A bull****** who wasn't actually?
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Pebbles167 said:
Thats right, 
he lives in a town that neighbours mine.
I've never met the guy, but I know hes a massive car bloke. Indeed many of the performance car sightings in the area have been attributed to him. In particular an Ariel Atom which I've spotted a few times.
Nice he lives in a town that neighbours mine. I've never met the guy, but I know hes a massive car bloke. Indeed many of the performance car sightings in the area have been attributed to him. In particular an Ariel Atom which I've spotted a few times.
One of my few spottings of famous people was seeing him out in his 250GTO a few a years ago whilst out cycling with my dad in the New Forest. Sounded glorious!
At the London Boat Show one year, went for a drink afterwards with some of the guys from the show on a barge that was converted into a pub in the docks close to the show.
The barman was telling us that (amongst other things) he used to be an engineer for Lotus and how he had invented the windsurfer!
Sounded like typical 'bloke behind the bar bulls
t' - turned out to be this bloke...
https://ukwindsurfing.com/hall-of-fame/peter-chilv...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Chilvers
The barman was telling us that (amongst other things) he used to be an engineer for Lotus and how he had invented the windsurfer!
Sounded like typical 'bloke behind the bar bulls
t' - turned out to be this bloke...https://ukwindsurfing.com/hall-of-fame/peter-chilv...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Chilvers
Friend of mine at school claimed that his grandpa was a world champion fisherman, or something similar. Nobody believed him, obviously.
Until, one day, when I happened to visit his grandpas house, which was filled with trophies and pictures of him stood next to all sorts of enormous fish.
Until, one day, when I happened to visit his grandpas house, which was filled with trophies and pictures of him stood next to all sorts of enormous fish.
A place I used to work at had offices all over the place. There was a management programme in place, and part of that programme meant you had to go on secondment to another country. Anyway, one time we had a girl working in our office from Brazil. She was doing an MBA and was very smart, very clued up, but seemed to think we'd believe her daft story about her family owning some planes.
Until she brought in a magazine with her and her parents standing on a runway with about 10 jumbo jets parked up behind them and the full article describing the "family business". Yep, her parents were the Brazilian equivalent of Michael O'Leary and by all accounts, what can only be described as "fking loaded".
Until she brought in a magazine with her and her parents standing on a runway with about 10 jumbo jets parked up behind them and the full article describing the "family business". Yep, her parents were the Brazilian equivalent of Michael O'Leary and by all accounts, what can only be described as "f
king loaded".
Had dinner with a Board Director of a FTSE 100 company who wanted to play a truth game; i.e. tell me 3 facts about you, 2 of which are true and I'll guess the lie. He wanted to go first...I can't remember his lie, but the true stories were that he had kissed a reigning Miss World and had a Commonwealth gold medal. I think the game went downhill from there.
P1ato said:
Had dinner with a Board Director of a FTSE 100 company who wanted to play a truth game; i.e. tell me 3 facts about you, 2 of which are true and I'll guess the lie. He wanted to go first...I can't remember his lie, but the true stories were that he had kissed a reigning Miss World and had a Commonwealth gold medal. I think the game went downhill from there.
Sounds a bit of a prick!Used to train at the gym with a guy who I thought was he biggest bullstter of the lot. Couldn't believe a word he said...even the way he described everything just sounded like crap!
One Friday he tells me that Mariusz Pudzianowski coming to his house, staying with him and his folks over the weekend, doing some strongman show.
I phoned him on the Saturday and made my excuses to go over, thinking he'd bs me more about being out etc... Well, you guessed it, sure enough, there was Mariusz sitting on my mates sofa watching TV. Very surreal, he was absolutely huge!!
tter of the lot. Couldn't believe a word he said...even the way he described everything just sounded like crap!One Friday he tells me that Mariusz Pudzianowski coming to his house, staying with him and his folks over the weekend, doing some strongman show.
I phoned him on the Saturday and made my excuses to go over, thinking he'd bs me more about being out etc... Well, you guessed it, sure enough, there was Mariusz sitting on my mates sofa watching TV. Very surreal, he was absolutely huge!!
Not something he went on about much but someone I used to work with was very in to his running and often off doing random races. I looked him up the other day as I was after some info on a project he worked on, and several hits on Google for his name are about the fact he was the first Brit to complete the Marathon De Sables! For the non runners, that's a 150 mile race across the Sahara.
My ex girlfriend used to live next door to Emlyn Hughes, and I used to go around to Cameron Toshack's House (John's son) and play football in his garden. My daughter went to school with Brendan Roger's daughter, and is now friends with a girl called Gabby, whose mother is a dog trainer, and trains the badly behaved dog belonging to the Gerrard family.
I tell people at work, but nobody cares how 'well' connected I am.
I tell people at work, but nobody cares how 'well' connected I am.
Went to buy a motorbike off a woman who's fella reckoned he worked at an ex us airforce base that now stores cars etc. he reckoned, and was deadly serious about it, that there was an 'invisible hanger' on this base, that they all know is there, but is invisible and you need to be careful not to drive cars into it when moving them around etc.
Turns out, having been up to the site and searched on Google earth, that this hanger is indeed invisible!
(Iirc I mentioned this on ph a few years ago and someone else on here knew this guy too!) .
Turns out, having been up to the site and searched on Google earth, that this hanger is indeed invisible!
(Iirc I mentioned this on ph a few years ago and someone else on here knew this guy too!) .
A lad at my school used to go on about how he knew the Beatles, Dad was best mates with one of them, that sort of guff. Yeah, right, we all said.
We were good mates and his parents invited me to go away with them for a weekend to stay at a friend's house who was out of the country - nice big place, pools, tennis courts, big gardens, all that jazz. My parents agreed to let me go. When we got there I was perusing the family photos around the house. Hello, Mr Lennon.
We were good mates and his parents invited me to go away with them for a weekend to stay at a friend's house who was out of the country - nice big place, pools, tennis courts, big gardens, all that jazz. My parents agreed to let me go. When we got there I was perusing the family photos around the house. Hello, Mr Lennon.
mattdaniels said:
Jazoli said:
A friend of my parents claimed his brother had put Jaguar XJ220 running gear into a Transit van, it turns out he had!
Mentioned in this thread: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...The engineer was quite happy to show me!
I kind of knew it was special by the kitted out cabin and massive XJ220 wheels!
Pebbles167 said:
Thats right, he lives in a town that neighbours mine.
I've never met the guy, but I know hes a massive car bloke. Indeed many of the performance car sightings in the area have been attributed to him. In particular an Ariel Atom which I've spotted a few times.
only a month or so back whilst on holiday in the Cotswold's I saw Masons Ferrari 365 coming towards me: he lives in a town that neighbours mine. I've never met the guy, but I know hes a massive car bloke. Indeed many of the performance car sightings in the area have been attributed to him. In particular an Ariel Atom which I've spotted a few times.
http://www.ferrarilife.com/forums/attachments/pre-...
s3fella said:
Went to buy a motorbike off a woman who's fella reckoned he worked at an ex us airforce base that now stores cars etc. he reckoned, and was deadly serious about it, that there was an 'invisible hanger' on this base, that they all know is there, but is invisible and you need to be careful not to drive cars into it when moving them around etc.
Turns out, having been up to the site and searched on Google earth, that this hanger is indeed invisible!
(Iirc I mentioned this on ph a few years ago and someone else on here knew this guy too!) .
I dont actually know what you are trying to say here unless you are actually claiming said building has cloaking capabilities...Turns out, having been up to the site and searched on Google earth, that this hanger is indeed invisible!
(Iirc I mentioned this on ph a few years ago and someone else on here knew this guy too!) .
Am I having a really thick moment?
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