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

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

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DickyC

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197 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Impasse said:


Ah, yes, the bus from Reading to Bracknell via Wokingham. There were variations in the route including one that required a single decker to get under a low bridge. The bus I was on one day went sailing past the turn where the single and double decker buses parted company. The Conductor had a word with the Driver along the lines of, "This is the single decker route, you'll have to turn round." So we turned round in the filling station in Embrook near the Piper Cars factory. Unfortunately, the driver was still in singe decker mode and we didn't make it under canopy. No one was hurt but there was lot of shouting.

Impasse

15,099 posts

240 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Your use of the term "Conductor" ages the tale somewhat! I've not seen one those types since the world was black & white and people walked comically quickly.

DickyC

49,549 posts

197 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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The early seventies I think it was; I reckon I was on my way to work on the afternoon and evening shift at Bourne & Thomas, a garage and filing station on the other side of Wokingham. Ten years later I was a modelmaker in oil and gas. Shell came in one day to review the model and one of their high-ups spoke to us. I said I had worked for Shell. He asked in what capacity. I said petrol pump attendant. He turned around and walked away.

Piper Cars in Wokingham was the other giveaway for the era.

A red one is a regular at the Goodwood Breakfast Club.

ChemicalChaos

10,360 posts

159 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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DickyC said:
Piper Cars in Wokingham was the other giveaway for the era.

A red one is a regular at the Goodwood Breakfast Club.
that wouldn't be the one that used to belong to a C&SC staffer (James Elliot?) would it?

I've always like the slippery look of Pipers, and I've seen the mind-bogglingly low GTR in action a few times too smile

DickyC

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197 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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30" high but failed to make the start at Le Mans?

The road car is still a pretty car, I reckon. That was low, too, even though it had a 1600cc Cortina engine in the front. The word locally was that they were poorly built; all gel coat and not much glass fibre.

On my "one day" list.

DickyC

49,549 posts

197 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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The one at Goodwood is driven by an older guy. Nice chap. Prepared to talk cars.

ChemicalChaos

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159 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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I'd like one too, but what thoroughly spoils the looks IMO are the huge black rubber seals around all the bits of glass. I saw pictures once of a GTT with flush-fitted glass and it looked amazing - I presume that's an owner-modified one off though?

Impasse

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240 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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DickyC said:
The one at Goodwood is driven by an older guy. Nice chap. Prepared to talk cars.
Wha...? You talk to people at Brekkie Club? I just mooch round looking at the cars. Are you one of those weird sociable types?

DickyC

49,549 posts

197 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Impasse said:
Wha...? You talk to people at Brekkie Club? I just mooch round looking at the cars. Are you one of those weird sociable types?
Even the smiley guy with the Roller who looks like he owns the place.

ApOrbital

9,942 posts

117 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Impasse you just said wha please locate the big door and exit very fast thank you.

DickyC

49,549 posts

197 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Punctuation ao please your stuff is really hard to read without punctuation.

DickyC

49,549 posts

197 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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DickyC said:
Impasse said:
Wha...? You talk to people at Brekkie Club? I just mooch round looking at the cars. Are you one of those weird sociable types?
Even the smiley guy with the Roller who looks like he owns the place.
Sorry, that didn't make sense, did it? I was doing an AO.

Yes, I do speak to folk there. I have spoken to Lord March on two occasions and found him to be an amiable chap. We both remember The Wooden Tops and Muffin the Mule.

I made up the last bit.

Fun Bus

17,911 posts

217 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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I've missed most of this volume. But at the same time, it's as if I've never been away.

ApOrbital

9,942 posts

117 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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DickyC said:
Punctuation ao please your stuff is really hard to read without punctuation.
Sorry was done via the dog n bone go pick on matt smile

ChemicalChaos

10,360 posts

159 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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ApOrbital said:
Sorry was done via the dog n bone go pick on matt smile

DickyC

49,549 posts

197 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Fun Bus said:
I've missed most of this volume. But at the same time, it's as if I've never been away.
We missed you, FB.

Well, I missed you.

I missed your invisible hand on the broken tiller of this rudderless boat.

Justayellowbadge

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37,057 posts

241 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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DickyC said:
I missed your invisible hand on the broken tiller of this rudderless boat.
Dicky, can you show us where his invisible hand touched your rudderless boat?

Use the dinghy.

Impasse

15,099 posts

240 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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DickyC said:
Sorry, that didn't make sense, did it? I was doing an AO.

Yes, I do speak to folk there. I have spoken to Lord March on two occasions and found him to be an amiable chap. We both remember The Wooden Tops and Muffin the Mule.

I made up the last bit.
Daughter does a bit of work at the House, so is a regular there. She quite likes Charles, apparently he's a nice boss if a little "fuzzy". hehe

wst

3,494 posts

160 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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SWTH said:
As for Dennis, cheap nasty chassis, they've never been great from a driver or comfort viewpoint. Give me a nice Volvo anyday.
I used to be a saddo that chatted to the school bus driver. We had a few regular double decker buses that were used - some Leyland DAF's, some Volvos, one double-rear axle Leyland DAF, and 3 Leyland-DAFs with Volvo engines in and mysteriously dysfunctional limiters...

I saw 70 on the clock doing down a B road hill in one of the last 3. Apparently it was originally meant to be doing routes including some motorways between stops...

There was one bus that was specced for North Wales and couldn't get above 50 but it'd go up hills all day at 50 instead of slowly crawling up at about 20 with the driver trying to kick-down all he could.

DickyC

49,549 posts

197 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Justayellowbadge said:
DickyC said:
I missed your invisible hand on the broken tiller of this rudderless boat.
Dicky, can you show us where his invisible hand touched your rudderless boat?

Use the dinghy.
Okay, but no cameras this time.

Anyway, why aren't you in the crap number plates thread sorting out that idiot?

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