Do All Australians Dress Like This? - Page 1
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author: CaptnYellowShirt
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2014, 03:07:19 am
content: 0:26Dave: come clean, man.

author: peter.mitchell
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timestamp: March 21, 2014, 05:30:20 am
content: in a word.yes.

author: GeoffS
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timestamp: March 21, 2014, 05:41:18 am
content: In the 70's? too right we did!

author: TMM
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timestamp: March 21, 2014, 06:15:22 am
content: can confirm.

author: aargee
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timestamp: March 21, 2014, 06:19:15 am
content: Just got to watch how you pack the budgie smugglers.

author: GEuser
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timestamp: March 21, 2014, 06:35:24 am
content: That's those City girly boysOut bush its more like thishttp://punch.photoshelter.com/image/I00002WRH.fJhDfM

author: G7PSK
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timestamp: March 21, 2014, 09:33:08 am
content: I would think not usually like that while in the UK summer or not but the summer of 1976 was a heat wave.

author: Stonent
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timestamp: March 21, 2014, 03:19:49 pm
content: Q: Is that a banana in your trousers or are you just happy to see me?A: Yes

author: chipwitch
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timestamp: March 21, 2014, 03:35:31 pm
content: Wow... great old video. I never knew Angus was so tiny! What? 35 kilos? Less? I saw them (Back in Black). They were all real tiny, but that might have had something to do with the location of my seat.

author: Len
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timestamp: March 21, 2014, 03:39:51 pm
content: When I was at university - in Canada - there was an Aussie grad student in one of my classes. He showed up to class in shorts all winter long, no matter how cold it was outside. I guess he just couldn't shake the idea that January was summertime.

author: chickenHeadKnob
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 22, 2014, 01:07:55 am
content: Quote from: Len on March 21, 2014, 03:39:51 pmGoing by the Mad Max series of docu-dramas they also wear hockey equipment in the desert. In the desert. With no hockey game in sight. they also appear to be irritable and bad drivers.

author: GeoffS
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timestamp: March 22, 2014, 01:42:42 am
content: Quote from: chickenHeadKnob on March 22, 2014, 01:07:55 amHockey? Sounds like a made up word to me.And yes, we are irritable and poor drivers.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 22, 2014, 05:15:06 am
content: Quote from: GeoffS on March 22, 2014, 01:42:42 amAnd... You're driving in our country too! I snapped this today at work.

author: Mr. Coffee
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 24, 2014, 12:51:43 pm
content: Quote from: Len on March 21, 2014, 03:39:51 pmHalf the people in Iowa in the USA do that too. Mostly Norwegian/Swedish ancestry here, and they are flipping hot if it get close to what I consider room temperature. LOL

author: SeanB
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timestamp: March 24, 2014, 06:50:53 pm
content: Quote from: GeoffS on March 22, 2014, 01:42:42 amI disagree, you have to come here and drive a little. You guys are pretty considerate, from seeing all the road trips from Aussie50 and Dave. Positively polite, considerate and obey the road rules.Here it is generally drive with caution, and watch out for both bad roads and bad drivers. You can tell for sure that there are a lot of drivers who have either no licence, a fake licence or who just are plain clueless. Then you have the taxi drivers. Saw one break about 50 laws in 50m, including turning across oncoming traffic and driving up a one way street. Metro police drove right past while he was doing this, not a concern aside from looking for the coffee and donuts.

author: TMM
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timestamp: March 25, 2014, 01:33:17 am
content: Quote from: SeanB on March 24, 2014, 06:50:53 pmSounds exactly the same as Australia to me haha.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2014, 02:10:01 am
content: Quote from: CaptnYellowShirt on March 21, 2014, 03:07:19 amNo,they'd been in the UK too long,& gone native.On the odd occasion during a British summer that the sun dares to peep out from behind the clouds,the Poms start tearing their clothes off so they can sunbathe.You can pick the newly arrived Aussies-- they're the ones shivering inside their furry collared jackets.The grey weather does something to your eyes,too!When I came back from the UK in March 1972,the sky was grey,the sea looked nasty,& it was windy,all the way down the West coast of Africa---but the Poms were still sunbathing!!"That's Africa,right?", "It must be hot & sunny,right?"When we came into Capetown,it was a beautiful bright blue sunny day,the light was so strong,that the edges of the buildings seemed to have "ringing" on them.If it had that effect on me,what would it be on someone who'd never seen a sunny South African,or Aussie Autumn day?

author: EEVblog
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timestamp: March 25, 2014, 02:13:03 am
content: In the 70's totally.Still today in some parts of Sydney...

author: Psi
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timestamp: March 25, 2014, 03:01:21 am
content: There was that time you took your t-shirt off on camera in one of the early videos.

author: EEVblog
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timestamp: March 25, 2014, 03:04:50 am
content: Quote from: Psi on March 25, 2014, 03:01:21 amI was actually on the way to the gym with my tank top on so thought why not shoot another clip

author: Stonent
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timestamp: March 25, 2014, 06:20:18 am
content: And on an unrelated site, I see this..So yes maybe they do dress that way.

author: Towger
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timestamp: March 25, 2014, 09:23:51 am
content: Quote from: Stonent on March 21, 2014, 03:19:49 pmI was half expecting Jimmy Savile to be in that clip!

author: nihilism
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2014, 09:49:31 am
content: Quote from: Stonent on March 25, 2014, 06:20:18 amI'd be surprised if this guy makes it to 40.

author: CaptnYellowShirt
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timestamp: April 05, 2014, 10:41:48 pm
content: Comments?

author: Towger
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timestamp: April 07, 2014, 06:52:12 pm
content: I have seen worse.I was in a small town in Tasmania almost 15 years ago. There 2 young men walking along the road, who looked like what could best be called 'hillbillies', (i am sure there must be local Ozzie slang for the term) and from the way they were looking around they had never seen civilisation before.

author: BTO
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timestamp: April 22, 2014, 03:14:26 pm
content: LOLand................ out come all the bloody Ozzies to reply and say stuff lifeFaaarrken oaf mateToo right we doGo AccaDaccaLOL.............. Gotta Love itYes . matethe serious answer is....Generally if you have a beer in hand, You have no shirt on , Like Bonor.. You could have a shirt onbut it has to say something like "Old Fords Never Die, They just get stronger"but then, if your mate has a shirt on that says "Old Holdens Never Die, They Just get Stronger"You know there's going to be a punch upbut then if your other mate jumps in and hands the 2 of you a couple of VB Stubbies and says "Come on mate, You've known him since he was a pup"You then suddenly stop fighting and have a cold one together and talk about who would have won the fight.then...at some point Your mate will say something like , "You reckon you wouldn've won, Cmon then let's go"and the fight starts againbut then.. You both realize that you both own AC/DC T-Shirtsyou take off the Holden and Ford T Shirts and you have no shirts on, and you share another Cold One Togetheror..You put on your AC/DC Shirts and then you realize that you both Love AC/DC so Much and you have that in commonyou then go to the pubHave a cold oneand sit around discussingWhat a F#@King Legend Bon Scott Wasand that my freind is how we spend our spare time. LOLSeriously.. that's not too far from the truthgo to a Pub Sometime and find out

author: CaptnYellowShirt
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timestamp: April 22, 2014, 03:53:06 pm
content: Quote from: BTO on April 22, 2014, 03:14:26 pm+1Wow... just wow.

author: M4trix
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timestamp: April 22, 2014, 05:05:21 pm
content: Speaking of which, Australia, weird country with the most poisonous creatures on Earth, from spiders to snakes.

author: BTO
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timestamp: April 22, 2014, 05:27:25 pm
content: @M4trixMate.. The Australian Funnel Web Spider can kill a man ...in...3 Seconds Flat.QUOTE: Crocodile DundeeLOL

author: M4trix
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timestamp: April 22, 2014, 05:34:56 pm
content: but...but what about the Australian inland taipan?

author: calexanian
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timestamp: April 23, 2014, 06:00:19 am
content: Not trying to cause a fight here, but being from a rural area primarily, I think apart from the accent If you took somebody from the country in Australia and put them in the country here in California, or any of the desert southwest, they probably would not notice the difference and fit right in. If I was dumped in small town Australia I would imagine I would probably feel comfortable and fit in. Hillbilly rural redneck knows no borders. Its a universal language!

author: peter.mitchell
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2014, 09:05:53 am
content: Quote from: calexanian on April 23, 2014, 06:00:19 amMate, put a country aussie anywhere and after a week or two they'd have everything down pat, good at adapting.

author: BTO
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timestamp: April 23, 2014, 09:38:42 am
content: @ M4trixLOLhey mate i just noticed your from croatiaKako si, nisam znao da su nasi na ovaj forumi thought it was all Just AustralciJel si ti u Australiju ili u Hrvatsku

author: BTO
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2014, 10:57:23 am
content: @calexanianLOLMate, FIRST OF ALL , No offense taken in any way, Not even a drop or a hint of itthat being saidi don't know why you thought a fight might arise from your comment (that's my first point)Second Point.I can't believe you compared Hillbillies and Rednecks to Aussiesthat's funny shit,i laughed my ass off when i read your commenti respect it as your opinionRespectfully, I don't agree with your opinioni think if you Slapped an American Hillbilly from Middle America into Outback AustraliaYou'd have an interesting idea for "SURVIVOR OUTBACK AUSTRALIA"and like wise for the Aussiesi can see the Aussie now in Middle America, Trying to Survivehe'd be like "Shit where are all the Witchetty Grubs and Goanna's , what am i gonna do for food" LOLhere's an idea OR AN EXPERIMENT IF YOU WILLHow about we start a thread1 Volunteer from Australia1 Volunteer from Americawe get them to switch places for 3 Months in each others houseand have them Record Results daily on the forumWe Monitor the Results and then in a Spreadsheet we Monitor the efficiency of Each of their progressesto make in the spirit of EEVWe could get them to build their own oscilloscope or somethingactually better stillwe give them a Rigol 1000E Seriesand they would have to survive for 3 Months Using ONLY the Parts found in the RigolLOLCool Idea Huh

author: M4trix
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timestamp: April 23, 2014, 02:14:05 pm
content: Quote from: BTO on April 23, 2014, 09:38:42 amIma nas ima i to svugdje. Zivim u Hrvatskoj ali sam od 1968 do 1976 zivio na Tasmaniji, Hobart. Napustio sam Australiju kad sam napunio 9 godina. Zato mi je Australija uvijek ostala u lijepom sjecanju.I live in Croatia but I lived on Tasmania, Hobart from 1968 till 1976. I left Australia when I was nine. That's why Australia is special to me. But I do remember those huge brown hairy spiders with black tips on the legs. Sometimes they would crawl into the house. I think they call them a Huntsman.

author: andtfoot
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timestamp: April 23, 2014, 02:18:31 pm
content: Quote from: M4trix on April 23, 2014, 02:14:05 pmHeh... Huntsman spiders are generally harmless and good to have around.

author: M4trix
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timestamp: April 23, 2014, 02:28:53 pm
content: Quote from: andtfoot on April 23, 2014, 02:18:31 pmYeah, but their size is terrifying! I don't wanna wake up in the morning with a huge hairy monster on the ceiling, above my head!Edit: this looks hilarious!

author: HackedFridgeMagnet
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2014, 02:58:36 pm
content: In the spirit of "contrived Aussie nonsense".I've been bitten twice by these guys. It's more like a mossie bite that is reluctant to heal.That snake guy must have snakes that are used to being handled.And huntsmen spiders are not that big.

author: calexanian
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2014, 04:31:24 pm
content: Hmmmm..... I don't know how many parts you could reuse from a Rigol... The power supply would be good, but the rest would be a tricky business. all BGA's and such.... For a show to work there would need to be interesting challenges...

author: CaptnYellowShirt
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timestamp: April 23, 2014, 04:40:25 pm
content: Can you imagine crocodile dundee in a clean room?

author: Phaedrus
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timestamp: April 23, 2014, 04:45:07 pm
content: Quote from: CaptnYellowShirt on April 23, 2014, 04:40:25 pmIsn't that what Dave is?

author: calexanian
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timestamp: April 23, 2014, 05:47:25 pm
content: Paul Hogan in a bunny suit. Hahahahaha.. Now that's funny. Knife and all.

author: BTO
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timestamp: April 26, 2014, 02:47:17 am
content: @M4trixThats Really nice to hearRazumem te 100%

author: BTO
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timestamp: April 26, 2014, 02:51:13 am
content: @calexianNo.. What i meant was, IT'S SURVIVOR After allthey would need to be more creativeSay something like thistake out the fan from the Rigol and Use it as Air Conditioning in the hut they madelet the rigol overheat a little and live off the Moisture Generated by the heat (using it as drinkable water)Maybe using the Shielding in the Scope as a Cutting toolstuff like that..LOL

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2014, 04:37:19 am
content: .... he bites the end of the electrolytic with the corner of his mouth, raises the unit up above his head, gently nudging his hat, and laps the drops of electrolyte as they slumber down from the scope. As our hero paces towards the setting sun, bent scope lying in the dust of the foreground, we see him spit of the leads of some ceramic chewing-gum. Woe to the American, who died in episode two after trying to swallow the primary transformer ...