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[HillmanImp]

44 minutes ago, barefoot said:

That reminds me, if anyone ever needs marrying, burying etc. Under the auspices of 'the Church of the barefoot Way', I am legally qualified to do all of that Godlike shit (apart from circumcision), all thanks to a form I completed on the internet way back in the mists of time.

I was updating my address on my drivers license once and changed my title to Reverend thinking they'd never do it without paperwork. Surprisingly they did though. 

Thinking that if I ever got pulled over, I'd probably best have something to back this up, so I got ordained online somewhere just to possibly cover my arse in case I'd done something illegal. That church was quite clear on circumcisions too, its a worry that there might have been a situation that necessitated that. 

A few years later I was at a festival and this couple walk up to me and ask 'Are you a religious person?' 'Oh fuck' thinks me, 'trust the loonies to find me, I'm ripped to the tits, I can't handle a preaching from god club' so I said 'No, not even slightly' but they said 'Would you mind being religious for a few minutes, we'd like to get married', cue me whipping out my driving licence and performing, sadly what was a rather poor ceremony as I was as smashed as the Bishop of Southwark in the back of a Mercedes. However, so were the couple so it probably didn't matter too much. 

I hope they were very happy together. 

[DVee8]

1 hour ago, MarvinsMom said:

good luck with that then, given its blowing a gale and raining here this morning.

We are going to," Beach is Sandsend Whitby "

[barefoot]

Here's an actual film of me churching...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, barefoot said:

That reminds me, if anyone ever needs marrying, burying etc. Under the auspices of 'the Church of the barefoot Way', I am legally qualified to do all of that Godlike shit (apart from circumcision), all thanks to a form I completed on the internet way back in the mists of time.

Are you able to give the Last Rites?

[chaseracer]

1 hour ago, beko1987 said:

Could you marry someone to their car?

 

15 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Are you able to give the Last Rites?

Either could happen at the FoD...

[reb]

The plan for today is to tidy the unit so it's less of a shit tip. Unfortunately it's pissing it down and blowing a gale, so I don't really want to go outside. But I'm pretty sure @Supernautis already on his way in his 205 to help, so alas I actually have to go outside. 

The 205 should help with shifting the shelving from my council lockup thanks to their tardis like boot. It does help that the shelving comes apart into quite small pieces though.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

56 minutes ago, barefoot said:

Here's an actual film of me churching...

 

Rock n Roll Preacher.mov 8.77 MB · 0 downloads

I bet you give a good Mass...

[Split_Pin]

I attended the monthly breakfast meet today with @jaypee. Despite the rain it was actually a grand wee morning.

The Cav was clearly bringing down the average value of the cars across the park.

 

[Fumbler]

Triple A Garage yard scenery. A tumble-down yet active Citroen specialists in Brede, Sussex.

Includes whole AX rear axle. It makes me wonder how hard it would be to convert a BX into a conventionally-sprung vehicle.

Also includes a Traction Avant project and BX/Xantia bits collection.

[Zelandeth]

... Seriously wishing I had more cable to hand and more time right now as I'd really like to just gut the wiring cabinet in the van and start afresh.

May well still do that down the line.

I'd forgotten quite how much nonsense was in there despite the amount of de-bodging I've already done.

The red wires which can be +12VDC, ground or 230VAC line are just special.  At least I have *labelled* most of them now.

Worst is that I'm pretty sure that's factory wiring!

[Fumbler]

2 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

The red wires which can be +12VDC, ground or 230VAC line are just special.  At least I have *labelled* most of them now.

It would be, EU mains wiring colours didn't become a legal requirement until 2004-6.

[TheOtherStu]

I really wanted to go to the Silverstone Social meet this morning - last one of the year, but taking a RWD mid-engined sports car up to Northampton in that just wasn't going to happen.

I did notice something whilst shopping, however.

Whilst buying the Merc, the seller was honest about the advisory for tarnished front brake lines. In fact, so worried was he, that he'd taken it into the garage to get it checked over and they of course assured him it wasn't a major problem. His worry was that he used the car to transport his kids around.

He also mentioned that he'd put a rear tyre on before the MOT as it was low. What he neglected to say was that despite the car already having 2 Michelin Pilots and a nearly-end-of-life Bridgestone, he'd decided to put a right old piece of crap Chinese ditchfinder (I believe "Goodway" is the brand).

What's worse, is that it's on the rear. So he cares about the kids safety with the brakes, but puts some right old shite on the driving wheel 😂

[aldo135]

5 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

I attended the monthly breakfast meet today with @jaypee. Despite the rain it was actually a grand wee morning.

The Cav was clearly bringing down the average value of the cars across the park.

 

I meant to message you in case you took the wee man, we are just out of isolation so decided not to bother this month!

[richardmorris]

Planned to take the 2cv out today, but the rain was horizontal this morning with matching wind, so I’ve not left the house. 

[loserone]

Just now, richardmorris said:

Planned to take the 2cv out today, but the rain was horizontal this morning with matching wind, so I’ve not left the house. 

This was the weather forecast for digging my tractor out of a small pile of stone and sitting on it whilst it was pulled home

I was not as well prepared as my able assistant, but I had freed it out by then, and he was sitting in the car for most of it 😂

[anonymous user]

If you're taking it for a walk be aware that they don't really like Fords and will probably pull towards one snapping at it.

[loserone]

Given the rain we avoided the ford and went the long way home.  Couple of years ago one of the neighbours didn't.

[camryv6]

11 hours ago, barefoot said:

That reminds me, if anyone ever needs marrying, burying etc. Under the auspices of 'the Church of the barefoot Way', I am legally qualified to do all of that Godlike shit (apart from circumcision), all thanks to a form I completed on the internet way back in the mists of time.

Ok i have to ask, why not circumcision ?

[anonymous user]

15 minutes ago, camryv6 said:

Ok i have to ask, why not circumcision ?

He doesn't get to the point quick enough 

[richardmorris]

17 minutes ago, camryv6 said:

Ok i have to ask, why not circumcision ?

Doesn’t want to get his hand dirty.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

19 minutes ago, camryv6 said:

Ok i have to ask, why not circumcision ?

I don't think yer man particularly wants any tips.

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, aldo135 said:

I meant to message you in case you took the wee man, we are just out of isolation so decided not to bother this month!

Hope you are all well again chap.

[Cord Fourteener]

I once tried a circumcision of Penis. 

I'm being told that was actually a circumnavigation of Penistone, is that not the same...?

 

[New POD]

Went for a walk inbetween the rain. Not far from Alton Towers. 

Dimmingsdale. 

Saw the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse too. But didn't take a photo. 

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, loserone said:

This was the weather forecast for digging my tractor out of a small pile of stone and sitting on it whilst it was pulled home

I was not as well prepared as my able assistant, but I had freed it out by then, and he was sitting in the car for most of it 😂

Should there not be a horse involved somewhere in this?

[wuvvum]

Not got much done this weekend as the weather wasn't conducive to fettling, but I did get the rear ABS sensor replaced on the C4 yesterday.  That was more awkward than I was expecting - the sensor is held in with an Allen bolt but the bolt head was so full of mud and crap that the Allen key wouldn't fit - I had to scrape it out with smaller keys and then tap the correct size key in with a hammer.  Then even with the bolt undone the sensor took a lot of wiggling and levering to get out.  The new one went in easily enough though, and once I cleared the codes the ABS and ESP warning lights went out.  So that's two out of three faults fixed - just the front strut top bearings to do now.

I also had a bit of a play with the Volvo to see whether I could work out what's wrong with the charging system.  Thanks to a couple of suggestions on the Ask a Shiter thread, I'm going to try replacing the voltage regulator with a spare one first and, if that doesn't work, re-flashing the alternator to see if that wakes it up.  Given that the alternator is now the only thing that's stopping the car being drivable, at least for shortish distances (new tyres and brake discs will be required before it goes for any long runs), I'm quite keen to get it  sorted.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

10 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Should there not be a horse involved somewhere in this?

The horse was busy elsewhere. 

[barefoot]

It appears that my boss has been reading my posts on here. After a mild fucking reprimand for some of the language I use, it turns out that he thinks naming cars/buses is a great idea. I pointed out that because the fleet are 80% white he couldn't possibly use my system for selecting names. He wasn't bothered in the slightest & has sent out a memo this morning telling folk that instead of referring to them by the last three letters of their number plates, in future we'll be calling them, from left to right; Harmony, Destiny, Symphony, Rhapsody & Melody.

Which could have worked, but co-incidentally that's also the exact same names as my five lovely daughters.

 

Naming cars remains for utter, fucking twats.

 

[mintwth]

@barefootYour boss' cunning plan is for people to get inside, take out and use the fleet?

Best keep your boss away from your daughters. 

[junkyarddog]

For the first time since 2008,this is now fully road legal again.

Just passed it's NCT this morning. 

Chuffed.

Hard to believe it's 30 years old.