2010-01-26 - Invasion (Australia) Day

Maybe... Let's see how I feel tomorrow, still in bed... :/

oh shit, so it is a cold then. bummer. hope you're ok.

If I make it I"m coming armed with caramelo koalas - or we could just eat them tonight at souths.

Blah blah blah... caramelo koalas... Blah blah blah... we could just eat them tonight at souths.

jumps out of sick bed, fit as a fiddle

koala bears* ?

koala beers

^thats what Kiwis say.

Maybe... Let's see how I feel tomorrow, still in bed... :/

Was Satdy night that good then? Either it must be one of them 531 hangovers or Teenslain is actually Fully Sick Maaate!

132 posts until some Kiwi bashing, we all must be out of practise, eh?

The Fleetwood in the City has Kangaroo burgers, aussie burgers, parma and pot, lamingtons, redskin vodka... and it's walking distance from my bed aka 'the office'.

Are we popi ng in here for the burgers and lamingtons? Lemon or strawberry

Seeing as we're cyclists and whatnot, can we rename it Craig Gordon day?

http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/news/qanda/article/never-say-never-again-7572/?mp=0

Seeing as we're cyclists and whatnot, can we rename it Craig Gordon day?
http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/news/qanda/article/never-say-never-again-7572/?mp=0

Is that where the Aussie rides himself into hospital to beat the 'merican?

It costs him more in medical bills for his recovery than he wins.

But he wins.

And we all know kids, it's not how you play the game, winning is everything.

Yeah..
http://velonews.competitor.com/2006/10/mountain/a-freds-eye-view-craig-gordons-world-of-pain_11025

Financially, Gordon’s attempt was a major loss — his $7000 bill fromhis two-day stay in the hospital dwarfs his $2500 winner’s check from therace.
But for bragging rights, Gordon achieved something that most peoplewill never do — he logged 240 dirt miles in 30 laps.

Yep, watched that DVD 3 times in the past 2 days, he's a fucking hero. Makes it even better seeing how bitter the Americans get over it too.

what about a poll?

Indeed. I tried to get that started back in the vanilla days, no takers.

List threads suck. But are useful.

Is that where the Aussie rides himself into hospital to beat the 'merican?

It costs him more in medical bills for his recovery than he wins.

But he wins.

And we all know kids, it's not how you play the game, winning is everything.

Yeah..
http://velonews.competitor.com/2006/10/mountain/a-freds-eye-view-craig-gordons-world-of-pain_11025

Financially, Gordon’s attempt was a major loss — his $7000 bill fromhis two-day stay in the hospital dwarfs his $2500 winner’s check from therace.
But for bragging rights, Gordon achieved something that most peoplewill never do — he logged 240 dirt miles in 30 laps.

Good article, but someone really need to give the guy who wrote it a keyboard with a proper spacebar.

in.

Dress up as a convict?

I reiterate- happy Australia day, enjoy your ride whilst I sit in a nice warm pub.

If you intend on hitting the pub at 22:00 then I'll see you another time.

Anyone who fancies an uncomplicated beer I'll see tomorrow at ten past six.

^^Russia, France and the British Administration in India transported their convicts far later and on a collectively larger scale than the British did to Australia.

Such an inaccurate joke ;)

Seeing as we're cyclists and whatnot, can we rename it Craig Gordon day?

http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/news/qanda/article/never-say-never-again-7572/?mp=0

It has already been renamed. Check the OP.

^^Russia, France and the British Administration in India transported their convicts far later and on a collectively larger scale than the British did to Australia.

Such an inaccurate joke ;)

So the ancestors are convicts but foriegn ones too ;)

In all seriousness ever read what some people got deported for and some of the stories from Van diemans land prisons? These are the only ones I have read but cannot imagine the horribleness of the reality.

So the ancestors are convicts but foriegn ones too ;)

In all seriousness ever read what some people got deported for and some of the stories from Van diemans land prisons? These are the only ones I have read but cannot imagine the horribleness of the reality.

noooo, they didn't send them to australia, silly.

but on the note of VDL - you should talk to my very quietly spoken and polite fellow phd-er at king's.. many many grizzly stories... think he might be a total sadist, would have to be to read through all the stories on that topic, all day, for four years.. i don't like convict history much. bo-ring.

noooo, they didn't send them to australia, silly.

but on the note of VDL - you should talk to my very quietly spoken and polite fellow phd-er at king's.. many many grizzly stories... think he might be a total sadist, would have to be to read through all the stories on that topic, all day, for four years.. i don't like convict history much. bo-ring.

Thank you but no thank you, i read a few of the edited story, that enough for me.

So back to the kangaroo burgers and lambikins (:)) when and where

nny - I'm really sorry but I'm ducking out of tomorrow's ride. not feeling 100% and got some important stuff to do

^sigh, that's ok :) hope you feel better...

right, now that the organiser/hijacker has pulled out, how easily convinced will all of you be to revert to the original plan and ride to the pub?