Mundane News

[Andy in Germany]

Piston rings are a part of the known foibles of the Focus.

I've been following this discussion with great interest and still don't understand a word

 

[Andy in Germany]

I have an ingrowing toenail

Ewww... Ow.

 

[Reynard]

Grey and blustery here.

I had a chocolate croissant for breakfast.

My get-up-and-go is still AWOL.

I am watching coverage of the election results, but I'm going yellow stickering in a bit.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Only 5 miles between the two, he lives somewhere round there.

He says he doesn't drink,so he won't be in that club if that's what you're thinking.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Team Penske won the Indianapolis 500. Again.

 

[Reynard]

Team Penske won the Indianapolis 500. Again.

I was following the race online. Was hoping Takuma Sato would win - based purely on the fact that we used to share the odd chiunwag back in the days when he was racing in British F3. Lovely chap, ever so polite.

 

[classic33]

There's a mini bus going from my local pub to a club in Todmorden just over the county border in West Yorkshire. I was asked if I wanted to go. Have any of you ever been to Todmorden? It seems to be set in a valley surrounded by granite hills. A very grim looking place that makes Accy look quite attractive.

Used to be on The Border. Half in Yorkshire, half in Lancashire.

 

[Maverick Goose]

Used to be on the Border. Half in Yorkshire, half in Lancashire.

Love the use of a capital letter here!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Used to be on The Border. Half in Yorkshire, half in Lancashire.

A bit like Mödalreuth then?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Used to be on The Border. Half in Yorkshire, half in Lancashire.

Like 'Barlick'(Barnoldswick). They still can't accept they've been conquered and
that they're now Lancastrians They still show displays of Yorkshireness you know!!

 

[Gravity Aided]

A bit like Mödalreuth then?

Little Berlin!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Little Berlin!

That's the one.

 

[classic33]

Like 'Barlick'(Barnoldswick). They still can't accept that they're now Lancastrians They still show displays of Yorkshireness you know!!

April Fools Day 1974, a day that will never forgotten.

 

[Gravity Aided]

That's the one.

Big difference back then, Thuringia vs. Bavaria.

 

[classic33]

Big difference back then, Thuringia vs. Bavaria.

Nearly as big as Yorkshire and Lancashire!