The grumpy thread

[Pillock]

Laptop: If the keys that don't work are all in a row (ish), then quite often success equals just reseating the flexible cable on the back of the keyboard that goes into a ZIF socket on the mainboard.

 

Microfilters: Ebay. I stuck my extra microfilters on ebay ages ago, you often get 4 with a new model so I found plenty of people selling them for about £4-£5

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Laptop: If the keys that don't work are all in a row (ish), then quite often success equals just reseating the flexible cable on the back of the keyboard that goes into a ZIF socket on the mainboard.

 

Yes, I definitely think it's only a dodgy contact somewhere, but I won't be touching it until I've got the spares at the ready, just in case...In the meantime, I've taken the a key out and it's a real bugger to put back in...

 

Microfilters: Ebay. I stuck my extra microfilters on ebay ages ago, you often get 4 with a new model so I found plenty of people selling them for about £4-£5

 

Sainsbury's sell them for £3, but it's not something they keep in stock, so you have to order it into your local store through the website and it takes 2 days to arrive. Wouldn't expect ebay to be either quicker or cheaper. You know the world's become a silly place when you live in one of the biggest cities in the country and have to place a special order so as to avoid being dry bummed in exchage for a wee bit of plastic.

[Negative Creep]

2 houses down is having a bonfire, and with the wind blowing in my direction I have to keep all my windows closed

[maxpower]

2 houses down is having a bonfire, and with the wind blowing in my direction I have to keep all my windows closed

 

must have been a big fire as i could smell the burning wood....either that or i have fuggin neighbours just as daft as yours

[Negative Creep]

2 houses down is having a bonfire, and with the wind blowing in my direction I have to keep all my windows closed

 

must have been a big fire as i could smell the burning wood....either that or i have fuggin neighbours just as daft as yours

 

 

My room still stinks of smoke, surprised it didn't set off the smoke detectors

[The Moog]

Arrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh lost the keys to the saab. Cant find them for love nor money. Had house upside down, had mums house upside down ...

 

only set as well. Bugger...

[autofive]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13989455

now im grumpy

 

where does London have to erect a statue of an international terrorist and war crimes suspect?

[ashmicro]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13989455

now im grumpy

 

where does London have to erect a statue of an international terrorist and war crimes suspect?

 

 

I say old boy, that's a bit strong. His Reaganness was a good friend of the U.K., and the Falklands thing is a red herring. The Yanks helped us out with kit and intel. The Russians watched the Falklands conflict with interest - first proper test of NATO power. Our boys re-took the F.I., on the other side of the Earth, and kicked Galtieri's arse up to his eyeballs. Without American intel we would have lost more of our brave servicemen.

 

I couldn't give a fuck about what Ronnie did in Central America. The place always was a shithole, and will remain thus. Blame the Spanish and their half-arsed attempt at Empire building

[autofive]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13989455

now im grumpy

 

where does London have to erect a statue of an international terrorist and war crimes suspect?

 

 

I say old boy, that's a bit strong. His Reaganness was a good friend of the U.K.

 

not in the falklands war, and not when his government was arming the contras, iranians, the iraqis, the afghans and the mujahadeen while allowing the cia to sell heroin and cocaine.

 

if we must have a statue of a puppet I'd rather it was a fingerbob or muffin the mule

[scaryoldcortina]

Hey Ronnie Regan I'm black and I'm pagan, I'm gay and I'm left and I'm free. I'm a non fundamentalist enviromentalist, don't bother me.

[M'coli]

All is not lost - a stihl saw and a visit to EMR would sort it out. Might turn a tidy profit, and judging by his politics such enterprise would be condoned by himself too.

[pompei]

I wouldn't mind if it was teh Spitting Image puppet

 

[maxpower]

im sure there is plenty of space in the garden of "thatcher towers" to put the statue

[Guest]

Guess what? I'm not posting on the VOC Forum again unless people there fuck off and be less shit. The white 480 will be going in the frag sooner than planned, mainly out of spite. Or if I don't calm down I might just set fire to it.

 

[messerschmitt owner]

Guess what? I'm not posting on the VOC Forum again unless people there fuck off and be less shit. The white 480 will be going in the frag sooner than planned, mainly out of spite. Or if I don't calm down I might just set fire to it.

 

scrap the useless thing and as your last post on VOC show some pics of it being fragged!

 

More importantly, how is the 305 Carb saga?

[Guest]

Guess what? I'm not posting on the VOC Forum again unless people there fuck off and be less shit. The white 480 will be going in the frag sooner than planned, mainly out of spite. Or if I don't calm down I might just set fire to it.

 

scrap the useless thing and as your last post on VOC show some pics of it being fragged!

 

More importantly, how is the 305 Carb saga?

 

Going nowhere. Not heard from your mate since Saturday, he can't find the carb and didn't seem keen on having me round to collect it. He can post it to me now, I needed the carb by Saturday at the latest because I wanted to take the 305 to the Retro Show. I'm a bit hacked off with B&M on here who offered me two carbs free, left me a postcode but not a phone number and then disappeared off the face of the earth.

 

I was seeing a mate in Kebroyd and popped over to his street, but no-one there would talk to me or knew who he was.

 

Conclusion = tragic.

[Guest]

Oh, and in addition (to an otherwise amazing Sunday) the bloke from Retro Rides who wanted my Tamiya Mustang didn't call and didn't make any effort to collect it from me.

 

The only other bloke was someone who wanted it for 'his lad' and didn't want to pay me postage. Come on mate, play the game, the car's already cheap for what it is and you're getting a decent controller, why should I post it for nothing?

 

That might be going in the frag as well with the white 480 at this rate.

[scaryoldcortina]

^ you were at the retro show with a cheap RC car? NOW I'm grumpy too

 

 

ps, I found the carb manual - it was in the hotrod. Will scan soon, promise....

[Cavcraft]

Realising I've asked for this but still prefer not to hear any 'told you so' type comments:

Took the Frontender for an MOT this afternoon and left it for them to test. Walked back down a short while back and had that sort of impending sense of doom one sometimes gets.

My 'OMG' radar was spot on: they abandoned the test because the bastard is overheating. Hoping to God it's the thermostat or radiator, hadn't seen any signs of oil in water/water in oil and it seemed to run o.k so it's a fingers crossed job now. They're going to try again tomorrow afternoon and only start it when they have to.

[eddyramrod]

Was out in the Granada on Friday, and thought the brakes were a bit soft. Seemed familiar from my first one, those weren't up to much either. Today I looked at the reservoir... no fluid. Fortunately it worked enough on Friday to get me home and I haven't used it since.

 

Then our wives wonder why we have to have all these old cars lying about... Today I've been out in the X and the pickup. Case proved, m'lud.

[trigger]

I'm not sure if this link works from my phone but the banger boys are getting excited over the thought of banging this rare 1 owner from new Vauxhall Cresta Estate.

 

You will need to log in to see the photos. www.ovalbangerchat.co.uk/topic/97243-rare-estate/

[pompei]

Dare I ask - what's been going on in the VOC, Wat?

[The Moog]

Think I have done something to the outside of my foot at football. Been sore on and off for last couple of months but took painkillers and ignored it. Tonight after foot could barely hobble and taking boot off was agony itself. Will have to be at the walk in centre for 7 30 tomorrow morning ...

 

Stupid boy...

[Guest]

^ you were at the retro show with a cheap RC car? NOW I'm grumpy too

 

 

ps, I found the carb manual - it was in the hotrod. Will scan soon, promise....

 

Hey it's still for sale - I posted it up on here and on RR.

 

Thread is here -http:// http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... 876&page=1

[scaryoldcortina]

£30??? consider it sold then! Do you live anywhere near xbollox? failing that, I'm not a total cheapskate and well prepared to pay for postage.

[outlaw118]

I've Just posted on Ovalchat,:

Not wishing to appear like an old fart, but shouldn't this be kept, and not raced? It's rare, and will be fairly easy to restore - and at £800 it's a lot of dough for something which will probably last two laps......just thinking aloud here.....

Let's see what response that gets....

[Cavcraft]

To be fair Bob it seems a few on there are interested in restoring it. It'd be a massive shame if that got raced.

[Guest]

£30??? consider it sold then! Do you live anywhere near xbollox? failing that, I'm not a total cheapskate and well prepared to pay for postage.

 

I live fairly near Bol yeah. I can get it to him - are you bringing his Mazzer down? You can take eeeet on the way back.

[scaryoldcortina]

Cool. Either I'm bringing it to him, or I'm collecting it and storing until he comes to get it.

[cort16]

Why are modern front wheel drive cars so overladden with traction control gizmos? I totally get that in an M3, 911 or even a wee MX-5 you might need traction control to keep the rear end in check in slippery conditions but does a 115bhp 1.6 Focus really need traction control? For that matter does my 170bhp A6 need it? My A6 is hopeless around corners even though it's the *sporty s-line with massive tyres.

I was driving down to my Dads the other day on a decent country road with no traffic so I thought I'd turn it off to see what happens. The car was totally different, less under steer, no bogging down when trying to accelerate out of corners and some actual feel through the steering wheel. In all about 110% better than with traction control switched on but all the time it's flashing a big stupid warning at me as if counting down to the car exploding.

I was watching 5th gear the other day and on the new focus you can't turn the traction contol off. Can someone explain the advantage of it to me in a FWD car other than making it impossible to pull away quickly from a roundabout in the wet? There's was a gazillion fwd escorts and cavaliers with just as much power that managed it for years with out exploding.

 

 

* rock hard ride