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[Junkman]

Go for it.  Not that I ever had a lot of clutter but I've been on a drive to get rid of as much excess 'stuff' as possible and it's remarkably liberating.  My philosophy is the less possessions you 'need', the happier you can be.

My mother always said something similar, that I only start to understand nowadays, being on the verge to gifferdom.

 

The more I know, the less I need.

(Junkmama)

 

I find that the less I have, the less I have to take care of, a completely new experience for me.

And by having to take care of just a little less, I experience a surprisingly big amount of de-enslavement in return.

 

I'm still far away from that Hippie doctrine "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose",

but I think I begin to understand what they meant.

[Bobthebeard]

Yeah, it's the thought of that bleedin 7.5 ton sized tip run that sucks.First World, ay?

Speaking of 'tip runs'. I have been clearing out the black hole that is the garden shed. Lugged a load of junk round onto the drive prior to shoving it into the Accord for the tip run. Went inside to get keys and answer the phone. Came out and it had all gone! All of it! Some was metal admittedly, but roofing felt, old laminate flooring and carpets....

Odd.

[Bobthebeard]

My mother always said something similar, that I only start to understand nowadays, being on the verge to gifferdom.The more I know, the less I need.(Junkmama)I find that the less I have, the less I have to take care of, a completely new experience for me.And by having to take care of just a little less, I experience a surprisingly big amount of de-enslavement in return.I'm still far away from that Hippie doctrine "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose",but I think I begin to understand what they meant.

Gordon Lightfoot FTW.

Me and Bobby McGee.

Played loudly after lots* of drink, the world kinda makes more sense. For a while.

[Junkman]

Speaking of 'tip runs'. I have been clearing out the black hole that is the garden shed. Lugged a load of junk round onto the drive prior to shoving it into the Accord for the tip run. Went inside to get keys and answer the phone. Came out and it had all gone! All of it! Some was metal admittedly, but roofing felt, old laminate flooring and carpets....

Odd.

The other day I put three perfectly useable bicycles outside, hoping they would be gone within Seconds.

They were still there 3 days later, so I had to take them to the tip.

Same with a set of Peugeot alloys with good tyres, and a garden table with chairs.

The disadvantages of living in a crime-free zone.

[Bobthebeard]

The other day I put three perfectly useable bicycles outside, hoping they would be gone within Seconds.They were still there 3 days later, so I had to take them to the tip.Same with a set of Peugeot alloys with good tyres, and a garden table with chairs.The disadvantages of living in a crime-free zone.

Game on.....

 

I left four anvils, two old Ford Escort Mexicos and an unwanted pallet of lead flashing in my drive last year. Still there. Lazy bin men round our way. Mumble mumble...

Lol!

[barefoot]

I left a stainless flask, two stainless insulated mugs, a couple of tin mugs and a camping stove at the end of my drive, scrappy bloke actually knocked and ask if it was ok to take them!

 

Mud flaps n mpg? - Metro HLE never had them - conclusive proof.

[Junkman]

Just four doors down from my house is one of those places, I don't know what they are called, where they put freshly released ex-cons before they find their own digs.

Thus I live in an area with absolutely nil crime.

Add to this a P6 V8 with strong LS&2SB overtones parked on the drive most of the time, and they sure think I'm the bigger crook anyway.

[KruJoe]

I bought a flymo ... I was just out cutting the grass and it suddenly slowed down and burst into flames.

I find that covering the 'lawn' with crumbling, festering wrecks keeps the grass down no bother. Try it.

 

De-cluttering can FRO.

[dave21478]

De-cluttering FTW.

 

A couple of weeks back I called up my tame gyppo and got him to come round with his shady mates and a hiab to take everything away from the farm.....the Hanomag van, Sportrak chassis and chopped up bodyshell, two dead sans permis cars, a few lawn mowers, some dead kitchen appliances and some random engines and a massive pile of general scrap metal, including the metal bins from the workshop, which to my surprise contained 6 dead cheapo angle grinders. Might invest the dollar in a decent one for a change, having realised how much money I have pissed away on the Brand X ones. 

Anyway, they buggered about for a whole day, making 4 trips. 

They only coughed up 40 euros for the whole lot, but I wasnt fussed, just glad to get it cleared away.

 

Now I have enough space to start collecting useful* bits of metal and dead cars again.

 

They dont take tyres though and I now have about 40 - 50 tyres lying in a pile plus 4 or 5 big tractor tyres too. Feck knows what I will do with them.

 

[Bren]

I bought a flymo lawn mower 8 years ago when I moved into this house. I was just out cutting the grass and it suddenly slowed down and burst into flames.

Thats why i like flymo - you get a pyrotechnic display FOC when the die.

 

Try getting that with a qualcast.

[Bobthebeard]

Hahahaha!

[vulgalour]

As seen outside garages all over the country years ago.

 

 

 

Alternatively, never have to buy shoes again.

 

Would you like the world's most disappointing water feature?  Use this technique but replace the compost with water.

 

Build a house.

 

 

There's a lot can be done with old tyres, really very versatile things.  Don't forget, it's probably best that whatever you decide to do with them it's best to do it yourself.

 

 

 

[cort1977]

I visited those tyre houses last year.   They are certainly solid.   One we went in had a hydroponic system set up inside which was working fine but made the whole place very damp.   It was blowing a freezing gale when we were there, don't think the missus was very impressed.

[anonymous user]

With the swing cartoon they missed out how the health and safety consultant risk assessed it, where the swing is tied into place with guy ropes and surrounded by matresses

[jonathan_dyane]

Just four doors down from my house is one of those places, I don't know what they are called, where they put freshly released ex-cons before they find their own digs.

Thus I live in an area with absolutely nil crime.

Add to this a P6 V8 with strong LS&2SB overtones parked on the drive most of the time, and they sure think I'm the bigger crook anyway.

 

'Approved Premises' is the current euphemism.

[Bren]

My new battery for the busa has arrived.

 

I am giving it a charge as fook knows how long it's been in storage.

 

I wonder what the next issue will be - vec has its MOT on monday and could do with three tyres.

 

I have 3 cheapo tyres on now and they are pish - noisy at speed and the car feels like it is on casters in the wet.

 

The good one is a falken ilex - the best price I can get is £95 a corner.

[Inspector Morose]

Insurance arranged. Train ticket bought. You can guess what's coming next.

[vulgalour]

Is it, "Hello, is that the AA/RAC/Green Flag?"

[Inspector Morose]

All will be revealed.

[EssDeeWon]

BMW Sold tonight and for the full asking price, lovely car I will miss it

 

I now haz no car (For the time being anyway)

[panhard65]

Hotchkiss passed it's mot yesterday with a couple of advisories. We also had to change the vehicle record as the chassis number on the log book is wrong (good old dvla cant tell a 5 from a 3). Now that has been changed but he has put the colour down as brown !!!. Hopefully one day I will get the paperwork that matches the car. Spent the day in Derbyshire picking up a TD5 discovery and a new gearbox for my midget 220 miles each way and a 4.30 start knackered now

[michael t]

I've started seriously shopping for my 1st motor, my old man would prefer if I got something in the 700-1000 Euro price bracket to ensure its decent and reliable, whereas I, being a shiter, want something sub 500 and shit... this little Colt is 300 Euro with a new clutch but without MOT or Tax (1.3 shouldn't be a killer on tax) and its about 10 mins away... thoughts fellow shiters?  

 

http://www.adverts.ie/car/mitsubishi/colt/mitsubishi-colt/5593134

 

 

 

Some pics

 

 

 

 

 

[Lord Sterling]

I've started seriously shopping for my 1st motor, my old man would prefer if I got something in the 700-1000 Euro price bracket to ensure its decent and reliable, whereas I, being a shiter, want something sub 500 and shit... this little Colt is 300 Euro with a new clutch but without MOT or Tax (1.3 shouldn't be a killer on tax) and its about 10 mins away... thoughts fellow shiters?

 

I say go fae it, I never listened to my parents...well, my Dad at least (Mum never really bothered) who thinks I should have a small Diesel car. Fuck that. I have never regretted buying V6 Rover 800s even though they about as popular as a fart in a lift.

[wuvvum]

I had a 1.5 auto version of that shape Colt.  Averaged about 22 mpg.  Nice car other than that though.  Would imagine (hope...) a 1.3 Manuel would be easier on the jungle juice.

[J-T]

I read this forum an awful lot but don't really post much, however I feel the need to post this as the odds of it happening must be so slim I feel the need to just communicate that it happened!! And I want to moan.

 

In our house we have a 2014 Golf (my works car), a 2003 Rav4 (other half's) and a 1999 Alfa GTV which I mess about with. Last Friday someone drove into the back of the Rav4 whilst other half was sat at some lights. The damage wasn't too bad, needs a new tailgate, new spare wheel cover and new bumper cladding. After faffing about with the insurance etc, I was instructed to take it to Polar Fords bodyshop to get assessed, which I did today (they were far too busy to do this 10 min task any earlier apparently). It will be pretty borderline as to whether it gets repaired or written off, as it's probably only worth about £3500 but I'm hoping it gets repaired as it's a clean car.

 

So after taking it for this monumental 10 min examination, I came home and parked it on the path outside the house (not the drive as about a week before it started leaving a couple of drips of oil after it had been stood). I then made some dinner and sat at the table in the dining room to eat it which has a direct view of the car. I then saw a wheel bounce down the street at extremely high speed, twat the back of the Rav4 very hard, then bounce off out of view again, immediately followed by an elderly Citroen Berlingo screech on to the path infront of next door, minus a rear wheel. Apparently it broke free just before my house. It has hit the car exactly where it was damaged anyway, so now it has a very damaged tailgate instead of a slightly damaged one.

 

So after exchanging details, checking the guy was ok etc, I then had to call the insurance to tell them it had been hit yet again. This call was made even more enjoyable by the fact whoever I was speaking to was being trained, so I had this bizarre reverse echo, whereby someone knowledgeable said what needed to be said to the person I was speaking to, who than repeated this to me getting minor details wrong each time, and becoming terribly confused each time I dared asked a question not covered by their script. Eg.

 

"What was the last journey you made in the vehicle before the collision?" (after hearing this quietly 5 secs before)

 

"I drove it back from the bodyshop where it was getting its previous damage assessed."

 

"I don't understand, you said it's just been in a collision?"

 

"Yes and another a week ago, like I explained at the start of the call."

 

"Hold please."

 

Ad infinitum. Literally the most mind numbing phone call ever. I now have to re-take it for it's damage to be re-assessed, even though I have told them that the absolutely nothing else is damaged other than what was damaged before. So I rang Polar Ford to try and tell them the same thing to see if I could get any joy there.

 

"Sorry Sir, we need to follow the insurer's instructions, so you'll need to bring it back."

 

"Fine, I'll bring it back now, just tell the guy who looked at it this morning to give it a quick look again, as exactly the same panels are damaged as before."

 

"Sorry Sir, you need to follow the correct procedure, it will take approximately 30 mins to assess, the next available slot I have is next Tuesday"

 

"It didn't take half an hour, earlier, I turned up at 12pm as I was told, I waited for someone for 20 mins, who then spent 10 mins looking at the car. So I'll call up now, tell that person to nip out and look at it again."

 

"Sorry Sir, that won't be possible, it will take approximately 30 mins to assess blah blah blah"

 

So that's currently where I stand. What really inspired confidence was when I turned up earlier and it was taking 3 people to locate a customer's car that he had come to collect. The guy had been to the bodyshop, used car sales and new car sales, all of whom told him it was with the other. I am absolutely convinced this is going to go monumentally wrong on every level.

[Junkman]

WCPGR?

[barefoot]

Issue 80 of VW Camper & Commercial, what I edited is out today.

On page 65, you will find what I claim is the first use in the mainstream media of the term 'Pineappled'.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Don't bother taking the Rav4 in for an assessment. Just tell the insurance company you have done!!!! They wont have a clue either way.

[hairnet]

I've started seriously shopping for my 1st motor, my old man would prefer if I got something in the 700-1000 Euro price bracket to ensure its decent and reliable, whereas I, being a shiter, want something sub 500 and shit... this little Colt is 300 Euro with a new clutch but without MOT or Tax (1.3 shouldn't be a killer on tax) and its about 10 mins away... thoughts fellow shiters?  

 

http://www.adverts.ie/car/mitsubishi/colt/mitsubishi-colt/5593134

 

 

 

 

 

dont seem as bad as long as the mot ran cos he was waiting to do clutch -shouldnt be too bad

 

long as it dont smell of pig shit

 

350 tho (for the tax i mean )

 

why do they take the piss still lol

[Ratdat]

Ouch!