paulplom Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 23 minutes ago, motorpunk said: Right, I appreciate it's an unpopular opinion, but I fucking hate this hot weather. I have a 3 hour drive in the BMW later which, normally, is a pleasure - aircon on, Radio6, cruise control and maybe a poncy coffee on the go. But the aircon is weak, despite being regassed a couple of months ago, so instead of singing along to Slaves at 15C, I'll be boiling like a bastard lobster. Roll on autumn. There. I said it. Fight me. Technically it's your own fault for owning a bmw with faulty air con then? GBJ, stonedagain and alf892 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Nice in my van atm. I'm chilling in the chill ? Christine, Kiltox and gm 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 7 minutes ago, cobblers said: I would be very happy for it to rain 6 days a week, year round. Isn't that why people live in Scotland? Remspoor, GrumpiusMaximus, alf892 and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Just now, Dick Van Diesel said: Isn't that why people live in Scotland? I have put very very serious consideration into this, I don't know if I could cope with the midges but being on some weird outcrop of land only accessible by ferry or 3 strange bridges being rained on all the time sounds flipping brilliant. GrumpiusMaximus and Dick Longbridge 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 3 minutes ago, Dick Van Diesel said: Isn't that why people live in Scotland? I like it here However one of my favourite songs of ever is also Only Happy When it Rains by Garbage... Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 I guess you need to have some consideration for courier services given your business? It's possible to be quite remote in the UK without invoking the "except for Highlands and Islands" postage issues cobblers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Just now, Supernaut said: I like it here However one of my favourite songs of ever is also Only Happy When it Rains by Garbage... Ah, Shirley... I'm thankful that she lived in Scotland to enable this song to exist. Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 I must admit it is a nightmare round here at the mo' so many people at the beach and on all available bits of greenery. Chester had a bit of a (near) punch-up with a dog that wasguarding its owners campsite/food/cooking gear. I nearly pointed out that it is NOT a campsite and there is NO camping allowed, but didn't, no need for me to raise the arsehole quatient any higher. Yes, I know I do that all year round anyway puddlethumper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Dumped the C5 at the scrapyard, collected the Civic (and forgot any photo's). Went to the PO to cancel the tax - PO closed. Tried another - they don't do tax, only main PO's Nightmare to get to. Possibly more grumps to come. Drove the Civic home - it is out of sight round the back of the houses. No idea of how fast I was going, instruments hard to see other than the rev counter. Discovered the speedo is obscured by the wheel, brilliant bit of design Honda Had a job getting into the petrol flap, took about ten minutes. Must have looked quite suspicious. And it is far too hot. 28 ℃ in the shade, 42 ℃ in the sun, 10,000,000 ℃ in the car. paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 4 hours ago, Dick Van Diesel said: Isn't that why people live in Scotland? First time I ever visited Scotland a local of Skye told me ‘never worry about the weather, it will be different in an hour’, he wasn’t far wrong! Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 THIRTY-SEVEN FUPPIN' DEGREES. FECKIN' INHUMAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 10 minutes ago, Tamworthbay said: First time I ever visited Scotland a local of Skye told me ‘never worry about the weather, it will be different in an hour’, he wasn’t far wrong! I shouldn't have taken the piss. Weather has turned to shit here in Cornwall. Drizzle and very grey skies. Hottest day my arse. somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Massive grump. I've been whizzing up and down the coast, shopping for beer and more driving about in the glorious sunshine in the mx5 with the roof down. I've had a great time but now I've looked in the mirror, my forehead is slightly red. Grump over. stonedagain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Dick Van Diesel said: I shouldn't have taken the piss. Weather has turned to shit here in Cornwall. Drizzle and very grey skies. Hottest day my arse. Don't worry it should keep the grockles down? puddlethumper and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 5 minutes ago, Remspoor said: Don't worry it should keep the grockles down? Emmets pal. Cornish for ants. Grockles is a bit more Darzet! puddlethumper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Listening to the 2010 Sondheim Prom on R3: Judi Dench 'singing' Send In The Clowns... VERDICT: she's a fine actor, but she couldn't carry a tune in a bucket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 4 hours ago, myglaren said: Had a job getting into the petrol flap, took about ten minutes. Must have looked quite suspicious. Which Civic? There's a recall on the Mk6 for sticky flaps. Christine, puddlethumper and Cavcraft 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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myglaren Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, robinmasters said: Which Civic? There's a recall on the Mk6 for sticky flaps. A red one - 59 reg is all I know. Took ages to find it beside the throttle pedal. Bloody new-fangled shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin-Rover Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 First weekend away since February? Nope! Remspoor, Saabnut, stonedagain and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 7 hours ago, Dick Van Diesel said: I shouldn't have taken the piss. Weather has turned to shit here in Cornwall. Drizzle and very grey skies. Hottest day my arse. Offtopic but...awesome sunflowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 You lot have got a lot to learn about hot days, It’s not even above 40c! That being said, Summer can fuck right off. Winter here is lovely, the temperature stays in the the teens and all the plants stop looking dead. Call me crazy but I would seriously consider living in the UK through the winter and then returning to Australia for winter, and so on. TataBobu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 17 hours ago, Dick Van Diesel said: I shouldn't have taken the piss. Weather has turned to shit here in Cornwall. Drizzle and very grey skies. Hottest day my arse. My father in law came around for a meal, when he arrived (in long trousers and shirt buttoned - you can’t take the army out of him!). He was dying in the heat as he hates the hot weather and mentioned that there was not a single cloud in the sky, I fed him cold beer and we did him a meal. About an hour and a half in clouds started to come over and the heavens opened and we got a full on thunder storm. We watched the lightning strikes as I drove him the mile home. An hour later sunny again. Mally 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 1 hour ago, MorrisItalSLX said: You lot have got a lot to learn about hot days, It’s not even above 40c!.... Southern Iraq is having a week's worth of temperatures exceeding 50 degrees Celsius. That is just crazy stupid hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 10 hours ago, Pieman said: Offtopic but...awesome sunflowers Cheers. They're normally taller but were battered early on with weather all over the shop. They definitely brighen up the back corner of the garden even after dark! Pieman, GMcD and paulplom 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffgeezer Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 My back felt better this morning, right up until I coughed, and now I'm back to being in pain in most positions. If I had time before we were due to go away, I'd totally be buying the VW Phaeton I've seen locally for heated/cooled massaging moo seats. Remspoor and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMcD Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 53 minutes ago, Dick Van Diesel said: Cheers. They're normally taller but were battered early on with weather all over the shop. They definitely brighen up the back corner of the garden even after dark! Superb effort. Mine are utterly shit. Sausage fingered rather than green fingered. myglaren, Dick Longbridge and paulplom 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 23 hours ago, Dick Van Diesel said: Emmets pal. Cornish for ants. Grockles is a bit more Darzet! Devonians say Grockles too. But, hey all those emmets are swarming into Cornwall. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-53571128 Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the van Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Just seen a mate who lives Bodmin way.He says there's a fella standing by the A30 westbound dressed as the grim reaper.Which would be funnier if the situation wasn't so serious.Those of us who live in Cornwall are taking Covid very seriously, the Emmetts don't seem to care from what I've seen.Which pisses me off tbh. So from Monday the A30 is going to be mined at Launceston and the Tamar bridge toll increased from £1.50 to £ 1000000.I wish lol. Tamworthbay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Dan the van said: Just seen a mate who lives Bodmin way.He says there's a fella standing by the A30 westbound dressed as the grim reaper.Which would be funnier if the situation wasn't so serious.Those of us who live in Cornwall are taking Covid very seriously, the Emmetts don't seem to care from what I've seen.Which pisses me off tbh. So from Monday the A30 is going to be mined at Launceston and the Tamar bridge toll increased from £1.50 to £ 1000000.I wish lol. Ah the good old Cornish, cough - speaks quietly - the Tamar toll is on the way out so that would keep them in........ ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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