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03-31-2008, 02:54 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Azle, TX
Posts: 352
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Traveling Down Under
I've got a business trip planned to Sydney/Newcastle the end of April and would love to meet any of the RV builders in the area, maybe see your hardware. Always a great excuse to meet new friends, so let me know and I'll buy the beer.
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Bill Grant, A&P
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RV-4: Fuselage controls
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03-31-2008, 03:03 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Huskerland, USA
Posts: 5,862
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All you have to do is stand up and say " It's my shout". Trust me, you'll have more friends than you can count.
I am fluent in Aussy. 
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RV-7 : In the hangar
RV-10 : In the hangar
RV-12 : Built and sold
RV-44 : 4 place helicopter on order. 
Last edited by Geico266 : 03-31-2008 at 03:11 PM.
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03-31-2008, 03:13 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Azle, TX
Posts: 352
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Gotta Have Headgear
As a precaution against a rush to the bar I guess I better stipulate that they must wear a VAF hat.
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Bill Grant, A&P
8KCAB, M20G
RV-4: Fuselage controls
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04-01-2008, 02:05 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 1,231
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WSBuilder
As a precaution against a rush to the bar I guess I better stipulate that they must wear a VAF hat.
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Hehe - that wouldn't stop the rush with any Aussie I've ever met...
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04-01-2008, 03:38 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Australia
Posts: 775
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WSBuilder
Bill
I will cross post your message on a local RV builder site in Australia to get it more exposure if you like.
Hope you enjoy the trip. There's more to Australia than just Sydney. Hope you get time to do some travelling.
Regards
John Russell
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04-01-2008, 05:40 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: NC25
Posts: 3,502
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Geico266
All you have to do is stand up and say " It's my shout". Trust me, you'll have more friends than you can count.
I am fluent in Aussy. |
For the rest of us like me that want to learn to speak Aussy, here is what Google turned up.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_b...sages/609.html
"I'd like to find out the origin of the phrase "shout", when used to mean "turn to buy", especially in relation to buying alcohol - eg "It's my shout"."
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Gary A. Sobek
NC25 RV-6 Flying
3,400+ hours
Where is N157GS
Building RV-8 S/N: 80012
To most people, the sky is the limit.
To those who love aviation, the sky is home.
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04-01-2008, 05:48 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Huskerland, USA
Posts: 5,862
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The term "shout" comes from having to call the waitress / waiter. "It's your shout" = it's your turn to call the waitress, and since you are the one that called her you pay. Aussies like things simple.
The fact that I know this proves I have no life, and I'm a very loanly man. It's never my shout.
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RV-7 : In the hangar
RV-10 : In the hangar
RV-12 : Built and sold
RV-44 : 4 place helicopter on order.
Last edited by Geico266 : 04-01-2008 at 05:52 PM.
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04-01-2008, 06:56 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Wentworth Falls, Australia
Posts: 1
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Possible visit to the Blue Mountains
Bill, I live in Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains which is about 2 hours by train (V pleasant trip!) west of Sydney. Constructing an RV - 6 hoping to move to the airport within the year. Locality is a very popular scenic visit. Be delighted to welcome you. Godfrey.
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04-02-2008, 01:48 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 220
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Hi Bill,
I live in Sydney, and im building an RV7.
Airframe all finished, engine hung, working on panel, wiring plumbing etc...
Im in Randwick which is half way between the airport and the city (downtown )
youre more than welcome to drop by and say hello.
Cheers
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