They opened with shout at the devil at the show - the whole crowd was yelling "shout" and the flames on stage were going off in time... pretty awesome to see!

i was born in the wrong decade... i so should have been like 18 or 19 back in 1985 that would have been crazy :p

lol...fuck that dude, you'd be almost 40 still hittin up sb.com

nah cause by now i would have be retired and kickin it in canada or something instead of on here at work :p

well yer, thats true lol...how's work ppl? going by time difference, cris should be leaving work pretty soon...kiwis = slackers

Just stopped by the Takapuna Beach office for a bit, & I'll be leaving here in 40 mins...

Today isn't too bad for lil Lauzzie out west. Shi tty day outside, but I've got the office to myself for the week as the boss has headed to Melbourne for a wedding. Going to the "Scotto" tonight to take advantage of young uni boys and $8 jugs

Have any of you seen NZ band, The Bleeders? They're over in Oz @ the mo... Not bad in the punk rock!! Btw, I saw this bumper sticker on the rear of a Freightliner B-Train; "If you can't stop in time, at least smile, as you go under..." [Edited on 12/6/2005]

Hey everyone I know that went to the motley crue show said they went off! Said it was one of the most amazing specticles ever! .. Motorhead were good too apparently... I like motorhead more than the crue though. JJ , well I am doing a trade apprenticeship also.. it sure is hard to afford snowboarding on such poor wages .. but at the end of the day you don't want a dead end job. You want a skill that'll really help you pay the bills! I have 3 more years left of mine and I just got done with my 1st. I did some work for BOC gasses in SA before.. but not as an apprentice. Anyway like I think Shred said , at least you get payed to study instead of having a HECS debt.

Posted by: blackflag24 JJ , well I am doing a trade apprenticeship also.. it sure is hard to afford snowboarding on such poor wages .. but at the end of the day you don't want a dead end job. You want a skill that'll really help you pay the bills! I have 3 more years left of mine and I just got done with my 1st. I did some work for BOC gasses in SA before.. but not as an apprentice. Anyway like I think Shred said , at least you get payed to study instead of having a HECS debt.

cheers man, yer it aint gonna be easy but has to be done...how old are you blackflag? hardest part of the decision was being 23 and starting a 4 year apprenticeship and not finishing til i'm 27.

Again, at least you'll be earning & learning. You could always work part time @ the snow store, yeah...?

Posted by: shred35 Again, at least you'll be earning & learning. You could always work part time @ the snow store, yeah...?

yer true that...yer i'll be working at the shop over the summer and winter again...put away some cash... only 14 work days to go

morning all lolllll @ there still being a "snowboard.com vII is comming! nov 1st" banner...

Should be a banner that reads; " Santa will be coming early this year; he's just been banging your girlfriend...!" Finally, the humidity's down, & I'm not seeing clients in a damp, sweaty shirt!!!

I think this is still technically the beta version

How's everyones day going? Still drunk from last night. Woooot

my day is going really well today. surprisingly. after the crappest day in the history of the world yesterday!!! Lauzzie, you obviously took advantage of the $8 jugs, but did you take advantage of the young boys? mmm peanut butter roll.

[b] it sure is hard to afford snowboarding on such poor wages .. quote] I always thought apprentices were paid not bad wages. My mate whos an electrician apprentice started on like $10 an hour but he got lots of rises all the time and is now in his 3rd year and making 17 odd bucks an hour. I never have been one to got to uni, I left school at the end of the 6th form and went working and making money while lots of people went to uni and made debt. Obviously some jobs require uni qualifications though

Yeah, they do, but work & life experiences also make up a "qualification". I did my uni studies while I worked; took 7 years to complete, but I'm glad I did, as it was good to learn something new (not that I'm doing anything with my degree)

businesses these days make me laugh...you read the recruitment ads and they all say "young enthusiastic, with a degree in (whatever) straight out of uni with experience...how can you have have fkn experience if your straight out of uni...

^^^^ ha, maybe they mean "experienced in uni and all the associated things that go with it!" Learning on the job is the best thing I reckon. I had 2 options. Either go to uni and do a one year blah blah course that would cost 10g's, or go into the workforce make 20 odd g's a year and have the same qualification after 3 years

Jj , you havn't got it hard by any means really! I am 29! Well you see, when I was 17 I wasn't sure what I wanted to do , I was good at art and I got into University and I got a degree in Illustration design .. but you see that is just so people know I am not some Yokel doing backyard drawings etc. it is all freelance work and the whole low down is "feast of famine" and no bank wanted to hook mye up woth loans etc. After I got done with my degree I went to Europe and lived there 2 years and worked some dead end jobs. Upon arriving back in Australia , when my ex girlfriend came to live with me. I couldn't find a whole lot of work, so I guess I worked in factories like Tip Top bread and stuff.. waiting to get experience to go onto bigger and better things like finding work in Adelaide's Holden plant. My ex partner had trouble with her sinuses in Adelaide and being from an Alpine regions like Slovakia wanted to move some place colder. I moved to Canberra 1 yr back now and was fortunate enough to get a plumbing apprenticeship that pays me $400/wk after taxes. This isn't possible to obtain in SA and it is important.. as all the factory jobs are being impoirted to Asia.. just like the call centre jobs are bound for India. Anyway.. My ex girlfriend never shook her sinus troubles here and had a big Idea of going to live in Slovakia and buying some nice little place in the Mountains and renting it out to tourists.. but we never had $$$ and nor does her sister's family that we wanted to go 1/2 in it with. She didn't like the fact that my apprenticeship would take some time so I am now single... but what good is it me going to Europe, getting married, going to a nation where I don't know the local language well enough , I can't get employed easily , I'd have no formal quals?? So I am doing my apprenticeship because it is the right thing to do .. and even though it is a slow road.. it's just how I've turned out.. so ending your apprenticeship at 27 really isn't so bad man.. REALLY!

Posted by: blackflag24 Jj , you havn't got it hard by any means really! I am 29! Well you see, when I was 17 I wasn't sure what I wanted to do , I was good at art and I got into University and I got a degree in Illustration design .. but you see that is just so people know I am not some Yokel doing backyard drawings etc. it is all freelance work and the whole low down is "feast of famine" and no bank wanted to hook mye up woth loans etc. After I got done with my degree I went to Europe and lived there 2 years and worked some dead end jobs. Upon arriving back in Australia , when my ex girlfriend came to live with me. I couldn't find a whole lot of work, so I guess I worked in factories like Tip Top bread and stuff.. waiting to get experience to go onto bigger and better things like finding work in Adelaide's Holden plant. My ex partner had trouble with her sinuses in Adelaide and being from an Alpine regions like Slovakia wanted to move some place colder. I moved to Canberra 1 yr back now and was fortunate enough to get a plumbing apprenticeship that pays me $400/wk after taxes. This isn't possible to obtain in SA and it is important.. as all the factory jobs are being impoirted to Asia.. just like the call centre jobs are bound for India. Anyway.. My ex girlfriend never shook her sinus troubles here and had a big Idea of going to live in Slovakia and buying some nice little place in the Mountains and renting it out to tourists.. but we never had $$$ and nor does her sister's family that we wanted to go 1/2 in it with. She didn't like the fact that my apprenticeship would take some time so I am now single... but what good is it me going to Europe, getting married, going to a nation where I don't know the local language well enough , I can't get employed easily , I'd have no formal quals?? So I am doing my apprenticeship because it is the right thing to do .. and even though it is a slow road.. it's just how I've turned out.. so ending your apprenticeship at 27 really isn't so bad man.. REALLY!

cheers man, i respect that...sorry to hear bout your girl ditching you cos of it...i've spoken to friends and family about it, even some of the ppl i work with including the MD...they've all given the thumbs up...so i think i've made the right choice even though it'll be a bit of a struggle at first. thanks for the advice dude...

Posted by: snowmelt_nz ^^^^ ha, maybe they mean "experienced in uni and all the associated things that go with it!"

haha nah, they want fresh outta uni with "work experience in their chosen field"

HAPPY FRIDAY !!! Couldn't come soon enough I say. Only 2 weeks till I come home for Xmas! How's everyones day going?