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[Asimo]

23 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

54 year old 504 wins rally, and then drives home again 😁

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/geordie-duo-win-rally-beijing-31948930

Such a pretty car these.

[loserone]

8 hours ago, alcyonecorporation said:

dismemberment

[alcyonecorporation]

upgrading is not on the priority list rn but thanks for thinking of me 

[Lord Sterling]

23 hours ago, Marshall2810 said:

Dad's got a new old integra thing which he says he can get in and out of.

Fatha_Sterling used to have one of these in the early 00s. It was an auto and a car I drove a few times (prior to having a licence)

[Datsuncog]

On my way over to pick up a new battery for the Yaris at lunchtime, for much of the time I was sat behind a Signum Elite making its very final journey.

Tugged along behind a T-Met recycling truck already laden with an Astra and a RAV4, this was all green down one side with algae and pretty cobwebby. Apparently the last MOT ran out over two years ago.

Off to sleep with the angels...

[richardmorris]

20 hours ago, alcyonecorporation said:

Sorry, another shit day. 

We all have those, don’t worry.

[puddlethumper]

I'm really extremely  sad at the moment as a very good friend of 25/30 years has taken his own life. He was such a lovely guy but was diagnosed with onset dementia which he told me he would not do. Other things that made him do what he did was that he lived off grid in his Yank motorhome and was going to lose his 7.5 ton licence, also some woman knocked him off his bike about two years ago and he was in extreme pain because of it. I can understand why he did it. He torched his motorhome so his rotten family, two money grabbing brothers and a sister, wouldn't get any of his effects, drove his car down to the bridge in Shoreham, and climbed over the parapet with a rope. Rip Neil. I miss you.

[Wibble]

5 minutes ago, puddlethumper said:

I'm really extremely  sad at the moment as a very good friend of 25/30 years has taken his own life. He was such a lovely guy but was diagnosed with onset dementia which he told me he would not do. Other things that made him do what he did was that he lived off grid in his Yank motorhome and was going to lose his 7.5 ton licence, also some woman knocked him off his bike about two years ago and he was in extreme pain because of it. I can understand why he did it. He torched his motorhome so his rotten family, two money grabbing brothers and a sister, wouldn't get any of his effects, drove his car down to the bridge in Shoreham, and climbed over the parapet with a rope. Rip Neil. I miss you.

That is absolutely tragic, I’m so sorry for your loss.

[Lord Sterling]

39 minutes ago, puddlethumper said:

I'm really extremely  sad at the moment as a very good friend of 25/30 years has taken his own life. He was such a lovely guy but was diagnosed with onset dementia which he told me he would not do. Other things that made him do what he did was that he lived off grid in his Yank motorhome and was going to lose his 7.5 ton licence, also some woman knocked him off his bike about two years ago and he was in extreme pain because of it. I can understand why he did it. He torched his motorhome so his rotten family, two money grabbing brothers and a sister, wouldn't get any of his effects, drove his car down to the bridge in Shoreham, and climbed over the parapet with a rope. Rip Neil. I miss you.

That's really bad man. I'm so sorry to hear that.

[Asimo]

The end of a mate is always bad, always hurts.  

But your friend had the balls to face it and then to take responsibility for the end of his story.

More than many of us will manage.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, puddlethumper said:

I'm really extremely  sad at the moment as a very good friend of 25/30 years has taken his own life. He was such a lovely guy but was diagnosed with onset dementia which he told me he would not do. Other things that made him do what he did was that he lived off grid in his Yank motorhome and was going to lose his 7.5 ton licence, also some woman knocked him off his bike about two years ago and he was in extreme pain because of it. I can understand why he did it. He torched his motorhome so his rotten family, two money grabbing brothers and a sister, wouldn't get any of his effects, drove his car down to the bridge in Shoreham, and climbed over the parapet with a rope. Rip Neil. I miss you.

Terrible, must have felt alone too if his family weren’t close.

[alcyonecorporation]

Good god. Raise one to him tonight @puddlethumper

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, puddlethumper said:

I'm really extremely  sad at the moment as a very good friend of 25/30 years has taken his own life. He was such a lovely guy but was diagnosed with onset dementia which he told me he would not do. Other things that made him do what he did was that he lived off grid in his Yank motorhome and was going to lose his 7.5 ton licence, also some woman knocked him off his bike about two years ago and he was in extreme pain because of it. I can understand why he did it. He torched his motorhome so his rotten family, two money grabbing brothers and a sister, wouldn't get any of his effects, drove his car down to the bridge in Shoreham, and climbed over the parapet with a rope. Rip Neil. I miss you.

Ouch. Sorry for your loss, and his. Sounds kinda like I imagine you to be, sound.

[Split_Pin]

5 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

On my way over to pick up a new battery for the Yaris at lunchtime, for much of the time I was sat behind a Signum Elite making its very final journey.

Tugged along behind a T-Met recycling truck already laden with an Astra and a RAV4, this was all green down one side with algae and pretty cobwebby. Apparently the last MOT ran out over two years ago.

Off to sleep with the angels...

I'd really like to find one of those with the 2.0 Turbo petrol engine. It's a GM block, engineered for a Saab 9-3 (called the B207R in 175bhp tune) and then fitted back into a Signum (early Vectra C SRis got them too) and called the Z20NET and a Vauxhall badge slapped on. Such an odd-bod car!

[24vdiamond]

12 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I'd really like to find one of those with the 2.0 Turbo petrol engine. It's a GM block, engineered for a Saab 9-3 (called the B207R in 175bhp tune) and then fitted back into a Signum (early Vectra C SRis got them too) and called the Z20NET and a Vauxhall badge slapped on. Such an odd-bod car!

I think I've a new crate motor if you really want one 

[wuvvum]

Treated the Renault 6 to a new battery as the existing one (bought dirt cheap several years ago in a Eurocarparts fire sale) was starting to flag.  The new one is slightly smaller but has the same CCA rating and starts the car a lot better than the old one.

My job for the weekend (or for Saturday at least, Sunday was a write-off due to it chucking it down most of the day) was to try to get the passenger windows working - the driver's window goes up and down fine but the windows on the three passenger doors haven't worked for years.  This is less than ideal for ventilation purposes in summer.  The cause was the same for all of them - the little nylon wheels which are supposed to run along tracks in the glass channel were seized solid, so the winders were trying to pull the window at a 45° angle rather than vertically.

Results were a mixed bag.  The front passenger window still won't move at all.  The passenger side rear will smoothly go up and down by about an inch, but no further. 

The driver's side rear will go down further, but it's extremely graunchy and I don't want to wind it down too far in case it won't come back up again.  

Still, I've got enough openings there to ensure a decent through-flow of air when driving, so I'm going to call that a win.

[PhilA]

Nice evening for a drive, so I went out.

Someone asked if I had edited that image to boost the colors and make it look like a video game. 

Nope, the sunsets here are that vivid in summertime. 

Rolled over 120,000 miles on the way.

Phil

[Joey spud]

I look the Beagle hound out last night for a walk through the marina and along the sea wall where she loves to roll around in the grass.

She does it countless times most walks without any problems until yesterday when she started screaming and shaking her head. Eventually she calmed down and once back home she wouldn't let me near her left ear.

Today she's not right and let me look in her ear and it looked fine but obviously sore so off to the vets we went where they looked deep into the ear and removed this grass seed.

She's only a small Beagle so that must of hurt like hell. 

[comfortablynumb]

My sister and ex brother in law had a veterinary practice, grass seeds were the bane of their lives, can cause all sorts of problems. Glad you got it sorted @Joey spud👍

[wuvvum]

Initially there I thought you'd retrieved 20p from the dog's ear and I assumed she'd been digging around in Peugeot 405 handbrake mechanisms...

[wuvvum]

Just renewed the insurance for the Mobylette.  The renewal came through a tenner cheaper than last year but that didn't take my car accidents into account so I rang the insurers and gave them the relevant info.  It put the premium up by... £14.  So £4 more than I was paying last year.  If only my car insurance had been as forgiving...

[Joey spud]

4 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

My sister and ex brother in law had a veterinary practice, grass seeds were the bane of their lives, can cause all sorts of problems. Glad you got it sorted @Joey spud👍

Thank you.

She was a brave soldier and let the vet remove it without having to sedate her (so my wallet said thanks too).

Then outside the vets she's rolling around in the grass again...

[richardmorris]

Dad is trying to convince us that he didn't "have a fall" but tripped on uneven Pavement yesterday morning.  7am going to the local shop for the paper, fell and tore skin open on both hands exposing tendons, broke glasses and watch. Passing van driver stopped and wanted to call ambulance- rather a lot of blood, but walked him home about 50m. 4 hours in casualty,  local anaesthetic to irrigate the wounds and remove gravel etc,  stiches, tetanus and antibiotics. Black eye from broken glasses now covers quarter of his face,  so I think yes it's a fall. He's 82.

 

 

[stuboy]

14 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Dad is trying to convince us that he didn't "have a fall" but tripped on uneven Pavement yesterday morning.  7am going to the local shop for the paper, fell and tore skin open on both hands exposing tendons, broke glasses and watch. Passing van driver stopped and wanted to call ambulance- rather a lot of blood, but walked him home about 50m. 4 hours in casualty,  local anaesthetic to irrigate the wounds and remove gravel etc,  stiches, tetanus and antibiotics. Black eye from broken glasses now covers quarter of his face,  so I think yes it's a fall. He's 82.

 

 

any medical concerns?

[comfortablynumb]

Get him to talk to his GP @richardmorris, this is exactly how my dad went.

Ok it wasn't the beginning, he'd had a couple of Tia's, and health problems for years, but he fell off a kerb in his local shopping precinct, or so he said.

Looking back, I'm totally convinced that he had another turn, he didn't remember anything about it, cut and bruised himself quite badly. It was all downhill from there ( he was 87)

Not trying to scaremonger, just something to be aware of.

Hope your dad recovers soon 

[richardmorris]

33 minutes ago, stuboy said:

any medical concerns?

Generally no, he’s now on an iron replacement and thyroid medication after years of feeling tired.  That does seem to have the effect of making skin injuries bad - eg peeling the skin off his head and hands.

[richardmorris]

20 minutes ago, comfortablynumb said:

Get him to talk to his GP @richardmorris, this is exactly how my dad went.

Ok it wasn't the beginning, he'd had a couple of Tia's, and health problems for years, but he fell off a kerb in his local shopping precinct, or so he said.

Looking back, I'm totally convinced that he had another turn, he didn't remember anything about it, cut and bruised himself quite badly. It was all downhill from there ( he was 87)

Not trying to scaremonger, just something to be aware of.

Hope your dad recovers soon 

Thanks, he’s generally fine.  We think- my mum is there keeping an eye on him too. They’re off to Portugal next month for 60th wedding anniversary ( well 59 but they said why wait!).  It’s just a realisation that we all get older, and being 200 miles away it’s not easy to pop up in the evening after work.

 

[MrGTI6]

58 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Dad is trying to convince us that he didn't "have a fall" but tripped on uneven Pavement yesterday morning.  7am going to the local shop for the paper, fell and tore skin open on both hands exposing tendons, broke glasses and watch. Passing van driver stopped and wanted to call ambulance- rather a lot of blood, but walked him home about 50m. 4 hours in casualty,  local anaesthetic to irrigate the wounds and remove gravel etc,  stiches, tetanus and antibiotics. Black eye from broken glasses now covers quarter of his face,  so I think yes it's a fall. He's 82.

It must be difficult to acknowledge "having a fall", especially if it's the first time something like this has happened to him. 

Downplaying the seriousness of the situation might be his way of trying to protect his pride perhaps? Not that he has anything to be ashamed of, but it must be quite embarrassing for him to talk/think about.

Hope he takes care of himself and makes a speedy recovery.

[richardmorris]

5 minutes ago, MrGTI6 said:

It must be difficult to acknowledge "having a fall", especially if it's the first time something like this has happened to him. 

Downplaying the seriousness of the situation might be his way of trying to protect his pride perhaps? Not that he has anything to be ashamed of, but it must be quite embarrassing for him to talk/think about.

Hope he takes care of himself and makes a speedy recovery.

Thanks, he is embarrassed I think.  Head of the family etc. doesn’t want any fuss. When did parents become more of a liability than children?

 

[Wibble]

51 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Thanks, he is embarrassed I think.  Head of the family etc. doesn’t want any fuss. When did parents become more of a liability than children?

 

I really feel for you and your parents. My Dad had similar encounters and pride is definitely a thing, of course. It’s hard for you, being so far away. I was 400 miles away from mine and you feel pretty useless. I pray he’s ok and gets to enjoy the holiday.