Tell Us Something Really Trivial About Your Life Volume 38
Discussion
Magooagain said:
Good morning everyone.
Back to digging out the dungeon and dodging arrows this morning.
Fout.
Is Scrump having an extension built? Or maybe a new torture pit?Back to digging out the dungeon and dodging arrows this morning.
Fout.
Morning/evening chaps
Another bright day dawns, I have no idea what the weather's going to do today!!
I haven’t been to a gig for a long time, there's a very good music festival in Romsey next weekend, completely free, 20+ venues, a very eclectic mix of music too!!!
Morning all. The music festival sounds good.
They played a brilliant version of the TMS theme tune last night
Here's one they did earlier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcrrhiXRaJs
They played a brilliant version of the TMS theme tune last night
Here's one they did earlier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcrrhiXRaJs
Good morning all.
It's a bit cloudy out there today. Some participation expected this morning but brightening up (no !) later.
Re Le Mans, we stopped going many years ago as it had become more a stag weekend venue and had lost much of it's charm. When we first went we could buy a bottle of champagne from the official bar for less than the price of two bacon rolls at Brands Hatch. Grand Marnier crepes....Mmmm.
Yesterday's cushion mission was aborted, but has been pencilled in for today.
The Le Mans film with Steve McQueen has some good racing shots but Mr M spends much of it looking meaningfully into the distance/at various women. Not much by way of plot/dialogue, but it is all about the cars and that's what makes it worth watching.
That's all for now.
It's a bit cloudy out there today. Some participation expected this morning but brightening up (no !) later.
Re Le Mans, we stopped going many years ago as it had become more a stag weekend venue and had lost much of it's charm. When we first went we could buy a bottle of champagne from the official bar for less than the price of two bacon rolls at Brands Hatch. Grand Marnier crepes....Mmmm.
Yesterday's cushion mission was aborted, but has been pencilled in for today.
The Le Mans film with Steve McQueen has some good racing shots but Mr M spends much of it looking meaningfully into the distance/at various women. Not much by way of plot/dialogue, but it is all about the cars and that's what makes it worth watching.
That's all for now.
spikeyhead said:
hammo19 said:
Oh and I collected the Bentley today and after a weeks work I now have an MOT. The invoice was just shy of £4k....
eeek!I came close to buying a Maserati a few years ago until I found out that it's last service had cost £6k.
hammo19 said:
Been a few times to Le Mans. It's not the race its the journey there and back and the days leading up to the start. Planning to go next year.
Bobberoo said:
I agree with you about the whole Le Mans thing.
It's the getting there, the atmosphere, the whole OCCASION, the partying, the revelry, the rivalry the ribaldry, the multiple nationalities, the racing through the night, the sun coming up in the morning, the sights, sounds and smells, there's nothing else quite like it!
And the memories linger on for years and years...
I was so glad to have been there in 1988. That race was something special
I've done the 24 hours, seemed to be one huge pissup and vandalism. The classic is much more gentlemanly. Best is we get the 80's Le Mans cars racing...It's the getting there, the atmosphere, the whole OCCASION, the partying, the revelry, the rivalry the ribaldry, the multiple nationalities, the racing through the night, the sun coming up in the morning, the sights, sounds and smells, there's nothing else quite like it!
And the memories linger on for years and years...
I was so glad to have been there in 1988. That race was something special
P5BNij said:
I know I know, it's not quite like this anymore, but I couldn't resist a little wallow 
Thats exactly what the classic is like... Grid 4 for the 1960's classic Le Mans cars, Grid 5 and Grid 6 for the later Le Mans cars upto 1981...
https://www.lemansclassic.com/en/competition-en/gr...
Today I am mostly looking at things I've missed from the forthcoming dalliance over to our french neighbours, generally things Boris has changed...like the change to numberplates, meaning I need a sticker over the GB to say UK...
...whilst desperately trying to clear a huge piece of work they told me Monday needed to be done by the end of the week (not going to happen)...
...whilst desperately trying to clear a huge piece of work they told me Monday needed to be done by the end of the week (not going to happen)...
Bonjour et bonsoir tout le monde.
The weather oop norf today is a bit of a mixed bag: raining at first, bright sunshine now, but ominous clouds heading this way.
I need a week of calm dry weather to enable me to replace the garage roof decking at Daughter #1's so Percy has somewhere cosy again.
I'll be using 18mm OSB3 and I don't want it to get wet before I can get the SA felt layers on . The long range forecast for the greater part of July is looking favourable. Wish me luck.
The smell of rising smoke plumes from makeshift barbeques, and the Grands Cafés - great big soup bowls full of lovely tasty hot coffee to give you a caffeine boost as the early morning mist gradually starts to give way to a big pale orange sun rising over the circuit as the cars, headlights still blazing, continue to blast past a few feet away.
In the mid to late '70s, one of my favourite spots at night was at the edge of the pine woods just before the entry to Tertre Rouge corner, sitting at one of the trestle table benches near the bar, drinking demis de Maître Kanterbrau pression (draught) from a big glass tankard, watching the Porsches about six feet below and a mere eight feet away, braking hard for the corner, their brake discs lighting up bright yellow, and their turbo casings glowing like an extra set of brake lights.
Further from the trackside, just beyond the strip of pinewoods, the funfair would be in full swing, and the big wheel would be turning away to the screams of the girls on board, drowned out by the sounds of the cars as they accelerated away down the Mulsanne.
Nowadays, that bit has all disappeared, and in its place is a colossal concrete wall, part of the embankment for the southern section of the Le Mans main ring road.
And gone are the days when you could almost reach out and touch the cars.
It's all big run-off areas full of kitty litter and tall catch-fencing.
Elf & Safety.
Ho-hum.
But Le Mans is still well worth wasting a few days over, if you've a drop of petrol in your veins.
I prefer the bi-annual Le Mans Classic these days, as you can get greater access to the paddock & pits than you ever would at the 24Heures event, and it's bit more laid back, and there's lots of interesting older stuff to see, in the club car parks as well as on track.
Damn, now I wish I was going this weekend... :sigh:
The weather oop norf today is a bit of a mixed bag: raining at first, bright sunshine now, but ominous clouds heading this way.
I need a week of calm dry weather to enable me to replace the garage roof decking at Daughter #1's so Percy has somewhere cosy again.
I'll be using 18mm OSB3 and I don't want it to get wet before I can get the SA felt layers on . The long range forecast for the greater part of July is looking favourable. Wish me luck.
White Stiletto said:
Good morning all.
Re Le Mans, we stopped going many years ago as it had become more a stag weekend venue and had lost much of it's charm. When we first went we could buy a bottle of champagne from the official bar for less than the price of two bacon rolls at Brands Hatch. Grand Marnier crepes....Mmmm.
Oh yes, those crêpes! Re Le Mans, we stopped going many years ago as it had become more a stag weekend venue and had lost much of it's charm. When we first went we could buy a bottle of champagne from the official bar for less than the price of two bacon rolls at Brands Hatch. Grand Marnier crepes....Mmmm.
The smell of rising smoke plumes from makeshift barbeques, and the Grands Cafés - great big soup bowls full of lovely tasty hot coffee to give you a caffeine boost as the early morning mist gradually starts to give way to a big pale orange sun rising over the circuit as the cars, headlights still blazing, continue to blast past a few feet away. In the mid to late '70s, one of my favourite spots at night was at the edge of the pine woods just before the entry to Tertre Rouge corner, sitting at one of the trestle table benches near the bar, drinking demis de Maître Kanterbrau pression (draught) from a big glass tankard, watching the Porsches about six feet below and a mere eight feet away, braking hard for the corner, their brake discs lighting up bright yellow, and their turbo casings glowing like an extra set of brake lights.
Further from the trackside, just beyond the strip of pinewoods, the funfair would be in full swing, and the big wheel would be turning away to the screams of the girls on board, drowned out by the sounds of the cars as they accelerated away down the Mulsanne.
Nowadays, that bit has all disappeared, and in its place is a colossal concrete wall, part of the embankment for the southern section of the Le Mans main ring road.
And gone are the days when you could almost reach out and touch the cars.
It's all big run-off areas full of kitty litter and tall catch-fencing.
Elf & Safety.
Ho-hum.
But Le Mans is still well worth wasting a few days over, if you've a drop of petrol in your veins.
I prefer the bi-annual Le Mans Classic these days, as you can get greater access to the paddock & pits than you ever would at the 24Heures event, and it's bit more laid back, and there's lots of interesting older stuff to see, in the club car parks as well as on track.
Damn, now I wish I was going this weekend... :sigh:
Le Mans is one of those things that I've said many a time I'd love to go along to one year but never got further than that. The more I read, the more I want to go. As a kid one of the most-viewed videos in my VHS collection was "The Day of the Jaguar - Le Mans '88." This 'un, actually:
Re tattoos, some like 'em, some don't and that's fair enough. I think there's been enough talk on here as there's a thread for them on which I've posted a pic of mine.
Dropped boy number one at school today with what I'm hoping is a badly bruised, not broken leg. We went to play some football on one of those hard surface in a cage type pitches at the park down in one of the frisky parts of town last night. When we got there it was fairly busy so we asked if we could join in the game that was going on.
It was brilliant; the most fun I've had playing out in ages with lads of all sorts of ages and abilities from varied cultural backgrounds all getting on really well in the spirit of a good fun kick-about. Then after about half an hour, the boy took a tumble in a completely accidental collision and I heard the crack as he connected with the ground from the other half of the pitch. Much bleeding from his elbow and a very painful thigh on which he was still limping this morning although he seemed to forget about it when he'd got his mitts on a milkshake! Hopefully he'll be fine in a few days' time. He'll be gutted if he's done any damage that keeps him out of training/pre-season with his club.
Re tattoos, some like 'em, some don't and that's fair enough. I think there's been enough talk on here as there's a thread for them on which I've posted a pic of mine.
Dropped boy number one at school today with what I'm hoping is a badly bruised, not broken leg. We went to play some football on one of those hard surface in a cage type pitches at the park down in one of the frisky parts of town last night. When we got there it was fairly busy so we asked if we could join in the game that was going on.
It was brilliant; the most fun I've had playing out in ages with lads of all sorts of ages and abilities from varied cultural backgrounds all getting on really well in the spirit of a good fun kick-about. Then after about half an hour, the boy took a tumble in a completely accidental collision and I heard the crack as he connected with the ground from the other half of the pitch. Much bleeding from his elbow and a very painful thigh on which he was still limping this morning although he seemed to forget about it when he'd got his mitts on a milkshake! Hopefully he'll be fine in a few days' time. He'll be gutted if he's done any damage that keeps him out of training/pre-season with his club.
Mallard126 said:
...When we got there it was fairly busy so we asked if we could join in the game that was going on.
It was brilliant; the most fun I've had playing out in ages with lads of all sorts of ages and abilities from varied cultural backgrounds all getting on really well in the spirit of a good fun kick-about. .....
This is how I did my cruciate ligament and ended my elderly football playing at 42. I used to have a regular kick about session on a Sunday afternoon on the local park, anyone could play, just pick a side - jumpers for goalposts.It was brilliant; the most fun I've had playing out in ages with lads of all sorts of ages and abilities from varied cultural backgrounds all getting on really well in the spirit of a good fun kick-about. .....
It got really successful and fun, we probably had about 20 plus a side regularly playing.
Found a rabbit hole one afternoon with my foot and shredded my cruciate, really, really painful. Ended up with part of my hamstring being used to fix it, 9 months before I could walk, 18 months before jogging...
Bobberoo said:
ApOrbital said:
Good morning all, one has pulled something in my lower spine and it fekking hurts. I walk like i have shat myself again.
Ooohhh that's a bugger ApO, a visit to the Chiropractor for you I think!!There's getting to be quite a build up.
Poor ApO, it's not much fun pulling a muscle.
Unless you're a whelk.
Meanwhile, laundry tongs are a great asset when trying to put yer socks on.
Forgot to mention earlier on: When Bellowhead packed in a few years ago I was gutted that I'd never got to see them live so I was pleased to see them touring again this year but didn't buy tickets because I didn't know where we'd be with the small person etc. Opened my birthday present from Mrs. M this morning and she's bought us tickets for their Harrogate show in November. I'm like a bloke who's been run over by a steam train: chuffed to bits.
Byker28i said:
spikeyhead said:
hammo19 said:
Oh and I collected the Bentley today and after a weeks work I now have an MOT. The invoice was just shy of £4k....
eeek!I came close to buying a Maserati a few years ago until I found out that it's last service had cost £6k.
KaraK said:
Byker28i said:
spikeyhead said:
hammo19 said:
Oh and I collected the Bentley today and after a weeks work I now have an MOT. The invoice was just shy of £4k....
eeek!I came close to buying a Maserati a few years ago until I found out that it's last service had cost £6k.
KaraK said:
Byker28i said:
spikeyhead said:
hammo19 said:
Oh and I collected the Bentley today and after a weeks work I now have an MOT. The invoice was just shy of £4k....
eeek!I came close to buying a Maserati a few years ago until I found out that it's last service had cost £6k.
but, I was told they cost on average £3k a year to run, so used to put £250 a month away, so had the pot of cash to ensure nothing wanted doing...
Byker28i said:
If it makes you feel any better, I've had my TVR 16 years and spent over/around £30K on it with the full body off chassis rebuild, full engine rebuild and upgrade etc...
but, I was told they cost on average £3k a year to run, so used to put £250 a month away, so had the pot of cash to ensure nothing wanted doing...
It's probably a sad indictment of my perspective when I look at those figures and think "Not too bad actually" but, I was told they cost on average £3k a year to run, so used to put £250 a month away, so had the pot of cash to ensure nothing wanted doing...
The S6 managed to burn it's way through about 4k per year - including an impressive (horrifying?) stint of just shy of 5k in 10 months after which I decided enough was enough.Of course the fact that I replaced it with something with an almost equally voracious appetite for my money is neither here nor there
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