The Shed

fandango wrote: Heavyfreight wrote: Can we not put an age filter on viewing and posting to keep the children out? I believe Dean installed one of those before...the problem was, the kids were somehow able to 'reverse' the filter, which just ended up keeping the oldies out...

Hmmm - I noticed that a couple of pages ago.

Heavyfreight wrote:   Can we not put an age filter on viewing and posting to keep the children out?

Heavyfreight wrote: chopper wrote: And just in case anyone missed it, the next Prog Curry night is this Friday. Probably best to PM me for details as the arrangements are in a state of flux at the moment. It'll be something else in a state of flux on Saturday

Ah yes - eleventeen pints of real ale & a curry; certain to cause a commotion in the nethers & consternation in the khazi (not to mention a certain degree of discombobulation 'neath the duvet)

NaturalScience wrote: Jim Garten wrote: An idea for a new name?   The Shed Room edit:  silly redundancy, really, maybe just "The Shed".

I still remember my father's car when I was young, it was one of these:



Except it was darker blue than this one.

prog-chick wrote: I'd liek to make it clear that I am NOT scared of thunder.................... but it's been thundering for about an hour now, it's as dark as night and the rain is coming down like stair rods!   and I'm on my own............. what do I do if the water starts getting higher?   Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek! that was a big one, felt the house shake that time!

It absolutely peed down here this morning, fortunately it stopped just before I had to leave for work. The entrance to Hornchurch station, which floods if someone sheds a tear in the forecourt, was under water, as was the road going past. I had to take a detour to get in the station, it was either that or take the shoes and socks off and paddle in. All the t**ts with their 4x4s were driving past at 30mph just to show off, causing tidal waves that soaked a few pedestrians. Apologies to anyone here with a 4x4 but you don't really need them in Hornchurch.

Jim Garten wrote: You're kidding - if I'd worn socks with sandals last weekend at Cropredy, I'd have spent a majority of my time there on my arse in the mud! I never, ever wear socks with sandals! much...

Well, if you did, you'd be in good company...

Blacksword wrote: Man Erg wrote: Jim Garten wrote: OK, OK, OK.... Does anyone remember exactly how the interior of a 1950s/1960s car smelled on a hot day? Oh Yes! The smell of plastic coated 'walnut' dashboard and hot moulded plastic fittings added to the faint odour of Shell 4 Star and melting Rolos that had fallen down the back of the rear seat.That's one Proustian rush that I don't mind never experiencing again. You guys create a very pleasant image of how old cars used to smell. I seem to remember my dads Triupmh(Dolomite?) and his 1973 Austin Allegro smelling vaguely of stale cup-o-soup, and cigarettes. The Allegro rotted fronm the inside out, if I remember rightly. That was a bloody awful car!

In my case, it was initially an old Ford upright Poplar, followed by a 1963 Ford Anglia (LUR 374C as I remember ); both notoriously unreliable, rusty & (similarly to Andy's memories) smelling vaguely of cigarettes... and I loved them both

Dean wrote: Don't worry Rach, it's just the people upstairs moving furniture.

Edited by fandango - August 12 2008 at 10:43

Man Erg wrote: Because I suffered from travel/motion sickness as a child,he (my Grandfather) fitted friction strips to the back wheelarch. It cured the travel sickness instantly.