What made you feel good today?

[mad2]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Nice.

Was just Googling if there were any swaps around $ydney I could attend but nothing close by atm.

I need 2 old style Ford / Holden V8 badges please.

got a pic of what you mean?.

[1970XW351]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

I need 2 old style Ford / Holden V8 badges please.

Any particular style/persuasion/condition/price?

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by 1970XW351

Any particular style/persuasion/condition/price?

Not sure what model but the 8 placed on top of the V. Not a stick on type but pinned, otherwise a trip out to Rare Spares.

like.....



Been looking a long time for a Cummins 903 but they are like rocking horse sh*t to find.

[Charliewool]

Google reckons 56 F100?

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Charliewool

Google reckons 56 F100?

Ta, just looking now, even 55 grill badge. XR Falcon looks good too.

https://www.rarespares.net.au/produc...alcon-v8-xrbk1

[1970XW351]

Lamentably, I have had no success on the badge hunt so far... I did see a '56 pickup grille with a big V8 in the centre... Not sure that will cut the mustard though.

I took a photo n uploaded it to the gallery, but be buggered if I can attach it to the post.

[Cav]

How about this badge?

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Cav

How about this badge?

image

Apparently only available to AU owners if you know of anyone Cav.

[jaydee]

This is a badge I spotted on eBay years ago, just loved the look of it.
At the time I didn't know what it was from, but knew it was going into my display cabinet.
Off a 64 Plymouth Barracuda.

[roKWiz]

Ironic, I'm looking for a FORD badge to go on a Kenworth.

[Trendseeker]

EBay has several different types for sale:

https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_...xoCygoQAvD_BwE

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/16547372...BoCpxoQAvD_BwE

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Trendseeker

EBay has several different types for sale:

Yep I like these with the red, reckon they'll go nicely under the KW side badges.





Looks like a bus ride out to Rarespares in Blacktown during the week.

[Citroënbender]

…Hearing the mighty BF Barra with cat dumping straight out. What a bark on startup, and I absolutely love that marine like glub-glub-glub as it idles slowly along in forward or reverse.

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

…Hearing the mighty BF Barra with cat dumping straight out. What a bark on startup, and I absolutely love that marine like glub-glub-glub as it idles slowly along in forward or reverse.

Marine? I know what you mean, but with boats the water is the muff dog. My boat, flushing it on the trailer, it sounds like anus, loud as crap but kinda an improvement on the v6 commodore game. Yeah it's a v6 but a 4.3L. In the water it sounds way less and better. Being a 2003, no cats or anything like that. Its factory and has a sticker to say it was california legal emmissions when new, makes zero sense as it was make in victoria but i guess that was just a thing for the rebadged vortec chev v6 thats in it.

[OneMadMan]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

Marine? I know what you mean, but with boats the water is the muff dog. My boat, flushing it on the trailer, it sounds like anus, loud as crap but kinda an improvement on the v6 commodore game. Yeah it's a v6 but a 4.3L. In the water it sounds way less and better. Being a 2003, no cats or anything like that. Its factory and has a sticker to say it was california legal emmissions when new, makes zero sense as it was make in victoria but i guess that was just a thing for the rebadged vortec chev v6 thats in it.

You wanna talk about Marine?

Try this for size..




Cheers

[roKWiz]

Nothing like the sound of a marine 8V or 6V Detroit.

[danzvtil]

My 20yo daughter just bought a new car today, that’s not exceptional on its own, but the way this young woman did all the research, spent an hour each night discussing with her old man her findings, what’s good, what’s not, the dealer process, the ins and outs of finance etc.
After I went to a dealer with her to shake down the sales guy, she returned on her own to get her trade on appraised. We went back and negotiated a deal. She signed her first contract, this car is solely in her name. Mum and dad are very proud ��

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by danzvtil

My 20yo daughter just bought a new car today, that’s not exceptional on its own, but the way this young woman did all the research, spent an hour each night discussing with her old man her findings, what’s good, what’s not, the dealer process, the ins and outs of finance etc.
After I went to a dealer with her to shake down the sales guy, she returned on her own to get her trade on appraised. We went back and negotiated a deal. She signed her first contract, this car is solely in her name. Mum and dad are very proud ��

Come on, don't leave us in suspense, what did she choose?

[Citroënbender]

Runout deal on a G63.

[danzvtil]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Come on, don't leave us in suspense, what did she choose?

Well, she works in the beauty industry and is super image conscious, wanted a Benz CLA. So I bought her down to earth with a car that LOOKS like a cla from temu………An MG5 Essence. Ended up with $5k off a promo price, she’s never seen the old man in full negotiation mode, it was glorious.
Yes, I’m aware it’s built by the same people responsible for my LDV, but it has 10year warranty. It will be a good 5 year car for her. She’s already ordered aftermarket wheels and organised ceramic coating.

[LG17]

Had my first ever acupuncture treatment yesterday. Can't believe the difference in my body this morning. It usually takes me a good half hour to an hour to get my body into some semblance of being able to do anything in the morning but this morning I got up and felt like an entirely different person. Everything worked as it should, but hasn't done so for many years. I've booked in for another treatment in 2 weeks.

[uranium_death]

Originally Posted by LG17

Everything worked as it should, but hasn't done so for many years.

Damn. I need to get on to some of that acupuncture, so I can get off the viagra...

[HIPO]

Today a 71yo woman, on one of our local "for sale" pages on FB, put up a vid. of a little dresser she wanted to be rid of..... the vid, continued on after that. I wont go into detail, but it involved some self pleasuring activities!....... a lot of people saw it, before being taken down!......... be careful out there! (:

[ford71V8]

Yikes, the little dresser had a top drawer, eh?

[Citroënbender]

Nothing that exciting in my “feel good” moment. Scored a 700g carton of range eggs; sadly I had to pay for them even though the box said Free.

[mad2]

finishing cleaning out mum's place

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Nothing that exciting in my “feel good” moment. Scored a 700g carton of range eggs; sadly I had to pay for them even though the box said Free.

Lucky they weren't open.

[peaterj]

These scam emails are getting insane who in their right mind would believe this.

Attention Dear Beneficiary,
Trash

Commonwealth Bank <bunbun-3yt@email.plala.or.jp>
Feb 6, 2025, 8:56 PM (17 hours ago)
to


Attention Dear Beneficiary,

Please be informed that your long-awaited funds payment to the tune of
$2,000,000.000 Billion Aud dollars has finally been approved.
But it has also been brought to our notice that a Lady by the name
Ms.Jane Garland has just forwarded a new banking detail claiming she is
your next of kin and you are dead by Corona virus in China. Did you
authorize the above-mentioned name to claim your funds? Are you truly
dead or alive? Is Ms.Jane Garland your next of kin? If not, The
government had a clear mandate to open an account in your name with the
bank and set up an on-line transfer that you will use to transfer the
funds into your personal account.

However, the government deposited your funds to the bank and has finally
opened an account in your name. Be advised that the bank has already
created an on-line transfer with the account that opened in your favor
this afternoon in which the AUD $2,000,000,000 Billion of funds has been
transferred to the account that my bank opened in your favor. The
on-line banking account details are as follows.

Welcome! To - Commonwealth Bank Secure Account Page Account Name
Account Type
Activate
Online Banking Account
Created Opened
Account Balance
2023-8-01
US$2,000,000.000
Account Number
Commonwealth Bank Sort Code
6021253365 239936957
Country Au
Name Of Bank
International Money Transfer
Input released
Swift Code 053904483
Account Number 6021253365.

The bank did not charge you any fee. You need to obtain an Access
Transfer Code, For your information, you will be able to start accessing
your online banking account as soon as you obtain this code. So, you are
requested to send the fee $50 only by iTunes Card or Steam Wallet is
also ACCEPTED because it can be redeemed to cash. I will be forwarding
to you with your account logging details to enable you access your funds
online and proceed on transfer to your designated bank account in any
part of the world without any further delay as soon as you update me a
copy of the gift card of the required Fee to take note.

Yours Faithfully,
Matt Comyn - Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Commonwealth Bank
Email;commonwealthb500@gmail.com

[jaydee]

So I finally got justice, if you can call it that, for my brother in Court today.
He is in his 60's with Downes Syndrome, partially deaf and dementia in a care home with 3 others.
I had my suspicions about not being looked after properly, and the clincher was when he "fell out of bed", a contusion on his forehead and 2 big black eyes.
So I did my legal research and planted a listening device in his room.

Within 24 hours caught someone screaming abuse at him because he urinated on the floor in the middle of the night.
You could clearly hear him getting a smack to the head, he called out in pain, then can hear the carer screaming at him to get up off the bed and grabbed him by the arms and pulled him off the bed, again calling out in pain, has arthritis in his hands and knees.
Gave the tape to Police, they interviewed the carer a couple of days later. She made full admissions to Police who charged her with aggravated common assault by 2. She was also instantly dismissed by the company.

Today, finally, after 2 remands, she put her hand up.
Got a **** weak fine and a spent conviction, WTF.
Impact statement from the family on brothers behalf not even handed to Magistrate by prosecutor and no objection to spent conviction.
So potentially could work in the field again, but we have informed NDIS Commission so hopefully she is black listed.
This is a very vulnerable person, who can't communicate and relied on this person to provide care and support.
Anyway, done now, finally got some sort of justice for the poor bugger, as if lifes not tough enough for him.

So if you have family in care, monitor them and listen to their complaints.

[Citroënbender]

Oh, that’s horrible. I hope he’s getting better care now.

Good on you for digging deeper when suspicious, and following it through.