What have you done today thread?

[Rockburner]

Guessing that'd be Goodwood?

I'm assuming they were GR Yarises...nearly 300bhp and AWD in something that small will certainly shift!

Yep - there was a pair of them rolling around.

[Count Steer]

Guessing that'd be Goodwood?

I'm assuming they were GR Yarises...nearly 300bhp and AWD in something that small will certainly shift!

Yep - there was a pair of them rolling around.

They weren't embarrassing themselves that's for sure. Pretty sharp off the line out of the pits and not appearing to hold anything up if the driver was competent. I wuz impressed.

*checks piggy bank*

Edit: it seems having a well stuffed piggy bank won't get one. There's a waiting list.

https://media.toyota.co.uk/toyota-annou ... -gr-yaris/

[Count Steer]

Oh, the Alpines were the A110s. I liked them too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_A110_(2017)

[Mr. Dazzle]

Oh, the Alpines were the A110s. I liked them too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_A110_(2017)

Gordon Murray - him off of the McLaren F1, various racing successes and latterly the GMD T50 - has one of them as his daily driver and really rates it.

[Noggin]

Had a v nice day which has involved...

- touching a Spitfire and seeing others being maintained but none flying
- watching a variety of stuff wazzing round a track from quite close up. This included Rolls Royces*, Ferraris, M3s, Lotuses, (Loti? ), Alpines, an Arial Atom that blew up in a very dramatic and smoky fashion and....a couple of rather nippy Toyota Yarises! Quite taken with the Alpines.
- seeing a Moofo and a Rockburner in what seems like their natural habitat.

* rather like breeze blocks fired from a big catapult and mainly tyre noise and air being rudely displaced. Funny seeing people in full face helmets in them too.

I think the last time I went to a touring car race (eons ago!!) there was a class of something like Atoms - one of those came off the track towards us on a bed of flames. Annoyingly just after both of us had put our cameras away because our fingers were frozen Could've been the best track shots ever

[gremlin]

Voted in the London Mayoral elections, whereby a considerable number of self-serving, all-knowing, conceited, individuals vie to see who can preside over a superfluous layer of devolved government which seems to serve very little purpose and costs a shit-ton of money to maintain.

So I voted for Count Binface.

https://www.countbinface.com/

[Sadlonelygit]

Have just spent the last 40 minutes or so re-seating every bayonet bulb in the Moho after we drove down, what can only be described as, a tank testing area. I believe the ities call it a link road!
Honestly, I have driven better bush roads in Oz than this, it fair rattled the van, regardless of how slow I drove.
Bit of lunch, then south to Naples area!

[gremlin]

Have just spent the last 40 minutes or so re-seating every bayonet bulb in the Moho after we drove down, what can only be described as, a tank testing area. I believe the ities call it a link road!
Honestly, I have driven better bush roads in Oz than this, it fair rattled the van, regardless of how slow I drove.
Bit of lunch, then south to Naples area!

Anywhere near Naples will do good pizza, but do try to find somewhere that does pizza fritta. Folded pizza dough, like a pastie, deep-fried. Sounds like it would be leaden and heavy with oil, but it isn't. All come out of necessity due to Naples being destroyed during the war, along with the pizza ovens.

[Yambo]

I've been under the boat. It's a small boat in the sea but when it's out, on blocks and you're underneath with a scraper/sander/ brush, whatever, it's feckin' enormous.

Three years ago I took all the old bottom paint of - all of it - back to the gelcoat, using mostly a scraper and some sanding. I then repainted with undercoat and 3 coats of anti-fouling paint.

it seems I did a pretty good job. There's no way this will clean up with a scraper and I think I'm going to have to use 60 grit sandpaper. Deep joy!

[Sadlonelygit]

Have just spent the last 40 minutes or so re-seating every bayonet bulb in the Moho after we drove down, what can only be described as, a tank testing area. I believe the ities call it a link road!
Honestly, I have driven better bush roads in Oz than this, it fair rattled the van, regardless of how slow I drove.
Bit of lunch, then south to Naples area!

Anywhere near Naples will do good pizza, but do try to find somewhere that does pizza fritta. Folded pizza dough, like a pastie, deep-fried. Sounds like it would be leaden and heavy with oil, but it isn't. All come out of necessity due to Naples being destroyed during the war, along with the pizza ovens.

Fried calzone?

[Cousin Jack]

I've been under the boat. It's a small boat in the sea but when it's out, on blocks and you're underneath with a scraper/sander/ brush, whatever, it's feckin' enormous.

Three years ago I took all the old bottom paint of - all of it - back to the gelcoat, using mostly a scraper and some sanding. I then repainted with undercoat and 3 coats of anti-fouling paint.

it seems I did a pretty good job. There's no way this will clean up with a scraper and I think I'm going to have to use 60 grit sandpaper. Deep joy!

Be careful. Most anti-fouling is toxic stuff. I would not be sanding without a damn good mask.

[Yambo]

Be careful. Most anti-fouling is toxic stuff. I would not be sanding without a damn good mask.

Yeah, thanks.

I have a 3M mask and with my sander I use Mirka Abranet sanding discs and it's connected up to a large Nilfisk vacuum cleaner (my 'shop vac'!). There's very little dust as the vac is pretty powerful (1350 Watt - isn't there a UK maximum nowadays of 900 W or something?) and the Abranet sanding discs are basically a mesh. It's pretty much a dustless process but I still take precautions.

[MrLongbeard]

isn't there a UK maximum nowadays of 900 W or something?

The EU have capped it at 900 watts https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content ... 32013R0666

[Mr. Dazzle]

That's gotta be just for domestic vacuum cleaners (they're not all Hoovers before someone says it ) though right? We have dust vacs at work way more powerful than 900W. Indeed, seems like you can get loads on Screwfix with more than that.

[MrLongbeard]

That's gotta be just for domestic vacuum cleaners (they're not all Hoovers before someone says it ) though right? We have dust vacs at work way more powerful than 900W. Indeed, seems like you can get loads on Screwfix with more than that.

Wet, wet and dry, robot, industrial, central and battery operated vacuum cleaners and floor polishers and outdoor vacuums have particular characteristics and should therefore be exempted from the scope of this Regulation.

So any sucky thing (an appliance that removes soil from a surface to be cleaned by means of an airflow created by underpressure developed within the unit) except for those exemptions.

[MingtheMerciless]

Ridden back from Bude to Eastbourne, was very moist until Exeter, 6C!!! Back home 14C and sea fret. C’mon May, pull your socks up! I need some new wet weather gloves as well as my 10+ year old Texsports have given up completely.

[cheb]

Started the day with eggs benedict cooked by a friend of mine. Pootled off to Kircudbright to wander round the art gallery and have lunch and return.

Dinner should be good, I don't know what she's got planned but she's and ace cook.

[Noggin]

Went to pick up a cheap (relatively I guess, but pretty cheap!) mattress only to find that despite the advice by the courier, it isn't where they said. Was just driving back late afternoon when I get a text with the next pick up point. That's tomorrow or Saturday's job!

Took my overlocker to the sewing shop in Moutiers cos it really desperately needs a service (as in doesn't bloody work at the moment ) - sadly that won't be done till end May/early June (she has to wait to have 10 machines needing a service before she calls the guy in) but it was a great visit cos the last time I saw her I couldn't speak french enough for a conversation

Then to get a sausage and black pudding order from a local company en route to home so I could put them straight in the freezer

Meet some friends for coffee and chat (the one that had the stroke the other week) and then a cup of tea with some other friends that are leaving resort tomorrow. Came back to cat sit house with more scavenged stuff So much sorting to do at home when I get back of all the foodstuffs I've scavenged to make space to live there!

Got home and have put a toad in the hole in to cook. Can't find any gravy granules or powder, so I'm not sure what the 'jus' is that I'll have with that! But there'll be lashings of butter on the veg to make up for the lack of gravy


Can't wait to get home on Sunday - the bed here is soooooooooo uncomfortable!


Oh - and it's snowing in resort - expected 25cm tonight, bloody hope it's gone by Sunday as I have to ride the bike home then!

This was taken after stopping for about one minute to take the pic!!

[v8-powered]

New pool lamp finally arrived to finish the winter works, now time to add 75,000 litres of water!

[gremlin]

My employer is on a drive to get more bums on seats in the office. To this end, they are offering a free breakfast to staff on Friday.

Well I'm usually in so I thought I'd take advantage.

Now I hate to appear churlish or ungrateful, but...

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(Pen and sachet to illustrate size of stodgy muffin and > half a sausage)