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[320touring]

That doesn’t help me thinking I’m 24 going 50...

You have a Morris Minor, you are a middle aged adenoidal bore;)

[Guest]

Are you still in the same area? No spannering at all ?

Fixed the strimmer, and replaced a stabiliser arm on the Zetor tractor. Otherwise it's plumbing, levelling static vans and cutting grass. Getting my mojo back for all things shite again

[DodgeRover]

Someone over towards t’ big hoose (see Hamish and Dougal) has just fired a couple of rounds. Scared the birds and sheep, not to mention me! No retaliatory gunfire though so the rabbits were probably unarmed ( see Douglas Adams).

 

I think it was a shotgun not an ak47, but you can’t be too careful with the opposition these days.

Are you sure this wasn't a resolution of yesterday's trespassers problem if they came back?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

 

Got hold of a reproduction period gb sticker off e bay to cover a small dent....IMG_4900.JPG

The unskilled/lazy man's answer to bodywork rectification.

  ^

I've just attached an eBay-sourced Norfolk Line GB sticker to The Volvo's rear window:

 

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Somewhere at the top of the CX's rear screen is an original Capital Radio 194 sticker...

[richardmorris]

Are you sure this wasn't a resolution of yesterday's trespassers problem if they came back?

Could well be!

[DodgeRover]

Ok, that was a BIG gunfire noise ten seconds ago. Getting slightly concerned now!

 

Of course the sheep could be staging an insurrection- has anyone watched the film “Black Sheep”?

 

Or the duke of Edinburgh has been let loose on the Eastern Europeans. Who knows. There’s just been another shot as I type.

I have no idea of the sheep are firing back!

I'm really hoping this is the Black Sheep you are talking about.

 

https://goo.gl/images/opv7MU

[richardmorris]

I'm really hoping this is the Black Sheep you are talking about.https://goo.gl/images/opv7MU

Oh yes. It’s brilliant.

[M'coli]

Black Sheep is excellent, in a really shit way!

[richardmorris]

Weta workshop effects - along the lines of brain dead rather than Lord of the rings.

[DodgeRover]

Just the right balance of comedy and horror.

 

Is it all quiet on the western front at the minute?

[richardmorris]

Just the right balance of comedy and horror.

Is it all quiet on the western front at the minute?

So far so good. No signs of the fuzz, and the sheep are quiet ( the bloody things are up with the sun). It’s an odd time for foxes though, and we usually get a warning if there’s a specific shoot about. Could be Edward fancied rabbit for dinner!

 

Just getting a quiet sunset...

[SiC]

Anyone seen/know tooSavvy in person? He's not been online here for a month.

 

http://autoshite.com/user/5032-toosavvy/

[chodweaver]

Had to clear up a misunderstanding with a neighbour. He believed that I am unable to finish any of my automotive projects. While technically correct, the reason I surrounded three cars with tools all at once today is that I find I make better progress with some if not all of them like this than if I try to start and finish one job at a time. Hence the vomitous Corsa now has a handbrake with a bit of vim to it and I know that it does not need pads or shoes for a while (though front disc replacement is looming) and the driveway ornament Citroen has had some prep work done for a patch on its o/s/f inner wing. But most successfully, the omghgf voyager has had the shamefully caved-in o/s sill prepped for a patch (including pulling the good metal back out to very nearly its original shape) and the rusty damaged section that I removed revealed a sill interior that is just factory fresh. On an 02 plate, I was expecting horridness...

(The outside of the sill had been treated to weld through primer by the time of this pic, hence it too looks quite respectable)

 

On the down side, lying under several cars today has probably left my frame in a sub optimal condition for its first ever yoga class tomorrow morning...

[egg]

Anyone seen/know tooSavvy in person? He's not been online here for a month.

 

http://autoshite.com/user/5032-toosavvy/

 

Yeah, mentioned this in the members leaving/come back thread. Missed the TOMM updates.

[wuvvum]

Done 500 miles in the 205 in the last two days and it hasn't broken yet.  It's drunk about £55 worth of diesel in that time, which I make to be about 53mpg - not too bad considering I wasn't taking it particularly easy.  It is a bloody good motorway car, if a little noisy and slightly lacking in lower back support on longer journeys.  The way it gets from 60 to 80 in 4th is brilliant though - comes in most handy for getting past middle lane dawdlers.

 

It has developed an interesting new habit though (or maybe it's an old habit that just hadn't hitherto manifested itself due to relative lack of use) - it randomly throws on the temperature warning light on the dash.  I know for a fact it's not overheating as it put the light on about 30 seconds after a cold start the other day, so I'm assuming a dodgy connection somewhere in the wiring to the temp sensor - I will investigate at some point, if I can be arsed.  Alternatively I might just put some black tape over the light.

[dome]

Black Sheep is excellent, in a really shit way!

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Never seen it. Is it like Dog Soldiers kind of awesome/terrible at the same time?

[richardmorris]

Never seen it. Is it like Dog Soldiers kind of awesome/terrible at the same time?

Yes. GM modified and on the loose and hungry!

[richardmorris]

Just back from a mtb ride. Seems the shotgun racket probably was a fox or two worrying the sheep. I startled one and it ran across the field.

[andy18s]

If this comes to pass them there will be a shitload of old stuff getting scrapped,or dumped at the bottom of gardens..

Some Bulgarian friends are saying that it is something they announce every few years to show the EU that they are trying to bring down emissions...

Others have claimed it's a false story completely

Have to keep an eye on it

[DodgeRover]

I bet whoever was wielding the shotgun had made sure he/ she had informed and reinformed then told estate security again what they were doing to be on the safe sided....

[Crusty Sills]

I spent a couple of hours on the Beetle convertible yesterday.

New (pre-enjoyed) black bonnet was cleaned, and machine polished then attached to car taking from this sorry state

To this.

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I think it makes a huge difference.

 

 

Does anyone know if hatchback Beetle wings are interchangeable with convertible wings?

[Angrydicky]

Done 500 miles in the 205 in the last two days and it hasn't broken yet.  It's drunk about £55 worth of diesel in that time, which I make to be about 53mpg - not too bad considering I wasn't taking it particularly easy.  It is a bloody good motorway car, if a little noisy and slightly lacking in lower back support on longer journeys.  The way it gets from 60 to 80 in 4th is brilliant though - comes in most handy for getting past middle lane dawdlers.

 

It has developed an interesting new habit though (or maybe it's an old habit that just hadn't hitherto manifested itself due to relative lack of use) - it randomly throws on the temperature warning light on the dash.  I know for a fact it's not overheating as it put the light on about 30 seconds after a cold start the other day, so I'm assuming a dodgy connection somewhere in the wiring to the temp sensor - I will investigate at some point, if I can be arsed.  Alternatively I might just put some black tape over the light.

I think I saw you briefly near Swaffham last weekend, you were heading north on the A1065 IIRC. I clocked the 205 as I was turning into the services and recognised the M497 MUJ registration but couldn't think who it was, until I stopped on the forecourt then remembered!

[wuvvum]

Was that you in the red Maestro?

[xtriple]

I went to a BBQ last night, took the mutts (of course) and had a great time. But, as I may have mentioned (a few thousand times!) I don't drink but Tony, who's house it was is a 'whisky nut' like we like old shit cars (and watches) and I 'had to try this one' so I did... The first sip of this single malt (Highland something) nearly blew the top off my swede!

 

After sampling 5 or 6 different single malts I staggered home at about 2:30 and I can honestly say, I haven't been pissed in decades but last night, I was steaming. The dogs guided me home and put me to bed (which was kind of them) and I woke at 9:00 to feeling a tad unhealthy but not the massive hangover I was expecting... not even a headache to be honest.

 

I now have to et my head together enough to do my 'best mate to a friend in need' act in about 20 minutes. All I want to do is curl up and watch telly but I have promised to go out and chat, problem solve. So, my qestion to all you hardened 'pissheads' is: how the fuck do you do it? I meanL drink then function.

 

I fear today may be a LOOOOONG day!

[Guest Hooli]

I'm no hardened pisshead but my answer is always bacon.

 

 

[xtriple]

I'm no hardened pisshead but my answer is always bacon.

 

 

Er, not only teatotal but a fucking veggie as well so no bacon for me! Poor piggies, you beast you

 

Anyway, the day has changed, my mate has just texted to say he can't make it as 'lots going on' which sounds bad... I hope he's okay, but it gives me a bit of time to get my head back into a semblance of order. Tony (who's BBQ it was) has just been round to chec I was okay and to apologise if he said anything innappropriate as he doesn't ususally get that hammered!

 

I told him he was a complete arse and I have never been so insulted in my life... his face fell into his boots. Made me laugh anyway, I did say I was joking but he didn't see the funny side

[cort16]

I was out on a “golf day” yesterday . Boozing from 9 am until midnight. I’ve felt better

 

Nice course though and we had golf buggies so it was like go karting and golf combined.

 

[Eddie Honda]

So, my qestion to all you hardened 'pissheads' is: how the fuck do you do it? I meanL drink then function.

 

I'm no hardened pisshead but my answer is always bacon.

 

My answer is a fry up / couple of roll & sausage (square not links ) and Irn-Bru.

 

Slight problem with that obviously....Irn-Bru isnt what it used to be tastes shit since they've taking half the sugar out.

[Amishtat]

Sausage & mustard sandwich, mug of Bovril. Shit or bust.

[SRi05]

A fine, fine day for shiting