shite_meister Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Needed a Haynes manual for a twenty year old Suzuki GSXR 1100 motorbike, went to Halfords since I'm in Blighty at the mo and picked one up, was about take it to the counter but I just couldn't bring myself to pay £22 for one so I put it back. Today I accompanied a mate into a warehouse crammed full of shit and what do I find? the same manual, mine for a paltry £1. Me=Happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Case Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Not normally the sort of thing that would make me grin, but yesterday I passed a funeral procession going the other way. The standard Volvo S80 hearse with matching stretch Volvo limousine was followed closely by the vicar in full Archbishop of Canterbury outfit driving a red Rover Metro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 news story in our local paper's website! http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/ ... l#comments TiG Readers shocked to discover current, relevant and non-repeated news item on WebsiteWednesday, July 13, 2011 Regular visitors to this site were shocked to discover a newsworthy item today. One reader, 56 year-old Terry Dungfunnel was heard to remark "It was really odd, I didn't have that usual sense of Deja Vu of reading the same story repeated over and over in different formats". User have called for an inquiry yet the TiG telephone number was diverted to voicemail to avoid any embarrassing questions such as "Are you mad TiG - can't you see how appalling this site is?" There is every expectation this article will be removed fairly rapidly seeing as it is a criticism and we all know how well TiG respond to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Found this in the glovebox in my Atlantic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Well I've made some glovebox finds in my time, but I have to say that's got them all beat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Doing a DVLA sweep to see what, if any, of my recent spots have vanished from the roads, checked my late father's '99 Escort Finesse... taxed til next May - huzzah! Need to go hunting, saw it about eight months ago still with dealer plates and sticker. Might not sound exciting but these late Escorts seem to be disappearing like buggery of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Sean456 on Retro-Rides. What a well balanced, polite man he is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brammy777 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Seeing a car I had spotted 30 odd miles away pass me on the bus was a bit of a shock, second time this has happened now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Sean456 on Retro-Rides. What a well balanced, polite man he is he seems to have deleted most of his posts, or they have been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompei Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Rainbow does Top Gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 crash proof motorbike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattblack Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 V****a non starting looks like a kippered battery. I had visions of OMG! IMOBILLIZA KAOS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 That horrible feeling of dread when I realised my phone wasn't in my pocket at work, then that even worse feeling I'd left it in the toilet and it was no longer there. Thankfully it turns out the guy across from the office, who tbh I think is a bit of a knob, handed it in safe and sound. Time for some insurance I think............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackywacerwill Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 crash proof motorbike I'd forgoten about that, a pal emailed it to me ages ago Hold up on the slip of the M11 the other day which pee'd me off as I was in a rush to collect some tat and get back to London. As I went passed my mood lightened when I saw a couple of shirtless, thick gold chained, flat cap wearing young men attaching a chain from the front of a transit tipper with a twin wheel caravan on the hitch to the back of a feista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Picked these up today. Yes, they should alleviate my boredom between job searches. Also 1. Had quite a lot of stuff sell, so I'm out of the financial danger zone for a couple of months at least. 2. Got given a chicken kebab in Hazel Grove because 'it took us too long to make it'. It was gorgeous too. 3. Left a diesel BMW 5 series driven by a straight line hero for dead at the Lymm roundabout. He slammed the anchors on going round in complete contrast to the J7 exit where if he'd been any closer he'd have been pushing me along. I've been getting faster and faster at leaving my exit to the A56 - in the C4 I can now get the nose biting hard and pop down the exit ramp at 50 with the tyres just running wide. If you get it cock on your NSF tyre just clips the edge of the manhole cover and goes 'POINK' as you pass over it. Some vicious tailgating bastard in a Merc cabrio tried to keep up with me out of this particular exit in the wee hours once and nearly lost the back end of his twat mobile. 4. Oh yes, and I got my first year results through. A 2:1. Jesus, what happens if I actually try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattblack Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 ...in the C4 I can now get the nose biting hard and pop down the exit ramp at 50 with the tyres just running wide. If you get it cock on your NSF tyre just clips the edge of the manhole cover and goes 'POINK' as you pass over it. [Troy Queef mode]The Citroen C4 is a bitch. And I spanked it.[/Troy Queef mode] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxobarges_Are_Us Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 4. Oh yes, and I got my first year results through. A 2:1. Jesus, what happens if I actually try? Nothing. It's all random. During my first degree I was studying and writing nonstop, barely missed a class, and generally devoted myself to it...Result: 2:2- my classmate lived in London (100 miles away), only turned up every couple of weeks and never had any idea about anything in discussions or groupwork and got a 2:1. Of course, the fact that he's a Saudi royal played no part in this. For my Master's, I couldn't be bothered doing much, I had great plans for my dissertation that were subsequently foiled for a number of reasons, never did any studying for exams...and I got a Merit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 My missus got a 2:1 in computer programming, she wasn't expecting that either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise2cv Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 One Life. It's over. (Sorry for rubbish pic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Wouldn't a 1.4 degree be more suitable for Autoshite?To be honest don't quite understand all this 2.1/2.2 stuff, how does the rating work? My brother got one of those in about 1982 and has never worked since, except a stint at London Zoo 'being miserable to people and trying to rip them off'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 1st is the highest, the 2.1, 2.2 and thena 3. Anyway, check out the usual shit Auto Express photoshop lashups of the new BMW 1 Series Bwahahahaahaha - wait, what do you mean that's the actual production car? Oh............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexg Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Looks like a wanky Cerato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Found a few goodies in my engine undertray: Astra aerodynamic undertray contents by Jibijib, on Flickr My old 8mm ratchet spanner and an 8mm socket. Also three bolts/screws, about 15 washers and a BRAKE PAD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxobarges_Are_Us Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Wouldn't a 1.4 degree be more suitable for Autoshite?To be honest don't quite understand all this 2.1/2.2 stuff, how does the rating work? My brother got one of those in about 1982 and has never worked since, except a stint at London Zoo 'being miserable to people and trying to rip them off'. If it existed, 1.4 would actually be higher than 2.2 (which probably explains the fact that a lot of old-school academics drive some seriously fubared old tat. To expand a bit on NC's explanation, all uni work that gets assessed (essays, exams, presentations) receives a percentage grade. 0-40 or 0-45 depending on the university is FAIL, 40 (or 45) to 50 is "pass" and 70+ is "excellent". If one manages to achieve an average of 70+, the degree is called a 'first class' degree, 50-70 is 'second class', and 40-50 is 'third class'. Since, however, the vast majority of students fall into the 50-70 bracket (this is especially true of the social sciences, where there are no right or wrong answers and professors use their discretion to avoid many high or low marks and the audit questions that may ensue), there is a distinction between 50-60 and 60-70 into 'upper second' (2.1) and 'lower second' (2.2). 'Upper second' is therefore the best realistically achievable grade, unless you're an ubergeek and/or best mates with the Education Minister. Of course, this means bugger all in the context of the labour market, as you either end up flipping burgers at McDonalds or, worse still, working in your chosen field and reporting to someone who can't string together a couple of sentences but has 'lots of xperienz innit' or a sister who married the MD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I got a 'Desmond' (2:2), TBH i was surprised not to get a 'Douglas Hurd' in view of my piss-poor effort level but it didnt matter anyway as I lost my degree certificate within about a week of getting it, and no-one has ever asked me for it since. A lad off my course never even bothered finishing his degree, however he'd done enough of it to be able to talk reasonably fluently about it, so that was gooe enough to put him on an even footing with the rest of us on the course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhythm Thief Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 I got a 2:1 (hons) and an M.Sc. Within two years I'd also got myself an HGV (1) and that's what I've been doing for the last 12 years. My academic qualifications do not feature heavily in job interviews these days ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhythm Thief Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 In other news, I'm grinning cos it's six o'clock in the morning and I'm halfway down my second pint of beer having been at work all night. Soon I'm off to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 I delivered a parcel to Bruce Foxton of The Jam yesterday,what a nice,down to earth bloke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shite_meister Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Came across this whilst looking for something else: http://www.sniffpetrol.com/archive.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 This morning I got a tax rebate, a council tax rebate after we moved house and some money from an old account I had forgotten about so all in all about £500 Better than that I found my saab keys... woo hoo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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