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[brownnova]

12 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Just watching hubnut video. Not heard of radwood before. Where is it?

Bicester heritage. It’s a great event to be fair. I really enjoyed last year. Sadly couldn’t make it this year. 

[richardmorris]

Just now, brownnova said:

Bicester heritage. It’s a great event to be fair. I really enjoyed last year. Sadly couldn’t make it this year. 

All hubnut vids are in a huge field though, not the Bicester site?

[brownnova]

1 minute ago, richardmorris said:

All hubnut vids are in a huge field though, not the Bicester site?

It was off to the right of the site… maybe a bit of an airfield IIRC. 

[alcyonecorporation]

1 minute ago, brownnova said:

It was off to the right of the site… maybe a bit of an airfield IIRC. 

It was a former RAF bomber base. 
And lack of Ian sans most beard is weird. 'Who is this hipster being Ian', I thought, initially. 

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, brownnova said:

It was off to the right of the site… maybe a bit of an airfield IIRC. 

Ah, I’ve only been with @Six-cylinderin april and we were exhibiting in the building area.

[alcyonecorporation]

I once again forgot to get pics of my car there. 

[richardmorris]

10 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I normally take my phone with me on my evening bike rides, in case I spot anything interesting.  This evening forgot to pick it up, and typically I had probably my most random spot ever: two emus sitting in a field.  I went home to grab the phone but by the time I got back they had buggered off, presumably gone to roost of whatever emus do at night. 

I did however manage to get a photo of this curious llama looking through a hedge.

And some coos in the mist.

I believe you saw emus without photographs. Many wouldn’t.

[stuboy]

28 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

where was this?

[RetroShite]

I recently started making some digital art to chuck onto some T-shirts, The Hyundai pony one seems quite popular for some bizarre reason.

[RoverFolkUs]

42 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I normally take my phone with me on my evening bike rides, in case I spot anything interesting.  This evening forgot to pick it up, and typically I had probably my most random spot ever: two emus sitting in a field.  I went home to grab the phone but by the time I got back they had buggered off, presumably gone to roost of whatever emus do at night. 

I did however manage to get a photo of this curious llama looking through a hedge.

And some coos in the mist.

I wondered what he was up to nowadays: 

 

[High Jetter]

40 minutes ago, RetroShite said:

I recently started making some digital art to chuck onto some T-shirts, The Hyundai pony one seems quite popular for some bizarre reason.

Nice, but font not right on Maestro plate

[RetroShite]

2 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Nice, but font not right on Maestro plate

Seriously?

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, RetroShite said:

Seriously?

Yup.

[grogee]

9 hours ago, RetroShite said:

I recently started making some digital art to chuck onto some T-shirts, The Hyundai pony one seems quite popular for some bizarre reason.

How does one go about purchasing said t-shirt(s)? 

[wuvvum]

10 hours ago, stuboy said:

where was this?

Arse end of Norfolk.

[RetroShite]

1 hour ago, grogee said:

How does one go about purchasing said t-shirt(s)? 

They're on https://retroshite.myshopify.com/

[Ghosty]

I'm really not getting on with this spaceship Civic I bought to commute in. I want something older with ABS. I'd love one of the Cavs in the for sale section but it means having to sell this fucker first. 

[chadders]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Arse end of Norfolk.

They weren't Rheas then?

"Twelve rheas, which are large flightless birds distantly related to ostriches and emus, escaped from a farm near Stalham on June 21."

"A mob of runaway rheas which escaped a Norfolk farm three weeks ago are still on the loose – and now a woman is claiming to have seen one almost 30 miles away from where they first went missing."

https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/23645220.norfolk-runaway-rheas-spotted-30-miles-stalham-farm/

It's a good job Bernard Matthews is no longer with us otherwise there'd probably be a new type of Twizzler.

[willswitchengage]

13 minutes ago, chadders said:

It's a good job Bernard Matthews is no longer with us otherwise there'd probably be a new type of Twizzler.

As in they have moved out of Norfolk? They still sell stuff in the supermarket

[alcyonecorporation]

16 minutes ago, chadders said:

They weren't Rheas then?

"Twelve rheas, which are large flightless birds distantly related to ostriches and emus, escaped from a farm near Stalham on June 21."

"A mob of runaway rheas which escaped a Norfolk farm three weeks ago are still on the loose – and now a woman is claiming to have seen one almost 30 miles away from where they first went missing."

https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/23645220.norfolk-runaway-rheas-spotted-30-miles-stalham-farm/

It's a good job Bernard Matthews is no longer with us otherwise there'd probably be a new type of Twizzler.

A rhea (not from a die) escaped near @meggersdog's patch, too - except that one came back because it was a bonded pair and missed its partner. 

Where was that farm again, fam? 

[chadders]

10 minutes ago, willswitchengage said:

As in they have moved out of Norfolk? They still sell stuff in the supermarket

He died the best part of 15 years ago.

[EyesWeldedShut]

15 hours ago, wesacosa said:

what in the name of all things holy are those

 

Bastardised child of a Spirograph and a 3D printer that can do alloy?

[Split_Pin]

Not too bad a result on the TT MOT today but I'm slightly confused about the steering arm fail as I dont understand what part that could be?

 

[Split_Pin]

Spoke to the garage, it's the inner tie rod. Just going to get them do do all of that and they can get the tracking done too. £270 all in including VAT, I cannot grumble at that at all.

[alcyonecorporation]

31 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Spoke to the garage, it's the inner tie rod. Just going to get them do do all of that and they can get the tracking done too. £270 all in including VAT, I cannot grumble at that at all.

Yeah, for 'back on the road and sorted' bill that's not offensive for an older car. 

[grogee]

59 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Not too bad a result on the TT MOT today but I'm slightly confused about the steering arm fail as I dont understand what part that could be?

 

Track rod end? Inner or outer, hopefully outer.

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, chadders said:

They weren't Rheas then?

"Twelve rheas, which are large flightless birds distantly related to ostriches and emus, escaped from a farm near Stalham on June 21."

"A mob of runaway rheas which escaped a Norfolk farm three weeks ago are still on the loose – and now a woman is claiming to have seen one almost 30 miles away from where they first went missing."

https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/23645220.norfolk-runaway-rheas-spotted-30-miles-stalham-farm/

Could well be actually.  They looked like emus in the semi-darkness.

[meggersdog]

7 hours ago, alcyonecorporation said:

A rhea (not from a die) escaped near @meggersdog's patch, too - except that one came back because it was a bonded pair and missed its partner. 

Where was that farm again, fam? 

Ridgeview farm Belmesthorpe. The Rhea was gone for a few months, spotted in the surrounding villages though. Every time Rufus, the owner, went to where the bird was spotted he'd gone. Eventually he just turned up at the farm one day and has never escaped since.

[Dyslexic Viking]

A little more work done on the Yaris today. Have applied Fluid Film to it everywhere under and in cavities. And used Fluid Film black on the visible parts. Also had the wheels changed from the other Yaris with better tires and got the front brakes cleaned and lubricated. Painting of the front wing is next.

[artdjones]

8 hours ago, chadders said:

He died the best part of 15 years ago.