I would just like to say

[Wimblowdriver]

Agreed, if I win the lottery it’s the DB5 for me repainted in bronze green. As expected I’m glad the series and defenders were well up on that. Woulda been surprised if they were lower down. Great post.

Its a bit perverse I know, but the Mk1 Cortina takes my fancy

 

[Hippo]

Look at the smoke coming out the back

Nah. Its gottid so much power its spinning the urf round.

 

[Hippo]

Dpd ses me pipes coming between 10 and 11.

 

[Hippo]

Got me harvester secured last night. No holes innit so eye put a drain pipe bracket below it as the angle changes. And one 4 inch above so the fixed drain pipe will hold it safe. Angle pipe below fitted to wall. And a small verticle drop into me bucket. So iffit rains water will go to the drain for now.

 

[landowner]

I done all the plumbing in my house, never done any plumbing before....fitted a new bathroom, moved the toilet, bath & sink fitted a cubical shower with leccy pump. Kitchen All new pipes with Belfast sink. I even used a freeze kit to freeze pipes & chop
them. Its not too difficult unless your called STAN. Did you ask there names..

Did a bathroom in my old house, run pipes under floor, all soldered joints etc, It's still going strong 20 years later
This isn't my property so I'll have to grin and bear it for the time being, I know what needs doing but all they talk about is budgets.
I had to tidy up plastering in my hall after they did a crap job, also had to remove woodwork and start again with quality timber, looks so much better.
I have to sign a disclaimer because I kept my old shower and need to change the radiator as the one they fitted is a small towel rail and although looking nice it doesn't throw any heat out and its a bigish bathroom.
I didn't tell em that I had re routed some of the plumbing before they started so as it would be neater and more efficient

 

[DanClarke]

Morning All.
Nice day, even though its a shopping day.
Hey, the old gal is throwing a wobbler at the hospital; at about 11:30 Sunday night she got dressed in her going home clothes and announced she was leaving. My wife found her sitting there in the chair at the side of her hospital bed fully clothed at 5PM yesterday. I'm not sure what part of "dementia" the hospital don't understand.
Wife has seen a picture of the wound and says its pretty grim. They are waiting for a skin-graft specialist to come this week to take a look. I have got a bad feeling about all this TBH.
It is really dragging the Mrs. down.
Have a good day.

 

[Stanleysteamer]

Yes, that is a textbook example of doing stake amazingly great. So many people rush into it and cook for too long when the opposite applies, plenty of prep and then cook as little as needed. Respect.

"plenty of prep and then cook as little as needed" totally agree.
I have to contrast doing it @kevstar 's way with doing one in a copper frying pan, over a spirit stove next to a customer's table, as I had to do back in the 70s, the days of Steak Diane, etc.

Steak arrives properly prepped, get the pan hot as heck, drop the butter in, chuck the steak in, flip it (as many times as needed), check for how well cooked it is, (it'll often cook in just the heat of the pan, off the flame), on the plate, flambé the pan, sauce in, warm it all up then over the steak. Job done. Always worth a good tip!

But the steaks weren't 2" thick.

And none of us have mentioned those griddle pans with the raised parallel lines.

I have even heard of people doing steak in the oven! (My ma, it was terrible!)

Flip this is making me hungry now!!

 

[Stanleysteamer]

O come on its a bloody door, one of the first things that an apprentice joiner is taught is how to hang a door.
There is no way these peeps are joiners now its really getting on my goat.

Must admit this is blowing my brains too. I am no joiner, far from it, but I have hung a few doors and cannot see what the fuss is about.

 

[Stanleysteamer]

Its a bit perverse I know, but the Mk1 Cortina takes my fancy

Nothing perverse about that at all.
I too love them and would have one in a heartbeat.
1500 obvs. Mine was a 1200 and a bit weak. But my dad had a 1500 back in the 60s, great little cars.
I got rid of the 1200 back in 1981, I'd had it a coupla of years but thought it was daft paying for as much fuel as a more powerful car would use. Also the rust had got too far into it.
So scrapped it and bought a Renault 17, AGAIN a car I would have all over again. (Although not Brit, obvs.)

 

[Stanleysteamer]

Nice. A free number 4

This is getting like ordering a chinese!

 

[Stanleysteamer]

I done all the plumbing in my house, never done any plumbing before....fitted a new bathroom, moved the toilet, bath & sink fitted a cubical shower with leccy pump. Kitchen All new pipes with Belfast sink. I even used a freeze kit to freeze pipes & chop
them. Its not too difficult unless your called STAN. Did you ask there names..

Cheeky Sod!
I done more plumbering than you by a mile.
Just in the house I am sitting in at the moment: The house had nowt in when we moved in. Kitchen: double sink together with a dishwasher. Utility: sink plus washing machine. Downstairs bog with sink. Downstairs bathroom, + basin and bog. Upstairs bathroom: two sinks, bog, bath (and shower still to be finished).

Plus remember I sorted out what was wrong with the central heating in our other place after two pros couldn't.

I won't list all the plumbering, and central heating work I have done in 4 other houses I have owned.

I only put in the bits about leaks for the general amusement of peeps on here. None were at all drastic and we, W and I, laughed as much about them as you lot did!

So I agree, not too difficult, although running a long copper pipe under floor boards going crossways, entailing several soldered joints made under the boards, was a mite tricky. 1930s house, joists had to be drilled to take the pipe.

I'll stop telling you about the little booboos I make, if you aren't careful!!!

 

[Stanleysteamer]

Did a bathroom in my old house, run pipes under floor, all soldered joints etc, It's still going strong 20 years later
This isn't my property so I'll have to grin and bear it for the time being, I know what needs doing but all they talk about is budgets.
I had to tidy up plastering in my hall after they did a crap job, also had to remove woodwork and start again with quality timber, looks so much better.
I have to sign a disclaimer because I kept my old shower and need to change the radiator as the one they fitted is a small towel rail and although looking nice it doesn't throw any heat out and its a bigish bathroom.
I didn't tell em that I had re routed some of the plumbing before they started so as it would be neater and more efficient

Love it!! The pipes under the floor, the rerouting, the new rad.
I even ran pipes into my garage from the utility to heat it. Not a lot, but it does make a bit of difference.

 

[Stanleysteamer]

Morning All.
Nice day, even though its a shopping day.
Hey, the old gal is throwing a wobbler at the hospital; at about 11:30 Sunday night she got dressed in her going home clothes and announced she was leaving. My wife found her sitting there in the chair at the side of her hospital bed fully clothed at 5PM yesterday. I'm not sure what part of "dementia" the hospital don't understand.
Wife has seen a picture of the wound and says its pretty grim. They are waiting for a skin-graft specialist to come this week to take a look. I have got a bad feeling about all this TBH.
It is really dragging the Mrs. down.
Have a good day.

Really do feel for both you, your W and the old dear. So sad what dementia does.
Do so hope that it gets sorted out eventually.

 

[Hippo]

Good start to the week I got 280 ltrs of doosil & this...Go.. I bet you can guess how much

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Issit broke'd? They normally are.

 

[Hippo]

Me pipe is ere. Well appy wivvit.

 

[Stanleysteamer]

That post re the 50 best Britsh cars.
I am tempted to start one on
"Cars I have owned and wish I still did"

In my case, Mk2 Jag, Mk1 Cortina, Opel Manta 1900 A series, Renault 17, Dolomite Sprint, "Hot" mini, even a Renault 6 for heaven's sake.

 

[landowner]

That post re the 50 best Britsh cars.
I am tempted to start one on
"Cars I have owned and wish I still did"

In my case, Mk2 Jag, Mk1 Cortina, Opel Manta 1900 A series, Renault 17, Dolomite Sprint, "Hot" mini, even a Renault 6 for heaven's sake.

Had a few as well but wish I'd kept the '52 Citroen 6 cylinder Traction avant, the Moskvitch and the 66 Austin Cooper
The cars I kept the longest were a 2.2 diesel Renault 21, a diesel Pug 106 and an 05 Ford Ranger pickup
All other vehicles were short term bangers

 

[Stanleysteamer]

Had a few as well but wish I'd kept the '52 Citroen 6 cylinder Traction avant, the Moskvitch and the 66 Austin Cooper
The cars I kept the longest were a 2.2 diesel Renault 21, a diesel Pug 106 and an 05 Ford Ranger pickup
All other vehicles were short term bangers

Have wanted a Traction for a long time. surprisingly they are not the most expensive of veteran cars over here. Not cheap mind but still not all that bad.

 

[landowner]

Battered Land Rover being transported on M55 was stolen in 2019 – Blog Preston

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[DanClarke]

Have wanted a Traction for a long time. surprisingly they are not the most expensive of veteran cars over here. Not cheap mind but still not all that bad.

When I was a youngster working out of IBM South Bank (next to the National Theatre) we used to use a local boozer at lunchtimes and it was opposite the waterloo East station stairway entrance. In one of the railway arches was a business/bloke that bought in Citroen TA's from France and totally refurbished them. The finished cars looked absolutely splendid. So you got to see a rusting hulk alongside a finished item. This would be c.1983/4 and I was just 30 years old. How time flies.