Gatvol
I was pretty sick today, so I took the day off. To cheer myself up I went for a quick ride up the hill. I managed to snap two pics of unusual traffic while up there:
Pic 1: If only there was SOME easier way to transport this......
Pic 2: Now boys, lets try to keep this one on the road, no more rolling of military vehicles down hills, like our collegues down south
Last edited by StoneChucker; 20th September 2004 at 18:05. Reason: spelling mistake lol
Kiwi back at home!
just make sure the boss dont know about this site!
Gatvol
As far as I know, it's none of the employers business what you do on your sick day. And besides, I was sick, and I could either sit on my arse watching tv, or sit on my arse, on my bike for a short while. Where I work (hospital), it's not advised to go to work sick/infectious.
Forum whore
Ahhhh... to be that sick... if i have a sickie the mrs wont let me near the bike..Originally Posted by StoneChucker
I was pretty sick today, so I took the day off. To cheer myself up I went for a quick ride up the hill. I managed to snap two pics of unusual traffic while up there:
Pic 1: If only there was SOME easier way to transport this......
Pic 2: Now boys, lets try to keep this one on the road, no more rolling of military vehicles down hills, like our collegues down south
love the pic 1 bit!
Take it weetbix YEA ERM
Bah a robinson helicopter nooo! Go the army theres a bit of excitement for ppl driving round there
Those who dont learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Tearing Choppa a new A'Hole
Listen here, young fellah! I've had just about a gutsfull of your skiving off for a ride in the sunshine while the rest of us work.......I was pretty sick today, so I took the day off. To cheer myself up I went for a quick ride up the hill. I managed to snap two pics of unusual traffic while up there:
Pic 1: If only there was SOME easier way to transport this......
Pic 2: Now boys, lets try to keep this one on the road, no more rolling of military vehicles down hills, like our collegues down south
A hospital you say? How about a bogus "note" for the boss and I'll join ya tomorrow?
Vote David Bain for MNZ president
Team Brehaut Racing
Join the queue fella.... it was Dr. Stonechucker wasn't it?
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No wonder the road got ripped up so quickly on those top two corners.
bikes
Didnt realise that the army had got those mobile trash cans fitted out already.
I"M WAtchin YOU Buddy ...
ISAw 1/2 doz of those ARmY thingamajigaviches going through that towne nth of whatstheMAtamata last FRiday ...
OBviously only oneofem has made it to Wellingkton ...
THe hand's farster than the eye ... keepan eye onda feet .. .
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
They are seriously cool, don’t believe the hatchet job 60min/20/20 or whatever the shock-scam journalism program did on them. When you are traipsing around in some dodgy country where people are sniping at the peacekeeping soldiers you have to have something to transport them around in. You can blow a wheel off with a mine & still drive back.
& some clowns wanted to refurbish the old mogs that look like a 30’s truck with a box on the back (‘cause that’s pretty much what they were).
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Forum whore
Not quite correct Dave. They don't work well on our terrain at all. They are good value for countries that have lots of nice flat plains, a la Australia, and Nth America. We could very easily have bought BMP2s and BRDMs from Russia, which are rated at 80-90% as effective in modern Battle conditions but substantially more mobile due to being used in places like Afghanistan. They can be fitted with the same armament, comms suite, and accommodation as the LAVs but at a fraction of the cost. We were offered 150 BMPs for 10 Million US.They are seriously cool, don’t believe the hatchet job 60min/20/20 or whatever the shock-scam journalism program did on them. When you are traipsing around in some dodgy country where people are sniping at the peacekeeping soldiers you have to have something to transport them around in. You can blow a wheel off with a mine & still drive back.
& some clowns wanted to refurbish the old mogs that look like a 30’s truck with a box on the back (‘cause that’s pretty much what they were).
The US had to refurbish Vietnam M113s they had in storage and National Guard service for service in Iraq, because the Bradley M2A2 programme was 5 years behind schedule and the LAVs they had lasted about 2 weeks in desert conditions. A friend of mine who was to command a Bradley in Iraq ended up in a Hum-V with extra armour plate as protection from mines fitted to the bottom and TOW launcher on the roof, as the LAV temporary replacement for his Bradley ceased to function in transit. A Hum-V has little protection from small arms fire. I'd rather have old reliable, and AK proof than, new, whizzy, and it just stopped working in the middle of this firefight any day.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Our conditions are a bit irrelevant, I mean mostly we’d expect our army to be doing peacekeeping roles in partially developed countries, it’s not like we are ever going to be equipped for ‘battle conditions’
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Forum whore
They aren't irrelevant because most of our peacekeeping is done in more extreme conditions on Pacific Islands. The LAVS couldn't have done the job in East Timor because they physically wouldn't have fit on the roads the M113s traversed easily.Our conditions are a bit irrelevant, I mean mostly we’d expect our army to be doing peacekeeping roles in partially developed countries, it’s not like we are ever going to be equipped for ‘battle conditions’
Forum whore
My brother in law was one of the team that went to canada to try the LAV'sOur conditions are a bit irrelevant, I mean mostly we’d expect our army to be doing peacekeeping roles in partially developed countries, it’s not like we are ever going to be equipped for ‘battle conditions’
and that was his exact point... its not like the army's going to use them to defend itself on home soil.
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