Australia's Best Car Awards 2004

[Luciferous]

I had some crackers in Yr 12 English. Try winning an argument about a book which everyone had read EXCEPT me (of course they didn't know that...). I once had to do an essay in-class because I was away the day we were supposed to do it, so I wrote the essay in 20 minutes, walked back into class and within 30 seconds I was telling someone why they were wrong....

[fpv_gtho]

thats like most of my assignments, just a night before job and i still pass alright, so im happy. im probably one of a few people in my class that can actually read properly and fluently believe it or not, theres SOOOOO many dropkicks....we get stuck reading shit in class out loud, and like every second person, if theyre not laughing, theyre trying to figure out the words. when it gets to me, 2 paragraphs in 10 seconds...

[SlickHolden]

I can't talk face to face infront of more then 2 people and they have to be my mum and nephew:p
I can think of anything just can't get it out when the time comes, That's why i enjoy the net and this forum, You can be yourself and say what you want without freezing halfway:D

[2ndclasscitizen]

i managed to fluke my way through speeches in college you just write a REAL good one and then you can read it shit and just look at your bit of paper

[fpv_gtho]

something i hate is people listening to something im saying, something that ive thought up, researched etc. and i guess i get worried about what they'll think

[2ndclasscitizen]

yeah well most of the time i just don't give a shit what other people think, though i spose thats cuase of all the punk i listen to

[fpv_gtho]

yeah that might be it :p

i guess its different for me though, cause the class is full of dropkicks and im really only one of a few doing the work, it just so happens im the smartarse of the class so everyone's always pissin me off and shit about it, always asking me if they dont know stuff and that crap

[charged]

they say 90% of the population are terrified of public speaking,even when im at work in a meeting and you have to introduce your self and do a cv of your work,I always get a little uncomfortable :eek:

[fpv_gtho]

they reckon people are less scared of death......

so image that, you'd rather be in the casket then stuck doing the eulogy

[charged]

yeah wierd but true,my older nephew whos in advertising isnt short on confidence,always doing presentations for companies.He has been a MC at weddings does a fantastic job and loves it,when i was best man and mc at a few weddings I was shitting myself when the speeches had to be made.I think its all related to self confidence,wished you could buy it in a can

[anubis8221]

My Dad used to make me public speak as a kid. Now I love it. I have no problem presenting to CEO's and engineers

[Blue Supra]

Yeh i need to know who im talking to, like in front a class it was easy cause i knew everyone, at work i know everyone, so its easy but dont ask me to speak in front of a bunch of randoms for any length of time...

[SlickHolden]

People don't hear me very good cause i dont talk loud, So when i need to say something i tell my mum she tells everyone:p
Most times i have a great idea and they dont hear me so i crack it and wont say it again, Like my mate's VR Berlina i told him 2 years ago to grab some VS Berllina or VR Calais rims there the same, I said they will look nice on your car mate. last weekend he buys them:eek: He says like my new rims, I seen them on a Berlina dn thought wouldnt they look good on my car? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh:p

[Blue Supra]

yeh dont you hate that... that happens to me when you say something and then as little as an hour later "lets do ....." I SAID THAT AN HOUR AGO YOU ****WAD!!!:p

[SlickHolden]

Times like that you wanna smake them over the head with wood:p

[Blue Supra]

haha, been there done that got the T shirt:D
(if a stick counts as a piece of wood:p)

[SlickHolden]

Stick wood shovel hammer any foreign object will do:p

[Blue Supra]

oh ok then

*blue picks up axe with insane laugh*

[fpv_gtho]

i get that alot, but most of the time, like in class and shit, its actually me thats telling someone to say something as an answer to something or some shit cause i'd rather be caught dead then stuck sitting there with my arm dangling up in the air

[Luciferous]

I pretty much answered every question in English, but occasionally the teacher would say
"Ok lets have an answer to this but this time you can't say it Kody......."
"....."
*sigh* "Ok what is it Kody?"

My class was full of retards.

[fpv_gtho]

you have to wonder how they manage to make some classes full of smartarses with the odd retard, and classes the other way around.....you'd think if they were going to make it uneven, they'd stick everyone with people the same as them.

[Luciferous]

You'd think so wouldn't you? I suppose our class was pretty even, I just did TEE English because I actually enjoyed it, I wasn't aiming to go to Uni or anything so maybe thats why I got put in it. Most of the people in the class were pretty bad at English but needed it to get into Uni.

[fpv_gtho]

Well they say that about 75% of the Uni courses these days require at least general maths, so i guess im glad im down as doing 3 unit maths...Ontop of that iive got advanced english down but my english teacher's been saying that even the general class is too hard, so im glad i never went for 3 unit in that as well

[Luciferous]

English is a really tricky subject. Over here theres the basic TEE English (the one to get into Uni) where its a lot of essays and stuff, but if you stick to what the teacher says you should be cool. Then theres English LIT (Advanced English) where there's less work but more understanding and interpretation, so as long as you can talk a lot of bullshit its pretty cruisy. If not you get a headache after a while.

[fpv_gtho]

my homeroom teacher whos the english coordinator's been going around telling people who should the english fundamentals course. since were stuck doing at least 1 unit of english, heaps of people are choosing their other 1 unit course as photography or sport and such and the teacher thinks its a waste choosing something thats not going to help them. thats where the extra unit for my maths went

[Luciferous]

Once I got to year 11 I quit Maths and never looked back. That subject was the biggest waste of time for me. Most people asked me at the time why I didn't do Maths, so I told them because you don't have to. The usual response was "Dammit I didn't know that!"

[charged]

Congrats 1000 posts

[fpv_gtho]

Once I got to year 11 I quit Maths and never looked back. That subject was the biggest waste of time for me. Most people asked me at the time why I didn't do Maths, so I told them because you don't have to. The usual response was "Dammit I didn't know that!"


you wouldve thought that if people werent told everything they need to know for the subjects that could define what job they'll do, or if not, ASK!

[Luciferous]

Congrats 1000 posts

Dammit! I was meaning to keep track so I could put 'This is my 1000th (or 1000rd in Spastik Roach-speak) post' as the sole subject of post. Anyway cheers.

[SlickHolden]

I might have been in the top 60% in my class of 30 boys only:( We missed the girls,

Well done mate 1000 post:D

[Blue Supra]

lmao, i used to get C's and D's in maths, then i actually tried for the last term and got top of the class A:D maybe i shouldve tried sooner:p English was easier... B's were the order of the day:)

[fpv_gtho]

that usually pisses me off.....all that hard work during the year, then by the end of the year it feels like it was all for nothing

[SlickHolden]

Maths and me still don't mix today, I would say it's my worst subject,
I can ad up good but maths only way i can work that out is by adding numbers:(

[fpv_gtho]

alot of the stuff im learning now is alot of BS like trigonometry and a whole heap of other crap

[SlickHolden]

You lost me there:p i have no idea what that is:D

[fpv_gtho]

well trig is just stuff to do with triangles, like with different formula's you can figure out missing angles and side lengths etc.

its i guess a hugely extended version of pythagoras

[SlickHolden]

.................................................. ..........?
Told you i'm dumb:p

[fpv_gtho]

well pythagoras is just something this guy 4000 years ago came up with so you can figure out the length of the long side of a right angled triangle when you know the other 2 shorter sides

[SlickHolden]

Sounds like something that you leatn but never use in the real world:p

[fpv_gtho]

well no, not in the day to day real world that the average person lives, but there'd be plenty of instances that you'd wish you knew it i suppose. you just never realise it when your being taught it:p

[SlickHolden]

Like fractions what the hell:p Theres a fraction to much friction:p

[fpv_gtho]

fractions, decimals and percentages are probably one of the more useful things you can be taught, you just gotta realise where you can use them

[Luciferous]

A lot of people say that they're never gonna usse most of maths in everyday life so why should they learn it? If it was a perfect world I'd have it so that you learn the basics of maths then you don't ever need to do it again unless you plan on a career where you do need it everyday, such as being an architect or something.

[fpv_gtho]

well for the most parts i guess theres alot that you'll never use again, but on the other hand theres alot of concepts that your bound to use a basic version off....like fractions, decimals and percentages, you'd use them heaps like turning decimals into fractions vice versa, but how many times would you be converting something like 5/27ths into a percentage or decimal...

[Luciferous]

I usually just let the problem at hand slide, or if I can't avoid it, go to my phone's calculator or ask someone else and make it feel like their responsibility.

[fpv_gtho]

well i guess then those "other" people feel it came in handy :p

[Luciferous]

I'm perfectly content with any situation as long as its NOT MY PROBLEM. There's definately something to be said for shifting responsibility as quickly as possible.

[fpv_gtho]

i rather having no responsobility whatsoever, too much pressure on me....but i think alot of people think i'd be good with responsobility or some crap

[Luciferous]

I'm pretty good at dealing with people but when you take on responsibility everyone's problems become your problems, which is a headache I don't need.

[fpv_gtho]

it gets worse when you get blame put on you for something you didnt do or didnt know and crap like that...i guess it goes on and on and on...but most of the time i suppose theres benefits to it also

[Matra et Alpine]

I usually just let the problem at hand slide, or if I can't avoid it, go to my phone's calculator or ask someone else and make it feel like their responsibility.
Next time you're needing work done on the car or house, PLEASE, PLEASE leave all the pricing calulations to me. TRUST ME, my boy :)
It's not best to hide from simplest maths :)

[SlickHolden]

Funny thing i'm good with numbers, But can't do maths :p

[fpv_gtho]

maybe youve got a mind that can think logically then, just was always distracted etc when it was being taught to you :p

[Blue Supra]

LOL, i can do maths in my head pretty well, working with computers you have to be able to, but then theres always accesories->calculator for the hard stuff:)

[fpv_gtho]

i hardly ever need to use calculators unless its some massive thing or heaps of decimals etc. like with the science school certificate, apparently you were allowed to bring in a calculator but the examinors we had on the day weren't allowing anyone. we were told afterwards we were allowed the calculators, so al the Yr10's are getting more science marks, but i didnt even notice a calculator was needed :p

[SlickHolden]

maybe youve got a mind that can think logically then, just was always distracted etc when it was being taught to you :p
You might be right on the spot there, I'm good with numbers cant spell for shit, And have the worst problem of i can't remember street names, But i can almost tell you every player i see on a AFL ground from any club:eek: that's very weird.:D

[Blue Supra]

yeh its all about what you can relate to, i cant remember street names to save myself but i cant anywhere in the city just about without a street directory:p and i can remember phone numbers easily but not peoples names:confused:

[fpv_gtho]

i think ive always had a good memory with street names directions, numbers etc. my dad every so often's always laughing about this time me and him were driving into Smithfield or somewhere when i was only 4-5 and coming back from there, he went the wrong way or something and i was yelling at him that we took the wrong turn or some crap :p

[Falcon500]

Im shocking that way i rember land marks not street names lol...

[Matra et Alpine]

Im shocking that way i rember land marks not street names lol...
me too :)
Worse I remember landmarks AFTER turnings.
So like "big red building". So I pass a junction and unless I look UP the road I don't see the "landmark" :( It's the WORST way of trying to remember a route and wish I didnt' but that's the way I do it "naturally" ( just dont tell Ian ( my driver in the MGB rally car ) :) )

[Falcon500]

me too :)
Worse I remember landmarks AFTER turnings.
So like "big red building". So I pass a junction and unless I look UP the road I don't see the "landmark" :( It's the WORST way of trying to remember a route and wish I didnt' but that's the way I do it "naturally" ( just dont tell Ian ( my driver in the MGB rally car ) :) )
Oh Dear :( ....i would be terribleif the removed one of your landmarks on the courses...like when they removed a gum tree at bathurst once....that was half of the drivers break marker :rolleyes: no major incidents but quite a few savage breaking manuvers on the first 2 laps...

But yeah its a shocking way of doing things...also i have the bad habit of finding a route somewhere and going that way everytime....even if theres a quickerway of doing it...i know this way im sticking too it...

[Matra et Alpine]

Early in my track time, I made the mistake of using one of the distance boards as my reference point for braking. Came round and someone had spuin and taken it out.

I felt a little stupid in the gravel trap :(

Taught me a lesson.
One which EVERYBODY in the pitlane afterwards was saying "oh yeah you got to pick something PERMANENT as your brake refernce, everybody knows that"
gee thanks :)

[Falcon500]

Well you lernt from it obviously i dont think id be a good navigator id want to paint my markerswith a fluro paint lol....and i would never trust whoim driveing with i wouldent care if it was marko martin or colin McRae or someone if i wasnt at the wheel i wouldent know exactly whats going on untill we where on the roof....not terribly appealing i must say.

[fpv_gtho]

Im shocking that way i rember land marks not street names lol...


you'd go alright as a pilot then i think, in my very brief flying practise in a Cessna 152 i was forever being told to look out for landmarks like Warragamba Dam, Prospect Resorvoir and the twin pipes stretching about 20km between the 2, camden aerodrome, holsworthy airstrip etc. they were all things used as reference points so i knew my flying boundaries

[Blue Supra]

you can fly a plane before you can drive a car in this country:p go figure:confused:

[fpv_gtho]

well theres proper training for flying, thats the thing :p

they make sure you know it all, then they teach you again

[Luciferous]

There's the thing about the licencing system, they have courses in High School on how to fly a plane, but not how to drive a car. How stupid is that?

[Blue Supra]

we have courses in high school on driving. its called "road ready" not that it really does anything its just a BS excuse to skip a lesson a week:D

[Luciferous]

We had some people come over from RAC to talk about road safety and shit. I'm not too sure, I only showed up a couple of times...

[Blue Supra]

high isnt the time to teach bout road safety... while you're actually learning to drive is the right time.

[fpv_gtho]

i havent had any crap like that really, just the odd thing in PD/H/PE about it in amongst all the drugs and STI crap

[Blue Supra]

yeh and THATS the place to learn about driving isnt it:rolleyes:

[fpv_gtho]

yeah, maybe if we werent doing religion, they'd have time to do it properly :p

[Blue Supra]

:rolleyes: such is school my man:p wait till year 11/12 youll have more fun then:)

[fpv_gtho]

yeah thats only like 8 weeks away now :p

stupid HSC :p

[Blue Supra]

yeh youll love doing that im sure:rolleyes:

[fpv_gtho]

yeah, fun fun fun :p

2-3 hour exam after another, dont you just love it :p

[Falcon500]

You picked dud lessons :p

Most of my where fairly short But of course very dull....but oh well wellyou get that....the only test i was stressed about was enginering but when i finished the test with an hour to spare i made oragami swan (promptly taken off me :( ) cheaked my answers and started to roll a ciggarette (also taken off me :() but i got it all back in the end lol.

[danno]

dont do chemistry.

thats the only advice i will ever give about HSC.

[fpv_gtho]

well i cant do chemistry next year actually cause design and technology is on at the same time so im doing that instead :p

[danno]

well i cant do chemistry next year actually cause design and technology is on at the same time so im doing that instead :p

i wanted to do that but stupid TAFE doesnt offer it :(

im doing industrial design next year so it wouldve helped heaps more than chemistry.

[fpv_gtho]

i was hoping to do engineering as well, although that was on at the same time as chemistry as well so the school was screwing me around big time.....although physics and 3 unit maths are covering that now

[Blue Supra]

youll have fun with ANY kind of science and hardcore maths.:rolleyes:

seriously though my GF just got her ENTER score back... she cried she was NOT happy. 77.25:( its not enough to get her into ANU but it IS enough to get her into UC thankfully. 80 is the minimum entry for ANU:eek:

[fpv_gtho]

yeah i guess its never a good thing, you do all that work and get so cut just to find you that close but still under....

i got my school certificate back today though and was pretty happy with it, got 10-20% better than the trials overall

[Blue Supra]

year 10 certs useless after year 12. might as well use it for starting a fire...:D;)

[fpv_gtho]

yeah well i dont think its THAT useless :p

maybe if i failed it woulda been