Phil2360

My son & I sent Andy a photo of my boy skiing over 10 years ago, when he was first learning to slalom, aged around 5, he's 18 now. Andy's reply included an Autographed DVD. What great encouragement for a small boy out in Australia. A truly giving role model for the sport & total gentleman. Highly respected & will be missed in this family.

@Schafer, It is a graphic display. Simply an LCD panel sandwiched to a circuit board with a conductive rubber strip. From memory the press buttons were also malfunctioning before I tightened the screw. Was a very simple process to dismantle & assemble again. Cheers.

I've had an occasion where I've pulled my display apart because of a problem Found the 4 screws that sandwiched the display to the circuit board were loose & making the connection poor. Tightened them up & now all Ok. That must have been 5 or 6 years back now. Mentioned it in this thread. ballofspray.com/forum#/discussion/11525/perfect-pass-display-not-working Cheers.

Wow, some of those names rattled the brain cells I thought I'd killed as a teenager. Didn't get a chance to watch the edited version, but the uncut one was a superb hours watch. Fantastic stuff. Great candour. Really interesting & easy going guy. Hope there's more to come. Who next? maybe Roger Teeter? Thanks for the great stuff. To those who haven't. Watch it!

No to Rollers.....!

And the Lake's like a mirror this morning.....

I'll 2nd 100mph. My 4.0Litre falcon does 160km/h @ 3100 rpm. We slalom at around 3000 behind a 400 Chev. The car is only facing rolling resistance & air drag, so the boats gotta be working a whole heap harder. Other side of the coin is that over 15 years and 800+ hours (Yes it's an old tub), fuel consumption has always averaged out at 11.0 Litres/hour per season. Maybe the hours/consumption would be of better help in a rough translation of hours to miles.

Another Vote for Oxalic Acid. Commercially sold in Aus as Rust & Stain remover. I mix a lid full with a cup of Truck Wash in about 5 litres of water & just spray it on with a garden sprayer. Watch the stains disappear in a matter of minutes & then hose it all down. Never had any problems doing it on my lawn, but am always generous with the rinse down as it can cause a little rust if you let the solution remain.

My camera, EOS 7DII, along with a bag full of lenses.

Interesting test specs @Horton

I can add a little more about the Comp-X2. Got mine back in 1979 and a few years back found this.... (From Powerboat magazine, April 1978).

There's always alternatives. No Carb Beer. http://burleighbrewing.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/big-head-small.jpg http://burleighbrewing.com.au/beers/bighead/ Then there's a good 18 Year Old Single Malt. http://www.theglenlivet.com/~/media/Images/Global/Bottles%20and%20flavours/FLAVOURS_18b.png Or a cheap Scotch and Soda.

@Roger, Canon released a new 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L a few weeks back. Great improvement. Very versatile lens & good value.

1997 built Carby 400 Chev 850 hours, Head gaskets at around 700. Doing around 3000 revs at 34, so not working hard.

Finally fixed the photos in my previous post. Here they are again though. Hopefully links work to bigger images. Cheers Phil. My Eldest Boy. Had a bad weekend. http://g3.img-dpreview.com/310DC5570F8944E992887BC91249191E.jpg http://g3.img-dpreview.com/310DC5570F8944E992887BC91249191E.jpg http://g3.img-dpreview.com/509F249BBF7A4A4FB297B383D5F72DB7.jpg http://g3.img-dpreview.com/509F249BBF7A4A4FB297B383D5F72DB7.jpg http://g1.img-dpreview.com/99ED3AA105F14F6DAD9920DA3D4BAC34.jpg http://g1.img-dpreview.com/99ED3AA105F14F6DAD9920DA3D4BAC34.jpg http://g1.img-dpreview.com/AA7587FFDA1F404E8FCEA91B2BCB4FC4.jpg http://g1.img-dpreview.com/AA7587FFDA1F404E8FCEA91B2BCB4FC4.jpg http://g4.img-dpreview.com/11DB51F37B4449EF8CD05AA8C82B0B69.jpg http://g4.img-dpreview.com/11DB51F37B4449EF8CD05AA8C82B0B69.jpg http://g1.img-dpreview.com/604A1A60B8954D5C8F0EF0ADE462B830.jpg http://g1.img-dpreview.com/604A1A60B8954D5C8F0EF0ADE462B830.jpg http://g1.img-dpreview.com/1AEC6A083A28424E93026B91BA39DB08.jpg http://g1.img-dpreview.com/1AEC6A083A28424E93026B91BA39DB08.jpg http://g3.img-dpreview.com/3F24EAF7F7BB4797A16D323D7B51DBC7.jpg http://g3.img-dpreview.com/3F24EAF7F7BB4797A16D323D7B51DBC7.jpg My youngest Boy. Won his division & skiied a new best. http://g3.img-dpreview.com/01A115C2742F4764B4252CEA1CB7E067.jpg http://g3.img-dpreview.com/01A115C2742F4764B4252CEA1CB7E067.jpg http://g4.img-dpreview.com/459D84F85040444EAA6FD0AD078C2067.jpg http://g4.img-dpreview.com/459D84F85040444EAA6FD0AD078C2067.jpg http://g4.img-dpreview.com/18556827D43B4B14971B617AEF118CE1.jpg http://g4.img-dpreview.com/18556827D43B4B14971B617AEF118CE1.jpg http://g2.img-dpreview.com/5C6CB8CD3EB442D4A9CA71C590F53CD2.jpg http://g2.img-dpreview.com/5C6CB8CD3EB442D4A9CA71C590F53CD2.jpg http://g4.img-dpreview.com/6604479413AC44C088D3841CA0E47AE3.jpg http://g4.img-dpreview.com/6604479413AC44C088D3841CA0E47AE3.jpg