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by Big Engine Mechanic
Wed Sep 16, 2020 3:55 pm
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: What makes you happy today?
Replies: 3304
Views: 482325

Re: What makes you happy today?

@Swift
Thankyou for your compliments! :D
Well mine has these -
*Colour coded bumpers with chrome and grey strips all around.
*Redesigned alloys with elaborate slits forming vents for the brakes.
*Leather trim steering wheel.

@captainch
Feel free to PM me if you get bored :D
by Big Engine Mechanic
Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:35 am
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: What makes you happy today?
Replies: 3304
Views: 482325

Re: What makes you happy today?

I've done it !!
Thanks to Swift !!
There you go people I'm a real 🤬 person !!
Photo of my car battery on charge, patiently waiting at the time;
PS battery is okay now :D
by Big Engine Mechanic
Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:13 pm
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: What makes you happy today?
Replies: 3304
Views: 482325

Re: What makes you happy today?

Swift wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:09 pm IMG_20200915_210427-1000x564.jpgFinding a close match to this unusual colored green Victa so I can go over the left hand edge of the chassis which has a different green on it.
Isn't it nice when that happens!
Also how do you upload photos ?
I can't it always says it's too big.
by Big Engine Mechanic
Tue Sep 15, 2020 8:34 pm
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: What doesn't give you the S&#T's, or make you Happy?
Replies: 227
Views: 75136

Re: What doesn't give you the S&#T's, or make you Happy?

Fence sitters !!
When you flirt with someone and they flirt back and I make the habit and they make the habit of glaring at you every time they see you and it goes on for months,
"It's like are you going to try and come and talk to me ? Or do you want me to make that first move ?"
by Big Engine Mechanic
Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:00 pm
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: What gives you the S&#T's!?
Replies: 9397
Views: 876371

Re: What gives you the S&#T's!?

Please guys don't hate me :D
I like the hot weather but my brain don't :(
I get Mush brain 🥴
by Big Engine Mechanic
Tue Sep 15, 2020 11:58 am
Forum: Discussion - Adelaide / SA
Topic: Tenders to upgrade bus stops
Replies: 19
Views: 6989

Re: Tenders to upgrade bus stops

1whoknows wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:54 am American ghastliness seems to know no bounds.
I didn't think the American etc bus stops looked too bad bar the bra one.
by Big Engine Mechanic
Mon Sep 14, 2020 11:35 pm
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: Who do you know?
Replies: 698
Views: 291056

Re: Re:

I was going to go up to your car at the traffic lights (South Rd/Henley Beach Rd), but the sight of some dude you've never met before hopping off a scooter and knocking on your car window just because he recognised you from a web forum might have freaked you out a bit. ;) Well I've only met one pers...
by Big Engine Mechanic
Mon Sep 14, 2020 9:56 pm
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: Does this make my car a bus?
Replies: 135
Views: 67521

Re: Does this make my car a bus?

Swift wrote: Mon Sep 14, 2020 9:49 pm Really? I threw it in the trash after getting any useful nuts and bolts off it. The motor is faulty as it makes a humming noise without spinning and that was after I checked for obstructions.
I'm not into them but I know some people that collect them.
by Big Engine Mechanic
Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:26 pm
Forum: Discussion - Adelaide / SA
Topic: Driver protection
Replies: 5
Views: 6556

Re: Driver protection

Big Engine Mechanic wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:36 pm I got a friend working on a better stronger version of the Perspex shield.
My friend has pulled the plug on working on a stronger version of the Perspex shield because he thinks it will not help or fix the situation.
by Big Engine Mechanic
Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:19 pm
Forum: Discussion - Adelaide / SA
Topic: Tenders to upgrade bus stops
Replies: 19
Views: 6989

Re: Tenders to upgrade bus stops

jibb wrote: Mon Sep 14, 2020 6:10 pm Lets hope we never get anything like this.
Anything like what ?
by Big Engine Mechanic
Mon Sep 14, 2020 6:26 pm
Forum: Discussion - Adelaide / SA
Topic: New Bus
Replies: 24
Views: 7859

Re: New Bus

Rome was not built in a day at Gawler :roll: ...or in Italy. As to wheelchairs, they have space for one. Apparently according to my friend there should be some solid progress in a year's time, There is thousands of houses and infrastructure to go up, how much will be done by then I don't know but t...
by Big Engine Mechanic
Mon Sep 14, 2020 4:30 pm
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: Does this make my car a bus?
Replies: 135
Views: 67521

Re: Does this make my car a bus?

@Swift

Looks fun ! :D
I'd hold on to those electric garden shredders if I were you apparently they are worth a bit💰
by Big Engine Mechanic
Mon Sep 14, 2020 4:25 pm
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: What makes you happy today?
Replies: 3304
Views: 482325

Re: What makes you happy today?

huppypuppy wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2020 7:46 pm You bloody awesome peeps! How great is it to be around an awesome bunch of like-minded individuals who share the same passion?
:D
Wouldn't it be crazy if we all met up
one day. . . . . . . .
The look on peoples faces if they saw me LOL :lol:
by Big Engine Mechanic
Mon Sep 14, 2020 4:20 am
Forum: Discussion - Adelaide / SA
Topic: Tenders to upgrade bus stops
Replies: 19
Views: 6989

Re: Tenders to upgrade bus stops

What exactly do you mean by Americanized?
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Something like this is (American like) "Americanized to me;
Like I posted before -
"40 Clever and Creative Bus Stop Advertisements | DeMilked" https://www.demilked.com/creative-bus-s ... tisements/
by Big Engine Mechanic
Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:26 pm
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: What gives you the S&#T's!?
Replies: 9397
Views: 876371

Re: What gives you the S&#T's!?

@Huppypuppy Yes having German or English DNA stays very dominant along the family line so that makes sense. @Heihachi_73 I'm lucky my house is a bit newer than that, I've got insulation and the back of my house is facing the north while the front is facing the south with a pitched roof which gives m...
by Big Engine Mechanic
Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:16 pm
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: When was the first time you heard the F word on radio or TV.
Replies: 10
Views: 11722

Re: When was the first time you heard the F word on radio or TV.

Not the "F word but I do remember the first time they played young people's doof doof hip hop music etc I honestly thought something went wrong at the radio station,
Afterwards the presenter said "This is what you will be hearing from now on, Sad :(
by Big Engine Mechanic
Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:38 pm
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: What makes you happy today?
Replies: 3304
Views: 482325

Re: What makes you happy today?

I left a bucket of product and towels outside last night on my porch and some random guy came and covered it up for me :D
Maybe he's right so I decided to bring it inside.
by Big Engine Mechanic
Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:46 pm
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: What gives you the S&#T's!?
Replies: 9397
Views: 876371

Re: What gives you the S&#T's!?

Summer does that to me, Big Engine Mechanic - mind you, standing in a shed with three massive wool dryers all running at approximately 100 degrees Celsius does not help that issue!
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Yes that would do it !
Well I'm not alone then,
I do enjoy working like a trojan in the heat though :D
by Big Engine Mechanic
Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:41 pm
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: Does this make my car a bus?
Replies: 135
Views: 67521

Re: Does this make my car a bus?

Haha 😆 yes I've seen things go wrong when people don't use stands. I don't have a shed at the moment so everything is inside, to be able to wheel out everything would be nice. I'm one of these people that has to have order not just tools but my whole house. I'm a bit ocd - I even have to put my bath...
by Big Engine Mechanic
Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:03 am
Forum: Discussion - Adelaide / SA
Topic: Tenders to upgrade bus stops
Replies: 19
Views: 6989

Re: Tenders to upgrade bus stops

Maybe and It would be cool if they did something like this;
"40 Clever and Creative Bus Stop Advertisements | DeMilked" https://www.demilked.com/creative-bus-s ... tisements/
by Big Engine Mechanic
Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:36 am
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: Does this make my car a bus?
Replies: 135
Views: 67521

Re: Does this make my car a bus?

@Swift That's really good :lol: I have a few tool boxes so I just bring out a tool box with the tools I need in them, I'd like one of those really big ones but they cost several thousands and I've been on the move a lot through out my life, or I just bring out the box the tools came in, I'm a little...
by Big Engine Mechanic
Sat Sep 12, 2020 11:38 pm
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: What gives you the S&#T's!?
Replies: 9397
Views: 876371

Re: What gives you the S&#T's!?

When we have a hot day and I get burnt :oops: and then the next day it rains and it stays humid my brain turns into total mush seriously I'm having problems typing this, probably something to do with my English background and where I live once it starts getting hot it stays humid for months even whe...
by Big Engine Mechanic
Sat Sep 12, 2020 6:56 pm
Forum: Discussion - Adelaide / SA
Topic: New Bus
Replies: 24
Views: 7859

Re: New Bus

Rome was not built in a day at Gawler :roll:
by Big Engine Mechanic
Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:49 pm
Forum: The Lunch Room
Topic: Does this make my car a bus?
Replies: 135
Views: 67521

Re: Does this make my car a bus?

@Swift Well that's set out nicely! :D That's good you've got all your nuts and bolts in a muffin baking tray, at the moment I'm using a 1 litre Pyrex measuring cup to do that with, that I usually use for measuring coolant, water and oil. That's good your using mats and towels to put your tools on, I...
by Big Engine Mechanic
Sat Sep 12, 2020 4:55 pm
Forum: Discussion - Adelaide / SA
Topic: Tenders to upgrade bus stops
Replies: 19
Views: 6989

Re: Tenders to upgrade bus stops

It would be cool if they Americanized bus stops etc.

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