fucken good money.

But not for long!

I second that

[Big Dave]

OK - last time i was all humble like.....no more. WT used to brag about the coolest gig. Nothin'!

In order of coolness:
Associate Art Director, Kiwi Motorcycle Rider Magazine.
Freelance motorcycle tester and touring writer.
My own ad agency with brands like Triumph, Motomail, AMPS, H-D, Shoei, Gas Gas, MVAgusta, Cagiva, NZ Adventures and more.

They ask 'When you comin' home dave?'
As if.

I'm available for lessons, but you have to be prepared stay up late and wear a lot of black.

[Waylander]

I'm available for lessons, but you have to be prepared stay up late and wear a lot of black.

Hehe I'm already used to late nights even several days without sleep and most of my laundry is black so doI qualify?

[Big Dave]

Hehe I'm already used to late nights even several days without sleep and most of my laundry is black so doI qualify?

You are showing potential, but we'll need to talk a little bit about your motorcycle. You will begin receiving the subliminal 'Buy a Triumph' messages shortly.
Sleep is over rated.

[Waylander]

You are showing potential, but we'll need to talk a little bit about your motorcycle. You will begin receiving the subliminal 'Buy a Triumph' messages shortly.
Sleep is over rated.

Way ahead of you mate. Triumphs tend to run in the family. My grandpa used to race them in the desert in so-cal and so did my dad. Been kinda partial to them myself though I lean more twords the new generation of them. Rocket III and the Daytona series.

[Big Dave]

My grandpa used to race them in the desert in so-cal and so did my dad.

Done some reading on desert racing.
I have an autographed photo of stormy mangham that was sent to me when this hit the web years ago.
http://www.davidcohen.co.nz/bonne_name/bonnename2.html

[Clockwork]

If it doesn't, see your doctor, he can give you some tablets for that.

If you're talkin' about them suppositories mate....... don't bother.

For all the good they done me I may as well have stuffed 'em up me arse!!

[stify]

If she's worked on the shop floor she'll be cool,mechanics sling a lot of abuse around,she woulda toughed it out and earned respect.

maybe, but taking abuse and general w/shop crap from some she don't work or deal with....dat ain't cool with me

[KATWYN]

I had a guy from an unnamed Ford Dealership on the phone yesterday who wanted to justify labour time by trying to tell me how hard and labour intensive it was to strip down and adjust the handbrake on a BA Falcon (talking to me asuming that cause I'm a chick I will know less than him about cars).

I'm like, "they're self adjusting mate" ,making it sound all didn't ya know .....
And the idiot goes, "no they're not......are they??

- Now thats funny. We all should never ass-u-me

[Motu]

maybe, but taking abuse and general w/shop crap from some she don't work or deal with....dat ain't cool with me

Um???? you're on the internet mate....do you have a problem with that?Lot's of people burn themselves out on internet forums by getting upset.....don't get sucked into that trap.

[Fart]

I take my dogs for a walk everyday.

[zadok]

I baby sit naughty people. And lovin' it.

[stify]

Um???? you're on the internet mate....do you have a problem with that?Lot's of people burn themselves out on internet forums by getting upset.....don't get sucked into that trap.

well i did wonder wot it was....an thanks for asking....mate

an thanks for the advise i'll live my internet life by it

[WINJA]

The seperate handbrake shoes on a BA Falcon are not selfadjusting and they are a pain in the arse to set up,you have to buy the very expensive shoes to get the little clips that stop them making a lot of noise.

I fix cars for a living.....and get pissed off having to justify the time it takes to fix them.....like,why don't you do it yourself if you don't like the price?....

YOU HAVE TO JUSTIFY IT CAUSE SO MANY OF YOUR COMPETITION LOAD UP JOBS TO MAKE AN 8 HOUR DAY

[Jackrat]

I wasn't bitching at you bitch,I was bitching about my customers - we have just finished fitting a $5 seal to the injector pump on a 4M40 in a Pajero...at 8 hrs charged I am losing heavily on the labour,and the customer is bleating and moaning - I'd like to charge more,but the flat rate is 2hrs for R & I,a trip to the small claims court would see me halve my hours.I'd like to see some one R & I one of these in 2 hrs!It's about time tradesmen in this country started charging like lawyers - waste my time and then charge for the privalige.

One qualified mech to 10 apprentices,that's bloody good,a few years ago apprentices had disapeared - no one wanted to train for a job with low pay where you get dirty and abused.

Was at the service station at Whakamaru last week,the man there had just replaced two front brake calipers an disks on a PJ that the stupid bloody owner had never had serviced,they were ROOTED.
The owner was refusing to pay the bill and the service station was getting ready to go to court over it.
Damn it's good to be a truck driver at times,know where all the good shady trees are I do.