RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3 Morning all from Estuary-Land. Received the insurance details for the new car this morning, no shocks and still the same insurer. The main difference is the price, not unexpected as it is a bigger car with a bigger engine, a rise of approx 30%. All I'm waiting for now is the V5. As I mentioned it's loaded with every possible extra and when I booked the service the service manager said it was almost certainly a dealers demonstration car. Some of the extra's such as Bluetooth I will be unlikely to use. 17 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Peter Kazmierczak Posted February 3 Popular Post Share Posted February 3 Good job my mind is still razor sharp... Was walking to our local post office to return a parcel. Was down the road when I realised I'd forgotten to actually bring said parcel with me. As I say, good job my mind is still razor sharp... 4 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lurker Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, jjb1970 said: One of our neighbours just bought this, a BYD LEAP electric car. I'm not sure if BYD are sold in Britain but he gave me a ride and it's a beautiful car, it loses nothing to European premium brands in terms of cabin ambience and comfort and the neighbour assures me it drives superbly. Chinese cars are really catching up, looking at this it's a properly desirable car. They’re certainly advertised on the telly though I can’t say I have seen one on the road yet. Mind you, there is a certain sameness to the looks of a lot of electric cars that makes Teslas, Polestars, etc indistinguishable at a glance to the untrained eye. 7 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted February 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, jjb1970 said: I'm not sure if BYD are sold in Britain Their buses certainly are. London runs many hundreds of BYD products and they are slowly “breaking out” to other cities. Electric buses are not yet viable in regional / rural areas. Mileage required can exceed battery capacity, charging is not yet in place and neither is the reinforcement required to the National Grid supply to support it. The BYD products are generally well regarded. They do what they say on the tin. And with stylish British-built bodywork they also look good and a long way from the square boxes which infested streets for so long. Also of note there have been a few electric or hybrid bus fires in London and elsewhere which have made local headlines. None has involved a BYD vehicle. 2 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted February 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3 (edited) BYD (Build Your Dreams) electric bus on route 65 in London. TfL prefers that the maker’s badge is not displayed in the usual position on the lower front panel Edited February 3 by Gwiwer 5 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 2 hours ago, TheQ said: Of documents, Birth certificate is a form with fancy red scroll work round the outer inch, hand written copper plate details … A work colleague had been born in the Northwest Territories of Canada. His birth certificate was handwritten on vellum. Vital statistics (this was in the 1940s) were recorded by RCMP officers on regular patrols through the area a few times each year. 15 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted February 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3 (edited) 18 hours ago, PupCam said: Evening All! As long as the system wasn't named Horizon we'll be alright ....... 🤣 I managed to speak to @polybear this morning and even better managed to tempt him from his den to visit Puppershire. No, thank goodness, Fujitsu were not involved. PNLD is the system and it still works. I started proving the logic on card index cards and found a few early last year. I arranged to visit the unit anf gave them the cards. They still use the reference numbers I thought up in 1988. I was even able to tell them how some things called X files came about . 17 hours ago, woodenhead said: It’s a big old flight of locks, imagine a couple of hours to traverse I used to work on 4 lock miles per hour. But we did manage 13 in 25 Minutes once getting up to the centre of Birmingham. 4 healthy teenagers running ahead setting locks helped. 16 hours ago, Hroth said: If you want a long flight of locks, there's the Tardebigg flight on the Worcester and Birmingham, 30 locks dropping the canal from the Birmingham level towards the River Severn. They take ages... Yes the ascent of the Lickey hills from Bromsgrove, and no stopping places for a rest part way. Jamir Edited February 3 by jamie92208 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted February 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3 A quick quiz for our maritime members . Can you identify this engine type . ? https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@38.8255214,26.9299032,3a,17.1y,211.61h,93.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCEruy16WJHXlBni3zxYa_Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted February 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3 Looks like an MaK 453, but I wouldn't bet on it. One of two engines (along with the MAN KSZ) which earned the name Hitler's revenge in P&OCL. 4 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted February 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3 Have I got something for the maritimely minded! 👍 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 ... Late up - doing what I want today. Already started, cleaning the coffee grinder. It went into decline after then ... and I’ve always wondered what Valkyrie looked like in mufti. ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/02/03/covid-enquiry-whats-the-focus-devolution-matters-and-not-getting-much-done/ 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted February 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3 Afternoon Awl, Some pottering around the garden done, but not much, I just felt exhausted so much modelling done. Morning, beating up more Austin K6 lorries, with added comparison to photos of the version carrying the radars. Noticed that the radar version cab rooves did not have the roof hatches whereas many military versions did. So I've carved off the rim and filled the holes., The rooves will be sat on the ground, with the doors as per the real things when the radar was in use. Then Ben took me for his long walk, he wanted to do the long route, but I refused, I just didn't feel up to it... Afternoon, On return the postie had been, surprisingly the wire has finally arrived. As did the expected buildings for the unmentionable , they're already being bodged, very pleased on how they're going together, even though I'm not using them in their designed format. 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 4 hours ago, Peter Kazmierczak said: Good job my mind is still razor sharp... Was walking to our local post office to return a parcel. Was down the road when I realised I'd forgotten to actually bring said parcel with me. As I say, good job my mind is still razor sharp... More amazing that you still have a post office 4 10 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted February 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3 3 hours ago, Sidecar Racer said: A quick quiz for our maritime members . Can you identify this engine type . ? https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@38.8255214,26.9299032,3a,17.1y,211.61h,93.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCEruy16WJHXlBni3zxYa_Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu Nope. We had Ruston, Mirrlees, Daihatsu, Wartsila, Paxman....aaaargh....Crepelle....aaargh again..... and Blackstone generator engines, all that sort of size but it's not one I'm familiar with. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted February 3 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3 51 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said: and I’ve always wondered what Valkyrie looked like in mufti. ... They looked quite cheerful. In the New York Met production they don't get to enter from the wings. https://www.facebook.com/MusiRecordWW/videos/778119043014797/ When I was at Junior School, Ride of the Valkyries was the Friday music played while we waited for the headteacher to arrive. Tony 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Avast, mateys; shiver me timbers, grab yer grog and heave to* One of the best sea shanties ever, I reckon * many other amusing and colourful phrases of nautical patois are available for use for a mere few doubloons and are available our resident Cornish Pirate @Gwiwer 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 57 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said: ... Late up - doing what I want today. Already started, cleaning the coffee grinder. It went into decline after then ... and I’ve always wondered what Valkyrie looked like in mufti. ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/02/03/covid-enquiry-whats-the-focus-devolution-matters-and-not-getting-much-done/ If you were one of the Slain, you wouldn't argue with any of that bunch about being carted off to Valhalla! 8 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3 Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Sorted most of the bits out for the car. Even started fitting the dash cam but it requires a 32M maximum SD card, the only SD cards I have in stock are 64M. The rollalong fits into the boot, just but it means removing the parcel shelf. It would require removing a small rectangular part of the parcel shelf to make it fit but I'm reluctant to cut the original parcel shelf so I'm looking for another. All that is required is a small patch about 5" by 7" removed 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted February 3 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 3 (edited) I left a message on the central heating man's office phone this morning and was very surprised when he rang back. He will ring again to see how things are going and will visit if the problem recurs. At the moment I'll just say I have a warm house. As the sun was out I then went to the beach, to my surprise the big car park wasn't full, the Park Run had just finished so people were going home. I had my usual walk up onto the Battery, saw the buildings and replica 6" guns and then sauntered along the promenade as my foot is still somewhat sore. There is a new feature at the beach, a sauna in a tent: https://www.saltysaunas.com/ A few photos at the beach are below. Then it was coffee and old photos, lunch, and a throwing out session. Despite having put a large black bag in the rubbish bin I don't really have any more space but I can get at things more easily. To be honest there was a bit less rubbish than I had thought. As usual I found a few things I had lost. Since then I have done some modelling, read a bit of the latest Gauge O Guild magazine, cleaned the bird bath and had a cup of tea. In a few minutes I will watch the Rugby and get some tea at some point. Then it will be the usual evening of book, TV etc. Looking south from the Battery Beach by south harbour Small tug leaving the harbour The barriers are still safely on the promenade. David Edited February 3 by DaveF 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 minute ago, iL Dottore said: Avast, mateys; shiver me timbers, grab yer grog and heave to* One of the best sea shanties ever, I reckon * many other amusing and colourful phrases of nautical patois are available for use for a mere few doubloons and are available our resident Cornish Pirate @Gwiwer If you're going to heave, do it over the loo'ard rail, ye lubber! 2 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 19 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said: More amazing that you still have a post office Suppose we are lucky. It's inside our local shop. They also take Evri parcels now, which is handy. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Popped out with Mrs W to Aldi for some tea, now sat on the sofa with a nice glass of Aldi XO brandy. It warms you from the belly out! Tea will be a beef bourguignon sourced from the chiller plus some mash and veg. If the brandy doesn’t induce a nap. 17 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 When I was but a young lad, we'd walk to the Baseball Ground and watch DCFC on a Saturday. The games rarely, if ever, went on past 4.40/4.45 pm. Now most matches don't appear to finish until well after 5pm. 12 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted February 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3 Hmm, Fail to Attend this morning - had to run around for Mrs NHN while she was getting Pilated. Then a drive out in the camper for a couple of hours to charge the batteries, while there's no salt on the roads. More bad weather due later nexr week so took the opportunity. It occasionally throws a fault code, has done since new, which always disappears before we can get it to a dealer to diagnosis, so I got an adapter for the code reader I have for the bikes so it hasn't done it for a couple of years - it finally obliged today so I now have the code and diagnosed a possible issue, likely just a dirty connector as if it was the 'real thing' - low HP fuel pressure (common rail diesel) - it wouldn't drive! It always drives fine, no limp mode etc, just the yellow check engine light comes on. A little preventative maintenance incoming. 1 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium southern42 Posted February 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3 2 hours ago, NGT6 1315 said: Have I got something for the maritimely minded! 👍 That tune brought back a few memories... 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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