Hello from Wellington! (and yes my middle name actually is Carman)

[jamesthefrogman]

Hi guys,

I've been a Frog fan for quite a while, and purchased my first one in June last year. A 98 Citroen Xsara (Turbo Diesel, 1905 cc. 148k km's).

It's my favourite car, ever. It has all the advantages of a small car (and those passive steering rear wheels), with a silky smooth ride that beats out some bigger cars.

I drive it every day for work. I live in Wellington, and work in Upper Hutt.

Previous cars, in the US from 1996: 87 Volvo 740, 88 Lincoln Continental, 99 Hyundai Elantra.
Previous cars, in NZ from 2004: 91 Nissan Bluebird, 93 Citroen ZX Turbo Diesel (this is where it all started, though it was a flatmates car. He had 4 cars, so this one I perma borrowed for about 6 months in 2007), and a 91 Toyota Camry Turbo Diesel.

The Camry was too big, too noisy, and too smokey. And it wasn't a Citroen. I've got the bug, and I've got it bad.

Ribbit,
James 'the' Carman Parsons





P.S. I've got a picture of that ZX and my Xsara somewhere, with me in the middle (I saw the ZX on parked on the South Coast once). And in a funny coincidence, my Brazilian flatmate took the picture...he owned a 98 Xsara back in Brazil once upon a time. And loved it of course.

P.P.S. My username - my full name is James Carman Parsons III. So my username is my first, fourth, and second names :-) (with an invisible 'the' in front of III)...I happen to like cars, and used to race 125cc karts back in the day 

[cammmy]

Welcome!

[CaM]

gidday!
welcome along.

[k-trips]

Welcome JCPIII..

love the attitude - I think you will fit in quite nicely here

[jamesthefrogman]

Merci Kolonel. Looking forward to shooting the breeze. And perhaps a beer. Sounds like the Wellington group is pretty active.

[Pee Dubbaya]

Welcome along matey. We like beer 

[jamesthefrogman]

What kind? :-)

Mine ez Belgian. It's not quite French. But zere's not really any French beers that I know of, and they speak French in Belgium, so I figure ez close enough, no?

[cammmy]

Welcome along matey. We like beer 

And activities!

[Goat]

oh hi

[Pee Dubbaya]

What kind? :-)

Mine ez Belgian. It's not quite French. But zere's not really any French beers that I know of, and they speak French in Belgian, so I figure ez close enough, no?

Works for me!

[jamesthefrogman]

oh hi

Hi козёл. Just curious, what's your name mean? I did a google translate on it (assuming it's Russian as Bulgarian definitely wasn't it), and got a pretty wide range of definitions:

noun
goat
he-goat
billy-goat
asshole
salamander (What? Most of these seem to be insults. And then there's this obscure animal.)
bear (Maybe an insult in some cultures?)
buck
blockhead (I'm guessing this isn't something car related)
motherfucker (a.k.a. salamander?)
sow

I'm tempted to make an interesting sentence containing all those words.

[cammmy]

I'm tempted to make an interesting sentence containing all those words.

Do it!

[jamesthefrogman]

I'm tempted to make an interesting sentence containing all those words.

Do it!

козёл the Russian dairy farmer, was milking his sow, when his goat, his he-goat, and his billy goat decided to be real blockheads, by chewing a hole threw the fence letting the bear, the buck, and the dreaded salamander into the paddock. козёл put his face into his hands in disbelief. The sow was so stressed at seeing the salamander, that her asshole relaxed, and козёл found his head surrounded in a warm substance. When he realised what it was, all he could say was:

motherfucker

[Goat]

^ My life story right there

[cammmy]

Except replace sow with Citroen and warm substance with LHM