RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2021 5 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: Are they related to MeNbranes and Womenbranes, two very different objects. As to the 1100. I also used to go up to Cumbria in mine to volunteer on the Ratty, the first time it lost part of the nearside sill at Worsley interchange going from the M62 to the M61. Later on it got stolen but returned and the Morris badge that operated the horn was removed. For the last month of it's existence I had a small screwdriver to short out to copper spring and the centre contact. That worked the horn. Jamie They kept the best bit? 1 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastalview Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Compound2632 said: My father bought a 1300 sometime around1972-3. It was some while before he realised that it said Austin on the front and Morris on the back... It also had the classic boot latch problem - journeys to Cumbria for family holidays would invariably feature a stop on the hard sholder of the M6 after the boot had spung open. I don't think we ever actually lost anything. Mine was a 1966 model and I think I bought it in about 1973. The oil pressure light came on when it was idling in traffic if warm, the suspension collapsed a couple of times and it was full of rust. But it was my first car JLL472D 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastalview Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 15 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: I've owned two Fiats, as has my daughter. Never had an issue with rust, I was impressed by their reliability and performance, although some years ago, this performance did get me a speeding ticket on the northbound A470, by the top reservoir on the climb up to Storey Arms. We had a Fiat Strada, remember the advert "Handbuilt by Robots" Really enjoyed it but then got my first company car 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastalview Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 3 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: good morning Membrane 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted June 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, coastalview said: We had a Fiat Strada, remember the advert "Handbuilt by Robots" Really enjoyed it but then got my first company car Didn't someone spoof that with the final line of "driven by a moron.". Jamie Edited June 30, 2021 by jamie92208 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 30, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2021 The Fiat Strada was called Ritmo in most markets. Clinicking that name told Fiat that UK buyers would think it was a lawn-mower, as in Flymo! 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastalview Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 1 hour ago, jamie92208 said: Didn't someone spoof that with the final line of "driven by a moron.". Jamie They did, totally untrue from my perspective though 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted June 30, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2021 Since Monday, I have been concerned because there has been a distinct lack of domestic taskings. Today the penny dropped: Wimbledon. 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted June 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2021 37 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: Since Monday, I have been concerned because there has been a distinct lack of domestic taskings. Today the penny dropped: Wimbledon. Just make the most of it. Jamie 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted June 30, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2021 2 hours ago, jamie92208 said: Just make the most of it. Jamie Task for tomorrow is to take Nyda to Simon Boyd's(curtain shop) on the way to Wrexham. Since we pass the Dapol factory on the way there, it would be foolish not to drop in and see if they have any seconds or returns available in the shop. 5 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 @Happy Hippo it would be rude,not foolish not to visit Dapol thats if you have time if Nyda is anything like my Mrs you will be in the curtain shop for a wrist slittingly long time 18 changes of mind and various other forms of dithering and other form of indecision. 1 1 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 30, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2021 Well, today didn't go quite as expected. Having heard yesterday from No.2 son that he has successfully completed his Phase 2 EW training, and is now a 'golly, SWMBO & I were discussing that he and his classes had gone completely through Phases 1 & 2 without any Covid interruptions. Today he rings to say 2 out of the 6 in his mess had tested positive, he was negative but would also have to isolate on base for 10 days, unless he could be picked up. A quick message to work to explain, and 440 odd miles and 8 1/2 hours driving and he's back home instead. As he was planning a flying visit this weekend anyway (the 47 in my username is not a random number...) we have him home for 10 days instead. Tough on his 2 class mates, complete isolation on base is quite an ordeal. He's also heard he will be joining one of the Devonport based Class 23s, so the distance to home will significantly decrease. 9 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted June 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2021 I've tried getting membrane into general conversation today but have so far failed. It's as though there is a sort of barrier that won't let the word get through.... Dave 2 1 6 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 30, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2021 2 hours ago, simontaylor484 said: @Happy Hippo it would be rude,not foolish not to visit Dapol thats if you have time if Nyda is anything like my Mrs you will be in the curtain shop for a wrist slittingly long time 18 changes of mind and various other forms of dithering and other form of indecision. Last time we shopped for curtains I really thought I was being helpful making suggestions. Aditi told me to go away and look at televisions or kitchen equipment or basically anything. When I came back she had found three fabrics and asked me which one I liked most. Tony 2 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted June 30, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2021 Today's word can be runcible. Now I'll need a slab of quince jelly. 5 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted June 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2021 As Basil Fawlty often said, "Run - cible's coming." Dave And what exactly is a runcible spoon anyway? 1 1 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted July 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2021 Does it have somethingto do with the clergy? 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2021 We had an owl in the woodshed and pussycats patrol the garden and we are only 60 miles from the sea. We even had green peas last night. Our neighbours across the road have a quince tree. We are howeverbout of runcible spoons. Jamie 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted July 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2021 3 hours ago, BR60103 said: Does it have something to do with the clergy? ISTR it has more to do with an Owl, a Pussycat and a Boat..... 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted July 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: We had an owl in the woodshed and pussycats patrol the garden and we are only 60 miles from the sea. We even had green peas last night. Our neighbours across the road have a quince tree. We are howeverbout of runcible spoons. Jamie Bvgger Bvgger Bvgger, beaten to it by fast-draw Jamie.... 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2021 (edited) How many of our kids could work out what we are talking about. We must mostly be of a certain age. I wonder if young Douglas will be aware of the derivation without resorting to google. Jamie Edited July 1, 2021 by jamie92208 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted July 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2021 (edited) And when it comes to the D0ng with the luminous nose....... Morning All. Dave Edited July 1, 2021 by Dave Hunt Thebl**dy stupid censor deleted the word D*ng 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2021 Repeated clock chiming noises from the northern parts of my realm! A runcible would these days be referred to as a spork. Lear just needed an extra word to make the rhyming flow more smoothly 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted July 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2021 And as Lear also stated, "'Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe. All mimsy were the borogoves......... (you can imagine what the auto correct made of that little lot) Dave 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: And as Lear also stated, "'Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe. All mimsy were the borogoves......... (you can imagine what the auto correct made of that little lot) Dave He should have stuck to making jets. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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