"a bit ph private"

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Budflicker

3,799 posts

185 months

Sunday 21st October 2018
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bulldong said:
Has a distinctly average car, bought outright because too snobby to get a pcp. Did a road trip and is happy that it “never skipped a beat” in 1500 miles.

Insists on professing to others that said car is “actually surprisingly good fun on a b-road” and a “really rather nice place to be” despite it being a 100,000 mile old, diesel mazda that smells like a minicab.

Has a “speedy pro” on a nato strap.

Edited by bulldong on Sunday 21st October 15:47
What's wrong with a Speedy Pro....?


Dear God, if a Speedy is now frowned upon I must have reached proper middle aged uncoolness.

popegregory

1,446 posts

135 months

Sunday 21st October 2018
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I was thinking of this thread only the other day and how I missed it

anonymous-user

55 months

Sunday 21st October 2018
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Budflicker said:
bulldong said:
Has a distinctly average car, bought outright because too snobby to get a pcp. Did a road trip and is happy that it “never skipped a beat” in 1500 miles.

Insists on professing to others that said car is “actually surprisingly good fun on a b-road” and a “really rather nice place to be” despite it being a 100,000 mile old, diesel mazda that smells like a minicab.

Has a “speedy pro” on a nato strap.

Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 21st October 15:47
What's wrong with a Speedy Pro....?

Nothing wrong with a speed master professional, but calling it a speedy pro is horrendous.


Dear God, if a Speedy is now frowned upon I must have reached proper middle aged uncoolness.

trowelhead

1,867 posts

122 months

Tuesday 23rd October 2018
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Further reading for fans of this thread:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Consumed-How-Class-Modern...


SlimRick

2,258 posts

166 months

Tuesday 23rd October 2018
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bulldong said:
Has a “speedy pro” on a nato strap.
whistle


anonymous-user

55 months

Tuesday 23rd October 2018
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SlimRick said:
bulldong said:
Has a “speedy pro” on a nato strap.
whistle

Lol. It’s a total pistonheader thing.

Rawwr

22,722 posts

235 months

Tuesday 23rd October 2018
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SlimRick said:
whistle

Are you... are you a wizard?

Four Litre

2,020 posts

193 months

Tuesday 23rd October 2018
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Ari said:
Works in IT, forty years old, lives with his mum, leases a brand new 3 Series (because it is 'cheaper than buying secondhand you know') and owns a tatty old MX5 as a 'weekend car'.

He is a virgin and is very very voluble about the women who don't measure up to his idea of physical perfection (which he gleaned from lads mags) and who he definitely wouldn't sleep with.

Will eventually marry the first gold digger who is dumb enough to be fooled by the BMW and who is the right shape/appearance, will expect her to substitute his mum, will refer to her as 'the wife', will take on a massive mortgage, and will be completely mystified when she leaves him five years later when the house has built up some equity.
We have a winner!! I would only add they are also able to give 'expert' legal/ mechanical/ physical/medical judgement and advice based on their TV experience and utube.


Spare tyre

9,649 posts

131 months

Tuesday 23rd October 2018
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The lads on holiday bloke is a daily vlogger

He appears to do nothing all day apart from move from his parents house to his own house that he doesn’t live in, popping in to his office to adjust some leds or open some packages

Really strange but addictive to watch

Last week he thinks he got shot at, the brakes on his new mini failed and then he called out the fire brigade because his aerial cane adrift in some wind

https://m.youtube.com/user/Velosostar/videos

Probably a ph ers son

trowelhead

1,867 posts

122 months

Thursday 25th October 2018
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Spare tyre said:
The lads on holiday bloke is a daily vlogger

He appears to do nothing all day apart from move from his parents house to his own house that he doesn’t live in, popping in to his office to adjust some leds or open some packages

Really strange but addictive to watch

Last week he thinks he got shot at, the brakes on his new mini failed and then he called out the fire brigade because his aerial cane adrift in some wind

https://m.youtube.com/user/Velosostar/videos

Probably a ph ers son
Yeah i've seen his stuff pop up a few times. Has an M2 comp now which looks lovely

I remember seeing his dad had some nice stuff, macan and a M3/911 i think... so could well be a PHer





GOATever

2,651 posts

68 months

Thursday 25th October 2018
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bulldong said:
Has a distinctly average car, bought outright because too snobby to get a pcp. Did a road trip and is happy that it “never skipped a beat” in 1500 miles.

Insists on professing to others that said car is “actually surprisingly good fun on a b-road” and a “really rather nice place to be” despite it being a 100,000 mile old, diesel mazda that smells like a minicab.

Has a “speedy pro” on a nato strap.

Edited by bulldong on Sunday 21st October 15:47
I had to google what a ‘speedy pro’ was. I guess it wasn’t the first thing that came up, or was it yikes.

ecs

1,230 posts

171 months

Thursday 25th October 2018
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Spare tyre said:
First ph lads holiday away from the parents

https://youtu.be/cAmy49aA-sc
Then back to work at the PH lads recruitment firm

https://twitter.com/StevieBuckley/status/105176244...

(for some reason, they've deleted the original hehe)

ReaperCushions

6,061 posts

185 months

Thursday 25th October 2018
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SlimRick said:
bulldong said:
Has a “speedy pro” on a nato strap.
whistle

Worn 'over the cuff' to make doubly sure everyone in the office can see it hehe

anonymous-user

55 months

Thursday 25th October 2018
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ecs said:
Then back to work at the PH lads recruitment firm

https://twitter.com/StevieBuckley/status/105176244...

(for some reason, they've deleted the original hehe)
For people with a millionaire mindset that is truly inspirational.

jet_noise

5,664 posts

183 months

Monday 17th June 2019
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<thread awakening>

I'm hoping to move to a place which happens to come with a humungous traditional oil Aga.
Looking for a user advice site with technical queries. I'm an engineer, I need Answers!

I find the "I Love My Aga" Facebook group.
It is mostly look-at-my-larks-tongue-quiche and I-found-a-side-of-salmon-in-the-deep-freeze-what-should-I-do-with-it type stuff. There's also NAR (Not Aga Related, yes they have their own TLA) posts e.g. "these are my husband's polo gloves, they're a bit smelly and made of soft leather, how should I clean them?".
Gold, just gold smile

And any technical query is met with "call the engineer".



Pit Pony

8,713 posts

122 months

Monday 17th June 2019
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An engineer ?
Or a technician?
Or the repair person?

Regards

Pit Pony CEng MIET

Ps used to boil my piss. Not a fking Engineer.

lowdrag

12,908 posts

214 months

Monday 17th June 2019
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If there's one thing that bugs me it is "MO-AY". For christ's sake, it is pronounced " MWET".

jet_noise

5,664 posts

183 months

Monday 17th June 2019
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Pit Pony said:
An engineer ?
Or a technician?
Or the repair person?

Regards

Pit Pony CEng MIET

Ps used to boil my piss. Not a fking Engineer.
MIET, me (could never quite get around to the chartered bit).
Agree completely on the misappropriation of the professional title "Engineer".

Countdown

40,017 posts

197 months

Monday 17th June 2019
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Devil's advocate....smile

Can a person who hasn't passed the relevant exams but has been employed as an Engineer call themselves an "Engineer"?

GT03ROB

13,287 posts

222 months

Monday 17th June 2019
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Countdown said:
Devil's advocate....smile

Can a person who hasn't passed the relevant exams but has been employed as an Engineer call themselves an "Engineer"?
In the UK yes...… the word isn't sacred there