you are such a bloody gadget boyi'm only pleased you're old and smart enough to be able to function when it all goes horribly wrong. i'm content in the knowledge that you'll have a yankee screwdriver and swiss army knife stashed somewhere for emergencies.
edit/ and a decent hammer of course
(edit/ and a decent hammer of course
god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback,
Sun 28 Dec 2008, 13:40,
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behind the wheel all I'm thinking is "DON'T EXPLODE, BRAKES, FUCKING WORK, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WORK, OK, THIS IS A HILL, LET'S GET UP THIS HILL, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T EXPLODE"yeah.. I have owned the finest of machinery in my time :)
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discomeats This canoe,
Sun 28 Dec 2008, 13:44,
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i'm one of lifes, the fewer moving parts and wires it's got the happier i am, typesLuddite i think is another name for it.
( god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback,
Sun 28 Dec 2008, 13:47,
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Hey let's not slag me off too much.I've owned a number of Triumph Vitesse's ( Mk1 and Mk 2 ) even had a Spitfire Mk 4 which I threw a 2.0ltr straight six from a Vitesse into ( had to buy a Le Mans hood for that ). I've had Vincent Hurricane. Any number of Mk1 Escorts, the finest being my Mexico and one cobbled together from lots of things based around a boxer engine which was made for stage 3 rallying. I've had a couple of Old Rovers, I had a Daimler Sovereign ( 1975 V12 ) and a V12 Jag XJS ( but they have more moving parts than a million clocks )
I also had a Laverda Jota.
I'm not always about the modern tech you know?
(I also had a Laverda Jota.
I'm not always about the modern tech you know?
Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice,
Sun 28 Dec 2008, 13:53,
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oops ignore my previous posti mean no offence at all sir, you just remind me ( without having met you or really knowing anything about you really) of one of my dearest chums, bloody gadgets, if it's chrome or black with buttons he's like a magpie. he doesn't have your artistic talents though or come to that a practical bone in his body.
*tries desperately to dig himself out of deepening chasm.
(*tries desperately to dig himself out of deepening chasm.
god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback,
Sun 28 Dec 2008, 14:00,
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haha, no worries.I am a gadget freak. I buy gadgets that barely ever leave the box. I have so much useless stuff it's crazy. Plus I can never throw anything away. Sitting here in my office I can see 6 video cards, 4 DVD players, a box full of processors and 3 motherboards without turning around. I replace the guts of my PCs at the rate of at least one new part a month and probably recycle my main one every 4-6 months. They keep bringing out new things and I get to thinking it looks better on paper so off I go to ebuyer.
I am about to change my phone from the trusty old HTC Universal which has served me well and that's going to be a momentous decision. It will not be an I phone of any description. I still am perplexed at the popularity of a phone that does some of the things that my phone was doing 3-4 years ago and then still falls short of many of my phones functions.
Don't worry. There are certain people on here that have dispensation and will never appear in my 'bad books'. You are one ;)
(I am about to change my phone from the trusty old HTC Universal which has served me well and that's going to be a momentous decision. It will not be an I phone of any description. I still am perplexed at the popularity of a phone that does some of the things that my phone was doing 3-4 years ago and then still falls short of many of my phones functions.
Don't worry. There are certain people on here that have dispensation and will never appear in my 'bad books'. You are one ;)
Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice,
Sun 28 Dec 2008, 14:14,
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phew!!i can well do without another internet nutter coming to get me, i know you have access to plant and burly fellows who'd happily add me to the mix in the footings of their next bijoux extension :)
( god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback,
Sun 28 Dec 2008, 14:38,
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haha.Being a gadget boy I've long ago discarded the yankee and SWK. I do of course have my trusty Leatherman on me at all times.
To be fair we ordered no frills on the car as it's little more than a shopping trolley and has replaced her 2 seater which was no longer practical. The Salesman mentioned it had 'bluetooth' but I took no notice, figuring that it was little more than a way to have your calls hand free as in most modern cars. This however is a lot more and I like it. I can plug any music device into it as it has a usb port in the glove box. It runs on windows so almost everything is supported including i-pod ( if I were daft enough to let someone inside with one of those things ) and video devices and every bit of it, phone, radio, cd, player, mp3 player, external video device etc. works from voice control or 6 buttons on the steering wheel.
(To be fair we ordered no frills on the car as it's little more than a shopping trolley and has replaced her 2 seater which was no longer practical. The Salesman mentioned it had 'bluetooth' but I took no notice, figuring that it was little more than a way to have your calls hand free as in most modern cars. This however is a lot more and I like it. I can plug any music device into it as it has a usb port in the glove box. It runs on windows so almost everything is supported including i-pod ( if I were daft enough to let someone inside with one of those things ) and video devices and every bit of it, phone, radio, cd, player, mp3 player, external video device etc. works from voice control or 6 buttons on the steering wheel.
Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice,
Sun 28 Dec 2008, 13:46,
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i'll wager the price of a cuppa that you'll have something plugged into every last one of thoseports, sockets and holes before the month is out, then you'll upgrade them all for even more complex/better ones,you're incorrigible :)
( god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback,
Sun 28 Dec 2008, 13:54,
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have a satnav battleinstall 4 different satnavs and try and follow the multiple different directions to the same place
( discomeats This canoe,
Sun 28 Dec 2008, 13:59,
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