I'm off to the land down under!!!!
12-17-2006, 08:55 AM
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I'm off to the land down under!!!!
In a few hours I will be on my way to Macaran to start a VERY long day of flying to Australia. I will be gone until Jan.3rd and battling jet lag until Jan. 10th. 
Happy Holidays to everybody and have a great new year!!!!
Oh, and somebody please carry on the Tuesday night meets while I am gone Or else...
Happy Holidays to everybody and have a great new year!!!!
Oh, and somebody please carry on the Tuesday night meets while I am gone
Or else...
12-18-2006, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by roneski
^^^ Really? I thought that one was true.
12-19-2006, 02:45 PM
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Greetings from Melbourne!!! My buddy does have the internet at his house so I should be able to check in every once in a while. Yogi is right, the only drain that I have seen go CCW is the shower. The toilets all seem to just fill up and suck it all down without any swirling whatsoever.
The cars here are pretty cool and I had my first experience piloting a RHD car in a Holden Commodore SS. Pretty fun and interesting, but a little wierd getting used to driving on the other side of the road. The have a lot of awesome cars here and they are even cooler in RHD. Lots of Supras, Skylines, Silvias, etc... I have also seen a BMW M3, M5, Porsches, SL500s, etc. I also enjoy seeing cars that we don't get here like Peugot (?SP), Holden, Alfa Romeo, Renault, etc...
The cars here are pretty cool and I had my first experience piloting a RHD car in a Holden Commodore SS. Pretty fun and interesting, but a little wierd getting used to driving on the other side of the road. The have a lot of awesome cars here and they are even cooler in RHD. Lots of Supras, Skylines, Silvias, etc... I have also seen a BMW M3, M5, Porsches, SL500s, etc. I also enjoy seeing cars that we don't get here like Peugot (?SP), Holden, Alfa Romeo, Renault, etc...
12-21-2006, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by HDPD350Z
Why are you posting here right now?
Priorities, mister. Babes & booze first!!!
Priorities, mister. Babes & booze first!!!
. As far as the babes, go, the only one I need is sleeping right next to me and booze are usually involved with our daily routine here. 
Back to the cars... Saw a few Zs yesterday finally. For some reason, they don't sound anything like the US ones. Saw my first exotic, Ferrari 360 Modena, that was nice. I am pretty accustomed to driving on the other side of the road as well. They also have these crazy "hook turn" things where you make a right hand turn from the far left lane.
12-21-2006, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Yogi
Nah, the toilet is more of a "how was it designed thing". I actually filled the sink and drained it a bunch of times to see if went the other way though. It didn't.
Yes, it's a myth. The myth stems from science though. The Coriolis force is a pseudoforce, much like a centrifugal force, resulting from a rotating coordinate system (i.e. the Earth as it spins). This is what causes weather patterns to spin (like hurricanes) however, a toilet bowl is too small an are for the Coriolis force to have any effect.
12-23-2006, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by i8acobra
Science time:
Yes, it's a myth. The myth stems from science though. The Coriolis force is a pseudoforce, much like a centrifugal force, resulting from a rotating coordinate system (i.e. the Earth as it spins). This is what causes weather patterns to spin (like hurricanes) however, a toilet bowl is too small an are for the Coriolis force to have any effect.
Yes, it's a myth. The myth stems from science though. The Coriolis force is a pseudoforce, much like a centrifugal force, resulting from a rotating coordinate system (i.e. the Earth as it spins). This is what causes weather patterns to spin (like hurricanes) however, a toilet bowl is too small an are for the Coriolis force to have any effect.
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