hairymel Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 Just now, Tickman said: Just remember a problem shared... In my experience that proverb does not compute if you are the poor sod who has the problem shared* with? Tickman and busmansholiday 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 On 9/24/2019 at 6:59 PM, Skizzer said: please make it stop /\ This. It's creeping into every possible thread at the moment it seems. Skizzer, r.welfare, Supernaut and 9 others 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 48 minutes ago, Cavcraft said: /\ This. It's creeping into every possible thread at the moment it seems. but your honor he WAS wearing an Invacar T shirt already! (tbh I was surprised he dared pose for a photo wearing it given such responses when you post anything invacar outside the Invacar threads these days LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scdan4 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 Today in 1908 the model t started production, here. LightBulbFun, Joey spud, Cavcraft and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 News from Garage Dubois-Loizou, and apparently the CX has refused to start; Monsieur Loizou turned the key several times only to be met by a shrug of indifference from the starter motor. Admittedly this is something which has always affected the car and it has happened to me - I just forgot to warn them of this. Half the reason is the emergency spare battery I put in after the big one got fried. The CX tends to turn its nose up at any battery under about 68Ah, and the spare is 64Ah. The fried one was 77Ah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 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! BorniteIdentity, Cavcraft and Vince70 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 Got home this evening to the bill for the ac work on the Mercedes. More than I’d hoped, but less than I expected. Just need to sell the one kidney! BL Bloke, Tickman, 00833827 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 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. richardmorris, Spurious, dome and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 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 richardmorris and stonedagain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 6 minutes ago, Supernaut said: FTFY Believe me, it will be a substantial bill, much of it for laundry..... Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 It's a beautiful morning and I'm away to look at a caur. dome, 320touring, loserone and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Green Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince70 Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 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. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 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. Jim Bell, dome, BorniteIdentity and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 It appears that there is a football occurring today - this train is quite noisy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 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 dome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 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. Alan_Green 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedenvy Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Can you see it? Only a bloody Lancia Stratos. Weapons grade shite. A120 near Colchester. BorniteIdentity, dome, Sigmund Fraud and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 I'm going to miss these old heaps when they're gone. Heading underground now. Skizzer and Yoss 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 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? spike60, 3VOM, Skizzer and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 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. Alan_Green, somewhatfoolish and blackboilersuit 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 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. davehedgehog31 and dome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Now on a Pendoleano - poor man's APT. Heading northish. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 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. davehedgehog31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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