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 66deluxe
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| posted on November 22nd, 2007 at 12:16 PM |
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i'm coming home
Hi everyone, well after 3 months working in Canada assembling brand new gas turbine engines i am finally on the way home, i am currently sitting in
the Qantas business class lounge using the free internet, and drinking free beer and food, i feel like i don't belong here, the people that no me
will probably agree. In canada we built up to 90 engines a month the sound of three test cells running continuously is awesome, canada is absolutely
beautiful, i will post some pictures when i get home but not all 700 of them, i hiked through the rocky mountains went mountain biking on some
seriously mad trails, the whole time wondering if i was going to be eaten by a bear, everyone over here askes about snakes and spiders back home, i
told them there nothing to woryy about, i would be more woriied about bears, there were deer, elk, and little chipmunks everywhere i went. They
absolutely love there big canyonaro's (Bloody big utes) here too, i was at a traffic light and was the only 4 cylinder there totally surrounded by
about 8 of them, they are too big those trucks, might be makin up for something. Every where you go people ask you to say dingo's got my baby, which
weras thin real quick, but you say it any way and i usually got shouted free beers when i said it. I went to many ice hockey games and i must admit i
love that game, my first game i went to see there was a fight within 30 seconds and they don't get a penalty for it either, sitting in the first row
and watching a player get slammed into the wall is wicked, it is like watching rugby and cricket in one game. One of the guys had a new ford gt
mustang and let us drive the other aussie got pinged doing 140 kph and they let us go so after that i was speeding every where usually only 20 k's
over. Fast food places are everywhere which sucks cause its hard to find a decent quick meal. The place is just like Home but they drive on the
wrong side of the road and all their domestic cars are seriously ugly, i only saw 4 aircoold dubs the whole time but their is plenty of new water
cooled ones though, heaps of those dam ugly new beetles too. In the last week i took a trip down to cleveland georgia, and visited Jake Raby, and his
business Aircooled Technology, for 4 days i ended up purchasing a 2270 kit from him at a reduced price cause i travelled so far to meet him, the guy
is great, i spent half a day with him cruizing with him in his ex swiss army 4x4 pinzgauer truck, it is and inline aircooled four cylinder 2.5 litre
but he is rebuilding it to 3.3 litre, he installed his own made custom fuel injection kit and we were driving the back roads dialling the fuel
injection computer in, we got heaps of looks from the locals iin their big pickups they, even got a very loud yee ha form one of them and we both yee
ha'd back what a laugh. We drove over a bridge and he pointed out that that is the river they filmed deliverance on, i could here the duelling
banjo's instantly, we dyno tuned a new engine combo and made unbelievable power but i am sworn to secrecy about that, until he is ready to release
the info. I am also in talks with him to be an aussie ditributor for his parts, but more on that later when things get finalised in the new year. any
way less than 20 hours till i am home, catch up with you lovely people later. Cheers Damo.
This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.
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| posted on November 22nd, 2007 at 12:27 PM |
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that is fantastic, certainly a "holiday" to remember, the 3 months sure went quick, but I am sure you will be glad to be home
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| posted on November 22nd, 2007 at 12:41 PM |
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Now - aint you glad you didnt back out???
Well done - glad you are coming home.
reckon you will remember that trip for a LONG time
Sounds absolutely awsome
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on November 22nd, 2007 at 02:25 PM |
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Hi
When I started reeading your post I thought, wonder if he got any VW bits. Well it looks like you went to air cooled nirvana, great stuff.
Steve
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| posted on November 22nd, 2007 at 02:48 PM |
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great stuff, roll on the photos 
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Baja Wes
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| posted on November 22nd, 2007 at 05:06 PM |
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I was over in Canada for a month for work in Sept / Oct.
Here's the big trucks your talking about;
These were cool;
This drove past at Niagara Falls;
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| posted on November 22nd, 2007 at 05:19 PM |
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who is damo?
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| posted on November 22nd, 2007 at 06:03 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by bond
who is damo?
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OOOHHHH I think he's that big fella we used to see around the traps. Haven't seen him for a long time, didn't know he went to Canada - so thats
were he's been hiding out. Thought it was something I said.....
Seriously only 14ish hours to go - Damien touches down in Brissy 7:45am our time TOMORROW 23/11 YIPPIE
'RACKIE' Flirty Fern's  groovin mum |
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| posted on November 22nd, 2007 at 06:08 PM |
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is he gunna rock up with a big beard and a lumberjacket ?
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| posted on November 22nd, 2007 at 06:48 PM |
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you wish Pat......
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| posted on November 22nd, 2007 at 08:00 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 11CAB
you wish Pat......
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haha.. your a worry somtimes postman pat..
welcome back home to oztrailia man..
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| posted on November 23rd, 2007 at 06:44 AM |
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Welcome back Damo!
Great story,
I hope Jake did not show you anything else on that river where "Deliverence" was filmed.
Look forward to hearing your stories and see your happy snaps.
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on November 23rd, 2007 at 07:08 AM |
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sounds like fun ,funny i thought up there was aircooled crazy though?
show us your gates
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