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General Discussion Area / [m]: topic
« on: 16 November 2007, 20:15:56 »
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General Discussion Area / Jockular Omegas 4 - breaking news....
« on: 30 October 2007, 13:17:46 »
Good grief..... 
The JO4 meet seems a goer with time, date and location fixed and only 5 pages!! Any Scots wanting to meet up and put faces to names, check out the link, please, and join in....
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1190834725/69#69
Previous efforts ran like War and Peace....
JO3 was 15 pages, JO2 was 11, JO1 was 12 plus 8 in another thread, so 20 pages!
There, thats the curse put on the next one now!
The JO4 meet seems a goer with time, date and location fixed and only 5 pages!! Any Scots wanting to meet up and put faces to names, check out the link, please, and join in....
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1190834725/69#69
Previous efforts ran like War and Peace....
JO3 was 15 pages, JO2 was 11, JO1 was 12 plus 8 in another thread, so 20 pages!
There, thats the curse put on the next one now!
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General Discussion Area / Magnets requested
« on: 09 November 2007, 20:03:36 »
Looking to obtain a number of strong magnets (earth magnets??) to assist a project at my local Scouts. Apparently the magnets within scrap computer hard drives are about the correct size/shape/power to do whats needed.
Anyone able to assist with such things or advise where I could get them at a good price, i.e. 'free'
Anyone able to assist with such things or advise where I could get them at a good price, i.e. 'free'
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General Discussion Area / Monday morning funny....
« on: 05 November 2007, 11:26:02 »
Well, I found it rather amusing....
Once upon a time, in a nice little forest, there lived an orphaned bunny and an orphaned snake. By a surprising coincidence, both were blind from birth.
One day, the bunny was hopping through the forest, and the snake was slithering through the forest, when the bunny tripped over the snake and fell down. "Oh, my," said the bunny, "I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. I've been blind since birth, so, I can't see where I'm going. In fact, since I'm also an orphan, I don't even know what I am."
It's quite ok," replied the snake." Actually, my story is the same as yours. I too have been blind since birth, and also never knew my mother. Tell you what, maybe I could slither all over you, and work out what you are so at least you'll have that going for you."
"Oh, that would be wonderful" replied the bunny. So the snake slithered all over the bunny, and said, "Well, you're covered with soft fur, you have really long ears, your nose twitches, and you have a soft cottony tail. I'd say that you must be a bunny rabbit."
"Oh, thank you, thank you," cried the bunny, in obvious excitement. The bunny suggested to the snake, "Maybe I could feel you all over with my paw, and help you the same way that you've helped me." So the bunny felt the snake all over, and remarked,
"Well, you're smooth and slippery, and you've a forked tongue, no backbone and no balls. I'd say you must be a team leader, a supervisor or possibly someone in senior management."
Once upon a time, in a nice little forest, there lived an orphaned bunny and an orphaned snake. By a surprising coincidence, both were blind from birth.
One day, the bunny was hopping through the forest, and the snake was slithering through the forest, when the bunny tripped over the snake and fell down. "Oh, my," said the bunny, "I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. I've been blind since birth, so, I can't see where I'm going. In fact, since I'm also an orphan, I don't even know what I am."
It's quite ok," replied the snake." Actually, my story is the same as yours. I too have been blind since birth, and also never knew my mother. Tell you what, maybe I could slither all over you, and work out what you are so at least you'll have that going for you."
"Oh, that would be wonderful" replied the bunny. So the snake slithered all over the bunny, and said, "Well, you're covered with soft fur, you have really long ears, your nose twitches, and you have a soft cottony tail. I'd say that you must be a bunny rabbit."
"Oh, thank you, thank you," cried the bunny, in obvious excitement. The bunny suggested to the snake, "Maybe I could feel you all over with my paw, and help you the same way that you've helped me." So the bunny felt the snake all over, and remarked,
"Well, you're smooth and slippery, and you've a forked tongue, no backbone and no balls. I'd say you must be a team leader, a supervisor or possibly someone in senior management."
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General Discussion Area / NWS -What Bambi can do to your car....
« on: 30 October 2007, 12:08:42 »
Was sent these in an e-mail. Do you think an Omega would stand up just as well??
Not for the squeemish, those who do not like blood or are animal activists or similar.
Left as click links to avoid accidental kiddy exposure etc.....
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/donahuephotography/Deer1.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/donahuephotography/Deer3.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/donahuephotography/Deer4.jpg
Not for the squeemish, those who do not like blood or are animal activists or similar.
Left as click links to avoid accidental kiddy exposure etc.....
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/donahuephotography/Deer1.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/donahuephotography/Deer3.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/donahuephotography/Deer4.jpg
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General Discussion Area / What the Haynes manual really means....
« on: 29 October 2007, 15:34:14 »
Anyone who has worked from a Haynes manual will understand the following... Could easily be a repost but just as amusing 2nd or 3rd time around.... 
Haynes: Rotate anticlockwise.
Translation: Clamp with molegrips (adjustable wrench) then beat repeatedly with hammer anticlockwise. You do know which way is anticlockwise, don't you?
Haynes: Should remove easily.
Translation: Will be corroded into place ... clamp with adjustable wrench then beat repeatedly with a hammer.
Haynes: This is a snug fit.
Translation: You will skin your knuckles! ... Clamp with adjustable wrench then beat repeatedly with hammer.
Haynes: This is a tight fit.
Translation: Not a hope in hell matey! ... Clamp with adjustable wrench then beat repeatedly with hammer.
Haynes: As described in Chapter 7...
Translation: That'll teach you not to read through before you start, now you are looking at scarey photos of the inside of a gearbox.
Haynes: Pry...
Translation: Hammer a screwdriver into...
Haynes: Undo...
Translation: Go buy a tin of WD40 (catering size).
Haynes: Ease ...
Translation: Apply superhuman strength to ...
Haynes: Retain tiny spring...
Translation: "Jeez what was that, it nearly had my eye out"!
Haynes: Press and rotate to remove bulb...
Translation: OK - that's the glass bit off, now fetch some good pliers to dig out the bayonet part and remaining glass shards.
Haynes: Lightly...
Translation: Start off lightly and build up till the veins on your forehead are throbbing then re-check the manual because what you are doing now cannot be considered "lightly".
Haynes: Weekly checks...
Translation: If it isn't broken don't fix it!
Haynes: Routine maintenance...
Translation: If it isn't broken... it's about to be!
Haynes: One spanner rating (simple).
Translation: Your Mum could do this... so how did you manage to botch it up?
Haynes: Two spanner rating.
Translation: Now you may think that you can do this because two is a low, tiny, ikkle number... but you also thought that the wiring diagram was a map of the Tokyo underground (in fact that would have been more use to you).
Haynes: Three spanner rating (intermediate).
Translation: Make sure you won't need your car for a couple of days and that your AA cover includes Home Start.
Haynes: Four spanner rating.
Translation: You are seriously considering this aren't you, you pleb!
Haynes: Five spanner rating (expert).
Translation: OK - but don't expect us to ride it afterwards!!!
Translation #2: Don't ever carry your loved ones in it again and don't mention it to your insurance company.
Haynes: If not, you can fabricate your own special tool like this...
Translation: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
Haynes: Compress...
Translation: Squeeze with all your might, jump up and down on, swear at, throw at the garage wall, then search for it in the dark corner of the garage whilst muttering "******" repeatedly under your breath.
Haynes: Inspect...
Translation: Squint at really hard and pretend you know what you are looking at, then declare in a loud knowing voice to your wife "Yep, as I thought, it's going to need a new one"!
Haynes: Carefully...
Translation: You are about to cut yourself!
Haynes: Retaining nut...
Translation: Yes, that's it, that big spherical blob of rust.
Haynes: Get an assistant...
Translation: Prepare to humiliate yourself in front of someone you know.
Haynes: Turning the engine will be easier with the spark plugs removed.
Translation: However, starting the engine afterwards will be much harder. Once that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach has subsided, you can start to feel deeply ashamed as you gingerly refit the spark plugs.
Haynes: Refitting is the reverse sequence to removal.
Translation: But you swear in different places.
Haynes: Prise away plastic locating pegs...
Translation: Snap off...
Haynes: Using a suitable drift or pin-punch...
Translation: The biggest nail in your tool box isn't a suitable drift!
Haynes: Everyday toolkit
Translation: Ensure you have an RAC Card & Mobile Phone.
Haynes: Apply moderate heat...
Translation: Placing your mouth near it and huffing isn't moderate heat.
Translation #2: Heat up until glowing red, if it still doesn't come undone use a hacksaw.
Haynes: Apply moderate heat...
Translation: Unless you have a blast furnace, don't bother. Clamp with adjustable wrench then beat repeatedly with hammer.
Haynes: Index
Translation: List of all the things in the book bar the thing you want to do!
Haynes: Remove oil filter using an oil filter chain wrench or length of bicycle chain.
Translation: Stick a screwdriver through it and beat handle repeatedly with a hammer.
Haynes: Replace old gasket with a new one.
Translation: I know I've got a tube of silicone sealer around here somewhere.
Haynes: Grease well before refitting.
Translation: Spend an hour searching for your tub of grease before chancing upon a bottle of washing-up liquid. Wipe some congealed washing up liquid from the dispenser nozzle and use that since it's got a similar texture and will probably get you to Halfords to buy some Castrol grease.
Haynes: See illustration for details
Translation: None of the illustrations notes will match the pictured exploded, numbered parts. The unit illustrated is from a previous or variant model. The actual location of the unit is never given.
Haynes: Rotate anticlockwise.
Translation: Clamp with molegrips (adjustable wrench) then beat repeatedly with hammer anticlockwise. You do know which way is anticlockwise, don't you?
Haynes: Should remove easily.
Translation: Will be corroded into place ... clamp with adjustable wrench then beat repeatedly with a hammer.
Haynes: This is a snug fit.
Translation: You will skin your knuckles! ... Clamp with adjustable wrench then beat repeatedly with hammer.
Haynes: This is a tight fit.
Translation: Not a hope in hell matey! ... Clamp with adjustable wrench then beat repeatedly with hammer.
Haynes: As described in Chapter 7...
Translation: That'll teach you not to read through before you start, now you are looking at scarey photos of the inside of a gearbox.
Haynes: Pry...
Translation: Hammer a screwdriver into...
Haynes: Undo...
Translation: Go buy a tin of WD40 (catering size).
Haynes: Ease ...
Translation: Apply superhuman strength to ...
Haynes: Retain tiny spring...
Translation: "Jeez what was that, it nearly had my eye out"!
Haynes: Press and rotate to remove bulb...
Translation: OK - that's the glass bit off, now fetch some good pliers to dig out the bayonet part and remaining glass shards.
Haynes: Lightly...
Translation: Start off lightly and build up till the veins on your forehead are throbbing then re-check the manual because what you are doing now cannot be considered "lightly".
Haynes: Weekly checks...
Translation: If it isn't broken don't fix it!
Haynes: Routine maintenance...
Translation: If it isn't broken... it's about to be!
Haynes: One spanner rating (simple).
Translation: Your Mum could do this... so how did you manage to botch it up?
Haynes: Two spanner rating.
Translation: Now you may think that you can do this because two is a low, tiny, ikkle number... but you also thought that the wiring diagram was a map of the Tokyo underground (in fact that would have been more use to you).
Haynes: Three spanner rating (intermediate).
Translation: Make sure you won't need your car for a couple of days and that your AA cover includes Home Start.
Haynes: Four spanner rating.
Translation: You are seriously considering this aren't you, you pleb!
Haynes: Five spanner rating (expert).
Translation: OK - but don't expect us to ride it afterwards!!!
Translation #2: Don't ever carry your loved ones in it again and don't mention it to your insurance company.
Haynes: If not, you can fabricate your own special tool like this...
Translation: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
Haynes: Compress...
Translation: Squeeze with all your might, jump up and down on, swear at, throw at the garage wall, then search for it in the dark corner of the garage whilst muttering "******" repeatedly under your breath.
Haynes: Inspect...
Translation: Squint at really hard and pretend you know what you are looking at, then declare in a loud knowing voice to your wife "Yep, as I thought, it's going to need a new one"!
Haynes: Carefully...
Translation: You are about to cut yourself!
Haynes: Retaining nut...
Translation: Yes, that's it, that big spherical blob of rust.
Haynes: Get an assistant...
Translation: Prepare to humiliate yourself in front of someone you know.
Haynes: Turning the engine will be easier with the spark plugs removed.
Translation: However, starting the engine afterwards will be much harder. Once that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach has subsided, you can start to feel deeply ashamed as you gingerly refit the spark plugs.
Haynes: Refitting is the reverse sequence to removal.
Translation: But you swear in different places.
Haynes: Prise away plastic locating pegs...
Translation: Snap off...
Haynes: Using a suitable drift or pin-punch...
Translation: The biggest nail in your tool box isn't a suitable drift!
Haynes: Everyday toolkit
Translation: Ensure you have an RAC Card & Mobile Phone.
Haynes: Apply moderate heat...
Translation: Placing your mouth near it and huffing isn't moderate heat.
Translation #2: Heat up until glowing red, if it still doesn't come undone use a hacksaw.
Haynes: Apply moderate heat...
Translation: Unless you have a blast furnace, don't bother. Clamp with adjustable wrench then beat repeatedly with hammer.
Haynes: Index
Translation: List of all the things in the book bar the thing you want to do!
Haynes: Remove oil filter using an oil filter chain wrench or length of bicycle chain.
Translation: Stick a screwdriver through it and beat handle repeatedly with a hammer.
Haynes: Replace old gasket with a new one.
Translation: I know I've got a tube of silicone sealer around here somewhere.
Haynes: Grease well before refitting.
Translation: Spend an hour searching for your tub of grease before chancing upon a bottle of washing-up liquid. Wipe some congealed washing up liquid from the dispenser nozzle and use that since it's got a similar texture and will probably get you to Halfords to buy some Castrol grease.
Haynes: See illustration for details
Translation: None of the illustrations notes will match the pictured exploded, numbered parts. The unit illustrated is from a previous or variant model. The actual location of the unit is never given.
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General Discussion Area / Car packed, ready to go...
« on: 19 October 2007, 20:32:19 »
As the title.....
Off to Londinium in the morning to take the (very) elderly mother in law to see her sister and brother in Fulham for a week. Done a mini service on the car today - oil & filter, cleaned the dead things out of the air filter, tyre pressures now at full load setting, washed, leathered (car, not me..) hoovered it out - and a put new air freshener in to cover those impromptu moments that those of a certain age sometimes have.........
Will be meeting up with Mick Dundee at some stage, alongwith amba06128 to hand over some bits and bobs. May catch up with Jim as he is stationed not so far from where I am going.
Fuel was topped up to the top of the filler and computer reset so will be interesting to see what consumption the beastie gives with 4 adults, wheelchair and luggage on an extended run..... :-/
Off to Londinium in the morning to take the (very) elderly mother in law to see her sister and brother in Fulham for a week. Done a mini service on the car today - oil & filter, cleaned the dead things out of the air filter, tyre pressures now at full load setting, washed, leathered (car, not me..) hoovered it out - and a put new air freshener in to cover those impromptu moments that those of a certain age sometimes have.........
Will be meeting up with Mick Dundee at some stage, alongwith amba06128 to hand over some bits and bobs. May catch up with Jim as he is stationed not so far from where I am going.
Fuel was topped up to the top of the filler and computer reset so will be interesting to see what consumption the beastie gives with 4 adults, wheelchair and luggage on an extended run..... :-/
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General Discussion Area / [m]: Problem
« on: 19 October 2007, 09:42:55 »
[moved] [link=http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1192783375/0]Omega General Help[/link] [move by] hotel21.
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General Discussion Area / [m]: OFFICIAL Rolling road day!
« on: 15 October 2007, 13:16:16 »
[moved] [link=http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1192112228/0]Meetings, gatherings, parties etc[/link] [move by] hotel21.
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General Discussion Area / Jonathan Ross show tonight
« on: 05 October 2007, 23:14:23 »
Just listening to the TV in the background that Charlie Borman and Ewan McGregor are guests tonight, alongwith Michelle Fifer. Could well be interesting......
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General Discussion Area / Be Quick-2.5TD Estate for sale
« on: 05 October 2007, 19:24:52 »
Nowt to do with me, found when browsing....
MOT March 08, tax end month
Be quick, spares or repair, new gearbox only required. 102K miles.
Finishes 1950 hrs TONIGHT and only £360 at the moment...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-OMEGA-2-5-Diesel-BMW-Engine-Spares-or-Repair_W0QQitemZ200156499532QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200156499532
MOT March 08, tax end month
Be quick, spares or repair, new gearbox only required. 102K miles.
Finishes 1950 hrs TONIGHT and only £360 at the moment...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-OMEGA-2-5-Diesel-BMW-Engine-Spares-or-Repair_W0QQitemZ200156499532QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200156499532
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General Discussion Area / [m]: How much interest would there be...
« on: 03 October 2007, 16:55:42 »
[moved] [link=http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1191327388/0]Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted[/link] [move by] hotel21.
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General Discussion Area / who says they cant be tuned...
« on: 02 October 2007, 22:25:37 »
In case you want an extra couple of horses or an idea of what to do and where to look, heres a wee link.....
realistic 284 Hp from a V6
realistic 284 Hp from a V6
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General Discussion Area / Hand held GPS for sale??
« on: 01 October 2007, 15:48:41 »
Since the recent thread regarding hobbies, I was intreagued by the 'Geocaching' one. So much so that I have had a go at a couple of caches nearby me using my TomTom 710 as a hand held GPS but, unsurprisingly, its not the best when you are partway up a hillside.
So. Anyone have a reasonable Garmin Etrex, preferably with mapping, that I could purchase or alternatively, be able to advise whats best for geocaching and where to purchase? I have logged onto a couple of UK geocache websites looking for advice/answers but they are slow, to say the least, quite unlike here. :-/
So. Anyone have a reasonable Garmin Etrex, preferably with mapping, that I could purchase or alternatively, be able to advise whats best for geocaching and where to purchase? I have logged onto a couple of UK geocache websites looking for advice/answers but they are slow, to say the least, quite unlike here. :-/