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[egg]

Remember the fake Lambo? The Isle of Sheppey also has a definite real one...

I love that it looks like it is outside a 60's Bungalow. 

[Bren]

Our passat is loaded for our holiday to South Devon. Roofbox as well. We will look like the Griswalds.

[Amishtat]

What, you've already painted Honky Lips up the side? Good work 

[Floatylight]

Going to be at a loose end in Chelmsford on Monday night if anyone local is at a loose end and fancies a cuppa/ pint..

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[Amishtat]

8 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

Going to be at a loose end in Chelmsford on Monday night if anyone local is at a loose end and fancies a cuppa/ pint..

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Surprised this isn't in the grump thread.. I work in Chelmsford but don't finish until 9

[HillmanImp]

I've just switched on ITV4 and Under Seige is on. 

Is anyone else watching it? 

If so can you confirm if Erika Eliniak has come out of the cake yet? 

[hairnet]

13 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

I've just switched on ITV4 and Under Seige is on. 

Is anyone else watching it? 

If so can you confirm if Erika Eliniak has come out of the cake yet? 

yes and no

[egg]

Just renewed my photocard driving licence - so easy now online - if you have a passport, you just put the number in and big brother updates your replacement photocard with your passport photo!

[dozeydustman]

On 7/25/2019 at 5:09 PM, dozeydustman said:

It would appear BT has finally fixed the phone lines in my area; I've had nearly a whole 24 hours with landline and internet now.

No internet from 10pm Thursday until 6 am this morning. We've spoken to plus net and the fault isn't them. Neighbours have had sporadic telephone connection as well. BT shows no issues in my area.

All 3 of us are now out of mobile data, I'm out of inclusive minutes.

Bumhats.

[skattrd]

8 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

No internet from 10pm Thursday until 6 am this morning. We've spoken to plus net and the fault isn't them. Neighbours have had sporadic telephone connection as well. BT shows no issues in my area.

All 3 of us are now out of mobile data, I'm out of inclusive minutes.

Bumhats.

If the internet isn't working and you're paying whoever (plusnet) for this, then surely it is up to them fix it.
That is unless your line rental is from someone else, and the fault is the line, then it's their issue.

[adw1977]

8 hours ago, egg said:

Just renewed my photocard driving licence - so easy now online - if you have a passport, you just put the number in and big brother updates your replacement photocard with your passport photo!

I did this recently, the daft thing is that my passport is 8 years old, so my driving licence photo has only updated from 10 years ago to 8 years ago! 

[busmansholiday]

Thirty four years ago today it was blue skys and sunshine.

 

 

 

How do I know?

 

 

 

 

I did this....

 

 

[dozeydustman]

9 hours ago, skattrd said:

If the internet isn't working and you're paying whoever (plusnet) for this, then surely it is up to them fix it.
That is unless your line rental is from someone else, and the fault is the line, then it's their issue.

It's also affecting a number of my immediate neighbours, wife has been on the phone to Plusnet most of the morning trying to resolve the issue, and they have raised several jobs with BT to sort the localised interruption. As my neighbours use a number of phone suppliers they have also been affected.

I'm just wondering if the green box down the road has a fault in it.

[Christine]

My Fiesta UFG 707Y.  Passed the mot  testicle today ...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

CX twin fans now working properly again after soldering session, followed by relaxed test float via Mill Hill East, Totteridge, and back via Golders Green ('tis Shabbat, so roads are clear and safer to drive)

Now waiting for something else to fail....oh wait, hang on..... the left-hand fan has lost its mount and is leaning away from the radiator.....#feckthat ....cable tie should sort that for now.....#shiterepair

[MarvinsMom]

today we did some more fiddling with the black mini 1000.

last weekend we got the reversing switch replaced. and i broke one of the bulbs when i put them back in.

prior to that, the lights had been coming on a lot especially when the car was in top gear, so to fix* it i'd taken the bulbs out of the fittings. so, after been around just about every motor factors in the district and been told that the fat 21w bulbs out of the back of the car were no longer available, a quick look on ebay said otherwise.

once ordered, a jiffy bag dropped though my door, containing one of these. well no, actually several cos for the cost of sending one, i thought i'd have a spare too.

which when slipped into place, made this happen. admittedly, as these lights have been wired up in series there was one working already, having both lights coming on makes me very happy indeed.

and as well as the bulbs, these arrived too. 

a silly bit of tat, i know, but still in period with the rest of the car.

[Aston Martin]

On 7/26/2019 at 7:10 AM, doug said:

@Aston martin.

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Someone's nicked his aerial, but the bloody little men remain.

[anonymous user]

14 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

It's also affecting a number of my immediate neighbours, wife has been on the phone to Plusnet most of the morning trying to resolve the issue, and they have raised several jobs with BT to sort the localised interruption. As my neighbours use a number of phone suppliers they have also been affected.

I'm just wondering if the green box down the road has a fault in it.

If you want to make sure it's the green box, the best way is to get someone to crash into it.

[Split_Pin]

I have just enquired about something big and wafty. The seller told me it's now on ebay and I'm watching it, hoping that it will achieve winning bid price of less than it's advertised for.

My wife will hate it though. 

It may all come to nothing as well.

#vagueposting

P.s. Its not a 75, not even close!

P.p.s. I have the Majorette scale model of it.

[SiC]

23 minutes ago, auld_ALS said:

I have just enquired about something big and wafty. The seller told me it's now on ebay and I'm watching it, hoping that it will achieve winning bid price of less than it's advertised for.

My wife will hate it though. 

It may all come to nothing as well.

#vagueposting

P.s. Its not a 75, not even close!

P.p.s. I have the Majorette scale model of it.

An XJ6, finally?

[Split_Pin]

No but that's a fair guess given my 'history' and Majorette did make a model of it.

[bramz7]

I reckon I know what it is. It's French and in my watch list, and it's in Scotland. 

Don't worry, I'm not bidding on it. But you should definitely buy it. 

 

(I also have the majorette model of it)

[Split_Pin]

Hahaha! Busted! 

[SiC]

Vel Shatit or C6?

[Split_Pin]

A bit older, but you're almost there.

I'm probably being annoying now so I'll confess it is a 2.2 Safrane in what appears to be top spec. 

The Audi hasn't generated any concrete interest yet though so I may end up keeping that and hope that another shiter wins the bidding so I can make them an insulting offer at a later date!

[Supernaut]

Unemployed but still bidding on French luxobarges.

The spirit of AS, right there.

[mitsisigma01]

On 7/25/2019 at 11:10 AM, Cavcraft said:

Biked back to the car auctions this morning to collect my car. watched it go through Friday, was a farce to be honest. It went through right near the end (when most people had gone home) and the walls there must be made of nuclear bomb proof concrete as he'd bounced so many bids off them it's amazing the place still stands. It went through again the other night, CBA going to watch the inevitable so eBay here we come.

What we're you auctioning? Tried searching for a link/clue..... 

[brownnova]

@Mrsbrownnova and I got married yesterday (yes she has been using that username before we were married - cheeky!)

The 2CV took a starring role. 

Now we’re off to a tractor show to celebrate! 

[Six-cylinder]

2 minutes ago, brownnova said:

@Mrsbrownnova and I got married yesterday (yes she has been using that username before we were married - cheeky!)

The 2CV took a starring role. 

 

Congratulations!

[HillmanImp]

Stage 1 of shite car shuffle achieved. 

On the way there this happened. 

Stage 2 was abandoned due to traffic hell in Keighley. 

Will be resumed later after Imp Jr has been to Sebastians birthday party and the traffics hopefully died down.