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[TheOtherStu]

1 hour ago, SRi05 said:

I won't have a bad word said about Spoons. Outrageously cheap pints , exquisite microwave cookery and a baffling ordeal to the bogs in every single one.

Horse it into me Tim 

I used to be on a Spoons Facebook group and learned all the secrets.
Only ever eat a burger or a steak. Everything else is either pre-prepared or microwaved.

Those are done on a griddle.

[LightBulbFun]

54 minutes ago, RetroShite said:

I'm not exactly sure what to do with the crown vic, I might raffle that one too at some point.

I am still very much morbidly interested in it if I dont have REV back by the time your done with it, would you be interested in a direct sale?  

(although saying that I have no idea where you/it is based now?, its probably in the outer Hebrides now knowing my luck LOL)

[gm]

34 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said:

I used to be on a Spoons Facebook group and learned all the secrets.
Only ever eat a burger or a steak. Everything else is either pre-prepared or microwaved.

Those are done on a griddle.

what is so wrong about using a microwave ? it’s perfectly safe and if used correctly doesn’t compromise the food.

how do you think other pub chains prepare their food ?

 

[loserone]

Aye, not sure I'd fancy a burger half cooked in spoons either! If you want actual food, go to somewhere that makes food surely? 

 

[Rust Collector]

8 minutes ago, loserone said:

Aye, not sure I'd fancy a burger half cooked in spoons either! If you want actual food, go to somewhere that makes food surely? 

 

This is it, surely.

If you want to treat yourself then why would you go for a microwaved meal or a shit cut of grilled meat.

There's a pub in the village down the road that serve local beer and food prepared and cooked in house, with ingredients from local farms where possible. A burger made from rump steak mince is £15, a pint is about £4-5. On the odd occasion that I treat myself, I think it's worth spending the £20 on something that's really enjoyable with the added bonus that you're supporting a locally owned business.

[Split_Pin]

I'm enjoying* my new Mercedes.

Got sent these earlier:

That's the back of the fog light. There's supposed to be most of a car in-between it and the camera .

I'm sure the inner wing is supposed to be joined to the front part of the car.

Thankfully it's with Gingernutzz as we speak and whilst I'm picking my arse up off the floor after seeing these pictures he is battering on with making up repair panels. The outer wing is also shot but will be bolted up using the remaining good part while I try to find a better one in colour.

It's a shame because apart from the outer wing it looks really good from up top. Not even a parking ding that I can see.

[gm]

bloody hell - that looks awful - i had no idea  

 

[Split_Pin]

Par for the course with these things I think. 

[andy18s]

[TheOtherStu]

1 hour ago, gm said:

what is so wrong about using a microwave ? it’s perfectly safe and if used correctly doesn’t compromise the food.

how do you think other pub chains prepare their food ?

 

Oh don't get me wrong, I know a number of other "chains" prepare their foods using microwaved food too. I used to work in the industry (fortunately, my pub had a microwave that was barely used with the exception of vegetables - it's an amazing way to cook veg using a little water that keeps them very fresh and crunchy)

But if I wanted a microwaved curry, I might as well go to Co-op and get one for half the price.

[grogee]

Last night was the last cricket club car meet of the year here in Southam. @Cluffy's Corrado was the wheels of choice. Lots of Yank land yachts which appeal more and more each time I see one. 

The Maestro is still laid up awaiting gearbox refit (bloody work has got in the way) and there was no representation from my mate with the Turbo either. 

Most annoying was the shitty Mk5 Golf lowered on big rimz with a big exhaust, what the fuck is that doing at the show. Back to the normal car park with you. 

Check out the Mitsubishi Roly-Poly. I hope that guy likes scraping along the tarmac on his side. 

The Alfa GTV6 wins for me, no question. 

[Lankytim]

I don’t mind Wetherspoons, always somewhere to sit and usually pretty quiet and a good place for a chat. A few years back there was some numpty blocking the bar I had to elbow out of the way so I could pay for my pint with shrapnel but apart from that it’s all been good. 
 

Moving on, I’ve been working on the 145, filling the repaired tank with 10 litres of fuel and trying to get it to the engine so it’ll run. Absolutely no luck, even when I used my drill operated power steering pump to suck it from the tank. Very annoying, is the fuel pick up not low enough in the tank? Jacking the rear up I undid a fuel pipe and inserted the drill pump to try and suck directly from the tank. Petrol sprayed everywhere! The metal fuel pipe under the car is corroded and holed so will need replacing. Much better to find it now rather than when it’s on the road! 
 

 

[Cluffy]

44 minutes ago, grogee said:

Last night was the last cricket club car meet of the year here in Southam. @Cluffy's Corrado was the wheels of choice. Lots of Yank land yachts which appeal more and more each time I see one. 

The Maestro is still laid up awaiting gearbox refit (bloody work has got in the way) and there was no representation from my mate with the Turbo either. 

Most annoying was the shitty Mk5 Golf lowered on big rimz with a big exhaust, what the fuck is that doing at the show. Back to the normal car park with you. 

Check out the Mitsubishi Roly-Poly. I hope that guy likes scraping along the tarmac on his side. 

The Alfa GTV6 wins for me, no question. 

It was a good turn out. But where do these Yank Tanks come from....!? As we pondered last night, we never ever see them out and about on the road in/around Southam. Likely the cost to fuel them I suppose..!

 

XJR for me I think. Or the Ford GT just to sell (after a quick hoon) and then have all the choice in the world... $$$$$$$

[stuboy]

Delivered yesterday from amazonian

[egg]

The Wetherspoonies I'd like to go to is T-Wells.

[andyberg]

3 minutes ago, egg said:

The Wetherspoonies I'd like to go to is T-Wells.

Very nice, but a shame it's not still a theatre 😞

[brownnova]

Spoons is great for breakfast. Two breakfasts and drinks for under a tenner, and You can sit there eating your bacon and sausages whilst being entertained by the blokes all around the middle table going to the bar for their second pint of lager… at 8.45am… 

On days when the kids are at nursery it’s our little treat to ourselves! 

[cort1977]

Good day today. Managed to fix the exhaust issue on the lexus, the correct toyota crush gasket made all the difference and it's back to pleasant wafting rather than full NASCAR.

Had an issue with the i3 charging cable yesterday, cable lock pin wasn't quite releasing so had to use the override cable. This didn't go back correctly and as a result the car wouldn't charge. Easy enough fix involving taking the wheel arch liner out for access and resetting the cable. While I was under there I did a quick oil change on the rex engine. 

Going to crack on with the saab tomorrow, welding is complete so just a bit of filler and then fixing an oil leak on the mot fail list.

[grogee]

I hate Tim Martin and his Brexit propaganda in Spoons pubs. 

But, I'm also tight and lazy. 

You can see my dilemma. I once bought a round in Spoons for a fairly big group and nearly fell over when they asked for under £20. 

The one in Tavistock was pretty good when it opened but it's gone a bit downhill since. But I'd still drink in there because you can lazily order from your phone without getting up. 

+1 for the breakfasts @brownnova. They always meet the minimum standard of alright whereas if you decide to chance an independent cafe, there's a 50% chance of it being total shit. Also, I think Spoons is bottomless coffee. 

In summary: cheap beer is hard to argue with. But Tim Martin isn't, the thick twat. 

 

[andyberg]

1 minute ago, grogee said:

I hate Tim Martin and his Brexit propaganda in Spoons pubs. 

But, I'm also tight and lazy. 

You can see my dilemma. I once bought a round in Spoons for a fairly big group and nearly fell over when they asked for under £20. 

The one in Tavistock was pretty good when it opened but it's gone a bit downhill since. But I'd still drink in there because you can lazily order from your phone without getting up. 

+1 for the breakfasts @brownnova. They always meet the minimum standard of alright whereas if you decide to chance an independent cafe, there's a 50% chance of it being total shit. Also, I think Spoons is bottomless coffee. 

In summary: cheap beer is hard to argue with. But Tim Martin isn't, the thick twat. 

 

Ooo I remember the one in Tavi being ok, about 6 or 7 years ago when I lived there.

[cobblers]

7 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

This is it, surely.

If you want to treat yourself then why would you go for a microwaved meal or a shit cut of grilled meat.

There's a pub in the village down the road that serve local beer and food prepared and cooked in house, with ingredients from local farms where possible. A burger made from rump steak mince is £15, a pint is about £4-5. On the odd occasion that I treat myself, I think it's worth spending the £20 on something that's really enjoyable with the added bonus that you're supporting a locally owned business.

100%! You can have a cheap burger and a drink at home.

Same here - there's a nice pub that serves nice beer and really nice food. £14 for a really good burger and about £20 for a steak.

Well kept local ales are £4.60 a pint.

A meal and a couple of pints might set you back £30 here vs £20 in a wetherspoons. IMO it's a much better strategy to go to the nice pub every 3 weeks vs spoons every 2 weeks.

 

£14 burger and chips at a nice pub has probably £7 worth of ingredients. 

£10 burger and chips at spoons? £1.50 . 

 

[grogee]

Just now, andyberg said:

Ooo I remember the one in Tavi being ok, about 6 or 7 years ago when I lived there.

Yeah it's a good space and I've had some good days/nights there. It's also wheelchair friendly so good for meeting my Mum for a meal. 

It's gone downhill because the food is pretty rank now, probably because they get paid peanuts and don't GAF. 

[stuboy]

10 hours ago, RetroShite said:

roffled?

[junkyarddog]

Early start for me today,managed to get a retest slot for my Honda at 7:15 this morning. 

Failed it's last test on two outer CV joint boots.

If I'd have bothered to check over the car I'd have spotted this 🙄

Two new stretchy CV boots later!

And we end up with this!

Happiness is a fresh pass certificate 😁

[Split_Pin]

Another great job done on my cars by Gingernutzz:

That:

Is now this:

I'm right pleased with it

[Joey spud]

I love an old steering wheel but the skinnyness of their rims just feels wrong after years of grabbing modern wheels so off to eBay I went.

I bought a silicone cover that was both too thin and too baggy so I taped it on ready for fitting the ultimate old giffer accessory from the 70/80's.

The smell alone takes me straight back to 1986 and my '72 mini 850.

Woof.

[Metal Guru]

16 hours ago, cobblers said:

100%! You can have a cheap burger and a drink at home.

Same here - there's a nice pub that serves nice beer and really nice food. £14 for a really good burger and about £20 for a steak.

Well kept local ales are £4.60 a pint.

A meal and a couple of pints might set you back £30 here vs £20 in a wetherspoons. IMO it's a much better strategy to go to the nice pub every 3 weeks vs spoons every 2 weeks.

 

£14 burger and chips at a nice pub has probably £7 worth of ingredients. 

£10 burger and chips at spoons? £1.50 . 

 

Great if you’ve got somewhere that serves decent food at good prices, but to many “gastro pubs “ take the piss. Marginally better food than a Spoons at near Michelin prices and a wine list from the nearest Asda starting at £30 a bottle.

Having said that, I prefer to spend what Spoons charge on decent food to cook at home.

 

 

[Joey spud]

The wifes had this old samba green CRX auto for seven years (it was a valentine's present) and in that time it's been used mostly in the summer months and sometimes it's been forgotten about for a year or two.

It's had a really good run out this year but the MOT expired last month and it needs some suspension bushes and a tyre replacing also the laquer peel on the wings was quite impressive. But alas there's not going to be any room for it at my new house so reluctantly it has to go.

So it's old number plate was reinstated and before I could advertise it a bloke knocked on my door and gave me £500 for it.

Probably going to miss the thing but if we have a spare car it got to be allowed inside the M25.

[egg]

Wow, Ardechauto on Insta has spotted a Metro - apparently there are 12(!) left in France only 3 of which are roadworthy...

https://www.instagram.com/ardechauto/

[UltraWomble]

Bought 4 anthracite powder coated alloys with new Falken winter rubber for £50 a corner. 

Really could not quibble at that price. 

Not really sure I like the grey over the silver. But new tyres!!!!! 

Traffic on M6 was bloody horrendous. 

3 crashes seen. 

Bit of blue oval pron