Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 29)
Discussion
DickyC said:
Pass me my micrometer, could you? I need to establish which is the thick end of the ten pound note.
Is this the old paper ones or the new plastic ones?
Oh, the new plastic ones, the thickness can vary according to temperature fluctuations.Is this the old paper ones or the new plastic ones?
Something to do with the animal fat content apparently.
Some chaps say breezily that the early Landrover was based on the Jeep forgetting that the Jeep was based on the Austin 7 or, more precisely, on the Bantam, the Austin 7 built under licence in the US.
I have a theory that when the Family Tree of the motor car is drawn, the Austin 7 will be the trunk of the tree, linking ancient and modern cars and car companies.
That is my theory.
I have a theory that when the Family Tree of the motor car is drawn, the Austin 7 will be the trunk of the tree, linking ancient and modern cars and car companies.
That is my theory.
DickyC said:
Bomma220 said:
...and the thick end of a tenner...
Pass me my micrometer, could you? I need to establish which is the thick end of the ten pound note.Is this the old paper ones or the new plastic ones?
Bobberoo99 said:
Reminds me of a recent episode of James Martin's Saturday morning cookery show thingy, he has an induction hob and told Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale) that due to the nature of induction it was safe to put your hand on the hob, to prove the point he got Adam to hand over a tenner and slapped it down on the hob with the pan they were cooking in on top of it, cue a very shrunken curled up meted tenner and lots laughter!!!
Saw James Martin once in a red LHD Ferrari of some sort swaggering across the forecourt of a petrol station in Birmingham.He had that `I`m famous` look about him.
I didn`t like the look of him at all.
Coincidentally, my sister used to live on the same estate as Ian Beale.
Apparently he`s a bit of a Knob too!!
Had a chat with a patient of mine today, he told me he was going to the bank to pay for his new car, was going to be 50k, in a sort of vaguely interested way I asked what he was getting expecting it to be a bmw or a merc as he was a fairly elderly chap. He is buying a 1960 Alvis td21 drophead to go with the e-type he had in his garage. It turns out he is a man with good taste.
GOG440 said:
Had a chat with a patient of mine today, he told me he was going to the bank to pay for his new car, was going to be 50k, in a sort of vaguely interested way I asked what he was getting expecting it to be a bmw or a merc as he was a fairly elderly chap. He is buying a 1960 Alvis td21 drophead to go with the e-type he had in his garage. It turns out he is a man with good taste.
Completely stupid question of the day, i take it that the Alvis in question is also the same company who gave us the Stalwart????Bobberoo99 said:
GOG440 said:
Had a chat with a patient of mine today, he told me he was going to the bank to pay for his new car, was going to be 50k, in a sort of vaguely interested way I asked what he was getting expecting it to be a bmw or a merc as he was a fairly elderly chap. He is buying a 1960 Alvis td21 drophead to go with the e-type he had in his garage. It turns out he is a man with good taste.
Completely stupid question of the day, i take it that the Alvis in question is also the same company who gave us the Stalwart????
GOG440 said:
Bobberoo99 said:
GOG440 said:
Had a chat with a patient of mine today, he told me he was going to the bank to pay for his new car, was going to be 50k, in a sort of vaguely interested way I asked what he was getting expecting it to be a bmw or a merc as he was a fairly elderly chap. He is buying a 1960 Alvis td21 drophead to go with the e-type he had in his garage. It turns out he is a man with good taste.
Completely stupid question of the day, i take it that the Alvis in question is also the same company who gave us the Stalwart????Morning chaps
today I am back to making balls!! DickyC said:
Some chaps say breezily that the early Landrover was based on the Jeep forgetting that the Jeep was based on the Austin 7 or, more precisely, on the Bantam, the Austin 7 built under licence in the US.
I have a theory that when the Family Tree of the motor car is drawn, the Austin 7 will be the trunk of the tree, linking ancient and modern cars and car companies.
That is my theory.
The Bantam used as a basic performance pattern for the tenders to Bantam/Willy’s/Ford. Willy’s won and started production and when mine was built US had no idea they were about to enter WW2 and when Pearl Harbour happened that changed so they started upping production starting with the Lend Lease volume which they had been using to provide every assistance possible to the Allies. Willy’s couldn’t keep up so they went back to Ford who could assist with capacity. All Ford jeeps are WW2 but from 1945 Willys continued with variations. Not proven but mine is ex lend lease which for some reason came off the ship in Liverpool as it’s nearest surviving serial number jeeps ended up in Russia.I have a theory that when the Family Tree of the motor car is drawn, the Austin 7 will be the trunk of the tree, linking ancient and modern cars and car companies.
That is my theory.
V6Pushfit said:
DickyC said:
Pass me my micrometer, could you? I need to establish which is the thick end of the ten pound note.
Is this the old paper ones or the new plastic ones?
That’s why a few of them together is called ‘a wedge’ Is this the old paper ones or the new plastic ones?
Maybe I'll just carry less money around.
I know, henceforth l shall eschew money.
Problem solved.
Next!
V6Pushfit said:
The Bantam used as a basic performance pattern for the tenders to Bantam/Willy’s/Ford. Willy’s won and started production and when mine was built US had no idea they were about to enter WW2 and when Pearl Harbour happened that changed so they started upping production starting with the Lend Lease volume which they had been using to provide every assistance possible to the Allies. Willy’s couldn’t keep up so they went back to Ford who could assist with capacity. All Ford jeeps are WW2 but from 1945 Willys continued with variations. Not proven but mine is ex lend lease which for some reason came off the ship in Liverpool as it’s nearest surviving serial number jeeps ended up in Russia.
Love all that. Marvellous.A chap I knew years ago had one and allowed me a brief drive. Off road.
So many different vehicles driven, so little idea which. I should make a list and contemplate starting the most boring thread ever.
DickyC said:
V6Pushfit said:
DickyC said:
Pass me my micrometer, could you? I need to establish which is the thick end of the ten pound note.
Is this the old paper ones or the new plastic ones?
That’s why a few of them together is called ‘a wedge’ Is this the old paper ones or the new plastic ones?
Maybe I'll just carry less money around.
I know, henceforth l shall eschew money.
Problem solved.
Next!
DickyC said:
V6Pushfit said:
The Bantam used as a basic performance pattern for the tenders to Bantam/Willy’s/Ford. Willy’s won and started production and when mine was built US had no idea they were about to enter WW2 and when Pearl Harbour happened that changed so they started upping production starting with the Lend Lease volume which they had been using to provide every assistance possible to the Allies. Willy’s couldn’t keep up so they went back to Ford who could assist with capacity. All Ford jeeps are WW2 but from 1945 Willys continued with variations. Not proven but mine is ex lend lease which for some reason came off the ship in Liverpool as it’s nearest surviving serial number jeeps ended up in Russia.
Love all that. Marvellous.A chap I knew years ago had one and allowed me a brief drive. Off road.
So many different vehicles driven, so little idea which. I should make a list and contemplate starting the most boring thread ever.
I would like to add the following to my earlier post:-
I am not playing with balls today as that machine is also broken, instead I am making non return valves! Oh I do like a bit of variety now and again!!!
Bobberoo99 said:
DickyC said:
V6Pushfit said:
The Bantam used as a basic performance pattern for the tenders to Bantam/Willy’s/Ford. Willy’s won and started production and when mine was built US had no idea they were about to enter WW2 and when Pearl Harbour happened that changed so they started upping production starting with the Lend Lease volume which they had been using to provide every assistance possible to the Allies. Willy’s couldn’t keep up so they went back to Ford who could assist with capacity. All Ford jeeps are WW2 but from 1945 Willys continued with variations. Not proven but mine is ex lend lease which for some reason came off the ship in Liverpool as it’s nearest surviving serial number jeeps ended up in Russia.
Love all that. Marvellous.A chap I knew years ago had one and allowed me a brief drive. Off road.
So many different vehicles driven, so little idea which. I should make a list and contemplate starting the most boring thread ever.
I would like to add the following to my earlier post:-
I am not playing with balls today as that machine is also broken, instead I am making non return valves! Oh I do like a bit of variety now and again!!!
Current track record indicates a lot of broken machinery on your watch!!
In WW2 related vehicle news.
When I were a lad, my mates dad had an Austin Champ he used as a daily!
More reliable than his Land is HPE & always got the kids talking, he was a Social worker or some such.
Jim AK said:
Bobberoo99 said:
DickyC said:
V6Pushfit said:
The Bantam used as a basic performance pattern for the tenders to Bantam/Willy’s/Ford. Willy’s won and started production and when mine was built US had no idea they were about to enter WW2 and when Pearl Harbour happened that changed so they started upping production starting with the Lend Lease volume which they had been using to provide every assistance possible to the Allies. Willy’s couldn’t keep up so they went back to Ford who could assist with capacity. All Ford jeeps are WW2 but from 1945 Willys continued with variations. Not proven but mine is ex lend lease which for some reason came off the ship in Liverpool as it’s nearest surviving serial number jeeps ended up in Russia.
Love all that. Marvellous.A chap I knew years ago had one and allowed me a brief drive. Off road.
So many different vehicles driven, so little idea which. I should make a list and contemplate starting the most boring thread ever.
I would like to add the following to my earlier post:-
I am not playing with balls today as that machine is also broken, instead I am making non return valves! Oh I do like a bit of variety now and again!!!
Current track record indicates a lot of broken machinery on your watch!!
In WW2 related vehicle news.
When I were a lad, my mates dad had an Austin Champ he used as a daily!
More reliable than his Land is HPE & always got the kids talking, he was a Social worker or some such.
1) My machine, it has decided that it's had enough of holding it's tools in the machining head and no longer wishes to participate in the making of things, currently in pieces as the tech changes the entire spindle/mechanism!
2) The machine I was on yesterday until around lunchtime when it decided it no longer wanted to retrieve the next tool from the tooling carousel, now fixed and being run by it's correct operator.
3) The machine I was going to be using to make "Balls", decided it didn't want to maintain a grip of the billet it was to machine, now fixed by putting a new chuck on it!
4) The machine I'm currently using, no issues, so far!!
I therefore belive that it is simply a case of me working the machines TOO hard!!
Bobberoo99 said:
I have to disagree Dicky, I for one would love to read that list!! I've driven/owned relatively few cars, I have been in a number of interesting ones, but compared to you it's a trifling number!!!
Trifle by numbers? Is that like painting by numbers? 1 = sponge fingers, 2 = jelly and so on? Capital idea. Bringing trifle to the masses.The first car that came to mind is the Squire. A handful were built at a garage on Remenham Hill near Henley before the war. The one I drove was a two seat sports with a pre-selector gearbox (like buses had at one time). We were taking photos at Brooklands and the owner very kindly offered me the chance to drive it around the flat and along the banking. First time with a pre-selector gearbox and first of two times on a bit of the banking. That was a good day.
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