What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[drum]

[sporty-shite]

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/POLJOT-STADIU ... 746wt_1271

 

NICE.

[Negative Creep]

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/POLJOT-STADIU ... 746wt_1271

 

NICE.

 

 

It's the year 11BC? That's not very good timekeeping

[Craig the Princess]

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/POLJOT-STADIU ... 746wt_1271

 

NICE.

 

 

It's the year 11BC? That's not very good timekeeping

 

That depends when the photo was taken.

[Tayne]

To answer your questions;

 

The 1980 Moscow Olympics Poljot was beautiful but despite being described as "in excellent condition" arrived with the second hand floating loose in the case and a fucked movement.

My watch repairer said it had been jerry rigged to run on time when held flat but went the amplitude went haywire when it was tilted a few degrees. He showed me this when it was hooked up to a diagnostic scope in the back of the shop.

I paid about £50 plus carriage on ebay and had a little bit of a fight with the seller to get a refund but managed in the end.

 

The watch on my wrist in the other picture is a Slava, it has a quartz movement and dates from the late 80s (i think).

 

I also have a Vostok Komandirskie. Mine is a submariner's model with the rare gold crackle finish dial and and engraved back.

It predates the break up of the Soviet Union (its labelled "CCCP") but I can't date it accurately as the Soviets never kept good records. Unlike the Swiss.

The Komandirskies were never available to the public back then but could be purchased in military supply shops by serving personnel. Because of its age, I can be fairly confident mine has seen service below the ocean.

 

Generally anything marked "CCCP" is worth a punt as it will date from the days when unreliable equipment and poor customer service resulted in a one way trip to Siberia.

Once the wall came down I think things got a little messy for a while before the Russian watch manufacturers started turning out overly blingy nonsense for the kind of people who drive Mitsuboyotasan Violator pick up trucks with chrome wheels.

I also like the idea of owning something from a country which doesn't exist anymore.

 

On another note I also have a model vehicle made of drinks cans. In this case, a Tuk Tuk from Thailand made out of Chang beer tins.

I wanted to buy a similarly-constructed model Huey when I was recently in 'Nam but everyone I saw was badly proprtioned, the bodies were too short.

[Tayne]

Please excuse the late night, whisky addled photography.

 

Face by Tayne, on Flickr

 

Back by Tayne, on Flickr

 

Tuk Tuk by Tayne, on Flickr

 

I've realised that this is nowhere near as good as the beach buggy...

[cort16]

This is cool although it must have taken an age to do.

 

[ashmicro]

Cheers for the info Tayne.

[Negative Creep]

 

One for STUNO

[retrogeezer]

oh dear, it was definitely working when I packed it all up, I made sure I played a game on it before hand. The console is working though right?

 

The 3rd party controller did feel pretty cheaply made though compared with the proper one, have you taken the controller apart at all?? I've often found mega drive controllers need a clean on the contacts inside and it might be the same.

 

S

 

 

Nothing obviously amiss on the pad's PCB, although it does indeed feel cheap as hell. If I'm feeling brave I may take the console apart and see if anything has burnt out console side

 

 

Well that's a shame, it was working when it left here, I still have the pics from testing it in my photobucket account. I feel bad now.

 

 

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

we have a new 'WOULD U SWAP 4 MK1 CIVIC'

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=userrecentposts&user=elrenovski

[willswitchengage]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/19866191

 

RETARD

[autofive]

we have a new 'WOULD U SWAP 4 MK1 CIVIC'

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=userrecentposts&user=elrenovski

 

and lets see the some high quality photos of this car.........

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... 520&page=1

 

EDIT: ....

 

[STUNO]

 

One for STUNO

 

I am aquainted with both inside and out, but one is a fake sugar and flavouring drink, not at all original.

[sporty-shite]

we have a new 'WOULD U SWAP 4 MK1 CIVIC'

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=userrecentposts&user=elrenovski

 

BASTARD. He hasn't offered to swap it for my Scirocco.

[dollywobbler]

we have a new 'WOULD U SWAP 4 MK1 CIVIC'

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=userrecentposts&user=elrenovski

 

Crikey. Quite a range of vehicles he wants to swap for. Tempted to bosh up an ad as I probably would quite fancy a near-mint 406. Unless it's that bloody Ferrari replica...

[Cavcraft]

My daughter now has a job! Some sort of scheme to get youngsters into work rang up with a possible lead last week. She got an interview the day after and a start two days after that. Best of all it's an a specialist food store that sell absolutely mega scran, so I've purchased a few very tasty bits and bobs.

[HillmanImp]

 

I had been wanting to do this for a couple of weeks now but unfortunately I needed to learn how to use Photoshop before I could even start.

[Cavcraft]

[Negative Creep]

Sold the Bluebird. Not as much as I'd wanted and has been a miserable experience trying to shift it, but hey ho. New owner seems like a nice chap, and if no one had turned up by the end of the week I probably would have had to scrap it, which would be heartbreaking

[cobblers]

11 miles in to a 25 mile ride round dalby forest (the red route) I was about to give up cos I'd had food poisoning the day before and had gone all faint and could barely walk when:

a shite ice cream van appears

three of those and a can of coke and I was like a new man, did the rest of the route in pretty good time. Was a bit disappointed that he wasn't sat there idling clattering away and ready to fill the valley with blue smoke the first time he hit the throttle to set off - He'd just got good insulation he reckoned.

[Negative Creep]

oh dear, it was definitely working when I packed it all up, I made sure I played a game on it before hand. The console is working though right?

 

The 3rd party controller did feel pretty cheaply made though compared with the proper one, have you taken the controller apart at all?? I've often found mega drive controllers need a clean on the contacts inside and it might be the same.

 

S

 

 

Nothing obviously amiss on the pad's PCB, although it does indeed feel cheap as hell. If I'm feeling brave I may take the console apart and see if anything has burnt out console side

 

 

Well that's a shame, it was working when it left here, I still have the pics from testing it in my photobucket account. I feel bad now.

 

 

 

 

Don't worry about it. Does boot up just fine, so may just need another pad

[Volksy]

You need this game for the 3DO:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Road-Track-Pr ... 3a743983be

 

Many fond memories of playing this!

[Negative Creep]

You need this game for the 3DO:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Road-Track-Pr ... 3a743983be

 

Many fond memories of playing this!

 

 

Goit is, and the PS1 version as well. With actual cars and videos at the time it was OMG MOST REALISTIK THING EVAR JUST LIKE A REAL CAR

[DSdriver]

11 miles in to a 25 mile ride round dalby forest (the red route) I was about to give up cos I'd had food poisoning the day before and had gone all faint and could barely walk when:

a shite ice cream van appears

three of those and a can of coke and I was like a new man, did the rest of the route in pretty good time. Was a bit disappointed that he wasn't sat there idling clattering away and ready to fill the valley with blue smoke the first time he hit the throttle to set off - He'd just got good insulation he reckoned.

A great pic, it tells the whole story.

[M'coli]

It is an awesome photo! Pity it can't be cropped down to calendar size easily without loosing the van or the cone, as that would make a fabulous calendar picture - although the Volvo 460 photo in this year's calendar is in portrait so a little border each side and it would be fine, I guess?

 

In other news, I'm just back from a job interview for the Royal Mail christmas staff, fingers are crossed.

[trigger]

 

This months calendar photo is the best

 

God that was a bloody good car.

[Largactil]

RE: Shite cameras

 

I bought a 50's Kiev 4 a few years back. It's epically shite. (Not sure I've even run a full film through it yet!)

 

Also got a Horizon 202 with slightly sticky clockwork gear for a song... Panoramic film photography is pretty cool.

 

 

That said, the best film camera I own is probably a MF Fuji GS645 S, bought when I used to have spare money. Great results when X processing colour slide film.

 

 

Speaking of photography, I'm trying to give away an Agfa Colour Enlarger, if anyone wants it?

 

[Cavcraft]

 

 

 

 

That's a dangerously cool photograph, only the modern cars (esp. Ka) take the edge off it slightly.

[Cavcraft]

Never had brand new wheels of my own so was rather happy to be wheeling this out of the showroom today

 

 

Looks and feels like a decent bit of kit, hydraulic brakes are mega and the short ride home was very enjoyable. I'm going to whang it round an offroad track soon as I get chance and see how it holds up.