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General Discussion Area / Re: Handles?
« on: 24 January 2007, 16:12:29 »Quote
By the way i`m Markie my surname stars with C.
damn, and i always thought you were an IEC Mains lead called Mark.
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damn, and i always thought you were an IEC Mains lead called Mark.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Handles?
« on: 24 January 2007, 01:51:56 »
Things are often more complicated than they might on the surface appear...
(Hi Eddy, I'm Max.... and yes, i drive V6's )
if you hang around places like this often enough, and long enough, one gets to know what people's names are... at least in terms of the first name anyway.... either someone signs it once in a while, or someone else, having met them for real, accidentally uses it in open forum, or a half dozen other innocent ways.....
There are many reasons given both for and against anonymity and the choice of whether or not to use "handles" , some of them commercial, some of them personal, some of them a matter of safety.
in fairness , this place is , while undoubtedly great, and really friendly, and populated by people of taste, ... still really rather "small" in terms of internet forums....
there are other forums i frequent , some for fun, some on a professional basis, some just to stay in touch with colleagues and friends.... that have in excess of 50,000 registered users..... and that is still in specialist areas.... still not talking about things like msn and yahoo chat rooms and the like.... with literally Millions of users....
Now, while I'm fairly comfortable with them all knowing who I am..... I MIGHT be much less enthused by the prospect of them knowing who my daughters were......
just using that as an example....
not everyone is comfortable with divulging personal information in the presence of complete strangers... nor is it currently safe of advisable in many ways...
so the habit of the "Nom de guerre" or Handle, is one that is often the rule rather than the exception... and in some cases is really the only sensible answer.... I do not use my full name in forums on the whole, although i am referred to by people by it, in those forums... and sometimes in print... on a professional basis.... but i don't go running around waving it on every post I make... in every forum i frequent....
in principle, i'm in favour of everybody using their real name ALL the time..... as along with that, goes a measure of accountability.... and in dire circumstances, perhaps legal redress, BUT... it's never going to happen... so some measure of self protection makes a lot of sense.
BUT there is also another side to it.... with the "handle" we can build a persona that is one we might not really be able to present in public.... one who can, for example admit to speeding.... taking acid, smoking dope, shagging groupies, and all sorts of other things that aren't necessarily considered "kosher" by normal society in public, but , for the sake of argument, when admitted to by a musician... aren't completely unexpected... but if you were an accountant instead... you might not want the partners and wife to find out.... so you hide it under an assumed name...
there are much darker sides to that as well.... and i'd hope no one here actually is in that place....... but the Scare stories have their basis in fact, and it's something all right thinking humans should be aware of, and for parents and the like, being aware and on guard is the only option.
i've just realised i'm starting to waffle...
but you take my point i hope....
Nice to make your acquaintance .
best regards
Max
(Hi Eddy, I'm Max.... and yes, i drive V6's )
if you hang around places like this often enough, and long enough, one gets to know what people's names are... at least in terms of the first name anyway.... either someone signs it once in a while, or someone else, having met them for real, accidentally uses it in open forum, or a half dozen other innocent ways.....
There are many reasons given both for and against anonymity and the choice of whether or not to use "handles" , some of them commercial, some of them personal, some of them a matter of safety.
in fairness , this place is , while undoubtedly great, and really friendly, and populated by people of taste, ... still really rather "small" in terms of internet forums....
there are other forums i frequent , some for fun, some on a professional basis, some just to stay in touch with colleagues and friends.... that have in excess of 50,000 registered users..... and that is still in specialist areas.... still not talking about things like msn and yahoo chat rooms and the like.... with literally Millions of users....
Now, while I'm fairly comfortable with them all knowing who I am..... I MIGHT be much less enthused by the prospect of them knowing who my daughters were......
just using that as an example....
not everyone is comfortable with divulging personal information in the presence of complete strangers... nor is it currently safe of advisable in many ways...
so the habit of the "Nom de guerre" or Handle, is one that is often the rule rather than the exception... and in some cases is really the only sensible answer.... I do not use my full name in forums on the whole, although i am referred to by people by it, in those forums... and sometimes in print... on a professional basis.... but i don't go running around waving it on every post I make... in every forum i frequent....
in principle, i'm in favour of everybody using their real name ALL the time..... as along with that, goes a measure of accountability.... and in dire circumstances, perhaps legal redress, BUT... it's never going to happen... so some measure of self protection makes a lot of sense.
BUT there is also another side to it.... with the "handle" we can build a persona that is one we might not really be able to present in public.... one who can, for example admit to speeding.... taking acid, smoking dope, shagging groupies, and all sorts of other things that aren't necessarily considered "kosher" by normal society in public, but , for the sake of argument, when admitted to by a musician... aren't completely unexpected... but if you were an accountant instead... you might not want the partners and wife to find out.... so you hide it under an assumed name...
there are much darker sides to that as well.... and i'd hope no one here actually is in that place....... but the Scare stories have their basis in fact, and it's something all right thinking humans should be aware of, and for parents and the like, being aware and on guard is the only option.
i've just realised i'm starting to waffle...
but you take my point i hope....
Nice to make your acquaintance .
best regards
Max
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General Discussion Area / Re: Post Count
« on: 23 January 2007, 21:06:12 »
yes i did........ eeeuuuwwww
what it's about is the skin of the corn seed is made from a fairly indigestible form of cellulose or some such... any way, it basically passes through un digested , so if you want your child to actually get the benefit of the vegetable... you need to mash them somewhat.... so the rest of the seed content is accessible to the digestive system... at least until they're old enough to start chewing their food properly...
it's a fairly common evolutionary trick used by a number of plant species........ to make the seeds pass right through the herbivore undamaged... , so they end up planted , in a ready made manure.. and thus propagate the species further and faster..
you didn't really want me to answer that did you 
what it's about is the skin of the corn seed is made from a fairly indigestible form of cellulose or some such... any way, it basically passes through un digested , so if you want your child to actually get the benefit of the vegetable... you need to mash them somewhat.... so the rest of the seed content is accessible to the digestive system... at least until they're old enough to start chewing their food properly...
it's a fairly common evolutionary trick used by a number of plant species........ to make the seeds pass right through the herbivore undamaged... , so they end up planted , in a ready made manure.. and thus propagate the species further and faster..
you didn't really want me to answer that did you
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General Discussion Area / Re: Post Count
« on: 23 January 2007, 20:43:21 »Quote
Mine are too old for all that now. But, I must admit, I miss all those little moments. Like when they do such a huge pap in their nappies, it squirts out the neck of their vest. Ahhh...
As parents of 5, (youngest 9, eldest 20 ) one thing I can categorically state that neither of us miss in the slightest , is the entire "Nappy Experience"
i felt ill just reading that..............
and when Granddad-hood eventually snares me.... I'll be damned if I'm going to change any of the next generation's either !!!!
I did my fair share with our lot, and that's enough !
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General Discussion Area / Re: Ship wreck at Branscombe (pics)
« on: 22 January 2007, 23:20:34 »
what's that??? Tunnie's mum drives a rover?
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General Discussion Area / Re: Senator/Beemer 840
« on: 22 January 2007, 21:19:35 »
I'll attest to seeing IRS calibrated speedo's in manual sennie B's read in excess of 150 regularly... i've never seen a calibrated one over 160 though... but I have on an uncalibrated one....
I also saw Sennie A's over 150 , also with calibrated clocks....
I'm told that the calibration is done to be accurate for the vehicle in question as it is normally, when in use, with tyres etc up to a nominal operating temperature. (as achieved at 70MPH for 90 minutes)
(notice i said SEEN, so I'm not admitting to owt else ..... I cannot obviously condone the breaking for our nations traffic laws for anything other than official emergency purposes. )
I also saw Sennie A's over 150 , also with calibrated clocks....
I'm told that the calibration is done to be accurate for the vehicle in question as it is normally, when in use, with tyres etc up to a nominal operating temperature. (as achieved at 70MPH for 90 minutes)
(notice i said SEEN, so I'm not admitting to owt else ..... I cannot obviously condone the breaking for our nations traffic laws for anything other than official emergency purposes. )
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General Discussion Area / Re: Alternative names for your VX stealers...
« on: 20 January 2007, 20:04:23 »
Bar stewardess censor-bots....
how about
"Mini-vans & Offshore, Brown fill"
I don;t often do "Polite" but... in deference to your more sensitive users... I edited it...
I just wanted to test my old favourite censor defeating technique... in case i have to really express severe displeasure graphically at any point
how about
"Mini-vans & Offshore, Brown fill"
I don;t often do "Polite" but... in deference to your more sensitive users... I edited it...
I just wanted to test my old favourite censor defeating technique... in case i have to really express severe displeasure graphically at any point
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General Discussion Area / Alternative names for your VX stealers...
« on: 20 January 2007, 19:59:20 »
In one of those moments of hatred caused by idiocy... I created an alternative name for bellinger's (abingdon) parts dept.......
Bellenders....
this prompted me, quite naturally, to consider other Vx dealers and their possible alternative monikers....
So far I've got (just the ones i've used in the past that annoyed me... the good one's i've left out... )
Bellingers (Abingdon & Wantage) = Bell Enders.
Davenport Vernons (years ago in Wycombe) = Haven't Part Vermin.
Lookers (Chester) = Fookers
Hartwells vx (Kidlington) = Fartsmells or Part-hells
Slaters (Abergele-Colwyn Bay) = it's late arse
Bangor Garage (Aberystwyth) = Bangers Cabbage
Drive Bristol (Bristol) = Drove Mental.
N & G Dickens ( Wrexham) = NRG Dickheads
anyone else got some??
Bellenders....
this prompted me, quite naturally, to consider other Vx dealers and their possible alternative monikers....
So far I've got (just the ones i've used in the past that annoyed me... the good one's i've left out... )
Bellingers (Abingdon & Wantage) = Bell Enders.
Davenport Vernons (years ago in Wycombe) = Haven't Part Vermin.
Lookers (Chester) = Fookers
Hartwells vx (Kidlington) = Fartsmells or Part-hells
Slaters (Abergele-Colwyn Bay) = it's late arse
Bangor Garage (Aberystwyth) = Bangers Cabbage
Drive Bristol (Bristol) = Drove Mental.
N & G Dickens ( Wrexham) = NRG Dickheads
anyone else got some??
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General Discussion Area / Re: 3.2 V6 Manual spotted for donor from Mega Vaux
« on: 22 January 2007, 00:36:42 »
Lol...... I'd hate to be the one supplying enough credit cards to apply it with !
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General Discussion Area / Re: 3.2 V6 Manual spotted for donor from Mega Vaux
« on: 22 January 2007, 00:29:01 »Quote
Quotehttp://www.megavaux.co.uk/Vehicle.aspx?Reg=OV02ACZ
having noted several members interest... i thought i'd post this one i came across while looking for something else...
Max
5 minutes in a jig & you'd have it back on the road!!
Hmmmmm , mild to serious crunches, and say 45 degree bends = jig. 90 degree severe mid crunch and what sounds like a destruction order = donor.
besides.... surely the idea is to drop the 3.2 and box into someone's lucky facelift Elite, CDX, or MV
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General Discussion Area / 3.2 V6 Manual spotted for donor from Mega Vaux
« on: 21 January 2007, 14:36:59 »
http://www.megavaux.co.uk/Vehicle.aspx?Reg=OV02ACZ
having noted several members interest... i thought i'd post this one i came across while looking for something else...
Max
having noted several members interest... i thought i'd post this one i came across while looking for something else...
Max
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General Discussion Area / Re: steam from the Senator
« on: 21 January 2007, 22:06:02 »
change the rad.... better safe than sorry.
also sennies always had a tendency to have the temperature rise rapidly if you did a hard run then had to stop for a bit... like hammering along the M40 from warwick and hitting virtually stationary traffic at the top of Stokenchurch hill for a few minutes.... quite often that sort of thing would see rapid temperature rises... followed by a slow fall when the fan kicked in.
memory eludes me offhand whether the 24V had the same viscous coupling fan type as the 12 valve version.....
but check it's working either way.....
also sennies always had a tendency to have the temperature rise rapidly if you did a hard run then had to stop for a bit... like hammering along the M40 from warwick and hitting virtually stationary traffic at the top of Stokenchurch hill for a few minutes.... quite often that sort of thing would see rapid temperature rises... followed by a slow fall when the fan kicked in.
memory eludes me offhand whether the 24V had the same viscous coupling fan type as the 12 valve version.....
but check it's working either way.....
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General Discussion Area / Re: Misuse of Disabled Parking Spaces & Access
« on: 21 January 2007, 22:29:24 »Quote
Sounds like you encountered a hackney driver there AAI have my views on Swindons hackney drivers....Im a private hire driver....theres a world of difference.....actually its only hackney drivers that are allowed to call themselves taxi drivers....perhaps i should change my name to Private Hire Driver :-/ or summat else?
unless of course, they hold Joint operator licences.... and can do both Private Hire and Hackney Carriage Work.
(I dunno if that's still the case, but I did a stint in the taxis way back when........ and had a joint operator licence... JO097 i think it was.. in Wycombe District (Bucks) Drove nothing but Senators of course.... )
Max
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General Discussion Area / Re: Misuse of Disabled Parking Spaces & Access
« on: 21 January 2007, 22:24:18 »Quote
QuoteWouldn't ever block someone's driveway! Had enough of that on Saturday's 'cos we used to live near a football park!! I'm talking about just parking on the road outside their house.QuoteAnd people even get really arsey if you park outside their house!!! I pay m,y road tax, I've got every right to park there!!
Bah! Humbug!!
Rod, I think i should explain something....
your Car tax entitles you to park on the road...
NOT in their driveway
Actually more seriously... if their driveway has lowered kerb edging... properly... then it is an access right of way, and you Cannot park across it.. road tax or no road tax.... and they are within their rights to have your car removed if you do obstruct their access.
If however, it does not have a lowered kerb edge then the local council has not (yet) granted such right of way... note that it should be an official lowered kerbing, not just a DIY ramp of path repair tarmac ....
( as a Student I spent 1 summer working with the Bucks County Highways Dept... mostly, replacing Kerb stone sets.)
Max
sorry Rod... the emphasis on the first part should have been on the in , rather than the not.... " not IN their drive" I was making a piss poor attempt at a joke... then the practical dark side of me took over as i recalled the lowered kerb thing....
note to self... try and separate jokes from actual points.......
I did not intend to imply that you in fact deliberately obstruct driveways....
best regards
Max
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General Discussion Area / Re: Misuse of Disabled Parking Spaces & Access
« on: 21 January 2007, 11:50:49 »Quote
And people even get really arsey if you park outside their house!!! I pay m,y road tax, I've got every right to park there!!
Bah! Humbug!!
Rod, I think i should explain something....
your Car tax entitles you to park on the road...
NOT in their driveway
Actually more seriously... if their driveway has lowered kerb edging... properly... then it is an access right of way, and you Cannot park across it.. road tax or no road tax.... and they are within their rights to have your car removed if you do obstruct their access.
If however, it does not have a lowered kerb edge then the local council has not (yet) granted such right of way... note that it should be an official lowered kerbing, not just a DIY ramp of path repair tarmac ....
( as a Student I spent 1 summer working with the Bucks County Highways Dept... mostly, replacing Kerb stone sets.)
Max