14 hours in a defender - without a radio

On 2006-08-08, Austin Shackles <[email protected]> wrote:

> They're putting governors on 'em now so they can't go too fast. wimps.

I don't know if you saw the video on the beeb website recently of some
kids on a roundabout while someone put the rear wheel of a petrol
scooter on it and powered it around! One girl shot off, they had a
rent-a-pundit on who went on about how lethal it was and how they
could easily have died, dangerous for sure but one of his chief
concerns was that one of the kids could have "gone under the wheels"
of the moped, which was stationary, it seems that wheels of vehicles
are lethal to the touch even when parked and weighing bugger all.

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!

On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:25:19 +0100, LizzyTaylor
<[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:

>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.

he's just making full use of his improved mobility, after all he has
been told to make sure he exercises, and he probably saw pushing the
roundabout as exercise!
--

Simon Isaacs

"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote"
George Jean Nathan (1882-1955)

ROT13 me....

>
> 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

I'll keep a look out. I was teaching a lorry driver on a powerboat
course today and he reckons 7 hours each way(!) So i reckon I need to
be on the road for 6am, then M4, M50, M5, M42, M1, and then all the way
back again. Keep a look out for a green 90 Td5 with one of these on the
back.......

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/v8bobber_2006/690_cabin_sport.jpg

Also look out for driver slowly rocking back and forth in the drivers
seat, dribbling and bleeding from the ears.......

Dave

On 8 Aug 2006 14:17:04 -0700, "Dave R" <[email protected]>
scribbled the following nonsense:

>
>>
>> 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
>
>I'll keep a look out. I was teaching a lorry driver on a powerboat
>course today and he reckons 7 hours each way(!) So i reckon I need to
>be on the road for 6am, then M4, M50, M5, M42, M1, and then all the way
>back again. Keep a look out for a green 90 Td5 with one of these on the
>back.......
>
>http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/v8bobber_2006/690_cabin_sport.jpg
>
>Also look out for driver slowly rocking back and forth in the drivers
>seat, dribbling and bleeding from the ears.......
>
>Dave

if they come with the women, I'll have one!!
--

Simon Isaacs

"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote"
George Jean Nathan (1882-1955)

ROT13 me....

GrnOval wrote:
> "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
>
>
291 miles each way seems a bit steep ........... Stockport from Solva is
about 200 miles via Aber, Welshpooland the M56. Sheffield is only 30
miles or so over the top via the A57 and very pretty too ( at this time
of year when the road is actually open). Ive just done a check on the
AA, if you put in via stockport the milage jumps down to 244, although I
would go via Welshpool rather than Bala.
Had you thought of an Mp3 player fastened up to one of the "Pignose"
battery amps the buskers use, placed on the passenger seat?
Steve the grease

> 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.

And the Police car with blues and twos going, trying to ask you why your
ears are covered up

I thought it was illegal to have both ears covered up with headphones and
also have earphones in as well.

I could be wrong, it could be an urban myth, willing to be put right.

Dave

Dave R wrote:

||| 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
||
|| I'll keep a look out. I was teaching a lorry driver on a powerboat
|| course today and he reckons 7 hours each way(!) So i reckon I need to
|| be on the road for 6am, then M4, M50, M5, M42, M1, and then all the
|| way back again. Keep a look out for a green 90 Td5 with one of these
|| on the back.......
||
|| http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/v8bobber_2006/690_cabin_sport.jpg
||
|| Also look out for driver slowly rocking back and forth in the drivers
|| seat, dribbling and bleeding from the ears.......
||
|| Dave

Hey Dave - you take the boat and I'll look after the chicks, OK?

--
Rich
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On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 15:42:00 +0100, Dave Healey <[email protected]> wrote:

>> 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.
>
> And the Police car with blues and twos going, trying to ask you why your
> ears are covered up
>
> I thought it was illegal to have both ears covered up with headphones and
> also have earphones in as well.
>
> I could be wrong, it could be an urban myth, willing to be put right.

Not sure of it's legal status.

Have you ever driven with earphones on and music blasting? Tried it years
ago when the Sony Walkman was introduced into the UK. it's a surreal
experience ... one is somehow one step detached from driving.

Bl**dy dangerous IME - maybe it gets better with practice.

Had a similar experience recently when both my ears decided to switch off
at once. Now that really is wierd - driving a 110 in silence

--
William Tasso

Land Rover - 110 V8
Discovery - V8

In message <[email protected]>, Dave
R <[email protected]> writes

>I'll keep a look out. I was teaching a lorry driver on a powerboat
>course today and he reckons 7 hours each way(!) So i reckon I need to
>be on the road for 6am, then M4, M50, M5, M42, M1, and then all the way
>back again. Keep a look out for a green 90 Td5 with one of these on the
>back.......
>
>http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/v8bobber_2006/690_cabin_sport.jpg

The babes or the boat? )

--
Jonathan

The army doctor said "Go behind the curtain and remove your clothes",
I said "Aren't you supposed to buy me dinner first?"
Spike Milligan

"Dave R" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>>
>> 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
>
> I'll keep a look out. I was teaching a lorry driver on a powerboat
> course today and he reckons 7 hours each way(!) So i reckon I need to
> be on the road for 6am, then M4, M50, M5, M42, M1, and then all the way
> back again. Keep a look out for a green 90 Td5 with one of these on the
> back.......
>
> http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/v8bobber_2006/690_cabin_sport.jpg
>
> Also look out for driver slowly rocking back and forth in the drivers
> seat, dribbling and bleeding from the ears.......
>
> Dave

How did the run go Dave I was redirected and my pal Chris did the London
trip ( I was delayed the day previous doing a scottish run )
Derek