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Highly likely nobody has unless under the influences of many, many interesting and varied substances. 

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Voicemail on my phone from a customer wanting an MOT reprint.

 

It went, reg number blah blah fifty four, Nigel pappa cunt

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Kinky girl has been trying to get me to go on a national holidays dismal coach holiday. Fortunately she didn't specify which or when. So hmmm, supposed to be nice this weekend. What's on special offer? Ironbridge & severn valley railway, £60 off? That'll do! Oh Sweetie, I've booked us a lovely* holiday....

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Kinky girl has been trying to get me to go on a national holidays dismal coach holiday. Fortunately she didn't specify which or when. So hmmm, supposed to be nice this weekend. What's on special offer? Ironbridge & severn valley railway, £60 off? That'll do! Oh Sweetie, I've booked us a lovely* holiday....

 

You're living dangerously...

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Aye, at times like this it's best to take one on the chin so she will.

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Put the cortina in for a a pre MOT as it runs out next month, he's only gone and tested it.........pass with no advisories. That's two in a row.

Daily fiesta is fucked, so cortina may take over.

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I'm going to Switzerland on Wednesday, for a week.

 

Ms Naut's friend's parents have a chalet in Wengen we can stay in rent-free. Lucky we're not paying for rent because everything else there is bloody expensive!

 

I shall enjoy shouting at cows for a week to calm myself down. I might spot some interesting chod there too, hopefully.

 

I like Switzerland, especially that area. Take meat, it's really expensive. Co-op beer is cheap and delicious, so is coffee beans. Very little chod, even in rural areas, mostly old Justys and similar. 

 

Keep an eye out for slices of actual clowns faces at local deli counters.

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Bit of slightly early practice after her English exam.

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On my private parking/test track of course!

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Kinky girl has been trying to get me to go on a national holidays dismal coach holiday. Fortunately she didn't specify which or when. So hmmm, supposed to be nice this weekend. What's on special offer? Ironbridge & severn valley railway, £60 off? That'll do! Oh Sweetie, I've booked us a lovely* holiday....

Wasn't it you who was chasing after this girl on the internet dating thread on the open forums page about 6 months ago? If so, what a difference half a year makes. If you were pushing your luck this much 6 months ago you wouldn't be with her now. Good luck with the holiday BTW!

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DIESEL  Will Will , but Deisel WONT :-P 

 

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Mr jakebullet. please sit in the rear row, the old ladies up the front may object to you two !

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Ok, that ^^ just gave me a headache. Thanks :)

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Wasn't it you who was chasing after this girl on the internet dating thread on the open forums page about 6 months ago? If so, what a difference half a year makes. If you were pushing your luck this much 6 months ago you wouldn't be with her now. Good luck with the holiday BTW!

 

Yes it's been about 6 months since she took ownership.

 

It's actually a year to the day today that I first met her. She came to meetup and sat down next to me. I didn't say a word to her, I was concentrating on drinking a chai latte I'd been recommended that was bloody awful. As a proud Yorkshire man I'd paid for it and I was going to drink it.

 

I should get away with the holiday really. She liked Beamish, and has tolerated the engine museum and visiting the vulcan. I suppose it will have to be a 'romantic' holiday at some point.

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Having just taken the wife and daughter for a weekend to Bridgnorth and Ironbridge, I fully recommend them.

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Having just driven a double deck bus to Ironbridge - It's not a bad place.

 

Also my father lives in Broseley so I'm a fairly regular visitor to both.

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Knackered GPO Maxxus with Chinese Lexus light (plural) made me grin - I guess it's a SAIC part.

 

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Top anoraxia spotting skillz - the fact you noticed this makes me grin - top effort!

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Found remains of  December 1972 edition "Hereford County Life"

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Economy run report written by bloke who competed in an XJ12.

 

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Pre Oil-Crisis, 4 Star was about 35p a gallon.

 

 

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I moved house last week :)

 

This is definitely a big grin as I'd been renting a pretty basic flat for six months since 'the split'

 

And even more of a grin because the new house has a garage

 

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so let's have a look inside :

 

hmm, maybe not - no keys supplied

 

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and what's this ? some loon has sealed the door up with mastic

 

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ok, we'll use the side door instead :

 

this wall is where there should be a large car sized hole :(

 

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obviously I knew about this when I viewed the house but let's see how much work I have ahead of me

 

fetch the hammer and chisel

 

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looking good so far, let's keep going

 

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breaking out the bread knife to deal with that mastic

 

and we have a result :)

 

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for the first time ever, I get to park (and more importantly work on) my car in a nice warm, dry garage (maybe not dry just yet, looking at the damp patches on those walls)

 

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happy days :)

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Driving the Mazda. It is a bloody riot to hoon about in. The dollop feels sooooo very serious to drive. Yes, it's very fast (much faster than the Mazda) and can be driven like a real weapon, but to do so feels 'wrong'.

 

The Mazda is noisy, bouncy, rattly and quite uncomfortable (for a cripple) but it really does make me chuckle. It just feels so childish and immature and begs to be thrashed. So I do....

 

Great little thing.

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oh yes, the house is ok too :)

 

It would never even have occurred to me to ask!

 

Nice garage 8)

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And here's me thinking gm's garage was going to be one of those comedy short ones that are 6' long.

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The Mazda is noisy, bouncy, rattly and quite uncomfortable (for a cripple) but it really does make me chuckle. It just feels so childish and immature and begs to be thrashed. So I do....

 

Great little thing.

couldn't agree more - I've just been out in mine, somehow a quick trip to the supermarket took two hours :)

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I have the Land Rover back, it's never been this quiet in my ownership, stealth Land Rover, not really, but it no longer sounds like a tractor. I got a lift down to pick it up from a former colleague so called in to my old workplace, bumped into another recent retiree who has purchased a nice sensible car for retirement, an XKR Jaguar

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Kinky girl has been trying to get me to go on a national holidays dismal coach holiday. Fortunately she didn't specify which or when. So hmmm, supposed to be nice this weekend. What's on special offer? Ironbridge & severn valley railway, £60 off? That'll do! Oh Sweetie, I've booked us a lovely* holiday....

Its lovely. Top tip, all the car parks are linked, so one ticket covers them all. I was almost pissed off after we visited all the sites and bought a car park ticket in each then read the sign, but the money goes to the places so I felt good.

 

Eva was conceived that weekend, infact possibly that night, so good luck! I drove around in a 2010 zafira though, so maybe that did it re the kids...

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I've got the big excites. I've just discovered that this is happening this weekend in town.

 

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It's the Pista (circuit) Veliko Turnovo - essentially rally cars doing circuit racing around town. It has gained almost mythical status for me because I've managed to completely miss it the last couple of years I've been here even though it's a 15 minute walk from my front door (which is in the background of the above image).

 

I've been studying the course map to work out the best places to view from.

 

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I have cleared 6GB worth of camera memory cards in preparation and sorted out my motorsport watching kit.

 

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From the online pictures and videos of previous events there seems to be a nice variety of stuff that takes part.

 

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The forecast is for rain all weekend which could liven things up. Or slow things down. I dunno.

 

All I have to do now is try to get a relatively early night (already failing) and to try not to drink all my motorsport booze tonight (not doing too well at that either).

If anyone is really really bored, copy and paste пиÑта велико търново in to Youtube to see some videos of previous years.

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I'm going to sell some of my Vacuum cleaners and either buy a new car, or pay for shitefest if I manage to fix mine and fall back in love with it. Already had interest in my Hoover Compacts, hopefully £100-£130 there!

 

Not selling the Turbopowers though, no way!

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I think I've just found my new favourite New Zealand government service....

 

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