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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Andy B on 18 January 2015, 11:17:45
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Just nipped to the shops, and a young girl was turning back round at the same place as me, so as we passed each other, I politely suggested that due to the misty/foggy conditions that turning her lights on might be a good idea.
Her reply ............ I'm only going down the road!!! ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? To which I said ...... so - when someone hits you cos they could/didn't see you, it'd be OK cos you were only going a short distance. The reason why she might want her lights on in the conditions went completely over her (blonde) head! ??? ???
I was then following her as she turned off the main road and I got a hand gesture that suggested I play with myself!
No wonder with numpties like that the powers-that-be say we've to now have day time running lights ???
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Women and cars.
It never ends well. :(
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There's logic there, but not as we know it. ::)
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My lad has told me that I must ignore them. They are everywhere, blissfully unaware that no one can actually see them until they appear out of the gloom at about twenty yards. The ranting that ensues is likely to give me a heart attack, he says.
Probably right, but my evil side wants them to collide with a f*****g big lorry.
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I'm not sure that women are suited to mechanical devices. I once had to reserve a woman's car from it's parking space.
"You have the same make of car as I do" she purred "so you'll know where reverse gear is".
This was in the early eighties. I drove a Triumph 2500S.....her car was a Dolomite. ;D ;D
Women and logic. ;D ;D
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I'm not sure that women are suited to mechanical devices. I once had to reserve a woman's car from it's parking space.
"You have the same make of car as I do" she purred "so you'll know where reverse gear is".
This was in the early eighties. I drove a Triumph 2500S.....her car was a Dolomite. ;D ;D
all the right letters ....... not necessarily in the right order ::) ::)
Women and logic. ;D ;D
C'mon ..... both words in the same sentance ??? ??? ???
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I'm not sure that women are suited to mechanical devices. I once had to reserve a woman's car from it's parking space.
"You have the same make of car as I do" she purred "so you'll know where reverse gear is".
This was in the early eighties. I drove a Triumph 2500S.....her car was a Dolomite. ;D ;D
all the right letters ....... not necessarily in the right order ::) ::)
Women and logic. ;D ;D
C'mon ..... both words in the same sentance ??? ??? ???
Eric Morcambe said it better, Mr B....eanz. ;D ;D
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Our Lord Opti gets all flustered when he thinks of women.... :D ;D
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Our Lord Opti gets all flustered when he thinks of women.... :D ;D
Esp his sister-in-law....
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This was in the early eighties. I drove a Triumph 2500S.....
Was it the PI?
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This was in the early eighties. I drove a Triumph 2500S.....
Was it the PI?
No.... it was a1976 (P reg) 2500S. It came with Stag wheels and twin SU carbs. The book quoted 99BHP.
It also returned about 13 MPG. :-\
I remember touring Somerset, Devon and Cornwall back in 1983. Most of the time the car was in O/D top. It still barely managed 20 MPG. :-\
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This was in the early eighties. I drove a Triumph 2500S.....
Was it the PI?
No.... it was a1976 (P reg) 2500S. It came with Stag wheels and twin SU carbs. The book quoted 99BHP.
It also returned about 13 MPG. :-\
I remember touring Somerset, Devon and Cornwall back in 1983. Most of the time the car was in O/D top. It still barely managed 20 MPG. :-\
Doesn't surprise me with those SU carbs.
A friend of mine had the PI variant back in 1982 (in black), don't think that ever saw any more than 20mpg either (mind you, petrol back then was about 35p per litre).
I had the automatic version of the 2000S (in green). Quick car for what it was, but an absolute dinosaur by todays standards.
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Some of us still drive the wonderful Triumph brand ;D ;D
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I had a white 2500S with a poo brown vinyl roof ;D ;D & stag alloys . . . thought it was the nuts at the time with that wooden dash & nice Smiths clocks , not quick at all but so thirsty . . . died of tin worm ::) ::)
A lot of those old brit cars look so small & so ugly nowadays IMO :D :D
I had a 2000E corsair with rostyles & a big bore back box . . . look at a corsair now . . . WTF did I like about that ? :o :o :o
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Some of us still drive the wonderful Triumph brand ;D ;D
An old girlfriend of mine owned an 'M' reg Toledo. During that period I owned a 1972 Triumph 1500 registration FUE 756K. This was one of the few that was FWD.
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I had a white 2500S with a poo brown vinyl roof ;D ;D & stag alloys . . . thought it was the nuts at the time with that wooden dash & nice Smiths clocks , not quick at all but so thirsty . . . died of tin worm ::) ::)
A lot of those old brit cars look so small & so ugly nowadays IMO :D :D
I had a 2000E corsair with rostyles & a big bore back box . . . look at a corsair now . . . WTF did I like about that ? :o :o :o
.....as did mine, Al. :'(
My example was mimosa yellow with black vinyl quarter panels. No vinyl roof though.
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My mate's first car was a Toledo and it had a rocker cover gasket made from tin foil! :D ;D
It worked though! :y
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My mate's first car was a Toledo and it had a rocker cover gasket made from tin foil! :D ;D
It worked though! :y
Just like British motorcyles.......when they went wrong (which they often did) they could be repaired by the side of the road, supposedly. ;D
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I once considered a SEAT Toledo... does that count :-\
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I once considered a SEAT Toledo... does that count :-\
Er...no.
Far too advanced and reliable. ;)
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I once considered a SEAT Toledo... does that count :-\
Er...no.
Far too newer. ;)
Fixed :y
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The one thing i do notice when the Toledo hits the road is the brilliant vision all round ,with narrow A and B pillars you can see everything................mind you your gonna die in a collision :'( :'(
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The one thing i do notice when the Toledo hits the road is the brilliant vision all round ,with narrow A and B pillars you can see everything................mind you your gonna die in a collision :'( :'(
A replacement for the old 1300 if memory serves. :y
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Nostalgia at it's finest, you will be purring on about Austin Maxi gearboxes, the Princess superior wedge design and those icons of sophistication, style and reliability next; the Austin Aggro and Morris Marina! :P :P :P :P ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Just nipped to the shops, and a young girl was turning back round at the same place as me, so as we passed each other, I politely suggested that due to the misty/foggy conditions that turning her lights on might be a good idea.
Her reply ............ I'm only going down the road!!! ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? To which I said ...... so - when someone hits you cos they could/didn't see you, it'd be OK cos you were only going a short distance. The reason why she might want her lights on in the conditions went completely over her (blonde) head! ??? ???
I was then following her as she turned off the main road and I got a hand gesture that suggested I play with myself!
No wonder with numpties like that the powers-that-be say we've to now have day time running lights ???
That was cruel, I bet you made her forget the moves to make to get the fuel cap on the right side at the local garage! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I bet you made her forget the moves to make to get the fuel cap on the right side at the local garage! ;D ;D ;D ;D
Actually, being a Citroen C2, the filler cap would have been on her left ::) ::)
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Nostalgia at it's finest, you will be purring on about Austin Maxi gearboxes, the Princess superior wedge design and those icons of sophistication, style and reliability next; the Austin Aggro and Morris Marina! :P :P :P :P ;D ;D ;D ;D
There was nothing wrong with the Morris Marina especially in Coupe form with the 1800 TC motor! :-* 8)
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Dont forget the montego. OK, forget the montego. ::)
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The Montego/ Christ thats a blast from'tut past.
Didnt Hyacynth Bucket have one? :-\
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The Montego/ Christ thats a blast from'tut past.
Didnt Hyacynth Bucket have one? :-\
Nah.....a crappy Rover 214, I think.
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Dont forget the montego. OK, forget the montego. ::)
If only it were that simple <shudder>
The Montego/ Christ thats a blast from'tut past.
Didnt Hyacynth Bucket have one? :-\
Nah.....a crappy Rover 214, I think.
Honda Ballade 213 / SD3, I think. <shudder, again>
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Dont forget the montego. OK, forget the montego. ::)
If only it were that simple <shudder>
The Montego/ Christ thats a blast from'tut past.
Didnt Hyacynth Bucket have one? :-\
Nah.....a crappy Rover 214, I think.
Honda Ballade 213 / SD3, I think. <shudder, again>
I has a 213S, quite nippy and quite acceptable at that time.
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Dont forget the montego. OK, forget the montego. ::)
Ah bad memories.
I was driving down the outside lane of the M6 in a company one during my placement year at Alsthom in Stafford.
This dam Monte-no-go 2.0 estate which was then about five years old, had more rust than body work and tape around the screen, about 60K on the clock from memory
At 70 (cough) there was one HELL of a bang and the car jumped up followed by a screaming engine and stuff crashing on the underside of the floor pan.
I threw the left indicator on, looked towards the passenger wing mirror and could see nothing! A quick check of the rear view mirror and cars behind me were braking and swerving.
Glided it over to the hard shoulder and popped the bonnet.
At this point I discovered an engine which was very low on the passenger side, two drive shafts dragging on the floor along with a starter motor which was only just still attached to the positive lead. What was missing was the entire gearbox which shortly before expiring had dumped its oil down the passenger side of the car.
The M6 was closed shortly after to remove the lumps of gear casing, shafts and gears!
Scared the crap out of me!
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My own experience from today.
Client's North America office with whom I am doing a lot of work right now to migrate from a proxy-ish type solution to a proper cloud-based proxy service. This evening the local cluster failed, a firewall issue I am told, and those who had migrated were having some real difficulties. The automatic failover normally provided by having services in the cloud failed, I called support where I got a less than helpful reply. I called the account manager who was at home (it was 7pm UK) and he and I bounced ideas off each other and came up with a solution to which a simple test was needed to prove. The response was less than helpful and no info was forthcoming so I was flying a bit blind. Apparently a reboot fixed an issue I had identified and thus my test was not on the path of least resistance, I was ignored. I am used to being treated as such, as most people dont give a sh!t about IT Security until they are in the brown stuff and need your help. If there is another way out I often get the Vs......
I then heard that for some users a reboot did not fix the issue so I went and asked the PM if:
Are you finding anyone for whom the reboot did not work?
The reply was this:
How do you want me to do that? If issue is reported, I am aware of it. Nobody would have an issue for several hours unattended. Means, if you do not hear from people they are fine
this was at 9pm UK and bearing in mind I am a contractor I had worked 3 hours for free. My reply was:
Ok.
I only asked because I am having mixed reports from elsewhere that it does not work for everyone. I shall go back to my dinner and family.
Have a good evening.
So why am I expecting an arse chewing from my client (a different person) in the morning?
I need a new client........