An interesting fact about yourself

[Blib]

kapiteinlangzaam said:

I have a Gold Blue Peter badge, which I once tried to sell as an impoverished student.

This gained national notoriety via the DailyWail and eBay pulled the auction. I should probably thank them now, as I am rather happy that I still have it. I was very miffed at the time though!

How did you earn it?

[ugofirst]

Blue Cat said:

I have been driving for 33 years and never had a speeding ticket

In that case I know another not-so-interesting fact about you

[Blue Cat]

ugofirst said:

Blue Cat said:

I have been driving for 33 years and never had a speeding ticket

In that case I know another not-so-interesting fact about you

Yep you guessed it getting a speeding ticket is really a matter of luck or wearing a low cut dress - been stopped twice but never booked

[Anthony Micallef]

I was born with my left leg shorter than my right and no fibula.

[mybrainhurts]

I live within spitting distance of Derbyshire, but I've never shagged a sheep.

[Chunkymonkey71]

My brain doesn't hurt.

[Bebee]

As a drummer playing since 1978, I turned down The Charlatans, twice!

[Chunkymonkey71]

Blib said:

Bebee said:

Superb, you should film the hand over.
Makes me wonder how you find time to find and post pics in 'The camera can capture some fantastic moments IV'

I've filmed every part of the build so far. About two hours of raw footage. Here's a still taken from today's work where we fitted the doors. That one's not properly shut, BTW.



(Don't tell anyone about the 'camera' thread. It's taken me six years, but I've almost managed to drive everyone else away from it. Let's not advertise its existence.)

It's beautiful, Blib.

I'm off to Poland in summer to buy a 126 and drive it back. Really looking forward to it!

Won't be as cool as your 500 though.

[TheAngryDog]

I have patulous eustachian tube disorder

[evenflow]

SpeedMattersNot said:

I can reverse cross my eyes...like, the opposite of crossing them. So they point outwards.

[MrHorsepower]

The worst job I ever had was retrieving lobsters from Jayne Mansfield's bum.

[Wheat]

kapiteinlangzaam said:

Charity bike rides when I was a wee one (with my Dad for company). We raised money for Dove House Hospice in Hull, where my Grandma spent her last days.

When I was 7: Hull - Bradford in one day
When I was 8: Hull - Lands End in one week
When I was 9: Lands End - John O'Groats in 14 days (70 miles per day consecutively) this is what earned me the BP badge
When I was 10: N.E.S.W. points of the UK, sticking to coastal roads where possible. 2600 miles in 40 consecutive days.

So I had basically seen most of the UK by bicycle by the time I was 10. Had a great laugh, bonded with my dad and raised about £20k for charity over the period.

Guinness dont officially keep/print long distance cycling records by age, but the last time we checked with them (some time ago) I was still the youngest to have completed LE to JoG at 9yrs old according to their info.

That's pretty cool! How much were you going to get for the badge on eBay before it fell through?

[MercuryRises]

MrHorsepower said:

The worst job I ever had was retrieving lobsters from Jayne Mansfield's bum.

A terrible condition. Lobsterisimus Bummakisimus I believe is the Latin name

[Blib]

Chunkymonkey71 said:

It's beautiful, Blib.

I'm off to Poland in summer to buy a 126 and drive it back. Really looking forward to it!

Won't be as cool as your 500 though.

Excellent! What an adventure. Our car has a 126 engine. Originally, it came from Bulgaria. Though, I bought it nearer to home, in Bristol.

[Blib]

kapiteinlangzaam said:

Wheat said:

That's pretty cool! How much were you going to get for the badge on eBay before it fell through?

It was at about £5k with 24hrs to go when eBay pulled the auction.

What reason did they give for pulling it? After all, you were the legitimate owner.

[rover 623gsi]

I turned up on my first day at high school - they had no record of me and I wasn't on the register. Following a phone call from the deputy head to the local education dept it turned out I was expected at another school on the other side of town.

After several more calls the deputy head told me he would drive over to the other school or I could stay where I was. Quite a big decision at 11 years old, but I replied that I was 'here already' I might as well stay.

There you go.

[austinsmirk]

Done a lot of long distance type challenges over the years. Ie cycled lands end etc but also walking. Ie Pennine way, west highland way, offas dyke ( length of Wales) and so on.

Always did it the tough way too, camping each night with a tent on my back or in my panniers.

[A993LAD]

I'm a full member of the british falconers club. and there are only 800 of us in the whole country so i'm guessing there can't be many others on here.

[Impasse]

For some reason I used to have perfect pitch when I was a boy. I could sing and hold any requested note without a requirement for hearing a tuning note first. Puberty soon put paid to that useless talent but they still made me do a couple of school plays.

[DoubleSix]

I have 20/10 vision.