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[brownnova]

1 hour ago, dollywobbler said:

Autoshite is accessible in Shanghai. Hoorah! My flight leaves in nine hours and I'm stuck at the airport. Too knackered to explore.

We’re not deemed a threat as our version of the capitalist dream is a bit shonky... 

[Cord Fourteener]

11 hours ago, richardmorris said:

They seem to have finished refurbishing no2. ( new kitchen and bathroom ). Anyone fancy living next door to me?

http://www.windsorgreatpark.co.uk/en/live-and-work/property/residential-lettings/2-home-farm

Wow, rent is astronomical!

[Angrydicky]

That Cambridge is seriously charming. Tweed Grey with Cherry Red interior is a lovely combination, it has its original seats and radio as well. Also, correct gear change!

i would have done far better buying something like this than the rotten wreck I bought and subsequently spent thousands and many hours of labour on. It’s buried in the back of my parents garage at the moment - really must get the Royale finished so I can plough on with it.

[egg]

3 hours ago, dollywobbler said:

Autoshite is accessible in Shanghai. Hoorah! My flight leaves in nine hours and I'm stuck at the airport. Too knackered to explore.

Hooray. Anywhere to have a sleep? Is that where the Maglev runs from....I'd be tempted by a quick return journey on that.

[barefoot]

And in exciting news, the Vel Satis passed its MOT this morning.

I can feel a raffle coming on...

[richardmorris]

any idea what this is?

 

 

[Supernaut]

6 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

any idea what this is?

 

 

Looks like a 60s Chevy Impala, modified in the lowrider stylee.

[LightBulbFun]

10 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Just watched the 'vets' in Yorks. Some one claimed to have silly numbers of Invacars! Glad they're not bothering us on here! {Hides}

 

 

wasn't a bloke called Simon Mckeown was it?

he is the guy that "runs" the ICR and as such has the ICRs collection of about 20 Invalid vehicles of some kind or another!

and he is Yorkshire IIRC!

(I say runs, he puts on art exhibits with them but sadly does not do much for the vehicles themselves...)

[dozeydustman]

Felt quite rough last night. Better this morning and done some foraging while on tacho break

Horse mushroom

Porcini.

i know what’s for dinner tonight...

[Cord Fourteener]

7 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

Felt quite rough last night. Better this morning and done some foraging while on tacho break

Horse mushroom

Porcini.

i know what’s for dinner tonight...

Delish! So far this year I've had Pestle Puffball, wax caps, Shaggy ink caps and I know where there are usually some agaricus, or field mushrooms, similar to the horse mushroom... Yum! 

[Steve79]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

any idea what this is?

 

 

As Skee-Lo once said

"I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat
And a six four Impala"

 

[stuboy]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

any idea what this is?

 

 

slow and economical?

[dozeydustman]

On a farm in middle of nowhere (near Lickfold)

[louiepj]

Doing some running around this afternoon with a neighbour.
Car of choice....
They misspelled turd.


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[SRi05]

The 406 decided to flirt with me this morning by displaying ANTI POLLUTION FAULT and throwing an EML driving to work this morning. From googling it could be any generic fault, despite me immediately thinking emissions. Way to go Frenchies. Looking forward to digging out my finest* Chinese 15 quid from Amazon obd diagnostic equipment later, it's been a while ? 

[vulgalour]

Did the glowplugs on the BX today and it was a surprisingly not-shit job.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

Felt quite rough last night. Better this morning and done some foraging while on tacho break

Horse mushroom

Porcini.

i know what’s for dinner tonight...

 

2 hours ago, Tim_E said:

Delish! So far this year I've had Pestle Puffball, wax caps, Shaggy ink caps and I know where there are usually some agaricus, or field mushrooms, similar to the horse mushroom... Yum! 

There's a glut of Fly Agaric as well....

[Lankytim]

Filled the S60 full of scrap and dragged it down to the scrapyard. Nice to have a parking space back! 

[dozeydustman]

43 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

 

There's a glut of Fly Agaric as well....

Mmmm. Muscarine.

the above penny bun mushrooms were on a village green with a handful of old oak trees on it. Along with various Amanita fungi - panther caps, blushers, death caps and what i think is A. Excelsa.

[stuboy]

Near side driveshaft turned up, so thought weather was stable, so decided I'd crack on, well the bolts for shaft to box flange are yzn and bastard tight, took almost 2 hours get undone, couple looked like gonna strip head, but slowly levered them, I guess the cv is knackered..lol..

And annoyingly the new shaft don't come with 6 new bolts, no way I'm using the 6 original crap ones, awaiting response from j and r !!

S

[Saabnut]

Would the fungi experts please see my thread in ask a shiter. My tea could depend on your answer!

[Fat_Pirate]

I was going to whip the driveshaft off the GTV this evening, have been looking forward to getting cracking on it all day.  Managed to jack it up and remove a wheel before it started pissing down... still, at least I've got a tatty old car sat on axle stands outside my house again.  I'm sure my neighbours have been missing that.

 

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, Saabnut said:

Would the fungi experts please see my thread in ask a shiter. My survival could depend on your answer!

FTFY.

[Ohdearme]

Tried to talk the wife through connecting her phone via Bluetooth to the printer to get a photo of kid for school as I’m working away...no dice...

 

[richardmorris]

12 hours ago, Tim_E said:

Wow, rent is astronomical!

Don’t blame me for the housing crisis. It’s why I’ll never own property. As for the area, it’s a pretty good price, stupid though it is,

[Cord Fourteener]

7 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

Mmmm. Muscarine.

the above penny bun mushrooms were on a village green with a handful of old oak trees on it. Along with various Amanita fungi - panther caps, blushers, death caps and what i think is A. Excelsa.

West Sussex is the only place I've found Penny Buns. And Hedgehog fungus, and Death Caps. Yum, Yum, No Thanks.

I remember one forest north of West Durrington full of Amanita Muscaria with fields full of the Silly Psybin, Though I don't do that kind of thing now of course, what with family and that. Even though I live next to a silly psybin field.

[dollywobbler]

Egg - I did take the maglev. 'Only' ran up to 300kmh rather than the advertised 430. At one point, we were racing a jumbo jet...

LBF - it was indeed Simon on that show. Only a brief mention, no time for much detail.

Now in New Zealand, utterly, utterly broken. Fell asleep watching YouTube and I think that half-hour of kip was the most I've managed to string together since Monday night. Something last night disagreed with my insides, which is not something you want to discover when 7hours from your destination, in a window seat. On a flight that's so turbulent that the seat belt light rarely goes out (at which point they tell you to stay in your seat). Got through it somehow. The poor German girls sitting next to me didn't enjoy my belching. I tried to be subtle about it, but you could cut the air around me with a knife. I've definitely had better travelling experiences.

Still, I'm here now, and don't need the assistance of a plane until January. Here are some Japanese cars I actually recognise.

 

My AirBNB host apparently drives a Ssang Yong Rodius.

[New POD]

9 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Don’t blame me for the housing crisis. It’s why I’ll never own property. As for the area, it’s a pretty good price, stupid though it is,

Did you know that there are spaces above shops that are empty, which could be converted into flats, with the right investment and permissions? Apparently at least 250,000 across the UK. 

Did you know that there are 250,000 empty homes which have been empty for more than 6 months ?

Do you know how many homeless ( as opposed to rough sleepers ) there are ? 

Me neither.  Who to blame for the housing crisis ? Start with Thatcher and work forward to Boris and every Prime minister shares as much blame as the next. 

[TooManyPeopleMovers]

1 hour ago, dollywobbler said:

Egg - I did take the maglev. 'Only' ran up to 300kmh rather than the advertised 430. At one point, we were racing a jumbo jet...

LBF - it was indeed Simon on that show. Only a brief mention, no time for much detail.

Now in New Zealand, utterly, utterly broken. Fell asleep watching YouTube and I think that half-hour of kip was the most I've managed to string together since Monday night. Something last night disagreed with my insides, which is not something you want to discover when 7hours from your destination, in a window seat. On a flight that's so turbulent that the seat belt light rarely goes out (at which point they tell you to stay in your seat). Got through it somehow. The poor German girls sitting next to me didn't enjoy my belching. I tried to be subtle about it, but you could cut the air around me with a knife. I've definitely had better travelling experiences.

Still, I'm here now, and don't need the assistance of a plane until January. Here are some Japanese cars I actually recognise.

 

My AirBNB host apparently drives a Ssang Yong Rodius.

Welcome to New Zealand! A Warehouse and a Daihatsu - what a familiar sight! 

But look at that Caldina in the background  !

[dollywobbler]

And a Toyota Blaze on the right that I've only just learnt about. An enlarged Auris with either a 2.4 four banger or a 3.5 V6!