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[richardmorris]

Lovely weather this morning, so went for a walk after going into work. Interesting little tug.

[Boycie]

May weekend , tourists are officially here at work and I'm already bored of Americans asking me stupid questions

However on the plus side I've £500 ( tax free ) coming to me for my 25 years service ..... I've also got a large chocolate cake from fellow staff members ......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Boycie]

On 30/04/2024 at 20:24, Dyslexic Viking said:

Yes, they were in the bedroom sleeping when this happened. The driver was also uninjured.

Not surprisingly, the driver is suspected of driving under the influence.

If that my gaff he would suffering the influence of having my size 8 boot right up his back passage ...

[Dyslexic Viking]

1 minute ago, Boycie said:

If that my gaff he would suffering the influence of having my size 8 boot right up his back passage ...

Unfortunately in Norway, that would have led to prison for you.

Better to look at it as free house renovation. And since he was driving under the influence, he will most likely have to pay for everything, which will not be cheap.

[vulgalour]

May is the quietest month of the year for me with work so I've been putting my spare time to use applying for whatever jobs I can find that my skills transfer to.  So far I've only had one response and that was a rejection letter, I'd forgotten just how much of a grind job applications can be.

It's not great being asked "oh, so are you giving up on the artwork then?" because I'm not giving up, I'm being pragmatic.  I don't especially want a different job but I do want a better and more regular paycheck.  The boom-bust cycle of freelance work is pretty exhausting.  I've also got to get myself motivated to make use of the lovely weather and weld up the little rust holes I found on the Princess today before they become big rust holes, I just don't wanna.

[beko1987]

29 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

May is the quietest month of the year for me with work so I've been putting my spare time to use applying for whatever jobs I can find that my skills transfer to.  So far I've only had one response and that was a rejection letter, I'd forgotten just how much of a grind job applications can be.

It's not great being asked "oh, so are you giving up on the artwork then?" because I'm not giving up, I'm being pragmatic.  I don't especially want a different job but I do want a better and more regular paycheck.  The boom-bust cycle of freelance work is pretty exhausting.  I've also got to get myself motivated to make use of the lovely weather and weld up the little rust holes I found on the Princess today before they become big rust holes, I just don't wanna.

Film the work and turn it into YouTube videos? I've got a dc25 to strip down shortly and must film it as its fucking awful but almost can't be arsed... 

I could teach you how to refurb dysons? Much of a repair market in your area? 

[Pat Earrings]

And another set done. Managed to identify a damaged wire to the monitor which was self caused so a replacement has sorted it. Can’t argue for about £18 

[grogee]

Fuck trens. Seriously, fuck them. Does anyone have a good word to say for them? 

I'm an occasional tren user. Tren-curious. I want them to work. I want them to be a viable alternative to the car. 

But I've done maybe half a dozen journeys in the last couple of years. Every one has been disrupted. Every. Single. One. 

I don't travel at peak hours and I don't generally travel at weekends, except for today. 

Utter bollocks. Bless him I'm with Master Grogee today as well and he's good as gold but imagine this shit with a toddler/old person/disabled person. 

If anyone can give me a good reason this shouldn't be nationalised tomorrow, I'm all ears. 

[brownnova]

Saw a Fiat Panda Italia ‘90 today!!! 
Made my day that. Not seen one complete with wheel trims for many many years! 

[wesacosa]

4 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Saw a Fiat Panda Italia ‘90 today!!! 
Made my day that. Not seen one complete with wheel trims for many many years! 

I missed out on one at an auction for about £1200 5 years ago.  Really should have gone for it

[dozeydustman]

Got family round for a BBQ. It’s bot exactly warm so we fired up the chimnea.

I think the wood is a little damp and the tinder and kindling kept burning out but the split logs wouldn’t take until dad borrowed my stepdaughter’s hairdryer…

Yes that’s better.

[vulgalour]

5 hours ago, beko1987 said:

Film the work and turn it into YouTube videos? I've got a dc25 to strip down shortly and must film it as its fucking awful but almost can't be arsed... 

I could teach you how to refurb dysons? Much of a repair market in your area? 

My joy for making Youtube videos has evaporated lately in the face of having to adjust to the new living situation and all that.  Doesn't help that I've made zero cash from doing them for several years nor that my Patreon that folks asked me to set up has generate zero supporters.  Finding it hard to rediscover the motivation to bother spending hours and hours editing videos recently.

[barefoot]

Me too, I can't believe that it was 17 years ago when I uploaded this little film. 

Never made a fucking penny from it.

[Bren]

The mondeo is having the trailing arm bushes done next week.

Thankfully somebody else is doing them. The least I could do was get genuine ones - I would hate to think of the struggle with poor quality parts. The current ones are only three or four years old - a japanese main dealer north of the border fitted them - obviously spurious quality.

The ford item were not that much more expensive than aftermarket.

[Spottedlaurel]

It was a lot brighter yesterday than I had expected, and I was up early so I took the Laurel out to a local show....

Found an appropriate area of the car park. I just went in as public scum, as this one requires booking-up in advance and I didn't want to commit a day to it.

I think this Commodore was my car of the day. Imported from Belgium and had apparently been pretty much unused since 1974.

Old boys enjoying a Wartburg. This one is locally-registered and has lots of patina, little surprise as it gets used quite a bit - I saw it elsewhere in the depths of winter several years ago.

Rare sighting of DeLorean with doors closed! Imagine 400 or so vehicles at a country show on a sunny day and you'll get the idea, but there was some interesting stuff there amongst all the usual suspects. I took a lot of photos, particularly enjoying anything on local Suffolk/Norfolk plates that's still in the area from new, 50, 60, 70+ years on.

 

Also some interesting things in the rather grassy car park.

Stopped for a quick driveby shot of this one on the way home, and as I was taking it someone took a photo of the Laurel.

As I was out and about on such a pleasant day I had fun driving home the back way, using lanes that I'd never been on before which ran alongside the river and stopping for a few photos....

Great to see this Escort of similar vintage:

 

A rather square-rigged lump of steelwork. And a bridge.

Found some vague hills. Sky was very big.

[JakeT]

Well it’s been a bank holiday and so I’ve been spending time with my best friends…

Pulling it into the garage we had an @Eyersey1234 mileage moment

After various wire brushing, rust converting and painting…

 

fortunately I had some silver in stock so the arch lip matches relatively versus the brown before.

[artdjones]

On 04/05/2024 at 20:20, Dyslexic Viking said:

Unfortunately in Norway, that would have led to prison for you.

Better to look at it as free house renovation. And since he was driving under the influence, he will most likely have to pay for everything, which will not be cheap.

What happened to the Viking spirit?😊

[Dyslexic Viking]

6 minutes ago, artdjones said:

What happened to the Viking spirit?😊

It is long dead.

[artdjones]

17 hours ago, grogee said:

If anyone can give me a good reason this shouldn't be nationalised tomorrow, I'm all ears. 

Have you looked at the NHS lately?

I don't think that it's anything to do with the ownership model. (Other than the fact that the company that runs the trains should own the track.) Competence is out of fashion in the UK, and the same mediocre to incompetent products of the UK education system will be running things whoever owns it.

Can you think of one company or institution in the UK that's more competently run than it was in 1960?

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

Have you looked at the NHS lately?

I don't think that it's anything to do with the ownership model. (Other than the fact that the company that runs the trains should own the track.) Competence is out of fashion in the UK, and the same mediocre to incompetent products of the UK education system will be running things whoever owns it.

Can you think of one company or institution in the UK that's more competently run than it was in 1960?

Because people use to run businesses that they knew something / a lot about . Nowadays you get an MBA  and walk in to a senior management position, having virtually no hands on experience in that particular sector or industry. Stay 2-3 years , (often leaving time bombs behind) move onwards and upwards, still blissfully ignorant of anything other than a balance sheet , until you are CEO.

Fuck it all up and get a massive pay off and walk into another job in another industry you know nothing about.

Repeat several times and retire on a massive pension.

[Marshall2810]

Picanto brake sesh today

[richardmorris]

[Lankytim]

The fog lamp on the 2CV has been inoperable since I picked it up so I had a crack at getting it working. The original 80s fog lamp was pretty corroded inside and looked like it came from Halfords. I dug around in the garage and found a more robust example in a box. I vaguely remember it coming from a stash of Triumph 2000 spares about 20 years ago. Lucky I kept hold of it, I knew it would come in handy.

With it adapted to fit and wired up it still didnt work. There’s no feed to the switch but  a live run to the back of the switch results in the lamp and dashboard telltale working. Something needs further investigation, the lights will only work with the main beam turned on so something is obviously amiss. 

Some extra aftermarket wiring was tracked down and removed. I think everything is now standard with zero giffer mods. 
 

Something else to add to the shopping list is new side repeaters. The originals have corroded to death but were easily removed. Aftermarket equivalents are around £30 a pair and look like they’d suffer from water ingress. I’ve got a pair of Rover P4 indicators which would work… do I want to drill the wings to fit them though? 

[gm]

more omgtraffickaos in newcastle 

some puzzled firemen looking on waiting for the water board to arrive 

[HMC]

Out for a little drive in the escort, lovely evening.

[stuboy]

The highlight of my day was picking up 15x 3.6m decking planks in the pussy wagon... think the dudes at the shop where impressed...

[Split_Pin]

Had a wee moment of silence after finally getting everything together and fitting my late dad's private plate the the 75.

He had that plate on various cars since 2002. I think it's a fitting keepsake.

[richardmorris]

[SiC]

Went into Bristol centre to have a meal with colleagues. Departed the bus early because I spotted this rig on the way in. 

 

 

Edit: quick Google bought this up from 1966:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/edward_beck/36974099832/

 

 

[hairnet]

3 hours ago, richardmorris said:

ALL ABOUT TEH FIAT