danthecapriman Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 FTFY.Yep, that’s exactly what I meant! Seriously though, got to be worth asking Eddy surely!? It’s a very nice car. And most importantly it’s huge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 I'm never going to worry about driving a V8 and its impact on the environment again, just watched the grand tour, they're in China, they've pulled a graph up showing car production worldwide in 2017 Japan 8.35mGermany 5.65mIndia 3.95mSouth Korea 3.74mUSA 3.03mChina 24.81mI wonder what emissions controls they have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 My 30w CFL bulb died this evening. Had this for must be at least 10yrs now. Nice and bright (once warmed up) and daylight colour was useful when doing electronics. One of those lighting technologies that didn't last that long (thankfully). I imagine many have been chucked out from people getting fed up waiting for them to warm up. Sad times. I have one of those left. Bought c 1998 from southern electric. Expensive for the time but I suppose it’s lasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 I'm never going to worry about driving a V8 and its impact on the environment again, just watched the grand tour, they're in China, they've pulled a graph up showing car production worldwide in 2017 Japan 8.35mGermany 5.65mIndia 3.95mSouth Korea 3.74mUSA 3.03mChina 24.81mI wonder what emissions controls they haveChina and India have a massive tree planting scheme and have planted more trees than in 2 Amazon rainforests in the last five years, must be true erd it on the beeb Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Deforestation contributes to global warming, forests soak up heat. China though. Someone far away murdered someone so I have impunity to commit a mild stabbing here. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 My 30w CFL bulb died this evening. Had this for must be at least 10yrs now. Nice and bright (once warmed up) and daylight colour was useful when doing electronics. One of those lighting technologies that didn't last that long (thankfully). I imagine many have been chucked out from people getting fed up waiting for them to warm up. Sad times. Get ready to feel old because... the first prototype C* FLs showed up in 1976 and then hit the market in 1980, thats almost 40 years ago now! (Fuck I feel old now...) The All Mighty Philips SL lamp admittedly those where rather big and bulky (so not very compact) and somewhat expensive (when compared to normal bulbs) lamps, but they where bloody awesome solid reliable things rocking magnetic control gear known as Jam jars on account of their weight and glass construction but they lasted well shown above is an early production, black base example, I have some later white base examples (my oldest from 1989), but no black base ones sadly (really need to rectify that at some point) (I remember getting my first SL lamp when I was about 8, got it off Amazon for a few quid, had mum bring the package straight to school when she came to pick me up, and I opened it there n then and ran around excitingly showing it to all the teachers, ahh good times ) admittedly, "affordable" CFLs only showed up in the late 90s to early 2000s and in that regard they only really had a "heyday" of about 15-10 years cros, Rusty_Rocket, Ghosty and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrcento Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Things are just a bit shit at this moment Can't get a unit anywhere to start up my own thing, landlords are like a mafia that won't allow even partially affordable rent, council are sitting on units empty for decades, their solution? Build more and price them even more expensively then just demolish useable units rather than rent them out at an affordable price, Which in turn means private landlords don't need to compete and prices just keep going up. https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/life-beyond-waterfront-dundee-council-effort-fill-vacant-commercial-properties-across-city/ Car wise... i have nothing on the road now, i can't do anything with either of the ones i have without space and can't sell them either. Cinquecento too specialist and my location means i just get folk from Liverpool offering a Mars Bar for it, so really i need to get it MOT ready to be able to have it in driveaway condition. Discovery as mentioned, rotten, can't find a genuine buyer, the few semi sensible offers i've had all timewasters who were clearly just testing the water to show up and offer about half what was agreed. So basically i'm in limbo... Can't really get anything until the Discovery is gone (sitting on the road with no MOT, still taxed and insured so should be ok to be parked), can't get anywhere to store or work on anything to get either car gone, can't afford anything to progress life/career, despite being financially "ok" at the moment. All markets are just haywire and only getting worse.... just like housing market, even people financially comfortable easily priced out of getting on the bottom of the ladder in many areas. And now Monday i need to attend a "course" i've already been on twice just so some pricks behind a desk can tick boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Best of luck with your Mum, TWB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 The road network and scale of construction is staggering 86,000 miles of motorway since 1988 , theyre building 6000 miles a year through mountains and round them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 That site is run by scammers...it's £2.50.I nearly got caught like that..........apparently, no-one seems able to shut it down. Go in via Gov.uk, and you'll get the correct site. This again. £2.50 ought to be criminal but that’s what it actually is.Cheers for that. I checked when I went round the in-laws earlier and gov.uk said £2.50. Still not value for money, particularly going to a county i try to avoid due to psychotic ex Rocket88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Is it a 2cv?No, it’s something a bit more substantial. More to the point, I can’t afford a 2cv at Australian prices. $15,000 minimum for a rough tin snail? I don’t think so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Fuck me. If I want something American and interesting according to ebay I had better be prepared to spend many thousands. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.Thought you were done with buying ?????Lol purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Thought you were done with buying ?????LolKens ‘done with buying’ has a different timescale to the rest of us Tadhg Tiogar, GrumpiusMaximus, The Moog and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 I vote we ban cows from farting.I demand a meaningful vote on this issue too! Maybe I should get the kids to stay at home in protest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 I think we should let the cows decide, it's their world too. Tadhg Tiogar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Get ready to feel old because... the first prototype C* FLs showed up in 1976 and then hit the market in 1980, thats almost 40 years ago now! (Fuck I feel old now...) The All Mighty Philips SL lamp admittedly those where rather big and bulky (so not very compact) and somewhat expensive (when compared to normal bulbs) lamps, but they where bloody awesome solid reliable things rocking magnetic control gear known as Jam jars on account of their weight and glass construction but they lasted well shown above is an early production, black base example, I have some later white base examples (my oldest from 1989), but no black base ones sadly (really need to rectify that at some point) (I remember getting my first SL lamp when I was about 8, got it off Amazon for a few quid, had mum bring the package straight to school when she came to pick me up, and I opened it there n then and ran around excitingly showing it to all the teachers, ahh good times ) admittedly, "affordable" CFLs only showed up in the late 90s to early 2000s and in that regard they only really had a "heyday" of about 15-10 yearsI still have one, bought from Makro about 20 years ago to fit in a vivarium, used for 12 hours every day. Replaced by not-long-lasting fluorescent tubes that cost as much now as that did then. Still have a few CFCs, mostly Ikea ones but others free from British Gas for buying a Daewoo fridge freezer 16 years ago from Comet - got a £150 check from them and half a dozen CFCs every few months.I wasn't even with British Gas. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Get ready to feel old because... the first prototype C* FLs showed up in 1976 and then hit the market in 1980, thats almost 40 years ago now! (Fuck I feel old now...) The All Mighty Philips SL lamp admittedly those where rather big and bulky (so not very compact) and somewhat expensive (when compared to normal bulbs) lamps, but they where bloody awesome solid reliable things rocking magnetic control gear known as Jam jars on account of their weight and glass construction but they lasted well shown above is an early production, black base example, I have some later white base examples (my oldest from 1989), but no black base ones sadly (really need to rectify that at some point) (I remember getting my first SL lamp when I was about 8, got it off Amazon for a few quid, had mum bring the package straight to school when she came to pick me up, and I opened it there n then and ran around excitingly showing it to all the teachers, ahh good times )I can testify to them lasting well. This one has been doing solid service in a back bedroom, now my wife’s office, since the mid 80s. PM me your address and you can have it. Sadly I don’t think I still have the box. chodweaver and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 And global warming etc.I recycle only if my ordinary grey bin is full and generally do fuck all about being green.Why?Because I live under the paraffin trail of EMA,Anything I do is rendered a total waste of time by the Ryanair that circuits the airport constantly,Never mind the ones that are actually going anywhere. and that is why I dont believe in Global warming , if we are in such dire danger , things that cause damage should be banned , not taxed barefoot, alf892 and oldcars 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Furious Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 The funny thing is, it will be my posts that end up getting deleted because they upset you, when it’s actually you giving it large Me yesterday referring to grumpious steaming in calling me all the names under the sun Me today Swear down I can actually see the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 And global warming etc.I recycle only if my ordinary grey bin is full and generally do fuck all about being green.Why? Because I live under the paraffin trail of EMA,Anything I do is rendered a total waste of time by the Ryanair that circuits the airport constantly,Never mind the ones that are actually going anywhere. and that is why I dont believe in Global warming , if we are in such dire danger , things that cause damage should be banned , not taxedThat's because we have people in charge who make allusions to caring about the climate and ecology but are really corporate shills who put the burden on individuals, and would happily set fire to the planet for their personal gain. scaryoldcortina, cros, barefoot and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Thought I'd done quite well with the not buying. Apart from the Rover 45 and the Dolomite. The i10 is up for sale though! Tamworthbay and andy18s 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 No, it’s something a bit more substantial. More to the point, I can’t afford a 2cv at Australian prices. $15,000 minimum for a rough tin snail? I don’t think so!$70k for a bog standard charger, I can remember $1500 seeming a lot MorrisItalSLX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 I have stripped down the old flexi off the Focus ...... its only broke in one place ! can you weld that corrugated tin foil flex back into the end piece that bolts to the exhaust under the car ? then it can go in the shed just in case its ever needed again ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Me yesterday referring to grumpious steaming in calling me all the names under the sun Me today DDFA82EE-F7C4-45F8-9FC5-5434750D066E.png Swear down I can actually see the futureOne would hope the other member who seemed to start it all was sent similar. chadders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Me yesterday referring to grumpious steaming in calling me all the names under the sun Me today DDFA82EE-F7C4-45F8-9FC5-5434750D066E.png Swear down I can actually see the future I can't see that post lasting long either. We're all equal but some are more equal comrade. Don't you dickheads have a rape crisis line or anything to bully this morning? Please shut up for the sake of my sanity, this towbar won't fit itself and you aren't helping matters. GrumpiusMaximus, The Moog, Cheggers and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 I have stripped down the old flexi off the Focus ...... its only broke in one place ! can you weld that corrugated tin foil flex back into the end piece that bolts to the exhaust under the car ? then it can go in the shed just in case its ever needed again .......No - that way madness lies! And also lack of storage space. MikeR and mrbenn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inconsistant Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 and that is why I dont believe in Global warming , I think you've confused 'care about' with 'believe in'. Just say you don't care about it. GrumpiusMaximus and barefoot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Is it time for the AS virtual flat roof pub? Members allowed to make fools of themselves rolling round on the grass/ tarmac outside, provided they both shake hands and buy each other a drink afterwards? GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Don't you dickheads have a rape crisis line or anything to bully this morning? Please shut up for the sake of my sanity, this towbar won't fit itself and you aren't helping matters. Nope, but I'm glad I'm not fitting that towbar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Thought I'd done quite well with the not buying. Apart from the Rover 45 and the Dolomite.Ahem..400 squids worth of prime Eastern promise https://www.cars.bg/offer/c2972749 purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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