luckyseven
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Owning sneering dismissive pedantry since 1970
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Club RR Member Number: 45
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This was the NAUGHTY CORNERluckyseven
@luckyseven
Club Retro Rides Member 45
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May 21, 2018 11:06:33 GMT
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I got one of the stand early on with georgeb parked up. Obviously there wasn't room to fit between the Beetle and MX-5 with such a big vehicle so it had to go on the end next to the Acty  BNMAC with GeorgeB by Nick Liassides, on Flickr .....if the relevant members of the BNMAC had arrived promptly instead of halfway through the day they might have seen it but with such a long trip back to the Pacific Rim, I guess yer man had to leave pretty early  |
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May 21, 2018 11:07:36 GMT
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No, please, no awards.
It's rumoured that my last one off RR is now adorning the mantelpiece of a corrupt Philippine customs officer.
If he has a fireplace to have a mantelpiece over, that is.
Give it to @johnnybravo for the stunning idea of dribbling engine oil under your motor! 😊
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May 21, 2018 11:10:32 GMT
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I got one of the stand early on with georgeb parked up. Obviously there wasn't room to fit between the Beetle and MX-5 with such a big vehicle so it had to go on the end next to the Acty BNMAC with GeorgeB by Nick Liassides, on Flickr .....if the relevant members of the BNMAC had arrived promptly instead of halfway through the day they might have seen it but with such a long trip back to the Pacific Rim, I guess yer man had to leave pretty early Another pic for the desktop! Wonderful. Well, my local opens at six and as I hate to disappoint... |
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This was the NAUGHTY CORNERjohnthesparky
@johnthesparky
Club Retro Rides Member 6
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May 21, 2018 11:30:35 GMT
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You didn't hang about and meet me either - too busy swanning about with your instant new found friends in the tea bar whilst dreaming up more long words (well more than 5 letters then) to include in your next posting The worrying thing is, now he’s spent all weekend befriending old car owners (by the sound of it, most of which don’t even frequent this parish) the BNMAC will have to be disbanded due to a surfeit of friends!!! |
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May 21, 2018 11:58:01 GMT
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You didn't hang about and meet me either - too busy swanning about with your instant new found friends in the tea bar whilst dreaming up more long words (well more than 5 letters then) to include in your next posting The worrying thing is, now he’s spent all weekend befriending old car owners (by the sound of it, most of which don’t even frequent this parish) the BNMAC will have to be disbanded due to a surfeit of friends!!! You must understand that I use the word 'friends' with a high degree of cynicism. I merely use these people, exploit them for their resources, create the outward impression of friendship whilst internally I am seething with contempt. I have no friends. The club is founded upon a solid bedrock of isolation and buttressed against the winds of friendship by indifference, hostility and malicious intent. |
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May 21, 2018 12:10:36 GMT
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If it sounds perfect, you've already signed up.  |
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mk2cossie
Club Retro Rides Member
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This was the NAUGHTY CORNERmk2cossie
@mk2cossie
Club Retro Rides Member 77
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May 21, 2018 12:24:16 GMT
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Now I must shatter the illusion, as when I got to the BNMAC stand on Sunday afternoon there was a group behind the cars conversing with each other and no wierdy beardy voices were heard! All looked very civil as well, and laughter Although Frankenhealey did a good job of keeping up the pretense with his toy from the boot of the Healey (which I am sworn to secrecy not to reveal what hand held appendage he held!) |
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May 21, 2018 12:48:00 GMT
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Fake laughter. Fake civility. They all hate each other.
And I believe I now have the hand held appendage of Frankenhealey. He left it on the hood of my car. As I approached I thought I'd won an award for something. It was better than that though, as I now have something to keep my family on their toes.
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May 21, 2018 12:57:12 GMT
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Hey now, come on now come on. I wasn't swanning around with my new found friends. I was actually running around trying to meet up with various people and get people I'd invited to the weekend into the campsite and into the show because they hadn't received any/all tickets. But this is my point ... how would I know who you are Grumpy? Without a large polystyrene sculpture of a Jowett fixed discretely onto your head how could I possibly know? Where would I hang about to meet you? IT'S UNPOSSIBLE! WE NEED A SYSTEM. How big a sign do you need - there are only 4.5 metres high and there's 2 of them !  They may just well be a job going on the next 'Spec Savers' telly ad campaign for you - I reckon you have it in the bag already - myself & Sir Frakenhealey can write the references up for you and I am sure that Lord Fresh & Minty can put a good a word in for you too. |
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Last Edit: May 21, 2018 13:47:03 GMT by Deleted
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May 21, 2018 13:04:53 GMT
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Right now I have to politely but firmly push back on that Grumpy. I did obviously see the Jowetts, and my friends and I spent a great deal of time inspecting them. My friend would happily confirm for you that I bristled with mis-placed pride as I explained to him the entirely inaccurate fact that I'm Very Good Friends with the bloke who restores them and that these are quite likely to be his handiwork. We stood admiring them for a good twenty minutes... ON OUR OWN... NO GRUMPIES ANYWHERE IN THE VICINITY. So unless you were actually one of those cars sir, your sarcarstic Specsavers retort has just backfired RIGHT IN YOUR OWN GRUMPY FACE. |
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
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This was the NAUGHTY CORNERFrankenhealey
@frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member 15
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May 21, 2018 13:06:47 GMT
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Now I must shatter the illusion, as when I got to the BNMAC stand on Sunday afternoon there was a group behind the cars conversing with each other and no wierdy beardy voices were heard! All looked very civil as well, and laughter Although Frankenhealey did a good job of keeping up the pretense with his toy from the boot of the Healey (which I am sworn to secrecy not to reveal what hand held appendage he held!) I am currently away as I can't have two days holiday without some sort of business related penance so I will name drop my observations on the stand 'organisation' probably Tuesday night however a couple of points urgent enough that I'm tapping this out on a smartfone on an escalator to doom. 1. Club name should be : No Mates (Billy) Automobile Club for many arcane reasons but trust me there is some sense to it. 2. The 'toy left on the bonnet of the disreputable Scimitat was a professional 'Made in Malate, Philippines' loudhailer with optional novelty noises. It was for our Dear Leader to wander the show and advise all the other clubs how sh1t they were and NOT BE ABLE TO DROWN HIM OUT! I know he has found a use for it to annoy his wife but payback is on the way when the four very large batteries that power it need replacing. We shall hear whingeing about it for weeks. So goodbye dear Blighty for a short while to explain Brexit to bunch of foreign feckwits again! |
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Tales of the Volcano Lair hereFrankenBug - Vulcan Power hereThe Frankenhealey here |
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May 21, 2018 13:12:31 GMT
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Disreputable Scimitat? DISREPUTABLE SCIMITAT? HOW RUDDY DARE.  |
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May 21, 2018 13:12:45 GMT
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your sarcarstic Specsavers retort has just backfired RIGHT IN YOUR OWN GRUMPY FACE. I was going to make a totally un-politically correct reply here. But I can't. In the Philippines, I'd be able to say that the ladies in my house can get a teensy bit tetchy once a month, but not on a UK site, oh no. So I won't. Summat you want to tell us @quatermass? |
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May 21, 2018 13:20:07 GMT
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Now you're all ganging up on me.
*Leaves Retrorides*
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May 21, 2018 13:21:36 GMT
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*Returns after thinking of a good response*
Well you should know George, after all, you... err.... it was you who... it... you're the one...who... you're
*Gives up. Leaves again*
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luckyseven
Posted a lot
Owning sneering dismissive pedantry since 1970
Posts: 3,839
Club RR Member Number: 45
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This was the NAUGHTY CORNERluckyseven
@luckyseven
Club Retro Rides Member 45
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May 21, 2018 13:22:18 GMT
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As flounces go, that was fairly weak  No. No. Don't. leave |
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May 21, 2018 13:48:25 GMT
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Please pardon my elbowing in on a conversation I'm thoroughly enjoying as a spectator, but this was too appropriate not to interject:  |
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May 21, 2018 13:58:49 GMT
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Right now I have to politely but firmly push back on that Grumpy. I did obviously see the Jowetts, and my friends and I spent a great deal of time inspecting them. My friend would happily confirm for you that I bristled with mis-placed pride as I explained to him the entirely inaccurate fact that I'm Very Good Friends with the bloke who restores them and that these are quite likely to be his handiwork. We stood admiring them for a good twenty minutes... ON OUR OWN... NO GRUMPIES ANYWHERE IN THE VICINITY. So unless you were actually one of those cars sir, your sarcarstic Specsavers retort has just backfired RIGHT IN YOUR OWN GRUMPY FACE. Well we waited for you for hours to show up and you didn't so we went for a walk to find you but you had completely abandoned your stand duties - so we then went to find food - said available eateries did not do anything gluten free for SWMBO (I can't call her Mrs Grumpy because she never is grumpy) - so we headed up the road to the Kennels (GRRC members club) and enjoyed a really nice civilised late lunch - came back to find that you all had gone home - and we had the circuit to ourselves |
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May 21, 2018 14:53:28 GMT
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I must admit the following mitigating circumstances for my general absence on Sunday :
1. At the appropriate time when feedback is requested I will be suggesting a better approach to camping. On both nights I, along with everyone else in the vicinity, was kept awake by a mass of about 15 youthful idiots who played loud music, shouted, crashed about and generally made life really miserable for everyone around thrm. By Sunday morning I was too tired and ratty to be bothered to leap out of my tent at the crack of dawn and sprint to the track to greet my fellow club members. By the time my buddy and i arrived there was nobody at the BNMAC stand, just the vehicles.
2. During the day various things kept me from returning to the stand, and then my friend took a call to say his dad had been rushed to hospital and he had to leave suddenly. I returned to the BNMAC stand with him to collect his van and there was nobody there again, so I went back to the main area to hand something of mine over to somebody who needed it. Tea and chat ensued, and then everyone started leaving in droves so I decided it was time to head home and get some sleep.
I thought the weekend was brilliant, but personally for me it was almost ruined by some utterly moronic juveniles who seemed to have no sense or care that they were behaving appallingly and loudly/aggressively until 4 or 5 am despite the 11am curfew. Although absolutely paralytic they did retain enough sense to switch the music off at 11pm whilst security made their final pass, and then resumed again at 11:30 until they passed out... Around dawn on both mornings. I did make a couple of attempts to approach them in the early hours, most notably at 4am on Sunday morning, but they were clearly in a drugs and drink crazed state and it was apparent to me that there was no chance of a successful outcome. They would not be reasonable, and they would have found it both funny and justified to retaliate in some "hilarious" way after being asked to switch off the music, especially as I was camped right next to them and my car was right there. So I had to suck it up and suffer in silence. But it made me tired and cranky both days.
So really, if I'm going to blame my absence on anything on Sunday, it will be that... Shortly followed by the fact I'm incredibly popular and made friends everywhere I went. A bit like a messiah figure.
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