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On 7/29/2016 at 20:50, Kiwibirdman said:

Spotted when I was down in Nelson for work a couple of weeks ago

O 4 Awesome.Just found this while  perving.  Thats my daily.  I am allergic  to going to town so you were lucky the FV.Aukaha was in port. You will maybe see a matt black 69 fastback, a shiney 56 pillarless olds,  or a dogwithbadbreath 60 pillarless bigblock chrysler depending on what boat is in. How often do you get down? I have followed the Holden build, nice job.  carry on please.  

8 minutes ago, sidewaysickness said:

The whiskey for tonight is Talisker Dark Storm, The colour is golden amber and the nose has an instant interesting mix of rich, earthy smokiness (this is reminiscent of coal tar soap or freshly laid tarmac), bittersweet malty cereals and barley sugar.  The smoke catches the nostrils and has a peppery chili-like edge to it.  As these aromas fade a little, others come through - think of vanilla, honeycomb, caramel, fresh green apple, sultanas and a hint of candied orange and brine.

On the palate, this is initially quite acrid and slightly bitter with a woody, almost charcoal-like edge.  the result is drying and the similar peppery chili note from the nose exaggerates this.  These notes are again reminiscent of hot tar, as on the nose, and wet earth.  After this first blast, the whisky develops in an interesting way and just in time too.  Some much needed sweetness comes through in the form of butterscotch, vanilla, golden syrup, malted barley plus some dried fruits (think especially of raisins, sultanas, candied orange and apricots).  Two lovely notes appear towards the end and work well hand in hand with the others present - salted caramel and toasted nuts.  A final sprinkle of earthy ginger powder completes the jigsaw.

The finish is long and smoulders away for ages.  The initial sweetness (the barley, honey, syrup and fruit) fade first, followed by the notes of salted caramel and toasted nuts.  It is the warming, acrid and spicy smoke that lasts longest.  This has an ultimately drying effect, which makes you want to reach for a sip of water or another sip of the whisky.

 

Haha these reviews always crack me up!

See you all tonight

Shit, that sounds like a 3 course meal. Breakfast drink of champions?  I unfortunately will not be on the hard until tomorrow. Verysuckymoto.

17 minutes ago, kicker said:

Sweet wag and cobra ute in Newtown

Bonus E type points too. Well done Sir

I've got a shed full of shite. Nothing gets worked on. Every project is stalled! I guess being away a lot, and kids first when I am home means the shed is last cab off the rank. Still. After talking to Alex and Hannah at the pub, I am thinking, would less projects give me more focus? Dunno. Maybe change my username to Gunna. 

I'm not a flatpeaker sort of bloke and don't do facestalk. Obviously, being away a bit makes things hard to plan ahead too, but we can probably sort something for sept-oct when stuff settles down with work. I may even introduce myself on the board if Scott shows me how. 

I had a measure up of what I have got. It will be close. Real close depending on where your legs are.  My daughter's (mk2) is not centred on the car "circle" as it gets too bottom heavy when turning, with the roof much lighter than the floor , guards etc. Thus the need for legs spread wide. Set the engine stand centreline at 930mm. If you centre the turning circle of the body 70mm below the flat face of the slam panel at the front and 85mm down from the boot lip at the back, the roof drip rails will will be scribing the biggest radius and will go 45mm lowest and 1770mm highest. This is the pivot point I have and I use a worm and gear to turn it. It is still heavy. .  If you lift the pivot on the car 30mm each end  ( 40mm down from slam panel and 55mm down from the boot lip) you will pull the roof arc in and push the sill arc out to about even, but it might be too bottom heavy to then turn.  It will then scribe, at a guess, 1720mm top and 95mm bottom but will cost lots of steinlager whenever you want to turn it.

On 6/16/2017 at 19:21, Born Loser said:

Spotted near the Airport this arva.

Factory Crayford conversion. Small world. That was me that yaked to you as you left in the van.