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Was following a Jaaaaaaaaag XJ6 yesterday. My Brian was telling me there was something 'wrong' with it.
Penny finally dropped, it was a 2 door convertible.
OK, not the worlds prettiest car, but I would imagine fairly rare, and made I smile.

..... wrote: Sun Sep 07, 2025 12:53 pm Was following a Jaaaaaaaaag XJ6 yesterday. My Brian was telling me there was something 'wrong' with it.
Penny finally dropped, it was a 2 door convertible.
OK, not the worlds prettiest car, but I would imagine fairly rare, and made I smile.

I saw a Citroën DS Cabriolet yesterday, it was mint.

It's rare enough to see an old DS, but I'd never seen a rag top one before.

KungFooBob wrote: Sun Sep 07, 2025 1:01 pm

..... wrote: Sun Sep 07, 2025 12:53 pm Was following a Jaaaaaaaaag XJ6 yesterday. My Brian was telling me there was something 'wrong' with it.
Penny finally dropped, it was a 2 door convertible.
OK, not the worlds prettiest car, but I would imagine fairly rare, and made I smile.

I saw a Citroën DS Cabriolet yesterday, it was mint.

It's rare enough to see an old DS, but I'd never seen a rag top one before.

Love 'em! If my numbers rolled in,one would be in my car collection for sure!

Old fella cruising through down town Zadar with the top down, it was a kind of beige/champagne colour. Lovely looking thing.

KungFooBob wrote: Sun Sep 07, 2025 1:46 pm Old fella cruising through down town Zadar with the top down, it was a kind of beige/champagne colour. Lovely looking thing.

They are lovely looking and v stylish. (David Byrne has a DS ). It's really what I wanted when I bought a later variant, a CX but I needed a daily driver and covered a lot of miles pa.

One thing you need with either is a local garage that knows what they're doing with them (and I exclude most Citroën dealers from that. Their current mechanics will probably scratch their heads and do the *sucks teeth* thing when confronted with one). Nice to cruise around the boulevard but they're pretty gutless...there's an awful lot of empty space under that bonnet - and lots of hydraulics. Even the SM, with the 'Maserati' engine was a bit of a performance-wise.

I think I’ve finally stopped my Velux loft window from leaking after 15 yrs of intermittent leaking.

Torrential rain this week and not a single drip.

KungFooBob wrote: Sun Sep 07, 2025 1:01 pm

..... wrote: Sun Sep 07, 2025 12:53 pm Was following a Jaaaaaaaaag XJ6 yesterday. My Brian was telling me there was something 'wrong' with it.
Penny finally dropped, it was a 2 door convertible.
OK, not the worlds prettiest car, but I would imagine fairly rare, and made I smile.

I saw a Citroën DS Cabriolet yesterday, it was mint.

It's rare enough to see an old DS, but I'd never seen a rag top one before.

Decapotable dear.......

KungFooBob wrote: Sun Sep 07, 2025 1:01 pm

..... wrote: Sun Sep 07, 2025 12:53 pm Was following a Jaaaaaaaaag XJ6 yesterday. My Brian was telling me there was something 'wrong' with it.
Penny finally dropped, it was a 2 door convertible.
OK, not the worlds prettiest car, but I would imagine fairly rare, and made I smile.

I saw a Citroën DS Cabriolet yesterday, it was mint.

It's rare enough to see an old DS, but I'd never seen a rag top one before.

There's one parked on the main street here. It's missing a wing and has at least 1 flat tyre !

Jody wrote: Mon Sep 08, 2025 8:06 am

KungFooBob wrote: Sun Sep 07, 2025 1:01 pm

..... wrote: Sun Sep 07, 2025 12:53 pm Was following a Jaaaaaaaaag XJ6 yesterday. My Brian was telling me there was something 'wrong' with it.
Penny finally dropped, it was a 2 door convertible.
OK, not the worlds prettiest car, but I would imagine fairly rare, and made I smile.

I saw a Citroën DS Cabriolet yesterday, it was mint.

It's rare enough to see an old DS, but I'd never seen a rag top one before.

There's one parked on the main street here. It's missing a wing and has at least 1 flat tyre !

If it was only one flat tyre it'd still be driveable.

Cheeky birthday pressie from the Gremlinette.

She knows me so well.

IT guys are here installing my new super pc. I really hope it’s been spec’ed properly and my super graphics card fits!!

Jody wrote: Mon Sep 08, 2025 8:06 am

KungFooBob wrote: Sun Sep 07, 2025 1:01 pm

..... wrote: Sun Sep 07, 2025 12:53 pm Was following a Jaaaaaaaaag XJ6 yesterday. My Brian was telling me there was something 'wrong' with it.
Penny finally dropped, it was a 2 door convertible.
OK, not the worlds prettiest car, but I would imagine fairly rare, and made I smile.

I saw a Citroën DS Cabriolet yesterday, it was mint.

It's rare enough to see an old DS, but I'd never seen a rag top one before.

There's one parked on the main street here. It's missing a wing and has at least 1 flat tyre !

They've replaced the wing. It still ha s a flat tyre though!

Taipan wrote: Wed Sep 10, 2025 10:39 am IT guys are here installing my new super pc. I really hope it’s been spec’ed properly and my super graphics card fits!!

Epic fail. New PC was under specc'ed and had a PSU that couldn't run the graphics card, and even if it could the loom wouldn't fit. Best bit is my old one died, so they've shut me down. I've been sent home as I cant do anything there but although I have a surface at home I cant remote in as my pc is broke.

Taipan wrote: Wed Sep 10, 2025 3:18 pm

Taipan wrote: Wed Sep 10, 2025 10:39 am IT guys are here installing my new super pc. I really hope it’s been spec’ed properly and my super graphics card fits!!

Epic fail. New PC was under specc'ed and had a PSU that couldn't run the graphics card, and even if it could the loom wouldn't fit. Best bit is my old one died, so they've shut me down. I've been sent home as I cant do anything there but although I have a surface at home I cant remote in as my pc is broke.

Shandy time

Upgrading. Here at my hotel all the rooms are basic with tiny balcony.
So they offered me upgrade to rooftop suite. Huge balcony, great views and big kitchen diner. Beer fridge
Only 25€ night extra.
.
Super chuffed as spend ages just watching the world go by.

Someone posted on a local FB page at the weekend that they had sloes and mirabelles in their garden and did anyone want to get some.

I've been wanting to make sloe gin here forever and now I finally have a kitchen big enough to actually cook n stuff, I can make jam too

So off I went yesterday morning after the first school run. Sadly it rained the whole time we were picking fruit, but she did offer me a cup of tea when we quit - three mugs of tea later (and three hours ! ) I left to go back to work having collected enough sloes to make a lot of sloe gin, mirrabelles to make a load of jam, and made a new friend !! So rare I get to sit n chat with someone for long (in english!) and we laughed a lot

I have offered to make curtains for their place - mostly cos she wants to learn to sew - and she's helped me with the idea of learning to teach english as a foreign language (mostly cos driving isn't a job I can do full time for many years I suspect )

Very isignificant but what a fab morning

This does make me happy but kinda weirds me out a bit !! Never lived anywhere that had lizards running around (I guess that's what these are ?? ) - I see LOADS here. Not just at mine, but it's proper weird sitting on the sofa and seeing lizards peering in



(Apologies for the music, I have Dr Who on in the background !! You're lucky it's not Sewing Bee or Bake Off )

Noggin wrote: Fri Sep 12, 2025 1:49 pm This does make me happy but kinda weirds me out a bit !! Never lived anywhere that had lizards running around (I guess that's what these are ?? ) - I see LOADS here. Not just at mine, but it's proper weird sitting on the sofa and seeing lizards peering in



(Apologies for the music, I have Dr Who on in the background !! You're lucky it's not Sewing Bee or Bake Off )

Ooh nice! Lizards are like little runny-up-wall dinosaurs. Probably a wall lizard.

I remember sitting in a bar* and having a gecko on the ceiling right over my head. When you got your eye in the bar had loads of them.

(Humble brag...it was in Raffles in Singapore in the 80s ).

Count Steer wrote: Fri Sep 12, 2025 2:04 pm

Noggin wrote: Fri Sep 12, 2025 1:49 pm This does make me happy but kinda weirds me out a bit !! Never lived anywhere that had lizards running around (I guess that's what these are ?? ) - I see LOADS here. Not just at mine, but it's proper weird sitting on the sofa and seeing lizards peering in



(Apologies for the music, I have Dr Who on in the background !! You're lucky it's not Sewing Bee or Bake Off )

Ooh nice! Lizards are like little runny-up-wall dinosaurs. Probably a wall lizard.

I remember sitting in a bar* and having a gecko on the ceiling right over my head. When you got your eye in the bar had loads of them.

(Humble brag...it was in Raffles in Singapore in the 80s ).

Not seen any going up the walls yet, only on the floor outside (but they've probably heard the FUF has moved in and are scared to go up the walls incase it's catching )

Funny how you acclimatise

Here at the track, everyone's suffering coz of the 34c heat.

I think it's lovely