What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[hairnet]

I wanted to get closer not further away lmao

[myglaren]

RIP Sheila

 

[Snake Charmer]

 

2 minutes ago, myglaren said:

RIP Sheila

 

My mothers name and just coming up to 25 years in the dirt! 

[hairnet]

Pailn is doing a train journey in ireland and got to rosslare from Dublin 

Having done a portion of it on a steam train

He gets there and cos sunday no more trains - anywhere

The one he got went back to Dublin 

He meets the Harley owners group of ireland and goes for a spin

So thr ate train would be more up to date and quicker

[Wibble]

2 hours ago, hairnet said:

Pailn is doing a train journey in ireland and got to rosslare from Dublin 

Having done a portion of it on a steam train

He gets there and cos sunday no more trains - anywhere

The one he got went back to Dublin 

He meets the Harley owners group of ireland and goes for a spin

So thr ate train would be more up to date and quicker

Ireland’s rail network isn’t what it used to be, sadly but neither is ours. Always wish I’d been able to travel on the “Bundoran Express”. Brought a massive amount of holiday makers to the town in it’s day.

[hairnet]

this was early nineties cos he kept referencing teh troubles 25 years ago

also theyd ripped the melody off around the world - bet paddy kingsland wasnt happy

even then trains were toss and even now unless you wanna dublin sligo cork or limerick forget it

ni railways far better

ive never seen a republic train (moving) in at least 30 years (not including the dart or the cross border train)

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6 hours ago, hairnet said:

this was early nineties cos he kept referencing teh troubles 25 years ago

also theyd ripped the melody off around the world - bet paddy kingsland wasnt happy

even then trains were toss and even now unless you wanna dublin sligo cork or limerick forget it

ni railways far better

ive never seen a republic train (moving) in at least 30 years (not including the dart or the cross border train)

The trains in Ireland have become more efficient over the last 20 years. Most inter city lines have an hourly service each way. 
 

The less busy lines have a 2 hourly service. 
 

Suburban services are much more frequent, with improvements planned in many areas. 
 

Admittedly many areas were left without railways because of the large scale cuts in the 1960’s due to lack of use and money for improvements. 
 

The trains are modern and reasonably regular in the areas that are still served. 
 

The services are far busier now, even after the massive motorway construction programme of the last 30 years. 
 

It must be remembered that Ireland has a much lower density of population than the UK. 

[Metal Guru]

21 hours ago, myglaren said:

RIP Sheila

 

Strangled?

[comfortablynumb]

Should have taken Nevilles with it 🤢

[Sunny Jim]

[eddyramrod]

As a founding member of Friends Of Barrow Park (to my constant amazement) I got to go to a Cumbria In Bloom awards ceremony yesterday at Barrow Town Hall.

We only won one!

They're graded 1-5, 5 being the top award.  Ours was Level 4, which made us very happy.  Credit to the rest of the team really, because I'm not able to do much more than encourage them, but that didn't stop me getting in the official photos...

[DavieW]

This sounds like a Katie Price documentary 😂😂

 

[Hertz]

[eddyramrod]

People used to do that with Minis in the 60s and 70s.  I actually like that; not just for the nostalgia but it's probably a better car in most respects than the ones the factory is putting their badge on these days!

[danthecapriman]

12 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

As a founding member of Friends Of Barrow Park (to my constant amazement) I got to go to a Cumbria In Bloom awards ceremony yesterday at Barrow Town Hall.

We only won one!

They're graded 1-5, 5 being the top award.  Ours was Level 4, which made us very happy.  Credit to the rest of the team really, because I'm not able to do much more than encourage them, but that didn't stop me getting in the official photos...

What’s that all about Eddy? Sounds interesting.

Well done all concerned on the award and work.

[eddyramrod]

3 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

What’s that all about Eddy? Sounds interesting.

Well done all concerned on the award and work.

Well firstly: thank you

Secondly, there are three strands to the story really.

1: Cumbria In Bloom.  I'm sure this is easy enough to grasp, there will be similar organisations all over the country, encouraging people to get involved and decorate our urban landscape with flowers.  CIB has been going 40 years this year, and presenting awards in various categories annually.  These things are generally supported by local councils, as it gives them a way of prettying-up their area without costing too much.

2: Friends Of Barrow Park.  There was a committee under this name, apparently, but it petered out a few years ago.  I suspect the combination of an ageing demographic and Covid (and all the usual viruses) saw them off.  And so to Strand Three.

3: Carer Support Drop-in Cafe on Friday Mornings.  I first started going to this when we arrived here in 2012, after spotting a flyer at the GP surgery.  I am now one of the longest-standing members, amazingly.  I've been there when there's just been two or three of us; now a dozen is a light week and several of us usually go somewhere for lunch after the meeting.  I have often been the only male in the lunch party...  For some time now we've had Guest Speakers coming in to talk to us, and a couple of years ago we got two Barrow councillors; both Labour as is the custom in this town.  They were keen to find out what we thought should be done to improve the town, and as a (then) regular user of it, I raised some suggestions about the park.  One of the councillors mentioned that there used to be a Friends group in the park, and would any of us be interested in rekindling such a thing?  Looking, I might add, directly at me!  Well I'm retired now, whether or not I wanted to be.  So I said yes, I'd be up for that.  Be careful what you wish for!  Within weeks we held our first meeting, supported by the council and the contractors running the park, and we've kept up these meetings.  We have taken on responsibility for the Showhouse, a big greenhouse that used to be open to the public but hasn't been  for a couple of years and was looking somewhat neglected.  CIB came to inspect the park a few months later, by which time we had tidied the place up quite a lot, resurrected many of the plants and even added some.  We've planted some trees and we are generally improving the park as we go.  I was there on the day of the CIB visit so was able to guide them round a bit and put across how much the park means to local residents; I'm only a few streets away myself.  Now I'm no gardener, I could only name a handful of the things we're growing and I'd probably get some of them wrong!  I'm also no longer able to handle the physical work, but as said above, I can and do sit in meetings and discuss ideas, and I do turn up for events to give encouragement and smile at the public.  Also, one of those two original councillors has stayed with the Friends and I can probably now consider her a friend (small f).  She was at the ceremony on Thursday too.

20 years ago I would never have imagined my life as it is now.  I've had some horrifying moments but also some huge positives.  Being still here to experience them all is precious.

[danthecapriman]

5 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Well firstly: thank you

Secondly, there are three strands to the story really.

1: Cumbria In Bloom.  I'm sure this is easy enough to grasp, there will be similar organisations all over the country, encouraging people to get involved and decorate our urban landscape with flowers.  CIB has been going 40 years this year, and presenting awards in various categories annually.  These things are generally supported by local councils, as it gives them a way of prettying-up their area without costing too much.

2: Friends Of Barrow Park.  There was a committee under this name, apparently, but it petered out a few years ago.  I suspect the combination of an ageing demographic and Covid (and all the usual viruses) saw them off.  And so to Strand Three.

3: Carer Support Drop-in Cafe on Friday Mornings.  I first started going to this when we arrived here in 2012, after spotting a flyer at the GP surgery.  I am now one of the longest-standing members, amazingly.  I've been there when there's just been two or three of us; now a dozen is a light week and several of us usually go somewhere for lunch after the meeting.  I have often been the only male in the lunch party...  For some time now we've had Guest Speakers coming in to talk to us, and a couple of years ago we got two Barrow councillors; both Labour as is the custom in this town.  They were keen to find out what we thought should be done to improve the town, and as a (then) regular user of it, I raised some suggestions about the park.  One of the councillors mentioned that there used to be a Friends group in the park, and would any of us be interested in rekindling such a thing?  Looking, I might add, directly at me!  Well I'm retired now, whether or not I wanted to be.  So I said yes, I'd be up for that.  Be careful what you wish for!  Within weeks we held our first meeting, supported by the council and the contractors running the park, and we've kept up these meetings.  We have taken on responsibility for the Showhouse, a big greenhouse that used to be open to the public but hasn't been  for a couple of years and was looking somewhat neglected.  CIB came to inspect the park a few months later, by which time we had tidied the place up quite a lot, resurrected many of the plants and even added some.  We've planted some trees and we are generally improving the park as we go.  I was there on the day of the CIB visit so was able to guide them round a bit and put across how much the park means to local residents; I'm only a few streets away myself.  Now I'm no gardener, I could only name a handful of the things we're growing and I'd probably get some of them wrong!  I'm also no longer able to handle the physical work, but as said above, I can and do sit in meetings and discuss ideas, and I do turn up for events to give encouragement and smile at the public.  Also, one of those two original councillors has stayed with the Friends and I can probably now consider her a friend (small f).  She was at the ceremony on Thursday too.

20 years ago I would never have imagined my life as it is now.  I've had some horrifying moments but also some huge positives.  Being still here to experience them all is precious.

That’s fantastic Eddy! What a great thing to be involved with, and definitely a very worthy cause. 
The award was clearly very well deserved.

[myglaren]

[hairnet]

No I'm not still in Germany 

[hairnet]

Ironically the place im meeting a friend at tomorrow begins

Mueller

[hairnet]

 

But the ads are all irish

Just like in jarman all the youtube ads were auf deutsch

[dozeydustman]

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1111404144315539/?fs=e&fs=e
 

nothing like a bit of 60s sexism to start the day. It’s funny because of its dated naffness.

[EyesWeldedShut]

The ultimate 'non-sleeper' ?

Slowwwww burn away from the lights ?

[edit]

p.s. looked at the other photos - there's nothing in the description about this thing - maybe not so slow but a mechanical challenge? 
Why would you?

[cobblers]

4 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

The ultimate 'non-sleeper' ?

Slowwwww burn away from the lights ?

[edit]

p.s. looked at the other photos - there's nothing in the description about this thing - maybe not so slow but a mechanical challenge? 
Why would you?

Yep I'm sure just dangling some 28mm copper plumbing pipe 4 inches off the bottom of a car with absolutely zero support won't cause any issues whatsoever 😂

I'd put a 1200 single port in it.

[EyesWeldedShut]

32 minutes ago, cobblers said:

Yep I'm sure just dangling some 28mm copper plumbing pipe 4 inches off the bottom of a car with absolutely zero support won't cause any issues whatsoever 😂

I'd put a 1200 single port in it.

Looks like they'd juts not had time to fit the supports before they got called away to design the cooling system on the upcoming MGF?

I know nuffink about Beetles to be fair but slapping  a V8 into the backend and a rad at the front just seems a bit daft

[comfortablynumb]

If you're going to that extent with the engineering, why would you not prep the engine a bit before you sling it in? Looks like it came directly from the breakers 🥺

Edit- didn't there used to be a kit available for rv8 to beetle Transaxle?

[EyesWeldedShut]

2 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

Edit- didn't there used to be a kit available for rv8 to beetle Transaxle?

My Child Bride says that her Dad used to get a magazine back in the 1970s (Custom Car?) that featured kits like this one that you could bolt onto a Beetle.
She really fancied one that was a Martini Porsche.
Her Dad built a Marlin using a Triumph Herald instead  
He reckons there was a V8 to Transaxle kit advertised in the mag but he's not too sure as to who sold/advertised it.

Any clues as to the double oil fillers? I've only ever had that engine in LR products and they were all single fillers on the right hand cover.

[comfortablynumb]

20 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Any clues as to the double oil fillers? I've only ever had that engine in LR products and they were all single fillers on the right hand cover.

Iirc the rocker covers are not handed, and the breathers can be unscrewed and swapped for a filler instead, with or without extension tube if there's a clearance issue.

Not sure what effect it would have on engine breathing if you did tho 

[eddyramrod]

In the early 70s I regularly read both Custom Car and Hot Car.  Ads for this kind of thing often appeared in both.  I don't specifically remember a V8-to-Beetle-transaxle kit but it totally wouldn't surprise me.

[808 Estate]