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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: jaydee on 24 April 2007, 22:53:53
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just to let you guys know i think this forum is one of the best ive seen on the web ive spent three nights reading so far
was wondering if any of you have any other interests other than your cars
i enjoy a bit of online gaming ive played bf2 in a team ladder and our team was rated 12th out of about a 1000 teams
i have 1 child 14 month and 1 on the way so come sept OMG we will be rushed off our feet
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I do love my golf and football but cars take up soooo much of my time as well as work and family that i never get to play or watch either :(
And with an unused ( and waste of time) Politics & Economics degree behind me i keep an eye on current affairs/ politics /business & finance markets.
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Does work count as an intrest as its what i mainly do...oh and help look after the twins ;D
When time allows i have a little fiddle with laptops ect.
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I do a bit of electronics and amateur radio as a hobby.
I also fly gliders.
Not strictly "other than my cars" but I built a Westfield 7 years ago and an continually tinkering with that and am active on the Westfeild Sports Car Club forum (www.wscc.co.uk) and the se7ens list (www.se7ens.net).
Real ale is my favourite tipple and I do my duty by going out every couple of weeks with the local branch of the Campaign for Real Ale and test the beer in the local hostelries. It's a real tough job but someone's go to do it!
.. and you're right about this forum. A really great bunch. Try to get along to some of the events and put some names to faces sometime.
Kevin
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I like tinkering with computers, Photography, Watching football these days not playing, get out of breath blinking at my age. :o
Buying and selling anything really that makes a profit, Driving, Its what i do as a living, not at the moment though, Regular excersises with my right arm only at home these days cant be bothered to go out unless on holiday, Music, love my music.. :y
And YES. This is the best forum by far.
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Snooker & [smiley=beer.gif] & watching most sports...
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Wreck diving, wreck diving & more wreck diving, thats why i like omegas nice big boot space :y
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Cars.....obviously
The nippers....Katherine 0.5 years, William 2.75 years....
DIY....lots of DIY.....start a bricklaying course in September (sounds painful)
Helping out with the local scout group
Real ale (not nancy southern puff gassy tasteless stuff...;))
Still dabble with electronics.....well I do have a degree in it!
One day I will make a proper start on a V8 kit car...!
ladies with large breasts......well, dont we all... ;D
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Photography, But its my job also, I love Candid Photography macro and sport's landscapes Ok Ok All Kinds of Photography :)
Have to second the Large Breast Watching :y
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My wife has largish breasts!!!
Hmm lets see
Watching films, photography, DIY, video filming and editing, transport*, model railways, model aeroplanes.
* as in ex biker, car fan, railways, military aircraft & retired civilian SST.
I do combine them like railway videoing ect.
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Obviously a keen interest in cars, although sadly, not in maintaining them :-[
All forms of motorsport, particularly F1 (go Lewis!!)
Football (watching not playing) - Spurs supporter :y
Music - love of my life.
Go to the gym twice a week although not sure if it's a chore or pleasure but it keeps me reasonably fit!
Reading when I get time
**edited** Oh yes.................and did I mention breasts? (small medium or large!)::)
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...Katherine 0.5 years, William 2.75 years....
...are you an engineer by any chance? ;D
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I am in IT, so computers don't qualify as a hobby, rather as a pain... :(
Other hobbies include target shooting at NRA Bisley on (some) weekends.
But yes... above all cars... always has been. :y
My little one is 5.25 years old (using the metric system as per Mark's example). ;D
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Again the kids, 3 years and 6 weeks take up most the time.
Also big enjoyer of breasts, and photography.....Maybe we should have some sort of club event combining these 2 hobbies ;)
Like watching films
I keep both Pond and Tank Fish
Play with Pc's a bit, tech support for the area etc.
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Hmm, I can't say I'm much different to any of the rest of you.
I work with computers a lot and dislike them and anything to do with them with a passion. Pays the bills though.
The 'weans' take up a wee bit o' time, although ahving just had another recently, (5 weeks!), I don't know what all the fuss is about. We hardly know we've got her and our oldest, (nearly three yrs), has taken to her admirably so he's very little trouble too. (OK, I know we're lucky!!)
What else, I'm a fully signed up member of the BBAC. (Big Breasts Appreciation Club). Like a bit of DIY, (But suck at painting for some reason!).
Any spare time I might have in future will most probably be taken up with my next automotive project. I've decided to start doing track days at Knockhill. So I bought my mates Calibra off him for that purpose. Then I got the chance of an Opel Monza as a trade for an old 24v Senator engine I had lying around. (RWD! 8-) ). Then, while I was having my Omega looked at in the local garage, I commented on the pictures of the mechanics rallying exploits. I mentioned I had bought Monza for track days and he told me his mate has an ex-works rally spec' Monza for sale. Fully caged, 260 BHP Swindon engine, fully adjustable suspension, etc etc and a shed load of spares for much cheapness!!
So I'm going to look at that on Sunday with a view to hooning it around in a big circle of a Sunday!!
Just wondering how SWMBO will react!! :-?
Anyone want to buy a Calibra?
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I am in IT, so computers don't qualify as a hobby, rather as a pain... :(
Same here!
Hobbies & Interests in no particular order:
Cars
Driving
HiFi and Music
Video Filming and Video Editing
Basic Electronics
Walking
School Governor
Beaver and Cub Scout Leader
Maintaining Scout Group and District Minibuses
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Computers to me are the means to an end not the end in themselves.
Children - 9.7 and 2x7.5
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One littlun 4 months old. He takes up most of my time at the moment, together with sorting out a prolonged house move from Middlesbrough to Dorset (living with the in-laws for a few weeks!).
Once things had calmed down a bit and we are settled, I hope to:
- start (badly) playing golf again
- relocated my trainset from the garage in Middlesbrough to one of the attics in the new place
- learn how an engine works with a view to maintaining my Omega, when I find one
Other than that I tend to spend too much time at work.
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most of us are in the wrong career/jobs
Most of you indicate working with computers or IT and disliking computers.
And heres me in Mobile phone industry and hate the little things with a passion.
Why dont we all just open garages and have our kids pass spanners and make tea :-/
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Am I a rarity then; someone who enjoys their job?
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I work with 'puters. I wouldn't say I particularly enjoy what I do, or the way I am made to do it. But I do enjoy working in the team I am currently in, and I do enjoy the pressure and stress of it, esp with the type of servers we look after - its one thing when a NetWare server dies, affecting a few hundred users, but entirely another when a server fault may have implications for millions of users ::). No wonder my boss panics a bit sometimes with my usual antics (not dissimilar to my antics with this place - for those that don't know, one of the network switches that run this place is running off a car battery since its PSU popped a few days ago)...
Which reminds me, I must charge that battery....
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Sounds about right, we had our disaster recovery software kick in today, took down 20 odd mainframes!
Ive had great fun this morning, 4 hour conf call while we fix it.
At least the job is nothing like anything at home, so there is no overlap.
Couldn't say I would stay there if I won the lottery, but it's ok.
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nah jimmy, i enjoy my job - you're not alone :D
obviously i have an interest in computers, both personally and as a job. job satisfaction makes work so much more bearable.
also love music (i'm a DJ too!)
electronics - was once a hobby, and aced my electronics exams back when i was at shcool. Still reckon i could solder together some clever devices :D
badminton when i get time, and pumping iron at the gym. although, like bob, im not sure if thats a chore yet.
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I don't hate computers... the're OK... and I do enjoy the technical aspects of my job (though not the admin and the sales sides). I just don't consider them a hobby. Pretty much the same as Vauxhall machanics I guess - I'm sure they all like their jobs, but have you ever seen one of them log on to here from home...?
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Tech2 does not support internet access ::)
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I work with 'puters. I wouldn't say I particularly enjoy what I do, or the way I am made to do it. But I do enjoy working in the team I am currently in, and I do enjoy the pressure and stress of it, esp with the type of servers we look after - its one thing when a NetWare server dies, affecting a few hundred users, but entirely another when a server fault may have implications for millions of users ::). No wonder my boss panics a bit sometimes with my usual antics (not dissimilar to my antics with this place - for those that don't know, one of the network switches that run this place is running off a car battery since its PSU popped a few days ago)...
Which reminds me, I must charge that battery....
Do you need a Switch, TB?
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it seems that everyone is around the same age(ish),??????
low 30's and upwards???
me i love my fishing,whenever i can get out,2 kids one at 4 yrs(48months) and another at 2yrs(24 months)
an obvious intrest in cars but not a bleeding clue how to fix them,but i do like listening to people who do know what there on about,learning curve i suppose you call it...
and my job i love my job contracting for network rail,doing an hour a night(all night work) and sleeping in my van for the other 3 hours,then getting paid for an 8 hour shift!!!!
happy days....no wonder this country is in the state its in... etc,etc, dont you do any real work.....etc.....
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most of us are in the wrong career/jobs
Most of you indicate working with computers or IT and disliking computers.
And heres me in Mobile phone industry and hate the little things with a passion.
Why dont we all just open garages and have our kids pass spanners and make tea :-/
If money wasn't an issue Jock, I'd be restoring old cars for a living.
I did look into it quite seriously a little while ago while I had some money in the bank, but I wasn't convinced I be able to make ends meet, so shelved the idea. Might do something with it on a part time basis in the future though, you never know.
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I work with computers, hate them at work but like them at home as at home they tend to work!
I also play the guitar, have an interest in home recording, I like trying to work out how to clean my breathers (still can't...) and working out how on earth I'm going to afford to pay for the house I've just bought (still can't...) and watching the mighty Cherries!
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I work with 'puters. I wouldn't say I particularly enjoy what I do, or the way I am made to do it. But I do enjoy working in the team I am currently in, and I do enjoy the pressure and stress of it, esp with the type of servers we look after - its one thing when a NetWare server dies, affecting a few hundred users, but entirely another when a server fault may have implications for millions of users ::). No wonder my boss panics a bit sometimes with my usual antics (not dissimilar to my antics with this place - for those that don't know, one of the network switches that run this place is running off a car battery since its PSU popped a few days ago)...
Which reminds me, I must charge that battery....
Do you need a Switch, TB?
Just a PSU. The gigabit switch itself is OK. So if you have a spare PSU knocking around.... ::)
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I work with 'puters. I wouldn't say I particularly enjoy what I do, or the way I am made to do it. But I do enjoy working in the team I am currently in, and I do enjoy the pressure and stress of it, esp with the type of servers we look after - its one thing when a NetWare server dies, affecting a few hundred users, but entirely another when a server fault may have implications for millions of users ::). No wonder my boss panics a bit sometimes with my usual antics (not dissimilar to my antics with this place - for those that don't know, one of the network switches that run this place is running off a car battery since its PSU popped a few days ago)...
Which reminds me, I must charge that battery....
Do you need a Switch, TB?
Just a PSU. The gigabit switch itself is OK. So if you have a spare PSU knocking around.... ::)
What voltage/amp etc, also external AC adapter or internal PSU? and actually what make/model is the switch itself? Also, I got lots of 19" ones, not gigabit but 100...
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Laidback66 has one that I gave him to send to you ........12V - 1.2A wall wart with a couple of different plug styles...
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Laidback66 has one that I gave him to send to you ........12V - 1.2A wall wart with a couple of different plug styles...
I'll see him at the lakes...
...or earlier if I can persuade him/Ronnie/you to look at my tractor :'(
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I am new on the forum, hobbies are fishing, caravanning keeping tropical fish, I have one daughter who was 18 yesterday, she is over the moon with her new private reg on her Corsa, I am married to my wonderful Sarah, who enjoys the omega as much as me, I hope to go on some of the meets to try and put faces to names, you all seem a good bunch with lots of help from you all.
Oh, my other hobby, or passion should I say, is my Omega.
Pete :y
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Does work count as an intrest as its what i mainly do...oh and help look after the twins ;D
When time allows i have a little fiddle with laptops ect.
Gorgeous mate! :'( :'(
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Interests :: Now let me think, I would say that most of my time is devoted to the Omega, mainly winter / spring, that way all's usually OK through summer / autumn, other than oil changes... We, that's my wife, and 2 lads 13 & 9 and I, enjoy caravanning in South Cheshire and the odd holiday to Cornwall and other locations... met some great friends that way... So yes, my main interest apart from the Omega is FRIENDSHIP.. It can't be purchased, it's earned!!!
Dave C
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I have 2 kids, both girls, eldest is 11 and the baby is just 1.
Winter sees me skiing down scary mountains and I've recently started river kayaking - must be for the adrenaline rush :-/
Oh, and OOF of course, as I find myself on here everyday like that bloke in Groundhog Day :D
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My only vice other than work & family is this place saying hi to the newbies.
Like my job (3d modeller / designer water/wastewater projects), but hate the systems that my big brother holding company make us utilise. >:( (And before anyone asks, I had nothing to do with the shenanigans pouring millions of litres of untreated sewerage in the Firth of Forth last weekend).
Family, 1 wife (thankfully), 3 kids - girl 12, boy 9, and another boy just about 2. Luv em to bits, but can it's obvious to see that I used to work away form home for a period of about 6 years. ;D
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Interests include Flight Simulation (which is addictive) and recently, tropical fish. (Bought an aquarium for my daughter and the damn fish started to breed like there was no tomorrow - had to upgrade from a 35-litre to a 135-litre tank!).
Quite enjoy working on the Meega, but as it's a 1995 and has recently acquired more issues than Readers Digest, my heart's not in it. Looking to upgrade this year (Meega, of course :y).
One wife (20 years younger than me ;)), one daughter of 6.167 years and one son of 2.583 years. Work from home as freelance financial graphic designer, which means drawing endless charts of Gross Domestic Product, Inflation, Stock Indices etc, etc. It's not as boring as its sounds and it's great to work from home. Could never go back to old days of office politics and endless tedious meetings...
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I get up, fart, drink loads of tea, fart, and go back to bed. :y
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I get up, fart, drink loads of tea, fart, and go back to bed. :y
Are you in IT, by any chance? ;D ;D ;D
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I get up, fart, drink loads of tea, fart, and go back to bed. :y
I thought Tunnie was the only student on here ;) ;D ;D
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I get up, fart, drink loads of tea, fart, and go back to bed. :y
;D :y
Very civilised. Farting in bed is not polite...
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Well i'm new here (only the second day and ain't it bloody adictive ;D) so i guess this has to be my latest interest :y as for other interests, well in my early years i trained as a mechanic but left the trade when it became a plug in world, then went onto work in my farthers haulage company both driving and repairing his trucks. After he sold up i went to work for the old bill looking after a fleet of their cars (this is where my love of the omega started, the volvo T5s were quick but the MV6s had the drive at the right end and were awsome). Since then i have been in the building trade and am now at present a mainteance engineer looking after two leisure centres.
So back to my interests, anything mechanical, i love to tinker with the meega, real ale, you can't beat it, motorsport, (still saving hard for another mk 2 RS2000 to track day again), music and family and good friends. So when i'm not repairing other folks cars or houses it would be great to attend one of your meets and put some faces to names.
Bloody hell ain't i gone on, hope your not to bored and talk to you all soon, cheers, Jez
P.S forgot to include large breasts :P
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my main interest woul dhve to be cars, the last replie inspired me to write a reaply, ive had an mark 2 rs2000 and that what started the love of the rwd, but cant afford another old esort now, and nothin beats the comfot of the omega. i love any kind of motorsport and travel about 4 or 5 time a year to watch the world motocross chamionship, been to belgium x2 holland x2 frace and our own matterly basin by winchester 3 times and the isle of wight.
love rallying to and also night road rallies lookin to get another ar for the lane the omega is a little big for that lol.
what a great site this is.
tim
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I am a self employed surveyor and have been for quite a few years now and to start with it was great working away from home and staying in pubs but ive had enough plus I have put on 3 1/2 stone and really must do something about it (maybe tomorrow ;)). A couple of years ago my brother in law and I bought a house to do up in a well off area on the outskirts of Chester and with the money we made I have started to buy the odd house to rent to students in Liverpool which is going well, this I hope will give me a reasonable pension. My interests are this place which is very addictive and costs me a fortune as I should be writing reports instead of sitting on here and my Omega, the wifes Rover 25 Diseasel and my step daughters MG ZR Diseasel. While I was working in Cumbria last week I was looking for a mag to read and I stumbled across the Scootering mag which I used to buy years ago and I think I might get myself an early 80s Vespa (used to have one) to see if I can recapture some of my youth. So apart from DIY, doing the odd cat C damaged repairable and work thats about it.
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I have put on 3 1/2 stone
Bloody hell Pete, you've got to cut down on the Stella!! :o ::) ;D
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And Pies ::) ::) ::)
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I have been racing r/c car's (ellectric and petrol) for many years now but sort of drifded over to doing the track time for real in my track car.
Oh ya and my miss's is 19 with big breasts so no need to go out much.
;D :y
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I have put on 3 1/2 stone
Bloody hell Pete, you've got to cut down on the Stella!! :o ::) ;D
Its the real ale that does it. I stayed on a pub ouside Penrith and there was no TV in the room so I had to sit in the bar all night well that was my excuse ::). I got to know the landlord well and we would sit there till 1.30am having a few Cumbrian Ales. Plus Chopsdad was good enough to pick me up and take me for a couple :y
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I have been racing r/c car's (ellectric and petrol) for many years now but sort of drifded over to doing the track time for real in my track car.
Oh ya and my miss's is 19 with big breasts so no need to go out much.
;D :y
Ahhhh golden orbs of joy ;D
TBH im a man that prefers little pert boobies ;)
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I have been racing r/c car's (ellectric and petrol) for many years now but sort of drifded over to doing the track time for real in my track car.
Oh ya and my miss's is 19 with big breasts so no need to go out much.
;D :y
In that case, I'm surprised you go out at all!! ::) ;D
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I have put on 3 1/2 stone
Bloody hell Pete, you've got to cut down on the Stella!! :o ::) ;D
Its the real ale that does it. I stayed on a pub ouside Penrith and there was no TV in the room so I had to sit in the bar all night well that was my excuse ::). I got to know the landlord well and we would sit there till 1.30am having a few Cumbrian Ales. Plus Chopsdad was good enough to pick me up and take me for a couple :y
It's a hard life ain't it Pete!! ::) ;D
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Well I work in accountancy... :-[, and I really don't like my job!
I don't think I have a life outside of this place and all things associated with it! ::)
My time is spent either on here or under the bonnet of an Omega...!
Oh, I occasionally spend time with the misssus! ;D
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I have been racing r/c car's (ellectric and petrol) for many years now but sort of drifded over to doing the track time for real in my track car.
Oh ya and my miss's is 19 with big breasts so no need to go out much.
;D :y
In that case, I'm surprised you go out at all!! ::) ;D
What else do you think the weekend is for.
:y :y :y :y
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I don't think I have a life outside of this place and all things associated with it! ::)
My time is spent either on here or under the bonnet of an Omega...!
or under my tractor ;)
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My job is medical electronics my trade was electric motor repair . :-/
now for fun :) vintage trators [6] lorrys[2] motorbikes [2] wife 1 children 2 :'(
but to be fair the wife helps service the omega on the ramp ;D
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vintage trators [6] lorrys[2] motorbikes [2]
Pictures :y
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I would love an old Diesel tractor....
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Well i guess i am another to the student contingent, just finished a degree in Motorsport Engineering and am currently looking for work in engineering of some sort. I do feel slighlty left out not having children, but at 23 im cool with it.
Enjoy anything, absolutely anything, that involves cars doesnt matter if they are old or new, ill have a play with it. Currently building a Class 4 Autograss Mini and trying to keep the mega on the road.
Should probably do more sports (rather than watching them) and should spend less time playing with boobies. I didnt know about the BBAC, will have to google it! lol ;D
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I would love an old Diesel tractor....
Saw a nice one at the local agricultural show. Single cylinder horizontal fore / aft.
Thud...... Thud...... Thud.....
Tractor was shaking. Trailer behind it was shaking. Ground was shaking. :)
I began to ponder that this engine wasn't that well balanced. Then, I thought, at about 50RPM it doesn't really matter, I 'spose!
Kevin
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Field Marshall?
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The exhaust is also an expansion chamber
Basically the sizes are similar to traction units but just the 1 cylinder
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Sounds about right. Didn't really pay a lot of attention. Just thought it would make quite a soothing sound phutting away at the end of the garden in a strange sort of way. Either that or an old stationary engine.
Of course, my neighbours would probably have other ideas.
Kevin
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Are they available as a conversion kit for the omega? At 50RPM should do at least lands end to john o'groats on a tank full ;D