Australia Computer Terminology - Getting ready for Broadband in the bush!!
LOGON: Adding wood to make the barbie hotter.
LOG OFF: Not adding any more wood to the barbie.
MONITOR: Keeping an eye on the barbie.
DOWNLOAD: Getting the firewood off the ute.
HARD DRIVE: Making the trip back home without any cold tinnies.
KEYBOARD: Where you hang the ute keys.
WINDOWS: What you shut when the weather's cold.
SCREEN: What you shut in the mozzie season..
BYTE: What mozzies do
MEGABYTE: What Townsville mozzies do.
CHIP: A pub snack.
MICROCHIP: What's left in the bag after you've eaten the chips.
MODEM: What you did to the lawns.
LAPTOP: Where the cat sleeps.
SOFTWARE: Plastic knives and forks you get at Red Rooster.
HARDWARE: Stainless steel knives and forks - from K-Mart.
MOUSE: The small rodent that eats the grain in the shed.
MAINFRAME: What holds the shed up.
WEB: What spiders make.
WEBSITE: Usually in the shed or under the verandah.
SEARCH ENGINE: What you do when the ute won't go.
CURSOR: What you say when the ute won't go.
YAHOO: What you say when the ute does go.
UPGRADE: A steep hill.
SERVER: The person at the pub who brings out the counter lunch.
MAIL SERVER: The bloke at the pub who brings out the counter lunch.
USER: The neighbour who keeps borrowing things.
NETWORK: What you do when you need to repair the fishing net.
INTERNET: Where you want the fish to go.
NETSCAPE: What the fish do when they discover a hole in the net.
ONLINE: Where you hang the washing.
OFFLINE: Where the washing ends up when the pegs aren't strong enough.
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I had to look up "ute" Looks like it's a Australian version of a Ranchero or an El Camino.
Lucky Aussies. The ute is the coolest vehicle we can't get in the U.S. A few have been brought in and made legal, but it's really expensive.
My nearest translation of " ute" Michael is that it is a pickup. They vary from 4 cyls. to V8's which are boosted in different ways. A good example is the Deniliquin Ute Muster, an annual event. http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2609021/deniliquin-ute-muster-2014-monster-gallery-photos/?cs=2452#slide=15
Like I said... a Ranchero or an El Camino.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Ranchero
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_El_Camino
https://www.google.com/search?q=Ranchero+car&num=100&safe=active&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=HX3HVKi6O8OLyASTq4HgAg&ved=0CCoQsAQ&biw=1128&bih=521#imgdii=_&imgrc=oj7Bwsn9q-sA6M%253A%3BzN5n9hmgQ7bwPM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fupload.wikimedia.org%252Fwikipedia%252Fcommons%252F5%252F52%252FRed1968FordRanchero.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fen.wikipedia.org%252Fwiki%252FFord_Ranchero%3B1024%3B768
https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&biw=1128&bih=521&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=El+Camino+car&oq=El+Camino+car&gs_l=img.3..0l10.31515.33914.0.34177.9.9.0.0.0.0.73.469.9.9.0.msedr...0...1c.1.61.img..5.4.253.M9kS6WE0OUY
They just don't make them anymore here... I used to know a guy in my hometown who would make one every year from some old car. Crude, but he'd just cut out from behind the backseat to the bumper and make it into a sort of pickup and then sell vegetables and fruit out of the back. He seemed to have a different one every year.
They're made by General Motors' Australian division, Holden Motors, and a few are converted in Colorado for resale in America. See this:
http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/how-australias-coolest-little-truckets-are-showing-up-1557594577
Nice. Looks like a modern El Camino. I wonder why GM doesn't offer them...
I'd buy one, but not at $30k for what's still a 2010-2012 model car, as the Denver company is putting out. Holden even makes a crew cab version called " Colorado". There was an Australian TV show called "McLeod's Daughters" that used them for everything. Warning: it's kind of a soap opera, but those cars kept me watching for a while. Some of the Utes on Holden's website look/sound more like race cars than utility vehicles.