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*snif*.. brings a tear to my eyes to see all the olden days..

back when exhaust f*king was the thing to do..

back when each morning on SAU, threre would be at least 3 new threads of photchops.

back when Minh had too big an upper body compared to his twiggy legs and had no tricep definition.. :D

back when minh had scaring from paint on tatoos.. hahahahahaha

back when George though he'd be cool to sit on a 3 legged chair and claim that he wouldn't fall off.... while a video camera was running, while I kicked it out from under his skinny arse..

hahahahaha

back when there was at least 1 BBQ on every weekend followed up by pearl tea..

meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemories....... Like a Minh without his thaiboys... like a Cereal with a bad haaaaaiiirr day.... like a butter chickennnnnnn....

so many people have gone..

I got maried and I've just moved to Brisbane...

Last peeps I saw was Cereal, Timm, and Mario the wookie at my bucks.

Cereal, cheers for the drinks and the titties.. Drove all the way back from Canberra to party with us...

*sniff*

good times, good times..

and looking at the people in this thread right now,... all old skool...

GTST, MYS013, d0p3y, two40, GTR-80Y

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They were great times! we have all moved on, whether it was to bigger and better things who knows hahaha

I went from a silvia to a sil80, now to a cefiro and a celsior.

Everyone else I know of has changed cars, I still keep in contact with most of the old schoolers.

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