Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

Yeah, in the past I've stripped down many an engine, changed piston rings, swapped engines and clutches, fixed my brakes ... all sorts. The will to do this has left me now though ... but even so, you now can't find "a bloke round the corner that'll tinker with it and get it working" any more.

Another tip on the mechanic front, it describes my current one and two of the ones I've used in the past. Look in the phone book for an MOT station, find out if they also do repairs. MOT testers have to be competent to do MOTs, if you find one that does a few repairs on the side for say £40-50 labour you're quids in quentin.

vivatifosi

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

So nice people, anyone got any ideas as to where in Europe I should spirit Mrs McT away to for a long weekend for her birthday?

Lisbon with a trip to Sintra.
Nice, Eze and Monte Carlo
Portofino and the N Italy coast
Florence
Boston
New York
Washington

The last three only if you are willing to fly Club. Going there economy for 7 hours not romantic.

sss555s

SingleSue wrote: »

Link now elsewhere.....

:j:j:T

....and prey for the thunder, and the rain, to quietly pass me bye..

Loved it! Thought the words above were apt for today


It's a bit breezy here now but no rain yet.

vivatifosi

Need to get out in a minute and inspect the house to see if we have any damage. I can see from my window that the neighbour opposite has had something hit a double-glazed window and break it.

lostinrates

I think we got off lightly here. No more fence damage ( not done repairs yet, seems silly to try in this wind). The pump we turned on last night to stop it being flooded, and that has worked, and tbh, seen the field its draining on to looking wetter, though the thing is filling up at a stonking rate, just a bit slower than we are emptying it.

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

That was michaels... with him being a super shopper... he probably posted it on HUK

You mean that I missed a post about hair straighteners on this thread, and Michaels had already mentioned the Amazon ones?

Sorry, I tend to skim past hair straightener posts, as I'm rather lacking hair to straighten, my wife already has straight hair, and my daughter does insist on straightening hers sometimes but looks so much better curly.

PasturesNew

Well, OK here... but this is rented.... and gnawing away at the back of my head is the fact I've a house I am responsible for that involves a 20 mile round trip to check on..... pfft... it'll be fine.

GDB2222

Today's local weather forecast for Barnet:

7.00 Heavy Rain

10.00 Heavy Rain

13.00 Heavy Rain

16.00 Heavy Rain

19.00 White Cloud

Looking forward to the fine weather this evening then.

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

You mean that I missed a post about hair straighteners on this thread, and Michaels had already mentioned the Amazon ones?

Sorry, I tend to skim past hair straightener posts, as I'm rather lacking hair to straighten, my wife already has straight hair, and my daughter does insist on straightening hers sometimes but looks so much better curly.

Yes and no.
It was exceedingly brief.... michaels enquired as to whether GHDs were worth the money or if something else was as good.

GDB2222

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

So nice people, anyone got any ideas as to where in Europe I should spirit Mrs McT away to for a long weekend for her birthday?

Madrid or Barcelona (when no matches on!)