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trust me Barrie i have tried to tell him that many times, he already has a nice enough vr4 legnum, but he rekons its getting too old. His money not mine, and at least i will get to sober drive a nice car

yea he has always had a soft spot for the altezzas, test drove one but was not happy with the 2.0l na power, we will be looking into the lexus is300 and checking if its any better i like the rarer toyotas, such as chaser aristo etc, but its not me buying a car. i suggested the likes of an evo 7, xr6 turbo, r34 skyline etc but looks like we will wander through car yards in tauranga, hamilton and see what jumps out at him. he doesnt know much about cars so hes taking a few of us along to help him out

one of the mates is going car shopping in couple weeks, has 20k to spend but not sure what to get. wants car to be: newer than 02 standard engine/performance wise, pretty much unmolested fast, preferably turbo preferably manual but auto ok Preferably a 4 door, but 2 door ok if car is awesome Must look great, preferably with bodykit n rims etc 4wd or rwd must not be very common, evry man n his dog got a wrx etc he was really keen on an altezza but was dissapointed by the n/a performance, and couldnt find a turbo one. let me know what ideas you have

nope my good car still isnt going yet, next weekend ill have it ready to go if the weather is fine my crusty car wouldnt be worth taking around a track

bump still looking for more people to come and race, dont be afraid, only $100 for track 2, very cheap pm for more details

mmm absinthe.... definatly makes the throat grow stronger!! just noticed this morning that my lamprologus brichardi have spawned, wasnt even aware of it but there are at least 2 different spawns at different sizes (approx 15 fry i could see), not sure how many will survive but still neat set up a new tank for the fry that were living in the ice cream container, still not sure what they are but are growing nicely, put a young guppy in with them and quite funny watching the baby cichlids following the guppy around will take more pics when i can get use of a camera

Napolean

that is all fine n well but make sure its the white donkey with black stripes not the black donkey with white stripes otherwise then you go directly to jail and do not pass go!!!

mid you if you go through the meadow at the right time the crazy ninja cow will be blinded by the suns reflection from the third moon of saturn, or if you get it wrong then your toast, although you dont cook toast you toast toast

if any stage happens it will further raise racial tensions here in nz. fairly safe to assume its not going to happen, although in todays world anythings possible i guess how many people maori uneligible to get a degree now would go out and work for one, i congratulate the people who work hard and get their degree regardless of weather they were eligible after leaving school or not regardless of race compare that to how many maori people that would otherwise be eligible for free degrees go out and attempt to get one. weather they pass or not is irrelevant i personally dont believe that i should have to work extremely hard in life to get the things i want (education, this is one of major keys to success) when someone else of a different race could if this goes to plan (i doubt it will) get it for free and with potentially lesser ability the majority of us here are just as much a New Zealander as the rest of us, and should all be treated with the same rights and respect as any other person regardless of color or background etc. no one race should ever get special attention for anything period rant over, massive business communications exam for end of semester at 9.00 tommorrow morning last minute study and coffee here i come

ditto what phoenix said except i do not actually go to uni yet as i have the best job which i have worked my ... off to get so part time study is my best option for now, however will be starting extramural study for my BACC worked hard for everything i have got, never been given anything, even though i have been offered support i have kindly declined. ive known from a young age that if i did not work hard i would not succeed (best lesson my grandfather ever taught me, second maybe to always respect a women) i have a teeny tiny bit of maori in me, aparantly i can claim this or that but it does not interest me one bit i do not believe in it.

Firstly i am in no way racist, have grown up in predominantly maori area, heard every white joke in the book and been beaten up etc because of the colour of my skin. i absolutly hate racism and all associated views secondly it made me sick reading the nz herald recently that there was the idea that maori were going to have relaxed criteria to enter university, cheap/free entry etc. this i believe is creating further unnessecary racisn which angers me, what is this country coming to? I have worked extremly hard to gain university entrance and most papers i have studied are at university level, worked extremly hard to pay for all fees etc, no scholarships etc http://tvnz.co.nz/breakfast-news/breakfast-thursday-18-june-2788532/video?vid=2788555 Paul Henry you have made my day :bounce:

well its not to the left, its to the other left, we have covered that one already and its DEFINATLY not to the right, bad things will happen if it goes to the right

no not that left!!! the other left!!

maybe he thinks hes people

check farmlands, might have something similar to what you are after

the tank...honest i drank all those bottles with redbull, no sleep after a couple of them. but have now found mixing jager with L & P tastes beautiful no matter how strong u make them and doesnt give u the caffine hangover the next day (well it does to me) .... plus with the benefit of being many times cheaper than red bull still a few things to tidy up on tank, getting a custom made lid once i move the fry into their own tank, the ice cream container kind of floats in one corner of tank with the glass lids placed around it, looks terrible but works also the 2 foot light blew, will be getting a proper 4 foot light setup i will try take some pics with a better camera if i can get my hands on one, i was almost not going to post pics because they definatly did not do the fish justice, my brichardi have amazing finnage but not one of the photos i took came out any good :evil: ill keep at it i guess

bad quality but an idea of the black background probably the best shots i could get of the zebs, cannot see the blue tinge in fins

i cannot believe how good the fish look, 10x better than in the pics at least, have tried getting pics of individual fish however camera is pretty cheap and not working the way i want. They get fed alot of good food, i cant resist every time i go to my room they get a feed, lots of water changes aswell went through hundreds to get these few pics the red zebs are awesome, some are starting to get a wiked blue tinge on their fins, im tryna get photos but sooo hard cannot recall what the babies are, but there are 6 of them, are growing nicely, these pics were taken a while ago

the wee babies, moving to a bigger tank shortly

swapped my killie breeding setup for a bare 4 footer with heater filters have since added crushed coral and black silica sand as well as a few rocks that i spent ages finding the perfect ones have a mix of e. yellows, demasoni, brichardi and red zebras. bought them all off members from here and are in excellant condition i love them all lids are a bit messy as i have a large ice cream container raising some fry, i cannot recall what they are called, the container usually traps the floating plants in a corner Have a black background flash doesnt show it in some pics, tank is a bit scratched however does me just fine i love my setup, so peaceful watching the fish at night, puts me in a great sleep. have still not finished with the tank yet, will do a few more bits n pieces as time and money allows. would like to get rid of the white coral sand and i like the all black look let me know what you think, love hearing ideas to make tank better. i have since got a custom made lid to make it look a bit tidier also wish i had a better camera, pics definatly do not do tank justice

would be interesting to use, not that useing ph test kits are hard, would be nice to just glance at side of tank for a reading. not allowed on that site at work but what range of ph does it measure? might invest in one for my african tank

WOW!!! and i thought the place i was staying at is expensive we pay rent - $350 rent phone/broadband - $100ish month power - 140-200 month depending on how cold it is food 150 week and we eat like kings with food for lunch included everything is thirded equally except phone if we make toll calls etc the last place i lived at was $140 a week for absolutly everything, was 4 of us with broadband, awesome food, really nice house with wiked double garage for working on cars

and also factor in setup costs/bond etc for power companies, telephone etc, wasnt a terrible ammount of money but would have been a struggle to meet the cost. bond and rent in advance is also a killer also the first flat i lived in at 17 we had cellphones so no telephone line or internet, no fancy sky tv or anything just the basics and once we were setup living was relativley cheap. rent power and food was all we had to pay for

hmm if thats the case i would move out, i have a strong dislike to people like him!!! probably not a good idea but id match his behaiour, not clean etc, its his grandmas home surely she wouldnt let it get too out of control. but then again since thats not a good idea moving out may be the best option. there are good flats out there, my 2 flatmates i have now were total strangers now we real good mates, almost 1.5 years there and not a single drama or fight or anything. rostered cleaning always done every 2 weeks, all cook and do dishes 2 nights a week for everyone etc