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  1. Yeah apologies, my phone decided to go from 18% to 1% battery in a few seconds when I was on the train. I decided to leave it alone rather than try and use it to post here. The joys of running an old smart phone. I'm home, exactly 100 miles later. My back feels better now than when I got into the car at 5:15, the seats much have some medicinal properties in them or something! I averaged 43.7mpg which is very respectable I think. I certainly didn't go on an economy run, although the A3 was slow when the rain really came down. The car was really sublime, felt very wafty but made good noises when pushed. I was very fortunate not have have to use the hand/footbrake at all on the way home. I wanted some time away from traffic to work out how to use it. It's more the scrambling for the foot pedal to apply it than the hand lever to release it that I'll need to get used to. It all seems very pleasant and works incredibly well. I needed a good work hack in my life again (I really miss my Volvo from two years ago) and this really fits the gap. In all, a great day. Despite the weather. Thanks again to @Stanky, top buyer 42/10 - would by from again, for making the process smooth and for the lift from the station in the new steed.
  2. Clapham Junction achieved: Hot Grindr action: and a musical interlude based in the area: My phone battery is getting a bit poorly, so you’ll be glad to hear updates will be a bit more sparse, Tren 3 achieved: off towards Portsmouth, and as long as I stay awake, I won’t end up there!
  3. A bowl of very boring cereal, too dull even for a photograph, plus my kitchen is an embarrassing bombshell after Boom_Daughter1 tried to make a mango smoothie. The results were predictable, but all fingers intact! Tren 1: achieved, was heavingly busy, forgot what that was like. Quite glad events in my life meant that I gave up with commuting in That London. Now at Denmark Hill (fairly hip bit of south London) awaiting Tren 2. Delightfully shonky bits of wood spacing the cast iron canopy supports from the station wall: Update: Tren 2 achieved. Pleasingly quiet as we rumble into Clapham Junction. I’ve not been on the Overground in years. Route map is hopeless, I don’t mind the lines being rebranded, it was a confusing mishmash of unconnected routes, in my eyes at least.
  4. And as evidence shows, parking would not have been a bastard, ah well. Todays steed will come as no surprise for those of you who watched/partook in a recent roffle. My journey involves going up to That London (or near enough) and then back down again South and West near to the coast. So have two sort-of appropriate tunes: https://youtu.be/dMfb9TRbUJc?si=ZXofCyckj2hw5Y1C
  5. Another collection thread begins: Plop count = 0 Rain = True Childcare arranged = True St Mary Cray, where all my dream journeys begin (except when there engineering works) It’s pissing down, I’m too simple minded for umbrellas and parking is a bastard around here, so I trudged to the station. I am consequently a bit damp, but looking forward to adventure (there and back). For context, I live over here in the gloom, on a hill so steep your ears pop if you drive down it quickly; that’s my finger by the way. Obligatory cheerful- but-piss-wet-and-nervous-bloke photo.
  6. I’ve got two desk calendars left, you can have one (or two!) for £notalot if they suit?
  7. Alas, I have only two desk calendars left which you are welcome to for £notalot.
  8. Chodspeed good sir! It looks like it's going to be a long day for you. Mini?
  9. Alas, it's been dibsed, paid for and posted to another member. Apologies I didn't update the thread last night. I can do a desk calendar for £7.00 if you woud like?
  10. @vulgalour and @RobT. I completely failed to deliver yours at the weekend for which I apologise. I put them both in the post Monday afternoon, so you should see them very soon. I have two desk and one wall calendars left if anyone is interested. Please drop me a PM. On another note, I think this years calendar worked better than last year, the page size is larger so the photos fill the page better. This has one downside, because of the image compression on the site, some of the photos came out a bit lo-res, especially the Saab 900 in December and Juular’s Volvo Amazon in January. If I had more time, I would have asked for higher res photos from the original uploader. I know now for next year.
  11. If in the way that an old man will empty his sack at the end of your bed, then yes.
  12. A slightly shoddy picture of the surprisingly cramped interior of a Saab 9-3 and more importantly of 36 envelopes just before dispatch this evening. We have a very late post collection here (7pm dontcha know). @grogee, @dozeydustman, @juular, @adw1977, @catsinthewelder, @davidfowler2000, @castros_bro, @TrabbieRonnie, @garycox, @bobdisk, @Macscrooge, @Chuck Buckles, @Sunny Jim, @KruJoe, @AnnoyingPentium, @aldo135, @EyesWeldedShut, @Zelandeth, @rml2345, @brownnova, @rob88h, @Wibble, @captain_70s, @I_am_Diesel, @Tommyboy12, @Fat_Pirate, @N19, @Marina door handles, @Spottedlaurel, @quicksilver, @HillmanImp, @95 quid Peugeot, @Matty, @Cookiesouwest, @red5, @chaseracer yours were all in the box above and were dispatched today (Wednesday) 2nd class post, delivery could be from any time Friday onwards. @RobT, @wesacosa, @vulgalour and @garycox's other calendar I will endeavour to hand deliver yours as you are all local to me or my route to work. I'm planning on a route Friday evening unless I get screwed over by traffic @2316cc and @hairnet's UK addressed one will go out tomorrow (Thursday). Sorry, I ran out of lunch hour to pack these last few at work. @MorrisItalSLX I've sent a PM, at last! Sorry that it's taken so long, I had to wait until the calendars were here so that I could weigh them to get a price.
  13. Apologies, i will get to this tonight and will get you a total. Sorry about the delay.
  14. “The Eagle has landed”. Apologies for the potato cam, it’s all a bit cramped at home. No dispatches today (Tuesday). When I rocked up at the printers this evening to collect the order they were still checking the content. I will send as many as I can tomorrow (Wednesday) and I’ll tag you when they are dispatched.
  15. You're welcome, you guys took the photos and voted, all I did is collate it.
  16. That's an incredibly polite dialogue you had with Linda and it's a testament to you. Online messaging can be such a terse form of communication. The most I have ever got out of people on Marketplace is the usual '400' 2nite m8 or '50 quid and a motorbike ashtray, meet outside the Co-op on Mare Street'. Or the inevitable ghosting after you confirm something is available. Lots of words have been typed in the last 24 hours and I make it a policy not to stick my head above the parapet (here and in real life tbh) but if you do get something in the future and need it transported, I'm happy to go and get it for you and bring it to the dead end. I held back on offering as others threw their hat into the ring, but I'm always up for an adventure! Likewise if said vehicle needs light fettling, (track rod ends, an oil change, brake pads, new plugs etc) I'm happy to come up and help. However, when it's a little warmer than last time, eh? 😝 my fingers are still numb from two years ago!
  17. Covers (one for each type of calendar) designed, and all of the photos added. Order sent off to the printers and my tame credit card is ready for a battering when I ring up and pay tomorrow morning. If all goes well, I should be able to collect the calendars on Tuesday, the first batch may go out the same day - I depends how quickly I drive home that evening to catch the post. There will be a PM tomorrow evening to each of you who have expressed an interest with a link to a form which allows me to save addresses etc. Payment by PayPal or bank transfer whichever is easier. Going to bed now, knackered
  18. The results are in, here they are: February: Zelandeth's Renault 25 Interior March: HMC's Rover P4 in Dartmoor April: Vulgalour's Spares Lanchester with hot Maestro and Princess action May is tied between synchronised Vauxhall fettling at the FOD and BX Estate from Rust Collector, the stuff people chuck in hedges... June: Six-cylinder's DS July: AnnoyingPentium's Fabia FTP August, another tie Six-cylinder's Visa and E-Type Brownnova's 2CV twins September: Six-cylinder's BX rebuilding a la Juular October: Barefoot's Scirocco November: Six-cylinder's Volvo 480 December: RetroShite's Saab 900 January: Juular's Amazon
  19. January's voting thred is here:
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