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I won't get bored of saying it if you won't get bored of writing it up: great work.

When I banana-ed my T-series head due to water pump fail, the face was skimmed flat, but the valve guides were as crossed eyed as a wheezing pug. Didn't know this until I refitted it post-skim and had shite compression on the middle two cylinders

EDIT: will freely admit the picture wasn't as smooth or rich as the plasma, but it did only take me a week or so to get used to it.

I used to have a fabulous Panasonic plasma - weighed 3 metric fucktonnes and heated the living room. I managed to get a good deal on a Samsung QLED (their 'better than LED but not quite OLED' offering) last year after working out that once I'd taken up their £150 cashback for my old TV, 12 months 0% finance, and a banging offer through my Perks at Work, the TV would pay for itself in under three years of energy bill savings.

Between this and the 240, @juular maintains two of the finest threads on AS at the moment.

I've known people to just roughly cut a gasket out of some 3mm ish neoprene sheeting.

That's a beautiful photo. Exactly the kind of thing you and your family will take the time to remember today.

If this was just a bit of a summer fling for a road car, I'd be just doing the fronts and driving around the rest. But because you're planning on track days (the same reason I got my 'now too nice to track day' R53) I'd be looking at the doing the refresh you've got planned out. Apart from anything else, the cost of parts is dwarfed by the expense of recovering a car from the Armco because you a clipped a kerb and some ancient rubber wiggled itself free. Same goes for rattling chains...

Great to see you back updating Phil, hope all has been well

Top quality thread - you're making serious progress and dealing with some migraine-inducing issues with mega grace.

My desk chair is getting more comfortable just looking at that waftobarge. Love it.

https://allevents.in/lytham st annes/lytham-car-show-2024-sponsored-by-auto-expert-lytham/200026217876755 WHEN IS IT? Fathers Day, Sunday 16th June 2024 - 9am-4pm WHERE IS IT? Lytham Green - Opposite the Clifton Arms Hotel. FY8 5QJ I've been the last couple of years and enjoyed the mix - supercars to keep a 9 year old happy, and plenty of BL tat for me, mixed in with some Max Power Focii, and some random JDM. Usually a 300/400 cars on show (the website says 600 which seems mad) Free entry too, but they do suggest a donation to the cancer charity it's run on behalf of - to which I say 'fair enough' and donate generously.

Great work on the pass, lovely car

The YouTube youth swear by dry-ice blasting. I'm not sure of its merits beyond "dicking around with cool equipment" but there you go.

As an aside, I occasionally get duplicate pages showing - the final two pages of a thread are identical. Assuming it's some kind of database/reconciliation issue? (I know nothing about websites). I thought I was imagining it for a while so didn't say anything, but it's definitely happened a few times now, most recently on the New24 thread.

Yeah, they're not exactly hiding it, but also choosing the wording as carefully as they can to mean you can miss the second stage is the option of donating to the hosting site, rather than the charity. Like 'chipping in' on that fucking petition site.

The best kind of sex

Me, 8 years ago EDIT: seemingly when punctuation characters were being given out as loss leaders

Three HG replacements is getting close to @DavidB "change the gearbox on a Smart car three times" levels of rage. Good fucking luck, man

Might be barking up the wrong tree, but I think @gm had a bit of experiment with LED lights on the Exo.

Great work, really looking forward to seeing up and running

Baffling attitude - but horses for courses innit? I'm not going to take a job in a place that treats an interview as a deliberately hostile encounter. And the times when I'm sat on the other side of the table, I'm hoping that every candidate I interview gives the best possible account of themselves. If they employ successful strategies to get there, gives me the information I need and gives a good account of themselves, what's the issue? If they sit there reading drone-like and not engaging with the panel, they've not used their preparation appropriately. If they bluster in, give vague, unstructured answers and replace competence with confidence, I'll come to the same conclusion.

I turn up to every interview, in person or online, with a (professional, smart looking) notepad in which I've written out 10-12 examples of Things Wot I've Done, laid out in bullet points, one scenario per page. Each page is headed with at least 3 cues (eg 'time management' or 'resolving conflict') it could be relevant to. When I'm asked the 'could you give me an example of a time when you've managed a challenging situation?' I then explain that I'm just going to see which of these examples best fits the question and then answer. When I'm done flicking through, I always ask them to repeat the question before giving my anecdote. Interviews aren't a memory test, they're an opportunity to demonstrate you have the skills they need and I would never have an issue with someone giving themselves the best chance of giving a good answer. Twenty years of reasonably senior public sector roles (including NHS) and the only feedback I've ever had about the notepad from interview panels was "that's a really nice idea".

Jesus Christ that's some lucky outcome.

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