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Old 14-12-2011, 03:07 PM   #1
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Thumbs up What is your Most Memorable Moment of 2011 ?

Mine is the commadre we formed under such appaling conditions when a bunch of us from AFF united as one , assisting those devastated by the january floods ..

Scott, Brent, Josh, Brett, Salvatore, Damo, Lynton, Dallas and stacks more


Plenty of photos in these two threads as well ... for those who may have forgotten?

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11317635

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11319348

Be proud team be very proud...

And lets pray that we don't have a repeat of that stinking, rotting, carnage ever again !!

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Old 14-12-2011, 03:11 PM   #2
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Mine was either junior dos santos KOing Velasquez exactly as I predicted or frank Mir breaking minotaro's arm, again as I said he would. I take my UFC pretty seriously for those uninformed.
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Old 14-12-2011, 03:17 PM   #3
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NZ winning the rugby world cup and beating Australia in the 2nd cricket test
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Old 14-12-2011, 03:28 PM   #4
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Most memorable moment would be leaving my ex and embarking on life as a Single dad!
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Old 14-12-2011, 03:59 PM   #5
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Bought my Courier on the 9th of May then having the radiator explode last month on a road with no reception, surrounded by bush 200kms away from home.
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Old 14-12-2011, 04:00 PM   #6
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the news I got 9 days ago
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Old 14-12-2011, 04:11 PM   #7
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buying my first home with the missus! been in it now 3 weeks
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Old 14-12-2011, 04:35 PM   #8
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birth of my 2nd son in march
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Old 14-12-2011, 05:02 PM   #9
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Probably this.

Rewind about 5-6 months. Out on the town with my girlfriend at the time…Long story short, she brutally dumps in front of all of her friends, no warning (after 2 plus years). Me having a few drinks under my belt, I honestly just walked off, tears streaming down my face in a packed club. Not my finest moment, but I was pretty shattered and emotions got the better of me.

When I was walking out, I see my ex….and obviously she see’s that I’m crying. Once again, long story short. She laughs at me and her boyfriend starts laughing as well. I half flip out at them and her boyfriend being some huge football player tries to brawl me in the club. Did I mention about 10m back thatta way my now ex gf and her friends were watching and also having a laugh?

Bouncers ended up getting involved by kicking me out for being a nuisance.

AND THAT. Is my most memorable moment of 2011.
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Old 14-12-2011, 05:06 PM   #10
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Clocking up 250,000km in RTV
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Old 14-12-2011, 05:17 PM   #11
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As an event (bad one) the floods would be my most memorable. I remember standing at Southbank, which was partially underwater and looking across the flooded river at the city, with this eerie siren wailing slowly up and down, with hardly a person in sight. Was so surreal.
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Old 14-12-2011, 05:29 PM   #12
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Getting flooded in for three weeks after Christmas last year into January this year, but we knew we were going to have a housefull of visitors (only supposed to be over the Christmas weekend, but they were stuck here a lot longer) so luckily we were sitting pretty with two fridges full of food, a freezer full of meat, cupboards full of canned and dry stuff, plenty of ingredients for the bread maker, and rifles in the safe for a "shopping excursion" which some other guys in town were talking about if we started to run low on meat, helicopters dropping off foodstuffs...it was an emergency, but it was memorable.

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Old 14-12-2011, 05:55 PM   #13
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mine as a very sad but also turned out to be a good weekend.

14th of October the weekend of the b-series Nats was up real early leaving Canberra at 630am to meet the Sydney crew at lithgow well out of my way but a fantastic drive so wasnt worried. Had just met up with everyone and was leaving as my phone rings. It was my dad and the first thing he said was i think you should come back to Canberra, then begins to tell me why got half way through the sentence "its pop, he" and my phone cuts out. I spend the next 5 minutes trying to get back onto him while fearing the worst. Finally get through to be told me my worst fear my pop went in his sleep lastnite.

From there i threw back a few gears and smashed to bathurst (in about half the time it took me last time i drove it) through to cowra and back to Canberra. Spent some time with my family when about 5pm i got this thought. What would pop prefer i did? Sit at home or go back to parkes and i honestly thought he would prefer me to not sit around and fell sorry for what happened. So me and the gf jump back into the car call the hotel, and meg saying were on our way. Only to arrive shattered and exhausted 14 hours and 1000 km's later.

Only to meet some fantastic people and have a good weekend, even get away with a trophy. A weekend. All this only 2 days after the 5th anniversary of my grandfathers passing. Na obes has become a very Important month to me
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Old 14-12-2011, 06:04 PM   #14
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The birth of my son. Everything else just doesn't matter.
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Old 14-12-2011, 06:19 PM   #15
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Having the town I live in cut off due the the floods in January
My wedding in Feburary
Birth of my 3rd Daughter and my wife naming her Shelby Mollie Eleanor in March
Finding out my wife is pregnant again in August
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Old 14-12-2011, 06:20 PM   #16
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I found two packs of chicken flavouring in a single packet of 2 minute noodles last week...it was pretty awsome.
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Old 14-12-2011, 06:44 PM   #17
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I found two packs of chicken flavouring in a single packet of 2 minute noodles last week...it was pretty awsome.

I like your sense of humour!

Is it just me or is it refreshing to read through this and see everyone pondering back on something great (Usually). It put a smile on my face and was definatly a nice seachange from so many posts on here in recent months.

For me, Even though I get married in less then 4 weeks, its still considered 2012. So taking that out of the occation, I guess the excitment and growth of me and my partner in the build up of this day. If I had to narrow it down to a specific event, I guess it was the 1st time I went to her parent's house and I was packing ******, only to have her father look at me up and down once, look in my eyes and smile. At that point I felt that this will be a good transition and the beginning of my new extended family.
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Old 14-12-2011, 11:25 PM   #18
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Cats beating Collingwood in the GF.

Doesn't get any sweeter.
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Old 14-12-2011, 11:34 PM   #19
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A Happy good luck to you man, embarking on life as a Single dad is the best job in the world!
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Old 14-12-2011, 11:53 PM   #20
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Buying my 2nd hand EL XR6 after years of not liking cars.
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Old 15-12-2011, 01:24 AM   #21
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getting the chance to finally race my car on the mountain realize a childhood dream

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Old 15-12-2011, 01:42 AM   #22
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Visiting The Whisky Experience in Edinburgh...awesome place!!!!
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Old 15-12-2011, 01:50 AM   #23
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The birth of my second son.
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Old 15-12-2011, 02:42 AM   #24
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Buying my first car a 1979 Ford escort Ghia 2lt 4spd.
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Old 15-12-2011, 12:03 PM   #25
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meeting kendra at darling harbour... actually meeting fui, jarryd hayne and hindy at parra leagues :P

seriously just the development and growth of my 2 boys, my 11 month old started walking 2 weeks ago, he will be one on the 27th of december so he just missed out on taking out my memorable momment of 2011.. also my 2 year old son when ever anyone tells him that they love him, he replies with I LOVE DADDY!
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Watching my boy walk for the first time two weeks after his 1st birthday, now I can't stop him...

Nothing else really rates a mention, 2011 sucked badly.
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Being at the MCG to see my Catters beat Collingwood in the GRAND FINAL!

..and paying $600 just to be there hah
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Old 15-12-2011, 02:47 PM   #28
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1) Asking my now-fianceé to marry me.
2) Resigning from my old job to go full-time detailing!
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Old 15-12-2011, 02:51 PM   #29
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Casey Stoner wrapping up the 2011 MotoGP Title.
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Good thread Dazz.

For me, several highlights in the year.

- Yep, the way that the people of Brisbane, and on this forum banded together when disaster struck Brisbane in January. I have never seen anything like it before and I don't ever want to see (or smell) that again.

- Not exactly a highlight, but memorable all the same. Burying my mother back in June. Truely gut renching stuff, and I still miss her every day. RIP Mum.
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