MG
The Classic Marque

Thanks Guys- I have a man at Deptford market who could save them from pulping into the local incinerator. thanks so much for the advice- not only do they weigh a lot- they also take up A LOT of space- which I don't really have- what I do have is a hoarding problem and I am grateful for the assistance in treating the affliction- cheers all

I would add 'heavy duty' to the list of over used words as in most cases these days it seems to mean quite the opposite. I actually have an old British forged steel G clamp which says 'Light service' on the frame and makes a lot of modern 'heavy duty' clamps look flimsy.

Earlier this year I bought a cheap GPS speedometer that I mounted on the transmission tunnel where it shows on my on-board videos as the car's speedo is hidden. It usually agrees with the digital speed signs on entering most of the local villages round here and the speed trap on the track.

When my Sprite is on 155/80 tyres, the GPS and the car's speedo match. It is a few percent optimisti...

My two, no, two of my pet hates are AWESOME and ICONIC.

The only time I have encountered that I consider awesome was when I stood on the edge of the Grand Canyon and struggled to take in the enormity of it and my own insignificance in the scheme of things.

An Icon is a focus for religious devotion. Iconic has been devalued to the point where it has become meaningless.

Oh, and ...

However,

This is quite amazing.

"The man who left his home in Hull in 1998 and has spent the last 28 years walking 30,000 miles round the world!"

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16121061/Karl-Bushby-walking-home-round-world-trip-adventure.html

Jeremy

I knew it was one of those acronyms, I just couldn’t remember which one 🙄

I can barely remember lying on my back at age 70!
Seems like a long time ago. Or maybe "Yesterday" as my 4 year old grandson uses for any event in the past. "we went on holiday yesterday" he will say - a bit confusing to the adult brain which knows he was at playschool. But maybe a more useful concept of time. Yesterday and Tomorrow. That will do for me.

Even when new, on standard tyres/diff/gearbox etc, were Spridget speedo's accurate to within 2%?

The 2025 NPCC advice is 10% + 2pmh

https://library.college.police.uk/docs/NPCC/Speed-enforcement-disposal-guidance-2025.pdf

para 5.6 has a table showing the criteria for different sanctions, so Malc was indeed unlucky.

Remember 'All our Yesterdays' ?


It used to begin with the line --

"Twenty five years ago today --"

Well I'm sure we all remember what happened 25 years ago yesterday.

But is everybody so well aware of its significance, and the ongoing march of Islamism and terrorism, before and since the 11th September 2001?

--- "Hamas – the same organisatio...