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[V8Ian]

Just remember , defender tragics. Clean up your act, get a shave & a haircut, acquaint yourselves with GUCCI, we can't have riff raff driving Discovery's.

Too late.

[4bee]

Too late.

Yeah just a bit. I got away with it for 25 years but my luck ran out when the "Dr Who LRs" made an appearance. Not sure one would suit cool today with a Picnic Lunch Box hanging off the side window.

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[bob10]

You've got to get out more, Bob! I have it on good authority that there is, at least one D2 owner, one D3 petrol owner and a D4 owner that wouldn't be seen dead in Gucci clobber. Perhaps join up for a 'Riff and Raff Discovery Tours' tag-a-long?

I know both Riff, and Raff, from the days harvesting mullet gut for the local fishing club. They drove Toyota's. The last tag a long tour we went on , ended up a magical mystery tour, the school atlas the fearless leader used was out of date. Still, a lot of fun. With only one bike rider WIA, casualties were acceptable. I'm restricted a little in destinations, can't get the polished R M Williams boots dirty. Must maintain standards you know.

[bob10]

Yeah just a bit. I got away with it for 25 years but my luck ran out when the "Dr Who LRs" made an appearance. Not sure one would suit cool today with a Picnic Lunch Box hanging off the side window.

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You'd have to take out a Bank loan to buy a used defender today. Better to go cheap, buy BMW.

[4bee]

I know both Riff, and Raff, from the days harvesting mullet gut for the local fishing club. They drove Toyota's. The last tag a long tour we went on , ended up a magical mystery tour, the school atlas the fearless leader used was out of date. Still, a lot of fun. With only one bike rider WIA, casualties were acceptable. I'm restricted a little in destinations, can't get the polished R M Williams boots dirty. Must maintain standards you know.

JEEZUZ! Don't talk about RM boots to me. Grumble grumble moan whinge. . We had a skip here a couple of years ago & indoors thought it would be a great idea to clear out our "store room" as well. Yep you guessed it, out went the well broken in & recently resoled boots because the elastic sides had stretched & had caused me to go tits up on some city paving slabs.


Found out afterwards RMs would have repaired them nearly back to new.. Still haven't located that Skip but I bet the geezer at the skip Yard knows where they are. Whether he would hand them over after getting them repaired is a moot point & certainly would consist of a round or two of fisticuffs & he'd probably clobber me with an old rusty Victorian Era bedstead & that'd be Bee out for the count..


Me? I would have chosen a Concrete Wash Trough stand if I could have got in a decent throw, but I guess we will never know now.

[bob10]

JEEZUZ! Don't talk about RM boots to me. Grumble grumble moan whinge. . We had a skip here a couple of years ago & indoors thought it would be a great idea to clear out our "store room" as well. Yep you guessed it, out went the boots because the elastic sides had stretched & had caused me to go tits up on some city paving slabs.


Found out afterwards RMs would have repaired them nearly back to new.. Still haven't located that Skip.

I was kidding, I have Bunnings specials, good for kicking cane toads. And squashing cockroaches. A skip, you say? Can't be too many of those around. A tip, don't wear Gucci while skip diving.

[4bee]

[QUOTE=bob10;3079495]I was kidding, I have Bunnings specials, good for kicking cane toads. And squashing cockroaches. A skip, you say? Can't be too many of those around. A tip, don't wear Gucci while skip diving.



Yeah bob, skips are quite plentiful here but I can't say whether it is a good thing or a condemnation of Adelaide Suburbs that they need so many.


Those & Car Boot Sales are what keeps Antiques Roadshow going in the UK IMHO.

How much is genuine thrown out stuff though is anybody's guess as they come up with some really valuable **** from time to time. A good or bad excuse for bent gear I reckon.

[V8Ian]

I know both Riff, and Raff, from the days harvesting mullet gut for the local fishing club. They drove Toyota's. The last tag a long tour we went on , ended up a magical mystery tour, the school atlas the fearless leader used was out of date. Still, a lot of fun. With only one bike rider WIA, casualties were acceptable. I'm restricted a little in destinations, can't get the polished R M Williams boots dirty. Must maintain standards you know.

Stick to the facts, Bob. It was a stolen, reform school atlas that some miscreant had graffitied.

[bob10]

Stick to the facts, Bob. It was a stolen, reform school atlas that some miscreant had graffitied.

It was that flamin' old the graffiti read " Ned Kelly woz 'ere". Signed James Quinn Jr. Plus some scallywag had written " infinity " on the front cover. But that's ok, I know how we got slightly off track. Using an atlas of the Greta High Country seemed like a good thing to do, at the time. Now would probably be an opportune moment to remind you of the purchase of" 4WD tracks close to Brisbane", which was supposed to be handed over to you at the adventure cut short by the COVID lock down. I still have it, but have grown quite fond of it. [ Anyway, I paid for it ]

[V8Ian]

Sounds like you just volunteered to lead the next expedition.
There are rumblings of a Queensland invasion of Winter Wombat, in August. We could always use a good family/couple/bloke in the camp. Give it some thought.