320touring Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Thanks, I'll be traveling via Bute to see my lass - hence part of the reason for trying to move up that way to start with.Ah, ye'll be passing mah door* *Within an hrs drive, so literally next door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfamale Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 I’m in Rome, the Peronis are perfectly chilled and are flying down, there is chod everywhere and AlfaFemale looks amazing. I is a happy man. brandersnatch and purplebargeken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 I’m in Rome, the Peronis are perfectly chilled and are flying down, there is chid everywhere and AlfaFemale looks amazing. I is a happy man.Meh, I have a Farmers;) Enjoy your trip! Alfamale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Saw this crown earlier, mrs fp was straight on the camera Cavcraft, blakey79, mercedade and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpingjehovahs Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Just found this in the front garden, barely buried under the surface! Expiry date: Feb ‘98! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk davehedgehog31, Ghosty, Floatylight and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leeds-44713074/pied-crow-with-yorkshire-accent-filmed-in-knaresborough gm, myglaren, RobT and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Just found this in the front garden, barely buried under the surface! Expiry date: Feb ‘98! Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkHow did they taste? blakey79 and Pillock 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanism Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leeds-44713074/pied-crow-with-yorkshire-accent-filmed-in-knaresboroughThis did make me grin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 I've got a job interview in Oban.... Now I need to do some serious thinking about if I could afford to live up there etc WE spent a night up there on the way to MULL (at the end of May) Despite that it was pissing down, I could tell it was a decent town. The people I met were GREAT. Oban fish and chip shop was GREAT too. Take a few days - go to the distillery. Bring a couple of bottle home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 It was going to be a grump as the clutch hose for my Seat has got to come from Spain and I was going to take it to Le Mans. This has now turned into a grin as I will have to take the 806 and have already got two motorbikes lined up and waiting on a third. If it all comes off ok I will make enough on the sales to cover my weekend away and hopefully the cost of fixing the bloody Seat. If anyone fancies a 1983 Suzuki 125dr thats been off the road in a French barn since the 90's let me know as it is the only one I haven't got a home for yet. I had a TS125ER - I suspect the DR had the same frame, but the engine was 4 stroke. I'd FUCKING love it, but erm ........lists excuses........How much ? (If very cheap I'll need to think of more excuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 With all this lovely weather we've been having of late, it seemed perfectly normal to be buying a set of Fricking Winter Tyres ! Look at the tread on the buggers, they're virtually brand new And because no right minded bugger is looking for winter tyres just now, I got them for a bloody bargain And it gets better - the guy selling them wasn't home so I met his wife who turned out to be from the same town as me, we went to school about a mile (and about ten years) apart, we both moved to edinbur to study, worked bar jobs, drank in the same pubs, had all night lock ins after work then drank in seriously dodgy bars such as the 'penny black' that opened at 5am (you can imagine what kind of folk that attracted). Excellent nostalgia, and a cracking coincidence. myglaren, Tickman, xtriple and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Saw this crown earlier, mrs fp was straight on the camera IMG-20180704-WA0007.jpg IMG-20180704-WA0005.jpg IMG-20180704-WA0004.jpgStafford - He works at the tip.. Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Yep Stafford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkersaab Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 I was browsing the local free ads and spotted "FREE. 24ft REFRIGERATED LORRY BACK". Obviously i bagged it beofre i fully thought it through. £200 later my *free lorry back arrived. Due to the limited access it had to come in from a neighbouring field and the crane was lacking in reach to put it where i wanted A quick call and £20 later a local old boy turned up with this and put in a "that will have to do " position As it was roughly a cars wodth away from the other shed it seemed a good idea to build a roof between the two amd create another shed. so a few quids woth of timber and my wee brothers diy skills we transfomed it to thisA quick lick of green paint cos paint it green and it cant be seen So whilst it wasnt a *free shed, it was a not very expensive 2 sheds. Jerzy Woking, Eddie Honda, Vantman and 36 others 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Good shedology. If the refrigeration still works then it's the ideal workshop this weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkersaab Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Cheers. I like the affect of lots of half arsed wonky sheds, nothing is quite square and no shed matches the one joined to it. Saabnut, Skizzer and Tam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 It's like a budget survivialist's wet dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Fitted a new dash cam to Mrs_Pillock's car. Got a dual one, Aukey DR02D which has decent reviews. Now I'm no stranger to plugging things in so it seemed a doddle - as well as running the power MiniUSB lead there's a weird 10-pin looks-like-MiniUSB plug too for the rear camera. Tuck cables under trim and sorted. Plugged them both in, went to position the camera on the screen (with the cables in to make sure there's enough clearance) and the rear camera lead just fell out. Take the camera back down and the connector has just torn off the board and fallen inside. WANK. Grin? Swerved Amazon's returns policy and went to the Aukey website. Fill out a form that includes the Amazon order number. Emailed back an hour later asking for a photo of the fault. Sent photo. Emailed back and said they'll send a new one out. That's pretty good customer service. I'm damn sure there was a fault, but equally that issue could have been down to me ragging the connectors around like a neanderthal so it was nice they took my side. Jerzy Woking and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 It's like a budget survivialist's wet dream.Only if you bury the fridge unit (just don't do the calculations for load etc when the soil is wet, it ends badly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/204604/morris-ital-van It's just amazing. Such delights as mystery plastic bag arch liners. Unique paint. Invisible* floor repairs. Archeology. More rust than a purple ADO16 Excellent quotes."honstly, it looks like they used a bonfire to underseal it" Skizzer, Cavcraft, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 After this morning's computers/electronics rant where everything that could go wrong went wrong, I now have a working PC again (12h later), am printing off the user manual for my logic analyzer (dated 1985) and had a minor epiphany. Flung the board I'm working on into the freezer for five minutes. Thar be brain waves. It's alive! A screen full of crap, but I'll buy that for "alive". Moral of this? If your shite don't wanna start in the hot weather because the ECU* is getting dementia, stick your ECU in the freezer for ten minutes then try start it up. Instant win. --Phil *NB this junk predates Herr JM's 1987 cut off date by a decade... vulgalour, RobT, Skizzer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Fitted a new dash cam to Mrs_Pillock's car. Got a dual one, Aukey DR02D which has decent reviews. Now I'm no stranger to plugging things in so it seemed a doddle - as well as running the power MiniUSB lead there's a weird 10-pin looks-like-MiniUSB plug too for the rear camera. Tuck cables under trim and sorted. Plugged them both in, went to position the camera on the screen (with the cables in to make sure there's enough clearance) and the rear camera lead just fell out. Take the camera back down and the connector has just torn off the board and fallen inside. WANK. Grin? Swerved Amazon's returns policy and went to the Aukey website. Fill out a form that includes the Amazon order number. Emailed back an hour later asking for a photo of the fault. Sent photo. Emailed back and said they'll send a new one out. That's pretty good customer service. I'm damn sure there was a fault, but equally that issue could have been down to me ragging the connectors around like a neanderthal so it was nice they took my side. I would guess it was faulty before you started - I have the same camera in the pickup and am pretty pleased with it. I did a lot of fannying with mine, getting the positions right so was tugging the cables about a lot and had no issues at all. I bought it on the recommendation of Techmoan on the youtubes. So far its proven to be much more reliable than the G1Wc it replaced. The only gripe is its boot-up time is pretty long and as the pickup is old-skool diesel it needs glowplugs every start, so it powers up with the ignition and when I start the truck it cuts out then has to power up again. Sometimes it doesnt like this and although switched on, isnt recording. Pillock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 I'm idly browsing gummers for a new driveway ornament and came across this mr2 for sale - of the five photos on the advert, look at the state of these saving the best 'til last there is one normal photo, the car is pretty cheap and local, I may go for a look https://www.gumtree.com/p/toyota/toyota-mr2-1.8-roadster-quick-sale-no-swap-px-offers-cheap-sport-fast-bargain/1304360844 dome and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Weapons grade stroker I reckon davehedgehog31 and robinmasters 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Forgot to post this yesterday. Drove out of the depot and stuck at some roadworks behind this little gem. (sorry for sideways because using Apple technology*) I also noticed while in Midhurst the fire station there is still either a Dennis RS/SS series or Shelvoke & Drewry SPV fire appliance. Had the front of the cab facing away from me but the cabs were virtually indistinguishable from the side. Skizzer, Ghosty and vulgalour 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 I was sat in a field, at the side of my car, in south Lincolnshire on Sunday.There were many more people, cars and bikes in this field as it was a nice day. Yes I was at Baston car and bike show. Had a lot of nice comments about the old Mercedes and the fact it gets used every week,which was nice.Got chatting to the guy behind me.He has a Toyota Celica gt4 with a massive boot spoiler. Only does about 100 miles a year and had just recommissioned it for the show.He's just spent more on four new brake calipers than I spent on my entire car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 I would guess it was faulty before you started - I have the same camera in the pickup and am pretty pleased with it. I did a lot of fannying with mine, getting the positions right so was tugging the cables about a lot and had no issues at all. I bought it on the recommendation of Techmoan on the youtubes. So far its proven to be much more reliable than the G1Wc it replaced. The only gripe is its boot-up time is pretty long and as the pickup is old-skool diesel it needs glowplugs every start, so it powers up with the ignition and when I start the truck it cuts out then has to power up again. Sometimes it doesnt like this and although switched on, isnt recording.Also bought it from a Techmoan video and yeah, decades of fixing electronics I thought I knew the shear force of a USB plug. It is quite a thick cable on that rear camera though as it does two way data and power. Hoping they send a whole new boxed one as I'll have a go at repairing it, failing that use it as a front only camera as it's slightly better quality than my Transcend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 And I thought my day was ratshit until I saw this lunatic at the side of the road beating the speed camera with his jack handle. Cant really see it in the video, but he was really swinging at it. Rusty_Rocket, richardmorris, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Haha took until I remembered your scameras are just plan grey boxes for that to make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 On the way home from work today I passed a proper tidy looking dark blue Ital van. A reg, on a Norwich plate. Unfortunately didn't have my camera out at the time and traffic precluded a hurried U-turn to chase after it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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