barefoot

Or a quarter of an hour earlier. 

Or a quarter of an hour earlier. 

As some of you may have seen in my thread, I spent the last couple of days nipping down to Worcester and as a result REV is now parked on my trailer outside my house in the North East of Scotland. How the hell did that happen? Pull up a chair to the fire, help yourself to a dram, and I will tell you  
Over the years on AS I got to know Dez on here, then on the winter zoom meets during Covid and I have met him once at the FOD. During this time (Dez, you might want to look away here, I will tell you when it is safe to return) I found Dez to be young and enthusiastic, especially about Invercars which it became obvious is his passion, to the extent he can become a pain in the arse about them, but that is Dez (you can look back now). When Dez got the chance to buy REV, I was one of the ones who advised against it due to his physical limitations. He ignored me  and I was wrong. Whilst owning REV has done nothing much for him physically, mentally it is the best thing he could have done. It has given him something to focus on, and I would go as far as to say Dez is now probably the leading authority on these things, and a by product he has become profficient in dealing with DVLA, and he has helped me out several times over the years.
Once Dez had got REV running and completed his chip run, it became obvious REV was far from in good health and fortunately he listened to advice and the true hero of all this @red5 stepped in and offered to sort it. I met Sam today, a true gentleman, and he told me what he had done to REV and believe me it is far more than I could have done! Sam did all this inbetween teaching and having a life and whilst having to wait 5 months for carb bits etc. All that is left is the kingpin on the technical front and a few other jobs which whilst relatively simple will take a great deal of time, which understandably Sam no longer has as life has moved on.
Around Christmas time, Dez became a bit frustrated, after all he passed his driving test 2 years ago and has not driven since. In his usual enthusiastic all in manner he asked about a car he was thinking of buying. A lot of good advice was given, and frankly, a whole heap of nasty comments were made at Dez. I was surprised by some people, and several of the worst offenders have posted on AS how they sometimes struggle with their own mental health yet fealt it was perfectly acceptable to pile in on Dez. I will not name names, nor say anymore on the subject, but  some of the people involved should be ashamed of themselves. Enough of that, at least some good came out of it.
A few days later during a zoom call, Dez MAY have mentioned Invercars once or twice and in discussion agreed with the good advice given that he did not need another car, he just wanted REV back. The piss taking I think annoyed me more than Dez, I am old and realise we need to encourage youngsters into the classic car game if it is going to continue. I told Dez that when I retired at the beginning of March, if it was OK with him and Sam, I would bring it up here and finish it off, probably not to such a high standard but with the quiet roads up here, a few miles could be covered before he got it back in a hope of improving reliability.
Whilst this was being organised, my ace mechanic Duncan, one of only 2 people I trust to work on my Cobra, approached with a problem he was having with a car he has owned since 1982 not showing on DVLA despite him having a V5. I contacted Dez, he said it was because it has been archived and it should be possible to wake it up. Dunc asked if Dez would do it for him, which he readily agreed to. There then followed a long argument between Dunc and Dez over how much it would cost, with Dez refusing payment and Dunc insisting! To cut a long story short (much too late, I know) Dunc is going to sort the Invercar, Dez is going to sort his registration and I have managed to help 2 friends. I think that is worth doing!
Anyway, some more pictures from today:

I cheated and took a third ramp and borrowed* a few students to push it on!

After a MUCH better day I am back home. I will post the full story on @LightBulbFun thread to keep it tidy, which is where any updates will also be posted to save some of searching for the latest.
Sufficient to say it was great to meet @red5 and some of his students. The Disco covered 890 miles in 2 days, towing, and never missed a beat!

Definitely not all the way.

I used to like you, man.
Used to.

I guess the used car market in the London area is a bit better than Scotland. So what about @Supernaut drives Rev down to London and buys a car there. He gets free transport south and you get Rev delivered. Thats's a win win situation for both of you.

Popped into a charity shop this afternoon and witnessed a delightful* lady hurling abuse at one of the poor volunteers
She'd picked up some pathetic item of bric-a-brac from a 4 for £1 bin, it scanned through the till at 50p so presumably it's 50p each or 4 for £1.. makes sense to me
She's not happy that's it's scanned through at 50p
"But it says 4 for £1 on the bin" 
Volunteer - "yes, but you've selected one item so it's 50p" 
"But 4 for £1 is 25p each, so if I'm having one then it should be 25p" 
Volunteer - "it's 50p and that's what it's scanned through at, I can't do anything about it I'm afraid"
"Well this is ridiculous, what difference does it make to you?" 
She storms off to the 4 for £1 bin, selects 3 more items at random and takes them to the till again. 
She quietly, smugly pays her £1 for the 4 items. 
She snatched them away from the counter, storms out, and chucks the 3 items back in the bin.. 
Eh, what the actual fuck? 😂
Firstly who goes into a charity shop and quibbles over 25p, and what sort of batshit crazy logic is that? 😂

Have you tried spunk?

To be honest, haven’t considered that…

Just remember to top up the white paint tank before closing the bonnet, and you'll be grand. 👍

I've not MOT'd my bay window van since it became historic & tax free in 2019.

That'll do nicely.

Blimey

Blimey

I've not MOT'd my bay window van since it became historic & tax free in 2019.

That'll do nicely.

Whilst in principle I agree with you, I can't help thinking that she'd look better with my cock in her mouth.

I've not MOT'd my bay window van since it became historic & tax free in 2019.

That'll do nicely.

Whilst in principle I agree with you, I can't help thinking that she'd look better with my cock in her mouth.

Whilst in principle I agree with you, I can't help thinking that she'd look better with my cock in her mouth.

Whilst in principle I agree with you, I can't help thinking that she'd look better with my cock in her mouth.

Blimey

I've not MOT'd my bay window van since it became historic & tax free in 2019.

That'll do nicely.

I've not MOT'd my bay window van since it became historic & tax free in 2019.

That'll do nicely.

Blimey