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i havent laffed that hard in a while!!! hilarious!!!

Mate, that looks quality! And you've done it all so quickly as well!! Good luck for after uni though mate...but make sure enjoy the summer after finals, etc...you'll miss it when its gone!!

oi...that'll be mine then! :smw:

lol..that was hilarious!! I don't get why they didn't just dig it out??

to be fair though when i was a kid i had my mum make me an army uniform and would play in that...not army games as such but building treehouses and the like! Proper fun...lol

Thanks Naithen. I agree that there is a lot of propaganda flying around, not just from the LTTE but from the other side also. I try my best to get a rounded view though I accept my first post may not have come across as such. My reports of life there come directly from my family in both the north and the capital so it is first hand accounts and not propaganda, but this is not in the form that can be shared. As for the killing of innocent civilians, as hard as it may be to accept it is true and it is going on. Perhaps not just from the SL side but also the LTTE side but my point is they/we need help to stop both sides from killing the civilians. If there were someway to get them out then I'd more than happy to let the armed forces go at it til they kill each other! There's nothing much we can do from here except hope and pray that peace returns to the region as soon as possible.

In answer to you both: I restate that I'm not pro LTTE. Myself and my family are firmly against their tactics. True, they have highlighted issues affecting the minority tamils but they have gone about it the wrong way and I will be happy when they are gone, but only if that means Tamils get the equal rights they have been seeking since the beginning. We'll just have to wait and see I guess. My point is that despite the LTTE doing what they are doing, the SL govt are still killing innocent civilians, like my own family, who are being caught up in the middle of it all. This may be undertstandable (within reason) if they were on the same level as the LTTE (though I'm not condoning this at all) but they are not - they are the national government! It is their duty to protect ALL their nationals regardless of ethnicity. If they can't figure out a way of rooting out the LTTE they should do nothing until they can! You can't seriously be condoning carpet bombing runs over civilian areas?? My initial post was merely an attempt to highlight the situation in Sri Lanka as it stands right now and give some background to how it all started. I'm certainly not defending the LTTE or the SL govt. I am ashamed that a lot of the protesters are waving LTTE flags around the world and it is for this reason I don't associate with them. Most of my friends and family just want an end to the violence with the minimum innocent casualties possible. THEN, we can set about seeking the equal rights, etc...but first we need to stop the bloodshed. And in response to naithen, your reply was completely uncalled for and precisely why these things always get out of hand. You don't know me OR my family so please don't presume to do so. I have lost countless family members in the conflicts, not just from bombing but even from being lined up and executed face to face. I still have family living both in Colombo and Jaffna. I too have been to SL many times and even to Jaffna to find our houses completely shot up with blood on the walls. So do me a favour and don't preach. Like I said, I'm not taking sides here. This isn't a political post but one to raise awareness in the hope that the conflict can be resolved without any more loss of life - ON EITHER SIDE.

sounds about right ;)

Alan mate, I've got an eco-drive...they charge up using light. Good thing about them is they can also use artificial light e.g. lights! I've had mine coming on 3yrs and I don't think I've ever seen it dip below max charge yet! You really must live in a cave!! This one's mine...http://www.citizenwatch.com/CUK/English/detail.asp?Country=CUK&Language=English&ModelNumber=AV0031-59E&page=1

possibly with black centre caps and get rid of the carrots?

sounds a bit like herbie! lol

*This is not a political post - just an attempt to promote awareness of a dire situation. Please read on til the end...* I'm sure you have all come across the issues going on in SL in the press lately -there is a lot of nonsense flying around and not much in the way of education. As a Tamil myself, it annoys me at peoples' lack of awareness, to the extent that I often have to put up with people cracking jokes about the genocide of my own people. The only reason I am here is due to the luck of my own parents getting out of SL alive when they could and making a living here. They were shot at and a lot of my family were not so lucky. I'm not a pro tamil tiger at all - quite the opposite in fact. But action is required right now to stop genocide. It happened in Europe during WW2, it happened in Rwanda and Kosovo and it's been happening in Sri Lanka for 30years yet the international community has done nothing. I thought I would post a few links to help explain what is going on... The man that started it all, Mr SWRD Bandaranaike (PM in 1957, an Oxford Graduate who entered politics in SL but was hugely unsuccessful. He therefore decided to start his own political party, but where to get voters? Being Sinhalese himself he figured he'sget the majority Sinhala vote by promising them a Sinhala state, and that's how it all started): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbL5E5naR6s&feature=related Internationally accepted views on the LACK of Human Rights in SriLanka: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTmkI44yWGM More independant views of the genocidal motives against Tamils in SriLanka: An important tool in the SriLankan government's weaponry against the Tamils is that of supressing journalistic freedom - a recognised international right of free speech. The ideal way of hiding the atrocities that are being committed. The world is witnessing a rapid escalation in the intensity of the longest-running civil war ever experienced in Asia. - Amnesty International has recently dubbed this place one of the most dangerous places in the world to report from. - Reporters Without Borders has ranked the country 165 of 173, the lowest ranking of any democratic country in the world. - BBC Radio has suspended radio broadcasting in this country after numerous radio broadcasts were found to be deliberately interfered. - Serious human rights violations are taking place in what the international community is calling 'a war without witnesses'. Without press freedom in the country, no one can be held accountable for the grave human rig An interview with a Tamil Parliamentarian. He tells it how it is. He is risking his life by doing this but there's nothing else he can do - the world is not listening. http://www.vakthaa.tv/v/3317/interview-with-mr.suresh-premachandran,mp-part-i.html http://www.vakthaa.tv/v/3318/interview-with-suresh-premachandran,-mp-part-ii.html More proof of the dire situation: And more recently, protests across the globe as a plea for help to those in power in the West who have so far turned a blind eye to the troubles in SriLanka: London http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/a-fight-to-the-death-in-westminster-1666825.html Brisbane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTCws264jUY Toronto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEq8qvxp1yw&feature=related Washington http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8h5YYzHjJQ A speaker in Toronto who surprisingly enough is not only Sinhala but the nephew of SWRD Bandaranaike (!!): And a few links on SriLanka in general to show how amazing it really is (and could be?): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srp8VdlLYcw&feature=related (Part -1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSph5wDOhe0&feature=related (Part -2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTRKOdlJz7o&feature=related (Part -3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyCQwtS-Nr8&feature=related (Part -4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npy0fY9qO7M&feature=related (Part -5) All this begs the question, why has no one intervened before? It's been an ongoing situation for over 30yrs. It took much less time and crime to evoke a response from the international community in Palestine, Iraq, Georgia.....maybe because there is truly nothing financial to gain from it? An unanswerable question but action is needed now before it's too late. Finally, a book explaining the full history of the conflict in Sri Lanka: http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=48873758538&h=TAS_b&u=jJlbN

I've watched it twice now and is a much recommended movie!!

Looking good bud! Very clever indeed! Keep us posted on your progress as I'd be very interested in how this turns out...

lol..quite simple that really...

Looks sweet mate!

I love your car mate but IMO, although I do like the spoiler I think a smooth look would suit better. Pkus you need a splitter on the front and different skirts to the ones you have now, some that look a bit smoother? Also, defo tint the rears....

i am waiting to see this...might have to wait til orange wednesday though! :D I did see a special on tv about it the other night though a caught a glimpse of the yellow zed in some party scene? Not sure if its caught in the movie though....

I didn't realise you had the sub hidden away like that...looks very very interesting indeed mate! I may just come phishing for ideas/links in the future! lol

I'm in

I've been wanting my car in candy apple red pretty much since I bought it!! SHame if everyone has a candy apple red too though...:tongue:

Sounds good mate! any pics?? Hopw difficult was it to dynamat the panels?

i just got the blackberry bold and so far....the best thing since sliced bread!

Q: hi does the rover have a themal imaging camera as would want to take it to iraq in my chopper ? kind regards royal marines 26-Mar-09 A: Unfortunately it doesn't come with a thermal imaging camera, or any other sort of camera for that matter. The Rover would be at home in Iraq as it does have a sunroof and I believe it is quite Sunni over there. Sorry, that joke was a little Shi-ite. Buy my car! :bow::bow:

lol..cheers mate!