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Member - Julie P (VIC)
G'day - am in my second year as a member of exploroz - been checking in for about 4 years though - just wanted to say what a pleasure this site is compared to a couple of others and their forums I have checked out recently. On here you get helpful information from a lot of different people - including some very knowlegable ones - many thanks - my husband installed the dual battery system from information on this site provided by helpful people.
The forums on these other sites seem to be nothing but boring infighting - someone asks a question - and some smarty posts a smart alec reply - and it just deteriorates from there - I wouldn't feel you could get much helpful info from anyone on these sites-
Long live Exploroz!!! Thanks to all the regulars like Willem, Truckster, MadDog - etc etc.
jules
Reply By: Eric from Cape York Connections - Thursday, Jan 18, 2007 at 21:27
Thursday, Jan 18, 2007 at 21:27
I also like this
forum its
well layed out and easy to follow other sites you have to jump all over the place to see what every one is talking about.
All the best Eric
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Reply By: Willem - Thursday, Jan 18, 2007 at 21:31
Thursday, Jan 18, 2007 at 21:31
Jules
Thanks for the kind words.
I too frequented and even joined up to many 4x4 forums over the years but only contribute to ExplorOz these days.
I have made many friends (and some enemies) here on EO...LOL
Regards
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Follow Up By: Member - Crazy Dog (QLD) - Thursday, Jan 18, 2007 at 21:36
Thursday, Jan 18, 2007 at 21:36
yep ! have to agree with all that.
The info I have gleaned is amazing and the people on EO are most willing and helpful.
I hope to one day meet some of you before I shuffle off the mortal coil...
Grrr!!!
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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Thursday, Jan 18, 2007 at 21:59
Thursday, Jan 18, 2007 at 21:59
I'm normally willing Mr Dog , but I've got a headache tonight though.
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Follow Up By: Gerhardp1 - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:18
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:18
Hey, Crazy Dog, no need to worry if you don't meet us before you shuffle off - all of us bar none will be in the High Country when we depart !
There'll be no worries about fuel ripoffs, no Scrubys, no nasty posts, and best of all the only fourbys will be Jackaroos and H3s........................
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Follow Up By: Gerhardp1 - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:21
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:21
And there will be no Engels or Waecos, only Evakools.....
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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:38
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:38
And there will be no Engels , Waecos or Evakools , only Autofridge .....
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Follow Up By: cuffs - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:40
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:40
Do you have to become a member to be Willen's on enemy list Lol!
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 19:39
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 19:39
No Cuffs, Willem is an equal opportunity combatant, and proud of it hahahaha
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Reply By: Motherhen - Thursday, Jan 18, 2007 at 21:57
Thursday, Jan 18, 2007 at 21:57
Jules, like you, i love this
forum. We've got great information (i won't buy anything new for a vehicle without checking it out with the
forum experts), met great people, and some of the replies are so entertaining as
well. I just love them all.
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Reply By: Member - Jeff H (QLD) - Thursday, Jan 18, 2007 at 23:48
Thursday, Jan 18, 2007 at 23:48
Hey quick: let's just settle eh:( before the fees go up).
Just because those puritanical, caring, involved Moderators manage to maintain a simmering semblance of peace and order is no reason to heap praise upon them.
Why, I've seen cooking sites that are almost as user-friendly.(Hmm. But then again --- )
Ahh damn it, best come clean 'lest I upset the Righteous: yes, agree Michelle, David, and mostly the Members comprise a top mob.
Permit me two extravagances:
(1) May we have Collyn Rivers back on line? (Please?)
(2),In the event that the site lacks a patron, may I nominate Gramps?
Thank you all. What hasn't been informative has been entertaining. Jeff.H.
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Follow Up By: equinox - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 00:03
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 00:03
I nominate Gramps too!!!!!
Onya Al.
Al.
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 00:45
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 00:45
Hahahaha you two. I did'nt realize you were getting, and obviously imbibing in, a supply of that mind altering liquid from Willem that we hear about every so often.
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 00:47
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 00:47
Ooops ... hit Submit early
Yes, definitely the best site and people around as far as I'm concerned, even the ones I don't always get along with LOLOL
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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff H (QLD) - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 01:30
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 01:30
(Damn it, I hate how "Follow-up" and "Reply" lose sequence: who designed this lousy site anyway?)
So I assume that 'Follow-up 2' is a yes, Gramps? It's been seconded, (equinox) All we need is, um Ike to tally.
Back to you, David. (Run with it mate). Anon.
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 01:37
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 01:37
No ya silly bugga ! I was agreeing with the poster and the other replies regarding this site and those who frequent it LOL
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 08:54
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 08:54
Think there is some self pitying going on here...... LOl
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 15:09
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 15:09
Naaahhhh JR. They're both on drugs or they've been out in the sun too much :))))
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 15:17
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 15:17
Hope we can find a cure then for that. Some rain would be good!
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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff H (QLD) - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 19:31
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 19:31
wrt Followup 7: Ahhh, fond memories.
And please be polite, Patron-in-waiting. Remember, the Mango season is historically over. Yours in awe and admiration. Anon.
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 19:44
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 19:44
I used to like this site till someone said Gramps was any value hahahahahah on second thoughts I might go google "patron"
pa·tron (paetron)
n.
1. One that supports, protects, or champions someone or something, such as an institution, event, or cause; a sponsor or benefactor: a patron of the arts.
2. A customer, especially a regular customer.
Indeed Patron is Gramps. In accordance with the above adornment Gramps, please leave your credit card number witgh David to "sponsor" all future new members and recurring member renewals.
hehehehe
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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff H (QLD) - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 20:31
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 20:31
Back in the kennel Bonz. (Blimey! you Southerners get a bit of soot in the nostrils and all rational thinking is shot).
Apart from that: sorry about the mongrel weather you've suffered down there. Jeff.
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 01:34
Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 01:34
Et tu Bonz ????
It's nowhere near the Ides of March yet :))))
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 08:59
Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 08:59
We are a bit short on funds ere Gramps, we only Et One Gramps.
Good on ya Al I was busting to see what came back!
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 09:20
Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 09:20
"Et One" LOL Bonz
Julie, my apologies for adding too much drivel to your post. I shall now withdraw and shut up for once :)))))
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Reply By: Member - Jeff H (QLD) - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 00:09
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 00:09
Sheesh! I thought that was Al for a tick: was going to tell the mongrel that we really can't bend the rules too far. JH.
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Reply By: Member - Banjo (WA) - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 00:24
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 00:24
Julie,
I agree with your comments. Damn problem though is that this place is like a disease. No matter how busy or tired I am I can't stop myself checking it, usually out more than once a day.
One of the best sites around, no question.
And the entertainment/information from here is tops.
Banjo (WA)
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Reply By: Member - Dunworkin (WA) - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 01:36
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 01:36
Hi Jules, I have to agree, this
forum becomes addictive, can't help checking it out a couple of times a day and geez I do have a life as
well.
Cheers
D&B
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Reply By: Redback - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 08:28
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 08:28
You guys need to get out more.
There are lots of forums out there on par with EO, some heaps better and free too, after being a member here i found that other
forum offer the same things and more for free.
As good as this
forum is, it's not the best.
Baz.
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Follow Up By: ImEasy - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 08:48
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 08:48
Gonna have to agree with Redback on this one!
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:23
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:23
I beleved you when you told me that, til I looked Baz
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Follow Up By: Redback - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:01
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:01
Your not looking hard enough
John ;-))
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 15:07
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 15:07
I hope you guys are'nt including those pimply faced tossers on the Overlander
Forum :))))
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 15:15
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 15:15
I don't know Baz there Al, but I have been there periodically to my regret for time wasting, Outerlimits is ok for some things, the others are pretty unreal, including what I have seen of the Camper Trailer
forum. Pretty amateur. Baz has a mate with one but I haven't been there for maaaany months.
I am not sure if I am one of the pimply faced ones to which you refer Al??? This EO is a village atmosphere even to the idiots ;-)
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 15:56
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 15:56
JR,
They seem obsessed with post counts so there is a proliferation of rubbish. Definitely a "boys club" of sorts. Despite that, I have come across some interesting/useful info besides the bits that have been copied ( word for word or slightly paraphrased ) from this
forum (checking post times etc etc).
ps We idiots love the village atmosphere here :)))))
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 17:31
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 17:31
Al, mate, you are right again! Boys club indeed with them. We as the EO village, idiots as we are, welcome the interaction with the womanly gender. It may have to be restricted at times - I see ferinstance, you don't have a MsGramps aside you. ;-))) Seems like you are talking plagiarism like an examiner mate with some of the other sites.
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 09:17
Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 09:17
LOL JR, you have forgotten SWMBO, my ever present nemesis, keeper of the purse strings and merciless taskmaster :)))
The plagiarism bit is probably a bit too strong but it is unnerving, for the befuddled and bewildered like me, to read their own words under someone else's name hahaha. Someone must have been desperate for a contribution to that
forum.
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 10:51
Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 10:51
I bet she doesn't
check your posts Al! I guess I get warnings of others though. I have even found a couple of responses I didn't write, signed Moses. No, the ute doesn't have an internet capable computer in it, you talk of nemesis!
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Reply By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 08:52
Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 08:52
Pssstttttt...
Didn't anyone else notice Jules classified Truckster as NOT a smart alec...???
Perhaps she should have done a search, it's been done 2890128290846012619684 times before...LOL
P.S Sorry Trucky, couldn't help it, think my shoelace came undone.
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Follow Up By: Member - Julie P (VIC) - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 09:14
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 09:14
Didn't say he wasn't a smart alec sometimes - just an interesting contributor - with a sense of humour -
thanks to all who commented here.
jules
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Follow Up By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 09:59
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 09:59
An interesting contributor he is... A nice bloke too if you ever get the chance to meet him.
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Follow Up By: Mad Dog - Vic - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 12:12
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 12:12
Us nice blokes are they ones to be wary off, just wait for the next full moon :)
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Follow Up By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 12:18
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 12:18
LOL Ray, worked with a bloke who used to howl at a full moon... Top operator, just a little quirky...
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 19:46
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 19:46
lol yer MadDog I see you were singed out for "special" mention hahahaha
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Follow Up By: Mad Dog - Vic - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 22:30
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 22:30
Hello Mr Bonz, now would that be singed out or singled out.
The only singed out I can remember was not me but some other notorious EO member when his boots got a bit hot around the fire at
red bluff camp :)
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 23:18
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 23:18
hahahah it WAS NOT a typo hahahah good on ya Ray
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Reply By: Member - bushfix - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 16:38
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 16:38
i want a full moon group photo, you know, the 'ol football club style....
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Reply By: Bonz (Vic) - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 19:37
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 19:37
HI Julie there is only ONE other site that matches this one for helpfulness, villiany and resourcefulness take a look at www.4wdaustralia.com.au. They are tops over there too!
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 20:38
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 20:38
lol [:-)
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Follow Up By: Redback - Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 08:40
Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 08:40
Or try www.australia4wd.com, and it's sub forums (ie) Jackaro/Terracan and the new Prado
forum section.
Baz.
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