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[dozeydustman]

14 hours ago, bunglebus said:

My mate got this in the post today, with 70's/80's stamps. Strange

 

Normally in a set of 4 the values pre 1990 were 2nd, 1st, Europe letter rate and small parcel.
 

The Europe letter value tends to be the hardest for collectors to find. I was aware all decimal currency postage stamp issues are still valid (along with certain pre-decimalisation issues with whole pounds) but the pennies must be rounded up to the next pence where ha’pennies are used with another x-and-a-half pence value. They’re nicely cancelled as well which is a bonus to a collector.

[sdkrc]

3 hours ago, Jamie said:

Ahh cool! We went up to glasga yesterday n off to the Isle of aaran today 😀

My old work in the background there. Utter bastards.

[egg]

Spud cam spot which cheered me up, a ropey old 2cv in late-90's general cart horse spec. Rear full of cardboard boxes. Marvellous.

No MOT between 2009 and 2019.

[Jamie]

@cort16unfortunatley ferry is fully booked all week for aaran 😒 apparently there is another island a bit further up that is only 15 mins on the ferry?

 

We went to Culzean instead 

 

Heres another passat pic from where we are staying (the salt Lodge in Troon) 😎

[fatharris]

Decided to tackle the overgrown mass of brbles behind my garden shed today.



Noticed there was a disused coal scuttle(?) In the corner of the garden that was full of empty oil cans, an exhaust manifold, and some kind of sump?



Ah well, got all the brambles out at least.

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[cort16]

9 minutes ago, Jamie said:

@cort16unfortunatley ferry is fully booked all week for aaran 😒 apparently there is another island a bit further up that is only 15 mins on the ferry?

 

We went to Culzean instead 

 

Heres another passat pic from where we are staying (the salt Lodge in Troon) 😎

Nice, I didn't even know they had accommodation there. Culzean is nice for a visit, Dunure is worth a visit too if you're ever down that way again.

[Jamie]

6 minutes ago, cort16 said:

Nice, I didn't even know they had accommodation there. Culzean is nice for a visit, Dunure is worth a visit too if you're ever down that way again.

I think they were recently built 

 

Thanks, is there any more nice beaches over this side? 

[Split_Pin]

47 minutes ago, Jamie said:

@cort16unfortunatley ferry is fully booked all week for aaran 😒 apparently there is another island a bit further up that is only 15 mins on the ferry?

 

We went to Culzean instead 

 

Heres another passat pic from where we are staying (the salt Lodge in Troon) 😎

I'm going to Arran in a couple of weeks for 4 days with my family. The ferries are running at half capacity or thereabouts and they're limiting folk on the island. I booked the car months ago but some of my family who aren't taking cars had real trouble getting booked on. Unfortunately  you can't just turn up like you used to be able to. 

This will be my 21st year going there.

[Jamie]

Just now, Split_Pin said:

I'm going to Arran in a couple of weeks for 4 days with my family. The ferries are running at half capacity or thereabouts and they're limiting folk on the island. I booked the car months ago but some of my family who aren't taking cars had real trouble getting booked on. Unfortunately  you can't just turn up like you used to be able to. 

This will be my 21st year going there.

Yeah we just expected to turn up. Didn't realise it was school hols 

[richardmorris]

50th annniversary raf helicopter tour today, anyone else see?

[cort16]

30 minutes ago, Jamie said:

I think they were recently built 

 

Thanks, is there any more nice beaches over this side? 

A lot of the real gems are down near Culzean. Dunure and Croy have nice beaches. Dunure was the setting for that Outlander TV program.

There's a big beach park at Irvine but I always think it's a little bit of a dump. . Largs is worth a visit although their beach is very pebbley .

You can get a ferry to Millport (Isle of Cumbrae) from Largs but it's usually quite busy.

Kelburn country park on they way to Largs is also quiet good. 

 

[cort16]

22 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I'm going to Arran in a couple of weeks for 4 days with my family. The ferries are running at half capacity or thereabouts and they're limiting folk on the island. I booked the car months ago but some of my family who aren't taking cars had real trouble getting booked on. Unfortunately  you can't just turn up like you used to be able to. 

This will be my 21st year going there.

I started a job in Irvine in 1999 and every year since we've went to Arran in June to play golf (get pissed). The last 2 years are the only two years we've missed and I'm jonesing for a return visit.

 

[richardmorris]

Hubut has reviewed a w124 coupe. Will watch it later, but I am pleased I have a car worthy of review.  He’s done 2cvs, and @Three Speeds traction. Just need an x1/9 review now and it’s the full fleet set.

[dome]

1 hour ago, Jamie said:

I think they were recently built 

 

Thanks, is there any more nice beaches over this side? 

If you've got the time head down south of Stranraer. Portpatrick and the Mull of Galloway are worth a visit. Luce Sands is a decent beach down that way from memory

[bobdisk]

10 hours ago, cort1977 said:

This. And coolant and brake fluid.

I drain the filters thoroughly and then bin them, what else can you do?

Brake fluid goes in cat litter then the bin.

Coolant currently sits in my garage while I work out what to do with it.

 

10 hours ago, cort16 said:

I've got bottles of old coolant I've had in my garage for years not sure what I'm meant to do with it either.  My dump recently told me they'd stopped taking paint and I was to fill the tubs with sand and once it had gone hard I could put it in the bin. And they wonder why people are fly tipping.

We must be lucky where I live, the council will take most waste. I have always taken used car fluids and filters there without any problems.

 

[Fumbler]

1 minute ago, bobdisk said:

 

We must be lucky where I live, the council will take most waste. 

 

You are lucky! That's the fullest list of services I've seen in a long, long while.

[Jamie]

1 hour ago, cort16 said:

A lot of the real gems are down near Culzean. Dunure and Croy have nice beaches. Dunure was the setting for that Outlander TV program.

There's a big beach park at Irvine but I always think it's a little bit of a dump. . Largs is worth a visit although their beach is very pebbley .

You can get a ferry to Millport (Isle of Cumbrae) from Largs but it's usually quite busy.

Kelburn country park on they way to Largs is also quiet good. 

 

Thanks for the advice mate!

 

Funny enough some guy in the pub just told us to get the ferry to Millport! So think we will go tomorrow hopefully it will be bearable (busy wise) 

[Jamie]

34 minutes ago, dome said:

If you've got the time head down south of Stranraer. Portpatrick and the Mull of Galloway are worth a visit. Luce Sands is a decent beach down that way from memory

Cheers chap! Certainly got plenty to do up here and the weather is looking out for us 😊

[cort16]

2 minutes ago, Jamie said:

Cheers chap! Certainly got plenty to do up here and the weather is looking out for us 😊

I’m down hunting shrimps at the rock pools just pool it’s a cracking night.

Look out for me in a black 7 series !

[Jamie]

24 minutes ago, cort16 said:

I’m down hunting shrimps at the rock pools just pool it’s a cracking night.

Look out for me in a black 7 series !

Sounds it! 

 

Had to get someone to explain this sign to us before... 

[nomiST]

23 hours ago, holbeck said:

Remember this? 

My roffle win Saab 900. Courtesy of @Minimad5

It's not perfect, but I bloomin' love it. 

In the last month I've done about a thousand miles with no real issues.   

I've reinstated the rear wiper as the motor and wiper itself were MIA.

@simon8201 has helped me out sourcing a leather steering wheel from a 9-3 to replace the rather worn original. Fingers crossed that'll be swapped tomorrow!

 

My Number one Daughter went to a tutor behind your boot, John Fowles wrote some of The French Lieutenant's Woman in the garden.

[somewhatfoolish]

On 7/6/2021 at 7:10 PM, Fumbler said:

In fairness waste does go through a sorting conveyor and other systems IIRC. Most likely that the stuff gets separated and burned.

Throwing away oil in this manner may be considered irresponsible because there are safe disposal methods. However, why doesn't anybody invent a safe disposal method (for the average car DIYer) for used oil filters? Nowhere here takes them and doesn't intend on doing so any time soon. Even if we are disposing of vehicular fluids correctly, we are still contaminating the waste stream with oil and fuel filters.

Filters are a problem, what I do is sit them upside down in a bucket or tub for a week or so, draining off any liquid every other day, then just wrap them in newspaper and put in general waste; if the council accepted them then I'd save them up and include in a tip run, but they don't.

[dome]

1 hour ago, Jamie said:

Sounds it! 

 

Had to get someone to explain this sign to us before... 

Ah, clearly @cort16 has been there before

[stuboy]

13 hours ago, Jamie said:

Sounds it! 

 

Had to get someone to explain this sign to us before... 

have you not/no .... winching?

[New POD]

13 hours ago, cort1977 said:

This. And coolant and brake fluid.

I drain the filters thoroughly and then bin them, what else can you do?

Brake fluid goes in cat litter then the bin.

Coolant currently sits in my garage while I work out what to do with it.

Oil filters I leave on the grate, where you pour the used engine oil. 

There's a bin next to it for oil containers. It's got oil filters in it too. 

 

Brake fluid is Oil. It goes in the used oil, 

Coolant, well I had head gasket failure and it's mixed with the oil thst I'm despising of. Honest. 

[Kiltox]

👀 

[EightMegs]

Went chasing what I thought were clicking CVs, ended up being loose lugnuts, dodged a bullet there.

[Asimo]

18 hours ago, richardmorris said:

50th annniversary raf helicopter tour today, anyone else see?

The 10 Pumas flew almost directly over here in quite a compact formation. They made a fabulous sound, like a swarm of bees inside your hat, but a couple of octaves lower. I have a soft spot for the Puma as for about a year I worked just a few metres from where some were flying from and got to know their smells and sounds, even got to sit and pretend in the driver’s seat once.

[Asimo]

My used Oil filters go in the stove, when it is nice and hot, and the next day when they are just clean steel they go in the scrap bin.

[dean36014]

Decided to have a go at the faded headlights on the Vel satis. Five minutes with a small drill mounted mop and some g3 and they look great. 120 miles now completed with no warning lights reappearing 🤣