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Mine was a Wolsley 16/60[^] in blue.
Paid £20 from memory - from a guy who split up with his wife - I think it was his wife's car.
Did me well for a few miles, but cracked a cylinder & would have cost more than I had to fix it.
I tried leaving it in the local car park with the window open and the keys in the ignition - but I jsut got a note from the council telling me it would be towed & I would be fined, if I didn't move it.
Eventually I paid someone a case of beer to remove it 
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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I had a 1958 Standard Ensign that I bought for £41. It was a tank! Weighed over a ton and had non-servo, non-disc brakes. Stopping it was an adventure. With its 1296cc engine, starting it moving was fun too. No power steering, cross ply tyres. Bench seats. Column gear change.
Accelerator had a cable drive that left the throttle wide open if it broke, ask me how I know that.
I loved that car. Says a lot about me perhaps.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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1976 Mercury Capri II. Red.
*sigh*
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... also called "Water on my camera lens" effect ...
Unless the picture was taken by a unicorn.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Exactly what I was thinking! Is a good picture though!
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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water on the camera lens wouldn't cause that effect.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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OR call it steam or mist or whatever. Plus sun.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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or fog or low-hanging clouds. Plus sun.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Can you PLEASE stop trying to fool me into poetry and romanticism  He got a rain drop on his lens ( or he did not wipe it correctly after spitting on it to clean it) and voilà. 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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In the corner, where the rainbow ends obviously! 
It is not like you cannot get to it. A circle is after all just a line with a hole in it. 
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*Deploying pot of Gold in 3...2...1.... failure....it broke again* 
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What? And have to pay the taxes? We'll save you the misery.
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the other end obviously
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Bad news - the pot of gold is ascribing a probability density matrix around the whole rainbow. The best you can do is build walls around it and catch the the gold leaks out around the outside. Don't build infinitely high walls though - it'll cost more and these will stop the gold leaking out.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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In fact @[Christian Graus] he deserves a knighthood, given that Abbott has decided we can have them again in Oz.
Thanks for the Tim Tams and assorted chockies. You are a bloody legend mate!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Wait wait wait... Sending a few chocolate bars grants you the Legend level, with Knighthood on the top of it ?
And I thought I'd have to spend nights writing articles...
*RaGE is off to supermarket and post office*
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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I miss his daily rants and Why xxxx sucks today posts.
Sir CG, yeah it has kind of a ring to it!
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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Chris Maunder wrote: deserves a knighthood
Wouldn't he need to fly to London to collect it? Are you trying to kill him?
P.S. And I was expecting some Christian Graus facts.
modified 11-Aug-14 10:46am.
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No, we do them locally again, apparently. I flew to London last year, hoping to do it again sometime.
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Chris Maunder wrote: Tim Tams
I actually looked for those at a World Market type store a time or two. Never do they have them in the US. I have however, tried ![Good Stuff | [The good stuff]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/vegemite.gif) and I actually like it given in moderation.
Jeremy Falcon
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Tim Tams from having tried a pack in the UK are effectively two chocolate biscuits joined together (kinda like a Penguin for UKians) never tried vegemite looked and smelt too much like Marmite for my liking...
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glennPattonPUB wrote: looked and smelt too much like Marmite thermite for my liking
FTFY
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glennPattonPUB wrote: Tim Tams from having tried a pack in the UK are effectively two chocolate biscuits joined together
I've seen like pictures and whatnot, still would like to try one just to say I have. Reckon it's time to go Internet shopping.
Jeremy Falcon
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