Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
Ok, intro thread. Custom Bug reminded me that i dont have one of these, so i better do one, hey?
Name: Rhys Munro Ford
Age: 17 (18 on 22 may)
Height: bout 180cm (6' ish)
Weight: about 70kg
Place of residence: Adelaide, Australia
I spin: Poi, fire poi, willing to learn anything else
Occupation: Student -Bachelor of Applied Science (civil aviation)
MSN address: rmford_@hotmail.com <- Add me!
Err, anything else you wanna know, just ask.
Oh, and if anyone wants me to start putting together an FAQ for each section, feel free to mail me the relevant stuff, and i'll do my best to mash it all together into a coherent block of text.
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Just saw the diabolo of doom.. OW...
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
10,530 posts
Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...
You can stop the video just as it hits him in the face
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
*
s MiG* 
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
moo..
1,899 posts
Location: melbourne, australia
hahaha i still laugh at this (if its the thing im thinking of)..hmmm..maybe for new reasons tho bahaha!
EDITED_BY: ezz (1130413629)
hug me!
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
I'm so glad someone told me about pointing one stick at the diabolo (the other stick down) to catch it.. Else I'd probably have done the same thing
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
@ ry: I sorta tried to do that, but it was moving a little, and i misjudged the timing a bit, too (excuses, excuses
)@ Pigeon: Tis why diabolos are named after another word for the devil
@ FRD: it's even better at the full recorded res and framerate. I can't remember where i put that video, though.
@ Ezz: You're probably still laughing cos its still funny
In other news, i now have an apprenticeship waiting for me at the start of next year. I put a letter in at broadspectrum (BSA), left it for a week or so, then went in yesterday and caught up with the boss there. He said he'd see what he could do, but that it was looking not too bad at that stage, but not to get too hoping. I got a phone call today saying that it was a go-ahead, they're going to call in about a week to confirm everything, after the paperwork's gone through in adelaide, and then i start some time next year
I should also be able to work as a trade assistant for a while between the end of this course and the start of the apprenticeship, which will be awesome, cos there's more money as a TA. It'll give me a chance to get some good tools and a good tool bag and stuff. Possibly a deposit on a new car. That'd rock.
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
yay!! well done!
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Congrats Rhys! Sounds promising! Great when things start to iron themselves out
A new car? Get an anti-bog one 
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
yeah, i want to get me a newish Scooby-doo liberty, with awd and all the pretty bits. wouldn't be brand new, prolly late 90's. and then get airbag suspension or hydraulics fitted, so it'll sit nice and low on the highway, or nice and high in the bush
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
I know a guy who has one of those actually.. he's customised so it's really quiet (not like those broken muffler type hoons), and when you're inside you only hear a high pitched sound when he accelerates.. Sounds a bit like a remote controlled car
Pretty cool.Though if I ever get a car I'd probably be more than happy with a 4 door auto with good fuel efficiency and plenty of boot space. Pretty boring
Maybe roof racks.. for what, I don't know Hey, heard they're coming out with a modern version of the Kombi! Heard anything about it?
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
I'd want a bit of noise, because boxers sound just soo nice. It'd be an all rounder, my run to the shops car, go to adelaide/out bush on a weekend, go be a little silly if the desire takes me.
Doesn't have to break ribs with acceleration or anything like that, but be a bit of fun to drive, and yet be nice and frugal with petrol when its burbling along the highway.
I've always preferred manual over auto, you've got so much more control, especially if you're going to be climbing hills and stuff.
Roof racks'd be good to carry staffs on, or mono/bi/tri/quasi/multi-pods around. or a surfboard, should the want take you
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
Pooh-Bah
1,848 posts
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
Well done boy, proud of ya.
my scooby-doo has roof racks... "i am exotic, and must keep my arms down" - Rougie
"i don't understand what penises have to do with getting married" - Foxie
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
indeed it does.
but you don't spin sticks. or surf...
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
Pooh-Bah
1,848 posts
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
how do you know i don't surf?
"i am exotic, and must keep my arms down" - Rougie
"i don't understand what penises have to do with getting married" - Foxie
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
cos you haven't taken me surfing yet
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
heehe! scooby-doo!.. they always need a roof rack
mm! sounds like our old one, though that was an MY, before it got squished
only drove it a few times seeing it was dad's car, but was so quiet sometimes you didn't know it was running or kept thinking it'd stalled at the lights mm kombi..
the 'beach' one just looks like a big tarago or something of the sort i reckon.. the one with the pop out roof seems a bit cooler though, still doesn't look like a real kombi
putt..putt..
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
Nothing will ever look like a real kombi. They're just too iconic. It does look like a very cool little beast, though.
*wouldn't mind an original kombi...with a turbo wrx motor in it*
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
turbo wrx?
he who says it doesn't have to break ribs Pooh-Bah
1,848 posts
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
my MY use to be quiet like that... but it's old and yuckey now... "i am exotic, and must keep my arms down" - Rougie
"i don't understand what penises have to do with getting married" - Foxie
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
i could solve some problems, given a workshop manual, three weeks and about $2000 budget for parts if needed.
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
I just want to note that the other night, i dreamt makybe diva won the cup and fell at the end.
I really doubt it'd happen, but, in the event it does, i've said it.
at 1:56pm.
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
k. at 2:41, it turns out that makybe diva won, but didn't fall.
Half right...
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
so, what're the lotto numbers eh?
old hand
1,065 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Hey there MiG, congrats on the placement, sounds good.
Missed u last Friday!
Hope all is well.
*lines up behind Adya for lotto numbers, pen and paper at the ready*
L&L
The Fairy God Mother
~*~
" i just now need some other unsuspecting suckers to say something... " ~Rouge Dragon
"that wink was a nice one not a im going to thrust at you wink" ~Brettstar
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
mm Makybe Diva won indeed.. wonder who the punter who put $1,000,000 on her was.. and whether he's doing groceries now..
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
Macro-ism:
Non-Https Image Link
And for a large (1mb, 4mp) shot, click here somewhere.
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
Why does the internet have to be case sensitive?
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
How's it going!
havent spoken to you in an AGE! but its ok cos ill be back in aus soon so we can resume our optus free time calls! woo!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
Life update:
I've lost internet at home, so i won't be around anywhere near as much as i used to be for a while. I should be moving somewhere else soon, though, and hopefully i'll be able to afford broadband there, which will be really nice
My apprenticeship starts on the 9th of January, hopefully i'll be back regular again before then, but i'll have to wait and see.
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Wondered where you have been....
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Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
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