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[St.Jude]

Progress on breaking the MG and working on the Lada has been paused again.

Wife went to the hospital on Saturday, and it was a rough few days - so I want to apologise if I was off/a cunt to anyone (specifically @Jazoli), but this lad popped in to the world yesterday afternoon - Tadhg Míchéal. Because why would anyone have a name you can pronounce easily?

He's not home yet, so I don't know if he has taken my car side yet of his mother's hatred of them. Both are well considering, the plug thing on his hand was a precautionary thing.

[High Jetter]

Congrats. Boy with unusal name - of course he's going to love cars!

[LightBulbFun]

24 minutes ago, St.Jude said:

Progress on breaking the MG and working on the Lada has been paused again.

Wife went to the hospital on Saturday, and it was a rough few days - so I want to apologise if I was off/a cunt to anyone (specifically @Jazoli), but this lad popped in to the world yesterday afternoon - Tadhg Míchéal. Because why would anyone have a name you can pronounce easily?

He's not home yet, so I don't know if he has taken my car side yet of his mother's hatred of them. Both are well considering, the plug thing on his hand was a precautionary thing.

Congratulations!  

27 minutes ago, St.Jude said:

Because why would anyone have a name you can pronounce easily?

Ill admit I didn't realise Tadhg was an actual name, I thought it was just part of @Tadhg Tiogar's user name!

[Mrs6C]

32 minutes ago, St.Jude said:

this lad popped in to the world yesterday afternoon

Many congratulations!!!

We will of course expect to see him on the next Zoom call.

[brownnova]

36 minutes ago, St.Jude said:

Progress on breaking the MG and working on the Lada has been paused again.

Wife went to the hospital on Saturday, and it was a rough few days - so I want to apologise if I was off/a cunt to anyone (specifically @Jazoli), but this lad popped in to the world yesterday afternoon - Tadhg Míchéal. Because why would anyone have a name you can pronounce easily?

He's not home yet, so I don't know if he has taken my car side yet of his mother's hatred of them. Both are well considering, the plug thing on his hand was a precautionary thing.

Congrats!!! Fatherhood is truly the best thing in the world!!! 

[Jazoli]

38 minutes ago, St.Jude said:

Progress on breaking the MG and working on the Lada has been paused again.

Wife went to the hospital on Saturday, and it was a rough few days - so I want to apologise if I was off/a cunt to anyone (specifically @Jazoli), but this lad popped in to the world yesterday afternoon - Tadhg Míchéal. Because why would anyone have a name you can pronounce easily?

He's not home yet, so I don't know if he has taken my car side yet of his mother's hatred of them. Both are well considering, the plug thing on his hand was a precautionary thing.

Not to me, life is too short, congratulations

[St.Jude]

49 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

Congratulations!  

Ill admit I didn't realise Tadhg was an actual name, I thought it was just part of @Tadhg Tiogar's user name!

The best thing about the name is that it sounds like it looks.

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, St.Jude said:

Progress on breaking the MG and working on the Lada has been paused again.

Wife went to the hospital on Saturday, and it was a rough few days - so I want to apologise if I was off/a cunt to anyone (specifically @Jazoli), but this lad popped in to the world yesterday afternoon - Tadhg Míchéal. Because why would anyone have a name you can pronounce easily?

He's not home yet, so I don't know if he has taken my car side yet of his mother's hatred of them. Both are well considering, the plug thing on his hand was a precautionary thing.

Llongyfarchiadau

Because I don't know what congratulations is in Irish. 

My wife is a fan of names with 'silent' letters, our Irish neighbours had loads. I admit I like the name Sibhdh but we went for local names that the English family can cope with, Anwen and Gethin.

Anyway all the best to you and your family, fatherhood starts off difficult and gets even more difficulter.

But it's the best. 

[stuboy]

On 12/7/2021 at 12:32 PM, SiC said:

Mandy the Mondeo?

dude be perfect but name of the exwife..!!

[SiC]

3 minutes ago, stuboy said:

dude be perfect but name of the exwife..!!

Macey the Mondeo

[stuboy]

On 12/7/2021 at 12:32 PM, SiC said:

Mandy the Mondeo?

 

On 12/7/2021 at 12:38 PM, High Jetter said:

[manilow]'Oh Mandy, you came, into my life, ...Oh Mandy...'[/manilow] 

 

..and i lost my home of 13 years, and much debt.....

[stuboy]

14 hours ago, Cord Fourteener said:

The rear wiper arm is not is great condition but I've parked it correctly and done it up. Its going well in general. 

normally found wiping the bootlid, and being more seized that the bolts on the stern of the titanic under the atlantic sea..

[stuboy]

On 12/7/2021 at 7:19 PM, barefoot said:

You could call it 'utter fucking twat'.

And then when you turn up for work, nip down to the garage etc. Anyone who knows you will say, 'Oh look, it's the utter fucking twats'.

normally oh looks its stuboy and his noisey rep car, the weigh anchor.... lol

[wuvvum]

Fired up the Charade at lunchtime to run it down to the car park to finish fitting the air horn, and I noticed a distinct puff of blue smoke from the exhaust.  I hope it's not starting to go the same way as the Wobblermobile - although it has done over 100K and I think it's a bit of a TADTS with them.  It cleared after about a minute anyway so hopefully I've still got a while before it starts failing the MOT on emissions.  I might try sticking a treatment in it to see if that helps.  Or give it an oil change with thicker oil.

[EightMegs]

I've decided to substitute a universal steering rack gaiter and a piece of PLA for a Toyota bump stop and I bet the NCT inspector won't notice!

[STUNO]

A farmer got a wee bit overenthusiastic with making his bonfire burn better. The local Fire Brigade was on scene the first time I passed, it is still there today, a couple of weeks later. Now with added fuel.

 

 

 

[STUNO]

And in other news, it's nearly Christmas. Another farmer, nearly across the road from the previous has made everyone who passes smile.

[grogee]

Took the Puma on the school run this morning. I was presented with a choice of 2 (two) working cars to choose from, a rarity in itself. Decided on the Puma mainly because it warms up nice and quickly. 

Now that it doesn't try to asphyxiate me when the car isn't moving, I was struck by how much I like it. I wasn't even going fast - didn't exceed 30mph, yet it was still fun to drive a few miles. 

The heated windscreen novelty still hasn't worn off, either. Just brilliant. 

[juular]

New shoes for the Volvo 240.

Shit's getting real.

[captain_70s]

Should me measure out these parking spaces? 

Nah, just eyeball it. Can't go wrong.

Semi-related. Van's bonnet popped open three times on the M77 this morning despite my best efforts trying to get the latch freed up. Bastards going to get me killed...

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, grogee said:

The heated windscreen novelty still hasn't worn off, either. Just brilliant. 

The Ford heated windscreen is a fantastic invention.  Apart from on the days when you can't unsee the little squiggly lines in the windscreen obvs.

[Cord Fourteener]

My neighbour with the Land Rover that suffered storm damage made the local news!

 

[grogee]

34 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

The Ford heated windscreen is a fantastic invention.  Apart from on the days when you can't unsee the little squiggly lines in the windscreen obvs.

I guess it boils down to whether you are bothered more by squiggly line obstruction or screen scraping. For me, definitely the latter. For those with a garage it's not relevant. 

Maybe it sort of depends on your eyesight - short sighted more likely to be bothered by the filaments than long sighted?

[reb]

I'm away to drop some parts for my old fiesta off with my tame mechanic who is doing MOT prep on it for the new owner. Given he's primarily a Saab man I'm sure he'll have something to say about the 855!

[Split_Pin]

Well fuck.

75 rubber top mounts.

Glad I caught this though, before it went through the bonnet.

The other side isn't as bad but it's on its way.

[Cookiesouwest]

Mrs CSW messaged.

'Someone hit my car, while it was parked outside work', followed by a large number of expletives, including much use of C U Next Tuesday.

Much panic on my part, till she sent a picture. Not entirely sure how anyone managed to do this.

I'm telling myself, it will polish out.

[andyberg]

The autoshite bug treated to some ' Romanian carwash love' in my eyes it looks bloody lovely 

[Dyslexic Viking]

Snow chaos day 4. Got only 30 centimeters with snow last night so snow clearing has gone a little easier today. Have without exaggerating over 1.5 meters of snow on flat ground now and snow piles are higher. Was also contacted by the news who wanted to take an interview about the snow chaos something I declined. Here are some pictures.

 

 

 

[barefoot]

Fuck me that's some snow!

I'm posting more about twats than cars at the mo, because both the Rover & the SCirocco are pissing me off. The VW needed some suspension bits & a mixture fiddle for the MOT, what feels like an eon later, I've finally got it running just how I like it again, but it still pulls to the right. The first specialist tyre place I took it to was staffed by young lads who were all called 'Half a job Bob'. Crap. No point complaining, I took it elsewhere to a bloke with a beard who tells me that there are siezed bolts with specialist washers which he will order. He will call me when they arrive & he promises that all will be sorted. The 75 on the othet hand has a minor coolant leak, the parts have arrived, but they came late & the car missed its repair slot. It will be sorted tomorrow and in theory I should be a happy bunny again in time for xmas.

[Spurious]

It's like the little Fiat Agri has a hat 😁