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Saturday, October 27, 2007

Keeping Beer In Mind....

Let us not drift far from the golden path,and if you do and end up in croatia here are a few local guides I suggest you use to help find your way back on it. This green number actualy comes from Solvenia but is worthy on a place on all balken tables,a nice froffy lager that is best served in big gulpes and taken with some local pickles and durries.
Another fine Lager brewed in Zagreb and probably the most common brand I encountered thruout Croatia. I suggest the bottles if your drinking on the streets as it can be used as a weapon and also if you leave it on the street it provides revenue for the less fortunate as you get a refund for the bottle,as for the can I did not see any sort of recycle facilities.

No its not bread and not related to the peter we all know. But yes its beer,from a very old brewery somewhere in Croatia{forgot where exactly} But tasty all the same. Remember to drink cold and cost around 1 pound per liter.


For the lovers of a good dark this was the only one I saw and quite lucky really as the taste was

great,smooth but must be cold. On only on my 3rd when i stood up and my knees nearly gave way did i check the label and see the healthy 8.5 per cent alcohol level. nuff said.
Brewed also in Zagreb and more difficult to find.

Well hope you keep the beer in mind and no matter what if consummed correctly the above should end up the result. These were a just a sample of many beers found in Croatia and although i tried a few more the camera wasn't always handy,thou they were all drinkable.
Enjoy.




Sunday, October 21, 2007

Saturday, October 06, 2007

Happy Bearthday!

Am a little late to post this, but nonetheless:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEARSKIN!!!
May the force be with ya.
For those of you who dont know yet... Bear is having a party tomorrow and you are ALL invited. For those on the other side of the planet, tune into Skype on Sunday morning and there is a good chance that you will end up in a Chalk Farm Massive Conference call. If this thought scares you... good idea to switch your skype status to offline ;o)
Am sure some crazy pics are soon to follow.
Ciao for now.
xxoxoxoxo

P.S: May the force also be with the Australian and French Rugby teams!!

Colombia Files







Jane and I thought you might all appreciate a brief report from Colombia - the land where they serve coffee with a little straw which I think is a very polite way of facilitating our nocturnal activities seeing as the notes don´t roll so well. Not that we´ve indulged in such activities .... yet. We´ve been lucky enough to be otherwise occupied with quite a lot of ayahuasca taking. Ayahuasca is DMT based and taken traditionally by indians in South America in a ceremony with a shaman. Its pretty mind blowing stuff causing a fair bit of vomiting and running to the toilet but the pay off is worth it. You literally lose yourself for several hours and are off in another world filled with visions and energy and spirits. Life is never the same again after a strong ayahuasca experience. And our second day in Colombia our friend Christian took us to see a shaman friend for such an experience. We spent the next 2 weeks in San Agustin with visits from shamans every other night. Quite a special time. We´ve also been trekking to magical jungle waterfalls, thermal springs, horse-riding to precolombian ruins and just soaking up the beauty of this area. Now its on to Cali for the weekend and maybe a chance to put our straws to use. The first photo you see here of Jane is what happens when you´re cheeky to the paramilitary. They stop buses regularly and do searches with mean looking guns.. Jane caught the wrong end of one for her smart mouth. Further down is us monging on Christian´s balcony. Next is us with a shaman who is apparently entranced by Jane´s gigantic height and then us on top of the world in Ecuador.

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

We're starting the blog again!

Hi there fixers - letting you know that after several months of closed board room sessions the green light has been given to start the colisa course blog again. Slowly but surely we will get it out to y'all and might even have some latest Britny news.
Yeah.


Saturday, September 29, 2007

Chalk Farm Diaries

Last weekends yellow jersey went to:
BEARRRRRR- BRRRRRR- MONGUS
Stay tuned for this weekends madness.


Friday, September 28, 2007

Daily Sexpert

Due to popular demand (Ok there wasn't any, but I thought you might need some tips or a laugh), please find below yesterday's and today's edition of the sexpert.









Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Life in India

These are the kinds of stories that are published in the daily papers.

Ok "ask the sexpert" got more profile than the usual daily incidents of wife murders for insufficient dowry, rapes, mob bashings, bollywood or cricket glorification - 'cos they are soooooooo funny.
Double click on each clipping to read.

(you miss the papers don't you Shagga.....)















We are coming home for a month (possibly until mid Nov) xx

Sunday, September 23, 2007

7:12am

An other one bites the dust...

colours

there has been a little rain around of late and it has brought out some pretty wicked colours in the garden environ. pottering around outside proved too nice not to take a few snaps. clouds are over - i think it might rain soon... yep it is..
bear, you might recognise a few of the plants.........




Read This Blog Bottom UP! This is the last picture in the series


Time: 5.17

Difficult to focus...


An other soldier down.

Read This From The Bottom Up - This Is The Last Post In the Chalk Farm Diaries Series. Stay Fixed For More


Time: 3:27 am

One man down.

The Slopes are very dry but mammas and papas still going strong...

Scroll From The Bottom Up For The Chalk Farm Diaries... This Is The Last Entry... Scroll Down... Now! Bottom Up!


Time: 1:45am


No more commentary needed...

Chalk Fram Massive - Sat, 11:45pm


Update:

Moscow Mutant and ColTrain located.

Other attendees: Nat and Willhelm (the flatmates) and Ryan - Razmatazz (who misses his mum).

Big Massive Hi TO ALL YOU WICKED MUTANTS.

We miss ya...

The Weekly Chalk Farm Diaries

Saturday night - Reminiscing about fix mutants scattered around the world. Extra thoughts go to fixers in Columbia.
The clock says its 10pm.
At Chalk Farm after British Museum (The First Emperor Expo) and dinner in China Town.
Present: Mez, Chanty Town, Isa Breeza and Bear Skin.
Apologies: Moscow Mutant & Col Train - Missing in Action.
Drinks: Mojitos, Becks and Champus.
Activities: Indoor Skiing. Slopes are getting dry. Scabby Biest. We need you!!!
Update to follow... Stay fixed.
xoxoxo

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Beast on tour....


from the ski fields of N.Z. our agent on the slopes reports that all is good in the land of sheep shaggas. they might have wicked terrain but they aint going to win the world cup.
go the beasts....

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Guess Who

I will give you one to get the ball rolling and place the answers as people discover them...

We Slyly Menaces---------Sally Mcsweeney
Sleek Serum
Anarchist Smirk-----------Christian Marks
A Schemer Smile----------Michael Messer
Lord We Toy-------------- Tyler Wood
Jam This Arsenic
A Humble Lice
Lesbian Gospel-----------Isabelle Pongs
Marks Army
My Iconic Roll-------------Colin Mcilroy
Karma Bred
Pee Potent Girl
A Dawn Hood
Oh Jasmine Jeeps
Bizarre Art Pick
Like My Car
Lucky Go
Embrace Silly Oil----------Isabelle Mcilroy
Renewed Farm-------------Drew Freeman
Nothing Ideal
Week Ethyl Fix

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Cyanide & Happiness # 6


Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Cyanide & Happiness # 5


Captain Salmon.....

The other day we were treated to a site inspection of Reef Magic's new pride of the fleet.. A Great Barrier Reef vessel that can hold up to 400 passengers....


And guess who the captain was........................

she'll kill me for putting this up... hehehe

Cyanide & Happiness # 4


Monday, September 17, 2007

Cyanide & Happiness # 3


Friday, September 14, 2007

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Mick's top 5 Beers


The last few months for me have been dominated with Australia's favourite pastime, sinking beers so I thought I would rate my top 5 favourite beers.



5th. Coopers Sparling Ale: A solid brew, very drinkable, nothing outstanding but the memories of abusing this beer in my early years in Byron Bay makes this beer sneak into my top 5. It's not very sparkling as this brew pours a very cloudy old gold with a lot of sediment (if you choose to decant with the sediment). A slight head forms but quickly disappears, aroma is apples, pears and prunes. Taste is smooth and refreshing, pears and plums shine through.






4th. Guiness: Only the Irish could bring us this Guinness drink of black perfection and God bless them for it. Although considered an acquired taste, I recommend you stick at it until you've acquired it. No more problems of bloating like you have with lager, and like my gran used to say, "it's good for you cause its full of iron". Well, if that's the case, I can never swim again cause I must weigh a metric ton. There are plenty of better beers to consume but considering I was born March 18 i tend to go overboard on St Paddy's day so this beer makes my top five because to me it is the champagne of beers.









3rd. Redoak Baltic Porter: A pitch black beer with a disappearing brown head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of caramel and roasted malt as well as light notes of alcohol. The flavor is very sweet with medium notes of roasted malt and chocolate, as well as light notes of whiskey, leading to a dry roasted finish. The alcohol leaves a slight burn in the cheeks.




2nd. Little Creatures Pale Ale:Pours an orangish golden color with a decent amount of white foamy head that sticks around. Smells like cascade hops, nice and tropical (lychees) and a little floral.(rose petals) Also tastes like cascade hops with a good amount of bitterness behind it. I don't taste a whole lot of maltiness, but there is some sweetness to balance the bitterness out. The mouthfeel is a little tingly and heavy, but not too much of either, very nice. Overall, it's a great and tasty pale ale. The only place I have seen this beer on tap is Oxford 152 in Bulimba, so get down and check it out.




1st. Knappstein Reseve Lager: My favourite beer at the moment is the Knappstein Reserve Lager produced from the Lion Nathan Company.


The beer is of a Bavarian lager style. Made from Australia’s finest malt and unique sauvin hops delivers a beer with fruity malt and hop aromas, a gentle warming palate, with a dramatic bitter finish. Crafted to reflect wine characteristics in style, structure and complexity, the ‘reserve lager’ is crisp, aromatic and pale in colour and is a perfect accompaniment to fine dining.



Would like to here some of your opinions of your favourite beers.
hope you try and enjoy the beers you may not have tried from my top 5.

mickus

Monday, September 03, 2007

Bear 2007 Champ!

Well the preliminary rounds of the NRL have been completed which means the footy tipping competition is over for another year.
With one of the most dominant displays ever witnessed Bear Skin Rug took out the 2007 Tipping comp and gets his name engraved on the revered plate. Second place went to the ever consistent Coltrain.
What makes both their performances all the more impressive was they probably didn't get to see any matches from over soccer mad London.
Congrats to the both of you. I really missed you guys during the footy season, it wasn't quite the same without you.
hope you enjoy the Rugby World Cup starting in a few days time.

Enjoy the highlights package, and Bear give me an address so I can send you The Plate for the off season.

Well Done Mungus.

Thursday, August 30, 2007

check out the chillis


our very first meal on tour in Hongkers....... We found a restaurant and asked for the special - schezwan spicy fish. fair enough she did try to warn us that it was hot but I would have never of thought that many chillis would be put into the one dish....
funny enough it wasn't the chillis that produced the heat. those little pepercorn balls you see are the babies that packed the punch.....


back at base


Calling all vegas crew!!!
We have returned from foriegn places hanging with similar faces and the news is good. All foriegn based fixers are good (bloody great in fact - miss them already).
We have a couple of pics we'll post soon. Just have to downsize them so they dont take so farken long to download....
Anywaste a crew catch up in the near future is warranted so be on the look out for an excuse....

CUPPLA SITES

G'Day Kiddos,

It's been a tad quiet on this site of recent. I guess that's because there are a cuppla other sights worth checking out:

FACEBOOK - http://www.facebook.com/
Most of you are on it but if you're not then get with the picture and get into it. Its loads of fun and of course the opportunity of touching base with someone you thought was lost from your spectrum of being.

LAST - http://www.last.fm/
This really is a fascinating site - especially for all you musak buffs. The programme attaches to your iTunes and keeps an eye on what your listening to. You can then head to your profile and get recomendations and playlists from other users who are into the same thing as you. For those of you who dont keep musak on the computer you can still make up a profile, type in a group/record etc and get recomendations on other musak. A great source.... and loads of fun for the cyber surfer.... Bear, Mickus, Markus & Hound, dont waste time boys - get into it

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Most importantly: rule number 1


These emergency instructions were written on the back of the seats on a ferry Bluey and I took in Croatia. You've got to love a country that has its priorities so well in hand.

Friday, August 17, 2007

A bit of Paul Kelly Magic..

For all those who've travelled, are travelling or may just like Paul Kelly..
Here's the Lyrics for his song "Every F#*king City" from Triple J's Hottest 100, 2000

We argued on the channel train to Paris
The vin rouge helped us make it sweet again
But by the time that we got down to Lyon
Everything I said was wrong and you cursed me in the rain
We split up for a while in Barcelona
We met up six days later in Madrid
I was hoping that the break would make things go a little better for us
And for a little while it almost did
Now I'm in a bar in Copenhagen
And i'm trying hard to forget your name
And I'm staring at the label on a bottle of cerveza
And every fucking city feels the same

You said to call you when I got to London
A French girl told me that you'd left a note
I said to her "I like your accent" and she thought I sounded funny
So we ended up drinking in Soho
Foolishly I followed you to Dublin
Like a ghost I walked the streets of Temple Bar
And all the bright young things were throwing up their Guinness in the gutters
And once I thought I saw you from afar
Now I'm in a nightclub in Helsinki
And they're playing La Vida Loca once again
And I can't believe I'm dancing to this crap but I'm a chance here
And every fucking city sounds the same

At a cafe in the port of Amsterdam
An E-mail from you said you'd gone to Rome
For a minute I thought maybe but my funds were running low
And anyway it sounded like you weren't alone
So I headed north until I got to Hamburg
A chilly city suits a troubled soul
And on the Reeperbahn I paid a woman far too much
To kick me out before I'd even reached my goal
Now I'm in a restaurant in Stockholm
And the waiter here wants me to know his name
And I can order sandwiches in seven different languages
But every fucking city looks the same
Arriverderci, au revoir, aufwiedersen, hasta la vista baby
Yeah, every fucking city's just the same

Friday, July 27, 2007

Brisvegas Free Hugs

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

she said...... YES!!!


On my 37th birthday on the 17th day of the 7th month of the 7th year of 2000 in the 7th hour of the evening just after a candle lit dinner I asked Sally McSweeney to marry me.....


And she said YES........

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Happy Birtday Borgus


Happy Birthday Borgus Erectus

Thinking of you on this special day.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

More Music in Mumbai

Nothing worse than being short for music and not being able to keep up with whats happening in the scene.
For news in Australia try the following links

In The Mix
Spraci

For live streaming radio over the internet try

1ClubFM
Virgin


Reviews and tips for cool music

UK Tunes



Have more sites to publish but have to start work now will update this post tonight.

Hope this helps with the wine.

Monday, July 09, 2007

Life Lessons

A teacher gave her class of 11 year olds an assignment:
To get their parents to tell them a story with a moral
at the end of it.

The next day the kids came back and one by one began
to tell their stories.

Ashley said, "My father's a farmer and we have a lot of
egg laying hens. One time we were taking our eggs to
market in a basket on the front seat of the car when we
hit a big bump in the road and all the eggs got broken.

"What's the moral of that story?" asked the teacher.

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket!"

"Very good," said the teacher.

Next little Sarah raised her hand and said, "Our family
farmers too. But we raise chickens for the meat market.
One day we had a dozen eggs, but when they hatched
we only got ten live chicks, and the moral to this story
is, 'Don't count your chickens before they're hatched'."

"That was a fine story Sarah."

Michael, do you have a story to share?"

"Yes. My daddy told me this story about my Aunty Sharon.
Aunty Sharon was a flight engineer on a plane in the
Gulf War and her plane got hit.

She had to bail out over enemy territory and all she had
was a bottle of whisky, a machine gun and a machete.

She drank the whiskey on the way down so it wouldn't
break and then she landed right in the middle of 100
enemy troops.

She killed seventy of them with the machine gun
until she ran out of bullets. Then she killed twenty more
with the machete until the blade broke. And then she
killed the last ten with her bare hands."

"Good heavens," said the horrified teacher, "what kind of
moral did your daddy tell you from that horrible story?"

"Stay the f*** away from Aunty Sharon when she's been drinking."