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Woof, hey Stephanie, hows your night going so far?

ahhhm pretty slow, im having a quiet night in, its one of my most treasured day off's so far, just been chilling out around home

IS there any good events on this sat night? sat day?....sunday day?

The thing that raises intake temps and makes intercoolers less effective?

Ahhh, no, its the thing that means I dont have to wear my wetsuit down the beach in SUMMER!!! Which is just insane. I'll put up with a less effective intercooler for a nice warm day down the beach.

ahh it is fun trust me I am helping dan with a couple of engines whilst waiting for my parts to arrive (damm supplier is now out of the type of turbo i want grrrrrr). Only thing is remember oil goes everywhere and to have a steady supply of rags avalible :)

Predictable ending but funny nonetheless... :)

TRADITIONAL AUSTRALIAN FARMING:

* You have two sheep.

* You sell one and buy a ram.

* Your flock multiplies, and the economy grows. You buy out your neighbours.

* You sell the lot and retire on the income.

AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION: (Workchoices!)

* You have two sheep.

* You sell one, and force the other to produce the wool of four sheep.

* You are surprised when the sheep drops dead.

FRENCH CORPORATION:

* You have two sheep.

* You go on strike because you want three sheep.

JAPANESE CORPORATION:

* You have two sheep.

* You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary sheep and produce 20 times the wool.

* You then create clever sheep cartoon images called Sheepkimon and market them worldwide.

GERMAN

CORPORATION:

* You have two sheep.

* You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and shear themselves.

A BRITISH CORPORATION:

* You have two sheep.

* Both die from foot and mouth.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION:

* You have two sheep, but you don't know where they are.

* You break for lunch.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION:

* You have two sheep.

* You count them and learn you have five sheep.

* You count them again and learn you have 42 sheep.

* You count them again and learn you have 12 sheep.

* You stop counting sheep and open another bottle of vodka.

A SWISS CORPORATION:

* You have 5,000 sheep, none of which belong to you.

* You charge others for storing them.

A CHINESE CORPORATION:

* You have two sheep.

* You have 300 people shearing them.

* You claim full employment, high productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the numbers.

A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION:

* You have two sheep.

* That one on the left is kinda cute...

Hmm.

Ive never seen the inside of a RB. Most intresting.

its a bitch to do, but at the same time i enjoy it

ahh it is fun trust me I am helping dan with a couple of engines whilst waiting for my parts to arrive (damm supplier is now out of the type of turbo i want grrrrrr). Only thing is remember oil goes everywhere and to have a steady supply of rags avalible :P

the only 'mess' i made was when i took the turbo coolant lines off & the coolant dripped a bit, other than that no leaks or mess anywhere (other than on my hands and clothes) :)

im still @ f**king work...

so over it... I have done... get this... since I got in here:

Closed off some jobs that had allready been completed.

Twideled thumbs.

Gone for drive to shops. Gotten frozen meals as steph wont let me eat fast food anymore. For the record, they are shit. I ate half of one. Thanks hun for looking out for my health.

Twideled thumbs.

Got excited when phone rang, only to find it was coworker checking the lines.

Twideled thumbs.

Gone to car, gotten PC. Played games for 2 hours.

Now Twideling thumbs again.

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