friday you think you've found perception's doors

Matthewfalle

hopkinb wrote:

Pinno wrote:

@H3 - surely you mean H4 when referring to the lad? Therefore, who's H?.

As I understand it, though this is of course subject to the vagaries of the shattered fractals of the mind of MF:

I would consider myself to be H, being hopkinb.

However, MF refers to me as hopkinhopkinhopkin, conveniently shortened to H3.

My soon to be wife is Mrs H2, being the second of that name, though of course, MF could possibly want to call her Mrs H3(2)

Mini H3 is my 6 year old daughter and steak fiend (and offspring of me and Mrs H2), though of course, Mini H3 could be Mini H if we ignore Matthew.

We also have "the boy", who is not an H of any sort, being the 12 year old offspring of Mrs H2 and her ex-husband. Mrs H2 and I have been together now for some 10.5 years, so he's OK with me most of the time, seeing as he doesn't remember a time when I wasn't around. Not had a "your not my real dad, I don't have to do what you say" yet anyway, but he is approaching the teenage years, so I expect I have that to look forward to.

We did have another mini H as you know, being the offspring of me & Mrs H1, but no longer.

Alles klar? :shock:

It's basically all MF's fault for being too free with the number of h's.

Now this is logic I like and agree with. Big phat hat. H3 rocks and, not being a fat estate agent on a second hand bicycle that doesn't fit him, wins the award for best logical post thing of the day.

hopkinb

Matthewfalle wrote:

Just having 2 Kerala chicken curries for lunch. Washing them down with Idris Fiery Ginger Beer (1 can of).

That stuff makes me sneeze uncontrollably. The ginger beer that is, not the curry.

step83

hopkinb wrote:

Dunno about toasting the bread for a bacon sandwich, but you're right, an egg and dare I suggest a handful of fried mushrooms wpuld make it a truly deluxe mid morning snack!

Ah but, with out without sauce, an if with red or brown?

An no toasting the bread needs to be absorbent for the hopeful runny egg.

hopkinb

Step83 wrote:

hopkinb wrote:

Dunno about toasting the bread for a bacon sandwich, but you're right, an egg and dare I suggest a handful of fried mushrooms wpuld make it a truly deluxe mid morning snack!

Ah but, with out without sauce, an if with red or brown?

An no toasting the bread needs to be absorbent for the hopeful runny egg.

Always brown sauce.

Totally agree on the no toasting front.

veronese68

Only brown sauce with a bacon sarnie, unless you are a child. Red sauce is for little children, kind of like cappuccino.
Lightly toasted is good, better structural integrity.

Matthewfalle

hopkinb wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

Just having 2 Kerala chicken curries for lunch. Washing them down with Idris Fiery Ginger Beer (1 can of).

That stuff makes me sneeze uncontrollably. The ginger beer that is, not the curry.

I must admit that I was very thirsty when I opened it so gulped it down instead of savouring it but don't want to have another one for risk of becoming a fat man.

The curries are giving me a slight sweat-on though but I'm going to jump in the shower in a bit so no problem.

step83

hopkinb wrote:

An no toasting the bread needs to be absorbent for the hopeful runny egg.

Always brown sauce.

Totally agree on the no toasting front.[/quote]

Veronese68 wrote:

Only brown sauce with a bacon sarnie, unless you are a child. Red sauce is for little children, kind of like cappuccino.
Lightly toasted is good, better structural integrity.

Good call, brown is always far superior, though the weirdos here insist on red when they have bacon. Not sure on toasting unless you do it like a club sandwich?

Matthewfalle

hopkinb wrote:

Cheers for the numbers. I'll have to let the family know their new names. They'll roll their eyes at me in disgust at what a lame old b@stard I am. Even more than usual.

My brother and I were always known as N1 and N2 because my parents were so fukkking stupid they couldn't remember our names.

Even now we stick to this nomenclature, with it being extended - TDV is N4, the cat N5, bambina N6, bambino N7 and Das Hound N8.

La Strega, i.e. TDV's mother in law, wanted Bambina to become N4 on her birth but Ns 1 and 3 both to her to jog on because the cat was N4 and therefore N4 was already taken. If the cat died then Bambina would move up the pecking order to N4 and only then, in the same way as I would become N1 should my brother head to Valhalla before me and so on Through the pecking order.

Simples and obvs, innit.

pinno

Step83 wrote:

T'noon,

Spent yesterday giving the car some very needed TLC, its now clean shiny an has far far less scratches an swirls in the paint. Looked lovely till it rained last night!
Anyway Friday minimal work to be done aided by the fact my managers are all AWOL so huzzah! Home, burn dinner and tidy the bike up for a charity ride on Sunday.

May I suggest Kiwami Fusso Soft99 wax? No you can't eat it or pour brown sauce on it and it's not crispy.

Really clean the car and the swirls up. Then apply the wax - one panel at a time. Don't let it dry before polishing or you'll be doing some serious elbow work. Just allow to haze and then buff.
Once it's done, that's it for a year (or 6 months in the UK). Then wait for the rain - the beading is fantastic. Until it reaches saturation point but before then, it's perfect geometry and spacing between the 2 different sizes of uniform round beads of water and the spacing between. It's incredible and if you don't believe me, i'll pop down and wax your car myself. This is not a great shot. The guy who did this needs help.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yX9cFDE2LA

It will also react differently to where you missed a bit.

sungod

Veronese68 wrote:

Only brown sauce with a bacon sarnie, unless you are a child. Red sauce is for little children, kind of like cappuccino.
Lightly toasted is good, better structural integrity.

back bacon, fried egg, dash of worcestershire sauce on the bacon, bread must be toasted, no point in raw toast

hopkinb

sungod wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Only brown sauce with a bacon sarnie, unless you are a child. Red sauce is for little children, kind of like cappuccino.
Lightly toasted is good, better structural integrity.

back bacon, fried egg, dash of worcestershire sauce on the bacon, bread must be toasted, no point in raw toast

No butter?

sungod

nope, i find the egg adds all necessary moistness, two eggs per sarnie btw

Garry H

I haven't seen any wasps at all this summer.

hopkinb

Garry H wrote:

I haven't seen any wasps at all this summer.

Nor me. They're normally late August and September aren't they? Eat all the rotting fruit. I'd expect to have seen a few by now though.

Did anyone else call them jaspers when they were at school?

step83

Pinno wrote:

May I suggest Kiwami Fusso Soft99 wax? No you can't eat it or pour brown sauce on it and it's not crispy.

Really clean the car and the swirls up. Then apply the wax - one panel at a time. Don't let it dry before polishing or you'll be doing some serious elbow work. Just allow to haze and then buff.
Once it's done, that's it for a year (or 6 months in the UK). Then wait for the rain - the beading is fantastic. Until it reaches saturation point but before then, it's perfect geometry and spacing between the 2 different sizes of uniform round beads of water and the spacing between. It's incredible and if you don't believe me, i'll pop down and wax your car myself. This is not a great shot. The guy who did this needs help.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yX9cFDE2LA

It will also react differently to where you missed a bit.

That doesnt look to shabby at all price isnt bad either, beading looks more uniform than mine but I could only do a light coat as the heat was drying it out really quick.
I was using a DA and poorboys SSR 2 to remove the swirls, couple of before an afters pre polish an wax





Post wax and polish using some meguiars polish an paste wax I used to use on my old car, not ideal on a black car. Needs sealing really.

ballysmate

hopkinb wrote:

sungod wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Only brown sauce with a bacon sarnie, unless you are a child. Red sauce is for little children, kind of like cappuccino.
Lightly toasted is good, better structural integrity.

back bacon, fried egg, dash of worcestershire sauce on the bacon, bread must be toasted, no point in raw toast

No butter?

Butter has no place near a bacon sandwich.

sungod

Ballysmate wrote:

Butter has no place near a bacon sandwich.

wisdom

hopkinb

sungod wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

Butter has no place near a bacon sandwich.

wisdom

Heresy.

pinno

Step83 wrote:

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Nice job. I must admit that I have never used a machine polisher. You''ll have to give me some tips.
I do it all by hand.
What do you use for compounding?
I was using a cheap T Cut colour scratch remover but actually, it's not abrasive enough. Might be okay with a machine polisher.

I was recommended the 3m, 3 stage liquid compound and then, funnily enough, the Turtle Wax Premium Compound gets great reviews and came up on a detailing forum. The former is really a dedicated machine compound. I have never been that keen on TW products but I guess now, they have some serious competition and have been forced to improve:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turtle-Wax-Pre ... m+compound

I ordered some, so we shall see. I have to sort a rust spot on the lower half of the drivers door which will require spraying half a door.( Handy to have neatly segregated panels on a car). This i'll do next week when I paint the door and bumper trims. I have already sprayed a patch where the lacquer was really thin on the edge of the rear passenger door when I was sorting a lacquer scratch and ended up going right through it with wet, lubricated 3000 paper with ease! The colour match was A1* and has given me the confidence to do the door. It's not the painting that puts me off, it's any potential disparity. But that lower half is angled of course and is not going to be so glaring as say a boot lid.

*Paint supplier in NI.

Just got mine back from the body shop - the whole of the off side has been re-sprayed. They have done a top job but there's a mismatch between the gloss of the new lacquer and the rest of it. So, I may have to go for the Bilt Hamber high gloss to get a match :roll: Pity, 'cos the Soft99 is so durable and there's a lovely sheen to the paintwork.
First i'll let the lacquer settle and then Fusso soft wax it to see if I can match it up better.
Glad I clay barred the thing before the bodywork.

hopkinb

All Greek to me Pinno old chap, but then I lease a cheap Spanish VW, which I pay the Romanians at Tesco to give a bit of a polish when mushrooms start sprouting from the roof.

pinno

hopkinb wrote:

All Greek to me Pinno old chap, but then I lease a cheap Spanish VW, which I pay the Romanians at Tesco to give a bit of a polish when mushrooms start sprouting from the roof.

Fair enough. I don't mind the 'chap', just less of the 'old' please. 'My mistake was getting rid of my rusty old Cdi and buying an older C Class as replacement (and she's gorgeous).
It's re-ignited my love for older cars and even though I bought it for a fraction of the C220 Cdi, it's twice the car and needs caressing.

You don't remember 'Freida':

I do [sobs].



I had to let her go a while ago 'cos of the misconception that I needed a newer car to cart the new arrival around in. It was bollox. I shouldn't have listened to them.

joncomelately

Late to the party, but I've only just had peanuts so hopefully I'm excused. Clearly, brown sauce whenever sauce is required - the real question is, brown as in HP or brown as in BBQ? Personally, the latter.

pinno

Joncomelately wrote:

Late to the party, but I've only just had peanuts so hopefully I'm excused. Clearly, brown sauce whenever sauce is required - the real question is, brown as in HP or brown as in BBQ? Personally, the latter.

I'm the odd one out. I detest either. As a true heathen, I likes Ketchup I does.

pinno

My new star. Needs a name:

hopkinb

HP, though Bbq is fine.

hopkinb

Pinno wrote:

hopkinb wrote:

All Greek to me Pinno old chap, but then I lease a cheap Spanish VW, which I pay the Romanians at Tesco to give a bit of a polish when mushrooms start sprouting from the roof.

Fair enough. I don't mind the 'chap', just less of the 'old' please. 'My mistake was getting rid of my rusty old Cdi and buying an older C Class as replacement (and she's gorgeous).
It's re-ignited my love for older cars and even though I bought it for a fraction of the C220 Cdi, it's twice the car and needs caressing.

You don't remember 'Freida':

I do [sobs].



I had to let her go a while ago 'cos of the misconception that I needed a newer car to cart the new arrival around in. It was bollox. I shouldn't have listened to them.

The white car is very very nice indeed. I love it.

pinno

It was cream. She was beautiful. Drove around Europe for 6 weeks in it... over the Alps and far away; way back in '03. Spent 6 continuous years restoring it. Then the financial crash just as I put it on the market [sobs even more].

pinno

I did have this for a short while:



That was after this:



Lovely car. C200 Sport. Rust In Peace.

hopkinb

Pinno wrote:

My new star. Needs a name:

This one is still very nice.

I am a massive heathen when it come to cars, though I do like them quick, despite rarely exceeding the speed limit. My cars in chronological order.

Ford Sierra estate. Burgundy. 2 litres.
BMW 318i. White.
Saab 93 2 litre turbo. Black.
Ford Focus ST170. Electric Blue.
Audi A6 estate. 3.2l V6. Blue.
Seat Leon FR. White.

Favourite? The Saab. It may have been a glorified Vauxhall, but when the turbo kicked in, it really was quite exciting, especially as the turbo steer made navigation something of a lottery.

hopkinb

Ooh, you had a Saab too!