Tell Us Something Really Trivial About Your Life (Vol 31)
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On the road this morning when 'pheasant alert' ahead. Expecting the usual dance of death in the road tooing and froing, but no. Said bird just stood on the edge of the verge looking left and right at the traffic approaching. Then deciding that it was far too busy, turned around and disappeared into the hedge.
Must be a first.
Must be a first.
nonsequitur said:
On the road this morning when 'pheasant alert' ahead. Expecting the usual dance of death in the road tooing and froing, but no. Said bird just stood on the edge of the verge looking left and right at the traffic approaching. Then deciding that it was far too busy, turned around and disappeared into the hedge.
Must be a first.
That's Evolution in action right there.Must be a first.
Natural Selection resulting in the SmartPheasant.
Expect Version 2.0 to be released next season.
It's as old as vaudeville apparently. Both Abbott and Costello were performing it in one form or another before they teamed up. Over here Will Hay performed a version of the routine in the early 1930s. He was a schoolmaster interviewing a schoolboy named Howe who came from Ware but now lived in Wye.
There's a big old write up in Wikipedia.
There's a big old write up in Wikipedia.
Afternoon all. My apologies for my somewhat sporadic posting of late, I've been sorting out a bit of business on the domestic / property front. As a consequence I appear to have been landed with a substantial solicitor's bill 
Never mind, Penrose has quite a substantial bill and I've coped with that for long enough so I'm sure everything will be fine.
Anyhow, this 3" antique ebony figure business. I think it could be a bishop figure from a chess set. I say that as it bears a remarkable resemblance to the bishop of the Trivton and District Diocese.
When he's fully cassocked up of course, he's sometimes difficult to recognise when in 'mufti'. Especially when he's fast asleep under the pool table in the B&L.
Never mind, Penrose has quite a substantial bill and I've coped with that for long enough so I'm sure everything will be fine.
Anyhow, this 3" antique ebony figure business. I think it could be a bishop figure from a chess set. I say that as it bears a remarkable resemblance to the bishop of the Trivton and District Diocese.
When he's fully cassocked up of course, he's sometimes difficult to recognise when in 'mufti'. Especially when he's fast asleep under the pool table in the B&L.
DickyC said:
P5BNij said:
Said goodbye to the wee Jap spec 1275 Mini today, there's now a nice empty space in the garage which needs filling...
Note to Dicky C - wire wheels were standard on early Marcos GTs, the more common mag alloys were an option at £20 a corner in those days
Thanks for that, Nij. I'll have the truck back now if you're done with it.Note to Dicky C - wire wheels were standard on early Marcos GTs, the more common mag alloys were an option at £20 a corner in those days
I remember waiting to cross the road at secondary school and a Marcos drove slowly by. Being a bit of a car geek already I knew what it was but couldn't for the life of me work out why the owner had added Ford sidewinder stripes to the car. Sidewinders tended to repeat the make not brag about the engine. This was about 1967 so I now wonder if the chap was pretending to drive a GT40. We'll never know.
Cosmics on the Mini?
Yes, Cosmics on the wee Min, a modern version of the 6''x10'' Mk2 style with a slightly thicker outer rim than the late '60s originals, bought from John Brown Wheels in nearby Napton, Warks. I was tempted to keep them and put the original 12'' steelies back on before selling it but, well, couldn't be arsed faffing about on a cold concrete floor in January. When I bought it back in 2016 it came with these tasty and rare Mk3 5''x10''Cosmics, currently sat in the garage awaiting refurbishment...
Trivia alert #1 : these Mk2 Cosmics are so rare and very hard to find in usable condition, I might well be the only person in the UK to own two full sets, both of which I chanced upon within a fortnight of each other! The other set on the Cooper S came from a mate who'd had them stashed away in his loft for fifteen years wondering what to do with them.
Trivia alert #2 : Gt40s.....aaahhhh yes.... a few years ago I was pootling along the A45 on the way home from the NEC classic show when three of these beasts came storming past me making the most wonderful noise imaginable, all were replicas no doubt, one was yellow, the other two were in full Gulf trim, but for a few seconds I was instantly transformed into an also ran on the Mulsanne straight being whooped into oblivian by Jacky Ickx, Jackie Oliver and Dan Gurney. Fabulous.
ETA : truck is possibly still stationary on the M6 somewhere a full twenty four hours after departing my 'umble abode. I hate the M6.
Edited by P5BNij on Friday 18th January 15:10
Well, if that's not the bishop himself it's someone who looks remarkably like him. Officiated at the Lower Trivton Summer Fete a couple of years back he did.
He took custody of the 'Splat The Rat' stall whilst Mrs Wallbanger answered a call of nature. Let me have a go on account of the fact he owed me a fiver, I won a goldfish which sadly passed away before I got home
Well worth a fiver I must say. Bloody clergy
Anyhow, I've been following the mini business with interest. By, that brings back a few memories. A lass I knew in Norfolk back in the 80's had a 1275GT, managed to install a three inch pipe on a Saturday afternoon. Had to cut a hole in the skirt though as it came out straight through the middle at the back.
Happy days.
He took custody of the 'Splat The Rat' stall whilst Mrs Wallbanger answered a call of nature. Let me have a go on account of the fact he owed me a fiver, I won a goldfish which sadly passed away before I got home
Well worth a fiver I must say. Bloody clergy
Anyhow, I've been following the mini business with interest. By, that brings back a few memories. A lass I knew in Norfolk back in the 80's had a 1275GT, managed to install a three inch pipe on a Saturday afternoon. Had to cut a hole in the skirt though as it came out straight through the middle at the back.
Happy days.
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