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Christ...Ash, is that dyno figure for real? Or was it the sort of dyno that would of even given me a figure to be proud of:)

hard to say man.

leewah made similar numbers again, although the cars seemed to be on "average" a little higher.

Anyone who was in the SAU stand at MAS......when packing up...did anyone happen to find a Nikon AA battery changer plugged into the powerboards with the TV's and PS2's???

im pretty sure i threw a white battery charger in james' car when we packed up for presentations - i was told it was ron's (a guess i think) - instead it was probably yours - shoot james a PM to see if it was still in his front seat

nah no idea, when i came back the game was still going

but cd tray open, tape ripped off and no gt4. also a guy at work saw the pics from autosalon and happens to know adam. his name is jimmy k and he knows you from gym

My garage door broke this morning with Golgo trapped inside :(

Hopefully it will be fixed in the next day or so - will look for stuff (batt charger etc) in my car.

Hasn't been a good week thus far...

Greg: Don't worry - will replace the GT4 disc for you.

James, so it hasnt been a good week? Thats punishment from God for not having the handlebars! haha Get cracking...start cultivating it...massage it, put hair tonic on it, and sing to it every night before bed. I assure you with lots of love an patience it will come about nicely! HAHA

yeah thats him, jimmy m sorry not k. yeah he knows your and your sister

he saw you in the photos and goes i know that guy (to someone else who was looking at the pics). then he comes into today and goes i didnt know you knew adam k and im like um i didnt know you knew him either. haha very bizzare

Yeah - laugh it up.

I've got to be at work at 5.00am tomorrow - with Golgo and my bike in the garage, and the Niva having a busted motor... I'm not overly thrilled.

At least he's safe from theft - if I can't get in, no-one can get in :(

Basically the cable connecting the handle to the locking bars on the side has snapped - so the bars are locked in position. F*ck knows how the fixit guy will open it... just so long as he does it soon.

Time to move...

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