Noel Tidybeard Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 proper gentry dont recognise metric distance is milescurrency is guineas, pounds, shillings and penceweight is pounds and ounces etc Springer and Vince70 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted March 22, 2017 Author Share Posted March 22, 2017 What a load of bollox.A gentleman will always adapt to the measuring system his host country employs. Magnificent Rustbucket, tooSavvy, plumbertony and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 What a load of bollox.A gentleman will always adapt to the measuring system his host country employs. walk but never run. EFA TS Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Another misleading thread title....I couldn't see anything remotely daft going on here. Lacquer Peel, Junkman, Magnificent Rustbucket and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Junkman wants it to be sunny and warm in the north west, not 13 degrees and drizzling, can't say I blame him tbh Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Ireland was chod capital of the Multiverse, with everyone driving gopping wrecks that made Father Ted's car look like a Bentley, until the scrappage scheme, after which everyone got a megadull Honda, except for some of the more canny farmers' wives, who got silver Mercedes to go shopping at the Powerscourt Centre. PS: Lode Lane - I am from Lode Lane too (well, Castle Lane, around the corner). Therefore I bagsy a go in this car.4 grand for your pulled out of a hedge ke30 toyota - hence they all and stuff like like disappeared within months and theyve done two others since but no mot on over 30 years old and 56 euro road tax isnt bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 but no mot on over 30 years old and 56 euro road tax isnt badIncorrect,Cars registered before the 1st January 1980 are exempt,everything after that date are(supposed)to be tested annually. The 30 year tax rule is rolling though. Eddie Honda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted March 22, 2017 Author Share Posted March 22, 2017 Why doesn't everyone drive a '79 Caprice then? eddyramrod and junkyarddog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Why doesn't everyone drive a '79 Caprice then? anonymous user, BorniteIdentity, pshome and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 theres roads even a bicycle would struggle with........ Eddie Honda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Why doesn't everyone drive a '79 Caprice then?Because most prefer to drive around in maintenance free shiny new diesel shit on PCP. Junkman and mercrocker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 blogger-image--2115703851.jpg It doesn't seem that long ago that I extensively toured Ireland on roads like this with a Caprice. eddyramrod and mercrocker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 It doesn't seem that long ago that I extensively toured Ireland on roads like this with a Caprice.And I'm sure the locals talk about it to this day, at least you didn't have to remember to drive on the left tooSavvy and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 I'm pretty sure my current conveyance is already being discussed widely.The car park attendents at the airport greet me by my name. Pick upperage scheduled for somewhen next week. The resulting P6 Series 1 V8 convoy subsequentlyhitting Dublin and being paraded in front of a friend's house may cause the odd curtains to shake. eddyramrod, BorniteIdentity and Dirk Diggler 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 What a load of bollox.A gentleman will always adapt to the measuring system his host country employs. Well I was once stopped by a gard in Cork who told me he had clocked my speed at 97, I pointed out that the signs said 100, but he maintained that his 97 was MPH and the signs are KPH and 97 MPH is more than 100 MPH, further into our exchange I countered that a litre is bigger than a pint but we finished off agreeing to differ and went our separate ways. Now which, if either of us, was being ungentlemanly? Coprolalia, Lacquer Peel, forddeliveryboy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Well I was once stopped by a gard in Cork who told me he had clocked my speed at 97, I pointed out that the signs said 100, but he maintained that his 97 was MPH and the signs are KPH and 97 MPH is more than 100 MPH, further into our exchange I countered that a litre is bigger than a pint but we finished off agreeing to differ and went our separate ways. Now which, if either of us, was being ungentlemanly? Do you mean 97 MPH is more than 100 KPH? What speed did you go at? 97 MPH or 97 KPH? Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 proper gentry dont recognise metric distance is milescurrency is guineas, pounds, shillings and penceweight is pounds and ounces etc My colleagues in our Dublin Office (where I'm a regular visitor) refer to items priced in "quid" - even though they now mean Euros. Not sure if they are posh or not. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 As was said to me for many years after changeover, 'Dem Yourows bud, deir not worth a fuck' Junkman and Vince70 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Now you've got two of them you can do a Bache to Bache test. Don't Spen too much on it though. Junkman, Felly Magic, anonymous user and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 The other day you told me you'd like to have another series two... do you consider two series ones equal to one series two? And how much Chew could a series two chew if a series two could chew Chew? Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 The other day you told me you'd like to have another series two... do you consider two series ones equal to one series two? I think I just applied the ultimate in shite maths, didn't I? It could only be topped by buying two MKII Granadas if wanting a MKIV, but I'm not into Scorpios. And how much Chew could a series two chew if a series two could chew Chew? Series two for chewy chewing! That's what your Series two is doing. Do you choose to chew goo, too, sir? If, sir, you, sir, choose to chew, sir, with the Series two, chew, sir. Do, sir. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 As was said to me for many years after changeover, 'Dem Yourows bud, deir not worth a fuck' The Germans say to this day that since the Euro the Mark is only worth half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00833827 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 It doesn't help that insurance companies won't insure anything over 12 years old now regardless of annual test. My daily is a 21 year old Carina and only 1 company woukd entertain me. My 1991 Townace will have no chance I reckon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 Well, I guess you'll have to drive without then. AMC Rebel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 Right. It looks like all ingredients to make this a typical GGG venture are somehow coming together.Stay tuned, this is presumably ending in the usual chaos. I'm so looking forward to it. Dave_Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Well, I guess you'll have to drive without then.No, there's the Declined Cases Committee. Get three knockbacks and the committee forces the first one to quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 Anyway, it looks like until the end of April, I'll have an English registered car in Ireland and an Irish not really registered car in England.Sounds like 120 OMGMPH and fuck insurance all the way to me.I can not possibly tell you how much this delights an old anarchist like me. forddeliveryboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Do you mean 97 MPH is more than 100 KPH? What speed did you go at? 97 MPH or 97 KPH? Confused myself explaining the confusing thing, gard claimed I did 97MPH, limit was 100KPH. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 Usually the guards don't touch you if you have a foreign numberplate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexi Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I did 2000 miles around Old Ireland in the 90s. A Series Landy with old standard springs. My back has never been the same since. We used to take a big transit mini bus down for the fishing to Corrib. Everyone sleeping on the bus woke up as soon as we crossed the border. The undulations on the road were like seasickness. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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