Thread: Somebody stop me....

Its a Be-uteiful day up here,,,


or so I'm told---

maybe after lunch I'll have a quick squizz outside myself,,,

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

I just googled your location Binford---


you'll find Melbourne more to your climate,,,,,



lots of boats around your way??
looks an amazing seaway

Yes, I think your south would be a lot more like my north! The other thing I have to figure out is what season I should pick to finally visit Australia. When I was there last I had to scrape ice off the windshield on the morning of July 1st. We're well into summer here, so that was a really humorous morning for me. So I could escape the rainy drudgery of winter at home and do my trip down there in January. Sort of a double bonus there....

There are plenty of boats here, actually. I think Washington state boasts the highest per-capita boat ownership rates in the U.S. We've also got a Navy port just a few miles away as well. They've got a few boats too, I hear.

Okay, I've got to ask.... What's a "squizz?"

Originally Posted by Binford

Very handy info! Thanks! I'll have to research the 4DB1. If it's the engine I think it is, it's related to the Cummings 4BT, only with the intake and exhaust on opposite sides.... Just looked it up. That one's the Isuzu 4BD1T. Maybe a different beast....

Here's the info I have on it: The Isuzu NPR's use a 4BD1T engine starting in 1985 and ended in 1991. The 4BD2TC started in 1992 and ended in 1998. The 4BD1T has 128hp and the 4BD2TC used an intercooler and has 135hp. With the exception of a few minor changes they will be considered the same base engine. It is buyers' choice. Engine ID can be found on the valve cover plate and on the lower side of the block below the turbo.

Sorry about my typo. 4BD1(T). Plenty of info on them in the Isuzu section below.

3.9L Direct injection diesel. The 4BD2 is the same bottom end but indirect injection. Virtually unstoppable. Can handle a turbo with no issues. should do well over 500k miles between rebuilds. There is someone running 60+ psi boost on one.

Originally Posted by Binford

Okay, I've got to ask.... What's a "squizz?"

BINFORD,
mate, check this site out http://www.aussieslang.com/ I think its the one I was told was helpful!!

To take a "squiz" is to take a look,

just out of interest, same meaning also covered by
" taking/having a butchers hook", (or, eg" "have a butchers at this")
"taking/having a Captain cook" (our columbus!),
"having a decko",
"have a gander",
'to sus something out"

cheers!
Digger

(PS- SOUTH AUSTRALIA area of FLINDERS RANGES is fantastic, especially around the arkaroola area etc, also nearby is desert areas, strezlecki track, birdsville track and we have a reasonably mild climate!....SA Its all good!!!...)

(PPS -Those banana benders in queensland will tell you different but theyre fibbing!)

digger

- banana bender
noun:- a resident of Queensland, perhaps a little derogatory

I love it!

That Aussie slang site doesn't have some of the best ones I heard from some of the guys out at the chook farms I visited though! I'd best not repeat them here though....

Aussie English is so rich with expressions. In the southern states in America, especially in Texas, they are similarly expressive. We northerners are pretty much a bunch of boiled potatoes when it comes to clever idiomatic expressions....

- banana bender
noun:- "a resident of Queensland, perhaps a little derogatory "
Binford!!

"Rippa , mate its spot on but dont shoot a budgie with shottie!, some of them are as much use as a sore bum to a boundary rider but most of 'em are a bonza lot!"


TRANSLATION:-
I am impressed!- but although its accurate I would think its a bit over the top, I wouldnt say that all residents of Queensland are useless or "derogatory".... .... a reasonable number are alright!


Anyway, cheers!
digger

Took me a minute, but I'm with ya finally, Digger!

That link to the Aussie slang site is not very helpful. It doesn't seem to know much more Aussie slang that I already do, actually! I'm having a tough time of it here! For instance, "budgie" isn't coming up anywhere. And the closest another site had was a men's bathing suit as "budgie smugglers" which causes me to wonder how far I really want to go with this translation! Another site suggested it means "parrot." I'm back in safe territory there, I think!

But stuff like "as much use as a sore butt to a fence rider" would be something I would expect to hear from some of my Texan friends! You Aussies and Texans are pretty close in many respects.

And quite different in others!

Originally Posted by digger

- banana bender
noun:- "a resident of Queensland, perhaps a little derogatory "
Binford!!

"Rippa , mate its spot on but dont shoot a budgie with shottie!, some of them are as much use as a sore bum to a boundary rider but most of 'em are a bonza lot!"


TRANSLATION:-
I am impressed!- but although its accurate I would think its a bit over the top, I wouldnt say that all residents of Queensland are useless or "derogatory".... .... a reasonable number are alright!


Anyway, cheers!
digger

Classic mate, I love it
How I am going to add it to my spanglish