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[andy18s]

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

 

One of my colleagues took herself and her family up to Blackpool a few weeks ago for a week's break. This was the first time they had ever visited the place (usually they jet off to exotic places), so I gave them a potted history of the town and its purpose as the place for a good old-fashioned working-class holiday, i.e. don't expect too much.

They apparently had a whale of a time, and she is making plans to go back there!!!

The only I know who stay in Blackpool do so they fancy a change from Prestatyn 

[Mally]

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

 

One of my colleagues took herself and her family up to Blackpool a few weeks ago for a week's break. This was the first time they had ever visited the place (usually they jet off to exotic places), so I gave them a potted history of the town and its purpose as the place for a good old-fashioned working-class holiday, i.e. don't expect too much.

They apparently had a whale of a time, and she is making plans to go back there!!!

I spend the odd weekend there, have done for 65 years or more.

Mainly working class as you say. Very run down in places. Prom is nice now on a sunny day.

They often have to move a new Jag or Range Rover to let me off the car park though.

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

13 minutes ago, andy18s said:

The only I know who stay in Blackpool do so they fancy a change from Prestatyn 

.....which itself is a slight improvement* on Rhyl.

[egg]

2 hours ago, MondeoBlues said:

The Mondeo's gone to the great scrap yard in the sky. 

Damn, sad times.

[MikeR]

A road captain in his distinctive little  brown Fiat Panda thingy on a 55 plate  ......

as I am passing some parked cars , zooms around a junction and up to the front of my car , waving and pointing at me to "get on my side"

as I said "distinctive little  brown Fiat Panda thingy on a 55 plate"  that I recognised ...

   who has just shit on his own door step ....... 

I mean who takes exception to this ... must be a Formby driver ...

[DodgyBastard]

Just bought this old shitter in Stockton...

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[SRi05]

That looks awesome, love the wheels! 

[skattrd]

That looks a bit posher than your usual Mr_Dodgy

[brownnova]

Ooof fantastic buyage! 

[egg]

Well done! Looks like it runs. Unlike ours...

[EssDeeWon]

A friend has just saved this old girl after 30 years laid up since 1989, hoping it hasn’t seized. Bidding went into 4 figures to see off the hotrod crew though.. it’s in very good hands

[brownnova]

Yugo news: Collection day is Sunday! 

 

Can’t wait!! 

[chancer]

1 hour ago, DodgyBastard said:

Just bought this old shitter in Stockton...

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Ooft! I was just thinking last night how id love to rock a senator for a bit. Calling dibs

[SiC]

4 hours ago, 17-Coffees said:

What is this?

This is by far the most fancy motorway services I’ve been to! (Farmhouse, near Gloucester), Not the overpriced WHS and dodgy food court I’m used to...

It's the same company as Tebay services

[Yoss]

I used to leave the bird seed on a shelf in the garage but something was getting at it. I don't know what, I've never seen anything or any droppings, though the garage is hardly airtight. So I moved the birdseed to the top of the garage wall, well over six feet up and guess what? 

 

And for context. It's on top of that brick post. 

The car is covered in discarded seed shells. 

I still don't know what it is but I'm starting to admire its perseverance and am thinking I should just leave some seeds out for it. It doesn't like fat balls though. 

[richardmorris]

5 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

.....which itself is a slight improvement* on Rhyl.

Prestatyn used to have the bigger drug problem, these days the whole of north wales is blighted. My parents do “feeding the roofless” in Wrexham, which Is a church organised weekly food bank for the homeless ( they have to be listed on the local shelters and referred). 38 this last weekend, and several were zombies on spice.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Yoss said:

I used to leave the bird seed on a shelf in the garage but something was getting at it. I don't know what, I've never seen anything or any droppings, though the garage is hardly airtight. So I moved the birdseed to the top of the garage wall, well over six feet up and guess what? 

 

And for context. It's on top of that brick post. 

The car is covered in discarded seed shells. 

I still don't know what it is but I'm starting to admire its perseverance and am thinking I should just leave some seeds out for it. It doesn't like fat balls though. 

Any droppings? I’m thinking mice. Rats would be a bigger mess.

[vulgalour]

If you want to stop it, you need to put the seeds in an old biscuit tin or similar.  Most rodents won't bother gnawing through a tin but will go through wooden or plastic containers.  The plastic bag and being up high is no obstacle at all, your lovely rack of tools is a perfect rodent ladder.  I'd vote mice too, they don't always leave droppings where they collect and eat the food.  For the sake of your car's wiring and interior, I'd be moving the seeds elsewhere completely.

[Yoss]

You have a good point. I should check behind the back seat of the car, I had them there in old car of mine when I had a council lock up. Maybe they're coming for a ride with me every time I go out. I'll have to investigate further. 

[egg]

I keep the bird seed indoors, it has proved to be the only solution.

[Split_Pin]

3 hours ago, EssDeeWon said:

A friend has just saved this old girl after 30 years laid up since 1989, hoping it hasn’t seized. Bidding went into 4 figures to see off the hotrod crew though.. it’s in very good hands

That is an absolute beauty. It's identical to my parent's neighbours example JSX88T which he had in the 1980s, which I always admired as a kid.

[EssDeeWon]

Atlantis blue, same as my dads 2600 that he had in the 80's

[brownnova]

8 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

.....which itself is a slight improvement* on Rhyl.

As the closest shiter to these locations (only 7 miles from Prestatyn)  and someone who spends their working day in Prestatyn every day I concur. Rhyl is worse.

[Heidel_Kakao]

Watching the above video and @dollywobbler makes an appearance at 6:56 demonstrating 2CV body roll.

[reb]

One of my managers got clocked at 80 in a 30 last night. Then when he saw blue lights behind him decided the thing to do was put his foot down on his brand new 1.4 Corsa. It took an impressive amount of distance for them to catch him so I can only assume they weren't really trying very hard. He's been driving for exactly two years and a day, I suspect possibly not for much longer. By the time I'd been driving that long I'd settled comfortably into Volvo ownership, none of this evading police nonsense.

I wanted to put this in the grin thread, but it felt a bit cruel even though 80 in a 30 is the sort of thing that absolutely deserves removal of driving rights.

[Spurious]

One of my managers got clocked at 80 in a 30 last night. Then when he saw blue lights behind him decided the thing to do was put his foot down on his brand new 1.4 Corsa. It took an impressive amount of distance for them to catch him so I can only assume they weren't really trying very hard. He's been driving for exactly two years and a day, I suspect possibly not for much longer. By the time I'd been driving that long I'd settled comfortably into Volvo ownership, none of this evading police nonsense.
I wanted to put this in the grin thread, but it felt a bit cruel even though 80 in a 30 is the sort of thing that absolutely deserves removal of driving rights.

Eh yea that's pushing it a bit.

I wouldn't be doing that even as a Paramedic on blue lights, that's well out of my comfort zone. And daft.

I wonder if that would cross the threshold for dangerous driving; driving far below the standards of a reasonably competent driver...

[reb]

44 minutes ago, Spurious said:

Eh yea that's pushing it a bit.

I wouldn't be doing that even as a Paramedic on blue lights, that's well out of my comfort zone. And daft.

I wonder if that would cross the threshold for dangerous driving; driving far below the standards of a reasonably competent driver...

Going by the second hand information I got last night, it's very likely he'll be getting done for dangerous driving. If he comes out of the other side of this with a licence I'll be very surprised.

When he first passed his test he had a habit of sitting about a foot off the back of me when we were leaving town after a shift because he thought it was funny. I thought he'd got better since then, but obviously not. He's meant to be working tonight, I wonder how he's going to get in...

[richardmorris]

 Behold the magnificence of the fleet this morning. the xm started with the “ stop! Low coolant” false alarm first thing, so I took the connector off and gave it a scrape and it’s been fine since. The rest of the day 8.30 am until now, has been in front of a computer inputting six months income and expenditure into quickbooks. Press a button to calculate the quarterly vat repayment and amazingly it almost tallies with my excel spreadsheet!

[SiC]

1 hour ago, reb said:

Going by the second hand information I got last night, it's very likely he'll be getting done for dangerous driving. If he comes out of the other side of this with a licence I'll be very surprised.

When he first passed his test he had a habit of sitting about a foot off the back of me when we were leaving town after a shift because he thought it was funny. I thought he'd got better since then, but obviously not. He's meant to be working tonight, I wonder how he's going to get in...

I wouldn't be surprised if he came out the other side with his freedom too. Or at least a suspended sentence. 

[Bren]

I have arranged to have the valve stem oil seals replaced on the 545. Even though it is a very good price I am lubing up now.