Eyersey1234 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 This was the scene at Trowell Services earlier while waiting for an ambulance due to a passenger on the coach being taken ill. stonedagain and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 7 hours ago, egg said: Right, no bloody luck on that Mazda 323 in Redhill (no answer today) - but have just arranged to see another sub £400 90's car on Thursday night. Buy to Roffle, but no details until I've seen the thing... A bit ironic that his advert says no messers.... Nothing worse than people who advertise things for sale and don't end the adverts properly so they stay live with auto repost on some sites... ? egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Pastry Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 6 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: There was a very remote station - not much more than a halt in what was then the arse-end of nowhere: Worthy Down. No road access back then! There was also Churn Halt. Pretty remote even today, must go up and have a look sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Of course I'm working outside today ? stonedagain, egg and Six-cylinder 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Whereas I'm working inside for a change! Was offered some work in a welding shop for a few days a week Nothing special but gives me a reason to get up in the mornings and see sights like this HarmonicCheeseburger, Skizzer, Spurious and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Luckily I had man flu and stayed at missus, fortunately I took the galaxy as fence panels near my allocated space had blown down in storm chlamidia.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Audi MOT at a different garage today. New balljoints, column stalk assembly and dampers in the boot so I think my prediction was fair. It had been sitting since Sunday so the emissions fail is not a surprise really and hopefully a grease up of the sliders on the back brakes will sort that issue. Just waiting to hear from the garage about a price for the work required. Datsuncog and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 17 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Former Didcot, Newbury and Southampton route? 16 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: The DN&S was a fascinating cross-country route. Single-line for much of the way until WW2, it wasn't exactly high-speed. The last services ran on it around 1960, I think. 16 hours ago, Mr Pastry said: That takes me back. I remember the last freights on the DN&S in 1964, maybe one or two a day. Some were still steam. My cousin's house backed onto the line near Hermitage and as small boys do, we used to get through the fence and walk by the track, and in the sidings to the abandoned brick works - that was when I first heard the call of the railway! My cousin actually rode on one of the last trains - he was given a ride on the demolition contractor's loco to Hampstead Norris and back. I wish I'd been there that day..... Ironic that a picture I chose for its dullness actually generated some interest. So this is Hockley Viaduct. You can park here (as I did). Right by J11 of the M3, the viaduct is visible from the motorway. It's about a 40 minute walk into Winchester City centre most of it on or alongside the old railway. On the way in you can see such delights as... I know at least some and maybe a lot of the formation north of Winchester was used when the A34 was converted to dual carriageway. HarmonicCheeseburger, adw1977, BeEP and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 A replacement for the passat is at chez bren. Thread to follow - at some point. egg, dome, andy18s and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 FFS. Currently been waiting 23 minutes and counting for the idiot who owns the Vauxhall Insignia estate to turn back up from picking their kids up from school and sod off from parking across our driveway. It would be a terrible shame if he suddenly had five flat tyres and had to walk the 0.3 miles back to where they live... Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Fish oil down the air intake, scuttle area, makes them smell lovely ? stonedagain and strangeangel 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 On 2/10/2020 at 3:44 PM, Zelandeth said: Given I can't let them run around the garden unattended at the moment because 30% of the fence is missing, took the dogs elsewhere for a run around today. It was predictably a complete mud pit...however they enjoyed themselves immensely. They are now filthy and stink of wet dog. Was about to go and see if I could salvage a couple of the fence panels from yesterday...then had to retreat from marble sized hail coming at me sideways 30 seconds after going out the door. Sod that nonsense... Are the saddlebags for ballast to stop them blowing away in the gales? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 56 minutes ago, Yoss said: Ironic that a picture I chose for its dullness actually generated some interest. So this is Hockley Viaduct. You can park here (as I did). Right by J11 of the M3, the viaduct is visible from the motorway. ..... I know at least some and maybe a lot of the formation north of Winchester was used when the A34 was converted to dual carriageway. The northern half of the route between Didcot and Newbury also lost part of the formation to A34 improvements. Jubilee Way roundabout and Hitchcock Way now sit at the Didcot East Junction end where the line to Upton used to diverge to the south, and the route of the line towards Upton & Blewbury there is now footpath 544: and an industrial estate built on where the route curved to the north (extreme left of photo below), at the east end of Newbury: There have been a few models of DN&S stations - probably the best known is of Winchester Chesil Station and the line towards Bar End Yard, which was built in the 1980s to 4mm scale/P4 and featured in a Railscale VHS video with a suitably adenoidal commentary. The layout was donated to the Milestones Museum in Basingstoke, and housed within a sort-of-replica of Chesil station building. The Museum website makes no absolutely no mention of its existence - a bit poor given the effort put into building it. There is YouTube video of it running, though.... ....and it looks like the Museum have ruined it by running trains at breakneck speeds (real speeds were never more than about 10mph through station limits) and overlaying OO track on top of the original handbuilt 18.83 gauge. Not sure the layout's creators would have approved the donation if they knew how it was going to be "looked after"..... Mr Pastry and Yoss 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 It’s my 10-year anniversary on AS today. I’m not sure whether this calls for a celebration or a course of therapy. I am marking it by commuting 185 miles in a 31 year old Japanese shooting brake with popup headlamps. That’ll do. egg, Kiltox, BorniteIdentity and 38 others 40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 49 minutes ago, Skizzer said: I am marking it by commuting 185 miles in a 31 year old Japanese shooting brake with popup headlamps. That’ll do. I trust there'll be a thread on that? Congrats on your anniversary. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 3 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said: Are the saddlebags for ballast to stop them blowing away in the gales? paulplom, richardmorris, Tenmil Socket and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 1 hour ago, High Jetter said: I trust there'll be a thread on that? Congrats on your anniversary. Thanks. I’m hoping it’ll be way too dull for a thread: half way and all is well in spite of some intermittently horrid weather. I will do a write-up on the Aerodeck at some point soon though. For now, I’ll just observe that it’s a very pleasant place to do motorway miles. Tickman, jumpingjehovahs, wuvvum and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 I was working in the parts department of a Honda dealership when these came out - lovely to drive and even fewer warranty claims than on other cars at the time. Though to be fair the earlier Accords were excellent as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Hubba, hubba, hubba and ooh, la, la. https://actu.fr/centre-val-de-loire/nogent-le-rotrou_28280/alpine-r8-gordini-veritable-tresor-automobile-enfoui-dans-garage-nogent-rotrou_31292344.html dome, Six-cylinder, Datsuncog and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 New girlfriend is a keeper, she got me this hoodie for my birthday (modelled by Daisy) ? Tadhg Tiogar, Skizzer, BorniteIdentity and 20 others 16 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Yup, nothing to report here. HillmanImp, The Moog, Tickman and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Where do you park when you're in That London? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 22 minutes ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said: Good old Gorilla glued dildos right in the drivers view of the windscreen works wonders. Failing that a tie-wrap around any rotating part works too. Or a condom over the exhaust pipe secured with a tie-wrap. Jack the front up, drop the oil then replace sump plug, should make it approx 1 mile from your house and then you'll never see it again HarmonicCheeseburger, 2flags, Craig the Princess and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 got a 5hr drive to Norwich on saturday morning - accompanying the wife to MOTD stuffs. I have zero interest in football but free hire car/hotel/entry to the match cant really grumble can ya. sadly no A8L this time - 'astra sized car or simmlar' boo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 A mate of mine suggested vaselene on the windscreen wipers (it was raining) as a good one too. Sadly being about twenty feet from the back gate to a primary school is both the main cause of this recurring problem and limits how much you can really do about it. The long term solution is simple: move. We didn't even realize the school was there until we'd moved in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 9 hours ago, Zelandeth said: It would be a terrible shame if he suddenly had five flat tyres and had to walk the 0.3 miles back to where they live... ahh that attention to detail is satisfying (mind knowing the type of person they probably never check that one anyway and its already flat!) Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 8 hours ago, wuvvum said: Where do you park when you're in That London? Ealing Broadway, then tube or train across town. I did try yourparkingspace.com to rent someone’s driveway, but when I got there they’d rented out two spaces to three people. Fuck that. Or I might just park across Zel’s driveway, I hear that’s all the rage ? mercedade, DeeJay, stonedagain and 6 others 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 8 hours ago, wuvvum said: Where do you park when you're in That London? Are you planning on lifting one of his cars? 'Gone in 60 seco.... hold on its run out of electric. Has anyone got any jump leads. Brilliant, fucking bonnet cable just snapped. Fuck it, I'm getting a bus.' wuvvum, BorniteIdentity, Supernaut and 5 others 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 52 minutes ago, Skizzer said: Ealing Broadway, ...... I'll look out for that Aerodeck, then. Parking in some of the residents' bays in Ealing is free, but not between 3-4pm Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 43 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: I'll look out for that Aerodeck, then. Parking in some of the residents' bays in Ealing is free, but not between 3-4pm Level five. (It’ll get stolen to order now I’ve put its whereabouts on the internet, you just watch.) I’m just the sort of person those ‘magic hour’ residents’ bay limits are there to stop. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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