improvstone wrote:

killjoy32 wrote:i will have to start learning some typical aussie phrases like "lets have a barbie" and "g'day" and stuff like that.

Great you will end up sounding like a bad Hollywood movie ... the ones where they always use a British actor to play an Aussie because of course no one could ever tell the difference.  

well then theres a lot of british actors in them aussie soaps that we get over here "mate"

mind you i dont think i could cope with watching them things to learn the lingo. one thought in that direction is enough to make me cringe!

Al

OK, I'll post my 2,789th as well. Damn, I babble like a woman.
I might have to change my ID to reset my posts. Sage Collector sounds great, like I actually know what I'm talking about, but Long-Winded Collector reminds me of those people who continue on and on until you have to Steinbrenner them.

     

Wow!  Another Post!

Probably "Immortal".

improvstone wrote:

killjoy32 wrote:well my excuse is that i dont have a life really so

As evidenced by your desire to kill yourself in the sahara  

hey well you have to set yourself something to achieve from time to time. and fwiw, its cheaper than trying to collect alongside you guys

MShipley88 wrote:    Right...I know...but it sounds better to me than the Sahara.

Mark  

ah but you see, the drawback is this:

the event is self-sufficient. so for the whole week, what you carry is all you have. imagine carrying all that booty you collect  

Al

Plaag wrote:Stay away from hardbacks and fill up with modules

ShaneG.

yeah i guess pretty fussy about what i want tho, so would prb only end up with like 2 or 3 books for all the effort

Al

improvstone wrote:Hey Al

I found just the thing for your next trip to the Sahara ...

http://www.theage.com.au/news/digital-music/get-smart-shoes-link-to-ipod/2006/05/24/1148150293838.html

I wonder what songs you will program

heh whatever will they try next

normal running shoes are crap in the sahara. you need off-road stuff otherwise they just get simply trashed with the harsh terrain.

i was going to buy an iPod last time around but was advised not to. they dont do that great in 40-50C weather and their battery time isnt long enough and to be totally anal about it, they are too big

i have one of them lil tiny sony jobs. i have about 115 songs on it and its one of them ion battery things that you charge up on your USB socket - the battery lasts about 40-50 hours so thats perfect and it really is small and fits pretty much wherever you want it to - i took it last time and it worked a treat for me.

so there you go

i have some great music on it too - one thing i learned last time as well, because the event is so hard (and it really is, make no question of it), i didnt zone-out enough into the music and get kinda into auto-mode. thats something i will certainly do more of this time - all with prep n stuff.

am actually feeling a lot more optimistic this time round.

of course anyone who has any cool songs/music to recommend for walking for like 6-8 hr stints and more, please lets hear your recommendations

Al

Traveller wrote:The soundtrack to Exodus?