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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:52 PM
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My car's odometer just rolled over to "00000".
Edited on Sun Jan-01-06 08:53 PM by CanuckAmok
How very "New Year's Day" of it.

Now I get to pretend it's brand-new.

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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:55 PM
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1. That's Cool!
Mine rolled over to "XXXXX".

I'm not sure what it means.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:55 PM
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2. Not very confident, were they?
"No way this thing goes 100,000 miles, Nigel. No fookin' way!"
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:57 PM
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4. Hey, British Leyland were many things, but...
...'optomistic' wasn't one of them.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:59 PM
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6. With good reason.
Although, I always had a thing for MG's.
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 09:00 PM
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8. You can have a thing for this MG for 2,500 Loonies.
Hey, it's brand new!
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 09:03 PM
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10. Hmmm...what's that $US?
I have a Cdn $20 bill, 3 loonies, and $1.55 in assorted change. So, Cdn$24.55.
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 09:04 PM
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11. May I consider that a formal offer?
I may just take it.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 09:05 PM
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13. I have a twonie around here somewhere.
Edited on Sun Jan-01-06 09:06 PM by GOPisEvil
I think I use it to mark my golf ball on the green. Just in case there's a counter-offer.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:57 PM
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3. You ran it for 999,999 miles?
:shrug:
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:58 PM
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5. Yes. I'm posting from Mars.
Knucklehead. :eyes:
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:59 PM
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7.  Can't tell sarcasm
when you see it? :sarcasm:
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 09:00 PM
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9. No, you need to use the sarcasm smiley.
No, really!
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 09:05 PM
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12. Gosh, I didn't
know that! Really!
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 09:06 PM
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14. Now, when you sell it you can claim "low miles".
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 10:18 PM
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15. Um, your odometers aren't in kilometres?
Oops!
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 10:27 PM
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16. Nope. The car is a 1976 model.
KMs came into play in Canada in 1977.
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 11:44 PM
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17. Screw the odo. Check out Canuck's reflected cuticles. (nt)
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