What has your "friend" been up to?
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Byker28i said:
Travs said:
My friend once went on holiday to France with his wife in an MGB. On returning he discovered 142 bottles of wine when he emptied the car. He then realised why it wouldn't go very fast, didn't want to stop very quickly, didn't want to go round corners, didn't have much room inside and why the lip on the ramp up to the ferry very nearly turned out to be an insurmountable challenge.
My friend once went to the isle of Man and beached his car at the top of the ramp. His wide wasn't happy at being asked to get out, especially as at which point the car was raised enough to clear the ramp...
Breadvan72 said:
My friend celebrated more than fourteen brown envelope free days passing since he saw a camera van sending those negative waves at him. He did so by forgetting all about the gantry cameras on the M25 and doing 90 as he passed a few.
There must be a definitive answer to this recurring worry as to whether one is going to get a ticket or not?Are there any positive steps we can take to rid ourselves of this - well - nightmare?
I will have a good think about the problem, but, in the meantime, if anybody- anybody at all, can think of a solution, please post it on here.
Turbobanana said:
elanfan said:
My friend is shocked that any of your friends sheds can still reach 90. Ducks
My friend is concerned at the sudden and unexpected presence of waterfowl on this thread and fears they may be startled by the approach of one of Breadvan's jalopies. Tyre Smoke said:
My friend too had a youthful experience with Pernod and black. Long story short, trying to keep up with his mate drinking pints of snake bite and P+B chasers, he threw up everywhere when he got back to his girlfriend's house. All over the Jack Russell and the bed. Obviously the bedding was washed, as was the dog, but the dog had a purple hue for several months.
Oddly my friend still loves aniseed flavoured drinks, but has a bit of a love hate relationship with cider.
My friend worked with a couple of chaps who had become accustomed to purple nasty at their college of study. Their variant was a snakebite with a Pernod and Black in the top. An evening of jollity and mirth was planned accompanied with all three Monty Python films and a home brew bucket of Purple Nasty to help the evening pass. Once the 2 litre bottles of lager and cider had been added bottles of Pernod and ribena duly followed.Oddly my friend still loves aniseed flavoured drinks, but has a bit of a love hate relationship with cider.
All the participants that night received a suitably branded sweat shirt to commemorate.
My friend still can't stand anything remotely aniseed like, but ribena is acceptable.
Tyre Smoke said:
but the dog had a purple hue for several months.
My friend's wife has a sore tooth, but not sore enough to require an emergency dentist.
My friend suggests to his wife that she swills a little whiskey around her mouth to numb the nerve. It sort of works and she heads off to bed.
My friend then decided to have a glass himself.
Many hours later my friend had polished off half a bottle on his own listening to music in the front room, which culminated in all his Kate Bush records.
Following morning my friend's wife's tooth still hurts. My friend's head hurts more.
My friend if unsure why Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold is referred to as 'The Gentle Spirit'.
My friend suggests to his wife that she swills a little whiskey around her mouth to numb the nerve. It sort of works and she heads off to bed.
My friend then decided to have a glass himself.
Many hours later my friend had polished off half a bottle on his own listening to music in the front room, which culminated in all his Kate Bush records.
Following morning my friend's wife's tooth still hurts. My friend's head hurts more.
My friend if unsure why Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold is referred to as 'The Gentle Spirit'.
Stick Legs said:
My friend's wife has a sore tooth, but not sore enough to require an emergency dentist.
My friend suggests to his wife that she swills a little whiskey around her mouth to numb the nerve. It sort of works and she heads off to bed.
My friend then decided to have a glass himself.
Many hours later my friend had polished off half a bottle on his own listening to music in the front room, which culminated in all his Kate Bush records.
Following morning my friend's wife's tooth still hurts. My friend's head hurts more.
My friend if unsure why Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold is referred to as 'The Gentle Spirit'.
My friend sympathises, but not much.My friend suggests to his wife that she swills a little whiskey around her mouth to numb the nerve. It sort of works and she heads off to bed.
My friend then decided to have a glass himself.
Many hours later my friend had polished off half a bottle on his own listening to music in the front room, which culminated in all his Kate Bush records.
Following morning my friend's wife's tooth still hurts. My friend's head hurts more.
My friend if unsure why Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold is referred to as 'The Gentle Spirit'.
My friend's experience with Winter's Gold was that it was somewhat harsh. My friend has recently been enjoying the rather smoother tones of Highland Park Viking Honour and Dragon Legend, and recommends these to your friend.
Up until lockdown, my friend regularly hosted whisky (never whiskey) appreciation evenings with his friends, and got into the habit of offering large measures of Winter's Gold to his friends in the hope of finishing the bottle quickly, so it could be replaced. My friend's wife is seemingly supportive of this idea, rather more than she is of my friend buying any more cars, sadly.
Dalwhinnie is the best whisky, but do not neglect all whiskeys. American whiskey is mostly dire, but Irish whiskey is not. Canadian whisky can be OK.
Back to my friend. Rumours that he has been "testing" two of his recently recommissioned vehicles that are without MOTs and tax on roads near his house are UNCONFIRMED. I shall have a word with him.
Back to my friend. Rumours that he has been "testing" two of his recently recommissioned vehicles that are without MOTs and tax on roads near his house are UNCONFIRMED. I shall have a word with him.
Breadvan72 said:
Dalwhinnie is the best whisky, but do not neglect all whiskeys. American whiskey is mostly dire, but Irish whiskey is not. Canadian whisky can be OK.
Back to my friend. Rumours that he has been "testing" two of his recently recommissioned vehicles that are without MOTs and tax on roads near his house are UNCONFIRMED. I shall have a word with him.
My friend received a multitude of different whiskies on the occasion of his 50th birthday in January. Dalwhinnie Winter Gold is one of them, which is so far unopened, he tells me. I shall tell him to look forward to it with relish. He received no American whiskey, as none of his party guests wanted to risk wearing their gift.Back to my friend. Rumours that he has been "testing" two of his recently recommissioned vehicles that are without MOTs and tax on roads near his house are UNCONFIRMED. I shall have a word with him.
My friend hates all forms if whisk(e)y. There is no known reason for this, but the smell makes him gag. Even if he can get past his gag reflex, the taste is revolting he says.
My friend can sympathise with the various friends here with sore heads though. He is reminded of a night at Le Mans when he and another friend worked their way through a couple of litres of Carrefour own label 'brandy'.
Apparently it was very nearly 'race? There's been a race?'
My friend can sympathise with the various friends here with sore heads though. He is reminded of a night at Le Mans when he and another friend worked their way through a couple of litres of Carrefour own label 'brandy'.
Apparently it was very nearly 'race? There's been a race?'
citizensm1th said:
Don't discount Japanese whisky my friend says some of it is not bad at all. Hardly supprising give the Japanese talent for appropriation of other nations products and improving upon them.
My friend has some Yamazaki. In his opinion it resembles bourbon a bit too closely, but he admits it is infinitely superior to American efforts. It has been in his special cupboard for over 10 years, still unfinished.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff