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by Blaketon
Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:23 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The truth will out
Replies: 16
Views: 7363

Re: The truth will out

Just shows we should ban all forms for air travel and also reduce the pollution that is always blamed on cars. Especially old cars :evil: . I'd tell any "Milkfloat" driver to bring their vehicle back in fifty years (And some looking at those cars) and then talk sustainability. The trouble...
by Blaketon
Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:14 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The truth will out
Replies: 16
Views: 7363

Re: The truth will out

With at least 21 miles of water, between us and France, we should have been well placed to keep the virus at bay. However it was allowed in by boat and aeroplane. We seem to have forgotten the lessons taught us by rabies. As an example of stupidity, is has to be one of the best. I am aware that poll...
by Blaketon
Sun Apr 12, 2020 5:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What we did in the lockdown
Replies: 30
Views: 3201

Re: What we did in the lockdown

I'm finishing off my father's 1275 MG Midget, which I'd be doing anyway. It's the front brake pipes to do and then the door drop glasses (At times like this I sometimes wish he had a Mk 1 Midget or a Frogeye, with sidescreens :lol: ) and then I think that's it. I have taken over the project, so it's...
by Blaketon
Sun Apr 12, 2020 1:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Stirling Moss
Replies: 5
Views: 1040

Stirling Moss

Sad to hear that Sir Stirling has died after a long illness - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2020/04/12/sir-stirling-moss-dead-former-f1-driver-dies-aged-90/ . As a former Minor owner, I don't think we need banish him to Off Topic. Stirling Moss is one of those drivers, who's fame never seeme...
by Blaketon
Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:46 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Us oldies..
Replies: 1
Views: 1241

Re: Us oldies..

Defintion of "Oldie" very much depends on the age of the person saying it. When I was eighteen, someone of thirty was getting on and fifty was ancient. Now both would be younger than me!! We're all in lockdown now. There is a degree Sod's law about this (Beyond the obvious issue). We have ...
by Blaketon
Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Coronavirus Update:
Replies: 7
Views: 2084

Re: Coronavirus Update:

I've just had an email from FBHVC, with the following attachment. Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs statement on Drive it Day 2020 The FBHVC is committed to following the latest UK Government advice on events and public gatherings pertinent to our member clubs and as such, the following s...
by Blaketon
Sat Mar 07, 2020 12:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Driving a Morris Minor in the Targa Rally 2019
Replies: 5
Views: 943

Re: Driving a Morris Minor in the Targa Rally 2019

I'd sooner drive your Minor!! It reminded me of this film - https://www.dukevideo.com/prd3287DA/Mon ... rchive-DVD - as there was a Morris Minor in that and as the commentator remarked "Morris Minors cope manfully", the 1991 event being very snowy.
by Blaketon
Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 'Smart' motorways
Replies: 105
Views: 105599

Re: 'Smart' motorways

I recently had cause to go to a funeral in Normandy (The one near Guildford in Surrey!!). I've not been that way for some time and I see that the M4 is to be " Smartened " as far as junction 12, by the Spring of 2022. From what I could see, returning home during the rush hour, if you were ...
by Blaketon
Sat Feb 29, 2020 3:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: mild road rage
Replies: 31
Views: 3693

Re: mild road rage

Maybe not with shot batteries and I suspect that battery replacement cost will curtail the lives of most ageing and depreciating electric vehicles. I have said, for a long time, that modern cars increasingly don't lend themselves to so called bangernomics and as a spin off, to DIY maintenance and re...
by Blaketon
Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: mild road rage
Replies: 31
Views: 3693

Re: mild road rage

Is that you, as a Minor fan or have you heard other lorry drivers say the same? My father, who has had some very fast cars and driven them so (He dates from before the national speed limit, which was 70 when it came in....and once covered 88 miles in one hour) doesn't drive at the moment (Not sure w...
by Blaketon
Fri Feb 28, 2020 5:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: mild road rage
Replies: 31
Views: 3693

Re: mild road rage

The pity of it is that none of this came out whilst he was alive. The law presumes people innocent, until proven guilty. There is also the issue of "Small fry" V the big fish and this might explain why nothing ever came out but we'll never know for sure. I seem to recall Jimmy Saville fron...
by Blaketon
Fri Feb 28, 2020 1:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: mild road rage
Replies: 31
Views: 3693

Re: mild road rage

Issigonis pointed out that the Mini's remarkable road holding was motivated by safety. Perhaps, if you are in a bus, you are less likely to get hurt if it hits anything or is hit by anything. However, the Mini is less likely to go off the road in the first place, than something with a high centre of...
by Blaketon
Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: mild road rage
Replies: 31
Views: 3693

Re: mild road rage

What the hell are Jaguar doing making a 4x4 SUV anyway?) Vanity is the world's most popular hobby and right now, four wheeled handbags are the thing to be seen in. I often wonder whether, if Reliant still made Robins, would they have done an SUV version? Would it have been 3WD? People may laugh but...
by Blaketon
Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: mild road rage
Replies: 31
Views: 3693

Re: mild road rage

People make assumptions based on their own experiences. Most people have only ever experienced old cars as old bangers and so, based on the fact that their clapped out, fifteen year old whatever was on it's last legs, your sixty odd year old car must be four times as bad (Based on the assumption, th...
by Blaketon
Thu Feb 27, 2020 6:57 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Siemens Gigaset C430A Quad Long Range
Replies: 3
Views: 1205

Re: Siemens Gigaset C430A Quad Long Range

Thanks for that. In the end we went for a Panasonic KX-TGJ324. It is fine with Callsign and although it came with a repeater, the most distant phone operated to within about then feet of where needed, so with the repeater set up, it's works well. The old BT2600 system was never much cop, being a goo...
by Blaketon
Tue Feb 18, 2020 2:41 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Siemens Gigaset C430A Quad Long Range
Replies: 3
Views: 1205

Siemens Gigaset C430A Quad Long Range

A long shot but does anyone have a Gigaset C430A cordless phone and if so, does it work with Callsign numbers (ie One line that can be called with different numbers, which result in different ring tones)? Trying to get any sense, out of any large organisation, seems to be impossible. Most can only a...
by Blaketon
Mon Feb 17, 2020 9:28 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Currently drinking.....
Replies: 116
Views: 23107

Re: Currently drinking.....

My father's MG Midget started on the second turn of the key (Fired once on the first turn) yesterday, after more years than I can remember. It's another of his car projects that has faltered and with him not being so well now, I have taken it on. There wasn't so much left to do but there was a Peter...
by Blaketon
Sat Feb 15, 2020 12:16 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Euphemisms
Replies: 66
Views: 10396

Re: Euphemisms

Not sure when :-? . They seem bulbous, relative to interior space and have the disadvantages of a high ground clearance, without the advantages (Such as those possessed by the Land Rover Series/Defender). To my mind neither sporting nor utility. In their day, I think the Reliant Scimitar GTE hit the...
by Blaketon
Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:53 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Euphemisms
Replies: 66
Views: 10396

Re: Euphemisms

Another euphemism has occurred to me; Silly Useless Vehicle.
by Blaketon
Sun Feb 09, 2020 11:55 am
Forum: Electrical
Topic: Sidelight / RH indicators confused.
Replies: 6
Views: 1295

Re: Sidelight / RH indicators confused.

Sorted it. I only get time to look at it on Sundays (Late start today on account of power cuts), so I began at the front right corner, checked the earths of both sidelight and indicators. Both were OK, so I traced the wires back inside the car and bingo. It seems my father used one double connection...