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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 23 December 2023, 11:06:21 »

Well I am warm and okay!! My back is still giving me grief, wear and tear after 50 years on the spanners. It takes longer for recovery now I am 68.

Tell me about it ..... & I'm only nearly 62.  Mauling about at work yesterday with  1.5"(ish) pitch triplex chain & its associated sprockets .... you could hardly lift each of them on their own. All outside in the pi55ing rain & wind, 15' up in the air on a scaffold platform ..... can't wait to go back to work in the new year to finish it off! 

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 22 December 2023, 17:10:05 »

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Moral of the story, if your back hurts, go straight to a chiropractor 

My back has hurt on & off for the past 30 odd years .... what's a chiropractor? 

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Omega General Help / Re: Alternator

« on: 21 December 2023, 18:05:59 »

Well, eventually came out of St Thomas Hospital London, with 7 stents pushed up into the arteries around the heart.  So, apart from taking it easy, that is me fixed! ....

Glad you're on the mend! 

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General Car Chat / Re: Can I have....

« on: 19 December 2023, 17:08:48 »

Well if it's space you need... 

 .....

Why would a company that prides itself on making vehicles that tow things fit their tow car out with something that looks like it was fab'd up from a scrap metal skip?
I know that there's more than 1 maker of towbars

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 19 December 2023, 12:53:08 »

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5% still have some dignity.  I like to think I'm in that 5% on both (and other) platforms.
 ...

 

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 19 December 2023, 10:09:51 »

I'm quite happy with my SKY+ box, but they keep contacting me to 'upgrade' to SKY Q

I was, but after hearing the benefits, I changed to Sky Q

Can record 3 channels at the same time  - so they told me.
Search facillies are better. etc.

If you lose the remote you can press a button on the box and the remote will buzz.  (used that facility a few times)

A lot better box all round.

It never belongs to us as the old boxes did.
Cant use the old box as a 2nd unit  so I was told.

I got it dor £20 a month so no complaints from me.

I have trouble finding one channel that's worth watching, never mind recording.
Search facilities? Easy, even on sky+ box
I don't lose my remote and, if I do, I have two more 

I gave up on having use of the remote years back .....

it's either on the couch next to her or stuffed down the cushion next to her. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 19 December 2023, 10:07:38 »

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I say that as a content creator myself.

from a man that originally wouldn't even click onto a Youtube link .... 

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General Car Chat / Re: Can I have....

« on: 18 December 2023, 21:22:31 »

There aren't many people of a certain age who haven't had a Rover at some stage of their life.

I've never had a Rover or wanted a more recent Rover & am probably around your threshold 'certain age'  .....

the only Rover I'd consider would be a P5b Coupe 

You're one of the 'aren't many' then.

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General Car Chat / Re: Can I have....

« on: 18 December 2023, 17:41:07 »

There aren't many people of a certain age who haven't had a Rover at some stage of their life.

I've never had a Rover or wanted a more recent Rover & am probably around your threshold 'certain age'  .....

the only Rover I'd consider would be a P5b Coupe 

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General Car Chat / Re: Age old question....

« on: 15 December 2023, 20:45:25 »

How about a 'restored' Austin All-Agro? 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176083809013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD-dN5iSgD4

The VP version is a good looking car.....

In what universe?

A deluded one.   

The only All-Agro that looks worse is a VDP estate in Russet brown!   

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General Car Chat / Re: Age old question....

« on: 15 December 2023, 14:32:40 »

How about a 'restored' Austin All-Agro? 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176083809013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD-dN5iSgD4

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General Discussion Area / Re: I Rarely Have A Drink

« on: 10 December 2023, 20:08:14 »

I was a bit of a boozer in my youth, but rarely drink these days unless I go out.

Can't cope with the hangovers any more. 

So you now just go out 30 times a month .... 

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General Car Chat / Re: Age old question....

« on: 09 December 2023, 16:55:46 »

Quite respectable performance figures for the day ..... not sure you'd want to run it today at 15mpg 

https://www.gbclassiccars.co.uk/jaguar_mkx.html

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General Car Chat / Re: Age old question....

« on: 08 December 2023, 22:22:41 »

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That was a traditional Jaguar styling idea. Look at a mkX, mk2, 420G or E-type

Are they not one and the same?
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Effectively yes ....  Beautiful car!

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General Car Chat / Re: Age old question....

« on: 07 December 2023, 18:32:39 »

I can recommend a ML on Airmatic