Flan's leaving do thread...

veronese68

That sounds like an entirely reasonable list to me, the boy would agree. Space would be a problem though around here, and not much call for a ski boat on the Thames.
Actually we do pretty well with 2 cars, a motorcycle (in bits and done talk about it near the wife), 9 bicycles, 2 unicycles, large rollcab and tool chest, various power tools and such like. All in a small 3 bed Victorian semi with a single garage.

Wheelspinner wrote:

...and he's a (retired) aircraft engineer.

Haha, I hope he's not like some of our more awkward customers. They phone about a problem fitting a part to a TR3 and we try to talk them through it and we get the reply "I know what I'm doing I'm an aeronautical engineer". We then have to explain there's a difference between a jet engine and a car that was hand built by blokes with hammers.

Oh, has Fluffer left yet?

homers_double

If this is a pissing contest I'll list the items in my workshop. I'll set the spreadsheet to auto save every 15 minutes...

Wheelspinner

Veronese68 wrote:

Oh, has Fluffer left yet?

Who? Wasn't that something Pinno was tidying up?

pinno

Wheelspinner wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Wheelspinner wrote:

8 mountain bikes is entirely reasonable. I've cut back from double figures....

Quite agree, I would love to have 8 or more. Does your pther half ride? That would make it easier I guess. My Mrs doesn't get the need for more bikes and although I have 3 bikes as a family of 4 we have a total of 9 bicycles and 2 unicycles. Unfortunately space is at a premium and I'd struggle to fit any more in anyway.

Sorry V68, missed this..
Other half does ride, local trails and the cafe runs in particular. Doesn't quite get the need another bike thing, but is more than happy to have the options available. Has realised the benefits of an in-house shopaholic and fettler... pilots an On One Scandal 29er, with XTR groupset, carbon bars, stem, post and Prologo saddle with carbon rails, on Stans Race Gold wheelset and big balloon tyres for extra comfort. It's a lollipop pink frame..

Either that or the somewhat retro Cannondale full suspension thing that's next on my restoration list 8)

There's a bedroom currently fairly full of the "other" sports gear... golf clubs, tennis racquets, unused ski gear (snow and water), swim training stuff, and my collection of photography bits and pieces...

For a two person household, we have... a 4 b/r house with pool, 3 cars, 1 motorcycle, 8 bikes, and there was at one point a share in a water-ski boat that had a 289 ci V8 inboard motor, but that's now gone. The workshop is over-full, because I'm the resident carpenter/builder as well as bike fettler, and he's a (retired) aircraft engineer. Socket and spanner sets, torque wrenches, files, welding kit, drill press, slide compound mitre saw bench, concrete saw, jackhammers, rotary hammers, concrete mixer, drills, grinders, power circular saws, sabre saws, air compressor, 3 chainsaws (one is never enough), and if it's a powered garden tool we probably have at least one.

Moving house will be a ************ nightmare...

There's something entirely wrong about penal colonies nowadays.

pinno

Wheelspinner wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Oh, has Fluffer left yet?

Who? Wasn't that something Pinno was tidying up?

I'm going to have to clean out the van - it's full of old plasterboard. Then i'll get on the case. I might subcontract to some 'associates' because i'm a bit busy at the moment.

pblakeney

You had one job to do..............................

homers_double

Three full stops FFS.

pinno

homers double wrote:

Three full stops FFS.

It suggests a certain frustration. Therefore, I can only presume he wants rid of Fluffy quick.

There is obviously a market for the expulsion of Flan and I am no longer going to do it voluntarily. I'm now going to ask for payment and to make sure that no one collars me, I am going to sub-contract the job.
Get your cheque book out Blakey or the man stays.

lostboysaint

homers double wrote:

If this is a pissing contest I'll list the items in my workshop. I'll set the spreadsheet to auto save every 15 minutes...

You've already lost. You put workshop and not toy cupboard.

pinno

lostboysaint wrote:

homers double wrote:

If this is a pissing contest I'll list the items in my workshop. I'll set the spreadsheet to auto save every 15 minutes...

You've already lost. You put workshop and not toy cupboard.

...but he does own a pick up truck.

Flâneur

I'd like a ute

homers_double

Pinno wrote:

lostboysaint wrote:

homers double wrote:

If this is a pissing contest I'll list the items in my workshop. I'll set the spreadsheet to auto save every 15 minutes...

You've already lost. You put workshop and not toy cupboard.

...but he does own a pick up truck.

It's true.

homers_double

And I started the list but felt I was sounding a little pompous so gave up.

pblakeney

Pinno wrote:

Get your cheque book out Blakey or the man stays.

Phht.
Your choice. The man stays.

Wheelspinner

Flâneur wrote:

I'd like a ute

I have one, complete with custom bike rack in the tray. 8)

pinno

Wheelspinner wrote:

Flâneur wrote:

I'd like a ute

I have one, complete with custom bike rack in the tray. 8)

You do, do you? :roll:

Wheelspinner

Pinno wrote:

Wheelspinner wrote:

Flâneur wrote:

I'd like a ute

I have one, complete with custom bike rack in the tray. 8)

You do, do you? :roll:

Well duh!

*Everybody* has a ute in 'Straya. How else do you do circle work at the B&S?

pinno

Wheelspinner wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Wheelspinner wrote:

Flâneur wrote:

I'd like a ute

I have one, complete with custom bike rack in the tray. 8)

You do, do you? :roll:

Well duh!

*Everybody* has a ute in 'Straya. How else do you do circle work at the B&S?

The rest I worked out but 'B&S' ?! Penal Colony spake for dummies please.

Wheelspinner

Pinno wrote:

Wheelspinner wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Wheelspinner wrote:

Flâneur wrote:

I'd like a ute

I have one, complete with custom bike rack in the tray. 8)

You do, do you? :roll:

Well duh!

*Everybody* has a ute in 'Straya. How else do you do circle work at the B&S?

The rest I worked out but 'B&S' ?! Penal Colony spake for dummies please.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_and_Spinster_Ball

pinno

A-ha:

"They are staged for young (18 years and over) spinsters and bachelors and traditionally the couples dress up in formal wear.[1] Large volumes of cheap alcohol such as beer, spirits, Bundaberg Rum and Jim Beam can be consumed. The activities usually start at night and run until morning, but from mid-afternoon people will start to arrive and the partying/drinking will begin. Country music is often featured at these events."

Flâneur

Sounds like tailgating, just need the sport, but given it is Aus someone will bring out a ball, or maybe a pair.

I can't justify a truck, 40 mile commute on a decent road where the most I load in is a laptop and maybe a second pair of shoes. Except the odd occasion like today where a bike is the back, seats folded down, maybe I do need a second car. Maybe I should get the boxster and the Date the truck.

Before I buy either of these, can i get a timeline for my deportation? (Happy to go to NZ or SA rather than Aus)

pinno

Flâneur wrote:

Before I buy either of these, can i get a timeline for my deportation? (Happy to go to NZ or SA rather than Aus)

Deportation is dependant on what the market will pay.

Wheelspinner

Pinno wrote:

Flâneur wrote:

Before I buy either of these, can i get a timeline for my deportation? (Happy to go to NZ or SA rather than Aus)

Deportation is dependant on what the market will pay.

The "market" is a little over-stretched this week. Just do us a favour, eh?

pinno

Wheelspinner wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Flâneur wrote:

Before I buy either of these, can i get a timeline for my deportation? (Happy to go to NZ or SA rather than Aus)

Deportation is dependant on what the market will pay.

The "market" is a little over-stretched this week. Just do us a favour, eh?

Okay okay, i'll get on to it. Seen as he will probably kick and scream a bit if I send him to Straya, do you want a live in domestic for your NZ condo?

Wheelspinner

As luck would have it, my NZ odyssey finishes this Friday. Hopefully. Flipper/Flubber/Flanker can have the Shaky Isles all to himself.

Bring waterproofs.

veronese68

Emigrating is beginning to look like a good idea, there are people that are showing themselves as this countries equivalent of Trump supporters.

pinno

Veronese68 wrote:

Emigrating is beginning to look like a good idea, there are people that are showing themselves as this countries equivalent of Trump supporters.

Not Cthe1st or SC surely?

veronese68

Pinno wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Emigrating is beginning to look like a good idea, there are people that are showing themselves as this countries equivalent of Trump supporters.

Not Cthe1st or SC surely?

I couldn't possibly say. I did delete a comment on another thread asking if someone wanted sauce with his chips. My son said last night with about as much feeling as a 17 year old boy can muster "If we vote leave the oldies will have really screwed things up for my generation".

Flâneur

I'm clinging onto the hope that the remain crowd just cba getting involved with who shouts the loudest arguments and are therefore quiet but will turn up.

Don't get me wrong, exiting could be a good thing I've just yet to see any evidence which even half halfheartedly backs that up. Like I trust Gove/Boris/Cameron/Osbourne to negotiate shit.

though Osborne can fuck off too with his scare tactics.

Hurry up and get me outa here pinno

Matthewfalle

Flâneur wrote:

I'd like a ute

Hi Lux

Anyone any experience with those Great Wall trucks?