<span class="highlight">Peter</span> Brock Killed..?

They say things happen in threes, please let that be the end!!

colin theile

Author of Storm boy, Bluefin and many others

I hope Germain Greier (However you spell it) doese not incinerate herself burning bras this week, that would be just too much to handle.LOL

And Colin Thiele ?

Hate to sound niaive.....who is Colin Thiele?

Andrew

Author of Storm Boy, and other novels. He was a SA schoolteacher.

You beat me to it Andrew......

thanks Craig......i don't mean to sound rude, just that i wouldn't have placed him in the category of Great Australian Icons, since i would think that to ask a person on the street who he was, would probably result in a blank look outside SA. Then again who decides on the membership ;-)

Sorry to see another "teacher" of all things pass away.

Andrew

Anyone that went to an aussie school since 1980 would know. They all either read "storm boy" or "fire in the stone."

R.

I went to an aussie school during those times and didn't know.....so there must be others :-)

Andrew

hmmm....
maybe you were away on those days.
;)

R

p.s. I like your list of accessories.

Might explain my lack of knowledge ;-)

PS. I do tend to think my vehicle is a bit "over-accessorised" :-)

Andrew

feburary dragon was my favourite

Also schooled in the 80's, I must have missed those days two.

Point being everyone knows Brockie and Irwin, there a household name.
Not to take anything away from Colin Thiele

My wife (and many others) wouldn't know Brockie from a bar of soap.

So I guess it all comes down to your interests. Apart from crocodiles and V8 engines, Australia has produced some great literature.

How did you know he drove a V8 then??? lol

I read it in a book :-)

I was at school those days, Storm Boy is one of my favourites, including the movie, recently bought a copy on DVD to share with my children!

I guess the best way to sum it up is that 4 people who have made a difference in many Australians lives have been lost to us in the last few weeks! Don Chip, Steve Irwin, Colin Thiele, and now Peter Brock! My sympathy to all their families and thanks for their contributions to our lives!

I hope there are anymore reasons for posts like this in the coming weeks.

Sandy

May they all be remembered for their achievements and RIP.

Absolutely RIP to all 4.

I still reckon the book you had on V8's and brockie must've been a cracker robak.....

The real mr percival used to live at Marineland at Westbeach and he would have public feedings where you could throw him fish and pat him

Loved "fire in the stone"! And I'm still in my 20's! We read that and storm boy at school - top author!

Just goes to show just how fragile life is. I hope when you all get to go to bed tonight, just take a second to think how lucky we all are! I know I will! RIP lads! You'll be sorely missed!

Cheers
Scoey!

The film Storm Boy was done over at the Coorong near (sorta) Robe.

Huge tragedies all these, and I know tragedies!

lets hope germain greer at least keeps her stupid mouth shut on this one, that is disgraceful what she is carrying on about Steve

RIP Steve, RIP Brocky

With any sort of luck, that bitter,twisted,excuse of a women will join them....

Went to a catholic school. Two best reads were HOTCARS and PLAYBOY.

My sister saw that interview and sent her an e-mail
"you may not agree with steve irwin exploiting animals, but no one agrees with exploiting someones death to further your own cause"

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA you go girl!

cackles

Yes I met Peter when he started Rallying in the late 1960's. Nice bloke.

Very sad indeed.

Their is heaps of people at the top of the mount now paying tribute to the king of the mountain. Vary sad loss, 2 in one week. RIP steve and brocky

I hope Germain Greier (However you spell it) dose not incinerate herself burning bras this week, that would be just too much to handle.LOL

This may sound weird to all & sundry,when i knocked off work (building site) i had not heard the radio all day so i had no idea.I jumped in the truck after warming it up & turned on my headlights which is something i don't normally do, it was about 4pm still light ,& about 10 mins later it came on the radio about BROCKIE.I was dumb stuck could not believe what i was hearing.
RIP Peter Brock.

thanks for putting it into perspective Ray ;)

http://www.brock05.com/brockRIP.swf

Yes, Music IS the doctor.

I can remember him at bathurst, the year the Jags came out here. It rained and brocky in the commodore started to close the gap at a rate of knots. Just pure driving talent, If only that 308 had not expired. Will never be forgotten.

>>> It seems as though the charismatic days of touring car racing are now gone. It meant so much more when it was Brock v Moffat or Johnson

Could not agree more.. seeing all the footage today on teh tele of the old HT Monaros etc going round bathurst, up to when the commodores started was so much easier to relate to for the average person...
love watchign them old races!

definetley with you on this Truckster........havent really been interested in the V8s for a while ....but still will miss Brockie just the same .......Cheers .....Dave

About one of the only things I've agreed with you on Truckster, the Touring Cars were much more relevant to most people than these hybrid 'V8 Supercars' that are racing now.
In those days you could actually buy a vehicle much the same as was actually raced, in fact if 200 people didn't buy one they weren't able to homologated.

wondered how long it would be

I thought your Irwin post was a one off?

but was he a philanderer for 28 years??? or are you just after a bit of controversy!!?

Jimbo, i agreed with your post and opinion the other week on newspapers but do you ever have anything encouraging to say? What women's weekly says about his private life is nobody's business.

Stick with the thoughts of him being a child-hood hero of yours. As he was mine. Was there a better sight than watching Brockie fly around Bathurst in a XU-1 or A9X?

28 yrs a philanderer ? once again Jimbo you have lost the plot ,.or should that read Jimbo aka: Germaine Greer.

I value truth and decency and exercise my right to express it.

That makes me a bad person?

Once again Sandy not Steve!!!!!!!

I'd like to think that I've spent the majority of my life both truthful and decent, but I know there have been a few what I might call wobbles in my life, I'm glad I'm not famous, and hope that when i do go my friends and family remember the best about me. And that anyone who might have been witness to my wobbles and only want to remember them doesn't see the death notice in the paper!

It doesn't make you a bad person to want to remember the worst about someone (be it true or not) just a sad person to feel the need to post it on the day they die!

Sandy

Well said.

"A woman who stood by a philanderer for 28 years."

Everyone has got choices.

Farewell Brockie.

Yeah,

She had the choice to leave and expose him thus creating a scandal that would have done his career no good.

She had the chioce to leave him and subject three kids to a life being the products of a broken celebrity marriage.

She had a choice to grin and bear it for the benefit of everyone but herself.

Then she got dumped.

I admire the woman immensely, hence I said;

"Let us all spare a thought for Bev."

Truth and decency Jimbo ??, truth is that you have no common decency.

listen to mr jimbo mr perfect never put a foot wrong in his entire life.....Wanker!!! find yaself a hole and crawl in it !!!!! do the world a favour......or perhaps you'd prefer to find one with germaine greer..........

tell me honestly jimbo have you been perfect all ya life???

I'll repeat what i said yesterday:

What women's weekly says about his private life is nobody's business.

My god Jimbo, after all these yrs, didnt you realise you arent allowed to have a thought of your own round here... Your supposed to be a mindless sheep, and just follow along.

I guess that is where we all get brave with the internet.
Jimbo would be rather foolish to walk into brockies (or steve irwins) funeral and say that sort of stuff. Probably get strung up.
But it easy to be brave on here. Having said that we all do it.
I defended Jimbo on the Irwin thread, but now see that these are likely not really his views, just craving attention, and getting it!

Just back from a superb weekend away with my wife (of 23 years whom I've never cheated on), and my bull elephant of a 17 year old, youngest, son who actually enjoys getting away in the camper with Mum and Dad, despite his social life.

No, I can't recall anything I'm ashamed of. I guess that's because I was brought up right.

I come back to read a few more insulting responses, not surprising really.

If you don't agree with what I have to say, so be it.

If I am telling lies, chastise me.

But to abuse me because you don't like hearing the truth, and from behind a keyboard, is plainly pathetic, and cowardly.

seems to be ok for you to say what you want behind a keyboard tho aint it jimbo like littleborgy said your a wanker

"I value truth and decency and exercise my right to express it."

of course you are right Jimbo, but why choose a sensitive thread like this and Steve Irwins to express it? Perhaps it would be better to start your own "anti" threads on these subjects, not for the sake of suppressing free speech, but only because this (and Steve Irwins) thread isnt a debate like most threads that are posted online, but just expressions of peoples feelings.

But what I am curious about is why you have waited til these (often talked about) people are dead to express your strong feelings about them, and in someone elses thread? I cant say that I have noticed any previous comments on these two by you earlier?

>>But what I am curious about is why you have waited til these (often talked about) people are dead to express your strong feelings about them, and in someone elses thread? I cant say that I have noticed any previous comments on these two by you earlier?

I agree.. Lets all start individual threads on people we like and people we dislike.. even though they have 0 to do with exploroz..

Now rememebr 1 thread per person you like/hate EACH and we expect every visitor/member to have at least 20 of each by dinner time or no desert...

^^^^^^^^ another wanker

Brockie was a legend in Australian motor racing. Nobody can argue with me there.

WHO GIVES A FLYING bleep WHAT HE DOES IN HIS PRIVATE LIFE? GET OVER IT!

Jimbo and truckster, SHUT UP! NOBODY ELSE CARES ABOUT THAT!

Wish I could keep myself in good shape like Brockie did, until the bingle at least. I'm just gonna have to cut a stubbie or two from the weekly allowance. Sorry but I know jack about his private life so can't comment much but one thing I learnt long ago is that there's always two side to a story.

"I agree.. Lets all start individual threads on people we like and people we dislike.. even though they have 0 to do with ExplorOz.. "

love the sarcasm, truck.

but I thought both of these people have some connection to the people who utilise exploroz?
Irwin and wildlife, outdoor life, toyota landcruisers, bush issues etc.

Brockie and cars in general, still a remote connection.

All I am saying is there is a time and place for everything, and you would have to be a total w.nker to walk into someones funeral or memorial and stand up to say those things, unless he was adolf hitler etc.
And I havent heard Bev Brock come out and say those things at this time, nor his children.
And I dare say they wouldnt appreciate hearing again it from someone who probably read it in womans weekly, true or not. So if they can get over at this time surely other people with no connection to them can?

Some of you just don't get it.

This thread is full of what a great bloke he was. I happen to disagree. He was a great driver and a lot of help to other young drivers. I'll never dispute that.

However.....it is my opinion, and by my standards of basic decency, that he was not a great bloke.

He was an adulterer. Thus he treated the mother of his children poorly.

Bev Brock, Hazel Hawke et al. The list is longer than I care to type.

Then these womanising infidels are held up as bastions and heroes. Well, not by me.

Looks you read the Womans Weekly and other gossip mags Jim...lol

Jimbo,

Sorry mate, but you are displaying your ignorance and total lack of decorum.

"Adultery is defined as consensual sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than his or her lawful spouse."

Peter and Bev were never married. They lived together for 28 years.

But I am not having a go at either of them.

I admired Peter as an Australian Motorsport legend.
I also admire Bev for her diplomacy.

She is not shooting Peter down and neither should you.

"Then these womanising infidels..."

How do you know he is an infidel? Or did you just make that assumption?

>She is not shooting Peter down and neither should you

"Peter didn't like making mistakes, well this is one mistake he wont have to live with"

Sounds like a cheap shot to me, not a happy camper but that's their business.

Sandie,

Don't accuse me of ignorance.

Your ignorant statement is;

""Adultery is defined as consensual sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than his or her lawful spouse."

Peter and Bev were never married. They lived together for 28 years."

LAWFUL SPOUSE. At Law, two people who live together as man and wife for over 12 months have the legal status of being married. Hence he committed adultery, to the letter of the law.

If you're going to try to use sematics, or quoting the law, at least try to get it right.

And you've never answered my question; have you ever been fined for speeding?

An infidel :: one who does not believe in the true prophet Mohammed ,,,Jimbo you have lost the plot cronicaly

Ah Jimbo,

We do like to be pedantic don't we.

The definition I quoted was taken directly off a reference site. So I did "get it right".

As for your interpretation, I guess it depends on whether you are looking from a moral, religious, or legal viewpoint eh!. As far as legality is concerned, the "letter of the law" when related to the Federal Family Law Court is concerned would stand little chance. Probably only "legal" from a Taxation Office point of view.

Now, the speeding question. Was this from another unrelated Post because I'm buggered if I can see reference to it in this thread.

Cheers,

I'm asking nicely, will everybody please stop this dumb post. I'm sick of opening up my email to this stupid post. Jimbo wanted some attention and he's got it.

My primary school teacher said there's something called good attention and bad attention. I think it's time for Jimbo to sit in the corner now and think about what he's done.

I don't want to hear any arguments from you Jimbo back to me. I'm not interested. Please let this be the last post everybody.

Alloy,

You are not even remotely educated.

"cronicaly" ROFLMAO.

If you can accept the challenge, open a dictionary (assuming you own one) and look up infidel and infidelity. It is part of our (English) language, derived from the Latin "fidelis", meaning faithful. Infidelity is the opposite. Do you understand this simple explanation?

An infidel can also be one who has no religious belief. It is a term that the informed associate with the topic at hand, be that religion ot marital. Introducing the racist Islam implication, because you have heard it in the news, only weakens your pitiful suggestion.

I suppose I should have taken advice from a wise man who once said to me;

"Don't argue with fools, they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience."

Barnesy,

If you're not interested, stop your petty insults, and leave the debate.

It's your choice.

I'm offering good odds you'll be back. You abuse people who disagree with you.

You think you are right. You can't accept an alternate viewpoint.

Sad, very sad.

Sandie,

My point about your views on speeding goes to your credibility.

You made outrageous statements about those who speed, but wouldn't ever answer a simple question; have you ever been booked for speeding?

We all know the answer, but you haven't been man enough to admit it.

Ever heard the word hypocrite?

They have no credibility.

OK Jimbo,

Don't bother pointing me to the relevant thread. It doesn't matter.
I'll play the game anyway.

Yes I have been booked for speeding, twice in 40 years of driving.
And both times I was guilty under "the letter of the law" as you like to quote.
No excuses. I did the crime and payed the fine.

So what are you on about chuckie???

Stop preaching Sandie,

That is my point.

Pity you didn't own up to it on the relevant thread. A bit late now.

"chuckie"???????

very true fisho64. it bleep s me when people make comments on things when they dont even know the full story. people should just mind there own bussiness. i honestly think they are just jelous as they will never be the legend that brockie always will be

^^^^^^^^^^^^ another wanker..

once the debate stops and the abuse starts, you know someone is feeling cornered!!

this must be the longest followup ever?

I think if you CLICK HERE then you will see a fair explanation of what appears to be going on with aspects of this post and others.

Just my opinion.

Very well put Brian, that link summs up Jimbo 100%.
I now put him in the same catagory as the fools on the UHF during the peak hrs in the city areas ( those who listen to the UHF, or don't for that exact reason, will know who I'm talking about ) these type of people don't come on saying these things looking for anyone to tell them how nice a person they are or for anyone to agree with them, they specifically do these things to get some sort of attention, by abusing them or telling them to go away is exactly what they are after, best thing is to just ignore them.
My opinion is that these people have never been any good at anything in their life, usually due to lack of commitment or laziness or both, yet they crave attention, so this is the only way they can get that attention. Sort of like the kids in school who start smoking, swearing excessively, starting fights etc, rather than do something positive, just to gain some sort of attention they so desperately crave, unfortunately they do all this with little regard to other peoples feelings, though selfishness is also a common trait with this type of person.
Jimbo is a classic example of one of these people, best to just ignore him and eventually he may go away, maybe with a little help from the people who run this great site.

Avagoodn
Pezza

I don't agree with Jim either but that scathing attack on Jimbo's character says more about you than Jim Pezza.

Get yourself down to his level Jim and tell him to farrkkk off, he should understand that.

This thread was the EO equivilent to a memorial to an Australian Legend, as was the one started about Steve Irwin. Some where for people who visit this site to pass on their condolances, Jimbo has once again, single handedly managed to degenerate not only somebody elses thread, but this memorial, as he did with Steve Irwin's thread, and create controversial opinion and rile people up for the sole purpose of boosting his own ego, and that, IMO, is sad.
He deserves everything he gets.

Pezza