I would just like to say

Stone56 said:

Lost them again

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Can't belive that important Yank guy had no idea. Hadn't he heard of autogyros?

kermit_rr said:

It didn't have interwebs, certainly not WiFi
The best the old moto clamshell could do was gprs if i recall. Or maybe wap.. not anything with a g number

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Fazackerley!
Which is why I haven't even tried to find out what it could do.
I can phone on it, good coverage as it is a Tesco PAYG, sne dtexts on it, use it as an alarm and a few other things. I deliberately bought one with no camera.

Cheap as chips to run, prolly costs me £5 a year, if that. And works as well over here where the signal ain't very good as either my android or w's iPhone. Sits in the cubby box for emergencies.

Weather here very off and on.
Just got back from Soual and Castres where I had to go to find cheaper fencing and two pronged nails.
Bit of "un trot" as the froggies would say.
3 x 20 metre rolls of 1.5 metres high. €120. But boy could I have paid more, like double or even more than that.
The only "crampillons" they had was a 2 kg box for €24. No way José. (And I asked him where they were and had to tell him what "crampillons" meant!) He knew where they were once I held two fingers out to him and said "nails like that"

So off to Monsieur Bricolage where they have a "fill the bag for €9", so I did. Dunno how many I got but prolly about enough. I know I have some somewhere but jiggered if I can remember where. As W says, I usually keep nails etc indoors. But if I find the bucket with the barbelledeewire in it, I might find them!

So this p.m. I have to mend two of W's planter box things which have not weathered too well, nailed together with staples thinner than I would use for paper, of course!

Have a good arvo folks!

Stone56 said:

Thunderstorms and rain today but sill warm my phon likes hiding its self as it never rings View attachment 317574

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Dost tha ivver ev tu ring un to find un? I 'as to do that with W's sometimes!

Have just been to 3 supermarkets looking for toy landrovers for my son's birthday... Couldn't find anything and very little choice online and mostly going for £20 or more. Got every brand from supercars to ford / jeep / hummer / VW / Audi etc etc for £2-3 each, but no land rovers - what am I missing?

Only want a small scale like 1:50 - 1:80... eventually bought some second hand off eBay but still surprised that these aren't on more UK shelves - British heritage anorl that

Stanleysteamer said:

Fazackerley!
Which is why I haven't even tried to find out what it could do.
I can phone on it, good coverage as it is a Tesco PAYG, sne dtexts on it, use it as an alarm and a few other things. I deliberately bought one with no camera.

Cheap as chips to run, prolly costs me £5 a year, if that. And works as well over here where the signal ain't very good as either my android or w's iPhone. Sits in the cubby box for emergencies.

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Best way same as mine

Stanleysteamer said:

Dost tha ivver ev tu ring un to find un? I 'as to do that with W's sometimes!

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We just hear a bleeping when batteries are going flat

Stone56 said:

We just hear a bleeping when batteries are going flat

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Do you remember when they first came out that they came with cord type things you could attach to them and hang em round your neck?
Height of cool then.
Height of "uncool" now!!


(Mine had one!)

Sivat bloket turned up and did the biz with the meter.
Had to give me the paperwork and get a sig.

Shook my hand and we laughed when I said "See you in 15 years time then!" I'll be 84 and W will be 92.

Atomician said:

Have just been to 3 supermarkets looking for toy landrovers for my son's birthday... Couldn't find anything and very little choice online and mostly going for £20 or more. Got every brand from supercars to ford / jeep / hummer / VW / Audi etc etc for £2-3 each, but no land rovers - what am I missing?

Only want a small scale like 1:50 - 1:80... eventually bought some second hand off eBay but still surprised that these aren't on more UK shelves - British heritage anorl that

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If you were in Froggy land you would find lots.
See here.