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[Tadhg Tiogar]

Apparently the new Valeo alternator has been fitted to the CX at Garage Dubois-Loizou. The long-suffering Monsieur Loizou did the work outdoors and was comprehensively rained upon for his pains.

Once fitted, he turned the key, only for the starter motor to shrug with indifference at the suggestion that it might start the engine.  I can't wait to see what happens next. 

[Supernaut]

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Apparently the new Valeo alternator has been fitted to the CX at Garage Dubois-Loizou. The long-suffering Monsieur Loizou did the work outdoors and was comprehensively rained upon for his pains.

Once fitted, he turned the key, only for the starter motor to shrug with indifference at the suggestion that it might start the engine.  I can't wait to see the size of the bill.

FTFY

[Tadhg Tiogar]

6 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

FTFY

Believe me,  it will be a substantial bill, much of it for laundry.....

[davehedgehog31]

It's a beautiful morning and I'm away to look at a caur. 

 

[Alan_Green]

That's interesting. So the Springburn sign has the gaelic version below?  Do people like that? It seems odd to me. Springburn is about as far from gaelic culture as you could get (and I was born in Springburn BTW). Does this kind of celtification anger loyalist types? 

[Vince70]

18 hours ago, egg said:

ebay are offering 10% on quite a lot of items (minimum spend £50). Might be worth it if you are watching a big ticket item that you need!

Thanks I’ve just bought a nice new imac for £50 and the code has taken it down to £45 and also I went through Quidco so any cheaper and I think it would of been given away.

[wuvvum]

Off on a collection mission - sadly nowhere near as exciting as the SVM's shenanigans last night, and hopefully nowhere near as eventful.  Just boarded train 1 of 4 (not including the Choob) - there is actually a direct train from Norwich which would deposit me 500 yards from the seller's house, but it's significantly more expensive and only marginally quicker, so I'm doing it the hard way. 

Apparently today is the first day in service for Greater Anglia's fancy new diesel trains on the Cambridge line, but the London service is still the good old Class 90 and slam door coaches. 

[wuvvum]

It appears that there is a football occurring today - this train is quite noisy. 

[hairnet]

On 9/24/2019 at 10:23 PM, RobT said:

I've been road tripping too, as last week was holiday time and we went to...

Going over the Oresund Bridge and then spending time looking at it was a highlight.

 

 

It may look like Lincolnshire, but no it's rural Skane, about 15 miles from Ystad.  From what I've seen Sweden is pleasant, clean and civilised.  Lund in particular had a nice feel about it.  Will definitely go again.

done similar

used the ferry instead as it was cheaper

will do it one day tho 

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, Alan_Green said:

That's interesting. So the Springburn sign has the gaelic version below?  Do people like that? It seems odd to me. Springburn is about as far from gaelic culture as you could get (and I was born in Springburn BTW). Does this kind of celtification anger loyalist types? 

I think it just confuses everybody in Scotland because it's an ugly language spoken by no-one who lives there (ok, a few). 

Road signs appear in 2 languages once you enter Highland Region(TM) and northwards. If it's a multiple-exit roundabout, the sign can look a bit busy.

[clayts450]

Quick trip over to Rimmers this morning (to swerve their postage and to give one of the fleet a runout).

All going swimmingly well in the 'onda until just outside Lincoln where there was a sound like a stone being chucked out of the nsf wheelarch followed by a repetitive clunk. Pulled over - no flames or owt, so did the last few miles at granny speed. Pulled into Rimmers, reversed, big clunk. Knocking noise gone. Shrugged shoulders and drove home after picking up my goody bag.

Will pull the wheel off later, but I suspect something caliper related, as there is an interesting* noise when braking now.

[shedenvy]

Can you see it?

Only a bloody Lancia Stratos. Weapons grade shite.

A120 near Colchester.

[richardmorris]

7 minutes ago, shedenvy said:

Can you see it?

Only a bloody Lancia Stratos. Weapons grade shite.

A120 near Colchester.

I wonder if he knows auto Italia at Stanford hall this weekend is cancelled?

[wuvvum]

I'm going to miss these old heaps when they're gone. 

Heading underground now. 

[davehedgehog31]

3 hours ago, davehedgehog31 said:

It's a beautiful morning and I'm away to look at a caur. 

 

It's a beautiful early efternoon and I've bought a caur. 

Rendezvous with 320T for shlep to East Kilbride. 

The sights of EK (archishite thread fur this pish) 

New steed. 1.9 TDI, long MOT and low miles. Drives nice. Usual scabbiness but seems solid in right places. 

Mild haggling based on a clunky engine or gearbox mount. Had 3/4 of a tank of fuel so what was I meant to do? 

[davehedgehog31]

3 hours ago, Alan_Green said:

That's interesting. So the Springburn sign has the gaelic version below?  Do people like that? It seems odd to me. Springburn is about as far from gaelic culture as you could get (and I was born in Springburn BTW). Does this kind of celtification anger loyalist types? 

I think it's "birthday caird pish" personally. No practical reason for it, don't think there's many gaelic speakers anywhere other than the North West and even they all speak English nowadays... 

Not heard of it angering any of the flute band types, but Grass being green angers them so we never can be sure. 

[RobT]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

done similar

used the ferry instead as it was cheaper

will do it one day tho 

I bought a tag, which made it half price and can also be used on the Great Belt bridge.  The latter was full price, but two crossings on each totalled £98.

I did consider getting the ferry, but was enjoying the drive so went the long, more expensive way!

[somewhatfoolish]

12 minutes ago, davehedgehog31 said:

I think it's "birthday caird pish" personally. No practical reason for it, don't think there's many gaelic speakers anywhere other than the North West and even they all speak English nowadays... 

Not heard of it angering any of the flute band types, but Grass being green angers them so we never can be sure. 

Both 'teams' have flute bands these days, presumably otherwise unobservant catholics felt left out and desired a 'tackety boots and tabards' franchise to call their own. GCC told them not to march recently because of policing issues and the papers were full of blowhard bullshit about 'rights', no mention of responsibilities though. Quite why they want to block up roads and make a nuisance of themselves is unclear when Glasgow is well equipped with spacious and pleasant parks they could do their drumming, tootling and marching in and leave everyone else in peace. Given churches of most flavours increasingly have tumbleweed blowing through them the whole thing baffles me.

[wuvvum]

Now on a Pendoleano - poor man's APT.  Heading northish. 

[Spurious]

Both 'teams' have flute bands these days, presumably otherwise unobservant catholics felt left out and desired a 'tackety boots and tabards' franchise to call their own. GCC told them not to march recently because of policing issues and the papers were full of blowhard bullshit about 'rights', no mention of responsibilities though. Quite why they want to block up roads and make a nuisance of themselves is unclear when Glasgow is well equipped with spacious and pleasant parks they could do their drumming, tootling and marching in and leave everyone else in peace. Given churches of most flavours increasingly have tumbleweed blowing through them the whole thing baffles me.

Much like Norn Iron and the marching season over there, I suspect much of it is about about identify and the perceived threat and dilution of their identify. Hence the orange order continue to march in silly hats and cry about dead kings and battles long gone.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

32 minutes ago, Spurious said:

Much like Norn Iron and the marching season over there, I suspect much of it is about about identify and the perceived threat and dilution of their identify. Hence the orange order continue to march in silly hats and cry about dead kings and battles long gone.
 

....and set things on fire.

[richardmorris]

 

35 minutes ago, Spurious said:

Much like Norn Iron and the marching season over there, I suspect much of it is about about identify and the perceived threat and dilution of their identify. Hence the orange order continue to march in silly hats and cry about dead kings and battles long gone.
 

All signs in wales are welsh first, which is fine, but by the time you’ve noticed the roadworks board you’ve passed by and don’t know what it said. I read, spoke and wrote welsh in school but can recall very little. In Wrexham there are more native polish speakers than welsh.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

[wuvvum]

Bye Pendolino. 

I am now North.  It is raining. 

[wuvvum]

Actual APT sort of spotted. 

[wuvvum]

Now in the land of people with black curly hair and an approximate approach to the concept of personal property.  Last train of the day has been cancelled, fortunately the next one is only 23 minutes later. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

9 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Now in the land of people with black curly hair and an approximate approach to the concept of personal property.  Last train of the day has been cancelled, fortunately the next one is only 23 minutes later. 

A a a a cah'm down

[wuvvum]

Yay!  It's one of these shitheaps.  ?

[wuvvum]

I love how the transmission locks up at slightly different speeds on each carriage. 

[Spurious]

Yay!  It's one of these shitheaps.  

God I hate Northern and Pacers.

I'm normally a bit sentimental with trains but this railbus can not quick enough be driven into a scrapyard.