Tell us something really trivial about your life (vol 25)

[drivin_me_nuts]

ali_kat said:

Swarfega is what you need

Then cheap Lino

I want a high friction surface. lino is quite the opposite.

[ali_kat]

Ah, I see!

Carpet then

[drivin_me_nuts]

The paint I bought says it sontains bits of dolomite. Really? Genuine dolomite Sprint. I'm not so sure if I like the idea. It could be worse, it could say, contains ground up allegro and maxi.

[Fishtigua]

drivin_me_nuts said:

I want a high friction surface. lino is quite the opposite.

DMN is all wrong!!!!

What you need is a big tub of Nana's Oil of Ulay cream.

What was the question again??????

[iva cosworth]

I had to Google curry block.

[Chunkymonkey71]

iva cosworth said:

I had to Google curry block.

Did Google say 'it's a block. Of curry.'?

[iva cosworth]

I didn't find an explanation but saw pics of "a block of curry" in a plastic peel off container thing.

[drivin_me_nuts]

Fishtigua said:

drivin_me_nuts said:

I want a high friction surface. lino is quite the opposite.

DMN is all wrong!!!!

What you need is a big tub of Nana's Oil of Ulay cream.

What was the question again??????

My garage floor, for my penis substitute car, not 'what moisturiser for my penis'.

[Fishtigua]

drivin_me_nuts said:

contains ground up allegro and maxi.

I think I have that green as my 'house' green for my gall bladder.

Folks should really plan ahead for these colours, I got a free Parker pen for choosing Barbour Green.

Hey, maybe we can get sponsored?

[RobinBanks]

ali_kat said:

Impasse said:

Not a clique? Is it a cult? Have I spelled that correctly?

Absolutely a cult

A whacky one, not a Waco one

Is the latter for our Texan members?

[iva cosworth]

Our Texan member said:

Yee Haw,amen to that bro'

[ChemicalChaos]

ali_kat said:

ChemicalChaos said:

an all-you-can-eat steak restaurant later

Is that like a Chinese buffet?

Not quite. It's called Fazenda - its a "Brazilian/Argentinian themed beef restuarant" where the waiters walk around from table to table with a pile of steaks on a big skewer. If you want one, they stop and silver-serve it onto your plate. Different waiters will have different cuts, cooked to different amounts of pink/brown. £30 a head for all the beef (and lamb and pork) you can eat!

ali_kat said:

drivin_me_nuts said:

I'm now off to the garage to scrub off the oil of what was probably the dripped and now hardened life blood of an Austin A40, before I paint it. I'm tempted to use a solvent, but instead purchased litres of ecologically friendly low vol citrus cleaner/degreaser. I'll have arms like Popeye before i'm done (but hopefully a clean floor).

Swarfega is what you need

Then cheap Lino

Silly boy - the best way is to just brush some petrol into it with a yard broom and leave it to lift out and evaporate. Just dont smoke in there for a few weeks afterwards!
As for the floor paint - use black line-ex or similar (the textured stuff they spray into pickup truck beds) for a rock-hard and very grippy surface that hides any oil drips!

[iva cosworth]

Is it all-you-can-eat veg as well,otherwise it's a bit meat overload.

[ChemicalChaos]

[Fishtigua]

We have B&Q special paint in our workshop, it says 'Workshop Grey' on the tin.

Our little workshop, at this moment, has about 10,000 bhp of supercharged V8 engined goodness kicking around, I can live with that.

[ChemicalChaos]

doogz said:

You really do know absolutely everything, don't you? It's probably why people find you so interesting.

Tips from my grandfather who spent his entire life as a machinist, engineer, vehicle restorer and general tinkerer. He's forgotten a lot more than most people know about running an efficient (and clean) workshop

[ArtVandelay]

As the Jaguar doesn't fit in the garage, I've been tempted to turn it into a workshop (original plan was to have a man shed complete with wood lathe)

White washed walls and a good pressure wash of the floor are needed regardless

[DickyC]

iva cosworth said:

You were off to Somerset earlier.

Been there done that and back ?

Yup. Four hours driving. Step daughter #2 has her money in a heap and wants a MkII Audi TT in dark blue or black with cream or pale grey leather in nice nick with FSH, low mileage, few owners, good tyres and long MoT. I found such a car in Somerset, drove down on Manday to look at it, nice car, nice bloke selling it, good mileage, full Audi SH except the very last one done by a specialist, cam belt and water pump done, brakes replaced for the last MoT in March. To my chagrin, she didn't fall in love with it. It was dirty. Where I was looking for a good honest car, she was looking in the door shuts and at the leaves in the corners under the bonnet.

I said I'd clean it for her.

It's either that or she'll go out on her own and buy a spotless, gleaming pile of poo.

[iva cosworth]

I should be outside doing gardening.

Can't be bothered.

I should be going out tomorrow,so not time for gardening then.

There's always next week.

[DickyC]

ArtVandelay said:

As the Jaguar doesn't fit in the garage, I've been tempted to turn it into a workshop.

Over reaction, or what? Turn the garage into a workshop.

Sake.