Tell us something really trivial about your life (vol 24)

[DickyC]

I just posted my whingey old "no job, should try harder looking for a job" with a hilarious sting-in-the-tail "I'll look properly when I've cleared the garage in say November, December time" post in the Cringeworthy Thread by mistake.

Fear is stopping me looking to see if someone quoted it before I deleted it.

[Justayellowbadge]

McAndy said:

JAYB: what made you decide to sell the Thema? Good news on the quick sale. Praise be to modern technology (said Jennifer Lawrence, never).

This is not entirely unconnected...

[DickyC]

Could you, er...

get rid of those bumpers?

[pad58]

Morning , what's to do?

[Fishtigua]

DickyC said:

Could you, er...

get rid of those bumpers?

A mate has a green TWR 6.0ltr, we've on at him for a while to finesse his bumpers. He says it's part of it's (very '80s) heritage.

http://www.kwecars.com/showcase/1989-twr-xjrs-coup...

[leafspring]

Morning

[SWTH]

Morgen.

Today, I shall mostly be swearing at other road users on the M5.

[Johnny]

Morning.

Got a spotted when I took the bike to work yesterday, fellow PHer in my new workplace.

I'm tired.

[DickyC]

Fishtigua said:

A mate has a green TWR 6.0ltr, we've on at him for a while to finesse his bumpers. He says it's part of it's (very '80s) heritage.

Finesse. That's the word.

[DickyC]

Sleeping Policemen.

Two more words.

[DickyC]

There was a comparative road test of supercars in one of the magazines years ago when the Countach and AM V8 were available new. The Aston came nowhere; it was this it was that, blah, blah, blah. The author of the article bemoaned the fact that the test was done in the UK. This had been done out of necessity because several of the cars that, according to article, blew the Aston into the weeds couldn't manage the ramp on to a ferry.

[DickyC]

Missed a bit. The conclusion to my ramblings was that the XJS would give you practical supercarness, but possibly not with those big bumpers.

[Mr Roper]

20 years ago i worked at a roller shutter company in Birmingham. The gaffer had an XJS with the big bumpers..I can't remember the spec (or any XJS spec for that matter) but it was apparently a limited run sports model. I liked it, light blue with a cream interior.

Anyway..

He chopped it in for the new Ford Cougar and the very next week I was fired. I think god punished him..

eta

Morning.

I've bought an expensive marble dining table from ebay for fk all.

eta

I don't have chairs though. :/

Edited by Mr Roper on Thursday 4th September 08:26

[DickyC]

You wouldn't want marble chairs. Well, not if you've got a bony arse, anyway.

[Mr Roper]

DickyC said:

You wouldn't want marble chairs. Well, not if you've got a bony arse, anyway.

Or have any plans on being able to move them.

I quite like Z chairs.

[DickyC]

Returning to the XJS briefly. My one came along just before Mrs C#1 announced my services were no longer required and I decamped to a bijou flatette in North London. The Jag went into a backstreet lockup five minutes walk from the flat. The job finished and I went to work in Rugby. The flat went but I kept the lockup. It was, needless to say, a trying time. Kids with their mum, me working miles away, all the crap of divorce. An absolute st time. Apart from seeing the boys on Saturdays, the thing that gave me a smile was going to see the Jag. I would occasionally drive down to London, open the lockup, and there it would be, just waiting. Fantastic it was. A good feeling. It smelled wonderful, started on the button, drove beautifully.

Small victories really help in difficult times.

[Mr Roper]

Thought about getting another?

[EvoDelta]

I like the big bumpers.

[ApOrbital]

Morning we have walkers dc WALKERS i said.

[Mr Roper]

EvoDelta said:

I like the big bummers.

We know, fella.

We know.