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#1 Scuba-Roo

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 05:58 AM

I hope no one else starts one in the time its taken to write this. If so huge fail on my behalf

November is the 11th month of the year and one of four months with a length of 30 days. November was the ninth month of the ancient Roman calendar and has retained its name from the Latin novem meaning nine.

-In the United States and Canada, November is National Beard Month or No Shave Month. Australians have a similar month were they grow a mustache instead of a full beard.

-In Finland they call November 'marraskuu' which translates as month of the dead.

-The Erie Canal was formally opened at New York on November 4, 1825.

-Lincolns Gettysburg address was given in November, 1863.
 
-Parker Brothers introduced the world to the Monopoly game on November 5, 1935.

-The US and Canada celebrate the end of WWI every year on November 11.

-The first mechanically ventilated underwater tunnel in the world, The Holland Tunnel, opened to traffic on November 13, 1927

-The Suez Canal opened, November 17, 1869.

-United States and Panama signed the treaty that provided for the Panama Canal on November 18, 1903.

-On November 18, 1963 Bell Telephone Company introduced to the public the push button phone.

-John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22 1963.

-French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec born on November 24, 1864.

-After discovering debris-covered stairs, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his crew entered the four-room Egyptian tomb of 18-year-old King Tutankhamen on November 26, 1922.

-Commander Richard E. Byrd and crew of three became first to fly over South Pole, November 29, 1929.

-Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels, was born November 30, 1667.

-Mark Twain, American author, was born November 30, 1835.

-British statesman Sir Winston Churchill was born November 30, 1874.

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#2 Shaz

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 06:11 AM

Mark, kickass opener mate.

May the moustache be with you

I think from next month, someone should make a video recording of them reading out the facts of said month in the first post

I vote Nik

I put up with people from amnesty, red cross and now the cancer council almost daily hounding me!! Throw in the greens, green peace, unhcr, save the forking children and I've well and truly hit my limit for the number of fuckstains wanting me to sign something or give money. Seriously cubts, right off.

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#3 Guest_KONG_*

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 06:26 AM

Bewbs and schmooooooo.

Happy mo month everybody.

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#4 Adam

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 06:33 AM

Tfif

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#5 RX25SE

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 06:44 AM

Morning

^^ Agreed. 4 day weekend FTW.

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 06:47 AM

Ahh that's right, you guys have one of those strange races where the horses don't have carts behind them next Tuesday.

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#7 Shaz

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 07:02 AM

Just drove past an accident. Grey swift over a guardrail and into the bush. Cops were just arriving as I went past. Called an ambulance there just in case.

I put up with people from amnesty, red cross and now the cancer council almost daily hounding me!! Throw in the greens, green peace, unhcr, save the forking children and I've well and truly hit my limit for the number of fuckstains wanting me to sign something or give money. Seriously cubts, right off.

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#8 RX25SE

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 07:03 AM

That's the one.

Even the banks are closed.

Just drove past an accident. Grey swift over a guardrail and into the bush. Cops were just arriving as I went past. Called an ambulance there just in case.

Wise move.

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 07:07 AM

Yeah good move Shaz, You never know with those things and even those couple of seconds could turn out to be vital in an emergency.

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#10 Adam

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 07:07 AM

Onya Shaz!

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#11 simon

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 07:08 AM

Morning new MOGT

SHAZ FOR PRIME MINISTER!!!

~~SOLD Legacy GTB~~

~~SOLD Gen 1 RS turbo wagon~~

~~SOLD Gen2 Outback limited~~

Car less atm.......Whats next??

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#12 Adam

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 07:08 AM

Went to sleep at like 9 last night. Had a huge headache. Still feel like shit today.

Gonna be a long day!

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 07:11 AM

Mark, kickass opener mate.

May the moustache be with you

I think from next month, someone should make a video recording of them reading out the facts of said month in the first post

I vote Nik

Sounds good to me.