Wack Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Cavcraft said: My mate has being fags from a reputable source for a while now, all was going well until Saturday when the latest batch didn't smell or burn as well as they should. Got him to pass me one for examination, and not kidding this was the quality* of the snides... How can anyone smoke that, you have no idea what's in it, it's not like it doesn't fuck you up when they're legit but to risk smoking that to save a few quid seems mad to me cobblers, adw1977, Cavcraft and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 18 hours ago, Wack said: Taxed the cheap MX5 I bought, I'd forgotten what a laugh they are to drive, it's stood for 9 months, started 1st time, didn't even turn over , the tyres are all shot, cracked all over so I'm getting 4 new ones tomorrow I'm hoping the hood is OK under that hard top Slightly crunched at the front New tyres fitted, £180 for 4, china's finest designed in Europe specials INCORRECT , made in Poland Put some power down on a roundabout and didn't end up going back where I'd come from so they might be OK privatewire, Popsicle, Tenmil Socket and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Forgot to turn up to court for jury duty. Called the attendance hotline and it had been postponed anyway. This is the second time I've forgotten to turn up for jury duty from three call ups I've forgotten to turn up as a witness a few times too privatewire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Hnnng wuvvum and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 40 minutes ago, hairnet said: Hnnng Yep the Streets of San Francisco. They are alive with tat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 2 hours ago, Wack said: How can anyone smoke that, you have no idea what's in it, it's not like it doesn't fuck you up when they're legit but to risk smoking that to save a few quid seems mad to me He usually gets legit ones, but someone must have had his supplier over. I wonder how many have smoked Lembert and Butlar and not realised? Wack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Cavcraft said: He usually gets legit ones, but someone must have had his supplier over. I wonder how many have smoked Lembert and Butlar and not realised? They'll find out in 10-15 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairkens Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 4 hours ago, Wack said: New tyres fitted, £180 for 4, china's finest designed in Europe specials INCORRECT , made in Poland Put some power down on a roundabout and didn't end up going back where I'd come from so they might be OK Please tell me you went straight home and washed your wheels louiepj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 14 hours ago, fairkens said: Please tell me you went straight home and washed your wheels Chucking it down so unfortunately not, the wheels are the least of this cars problems, it's been left in the sun for a long time, the lacquer on the boot lid and bonnet has lifted all over in 3mm bits, front is crunched, back bumper has hardly any paint on it, drivers mirror casing broken This car is a 'drive it until something big breaks car' the tyres were badly cracked so they needed replacing, it drives really well, nice and tight so it's going to stay as it is The only thing it doesn't seem to have for an early Mk2 is raging rust Those white blobs on the boot aren't water spots, it's where the lacquer has chipped off in small dots Remspoor and fairkens 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavieW Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Maybe not grin worthy for me, but might raise a smile from someone reading this. This afternoon I saw who I thought was my niece walking the same direction as I was driving. I thought I'd offer her a lift and I was about to slow down and shout to her "do you want to see some puppies?" when I realised it wasn't her. Close escape or I might have been some ones play thing in the slammer tonight. Remspoor, myglaren, Cavcraft and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Were you driving a scruffy Cortina Mk4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Charmer Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 23 minutes ago, DavieW said: I was about to slow down and shout to her "do you want to see some puppies?" when I realised it wasn't her. Why did you not resort to the Werthers Originals? 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Charmer Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 9 hours ago, Cavcraft said: F Lembert & Butler, French? Might be re-branded Gitanes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 9 hours ago, Snake Charmer said: Lembert & Butler, French? Might be re-branded Gitanes.... I watched a program on TV about fraud , they raided an industrial unit in the UK and were shocked at what they found, a full counterfeit cigarettes setup , everything from printing the actual fag boxes and outer cartons to creating exact visual replicas of the cigarettes, obviously what was in them was a mystery, in a drawer they found another address which they also raided , in that was a whisky distillery with everything there to create counterfeit whisky, not just tipping cheap whisky into expensive bottles, the whole distillery , it looked that good I had no idea why they were creating counterfeit whisky Richard_FM and Snake Charmer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 3 hours ago, Wack said: I watched a program on TV about fraud , they raided an industrial unit in the UK and were shocked at what they found, a full counterfeit cigarettes setup , everything from printing the actual fag boxes and outer cartons to creating exact visual replicas of the cigarettes, obviously what was in them was a mystery, in a drawer they found another address which they also raided , in that was a whisky distillery with everything there to create counterfeit whisky, not just tipping cheap whisky into expensive bottles, the whole distillery , it looked that good I had no idea why they were creating counterfeit whisky A few fake vodka rings have been smashed in recent years, I hadn't heard of fake whisky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 13 hours ago, Snake Charmer said: Lembert & Butler, French? Might be re-branded Gitanes.... Christopher Lambert & Butler, then? richardmorris and Snake Charmer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderguts Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 MiniMinorMk3, RoverFolkUs, Remspoor and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 I wish I'd known about this before @SiC set to on his bumper, would have saved him a lot of effort and noise. Took the most trashed of the spare Lanchester hubcaps, something that was pretty much destined for the bin, since it would be a great test for derusting something complicated and fragile. 24 hours later in an oxalic acid solution - I mix the crystals with warm water in quantities of About Right, and it does the job nicely - and then rinsed off with plain tap water and we've got quite an improvement. That bracket you see came out blue too, which is the original paint colour. I've dunked the hub cap back in the solution for another 24 hours to see if it'll get the last stubborn bits off. Hub cap is still scrap, like, but it's shiny scrap now. Practically no effort either for this, the hardest part of the job is turning a tap on and off. Rust Collector, Dyslexic Viking, Shite Ron and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 1 minute ago, vulgalour said: I wish I'd known about this before @SiC set to on his bumper, would have saved him a lot of effort and noise. Took the most trashed of the spare Lanchester hubcaps, something that was pretty much destined for the bin, since it would be a great test for derusting something complicated and fragile. 24 hours later in an oxalic acid solution - I mix the crystals with warm water in quantities of About Right, and it does the job nicely - and then rinsed off with plain tap water and we've got quite an improvement. That bracket you see came out blue too, which is the original paint colour. I've dunked the hub cap back in the solution for another 24 hours to see if it'll get the last stubborn bits off. Hub cap is still scrap, like, but it's shiny scrap now. Practically no effort either for this, the hardest part of the job is turning a tap on and off. I did actually know about that as (iirc) @PhilA has done it before but I forgot. I'm not sure if it would have worked that well with very flaky rust though? That said, I'd still have ended up attacking it with power tools as I would still have been expecting to paint it. Also an excuse to get the power tools out and make some noise 😀 vulgalour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 It seems to totally ignore the chrome and only attack the rust, so you'd have still had the flakey chrome, just no rust to deal with. I am boggled at how effective it is. SiC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 24 minutes ago, vulgalour said: hardest part of the job is turning a tap on and off. Hence the pliers? vulgalour and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Setting up the new phone system for work and choosing hold music etc, Pan Pipes Moods on youtube provided much inspiration EDIT: its connected to a phone properly now so don't ring anymore Wack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 29 minutes ago, cobblers said: Setting up the new phone system for work and choosing hold music etc, Pan Pipes Moods on youtube provided much inspiration call 01629 888488 for a sample. Press 0 for the wildcard Preferred the panpipes. No Idea what the rapping was! cobblers and GrumpiusMaximus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibble Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 3 hours ago, vulgalour said: It seems to totally ignore the chrome and only attack the rust, so you'd have still had the flakey chrome, just no rust to deal with. I am boggled at how effective it is. We use oxalic acid for bleaching stains out of wood. Didn’t know it could also do this. Everyday’s a school day😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Just now, Wibble said: We use oxalic acid for bleaching stains out of wood. Didn’t know it could also do this. Everyday’s a school day😁 It’s a component in barkeepers friend cleaning stuff. Very good at getting copper pans shiny. https://www.lakeland.co.uk/8868/bar-keepers-friend-stain-remover-300g Wibble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 3 hours ago, SiC said: I did actually know about that as (iirc) @PhilA has done it before but I forgot. I'm not sure if it would have worked that well with very flaky rust though? That said, I'd still have ended up attacking it with power tools as I would still have been expecting to paint it. Also an excuse to get the power tools out and make some noise 😀 Worth it, incredibly effective stuff. SiC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 1 hour ago, cobblers said: Setting up the new phone system for work and choosing hold music etc, Pan Pipes Moods on youtube provided much inspiration call 01629 888488 for a sample. Press 0 for the wildcard No Rage Against the Machine?🤣 LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderguts Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 adw1977, DavieW, 808 Estate and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 12 hours ago, richardmorris said: It’s a component in barkeepers friend cleaning stuff. Very good at getting copper pans shiny. https://www.lakeland.co.uk/8868/bar-keepers-friend-stain-remover-300g Rhubarb contains oxalic acid, stewing some will probably clean your copper pans too. myglaren, Remspoor and vulgalour 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 14 hours ago, cobblers said: Setting up the new phone system for work and choosing hold music etc, Pan Pipes Moods on youtube provided much inspiration call 01629 888488 for a sample. Press 0 for the wildcard Tried it. Would recommend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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