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DJ Downunder
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by DJ Downunder » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:24 pm
Yesterday was Marko's last day of his Christmas/New Year annual leave so we made the most of it with a ride down the Great Ocean Road.
This is what makes the GOR so famous..check out that road..we stopped to let the slow cars get ahead..then it was party time..and what a view.
Oh yeah....those fat bottomed girls....here's my last pic..they were on the side of the road as we headed out of Lorne..
sorry most pics now deleted to make room for more....
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by Boxer » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:31 pm
DJ, you're a walking, talking BMW advertisement. They should be paying you. These are some really great shots of the Beak.
And the girls are nice too...Doing that crazy dance.
DK
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by DK » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:48 pm
DJ,
What a great picture looking at the road twisting to the ocean. Refering to Boxer, if that pic won't sell a bike, I'm not sure what would.
Thanks for the wonderful pictures.
DK
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by DJ Downunder » Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:29 pm
Thanks guys..here's a map showing our ride....notice the wiggly line from Lorne heading up and then across past the little lake..we were there.
DJ
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by DSKYZD » Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:39 pm
Thanks once again, DJ. Excellent report, excellent pictures.
What's wrong with the way we cook bacon?
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by DJ Downunder » Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:10 pm
What's wrong with the way we cook bacon?
You really don't know..
..we just cook it till it's cooked...
You guys cook it till it's cooked..and keep on cooking..till it a dried out shriveled up and crispy and crunchy...am I right?
Maybe you guys just like it that way..
DJ
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by R4R&R » Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:23 pm
That depends on where you go for the bacon - last weekend we had some cooked 'right'.
I missed the traditional DJ self image?
Nice pics.
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by DSKYZD » Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:33 pm
I prefer my bacon Aussie Style then, wife likes it crispy. Next time we have it I'll tell her that DJ said she was cooking it wrong.
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by wncbmw » Tue Jan 03, 2006 8:36 pm
Excellent report as usual. Your reports may be good BMW advertisements but they sure as heck would make the Aussie tourism board proud too!
And you really take a lot of pains to be sure the bike is rolled right into the midst of the photo. Makes it very eye-catching.
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by beekstersocal » Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:48 pm
hey DJ that [for me anyway] would be a trip to yake that right turn in the far lane
great pics
ride it like you stole it
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by GJBushman » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:26 am
DJ,
Thanks for the preview of my August vacation. I'm looking forward to it. Great pics as usual. No bikes on our planned trip, unfortunately. And amazingly enough, like many Australians, many Americans are actually not identical in they're tastes. I like my bacon chewy, my wife likes it crisp.
Jamie
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by frozennorth » Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:05 pm
Great pics, nice ride. The older R's seem to be in amazing shape. Looks like you live in a beautiful area. Wish I could get out right now but the snow will keep us off the blacktop for another couple of months
Oh, well, good time to do maintenance and buy new stuff for spring.
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by frozennorth » Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:13 pm
Correction, older K's . . . brain fart . . . happens when U R over 45
Cooked cripsy, chewy, half-way raw, it's all good. Like my buddy says, you could wrap a dog-turd in bacon and it would taste good.
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by rdsmith3 » Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:30 pm
Nice!
DJ,
I like my bacon Aussie style, too. Now what is rabbit food and why would you eat it for breakfast?
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by DJ Downunder » Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:08 pm
Now what is rabbit food and why would you eat it for breakfast?
Did you notice that green stuff on the plate...that's what rabbits eat..
.. only kidding.
About ten years ago we had this American chain of restaurants called Sizzler's and Denny's...I remember ordering bacon and eggs...and when it was served asking..what's that (pointing at the shriveled up crispy bacon) and being told..oh..that's the American way of cooking it...maybe that's why they didn't last here..
..are they still going in the US..?
Here's Marko's pics.
Me giving him the big..
Ok everyone...wave to me...and then take two steps back ..
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by DSKYZD » Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:43 pm
Not sure about Sizzler, I don't recall many here in the east. Maybe they're still common out west. Denny's are pretty common though.
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by wncbmw » Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:46 pm
I vote for the floppy bacon. Denny's bacon will probably depend on how hungover the cook is!
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by Biff's R » Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:54 pm
I prefer Waffle House when I am hung over. There is always one cook who is sweatiing on the griddle.
A roommate of mine in college dated a girl who worked at Sizzler, and she was hot, hot, hot. Kinda psycho though.
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by bmwdave52 » Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:40 am
Very nice and WARM looking pics.
But why are you driving on the wrong side of the road?
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