Love them.
I went to school in Rotherham.
Was told to pack in at 16 and go work for British Steel or the NCB – job for life!!
Ignored them, went and did a degree in Glacial Geomorphology – been invaluable in a career in PR!!!

Why should they feel the need to do that ?

Because it will end this thread and I will not be tempted to keep peeping back in here to see if G-Force has been defrocked, or unmasked or whatever it is you do on a forum 😆

I care not a jot, he was mildly amusing but as PP said – better to meet someone face to face and judge them by their actions rather than from behind a keyboard.

Some posts are clearly racist even tho the poster may not consider themselves to be so.

A good and eloquent point, and always reassuring that STW is there as a moral compass for those such as me who have erred.

A good thread that amused over lunch.

BTW, when was STW declared a democracy?

I agreed with G!!!

Jane has one, had it 10 years old shape.
Superb little thing, does snow and ice, small, turns on a penny, doddle to park.
Not a lot of room for a big pram though.
Bought it when we had our second – now 10 – surprisingly so has carried all the kid kit for 2 youngsters but we used a small push chair and a carrier.
Never broken down, maintenance a doddle, spares are a bit pricey but needed so seldom it's irrelevant.
Will be changing it soon, would get another but don't like the new shape so it will be a Rav4

Well, I would be relieved that I had not had to kill someone if they were carrying or not. And if not I am sure they will be unhappy, but at least they would be able to say so.

Putting myself in the same position – if I were plod and a man was reported with a gun, would I shout "Please stop and give me the deadly weapon that you know it is illegal to carry and don't even think about using it!" or tazer him and apologise profusely if it turns out to be one of the starters off to practice for 2012 at the new Olympic Stadium.

Think I prefer the latter.

Eek, find myself agreeing with G!

Went from Wimbledon to E7 through town and saw all the things in the list several times over, enough near misses and one accident to give me a nervous twitch each time I stopped at the lights.

Now I realise that I got flamed the last time I bitched about jumping red lights, but come on fellas, if you want other road users to treat you with any respect, stick to the rules – it will be a start!

Did chuckle at one cycle courier battling with a white van, not sure he had a grasp of the relative density of the human body and steel, or how mass effects momentum, he seemed determined to lean into the van and push it off the road.

Even though she is a size 12.

What? Normal!!!

After a few beers I do like live folk rock – Oyster Band etc

Apparently he can lick the wax out of his ears.

it's culturally ingrained let them play, you can explain consequences as they grow – take them to a Remembrance Day parade and explain what it means.

Brilliant stuff and Japan get 2019 first of the "lesser nations" to hold it.

Did we get it?

Read the entire thread, which passed an afternoon tea break – top post MF.

Meadowhell Lush is ace, nice stuff and pleasant staff – took the wife and kids away in the camper for her birthday and secreted a large box of their products under the rear seat, halfway to Angelsey this little voice from the back pipes up "can anyone else smell Lush" good job eternity rings are odourless!!

Fill yer boots – or mitts in this case!

OHH – You said 73 so it's a bay.

Does the loom still have the diagnostic offtakes so you can get a look at any error codes.

I have got a T3 Syncro with the 2.2 engine in and the wiring was/is the biggest bitch of all.

Had a nightmare recently and it was the Mass Airflow Sensor that was US, spare from a breakers and it ran up and down to London sweet as a nut.

Re the ECU – may be worth checking that you do have a 2ltr ECU and not a 2.2ltr ECU

Another useful resource is RJES[/url], Richard has encyclopedic knowledge of Scooby/VW conversions – who did the original conversion?

Cars:
VW '69 Beetle 1200 6v
VW '69 Beetle 1500
VW '72 Volksrod Beach Buggy
VW '69 Bay Window Dormobile
Reliant Scimitar (Sprint Prepped)
VW '72 Beetle 1200
VW '86 T3 Westfalia Camper – still own this one
VW '89 T3 Syncro Caravelle (Subaru Powered) – still own this one

Bikes:
Yamaha YP100
Yamaha RD 250E (8 off)
Yamaha RD 400E
Yamaha Xt 500
Yamaha 350 LC (2 off)

More company cars than I care to remember.

how can they let her go free, think of the poor rabbits!! 😯

Ok Sharkbait – we have settled on EEEbuntu – a dedicated ASUS EEE distribution of Ubuntu – light quick and really sweet. Can run of a pen drive or installed, picks up wireless nicely – would recommend this for you EEE.
Cheers, Paul.

AndyP – that's the rumour, seems to be some planning disagreements. If they leave it long enough next to the large hole it will suffer severe subsidence and either collapse or have to be dropped.

Those who cycle in the Peak Park – watch what happens to the old Marquis of Granby pub at Sickleholme.

It has been left in disrepair with a massive hole just alongside it where a swimming pool was planned.

Seems to be a game of brinkmanship in progress between the owner/developer and Peak Park Planning – will be interesting to see who caves in first over this listed building.

I appear to be living in a parallel world to some, mine is all faulty because it comes in shades of grey – any one know where I can get it restored to the factory setting of black and white?

Once upon a time when you visited friends and they said "would you like a drink" you got tea or coffee, now it's wine or beer.

Boxing gloves and running shoes.

Bruce.
Certainly interested, email in profile.

Wow CK you are totally clueless re alcoholism.
Society makes heroes of people who can handle their drink, get pissed and generally drink to excess.
Go find the interviews on the internet with the friends of one of the infantrymen recently killed, his two best mates eulogy was "He liked a drink" and "He was always up for drink and a night out" – what an epitaph for a young soldier.
Go spend some time with alcoholics and see just how hard it is to get away from it.
If you come off crack you can remove yourself from places and people where it may be offered to you. Whereas, alcohol is legal and promoted heavily which makes it very impressive when people drag themselves back from the brink, sadly some people have neither the support nor the personal drive to do so.

VW T3 Syncro – been twice round and still doing 500+ miles per month

Having recently seen one of my school friends bury his brother after he died of massive liver failure, I found this thread fascinating. Lots of opinions and some good points.
Many people failed this young chap parents/carers/school/social services – but some people are just self destructive. Many people tried to save John – he came from a good home, great parents, he had a good career, but he had an addictive personality. Whatever he did he did to excess, and when he hit the bottle he did so with some vigour.
He died at 41, after 12 years of putting everyone who tried to help him through absolute hell.
It was not anyone's fault that John died, he killed himself, he was intelligent and knew what the alcohol was doing to him.
Perhaps this chap had a similar issue?

We have a guy from Epsom in here, can hardly understand a word he says. Should be made to learn the language before he comes oop north. 😆

We do, however, deal globally and on the whole most folks are pretty decent if treated properly. Think we have encountered most of the above and it just makes us chuckle.

err that's alarming!
Jane just got me a new set online and the plod have seen them up close and said nowt.

Bloomin heck – a thread by CFH about Guilty Pleasures and not a pic of Emily Batty anywhere to be seen!!! 😯

My confession is that I will be going to see Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince on Sunday. I am having to take the boys as a cover story.

Never met you, looks like I never will.
Good luck chap.

Well, IMHO he was the architect of the mess we are currently facing, let's see which fall guy he sets up for this one!
Bet Big Gord won't be wanting to follow him into this job.

For me it's all down to the desktop that is supported, I like KDE because its really flexible and I am used to it, otherwise may be tempted to use Ubuntu.
We may drop Suse onto one, happy to keep you posted if you are not in a rush?

The Mandriva is a specific distribution for the Asus.

One has Mandriva running, the other two have the standard Linux dist that they came with as standard.

I have an Asus eee running Linux and it boots like lightening, less memory and very usable – Firefox, Thunderbird, Open Office.
IIRC the Google OS is based on Linux somewhere deep inside.

Metaphorically yes, physically yes if you are strong enough, legally I doubt it.
Suggest you adopt the same attitude – hunger, thirst and the need for a pee will motivate him (am hoping he can do the latter for himself!!)

😆 Whooo hooo.
This thread has made me howl with laughter.
Mine are now 10 and 12, and just so you don't get all optimistic:

1. Still sleep deprived – they are the bastard children of an insomniac farmer (up at 6am every day, bright as a chuffin lark!)
2. Still regularly unshaven – cannot get to the bloody bathroom
3. Still wearing tatty clothes – their school uniforms take precedence
4. Don't watch TV as I cannot get near it, although I am now word perfect on Dr Who, Star Wars, Mars Attacks, Horrible Histories
5. Poo conversations have morphed into puberty, wet dreams and we are starting on personal hygeine.
6. Still don't care because they are the best things life has to offer – if loved they will return it tenfold (caveat: between 13-18 this may be suspended)

They are fantastic things. When babies I sat for hours watching them sleep – enjoy!

Toasted crumpet with either cream cheese or cheddar spread on – eat whilst hot. 😀