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My next door neighbour was Erwald Von Kleist, he knew a bit about this...

Here in France we have mandatory inspections when we sell a house, ordered and paid for by the seller. Electricity, sanitation, insulation, lead (paint, pipes or roofing/paneling) Quite strict too....

Remember the origins of OZ. A place to dump convicts. As I understand, having a convict in ones fore bearers is a plus.. So likely swearing comes with the image.

Interesting read was 'The Secret...

I used to be the 'boat guy' in our family, shuttling them back and fourth in an 8ft ply dinghy pushed by a Seagull. Max was four, but usually three due to conditions.
It was a V bottomed with a...

Our telephone copper interweb was abysmal. Last year, they slung fibre all round the area and the guy from Orange (France Telecom) knocked on the door. Connection was done a month later and the day...

What happened to working for the good of the people?

Always been a lot of sneering about the Allegro. But it actually did the job. My brother, not a car nut, had one and towed his Fireball about and was reliable, not to mention cheap to buy...

Trying to remember the goop that we used on our eights and fours at school, but it was a 'while' back.. How about Dubbin?

4x4 in the local garage: somewhat twisted and the windscreen frame arched upwards and forwards in a triangle. Asked the owner what happened. Oh, he went off a corner into the ditch and a diesel water...

Shooting Brake needs wood on the outside, like the Mini.

:D I did mention something about opening a Mc D's, but they had no sense of humour... (Or were worried I was not joking) My patch was most of the pîtch, but it could have worked if it had been a...

Dat's nice. Did you own, or even have a slice, of the bigger one above?

There are also some who cringe when something strange appears on their plate.

Break out (a bit)
Were you frightened by a parsnip as a child?

While I was trying to get building permission to build a 'proper' house on some land, I built a wooden house as a temp measure. Some friends turned up one day and gave me a ceramic plaque that said...

Used ginger tonight in the spices for Eli's salmon. But nothing will improve rhubarb for me.

It is the skin it is contained in that gives the 'individual' smell. That does come from a bit down the food chain..

I remember pressing tongue with the old singer sewing machine as a weight. Very...

Think I will pass on the cheese with maggots, but just about every thing else mentioned I find OK, or even delectable...
Don't like Rhubarb, not brave enough for brains (consistency) Like welks (...

Had a C 180 in for a C of A. Apparently it had been resprayed, but, they had used paint stripper to prepare it. That had leeched into the seams and started to corrode the alloy. After a good look, we...

Cub is a steel tube frame with wooden spared wings, so, if fished out fast enough, likely could be restored. Cessna is all metal, so corrosion might make it a right off.
A similar construction...

I think the charts I have will be enough for the years I have left, along with the Yeoman to go with them. Also, nothing to stop you updating the old ones. That used to be normal? GPS is handheld, so...

One should remember that the Cooper S models were only sold to the public (at first) to get the numbers up to qualify for competition as 'production' models.
Same with the Lancia Stratos, a car...

Couple of suits turned up at our house, asking who made the GRP mudguards on our trailers. Bit disappointing when we said that we did them. They were looking for a GRP outfit to make some ducting, as...

You want low?
Mind the language, but that was low. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOoiEbtf2w

Found another bandwagon to keep him in your face.
After his 'prank' phone call to 'Manuel' I wrote him off as scum.

Possibly because people want others to follow what they believe in, to push their ideas and 'join the crowd' to gain support and spread their word. Real christians practice the ideas, they don't need...

I used to buy MAD back then. Don't remember that particular cartoon, but right up there with the general themes.
Thank you.

Wot, not based on WW11 jeep meckanix...

To add: Judging by the vestigial fins, it dates from a time when styling was extravagant, but looks very well balanced and judged.

Sobering posts on here..
My father came in from the garden feeling a bit rough. My mother suggested some tea, but I was a bit more worried and called the medic. Yes, a heart attack at 52 yrs. He...

Sounds more like Tufnol?

What I did find odd, is the top half looks quite like an old Mini.

Aaarg, reminds me of the first time I stripped a Mini box. My mother's car, a washer had split and dropped between 2 & 3 rd gears. Just out of guarantee, so I had a go. Learned a lot pulling out the...

Late night chatting after slightly beery evening. Trying to mate car names with other things. Somebody farted... 'Ah, did i hear a little Zephyr?'

This is a humour thread?

Horses for courses:) Hard boiled good for salads and sandwiches, soft for delicate dishesBY:D
My mother knew an eminent surgeon, a stickler for hygene in the wards and theatre. On his boat, he...

UK TV full of ads for the folding ones that drop into the boot (trunk) of a small car. Very popular. More for the walking wounded, rather than disabled.
Locally disabled woman (one leg) has a...

Muesli and UHT milk. Tea. Eggs on Sunday.

[QUOTE=carioca1232001;6691364]In GB at the time, no insurer would provide cover for drivers under the age of 27 for the Cooper S, suggesting that the power-to-weight ratio coupled with minimal...

One good point about the Marina, it had similar front suspension to a Morris 1000, so could donate disc brakes. The drums on the Morry were not very good....

Friend travelled on a Ferry UK to...

Fastest trucks?

Our chairman bought the '62 250 GTO that he raced for £6000, after it was 'last years car' and a bit slow.He kept it untill the late 90's? so quite good appreciation.
I was offered a 911S for £500...

You need to watch on UK TV. That is snooker.

I might be a bit slow today, but I don't recognize your definitions from UK. Snookering was setting up the balls so your opponent had no options for...

A friend bought a big bunch of Western red cedar in La Rochelle for a stripped planked 40ft cat, but it was a while back, came in 20ft lengths.
We buy Oregon pine/Doug fir in nice 6mtr lengths from...

I am more inclined to blame the actual bigots involved than the 'churches' that they claim to belong to.

I am quite happy for people to believe in what they wish. But to think it helps them in their chosen sports, well, 'God is on our side' tends to make the other side look like sinful chancers. They...

I have a Whilly Tern and the slighty offset swinging board is very useful in our shallow coast. Rudder is also kick up.
I cut the slot after the hull was fully planked and then built the box, as to...

Just curious as to how you will use the vacuum to bend the wood? I have a couple of vane pumps, 1 & 2 hp. Used on a defunct project for a big cat. The larger one was for 40 x 6 ft side panels for the...

Metal conduit is a bit passe over here. Why not just concrete in the support posts and use pvc to run the cables?

Or have I missed something?

Back when I was Rose farming in the Algarve, the big Nora ran dry ( that is a proper well, about 10ft across, with a bucket chain turned by a an old Lister at 600rpm)
Eventually the the drill team...

Just curious about such a gorgeous car. What powered it and how the engine was cooled with nearly no front airflow entry?

Bit surprised at that Phil, the bloke is obviously a bit nuts and needs help.

AFAIR, it was always referred to as an H-16. Lotus used it as a stop gap, before they got the Cosworth/Ford V8 DFV.
BRM had form with 16 cylinders, the ambitious V-16 1.5 litre centrifugal blown...

I just feel sorry for people like that. It is a mental problem, because whatever happens, he can't defend himself against it. Meanwhile, his life is consumed by what might.

Chatting to an older...