Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.

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Re: Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.

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gremlin wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:51 pm
weeksy wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 2:54 pm
gremlin wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 2:49 pm

I suspect that they are no longer the sole preserve of car drivers, much as one doesn't need to be shelled by German artillery in order to wear a trench coat, nor fly in a B17 to wear a bomber jacket. ;)
You're the one who called it that. You could have just said "coat'
I was helping you build a rich, sumptuous visual image, in order that you could envisage me stepping out of a classic Alfa Spyder to the gasps of Italians sitting sipping their espresso, wearing my fabulous car coat and quietly acknowledging the appreciative glances of the ladies, whilst their menfolk look on in envy.....

Close your eyes, Weeksy....picture the scene.....picture it....
Is it like one of those 60s movies with Dean Martin ?
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gremlin wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:51 pm ...picture the scene.....picture it....
You could always add a picture ... :)

Edit: No, hang on, we've got the image in our minds ...

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Horse wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:54 pm
gremlin wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:51 pm ...picture the scene.....picture it....
You could always add a picture ... :)
And ruin the illusion? :lol:
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gremlin wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:55 pm
Horse wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:54 pm
gremlin wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:51 pm ...picture the scene.....picture it....
You could always add a picture ... :)
And ruin the illusion? :lol:
See edit :D
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What no checkered driving gloves :shock:
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weeksy wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:17 pm
cheb wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:08 pm Fixing my internet. I really should fix it properly with an external mask and associated paraphernalia.
confused.. any English version ?
For 'mask' read 'aerial' No, I don't know why I typed mask either.

Currently I'm using a spare phone as a hotspot. I should buy an external aerial, router and and boosters if needed.

I'd moved my PC when cleaning and dusting, and pushed it a bit far back so the USB wifi thingy was hidden from the hotspot phone.
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Curry is on its way. Playing Ride on my own bike, pickled, on my son's PS5 :obscene-drinkingcheers: Not bad for a Monday.

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cheb wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:08 pm Fixing my internet. I really should fix it properly with an external mask and associated paraphernalia.
Covid was ages ago, nobody does masks any more.
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This made me giggle. £3,744.95 postage :obscene-birdiedoublered:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333614662720 ... R-To5_OmYw
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Yorick wrote: Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:55 pm This made me giggle. £3,744.95 postage :obscene-birdiedoublered:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333614662720 ... R-To5_OmYw
"£24.99+ £6.95 postage" :think:
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Horse wrote: Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:02 pm
Yorick wrote: Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:55 pm This made me giggle. £3,744.95 postage :obscene-birdiedoublered:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333614662720 ... R-To5_OmYw
"£24.99+ £6.95 postage" :think:
That's what I'm seeing too.
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If you change your country to Spain you get the £3.7k shipping quote - even with a mainland post code.

Mind you, it is DK and they can be a bit odd.
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Anyone know a post code for Outer Mongolia?
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:16 pm Anyone know a post code for Outer Mongolia?
Try:

Unit 1-3A, Level 19, Ulaanbaatar, Töv 14241, Mongolia
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Can you get the angle grinder in there? :D
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I landed my first ever 540 today. :banana-dance: :banana-dance: :banana-dance:


I did not land the next 3 attempts :lol:
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The auto-electrician I was recommended (after having no luck with previous ones) not only managed to fix the loss of power to the OBD port on my VW T4 but also fixed the interior lights that stopped working a while back.

Small wins.
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mangocrazy wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:07 pm The auto-electrician I was recommended (after having no luck with previous ones) not only managed to fix the loss of power to the OBD port on my VW T4 but also fixed the interior lights that stopped working a while back.

Small wins.
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