Hybrid_From_Hell Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Ermmmm.........Well, Hello all. Thought I had better… er, now, ..how can I say this ?….erm well say ‘something’. Obviously this is the “International Forum” with many different Time Zones not just GMT, so hence the time now is 12.00 midday in the USA This post sort of... erm ...'relates' to the recent one Stazworks Double INTERNAL Beadlock Rim Thread …. So, How about………. “Please check the ‘Date’ & ‘Time’ coding for this Post ?” 12.02am 1st April 2008..............Yep,...............As in – ‘1st April’, …. As in this is a “LR4x4 Forum Special” – A complete and utter wind up Whilst I do have a set of rims from Stazworks, ….(and yes they are truly loverley, ) ….(and yes I have fitted them, ) ….(and yes I have done a ‘Tech Article’…. ) ….This is not the one….. this was a spoof There is no “Prototype T System”, No, Honestly there isn't I made it up, the most tricky thing was getting a 16” tube over the Donut ….whilst trying not to laugh as I took the piccie and aviod any camera shake I along with the other Forum Mods, only a very few chosen Forum Members were in on the Post (Jez, Will W, Fridge, and a few others - Si R, Paul W, Rogue V - who knew but said nothing) thought it might be fun to see if we could get away with it. ? With 34 Replies & 697 views to the thread, …I think we can say we have We did wonder when Astro Al spotted it was both a ‘Tuesday’ AND ‘April 1st’ …. So, here now is the PROPER thread for the ‘Tech Article on Stazworks DBL Rims’ The ‘Really Truly Genuine (Honest Guv) - Tech Thread for Stazworks Double Internal Beadlocking Rims – erm without the <cough> Special ‘T’ Prototype System ” So, be honest ………..did we “Gotcha” then ??? Oh, ….and if you believed they only worked out at £187.12 each then we “Gotcha” twice Nige & The Mods & Admin of LR4x4 Oh, yeah, and finally ……… PS “No Tubes were harmed in the making of this thread – one was however slightly inconvenienced” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young bobtail Rhys Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I did wonder last night reading this topic at about 12pm and wondered is it a wind up, as well aware of the april fools but did not wnat to say anything incase I offended you Because I am kind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ101 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 NO,, but best go and have a look to see what i missed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkw90 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 didn't fool me for a minute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 It was all a foreign language to me, and appeared to be getting very technical, so I didn't understand it enough to get fooled...probably Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Good one Nigel. Did not read it as it was night on 1st april when you posted it (for me ) but likeing your work Down here in Aus Virgin Blue (branson Aussie internal airline ) put large adverts in every paper saying that they have new tickets aviable at half price Call stand only tickets. (wheer you stand in the Isle for the flight) And you get a free calf massage for flights over 2 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I did figure the Random 109 thread as the April fool and made my suggestion accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboy Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Hook, line and sinker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve King Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 The Flying Penguins trailer from the BBC took me in until I saw the full version, however I smelt a rat as soon as I saw the double internal beadlock stuff on this site . I wasn't entirely sure what was being discussed but it appeared to be from the pen of a certain Mr L O deBoleaux!!! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeppimp Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Kinda got me I s'pose, while this alleged 'T' thingy went right over my head I did think the price seemed surprisingly cheap 50% - would have been more but it wasn't my piggy bank taking the hit so that alright then Good work peops Oh and mr Night Train the lowered 109 is most definitely not a wind up, Mr Corrode and I have been discussing that for a little while and he was looking for some grown up opinions rather than my it'll be a giggle, go for it sensible advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 Poor Jon White posted up re "I can only get 3 of my 4 gears" and peeps thought it was an april the 1st And the "What have a I done to my diif "thread All 3x of these were not wind ups poor sods who posted them Nice to see some honesty and hands up For a real laugh Tony and I (White 90) were even PMing each other re the detail of 'ordering' (nut angles etc) ....and sort of nearly caught ourselves out on our own wind up thread (Thanks Jez) Its good to have a laugh nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 It was an Aprils fool ? I don't get it ? I suspect I'm not alone and that it was pitched over many of our heads, sorry Nige. Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Oh and mr Night Train the lowered 109 is most definitely not a wind up, Mr Corrode and I have been discussing that for a little while and he was looking for some grown up opinions rather than my it'll be a giggle, go for it sensible advice Well my suggestion would still work and it would be an interesting vehicle. Looking forward to it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddy Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Guilty as charged Whilst A.) posting at 12.02 did cross my mind aswell as B.) the complexity of making a tube 'D' shaped was slighty out of the norm it never twigged Nice one Will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young bobtail Rhys Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Poor Jon White posted up re "I can only get 3 of my 4 gears" and peeps thought it was an april the 1st And the "What have a I done to my diif "thread All 3x of these were not wind ups poor sods who posted them Nice to see some honesty and hands up For a real laugh Tony and I (White 90) were even PMing each other re the detail of 'ordering' (nut angles etc) ....and sort of nearly caught ourselves out on our own wind up thread (Thanks Jez) Its good to have a laugh nige And still haven't got to the bottom of it Going to strip it out and see whats in store Nice one Nige, you nearly had me going but I thought it would seem rude to say whether it was a fool or not as I had posted my stupid diff thingy at a silly hour as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protoprincess Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 The Flying Penguins trailer from the BBC took me in until I saw the full version, Steve Boy I am glad I wasnt the only one D'oh!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro_Al Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Well. Hook, line, sinker, rod and copy of Angling Times! Hence my enthusiastic questioning! We did wonder when Astro Al spotted it was both a ‘Tuesday’ AND ‘April 1st’ …. I thought everyone was being unusually nice, considering the combo. Still, now its tomorrow and I'm safe-ish. I had a feeling about the price though, dammit. I'll start planning a joke for next year. Or maybe the one after. No, wait, it'll be ready for 2010 if I start buying the tools now... Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike4444244 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I nearly wet myself when Cat (wife) came downstairs, saw the penguins on the bbc and immediately went off on one about how cute they were and wasn't it amazing etc.... and she has a Genetics degree FFS!! didnt see the greyhound ice racing though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WALFY Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 The greyhound racing was in 1 of the papers yesterday. Only 6 dogs and 1 race. Was the give away. As for wheels I was a bit suspect when you mentioned Will had ordered a set with you. I didn't realise vapour trucks needed wheels . We haven't had any pic updates from him yet!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diesel_jim Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I thought the (excellent,by the way) thread on fitting the megasquirt by HFH was a wind up.... ... i mean, who in their right mind would go to such engineering lengths just for a V8? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pux Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 The title was too much for my pea brain so i did not look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Luckily I had no idea what you were all talking about and had resolved to attempt to read and understand it later Although I did think they looked pretty and were rather cheap for what I suspected were quite expensive wheels! Then Jez got scary and I ran off to hide back in the series forum I'm happy to say though, the penguins didn't fool me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrode Finger Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Mr Nightrain, Oooh, i am amused that my 109 thread was taken as an april fool...... did not consider that!! Hey ho.... yes i looked at the wheels but it all went over my head...... i just resolved to look at the piccys, and see what mickey was taken out of Al! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 90 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Yep, I hold my hands up, I thought the T system was for real although I also thought it was c**p and pointless but did post my reservations slightly more politely. Didn't see the penguins on the telly but I didn't turn the telly on till the evening. In my defense ive been house bound for 10 days now and didn't even realize it was April the first! Probably wouldn't have made any difference if I had. Doh!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Well. Hook, line, sinker, rod and copy of Angling Times! Does that mean you don't want to buy a set with me and save shipping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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