Intro

"bob and john" (bobandjohn) 01/26/2014 at 16:10 • Filed to: None

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So, last night, at around 3am, Nobody gave authorship to oppo. after the first 'test' post, I've decided to make a proper introduction.
so without futher adu, (adeu? adiu?) meet me!

As you can probably tell, my name is Peter Negru. yes I get a lot of stick for having that last name.

I was born in romainia in 1995, this leaves me at 18 right now. turning 19 in about a month. Came to canada when i was 2. lived in vancours for a year, then NWT/Nunavut (it changed while i was there) then ontario. as of right now, I live in Richmond Hill, just north of toronto. I'm currently attending Lakehead university (in thunder bay) for a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering. (first year)

ok, now for the juicy stuff that all of you are weait for:
WHAT DO YOU DRIIIVEEE?!?!?!?

uhhhh. technically? nothing.
I do have my dads 2010 Audi A3 TDI to drive when i get home (the one in the back ground)

as for the 2 bikes. the one on the left is his. 2012 BMWf800r. I dont like it. too much touring bike for me

the one on the left is muh baby. 2009 suzuki SV650s. with some work done to it.

my mom drives a 2009 lexus IS250 AWD, which has Akita AK77's on it for the summer (guess whos idea that was?)

I also get to (and prefer) to drive this thing around when I need a car.

oddly enough i DO have my own car. a 2000 Saab 93. was my dads, but he handed it down to me when he got the audi. (google photo, dont have one of it right now)

mine looks EXACTLY like that, but i have the 10-spoke wheels on it.
I cant drive the saab,. we have no room to store it, and insurance for me is prohibitively expensive. even before the 2 speeding tickets (15 over each) and the "failure to stop for police". < that one is a story for another time)

so the saab sits in a field at a family friends place. as it has been for the past 5 years.

as all opponauts, i do have a dream garage. sport bike (triumph 675r) , touring bike (either my current SV for a honda VFR 800), dual sport bike (i'm thinking a suzuki DR or a honda CRF250) , track rat (miata or a morgan 3 wheeler) , exotic/rare car (a aston martin, OR a morgan aeromax OR a singer 911), DD (torn between a A# tdi like dads, a saab 93 TURBO X or a volvo V70/S60r. or the new ones) and tow car (DD might be able to help fill this).
plus what ever my future wife would have (current gf might be it... going to try and get her on a bike XD)

I also game a bit, not as much on 360 anymore as its more on the computer.

I hope to be more involved in the car community, and maybe to oppo-meet ups in the summer when i have my bike back!

Until then, I hope to help provide oppo with good stories and great articles!
until my next post, see ya then!

thebigbossyboss > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 16:13

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Wow you lived in Nunavut?? That place...is something else. 2 Million roadless square kilometers.

Dsscats > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 16:16

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Welcome to Oppo! We are definitely going to have to hear that failure to stop story though...

bob and john > thebigbossyboss 01/26/2014 at 16:16

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yea, specifically, I live in a place called rankin inlet.
i have 3 momeorys of that place.
1: one of those big CAT 6X4 snow plows
2: the building i lived in. it was where everyone lived, an apartment building. it was poop-brown
3: a particular green 1990s ford 250 with matching camper top. i didnt know what it was at the time, but it was the one truck i saw the most of. guy owning it was nice enoguh to drive my mom too and from work everyday,

Forgetful > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 16:16

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Ado. Like "much ado about nothing".

Aaron James > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 16:17

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Welcome to Oppo, please enjoy your stay.

Brian Silvestro > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 16:18

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Welcome! Just one question, is this what Canada is really like?

bob and john > Dsscats 01/26/2014 at 16:18

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oh, that was just the ticket XD

Leadbull > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 16:23

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Nobody gave you authorship? How'd you post, then?

/sorry

//It's been too long since I last made a Nobody joke

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 16:23

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Welcome to Oppo, where hardly anything is made up and the points don't matter.

Svend > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 16:25

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Welcome to the jungle.

bob and john > Brian Silvestro 01/26/2014 at 16:27

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.....ok, what the hell?

ok, lets take some time to adress these issues.
1: yes, health care is free
2: yes, ppl do have that accent. but good luck trying to find an ACTUAL canadian in the greater toronto area. its pretty much all asians and persians. not that i mind, but there are FAR more white poeple here in thunder bay
3: the wheel chair thing. no, we dont have tht may ppl in wheel chairs.
4: yes we have loonies. and toonies. our smallest bill is a 5
5: yes, we have bagged milk. i dont understand whats the big deal with that, its just like bagged water

$kaycog > Leadbull 01/26/2014 at 16:31

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I'm curious as to who Nobody used to be. Do you know? Please don't tell me that he was Somebody.

Brian Silvestro > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 16:32

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What's bagged water?

desertdog5051 > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 16:32

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You get the standard DD welcome.

You'll be sorrrrry.....This is a land where things are not as they seem and before you realize there is no escape, you are trapped ...This, my friends, is the OPPO ZONE.

Welcome.

bob and john > $kaycog 01/26/2014 at 16:32

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!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

bob and john > desertdog5051 01/26/2014 at 16:35

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oh, i'm well aware i'm trapped in the oppozone.
i went from not knowing what this site was in september, and now i've spent so much time i know who is who, what is what, and even got authorship.
yeaa....
oppo will be the reason i fail uni XD

$kaycog > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 16:35

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Hahaha! That's perfect!

bob and john > Brian Silvestro 01/26/2014 at 16:36

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oh, its just something i made up to mess with americans. the concept of bagged milk is just so weird to them i started saying its just like bagged water, and most of them start flipping their shit at that point XD

For Sweden > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 16:36

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Free healthcare in a petro-state. Got it.

AthomSfere > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 16:37

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Bagged milk, just like bagged water? What the hell is that?

A Google search later:

Why in the world would you use BAGs for a drink? We have Capri Sun, which is in a pouch with a straw, but nothing bagged.

lone_liberal > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 16:38

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Aren't some of those Asian and Persian people actual Canadians? A friend of mine has parents who were from Hong Kong but he was born and raised in Calgary before moving to Toronto for a job. Is he an actual Canadian?

Brian Silvestro > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 16:40

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Ha! Canadians are awesome.

bob and john > lone_liberal 01/26/2014 at 16:42

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well, to me, it takes 2 generations for a family to become canadian
so in the case of your friend, he was probably still raised in a manner that is closer to the hong kong way of life. so i dont consider him canadian, i would consider his kids canadian.

also, where i live, it is mostly immigrants. familys that were pretty well off in their old countrys, and decided to come here. so most of them have been in canada for less then 15 years

bob and john > AthomSfere 01/26/2014 at 16:47

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i came up with bagged water kinda just to mess with americans. bagged milk is such a weird concept to them tht i decided lets go on step further

the idea behind bagged milk is tht its cheap to sell. u go out and buy a $1 milk houlder, drop the bag in it, and cut the tip of the bag,. this way, companies dont have to sell you a 1$ container every time u go out to buy milk.

AthomSfere > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 16:50

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So how much is a bag of milk / water?

bob and john > AthomSfere 01/26/2014 at 16:54

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i think it was something like $4 for 3 liters....
or something like tht. using conversions and getting it to the nearest gallon, its like $4.5 /gallon in a bag.

AthomSfere > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 16:55

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Hmm, so more. We get Milk at $3 / gal in a bottle...

But, then again CAD is different than USD too. So a wash maybe...?

bob and john > AthomSfere 01/26/2014 at 16:57

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yea. keep in mind the transport costs here are pretty high as well ah well, w/e

Leadbull > $kaycog 01/26/2014 at 17:07

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I was going to say that he could've been anybody. But that was much better.

$kaycog > Leadbull 01/26/2014 at 17:10

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I just don't remember a Nobody before Kinja. When Kinja appeared, so did Nobody. It was so funny to get a recommendation or reply from Nobody.

RMudkips > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 17:16

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I've never met a dude here that has that Canuck accent; it's just something we poke fun at in Toronto.

Otherwise I agree with you.

RMudkips > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 17:19

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I'm Vince, live south of you (I think), and I don't have a car because I'm about two years your junior. Your last name is probably just historical coincidence.

That's a really awesome bike by the way. I don't know much good roads in the GTA area, so naming some would be nice.

Supreme Kiwi Zorro > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 17:36

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Welcome aboard! I'm looking forward to reading your posts. Cheers! :)

bob and john > RMudkips 01/26/2014 at 17:47

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there is fork of the credit in Mississauga. i plan on seeing is i can find a few more.

where do u live? i might be coming back in feb for a visit, wouldnt mind meeting a few oppo's while i'm back

bob and john > Supreme Kiwi Zorro 01/26/2014 at 17:50

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what the hell......

Supreme Kiwi Zorro > bob and john 01/26/2014 at 17:57

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Haha, I make funny Welcome to Oppo GIFs. This one is from the 1995 animated film "Toy Story." Cheers! :)

bob and john > RMudkips 01/26/2014 at 19:07

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yea, u dont find it tht much in the GTA.
it much more prominent in thunder bay though

Leadbull > $kaycog 01/26/2014 at 19:26

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Well, I definitely remember him being around before Kinja. I guess the reccomend feature made his name more notable.

EL_ULY > bob and john 01/27/2014 at 01:12

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Hello Peter Negru, I'm Uly :]

bob and john > EL_ULY 01/27/2014 at 01:14

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hi!

enjoy the marriage ;P

thebigbossyboss > bob and john 01/27/2014 at 07:27

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hahaha. I used to live in Ghana, where there is in fact bagged water. It`s a great invention!!

thebigbossyboss > AthomSfere 01/27/2014 at 07:30

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That would be because Canada has milk price floors set by the supply management system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_ma…

thebigbossyboss > Brian Silvestro 01/27/2014 at 07:34

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This is what canada is actually like:

Brian Silvestro > thebigbossyboss 01/27/2014 at 07:56

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That was the most Canadian thing I've ever watched

thebigbossyboss > RMudkips 01/27/2014 at 08:06

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Here in eastern ontario...people talk like that a lot.

bob and john > thebigbossyboss 01/27/2014 at 09:28

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........
oh. my god.

my poor, poor sides

EL_ULY > bob and john 01/27/2014 at 09:30

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thanks buddy

TwoFortified > Forgetful 01/27/2014 at 19:35

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Not to be confused with adeiu...which is French(?) for "goodbye"?

Forgetful > TwoFortified 01/27/2014 at 20:10

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Adieu is French. The direct translation is 'with god', and is used as a very final 'Goodbye'.

Aurevoir is the casual 'see you later' that is more common.