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Bradders59

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  1. Personally I love it. It sounds gruesome but its actually pretty cushy. 5pm to 8am Mon - fri. 7.30 to 7.30 (either nights or days) at weekends. Unofficially we arent expected to stay awake doing those kind of hours, and arent actually expected to do much at all apart from keep an eye on things from time to time. I often do five nights in a row (mon - fri) so 75 hours, and then have a week off after. I did 13 in a row once, had three days off and then did another five. That was way too much and I wasnt really safe to drive to and from work, so wont ever do it again. Ive been doing it for just over 15 years, and hope to keep doing it for another five and a half years until Im 70.
  2. I should add that, as always, Im sure the wife will also have some ideas for at least some of my time.
  3. Finished a run of nights at 8am this morning. Not back in work until 5pm Friday. Hoping the weather stays dry and I can start working through the list of jobs on my cars.
  4. Join the Vegatableoildiesel forum. There is a wealth of knowledge & experience there. My setup was simple Kitchen sieve on top of a 25 micron bag filter. then through a 10 micron, then 5 micron bag filter. Had to keep it simple as it was stored in the boot of the car and filtering done in an outbuilding at work. I never found oil from any Chinese restaurant worth the bother. Always far to much fat in it to be worthwhile. Indian restaurants usually much better, and curry smelling exhaust was a hoot at traffic lights.
  5. He was also ABBA,s drummer if my memory serves.
  6. I bought a red 1.6 gti off my mother in law 20 years ago for £75. Spend £300 on it and sold it for £750. I was well pleased with the result at the time. Like many other cars & bikes Ive owned, I wish Id had somewhere to store it for a couple of decades before selling it, but such is life.
  7. Are you sure the problem is electrical ? Not fuel system related for example. Whatever it is its worth being patient with. I still miss my 190D five years after getting rid of it. There really is something about them that cant be found in a modern car.
  8. Insured the Omega with Carol Nash last year for£145. Renewal this year was £260 ! spent a few hours on comparison and cashback sites and ended up with AA via Topcashback for £170 with £25 cashback to come, so basically, same cost as last year.
  9. I would actually have liked to have seen that. Just need keep the remote handy for when McGuiness open his gob. If my memory serves though, the original presenters were Noel Edmunds and Angela Rippon.
  10. It was never the same after William Woolard went.
  11. So very sorry to hear that Pieman. Sorry, but dont really know what else to say. Condolences to yourself and her family.
  12. He has never been one to let facts get in the way of the point he wants to make. Either in his comedy, or " serious" programmes. If Warren Mitchell was still alive he would probably sue him for plagiarism of the " ironic , working class bigot" character.
  13. Thanks. She has ongoing issues which get bad enough for hospital treatment sometimes. Could possibly have been ok with a visit to GP this time, but they seem to do anything to avoid having a patient in front of them at our local surgery.
  14. Spending my birthday doing a 12 hour shift. Doesnt really matter in the grand scheme of things as the wife hasnt been at all well (spent 7 hours at A&E with her yesterday) so she understandably hasnt even been able to buy a birthday card. Not bothered as her health is of course far more important. Cheered up though when my mate from Norn Irn sent me a big box of Tayto cheese & onion and then found inside it a framed photo of me in my Chevette HS from 1979. Didnt even know he still had the photo.
  15. And to think I sold a lovely low mileage 205 GTi for £750, 20 years ago. I also sold my Chevette HS in 1982 for £2300. No wonder Im perpetually skint. 😄
  16. yeah dont bother. Its a load of shit produced by 7 year olds. Looked good on paper, but its the worst attempt at a motoring programme Ive ever seen.
  17. Not all about the 90,s apparently. Also featuring Ian Wrights 1979 Viva !
  18. Talking about and driving cars from the 90,s From a Renault Espace to Ford Cosworth Sierra to Vauxhall Lotus Carlton. Should be interesting.
  19. Early Boxsters. Need to be in nice condition though. Not a bit scruffy like mine. V6 engined Omegas seem to be on the rise and will probably follow the Senator / Carlton in that regard. Unlikely that my 200,000 mile example will be a good pension pot though. Mercedes 190,s are on the up (even clean basic versions) and will probably only keep going up.
  20. But - its - LARNE !! 🤐😟🤣 Good luck with the MOT. Hope your time in Larne is very short. I know the test is a different thing over here, but my MOT man would have nipped it up for me and said no more about it.
  21. He also has an MGB, Morris Minor, Triumph Tiger Cub, really old Honda C50, and several mechanical contraptions - static engines, pumps and the like, that will probably be for sale soon. One of the old engine contraptions is a two stroke diesel. Something I had never seen before. Knows exactly what they are worth though and will probably ask for 10 % more,
  22. Cambelt job done a few months ago. He is selling because he is well in his 70,s now and starting to dispose of his many assets as his wife and two sons arent in great health, and he doesnt want to leave them the job of doing it if he has a sudden massive heart attack or similar. I suggested bequeathing it to a local enthusiast, but he just laughed. No harm in trying though. Dont ask, dont get. 😆
  23. Cant sell a kidney as the left one hasnt worked since 1976. Just wondering if there is a market for a lung and how much they go for. A mate is selling his Testarossa with 11000 miles on the clock. Never seen rain etc. Asking price is £115,000 I believe, which coincidentally is almost exactly 100 times more than I have in my savings account. 😃
  24. Brings back memories from doing some of that route* with about 20 other bikes in the summer of 76. Of course one eejit would always give it the beans just before the ramp on the ferry was fully down and get a bit of a wheelie off the end. * Dundonald > Ards > Portaferry > Strangford > Comber > Dundonald. Those were the days.
  25. Ove the last 15 years or so, I have had a few alternators give trouble. Every time I order a regulator from this place and been back on the road for around £20. Could be something else of course, but usually regulator and for £20 worth a go in my opinion. Come back ⚡ (rotatingelectrics.co.uk)
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