Why in U.S.A. you don't have hoses for at showers?

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

Does the term "Scag" mean the same thing as it does on this side of the border. Here it means a not-too-desirable young lady.

No, it's short for scumbag. I also use some Australian slang; I lifted that one from Mad Max. I've never heard it used in such a way up here.

Originally Posted by Colly0410

The only 'scag' I've heard of are the brilliant US country singer Ricky Skaggs & Boz Scaggs. We use 'skank' or skanky' to mean a not so clean or innocent girl. Another name for not so pretty girls is 'munter' some of my ex-girlfriends were munters, lol. A word I use for when I don't feel on top form is 'grob' i.e. "I woke up feeling a bit grob this morning." A word I use for talk/talking is 'yabber' or 'yabbering.' I sunburned my head while yabbering to the bloke across the road, BTW this is true, lol...

I've heard the first two terms used to describe them but not often. Munter, another good one. As good as they may look on the outside they're often munters inside lol. I try to stay out of the sun, burning easily is only one reason. I picked up a couple of fluorescent ballasts recently; missing the bus I planned to use for the first leg of the trip buggered up everything. On the flip-flop (lifted that term from Convoy) I was thinking something like "Where's the blasted bus? I'm going to burn out here". and I did. Both routes servicing the area came only once an hour early in the afternoon. The bus system here could be described as a right pile of bilge, lol.

By the way this time of year really brings the worms out of the woodwork, among them a lot of ricers and scoot jockeys. The noise really grinds my gears. There's also a Trans Am around here that's so loud I mistook it for one of those huge late-model redneck pickups at first. Whoever drives the thing must burn a lot of gas in this area, constantly coming and going and revving the thing.

[MadMan]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

No, it's short for scumbag. I also use some Australian slang; I lifted that one from Mad Max. I've never heard it used in such a way up here.

Oh boy. You'd like my friend Leo. He's got the dirtiest mouth down under. I love it! The shit he says, I swear...

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by maxhifi

If you get one, post a lot of photos, I'd especially like to see the engine. I was tempted by a NIVA once, but when I read that maintenance involves manually tightening the timing chain in the tractor derived engine every 20,000km I got quite turned off.

Lots of good engine bay shots of a Canadian-spec Lada here.

I'd prefer to tighten a timing chain on a simple engine every 20K than spend a nickel for something I hate the look of that would fold like tinfoil in a moderate crash. Yeah, I'm very biased.

Originally Posted by MadMan

Oh boy. You'd like my friend Leo. He's got the dirtiest mouth down under. I love it! The shit he says, I swear...

I recall Roop and Goose using "scag" to refer to other guys. As for The Goose (Steve Bisley), you should have heard him at the Mad Max reunion.

Seems to me the Aussies are tops for colourful metaphors.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

Lots of good engine bay shots of a Canadian-spec Lada here.

I'd prefer to tighten a timing chain on a simple engine every 20K than spend a nickel for something I hate the look of that would fold like tinfoil in a moderate crash. Yeah, I'm very biased.

I recall Roop and Goose using "scag" to refer to other guys. As for The Goose (Steve Bisley), you should have heard him at the Mad Max reunion.

Seems to me the Aussies are tops for colourful metaphors.

Well IIRC OZ did start out as a Brittish penal colony...It only makes sense that it would develop a rich tapestry of new cuss words and slang...

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

Lots of good engine bay shots of a Canadian-spec Lada here.

I'd prefer to tighten a timing chain on a simple engine every 20K than spend a nickel for something I hate the look of that would fold like tinfoil in a moderate crash. Yeah, I'm very biased.

I recall Roop and Goose using "scag" to refer to other guys. As for The Goose (Steve Bisley), you should have heard him at the Mad Max reunion.

Seems to me the Aussies are tops for colourful metaphors.

Speaking about the cars that fold like tinfoil, I'm amazed that many of the people survive in cars like this.
I watch the local news every night and they show the stolen cars that are crashed and the people are able to walk away with minor injuries.
Many times, it's hard to tell what kind of car it started out to be. They generally are involved in a high speed chase.