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AustraliaPAX 2011 - CONFIRMATIONS CLOSED!

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    The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    pipe

    can you pretty please take me

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    Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Blake T wrote: »
    I thought amway was just a thing where you sold actual goods though? Nothing dodgy? I don't know I've never bought one.

    They're not dodgy as long as the people running the thing aren't dodgy. Sometimes they've come under fire for using very aggressive / pressuring tactics to sign people up, and their group gatherings and seminars have often been described as cult-like. The way the speakers make the audience chant things and yell to get everyone all hyped up like it's some sort of miracle-healer sermon.

    Other than that, if you can cope with the brainwashing and work hard, you can be pretty successful.

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    LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I probably can figure somethin' out for transportin' myself from Brissie but in the event that anyone does have a spare seat in an automobile I could sit in it. Don't consider me if anyone else needs it though.

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    Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I am still undecided about whether to drive or fly up.

    Argh.

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    bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    fly, man. no question.

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    #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    bsjezz wrote: »
    fly, man. no question.

    agreed

    having just done a flight from Brisbane to Sydney this morning, it is a peace of cake. Hardly even a flight at all.

    Driving will cost very similar and take ten times as long and be 20 times the effort

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    GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Looking at how cheap and short it will be, yeah I'll probably be flying in as well.

    Now just need to organise how I'll get from there to Byron..

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    AirAir Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    lets fly there and rent a midsize sedan

    Air on
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    GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
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    AirAir Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    haha

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    GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    it's the only way

    Prom

    Bus


    God I remember nearly busting a lung when he told that story here in Sydney

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    AirAir Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I can't even look at youtube now because I'm on a phone

    what's the video

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    GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    it's Kevin Smith describing his friend renting a Prom Bus for a trip up north

    this is a large party bus with lights, shot glasses, stripper poles and horrible pop music. It is Schoolies On Wheels. And the two drivers have been hired to chauffeur these two, large, hairy gentlemen as they sleep in what Smith describes as "a gay harem" of a back room in the bus.

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    FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Hey it's the dude who was at the graphic festival before Neil Gaiman. I still have no idea who he is, but he seems like a pretty cool guy.

    EDIT: And now I know.

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    GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Watch Clerks, Mall Rats, Dogma, Chasing Amy and Clerks 2 stat

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    FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I've actually seen Clerks. Wasn't a big fan.

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    GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Fair enough, his movies are a bit hard to get into I guess. Took me until Mall Rats/Dogma for me to really start liking them

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    FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I suppose I should give them a shot, it's been a long time since I saw Clerks.

    Man, I gotta start a list of all the movies I need to see, I can never remember them when I need to.

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    LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    This thing is pretty good you guys - I mean, in that it's a bus, and it goes to Byron from the airport, and isn't super expensive.

    It sure is handy to have a car if you want to do anything other than hang out in Byron itself though, there's not really any public transport between towns down there

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    MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    speaking of things I'll need, do they sell prepaid phones at the airport?

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    ButlerButler 89 episodes or bust Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Oh, while I remember: BigKev is alive and well and still studying at yoodub. I bumped into him in the library a couple of weeks ago.

    EDIT: He says hello!

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    AirAir Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Mysst are you coming to this thing
    Who else is coming from far off lands

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I don't think they do mysst but you can buy sim cards at supermarkets.

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    MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    well I kinda want to be able to bus in from the airport to byron bay and be able to communicate with someone that they need to get me and take me to the cabin without it costing me a thousand dollars when I get home

    is byron bay small, can I just be like 'HEY YO' and it'll all turn out?

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    AirAir Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Most places in australia are small
    its the distances which are fucking huge
    So its like
    do I really wanna drive six hours to get to a place that's basically a bus stop

    Anyway sms shouldnt be too much and you can step into a shop and get a sim card for a few dollars as blake mentioned
    And I imagine the bus will let you out near the shop in town assuming there's any and that they are useful and not all fucking highly specific crap like a pyjama shop and five goddamn shitty antique or otherwise crap toy stores like the last small town I was in
    which only had like ten shops and none of them useful other than the tiny supermarket full of old people making bad jokes

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    WimbleWimble Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I feel bad about not really liking kevin smith whenever I visit this thread and you some of you are talking about him! I always prefer liking things over not liking things :(

    I liked dogma though and jersey girl was okay. The smodcast was okay as well but I stopped listening at around Harry Scotter and the Order of the Penis because I felt there were too many boring episodes in a row

    mallrats, zack and miri make a porno, chasing amy and I think it was jay and silent bob strikes back are the ones I watched of his and straight up didn't like

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    MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    jay and silent bob you wouldn't really like if you don't like the majority of his stuff anyway

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    #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I love Zack and Miri

    Love it hard

    In the butt

    #pipe on
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    WimbleWimble Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    you would

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    WimbleWimble Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    you wood

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    yew wood

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    WimbleWimble Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    fuss boot

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    GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    #pipe wrote: »
    I love Zack and Miri

    Love it hard

    In the butt

    That film made me feel uncomfortable working in my dad'a cafe. In a good way. Dutch rudder good way.

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    Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    bsjezz wrote: »
    fly, man. no question.

    I know, this is what I usually do. And now judging by the responses, it seems the best option.

    I was just worried about flying up and then having no-one to rent a car with or anything like that.

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Mysst where is you arrival point in Australia? I'm sure the dudes there could help you out. Hell some of them probably will tag along with you.

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    Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Gatsby wrote: »
    Looking at how cheap and short it will be, yeah I'll probably be flying in as well.

    Now just need to organise how I'll get from there to Byron..
    Air wrote: »
    lets fly there and rent a midsize sedan

    Yes this is what I was hoping for. Maybe us Sydney folks should try to agree on and book a single or similar flight and meet up either at Sydney or Coolangatta airport?

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    bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    i think i've reached that treacherous point before christmas when you realise that you have practically no free time left

    the last weekend gets checked off with some booking and a great sigh

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    bsjezz wrote: »
    i think i've reached that treacherous point before christmas when you realise that you have practically no free time left

    the last weekend gets checked off with some booking and a great sigh

    I am the opposite.

    Tomorrow all my assignments will be done, then a few weeks before some easy exams, then I'm freeee!

    Well not fully free since I will be working, but freer that I am at the moment.

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    theSquidtheSquid Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Gatsby wrote: »
    Looking at how cheap and short it will be, yeah I'll probably be flying in as well.

    Now just need to organise how I'll get from there to Byron..
    Air wrote: »
    lets fly there and rent a midsize sedan

    Yes this is what I was hoping for. Maybe us Sydney folks should try to agree on and book a single or similar flight and meet up either at Sydney or Coolangatta airport?

    Agreed.

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    #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I am seriously fucking dreading christmas time this year.

    I've been so broke for months

    #pipe on
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