Datsuncog's Heaps: Sept 2023 - Another Year's T-Met Exemption Certificate...

[Amishtat]

 

2 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Ohhhhh, I WISH!!!

Now I've had a coffee and a fag I realise that if that had been the clue, it'd need to be Swiss cheese not Babybel.. (don't know where that's from) 

So I'll say bugeyed Corolla for maximum reliability and bonus spousal approval 

[Datsuncog]

My chariot doth arrive.

Always nice to get on, only for the driver to then kill the engine, get off and close the doors, then walk away.

I've only been on a few minutes and I'm starting to understand why yappy dogs in parked cars are so yappy.

[Datsuncog]

2 minutes ago, Amishtat said:

it'd need to be Swiss cheese not Babybel.. (don't know where that's from) 

It's from Sainsburys.

/unhelpful/

 

4 minutes ago, Amishtat said:

So I'll say bugeyed Corolla for maximum reliability and bonus spousal approval

Oooh... it's true that MrsDC has a peculiar hankering for a bugeye Corolla, which I'm only too happy to encourage... but not today. Not today.

[Datsuncog]

Moving.

Not very far, it has to be said.

[bunglebus]

[GrumpiusMaximus]

1999 Skoda Octavia with the radio stuck to Magic FM.  Like my college mate Pete drove when he was 17 because he was actually a depressed 40-year-old.

[Tickman]

Good progress so far.

 

[Datsuncog]

Stage 3 complete... now for Stage 4.

I don't actually need to fly, I just enjoy paying £1.99 for a Snickers.

Seems all the airport's faux-artisanal eateries don't open at the weekend.

Meh.

[Datsuncog]

36 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I really wanted an Accord estate a while ago - but then my brother in law got one and it was a total disaster.

I helped him flog the remains on Gumtree; they're a rare sight these days.

So - no, not this, but getting warmer...

[mk2_craig]

Bike train bus plane. Is there a ferry in the equation at some stage?

[artdjones]

Datsuncog, later today.

[Datsuncog]

9 minutes ago, mk2_craig said:

Bike train bus plane. Is there a ferry in the equation at some stage?

Naah, but I've got four empty oil drums, some twine, and a paddle.

It'll be fine...

[Datsuncog]

Second breakfast.

The only place selling coffee in the entire building; and, having taken a sip, I'm afraid I'm having to use that descriptor in the loosest possible terms.

At a guess, I'd say the pain au raisin was baked sometime in February...

[Cookiesouwest]

 

?????

[Shite Ron]

I am guessing the name lit up on the Bus is not a clue? I would be very impressed if it was a Lotus.

[Datsuncog]

On 11/6/2021 at 8:52 AM, Cookiesouwest said:

?????

Wrong badge, but not a billion miles away...

[Datsuncog]

1 minute ago, Shite Ron said:

I am guessing the name lit up on the Bus is not a clue? I would be very impressed if it was a Lotus.

Heh, not a Lotus either! Though that would be a leftfield choice...

[Split_Pin]

6 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

pain raisin

I feel it.

Have a safe trip chap!

[bunglebus]

8 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

The only place selling coffee in the entire building; and, having taken a sip, I'm afraid I'm having to use that descriptor in the loosest possible terms.

At a guess, I'd say the pain au raisin was baked sometime in February...

And they got rid of the breasticles from the logo

[Datsuncog]

Well, it's a veritable AS tombola... where oh where in these sceptred isles is our reluctant hero heading?

Got a fair while to wait yet, so continued to explore the airport. Haven't been here for a few years either.

Another closed eaterie provided a degree of nostalgia rush...

But of course, there's no diecast tat to be found here.

 

 

OR IS THERE??

[Datsuncog]

Oops. Boarding now.

Catch you on the flip side, cats and kittens.

[bunglebus]

25 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Ooh a Diplomat. Are you buying an Opel/Vauxhall? 

[mintwth]

What could be more environmentally friendly than flying to COP and picking up some chod to reuse? 

[beko1987]

Don't forget to check it for rust, whatever it is! 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

 Stage 2 commencing...

....

I feel a song coming on:

 

[catsinthewelder]

I'm going to guess it's a diecast that delivery which makes me think he's buying something from Eddy Ramrod.

That boat Tintin was using would probably be quicker to get across to his From NI than Northern trains though.

[UltraWomble]

beacuse...

[Datsuncog]

Flight was short, as expected, but quite nice above the clouds...

Plus, bonus third breakfast.

Is salt and pepper on chocolate chip cookies some sort of Scottish thing?

Weather on arrival... Not quite tropical.

Ah well.

Stage 4 complete!

[Datsuncog]

On 11/6/2021 at 9:38 AM, bunglebus said:

Ooh a Diplomat. Are you buying an Opel/Vauxhall? 

Nothing from The General's stable, no... though the V6 Vectra B estate that was roffled recently did cause a bit of want, it's true!

On 11/6/2021 at 9:40 AM, mintwth said:

What could be more environmentally friendly than flying to COP and picking up some chod to reuse? 

Well, indeed...

By way of a clue:

So very much* environmentally friendly.

On 11/6/2021 at 9:59 AM, beko1987 said:

Don't forget to check it for rust, whatever it is! 

Nonsense old boy, rust is a myth!

On 11/6/2021 at 10:10 AM, catsinthewelder said:

I'm going to guess it's a diecast that delivery which makes me think he's buying something from Eddy Ramrod.

That boat Tintin was using would probably be quicker to get across to his From NI than Northern trains though.

There is a tangential diecast delivery mooted, but it's not from @eddyramrod - not this time, anyway!

On 11/6/2021 at 10:29 AM, UltraWomble said:

beacuse...

Ohhhh, I'd rock a Honda Crossroad! 

Not sure how well it'd take to salty Norn Iron roads, mind...

[Datsuncog]

Stage Five begins with Hitch The First.

To avoid carrying large sums of cash in laughable Norn Iron not-real toytown banknotes, I'd elected to withdraw the purchase price upon arrival.

Here's hoping it's a localised issue...

But! On with Stage 5.

Any guesses yet?