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messerschmitt owner Rank: Renault 16

messerschmitt owner

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two Viz knackersack pencils arrived today from Geordie land!

 

;-)

autofive Rank: Renault 16

autofive

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small grin, but....

 

I have been able to cut the huge expanse of grass in my back garden using the mower blade on number 3. :shock:

 

The first time this year that the rain forest has been tamed, now looking like it did last August.

 

surely this means summer has arrived

Timewaster Rank: Isuzu Florian

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Baby tops number 2 arrived yesterday :-)

A boy this time which is good because there was going to be a scalextrics this christmas either way!

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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  tontops said:
Baby tops number 2 arrived yesterday :-)

A boy this time which is good because there was going to be a scalextrics this christmas either way!

 

Excelsior news, congrats to you and your bread. You'll never stop doing lad/dad things either, my son is 19 and we still do daft things together!

Ross_K Rank: Citroen Ami

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  tontops said:
Baby tops number 2 arrived yesterday :-)

A boy this time which is good because there was going to be a scalextrics this christmas either way!

 

Well done sir, and congrats.

 

Enjoy bottle-making, sleep deprivation and arse-cleaning. :P8)

messerschmitt owner Rank: Renault 16

messerschmitt owner

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  Richard said:
Excellent! What did you do to earn them?

a top tip ...

it's so long ago that I sent it, I forgot what it was now!

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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  messerschmitt owner said:
  Richard said:
Excellent! What did you do to earn them?

a top tip ...

it's so long ago that I sent it, I forgot what it was now!

 

I had two or three at least entries into Riger's Profanisaurus (one of which was Fanny Batter) and never got a tap!

messerschmitt owner Rank: Renault 16

messerschmitt owner

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  Cavette said:
  messerschmitt owner said:
  Richard said:
Excellent! What did you do to earn them?

a top tip ...

it's so long ago that I sent it, I forgot what it was now!

 

I had two or three at least entries into Riger's Profanisaurus (one of which was Fanny Batter) and never got a tap!

I'll sell you a pencil for £50 - lol

eddyramrod Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

eddyramrod

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Tontops: brilliant news, congratulations. :D

fotorabia Rank: Renault 16

fotorabia

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My 1st eva driving job..a new Daihatsu van with load of swimming pool maintenance supplies lobbed in the back..so i get to see all the great shite dumped in the suburbs whilst i muck out their spa-pond..

rml2345 Rank: Renault 16

rml2345

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Congrats Tontops! Father/son car based bonding will be a must in years to come...

vulgalour Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

vulgalour

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Congratulations both to the Tops for making a new minitops and to fotorabia for landing a job with shite potential.

eddyramrod Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Yay Rab! Let's keep the good news coming folks!

 

In other news, I don't know whether to be Grumpy about this or Cruelly Triumphant; probably the latter as at least it includes the name of a shite car. Last year I finally got offered a job with a private ambulance service here in Paphos, then I couldn't start because of Mrs Ramrod's illness. Now a For Rent sign has appeared on the yard gates, which are closed; several of the vehicles remain behind them. On another forum today, I've seen a thread which suggests the service has been taken over (I believe a "hostile takeover") and pretty-much closed down. So they probably won't be wanting their uniform back then... :D

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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Actually overtook some other vehicles in the 306 and almost reached 90mph (private test ground) at one point. 646.7 long, slow miles, just over half of which was with no radio (we broke the aerial adjusting it) and some CDs selected by my 16 year old daughter-you can probably imagine how 'enjoyable' that was.

However car did the job, no sign of breaking down or spitting it's dummy out and was dirt cheap to use. I'm giving it a 8.7/10, only the (lack of) performance letting it down.

morris_ital_lover Rank: Citroen Ami

morris_ital_lover

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Seth's (formerly of this parish?) Hillman appearing on the topgear site:

 

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vulgalour Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

vulgalour

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I learned today that you can make a petrol lawn mower backfire. Still not sure how I managed it.

trigger Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

trigger

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Us kicking the world's arse in the Olympics is making me seriously grin tonight!

 

Well done Team GB!

skattrd Rank: Lancia Gamma

skattrd

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Ginger winning the Olympic long jump ... big up the Bedford Rotary Club :lol:

Spiny Norman Rank: Lancia Gamma

Spiny Norman

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  trigger said:
Us kicking the world's arse in the Olympics is making me seriously grin tonight!

 

Well done Team GB!

 

As a grumpy Glaswegian beer monster I never thought I'd get caught up in the Olympics but there have been some really good events so far, Mo Farah winning the 10Km was ace as well. :D

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Cavcraft

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  studebaker hawk said:
  trigger said:
Us kicking the world's arse in the Olympics is making me seriously grin tonight!

 

Well done Team GB!

 

As a grumpy Glaswegian beer monster I never thought I'd get caught up in the Olympics but there have been some really good events so far, Mo Farah winning the 10Km was ace as well. :D

 

Absolutely, it's been brilliant to watch a lot of stuff I never thought would appeal. Unfair to single people out but Ennis and Farah were just superb and you could see how much it meant to them. If it inspires others to copy them and take up the sport (as cycling seems to have done) then all the better.

The Moog Rank: Talbot Tagora

The Moog

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Sitting in koh tao thailand. My life weighs 20 kg. No car. 10 days of relaxation before the next phase of my life begins in Cambodia. Scary but also excellent

dollywobbler Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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  The Moog said:
Sitting in koh tao thailand. My life weighs 20 kg. No car. 10 days of relaxation before the next phase of my life begins in Cambodia. Scary but also excellent

 

Good stuff. Bet you're currently feeling glad that you didn't follow the Scottish hotel thing up!

Richard Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

Richard

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  dollywobbler said:
  The Moog said:
Sitting in koh tao thailand. My life weighs 20 kg. No car. 10 days of relaxation before the next phase of my life begins in Cambodia. Scary but also excellent

 

Good stuff. Bet you're currently feeling glad that you didn't follow the Scottish hotel thing up!

 

I think most people who buy hotels end up with considerably less than 20kg of possessions.

cms206 Rank: Lancia Gamma

cms206

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At risk of splitting the room again... I've got a hire in about an hour. 53 seat coach, three Orange halls to Govan, drive to Shieldhall, wait for the walk to finish, church service, then return to the three orange halls.

 

 

Torrential rain, thunder and lightning have just restarted.

 

 

Is it wrong that I'm grinning just a tiny, tiny bit?

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