Let me the first to announce a Christmas motoring present. Among the socks, skivvies, pyjamas and other things all either too large or too small (thank goodness we have M & S in Manila!) I found a Black & Decker Car Vacuum.
Nice piece of kit, considering it's made in China. I also got 5 car key rings (is this a record?).
Enough, its 1115, 37 degrees C and time to flare up the barbie.
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Salamat hari Tuan Besar Growler....
Is it satay barbi and nasi georing or do you still partake of plum pud?
Bagoose lah.....
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Kumust ka na, DVD! You have the best of me with your Bahasa Malay, or is it Bahasa Indonesia. Tagalog (not so far apart) is our second national lingo (Cable TV US English being the official langiuage of the Republic).
Our satay is less exotically called by the ubiquitous term of Kebab, and the nearest to nasi goreng is pancit bihon. Plum pud translates as "gee man real weird" according to my neighbour. Perhaps he means the sprig of Taiwanese plastic holly saved from last year for this very occasion which graced the crest of this essential delicacy, flown in from Oz.
Must get something automotive in so firstly I have received yet another keyring among my goodies, this one a very nice heavy postwar job with "Ford Trucks - Built Tough" on it, just right for my F150.
Growlette is pleased with her selection from Henry & June's Spring 2002 playwear range, so should be ready to rock n roll tonight. All the neighbours are cruising in their new wheels, none with reg plates yet, and remains of the turkey and a small pig have long been consigned below stairs for the househelp (boy? boy!!! damned ice bucket's empty again).
My daughter over from UK has told me it's pathetic to spend Xmas Day doing this when I should at least be listening to the Queen's Speech. I said it's not half as pathetic as my neighbour in Brighton who used to decoke his Triumph Herald every Christmas afternoon. After his pre-prandial intake of Cream Sherry I used to kid him he'd got all the valves mixed up and leave him scratching his head.
Seriously I agree with all the comments regarding the site and its value and it is a great place to meet people. I find it a kind of insight too into people's lives: you know, the daily battle finding room in the middle of the road to park the Landcruiser, the new camera at the Railway Cuttings intersection, life with gearboxes that leak, how to get a second mortgage for that new catalyser and the villainous Cam Belt, that ultimate marketing device which works to get older cars off the road at pre-set intervals so there's enough space for new ones to come on to, garages run by the automotive equivalent of men in brown macs who wind back speedos, charge for oil never supplied, suck through their teeth noisily while their eyeballs turn into Pound-signs at the sight of your car, drivers who apparently cover thousands of miles at very high speed for so many hours one wonders they have time to do the work they say they're driving to and from.
One can only at marvel at the level of indignation it is possible to produce in a person to the extent that he/she boots up his/her pc, logs on, and composes a vigorous denunciation of the anti-social driver he saw last Wednesday who failed to indicate left while negotiating the roundabout by the Goat and Compasses pub, or the poster who says in response to a "should I buy my fiancee's cousin's grandpa's Nissa Micra with 67,540 miles on it ?" "Only if it has proof of all the factory recalls and the ashtray has been emptied at least every 3000 miles". Honestly, the between the lines pictures are every bit as good as the advice itself.
I enjoy it all. I really hope that in 2002 someone finally comes up with a way of making diesel fuel out of used sump oil, a gadget which jams speed cameras, a nation-wide Lada-awareness campaign, a book on Car Aircon in the How Things Work range, and a cure for VBH.
Finally, paraphrasing our trafic sign "Bawal mag Obertake" I shall leave you with best wishes and "Bawal mag Obereat".
Martyn, your indulgence for this verbosity if you will. And of course thanks to HJ and you for making it all possible.
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Amongst the dross, I got a DVD of one of my favourite films -WITHNAIL AND I. Looking forward to a 'Camberwell Carrot' and some Deep heat!
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A '92 Carlton Diplomat 2.0i! Bought today (25th!) for the princely sum of £750. Leather, aircon (broke), cruise (broke), trip computer, heated seats... talk about VFM!
97000 miles on the clock, and engine wear seems to confirm this figure, although the leather is a bit shabby. Boxing day is restoring the Carlton to its former glory!
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Andy
Watch the Mk2 Jag in Withnail & I very carefully. When it leaves London it has no hubcaps, but mysteriously acquires some en route to the Lake District. You might deduce that (a) I have watched this film very many times and (b) I am a deeply sad individual who needs to get out more.
I dream of finding that Jag at auction, still in the same condition as in the film, and picking it up for little money. But I suspect that by now it has had its registration sold off, been fully restored and painted bright glossy red with chrome wire wheels. Anyone know for certain what happened to it? Reg number is/was 405 SBH.
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I'll keep my eyes open for it, Richard. But if you come across it, will you promise to always drive around after having consumed ' a couple of ales'?
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i got what i wanted, its a 90-piece halfords professional socket set, and i also got a dremel type hobby tool.
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I was given a neat combo Fluxgate compass and Inside outside Temp unit... sits on the dash and looks like it came with the RR... Plan to install it this weekend and I think the temp probe should go on the inside of the Spoiler as close to the ground as I can get it to do a good job of reporting the road temp.
~R
PS Non Road Related I got a super cool 16X9 23" Computer monitor by Sony... It is amazing!
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