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This just in; got my first irate phone call from my mate :banana: . Apparently imports ARE expensive to repair. After an extensive chat; I politely asked that he refer any further correspondence to Shannons.

He then (stupidly) asked "Why? What are you gonna do if I don't?"

Guess whos getting 10 pizza's tonight?

At 11pm...:ph34r:

And every night this week.

GAME ON, SYMOND.

*Grabs Popcorn and waits for updates*

Feel free to PM if you'd like a phone number, for when you're bored/drunk/lonely.

At 3am.

Symond seems to REALLY enjoy a chat.

1800 reverse is your friend.

Feel free to PM his details (phone, car details etc)

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Any update/outcome on this Dale...?:whistling:

It has suddenly dawned on me how annoying it is living in a road with a CBR250RR rider. I don't mind bikes, but that has to be one of the most annoying noises to hear everyday- there is nothing funny about having to go up a street at 10,000rpm slowly.

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Any update/outcome on this Dale...?:whistling:

It has suddenly dawned on me how annoying it is living in a road with a CBR250RR rider. I don't mind bikes, but that has to be one of the most annoying noises to hear everyday- there is nothing funny about having to go up a street at 10,000rpm slowly.

How rude of me not to update.:spank:

I sent him a serve of Domino's finest at 10pm last friday, cos I still had the shits; 5 ham & pineapple, 5 cheese (didn't want him to enjoy them too much). And one of my mates is a bit of a late night drunken dialler, so I gave him the number, after 2 calls a night for 4 days; he reckons he's not answering anymore...

I'm not ready to give up on you yet Symond, I still have so much love to give!

Also, there's another 6 pizza shops in your area that I haven't used yet...

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lol @ "Symond Saga"

Anyway, to the 2 touring bike (Gold Wing?) riders this morning, riding side by side (1 lane each) on Sth Gippsland Hwy at 80kph.

GET OUT OF MY f**KING WAY!

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lol @ "Symond Saga"

Anyway, to the 2 touring bike (Gold Wing?) riders this morning, riding side by side (1 lane each) on Sth Gippsland Hwy at 80kph.

GET OUT OF MY f**KING WAY!

shouldve just driven your hybrid into them!

turned it from a light blue to a blood red :D

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Well a big thumbs up to the P-Plater that ran into me yesterday.....absolute gold for not checking the lane beside you before swinging into it!spank.gif

It's such a shame about the side of your car toolaugh.gif......

Oh.....no damage to mine.....gotta wub.gifthe rub guards on the AR-X!!!!ninja.gif

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That's great that you suffered no damage. So the big guards just take the hit without matking? That's impressive.

It's been said before, but why have so many regulars on here had incidents since this thread was started? I think it should be banned.

BTW, for damage that was hard to pick from a distance, the quotes for my repairs were just over $1700. I hope to get it fixed soon.

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Well a big thumbs up to the P-Plater that ran into me yesterday.....absolute gold for not checking the lane beside you before swinging into it!spank.gif

It's such a shame about the side of your car toolaugh.gif......

Oh.....no damage to mine.....gotta wub.gifthe rub guards on the AR-X!!!!ninja.gif

Jebus, you were only talking about this the other day!

I think we should put this thread to bed, it IS causing bad luck to befall Stageas!

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For this next episode we need a bit of background. And you may need some popcorn.

In dec 09, I was royally f##ked by a removalist who didn't turn up on the day I was due to move out of my house. I was in all manner of shit as the new owner was moving in only a day later. Arsehole mover didn't show up at the agreed time and was uncontactable for 4 hours, then spun all sorts of BS about why he was running late, his offsider was sick, I wasn't on this job list (somehow had my phone number though :whistling: ) and so on. Was still promising to do the job at 1am the next morning. All of this time, I was moving anything that would fit in the Stagea & my trailer.

I realised he had no intention of doing the job and the next day managed to find a mover at very short notice who did the rest of the job for an excellent price when they could've charged the earth and I would've had to pay :thanks: . The new movers had come across this arsehole before and told me some very nasty stories about how the guy had screwed other people, I later found even one of my own friends had fallen victim to his particular brand of f**kwittage.

Interestingly, they told me of his inability to pass up a juicy cash job in a big house.

While I was having a beer at the pub, waiting for a mate to join me on Saturday; it occurred to me that there were now TWO people on my list.

I then encountered the age old problem; how to screw two arseholes(I mean join two kindred spirits) with the minimum amount of effort?:ph34r:

Apparently, on Saturday afternoon, the aforementioned mover may have recieved a phone call from a man who he believes to be living in Charlestown, who was interested in moving house! Coincidentally, he's desperate to get into his new place, which just happens to be a rather large, expensive property in my local area. On top of that, he's prepared to pay SUBSTANTIALLY above the going rate, IN CASH, to have the job done NEXT WEEKEND, but only if the job can commence at 4am Saturday.

It turns out; that this certain mover has (from what I've heard) fallen on slightly hard times, and is extremely keen to do a short notice cashie for a man in need!:banana: What a stroke of luck!

It seems he was slightly worried about the amount of travel to the start point, but was won over with the offer of a further large lump sum payment of CASH for his troubles. Also it had the added bonus of ending quite close to his own home base which, apparently he was rather happy about. Swings and Roundabouts eh?

This post may, or may not be based entirely in fact; I'll let you decide.

Welcome to the game gentlemen.:cheers:

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Very nice!!!!.....you just need to sneak over there at about 3AM and put up a sign on his house!

"OWNED"

No, see that's the best part!

Apparently he's moving, but he's keeping it as an investment property, and he's got some REALLY good tenants ready to move in this coming weekend!

It's incredible how things seem to be panning out for Symond...

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No, see that's the best part!

Apparently he's moving, but he's keeping it as an investment property, and he's got some REALLY good tenants ready to move in this coming weekend!

It's incredible how things seem to be panning out for Symond...

how do you find all this out?

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bicycles. they decide that they have enough authority to ride in the middle of a lane.

stay on the f**kin left hand side of the left lane. not in the middle. if you want to ride in the middle, go and get a registration.. oh wait you cant. THEN GET OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE EFFING LANE YOU TWAT!

and the next time if you decide to roll up to my window and yell, dont ride away again when i get out of the car. fkn chicken shit.

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