Is your water "passed by the management"? A bit like my sister in London where they joke their water is "passed by Royalty" due to the recycling system.
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What's made you not grumpy but not smile either today?
Hahahahahaha…we do have a ‘waste water treatment plant’ and you’re supposedly able to drink what comes out of it but I’ll give that a miss!Is your water "passed by the management"? A bit like my sister in London where they joke their water is "passed by Royalty" due to the recycling system.
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My experiences with Dunlop are a front tyre that burst on its first outing on my bicycle in 1963. I swore I would never buy Dunlop ever again then but l relented 12 years later and bought two Dunlop SP4 for my Renault 12 TS. After 48 hours of listening to them creaking I took them off and chucked them in askip away and chnaged to Goodyear who supplied me all my tyres for around 500,000 miles. Again I swore never again but was given a pair of Dunlop slippers around 35 years back. The soles detached in a week. Two years ago I bought a pair of bright yellow wellingtons and the right hand boot split across the top. These were repalced with black ones, which split exactly the same. Both Dunlop. I grabbed the first pair of wellies I could find ina local shop and yesterday went out in them. The right boot leaked. Uping end said boot to be greted by the Dunlop logo. This time it is the end for them with me I will not buy so much as a bicycle tube patch with their logo on it. They should sell thenselves to Reginald Perrins Grot chain they woudl fit in perfectly! NO MORE DUNLOP RUBBISH HERE. A budget make?? No I don't think so I look at Faken as a budget make and they are a band below in price but still a properly made product with indeed some areas of excellence. Dunlop are a company that sells TAT and for 60 years they have maintained a record of being a total rip off. I know that Goodyear have been infected by them we had some tyres on the Panda that were supposed to be Goodyear but infact were Dunlop. They did perform for a while but were at best mediocre in most respects. At the right price mediocre is OK. Dunlop exist solely on the iostoric value of their name now, similar to MG but about 1/4 as good in quality terms. I wish I could put my wellington booted foot right up DUnlops **** but as the boots leak they are safe for now! I refutethat this being a tirade (my tirades are far worse!) ora rant, its a statement of historic facts!
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Every good tradesman knows you need divine intervention sometimes!We have a borehole and the pipework is nowhere near thiswe have different layers of Yorkshire sandstone and deeper limestone strata. Wehn the borehole was drilled the drill rig staters hitting rock at less than a meter, broke at 38m, that’s wehn they reckoned it hit harder rock. They hit consistent water at 49 but it didn’t clear till 57 and then they have to drill a further depth to ensure clear so 58/59. The strata is kind of shelved and, lower down, it bends down over 70 degrees.
Interestingly, they not only electronically/electromagnetically surveyed, before drilling, but also water deveined!
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I probably slipped up with some of the leser brands I have used. asian manufactured tyres rarely seem to suit our conditions. Pains me to say it but German is best.I think many are "budget brands" these days apart from their price, especially if you look at the small print on the sidewall as to country of origin.
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The paint is just drying on the A47 junction imporvement at Ringland junction thats disrupted things for the last 3 to 4 months. By the time the paint markings are fully dry they will be just ready to rip it out and change the junction for the new dual carriageway going in right now. I am hoping some of the work done will be part of the new scheme but sometimes all you have is hope.
You would have liked the Russian tyres that we used to remove from brand new Moskvichs in the 1970s, they were eccentric, so a few miles bobbing up and down you would feel like throwing up, mind you when they are free to me I drove a Singer Gazelle with them on
.Another Russian tyre was the ones fitted to similar era brand new Lada 1200s, if you didn't learn cadence braking (before the advent of ABS) then cornering on a wet road could rapidly involve meeting a wall, which when doing a PDI (pre delivery inspection) on a brand new sales car could have been cause for dismissal!
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Thats quite fair. We feel sorry for you too.... snigger.
Had my flu a month back and covid is Tuesday then I can have a week moping about to celebrate.
The worst tyres I have ever had were Stomil. East European and chunky tread but absolutley totally free of any fraction resistance of any nature whatsoever. Probably strong carcass and good for rough surface rutted roads, but on tarmac... bloody waful. Fitted on our Aleegro which was affectionately known as Grot. Dear old grot used to drink and dispose of all the oil that came out of my BX which used to get mobil 1 every 3000 miles, Grot probably did 300 miles or less in the same time spa but disposed of every drop. I have no idea where it went. It appeared not to leak and left no drops, but neither did it smoke. It did get through 5 litres of oil every month though.You would have liked the Russian tyres that we used to remove from brand new Moskvichs in the 1970s, they were eccentric, so a few miles bobbing up and down you would feel like throwing up, mind you when they are free to me I drove a Singer Gazelle with them on
Another Russian tyre was the ones fitted to similar era brand new Lada 1200s, if you didn't learn cadence braking (before the advent of ABS) then cornering on a wet road could rapidly involve meeting a wall, which when doing a PDI (pre delivery inspection) on a brand new sales car could have been cause for dismissal!
So the Allegro got a regular oil change minus the filter.
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Yup every 12 months I would change the filter it was barely worth removing the sump plug though. Our Seat does much the same thing but I think I have found a leak that only occurs when its going. It was due home this week for rear brake pads but wisely my daughter decided to postpone. I hope to identify whats needed to stop the leak while its over the pit so it can be sorted if parts are available. Seat stopped supporting the mk1 Leon after 15years which is just about acceptable. The old girl is 21. No problem yet with spares but you domnt see many of these any more.So the Allegro got a regular oil change minus the filter.
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I think it was the 2mm thick Russian rusty steel they used as the 124 was a far better handling car BUT not built for Russian roads (cart tracks). The rubber on Russian military stuff was terrible, you’d get cracking and crazing on 6mth old tyres and hoses used to go like licorice…having said that, my Gaz 66 was a beastYou would have liked the Russian tyres that we used to remove from brand new Moskvichs in the 1970s, they were eccentric, so a few miles bobbing up and down you would feel like throwing up, mind you when they are free to me I drove a Singer Gazelle with them on
Another Russian tyre was the ones fitted to similar era brand new Lada 1200s, if you didn't learn cadence braking (before the advent of ABS) then cornering on a wet road could rapidly involve meeting a wall, which when doing a PDI (pre delivery inspection) on a brand new sales car could have been cause for dismissal!
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Its amusing what we used to do and get away with. Youngsters today really dont have as much fun at all.You would have liked the Russian tyres that we used to remove from brand new Moskvichs in the 1970s, they were eccentric, so a few miles bobbing up and down you would feel like throwing up, mind you when they are free to me I drove a Singer Gazelle with them on
Another Russian tyre was the ones fitted to similar era brand new Lada 1200s, if you didn't learn cadence braking (before the advent of ABS) then cornering on a wet road could rapidly involve meeting a wall, which when doing a PDI (pre delivery inspection) on a brand new sales car could have been cause for dismissal!
I know the exhausts also were a much heavier gauge steel, we used to get other traders buy them from us as even with minimal discount they were cheaper and stronger than what the local Motor Factors were supplying, you knew as soon as you picked one up.
Yeah…every winter I used to stick my spare rims M&S on my first two cars, a 127 and a 128 3p, they were from a 127 and really didn’t suit the 128 and were the wrong size, but hey, I didn’t get stuck
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Yes doing allthe things we frown on and tut about, slithering around the place and crashing into things a little bit too often. Suprisingly nothing too terrible resulted, possibly from the knowledge that you could get a way with a lot, but only so far before trouble would appear, usually from a dad somewhere. I remember spending an entire weekend trying to repair a mates dads mini at 2.00a.m.. He was trying to overtake my ancient Austin and I was weaving to stop him, but he came passed anyway just as I weaved and ended up in a ditch. We really didnt do a very good job and I still feeel guilty. My old bus was unmarked and I dont remember feeling much of a bump as I barged him off the road.
First bit of snow we all used to go charging about like idiots, I remember doing that in a Ford Anglia 105E van really pushing my luck, then we parked up and went for a gentle drive in mates Bond three wheeler with chain driven Villiers engine, shortly a guy in a Vauxhall Victor slide down the hill out of control and smashed into my mates pride and joy, we managed to drive it home , but every time he turned a corner the chain drive came off!
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Brings back memories of driving a morris minor pickup they had on our local farm. Loaded it migh even have been safe, but empty it was wonderful. Power slides with all of 40bhpYes doing allthe things we frown on and tut about, slithering around the place and crashing into things a little bit too often. Suprisingly nothing too terrible resulted, possibly from the knowledge that you could get a way with a lot, but only so far before trouble would appear, usually from a dad somewhere. I remember spending an entire weekend trying to repair a mates dads mini at 2.00a.m.. He was trying to overtake my ancient Austin and I was weaving to stop him, but he came passed anyway just as I weaved and ended up in a ditch. We really didnt do a very good job and I still feeel guilty. My old bus was unmarked and I dont remember feeling much of a bump as I barged him off the road.
I did a "power turn" in the Ford van on crossply tyres messing about , got back on the main road and it felt strange, a sharp stone had sliced 3/4s of the way around the tread right through!
I recall the mate in the Bond was also training as an apprentice mechanic at the time in a BMC Dealership and got the sack for "borrowing" some underseal to try and stop the rain getting in the same Bond on his way to work.
We used to go to Madleys car park (DIY before B&Q) and learn how to skid steer properly…always easier on a big car park
In the early 70s the edge of town Council car parks at night were full of "courting couples" and when not coupling time was found for driving exercises also.
time was found for driving exercises also.
