14 hours in a defender - without a radio

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Dave R

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Well, this may well be the final straw. As a last ditch attempt to
drive me completely mad the bosses have decided that a boat (7 metres)
needs to be delivered to Sheffield from our little have in Western
Pembrokeshire.

the AA routeplanner reckons its 291 miles each way, and I also have to
tow a smaller boat on the way back.

Question is, much as I love the defeneder, and I miss my old one, and
no doubt that the TD5 engine is one of the best for towing AND it's
less that a year old, the vehicle still hasn't got a radio in it.

I've tried MP3 players and the like but my ears get sore after the
first 100 miles, so the question is, how the hell am I going to keep
myself amused for 12 hours driving....?

Any "no mates" in car games suggestion will be appreciated!!!

Dave

 

"Dave R" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Well, this may well be the final straw. As a last ditch attempt to
> drive me completely mad the bosses have decided that a boat (7 metres)
> needs to be delivered to Sheffield from our little have in Western
> Pembrokeshire.
>
> the AA routeplanner reckons its 291 miles each way, and I also have to
> tow a smaller boat on the way back.
>
> Question is, much as I love the defeneder, and I miss my old one, and
> no doubt that the TD5 engine is one of the best for towing AND it's
> less that a year old, the vehicle still hasn't got a radio in it.
>
> I've tried MP3 players and the like but my ears get sore after the
> first 100 miles, so the question is, how the hell am I going to keep
> myself amused for 12 hours driving....?
>
> Any "no mates" in car games suggestion will be appreciated!!!

My radio is busted in the disco, but luckily, my mobile (nokia E61) has a
loudspeaker function, and a 1Gb card means quite a few tracks on random
play.

Ok, its not big, and its not clever, but stops me going potty as I just need
something

My 6230i can also do the loudspeaker thing

Si


 

"Dave R" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Well, this may well be the final straw. As a last ditch attempt to
> drive me completely mad the bosses have decided that a boat (7 metres)
> needs to be delivered to Sheffield from our little have in Western
> Pembrokeshire.
>
> the AA routeplanner reckons its 291 miles each way, and I also have to
> tow a smaller boat on the way back.
>
> Question is, much as I love the defeneder, and I miss my old one, and
> no doubt that the TD5 engine is one of the best for towing AND it's
> less that a year old, the vehicle still hasn't got a radio in it.
>
> I've tried MP3 players and the like but my ears get sore after the
> first 100 miles, so the question is, how the hell am I going to keep
> myself amused for 12 hours driving....?
>
> Any "no mates" in car games suggestion will be appreciated!!!
>
> Dave
>

Get a bigger set of headphones that fit all round your ear rather than in
it - they don't hurt so much but then you cannot hear buggarawl else so if a
bit of the car or trailer goes 'boing' you'll miss it.

I can claim 16 hours in a Ser2a Limoges - Dover - England but using
chainsaw ear defenders - nothing went boing on me and I could still hear
afterwards (although the trembling in my hands and feet was still there days
later)

You anywhere near Solva?

Graeme


 
On or around 7 Aug 2006 06:30:38 -0700, "Dave R" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Well, this may well be the final straw. As a last ditch attempt to
>drive me completely mad the bosses have decided that a boat (7 metres)
>needs to be delivered to Sheffield from our little have in Western
>Pembrokeshire.
>
>the AA routeplanner reckons its 291 miles each way, and I also have to
>tow a smaller boat on the way back.
>
>Question is, much as I love the defeneder, and I miss my old one, and
>no doubt that the TD5 engine is one of the best for towing AND it's
>less that a year old, the vehicle still hasn't got a radio in it.

why haven't you got a radio in it?

You could always insist on a radio being fitted before undertaking the
job...
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"The great masses of the people ... will more easily fall victims to
a great lie than to a small one" Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
from Mein Kampf, Ch 10
 
On 2006-08-07, Austin Shackles <[email protected]> wrote:

> why haven't you got a radio in it?

Depending on the trim level, it might not be worth it! I fitted a
radio in mine but with no carpets and a hard top (at the time) I
couldn't really hear it unless I was playing loud dance music. My
goon show collection was unplayable, or any other comedy or spoken
word audio.

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
Dave R <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
> Well, this may well be the final straw. As a last ditch attempt to
> drive me completely mad the bosses have decided that a boat (7 metres)
> needs to be delivered to Sheffield from our little have in Western
> Pembrokeshire.
>
> the AA routeplanner reckons its 291 miles each way, and I also have to
> tow a smaller boat on the way back.
>
> Question is, much as I love the defeneder, and I miss my old one, and
> no doubt that the TD5 engine is one of the best for towing AND it's
> less that a year old, the vehicle still hasn't got a radio in it.
>
> I've tried MP3 players and the like but my ears get sore after the
> first 100 miles, so the question is, how the hell am I going to keep
> myself amused for 12 hours driving....?
>
> Any "no mates" in car games suggestion will be appreciated!!!
>
> Dave

12volt Ghetto and some banging tunes?

A shell on each ear...listen to the sea for 14 hours... get back well
chilled ;-)

Sabotage the Defender and swipe the gaffers posh whatever for the trip.

Post it. (Derek?)

Sail it around and catch the train back

If above is too expensive use the canal system,claim to be a pikey of the
seas if stopped by the Duck patrol. I'd believe you ;-)

Tell the customer it's ready for collection, they can borrow the defender if
they like.

Unbolt the roof off the defender , whip off the windscreen, apply smock and
don shorts, pull off the doors and bolt on a effin big gun, spay it all
green and black and at every fuel stop crawl in the kiosk muttering
"water....water" - It'll be a giggle if nowt else.

Lee D


 

>
> Get a bigger set of headphones that fit all round your ear rather than in
> it - they don't hurt so much but then you cannot hear buggarawl else so if a
> bit of the car or trailer goes 'boing' you'll miss it.
>
> I can claim 16 hours in a Ser2a Limoges - Dover - England but using
> chainsaw ear defenders - nothing went boing on me and I could still hear
> afterwards (although the trembling in my hands and feet was still there days
> later)
>
> You anywhere near Solva?
>
> Graeme

Yeah not for away, it's only about 10-15 miles, but that translates to
about 40-45 minutes drive because of the holiday traffic

Dave

 
On 2006-08-07, Dave R <[email protected]> wrote:

> I've tried MP3 players and the like but my ears get sore after the
> first 100 miles, so the question is, how the hell am I going to keep
> myself amused for 12 hours driving....?

BTW I tried a friend's noise-cancelling headphones, they made very
little difference, just can't cope with a Defender on muds being
driven at 70MPH ;-)

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 

Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around 7 Aug 2006 06:30:38 -0700, "Dave R" <[email protected]>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >Well, this may well be the final straw. As a last ditch attempt to
> >drive me completely mad the bosses have decided that a boat (7 metres)
> >needs to be delivered to Sheffield from our little have in Western
> >Pembrokeshire.
> >
> >the AA routeplanner reckons its 291 miles each way, and I also have to
> >tow a smaller boat on the way back.
> >
> >Question is, much as I love the defeneder, and I miss my old one, and
> >no doubt that the TD5 engine is one of the best for towing AND it's
> >less that a year old, the vehicle still hasn't got a radio in it.
>
> why haven't you got a radio in it?

Because they're a bunch of stingy goits. I didn't realise that you
don't even get the little windows in a defender now unless you pay
extra for them.

It seems that they haven't fixed the water pouring in through the door
seals either! That's free mind.............
>
>

 

Lee_D wrote:
>>
> 12volt Ghetto and some banging tunes?

*Like it
>
> A shell on each ear...listen to the sea for 14 hours... get back well
> chilled ;-)

*and look like Princess Leia on the M4, no thanks

>
> Sabotage the Defender and swipe the gaffers posh whatever for the trip.

I'd rather drive the defender with no radio, than his Mitsubishi posh
thing
>
> Post it. (Derek?)

*Haven't had that special thing through the post about sizes / weights
yet
>
> Sail it around and catch the train back

*It's got no engine, or sails
>
> If above is too expensive use the canal system,claim to be a pikey of the
> seas if stopped by the Duck patrol. I'd believe you ;-)

*But no-one else would
>
> Tell the customer it's ready for collection, they can borrow the defender if
> they like.

*unfortunately it's a dealers boat for his stock, last time he tried to
take a boat fromr us he wiped out the side of the boat on our gatepost
>
> Unbolt the roof off the defender , whip off the windscreen, apply smock and
> don shorts, pull off the doors and bolt on a effin big gun, spay it all
> green and black and at every fuel stop crawl in the kiosk muttering
> "water....water" - It'll be a giggle if nowt else.

*i'll think about that last statement for the trip to Sheffield, by the
time I get back I might have worked out what you meant. Thanks, now I
have something to do!

Dave
>
> Lee D

 
On 7 Aug 2006 06:30:38 -0700, Dave R wrote:

> Any "no mates" in car games suggestion will be appreciated!!!

Well I can't see why you can't count Eddies or Salveson trucks, could be
fun trying to remember which ones you are counting and the totals over
half a dozen or so truckinmg lines. Make it hard by having to sub count
the actual firm the distribution wagons are working for. Or the pub game
(if off motorways), when you are out count it as a reward pint for when
you arrive. B-)

--
Cheers [email protected]
Dave. pam is missing e-mail



 
On or around Mon, 07 Aug 2006 20:40:01 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On 7 Aug 2006 06:30:38 -0700, Dave R wrote:
>
>> Any "no mates" in car games suggestion will be appreciated!!!
>
>Well I can't see why you can't count Eddies or Salveson trucks, could be
>fun trying to remember which ones you are counting and the totals over
>half a dozen or so truckinmg lines. Make it hard by having to sub count
>the actual firm the distribution wagons are working for. Or the pub game
>(if off motorways), when you are out count it as a reward pint for when
>you arrive. B-)

There's a good game to play these days - see how many different
nationalities you can spot. We got 7 on a trip up to creepytown last year.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering
from the strawbuilt shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing
horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed."
Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
 
Dave Liquorice wrote:

|| On 7 Aug 2006 06:30:38 -0700, Dave R wrote:
||
||| Any "no mates" in car games suggestion will be appreciated!!!
||
|| Well I can't see why you can't count Eddies or Salveson trucks,

Ah yes, Eddies, Norberts and Willies. Do Eddies still have a female name
signwritten across the front? Great fun trying to read those mirror-fashion
in the nearside wing mirror before the kids could read it.

--
Rich
==============================

I don't approve of signatures, so I don't have one.


 

"Dave R" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Lee_D wrote:
>>>
>> 12volt Ghetto and some banging tunes?
>
> *Like it
>>
>> A shell on each ear...listen to the sea for 14 hours... get back well
>> chilled ;-)
>
> *and look like Princess Leia on the M4, no thanks
>
>>
>> Sabotage the Defender and swipe the gaffers posh whatever for the trip.
>
> I'd rather drive the defender with no radio, than his Mitsubishi posh
> thing
>>
>> Post it. (Derek?)
>
> *Haven't had that special thing through the post about sizes / weights
> yet
>>
>> Sail it around and catch the train back
>
> *It's got no engine, or sails
>>
>> If above is too expensive use the canal system,claim to be a pikey of the
>> seas if stopped by the Duck patrol. I'd believe you ;-)
>
> *But no-one else would
>>
>> Tell the customer it's ready for collection, they can borrow the defender
>> if
>> they like.
>
> *unfortunately it's a dealers boat for his stock, last time he tried to
> take a boat fromr us he wiped out the side of the boat on our gatepost
>>
>> Unbolt the roof off the defender , whip off the windscreen, apply smock
>> and
>> don shorts, pull off the doors and bolt on a effin big gun, spay it all
>> green and black and at every fuel stop crawl in the kiosk muttering
>> "water....water" - It'll be a giggle if nowt else.
>
> *i'll think about that last statement for the trip to Sheffield, by the
> time I get back I might have worked out what you meant. Thanks, now I
> have something to do!
>
> Dave
>>
>> Lee D

Don't worry bout the size Dave- it'll be the cost that'll make you swallow
very hard, if it fits in or on a truck we can and have moved it- longest one
I arranged was 65 ft long from Ulster to Amsterdam. that was when we wuz AEI
and I was the transport manager now we iz DHL( Global) god alone knows whats
on the move. If you have an MP3 jobby nip down the pound shop and get some
comfy head phones I got myself a Rio which has those phones that hang off
your ears like little bats ( keep away from Ozzy just in case) comfy enough
for a couple of hours when that TiT Chris Evans is polluting Drivetime or do
the ghetto blaster on the seat thing I did that in my first Mini until I got
a cradle to hang me radio cassette under the dash.Good luck either way and
if you see a DHL 7 tonner with a big eff off butterfly on the grille give me
a wave I'll be in warp drive thursday heading south
Derek
Kato Disco 200tdi


 
On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 19:17:33 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Dave R <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
>> Well, this may well be the final straw. As a last ditch attempt to
>> drive me completely mad the bosses have decided that a boat (7 metres)
>> needs to be delivered to Sheffield from our little have in Western
>> Pembrokeshire.
>>
>> the AA routeplanner reckons its 291 miles each way, and I also have to
>> tow a smaller boat on the way back.
>>
>> Question is, much as I love the defeneder, and I miss my old one, and
>> no doubt that the TD5 engine is one of the best for towing AND it's
>> less that a year old, the vehicle still hasn't got a radio in it.
>>
>> I've tried MP3 players and the like but my ears get sore after the
>> first 100 miles, so the question is, how the hell am I going to keep
>> myself amused for 12 hours driving....?
>
>12volt Ghetto and some banging tunes?
>

When i started using the IIa as everyday trasport instead of a
"normal" car i lamented the lack of a radio. So i purchased a cheap
MP3/CD car stereo, and a pair of speakers, equally cheap. Then
proceeded to mount them into a (home-made) cubby box that fits between
the seats. It has a flylead with 4mm banana plugs on for the IIA, and
an fag-lighter adaptor for other cars. I also have a mount designed to
fit into an 88mm mortar ammo box, which can then be sealed shut and
left in the back when it's open-topped.

So far the head unit has given me 4 years, and only had to be stripped
down due to water ingress a couple of dozen times....

Alex
 
On or around Mon, 7 Aug 2006 21:40:40 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Dave Liquorice wrote:
>
>|| On 7 Aug 2006 06:30:38 -0700, Dave R wrote:
>||
>||| Any "no mates" in car games suggestion will be appreciated!!!
>||
>|| Well I can't see why you can't count Eddies or Salveson trucks,
>
>Ah yes, Eddies, Norberts and Willies. Do Eddies still have a female name
>signwritten across the front? Great fun trying to read those mirror-fashion
>in the nearside wing mirror before the kids could read it.

yep. all different, allegedly.

dunno about the Norberts and Willis.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured"
Tacitus (c.55 - c.117) Agricola, 45
 

"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Dave Liquorice wrote:
>
> || On 7 Aug 2006 06:30:38 -0700, Dave R wrote:
> ||
> ||| Any "no mates" in car games suggestion will be appreciated!!!
> ||
> || Well I can't see why you can't count Eddies or Salveson trucks,
>
> Ah yes, Eddies, Norberts and Willies. Do Eddies still have a female name
> signwritten across the front? Great fun trying to read those
> mirror-fashion in the nearside wing mirror before the kids could read it.

If you do a lot of motorwaying with the kids on board, join the eddies
spotters club, you can then log the ones that you have seen on the website
against the list provided of live lorries (and you can look them up via reg,
lorry ID number and name)

er, i'll get my coat

Si


 
Bob Terveuren wrote:

>You anywhere near Solva?
>
>
That's where I was a couple of weeks ago. My parents live there so we
always take the boys down for a week in the summer. The old roundabout
in the lower playground is vicious though - youngest son ended up short
of a front tooth there this time, at the fun day raising money for new
playground equipment!

Lizzy
 
On or around Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:20:23 +0100, LizzyTaylor
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Bob Terveuren wrote:
>
>>You anywhere near Solva?
>>
>>
>That's where I was a couple of weeks ago. My parents live there so we
>always take the boys down for a week in the summer. The old roundabout
>in the lower playground is vicious though - youngest son ended up short
>of a front tooth there this time, at the fun day raising money for new
>playground equipment!

they're busy emasculating roundabouts. Used to be that you could get
several largeish types on one, sitting around the edge (this was one about
10' across), speed it up as fast as you could, then all at a suitable signal
pull yourselves into the middle - conservation of momentum then accelerated
it nicely. We also did one once by winding about 50' of rope around it and
me pulling on it to spin it up.

I reckon we got 'em up to about 60 rpm... never got around to attaching
rope and pulling it with the car.

They're putting governors on 'em now so they can't go too fast. wimps.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
Robert Frost (1874-1963) from Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
 
Austin Shackles wrote:

>On or around Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:20:23 +0100, LizzyTaylor
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>
>
>>Bob Terveuren wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>You anywhere near Solva?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>That's where I was a couple of weeks ago. My parents live there so we
>>always take the boys down for a week in the summer. The old roundabout
>>in the lower playground is vicious though - youngest son ended up short
>>of a front tooth there this time, at the fun day raising money for new
>>playground equipment!
>>
>>
>
>they're busy emasculating roundabouts. Used to be that you could get
>several largeish types on one, sitting around the edge (this was one about
>10' across), speed it up as fast as you could, then all at a suitable signal
>pull yourselves into the middle - conservation of momentum then accelerated
>it nicely.
>
The problem with this one was it was designed to be pushed from within,
as well as the edge and Jonathan couldn't keep up with the big lads and
got trampled, wouldn't listen to me (so what's new), tried pushing
again, caught his mouth as he went down, but came up clutching his
tooth! I'm not anti roundabout, but the design was flawed for a mixture
of pushing abilities. He'll have better technique next time he comes
across a roundabout.
 
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