What made you happy today?

[Andy]

I can do £200 on an all dayer myself lol

[mowgli]

throw in a gold ring & a suit from george & you're well on the way.....

[Hobbit]

/\ any drop in wages though??

As I currently do 4 on 4 off I can do 2 days overtime a week which will drop to doing 1 every other week max. But the basic stays the same and I can afford to take a bit of a drop. Also I will learn more on days as I don't exactly do alot on nights.

[John]

Not quite "today" more of this week. I got one referral on my qualified tech assessment. Pleased with that! It's a tough course with a 7% first time pass rate, So I'm pleased with my one referral. No more studying for a bit, a drop in productivity and more wages is also a bonus :)

[Andy]

Nice one john.well done!

[Andy]

Feeling better for the 1st time since last weekend.
Found a cd in the cupboard under the stairs,banged it on and its a good old bounce set!!

[paulyb]

Free sky hd upgrade to include Sky F1 channel and 3d channel, they are running scared from BT giving away free premier football, but I'll take a nice wee freebie :)

[John]

Nice one john.well done!

Ta mate, hope you're feeling better soon :thumb:

[bazzap8389]

negotiations have started for my engine rebuild :)

[Novaload_Nick]

STEAK for tea :)

[bazzap8389]

^ Snap :)

[Novaload_Nick]

So you had steak and engine negotiations, good day lol

[mowgli]

what are engine rebuild negotiations???

when i blew my first engine up, with no previous experience, i took it out, stripped it, sent stuff off to the engineers, fetched it & put it back together.....in my bedroom!!!! engines weigh very little in bits, but they are sodding heavy when built lol lol

[bazzap8389]

speaking about what will be getting done to it and when really. hopefully have it done sometime this year! need to get the shell done first though

[mowgli]

AH... like the rest of us do most days.... i just never knew it had a specific name lol

[bazzap8389]

yep, negotiations lol lol

[Spudly]

Cleaned both my van and my nova, then trail fitted three of my bikes in the back of the van with the rear seats up, ive only ever chucked one or two bikes in so far, and was unsure if i could fit three or four bikes in, plus two rear passengers, the result is yes, with the wheels dropped out ill definately get three in and probably even four, plus passengers :thumb:


Three bikes in there with room to spare :cool:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/null_zpsc2c843b5.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/null_zps879f18d8.jpg



Then adjusted my brakes and lubed the chain on my offroad bike as im going riding at Sherwood Pines tomorrow with a few local mates, oh and just been for a test wheelie ride to make sure its all good :d

[Nick J]

Watching Wigan beat man city and lift the cup....... Awesome.

Nick.

[Acerliam]

Watching Wigan beat man city and lift the cup....... Awesome.

Nick.

I feel the same aswell mate

[Nick J]

I feel the same aswell mate

After luckily pipping us in the league last year I'm more than happy to see city walk away with nothing at all this year!

Nick.

[Acerliam]

After luckily pipping us in the league last year I'm more than happy to see city walk away with nothing at all this year!

Nick.

I know yhh, feels great!

[maddogdaz666]

Been karting today!
Against the advice of my physio and mrs etc 'cos my backs fooked, I have a slipped disk
But I filled myself up on strong painkillers and went for it anyway lol, and came 3rd out of 14, which included a pro, and a guy who races ginettas!
tbh I think it fixed my back as I feel better for it! Either that or I'm still full of drugs, once they wear off I may be crippled lol.
I'll let you know via this thread or the "what p1ssed you off" thread lol

[bazzap8389]

Just home from the casino £180 richer :)

[phunkynova]

Finishing 11th overall 2nd in class at this weekends rally :d:thumb:

[mowgli]

Just home from the casino £180 richer :) so thats where you work lol

[bazzap8389]

That's definitely where I'd work if it was that easy, sadly thats not the case lol lol

[mowgli]

i'm too chicken to go into a casino...

[bazzap8389]

rare occasion I go tbh but when I do I take 20 quid or so in with me saves loosing a fortune lol

[mowgli]

I take 20 quid or so in with me

its hardly casino royale, is it??? lol lol lol

'i'll have an irn bru, shaken, not stirred' lol

[bazzap8389]

lol lol didn't go there for a drink, I was driving, just went for a we punt! Left the wallet in the car so i dont go daft It's a different story going there after a night out normally ends in tears lol lol

[wwmnw]

Started a new job yesterday delivery driver (Drayman) for a local brewery called Sonnet 43 (literally a 5 minute walk from my door) after 6 months unemployed but yesterday was just a gentle breaking in day collecting empty casks which they needed back to wash and re-use, today was out in the van again with the head brewer delivering fresh stock to pubs, so far so good just gotta remember to keep my back straight and lift with my legs as a light cask is 50kg and sometimes you cant park near the cellar door (have a sack barrow for long walks) a heavy cask is 120kg but as of yet we don't use them.

I think I could enjoy this job.

[brainsnova]

No more bus then wwwwnnnn lol

[wwmnw]

Thankfully not, unless I need to go into town etc got rid of my 306 when I was working my last job as it needed too much work doing, shame as I loved it but got half my money back when I scrapped it.

Another Nova might be on the cards in a few months though depending what money is like, would be a V6 obviously after seeing what Jed's Corsa can do and Dave/Linden Dixon (Griffin autosport) being close by for parts and help, makes sense.

[brainsnova]

V6 also has a :cool: sound

[paulyb]

Our 3rd son was born (yesterday@ 14:16) This has made me very happy :D , We haved name him Seve and he weighed in at a healthy 8/12, chuffed to bits :)

[sport]

Our 3rd son was born (yesterday@ 14:16) This has made me very happy :D , We haved name him Seve and he weighed in at a healthy 8/12, chuffed to bits :)


Congrats Paul

[Novaload_Nick]

Our 3rd son was born (yesterday@ 14:16) This has made me very happy :D , We haved name him Seve and he weighed in at a healthy 8/12, chuffed to bits :)

Congrats man! And I ordered my gaz shocks so I'm a happy bunny!

[Benn]

Started a new job yesterday delivery driver (Drayman) for a local brewery called Sonnet 43 (literally a 5 minute walk from my door) after 6 months unemployed but yesterday was just a gentle breaking in day collecting empty casks which they needed back to wash and re-use, today was out in the van again with the head brewer delivering fresh stock to pubs, so far so good just gotta remember to keep my back straight and lift with my legs as a light cask is 50kg and sometimes you cant park near the cellar door (have a sack barrow for long walks) a heavy cask is 120kg but as of yet we don't use them.

I think I could enjoy this job.

Will help get your fitness up...lol

[wwmnw]

Congrats Paul.

Yeah Benn I don't think I'll need to do weights at the gym lol probably will do anyway lol

[brainsnova]

Woke up before 12

[turbojolt]

nice day out in the sun digging, then back home for a nice cold strongbow

[bazzap8389]

passed a first aid course today :)

[oVerboost]

First day at my new job, the sun was out and all seemed to go okay :)

[brainsnova]

Driving through a 20mph zone doing 20mph and overtaken by a Nissan juke that accelerated hard going through a red light but I still ended up 1 vehicle behind obeying the speed limits :d so speeding in a built up area gets you nowhere

[Mike]

8.9mpg @ 139mph/4.6k rpm with another gear & 11k redline to go.

#yesterday

[bazzap8389]

8.9mpg @ 139mph/4.6k rpm with another gear & 11k redline to go.

#yesterday

sounds fun, what beastie was that in?

[novaxe235]

# probably his dreams!

[Spudly]

# probably his dreams!




LMFAO!


Dont know Mike or what he does/where he works do you lol

[Stuart]

8.9mpg @ 139mph/4.6k rpm with another gear & 11k redline to go.

#yesterday
boring.

[Spudly]

Behave you two super car tarts lol

[wwmnw]

8.9mpg @ 139mph/4.6k rpm with another gear & 11k redline to go.

#yesterday

Not jealous not jealous not jealous.









Show off git lol

[_Jake]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-PZ5J3GLSYI
This :)

[Spudly]

Waking up with zero hangover, and the sun is out, even Moike has his milk bottles legs out lol

[chrisd1986]

Nerf guns at the national meet lol

[Edd]

getting wasted all day lol made me forget my troubles at work

[mowgli]

Nerf guns at the national meet lol

hows the sunburn??? you looked damned red late on there chap

[chrisd1986]

Im on fire, i had to were sunglasses all the way home as when i looked in the rear view mirror i dazelled myself lol

[Spudly]

Top of my head is burnt too lol

[mowgli]

my trusty old hat saves the day again

[MK999]

my trusty old hat saves the day again

"...It rains so hard it makes your head bleed! So, some sort of hat will be in order then...?"

[Mike]

Nerfing the shÃ*t outta people most of the afternoon....

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/nerfsaid_zps54b2e52c.jpg (http://s80.photobucket.com/user/mikenova/media/nerfsaid_zps54b2e52c.jpg.html)

[mowgli]

http://forum.politics.be/attachment.php?attachmentid=89181&d=1359844788



"...It rains so hard it makes your head bleed! So, some sort of hat will be in order then...?"

[MK999]

Close! Different classic british comedy.

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2007/11/28/Blackadder460.jpg

[mowgli]

ahh.

[MK999]

Doing a water pump on my 525TDS, which after assuming it would be a nightmare because everything is very tight for space, is an absolute joy to work on. The fan shroud has 2 clips in it and then slides out without even being a pain against the fan, the vac operated grill behind that is just as easy, the tensioner was a simple case of unbolting it and swinging out of the way because it's a little spring damper unit, the water pump had 2 threaded holes in it to push the water pump out of the block, everything looked brand new in there because BMW spec proper coolant for their cars, and everything was well designed to be removed and replaced, with proper O ring seals!

So far removed from your average modern/cheap/french cars (or worse, all 3)!

Only downside was the fact it had to be done in the first place because some tightwad bodger chucked on the cheapest pump he could find with plastic fins at some point in it's past!

[bazil]

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy181/Bazil_2468/gsi/Black%20gsi/3AE66EA1-D67F-4CFB-BC4F-365D9A9F204C-1204-000001C0B0B2D3AA_zps803cc94b.jpg

Out with the wife for a quick drive, sometimes I forget how lucky we are to have this sort of countryside on my doorstep,

[brainsnova]

Changed my mates boxster waterpump and removed the throttle body to clean it out and to cure poor idle and now a lot better

[turbojolt]

got a engine & seats to help get this nova on the road working and out of my garage lol

[deneil_gsi2000]

My new steering rack turning up for the daily . Anyone drove an e46 wi5h no power steering lol

[turbojolt]

collecting my new engine tomorrow

[mowgli]

surely you are being a tad premature there tj.... (well, thats what your mrs said lol lol lol)

[SimonTW]

Going to watch hangover part 3 tonight!

[turbojolt]

nope, got sheet metal on the way, new fuel lines and my new seats bolted in

drop the engine in, plumb it in attach 4 wires broom broom time

[L14MNP]

The possibility of new music from Will Smith. lol

[maddogdaz666]

Last day at work till June! Off to Germany tomorrow!!!!!

[brainsnova]

Getting another exhaust painted for my scooter that I'm currently holding lol

[brainsnova]

http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u331/Brain_missing/6F32EFF9-55DA-4C69-BC7A-0A727464896A-1435-000000F5FD2CE14C.jpg

[turbojolt]

pregnancy scare over, off to go buy a load of rubbers lol

[mk1nova_rich]

One turbojolt is enough lol

[mowgli]

who's to say it was him??? lol lol lol

[mk1nova_rich]

lollol

[Southie]

lollol

Your other half is pregnant, where were you 9 months ago :eek:

[turbojolt]

it would have killed me if she was up the duff! I want to have kids with her but not with all the stuff I have hanging over my head, it would kill me not being at the birth and the early year/s

[Southie]

What the hell have you done TJ?
If your willing to say your going to get banged up on a forum then you must be in the wrong somehow, by getting it off your chest might help you.

Hope your okay :)

[mk1nova_rich]

Your other half is pregnant, where were you 9 months ago :eek:

No idea lol

[kbnova]

who's to say it was him??? lol lol lol

lol

[turbojolt]

What the hell have you done TJ?
If your willing to say your going to get banged up on a forum then you must be in the wrong somehow, by getting it off your chest might help you.

Hope your okay :)

there was a fight it escalated quickly, no one was seriously hurt!

but I'm looking at 3years because I have kept my mouth shut about a lot of stuff, its been going on for nearly a year now it should never have got to this the scrap was 50/50 all day long!

[Andy]

pregnancy scare over, off to go buy a load of rubbers lol

Part worns are good value

[Andy]

there was a fight it escalated quickly, no one was seriously hurt!

but I'm looking at 3years because I have kept my mouth shut about a lot of stuff, its been going on for nearly a year now it should never have got to this the scrap was 50/50 all day long!
3 years for a brawl with nee manslaughter? you've really done him mate lol
My record is far from clean in that respect and unless I did summat collosal I wouldn't be looking at that lol

[bazzap8389]

First time in an xe nova today :)

[mowgli]

Tj, having a mrs knocked up would probably get you a non custodial sentence if you were found guilty....

Is this the incident that took place after you tupped that woman when she'd fell out with her bloke???

[turbojolt]

Tj, having a mrs knocked up would probably get you a non custodial sentence if you were found guilty....

Is this the incident that took place after you tupped that woman when she'd fell out with her bloke???

yer something mate

[brainsnova]

Ordered up new wheel bearings for my Vespa so no more groaning sounds so I'm pretty confident the mot won't be a problem. It will be the first time in 15 years lol

[Andy]

Derby win in the rugby league for my beloved hull fc
And my new trailer been picked up

[Andy]

Tj, having a mrs knocked up would probably get you a non custodial sentence if you were found guilty....

Oldest trick in the book.Doesnt work.

[novadave24]

got gsi wheels for my Vectra :)

[Mike]

Fitted a new exhaust system to the Sporthatch this morning & whilst I was in a cutty grindy kinda mood I built a new workbench.....

12 meters of 30 x 30 box section & 4 castor wheels later I was did.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/bench_zps43b9a880.jpg (http://s80.photobucket.com/user/mikenova/media/bench_zps43b9a880.jpg.html)

[mowgli]

i assume you won't be hammering on it much then?

[Mike]

i assume you won't be hammering on it much then?

Not really no, gonna chuck a sheet of marine ply on the bottom frame an use if as storage & got an offcut length of 40mm worktop to bolt down on the top.

[mowgli]

drinking beer & knowing i'm off to bruntingthorpe tomorrow to watch the cold war jets thrash down the runway...

they aren't allowed to take off cos of some sodding arms treaty from the 80's involving nuclear bombers, but it should be noisy as hell.

[Andy]

Cookies i made.feel sick now though lol

[mowgli]

andy... cookies can't make you feel sick... are you coming down with something??

[Andy]

They do when you eat too many lol

[mowgli]

i'm sorry, i'm not familiar with the concept of too many cookies..

[brainsnova]

Lost clutch action lol so once started I can't select any gears but when gears selected then started is goes in that gear so 2nd gear until I reached a hill switched off select 3rd roll down hill and start and 3rd gear home

[mowgli]

you start off in third, rev it slowly to about 2000, let off the throttle and pull it out of gear, then into 2nd. it will go in. then repeat up to a decent gear. on the way down, you let off the throttle, pull it out of gear, blip the throttle to put about 500 extra revs on & slide it intothe next gear down..

its how people used to do it before synchros came along.

of course, traffic lights & reversing still cause a problem

[bazzap8389]

I was out and about in the good weather today and came across these beasts.

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu329/bazzap8389/FAEF4785-A610-4B35-BD4D-E1EA2704C53C-9950-00000A33FC1796BE_zps64893c26.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu329/bazzap8389/735E4310-B0BE-4B2B-AC8B-5B8203C8E5BD-9950-00000A340228582A_zps3fe24884.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu329/bazzap8389/6786B1F5-3164-458F-A842-393F996958E3-9950-00000A340726C9EA_zps05afbedd.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu329/bazzap8389/B7BFC555-32E6-46C6-9ADD-92AF6B3D81C1-9950-00000A340DFF17AA_zps811b3563.jpg

[EwanG]

I was out and about in the good weather today and came across these beasts.

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu329/bazzap8389/FAEF4785-A610-4B35-BD4D-E1EA2704C53C-9950-00000A33FC1796BE_zps64893c26.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu329/bazzap8389/735E4310-B0BE-4B2B-AC8B-5B8203C8E5BD-9950-00000A340228582A_zps3fe24884.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu329/bazzap8389/6786B1F5-3164-458F-A842-393F996958E3-9950-00000A340726C9EA_zps05afbedd.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu329/bazzap8389/B7BFC555-32E6-46C6-9ADD-92AF6B3D81C1-9950-00000A340DFF17AA_zps811b3563.jpg
Is that at the Deeside activity park?

[bazzap8389]

Yeah sure was, never seen it before lol I just seen the tank and was like stop the car lol

[brainsnova]

I would buy a tank but the roads aren't upto it

[raf24]

A few beers with one of my best mates this afternoon,pissed & superb day :)

[Chay84]

3 hrs till I finish work then off for 12 days going in holiday tomorrow morning I can't wait

[Spudly]

A surprise visit from my mate Rob last night, few beers sunk with a curry and a few films, then got him out on one of my bikes on the local trails, eleven mile loop with some lungbusting climbs, he loved it, and i set a personal record on one of the steepest (albeit short) climbs, all on my rigid '93 Lava Dome, good times had!

[brainsnova]

Planned to use my van tomorrow with no clutch lol I shall set off in 2nd and once I get on the longer non trafffic light routes I shall be in 3rd. Tail backs will be lengthy lol

[mowgli]

Planned to use my van tomorrow with no clutch lol I shall set off in 2nd and once I get on the longer non trafffic light routes I shall be in 3rd. Tail backs will be lengthy lol

ffs man up.... i drove a sprinter thru the middle of london from the m1 to the m23 via an industrial estate behind kings cross station[google map it!!!!] with no clutch.....

start in 1st, build some revs & then pop it out of gear, and count '1 elephant' then ease it into 2nd.. then to 3rd, 4th etc.... its amazing what you can do when you need to..... for changing down, you need to pop it into neutral & blip the throttle, then change down.... ok, it takes some effort when approaching junctions & traffic lights, but it is totally possible

[turbojolt]

i thought myself how to do that in my old bg van, just for the fun of it lol

[EwanG]

Yeah sure was, never seen it before lol I just seen the tank and was like stop the car lol

I have passed them loads of times as I spend a few weekends in the summer time at Tarland. But I have never stopped to look at them. I will have a look next time I am up there.

[mowgli]

note to self.... never buy an old bg van lol

[bazzap8389]

I have passed them loads of times as I spend a few weekends in the summer time at Tarland. But I have never stopped to look at them. I will have a look next time I am up there.

Ah right I know a few people from tarland. Yeah you should, I was like a big kid at it lol

[brainsnova]

I don't mind driving with no clutch when it's someone else's van but my gear stick is stuck solid when it's running and won't even crunch lol

[mowgli]

please don't use it, its unsafe.

[Asa-James]

the large house spider, "Igor", has taken residence in my room. i'm the only one in the family who doesnt scream and have to have him removed when he appears :D

(and it's not wierd to name him, he's been here for a good while now)

[brainsnova]

please don't use it, its unsafe.

2nd gear is 15mph and if I get into bother I can switch it off and it stops within a metre

[wwmnw]

Stalling the van in the middle of a busy road in Hougton le spring, work phone rang when I was trying to overtake a parked car go down a couple of gears and find somewhere safe to pullover to answer the phone, my mind went into meltdown I hit 3rd tried to move at 5 mph and BAM.

I laughed but I don't think the 20+ cars behind me and the oncoming truck were happy lol

[brainsnova]

Made my journey as planned and it was really busy so I only managed second and had massive tail backs behind me lol

[bazzap8389]

Just got my summer holiday booked :d

[Southie]

Just got my summer holiday booked :d

Where you off too?

[bazzap8389]

Salou in Spain. 10 weeks to go can't wait!

[Southie]

Salou in Spain. 10 weeks to go can't wait!

I went there when I was a young lad, really nice place.

Last time I heard though there was loads of unfinished building due to the money crash over there, is it sorted out now then?

[bazzap8389]

Yeah it's really nice I was there 3 years ago just buzzin for the theme park and water park lol

[Jack]

MONEY

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/9770_10151471679232971_1162323940_n.jpg

[Southie]

Sold the Cav then? Or has Hayley pimped you out lol

[brainsnova]

Sold the Cav then? Or has Hayley pimped you out lol

Don't you read his posts lol sold within 48hr on eBay

[Southie]

Don't you read his posts lol sold within 48hr on eBay

Looked at this thread before reading his for sale thread so neeeeeerrrr :wisewood:

[Jeff16v]

Smashing sh1t then fixing it
My first rendering atttempt
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee77/gsijeff/50C5ADDF-6A10-4E05-9C52-D856133D98D8-21158-0000060D86C0700F_zps07bf6fca.jpg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee77/gsijeff/4883D19A-1A28-438C-BC89-19C34E5D1CAB-21158-0000060D9144B9BF_zps8a2c24a0.jpg
Trimmed the big bush to replace the gate posts.
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee77/gsijeff/CEF4D405-6CE8-4787-A111-68608666DA07-21158-0000060D9AF7E445_zps0ae9eaa7.jpg
Made a mess
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee77/gsijeff/5B2413A5-8097-4BBC-9E13-67375530EA34-21158-0000060DA1CCCCDB_zps77c541ec.jpg
I'm am MAN, I fix!

[brainsnova]

I love dropping walls and fitting rsj's

[Jeff16v]

I love dropping walls and fitting rsj's
I'm working up to that, next job is fit a velux in the loft.

[novadave24]

got a set of avid breaks for my jump bike for only £20 :)

[brainsnova]

My new scooter bearings arrived but one didn't go to plan so next the freezer and heat trick

[Lee H]

Got the keys to our new house, decided it was a good time to buy rather than wasting all my money on my cars. Mortgage is less than our current rent and only moving two doors down so should be easy.

House needs quite a bit of work and modernising, pictures are a little deceptive. House is pretty much empty now.

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z163/Lee_H25/p049349_01_zpsa6f32aac.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z163/Lee_H25/p049349_02_zpsa614998a.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z163/Lee_H25/p049349_03_zpse07593b0.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z163/Lee_H25/p049349_04_zps0a4d4ee9.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z163/Lee_H25/p049349_05_zps9d80ca5e.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z163/Lee_H25/p049349_06_zpsd189b308.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z163/Lee_H25/p049349_07_zps5b854b83.jpg

Cars just about squeeze past the house down the drive but it is tight with the Civic, have to fold the mirrors in.

[TeddyThom]

Booked up Billing today. They were happy with the credit note from last years washout. Hopefully as an aquadrome, they'll be able to handle any water this time lollollol

[turbojolt]

very happy to find my rear drums are not seized due to sitting for years at all......................I left the handbrake on lol

[Stuart]

Purchasing a 120d, rwd ftw.... Given it won't be doing big miles I wonder if a plate diff is available lol

[bazzap8389]

I set two new personal bests at the gym today :)

[mowgli]

1. acting like a right poser??
2. looking at women???

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

[bazzap8389]

Hahahahaha nah not a poser lol and the gym was dead lol

[Southie]

No pictures so don't shoot me down but I was in a Brabus rocket today and there bloody quick cars, anyway I was out with the guy who owns it and came up to a roundabout and a absolutely pristine F reg haze blue SR Nova went by... The owner of said Brabus said it was a rare sight and he'd been Novataken lol

[BRoadGhost]

Spent some time with my gear linkage; at long last getting the revisions to work properly.

[Jeff16v]

Attacking the wifes favourite bush with shears and a saw. Told here it was too big!

[pie]

12months ticket on the daily :)

[leggattr]

Nova passed the mot!! I would say it went straight through but they failed it 1st for the headlamp alignment but done the work without asking which I'm more than fine with. I think il call that the 1st nova through 1st time!!

[novadave24]

the weather its nice and sunny for a change

[Spudly]

Noticing that my leg muscles are starting to get big again when i was in the shower this morning, and managing 42 mph on my mountain bike last night on a hill, with fat offroad tyres on too :d

[L14MNP]

Been speaking to my uncle, and he's asking if I want to emigrate to Western Australia and work offshore with him.

I have a lot of thinking to do.

[brainsnova]

Been speaking to my uncle, and he's asking if I want to emigrate to Western Australia and work offshore with him.

I have a lot of thinking to do.

You may bump into the people selling the cars and motorbikes lol

[mk1nova_rich]

http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv57/mk1nova_rich/2013-06-11173852_zpsd82c20e8.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv57/mk1nova_rich/2013-06-11203657_zpsf02acac9.jpg

The birth of my first child, a healthy 9lb 7oz baby boy called Kian James. Chuffed to bits to say the least :d

[Southie]

As said earlier Rich congratulations to you both :d and welcome to PNG Kian ;)

[bazzap8389]

Congratulations mate :)

[deneil_gsi2000]

http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv57/mk1nova_rich/2013-06-11173852_zpsd82c20e8.jpg
http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv57/mk1nova_rich/2013-06-11203657_zpsf02acac9.jpg

The birth of my first child, a healthy 9lb 7oz baby boy called Kian James. Chuffed to bits to say the least :d

Congrats mate, I'm on countdown now for my first . 5 wks to go canny wait

[maddogdaz666]

Congrats rich! Welcome to sleepless nights :)
Ps text me your new number again as I've got a new phone and lost most of my numbers

[mk1nova_rich]

Congrats mate, I'm on countdown now for my first . 5 wks to go canny wait

Its fantastic pal, cheers :thumb: good luck with yours :)

[brainsnova]

Congrats mate new born babies are :cool:

[turbojolt]

my transit not breaking down with a bulk bag of gravel in the back lol

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/992996_10151646873137118_122285900_n.jpg

lower then a nova on 60 springs lol

[Tanya.]

http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad165/Tanya543/IMG_20130612_190218.jpg

[Hobbit]

Popping candy?

[Tanya.]

Honeycomb

[meritlover]

i have never seen sweetcorn on a cake before but looks like a healthy option to get one of my 5 a day.

[mowgli]

i have never seen sweetcorn on a cake before but looks like a healthy option to get one of my 5 a day.
the traditional method is to use 2 pints of cider & 1 packet of cheese & onion crisps..

ps. the 5 a day thing has absolutely no basis in science, it was created as a marketing ploy in america to try to sell more veg.... it came over here & has been accepted as the troof by nearly everyone without a single scrap of evidence...a bit like the 8 glasses of water thing.. the bloke who came up with that also stated that most of the 8 glasses of water would be consumed with normal food & drink consumption....

[Mike]

Coffee.
Chocolate.
Applied for a position at McLaren.
Bed.

[Southie]

I set two new personal bests at the gym today :)

You opened the door, then perved on the receptionist lol

[mowgli]

Coffee.
Chocolate.
Applied for a position at McLaren.
Bed.

i think they'll need more than your good self to solve all their troubles....

ps. i hope the pay is massive, cos its damned expensive to buy anywhere down that way...

[Andy]

What if he was on about mclaren prams? Lol

[Hobbit]

Woking is expensive but Aldershot isn't too far and sensibly priced. :)

Oh and the 5 a day thing is bollocks, you need more like 8 portions a day. ;)

[mowgli]

Oh and the 5 a day thing is bollocks, you need more like 8 portions a day. ;)

they don't mean cake you know hobbit.....lol

[Spudly]

Finding out the reason i lost my epas/temp gauge/speedo and gained a battery warning light in the van last night, was not a second failed alternator, but merely the bracket bolting the old DTi ecu to the back of the inlet manifold had snapped, hence the ecu losing its earth connection and switching off!


Poorly broked van is not so poorly, and not so broked, happy spud is happy :d

[bazzap8389]

Overtime is finally back on for me, about fcuking time!

[Mike]

ps. i hope the pay is massive, cos its damned expensive to buy anywhere down that way...

Not really overly great either actually :/

[Stuart]

Not really overly great either actually :/

It never is in Motorsport :( hence why I always stayed away.

[Mike]

It never is in Motorsport :( hence why I always stayed away.

The only decent paying ones are contracting, don't really fancy that right now.

Theres quite a lot going on at Torro Rosso/Red Bull but mostly working over in Italy. £22 p/h they offering, 50 hr week minimum over a 6 month contract. I know that Sunseeker yatchs have got shedloads going on aswell & I wouldn't mind living down in Portsmouth either so might look into that tbh.

[MK999]

There is very little about atm it seems, graduate options are even worse.

90% of what I'm looking at atm is OEM just to get into something relevant-ish.

[Stuart]

There is very little about atm it seems, graduate options are even worse.

90% of what I'm looking at atm is OEM just to get into something relevant-ish.

Oem is more fun IMHO, then keeps Motorsport as a fun hobby.
Plus performance oem is even more of a giggle. Properly funded assing about, what's not to enjoy..... He says as he's leaving the automotive industry for the second time lol

[MK999]

Just not really the direction I wanted to head, the vehicle dynamics is watered down and made complex by those fleshy things that complain a lot.

At least in motorsport you can point at the data logger when the fleshy bit complains lol

[Stuart]

And the fleshy bit will still ignore you and complain lol

[brainsnova]

Waking up at a reasonable hour

[wwmnw]

Finished work at half 2 and bought some beers from the office, everyone should try some Sonnet 43 at some point this American Pale Ale is unreal!

[mowgli]

is it good compared to american beer, or good compared to british beer???

[Stuart]

is it good compared to american beer, or good compared to british beer???

Many American beers are actually excellent, just the mainstream stuff we get fed over here makes you believe they can't make beer at all.

The American single and double ipa's tend to be fantastic. Try the one in tescos (actually brewed by brewdog but to a Yankee recipe)

[Andy]

Many American beers are actually excellent, just the mainstream stuff we get fed over here makes you believe they can't make beer at all.

The American single and double ipa's tend to be fantastic. Try the one in tescos (actually brewed by brewdog but to a Yankee recipe)
yeah like bud.what a god awful beer that is.
Don't ya'll be get' tipsy dawg

what made me happy? Galaxy counters

[L14MNP]

Waking up at a reasonable hour

lol

[Keif]

Seeing this make it's first flight today.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/06/15/business/global/15iht-parisair1/15iht-parisair1-articleLarge.jpg

Been on the Trent XWB project for nearly a year and it's been an interesting journey, seen the fruits of my work take off on time and so successfully today.

[wwmnw]

The APA we brew is ****ing UNREAL! This might sound one sided but I have no part in the brewing process except on rare occasion carrying the 25kg bags through to the brewery, I'm merely the Dray-man!

[Andy]

Waking up at a reasonable hour
Unreasonable since sir kyle lost a viewer lol

[mowgli]

Many American beers are actually excellent, just the mainstream stuff we get fed over here makes you believe they can't make beer at all.

The American single and double ipa's tend to be fantastic. Try the one in tescos (actually brewed by brewdog but to a Yankee recipe)

not to sound like a folk singer, but i was around when the true king of beers was still being brewed, and not the slightly iffy stuff they claim is the same.... yes, ruddles county... we used to mount missions to find pubs that sold it & served it properly..

i had the great misfortune of being a right lightweight in my teens, but the good fortune to work at what was, at the time, acknowledged to be the best real ale pub, with the largest number of keg beers, in the whole of england.. people used to book the b&b's in the area to come & spend a weekend there, just to drink all of them.... i built up a pretty good tasting knowledge of beer, but couldn't handle any great quantity of it.. i'm not much better now...

i agree about the yank stuff from my odd visits over there, i wouldn't use bud to wash piss off a floor... we did a test when we were out at restaurants & every time a bud turned up, for the mrs (raised there & thinks its nice), it actually tasted different.. it is brewed in dozens of different places, but it was still pisswater.. the other problem about foreign beers over here, is that they are usually brewed in some anonymous shed and blended to what they think we will prefer to drink.. which is why a lot of beer tastes the same, cos it is the same.. i'm a great fan of local small brewers, and the hard work they put in.

[Novasport]

A Spitfire flew over my house, turned and flew back. What an amazing sight and feeling to see one of them, fantastic machines :)

[Stuart]

Cycling from home to London (62km) at a sensible pace :)

[L14MNP]

Sub £100 insurance quotes.

[brainsnova]

Showing an astra that driving at the speed limit makes sense they flew past me taking a seemingly short cut, I turned at the lights 100m down the road, quick blip of the boxster lol too 30mph and rolled past the t junction as the Astra flew out seconds later -fail

[Novasport]

A Spitfire flew over my house, turned and flew back. What an amazing sight and feeling to see one of them, fantastic machines :)

Today was better, the Spitfire came back and it was escorting a Lancaster along with a Hurricane. They flew right over my house, turned and flew back over then turned again and flew over for a third time. The sound was amazing, that made my day :)

Managed to get a few pics on my phone....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/NovaSport/20130616_143412_zpsae5e7ae5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/NovaSport/20130616_143419_zps9485aac3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/NovaSport/20130616_143424_zpsa5588dda.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/NovaSport/20130616_143436_zpsfa76b0e9.jpg

[Pete]

we had a Hurricane and a spitfire fly over where i live the other day, something to do with a military show at the Great Central Railway (Quorn, Lough, Leics)

Made me **** myself with the sound of the hurricane tho lol

[pie]

finally got a set of arrows :)

true 90's cav :)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/10638_10200176011790108_707426941_n.jpg

[brainsnova]

I had them on my gsi and calibra :d

[Andy]

Watching some great racing and getting a suntan
Then,working on my trailer,getting fat and getting drunk lol

[Jeff16v]

Father's Day, chocolates, cards and a trip to box hill to play with our new tent
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee77/gsijeff/C1F6449F-62FC-4F0A-9685-B19E92FFD073-614-000000290A720335_zpsb20dfed9.jpg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee77/gsijeff/2C3763A6-91E0-4E58-B3B3-66D0C448D5B2-614-0000002922B6393A_zpsf5440b25.jpg

[L14MNP]

More pic of the Mrs **** needed. lol

[Jeff16v]

More pic of the Mrs **** needed. lol
Lol

[mowgli]

i don't think its called boxhill for that reason....lol

[brainsnova]

Boxhill-vauxhall lol

[turbojolt]

taught my 7 year old dog a new trick!!! that's 1 trick every 3-to-4 years, at this rate he will destroy Pudsey aged 102 lol

[turbojolt]

gone and got my self a job interview :)

[mowgli]

what is the job???

[Benn]

Father's Day, chocolates, cards and a trip to box hill to play with our new tent
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee77/gsijeff/C1F6449F-62FC-4F0A-9685-B19E92FFD073-614-000000290A720335_zpsb20dfed9.jpg


haha not enough room for your two there...

[Jeff16v]

haha not enough room for your two there...

lol

[turbojolt]

what is the job???


well as you know I worked for British gas, then I wasn't allowed to do bailiff work after being accepted :roll:(due to certain records I have acquired over my youth), so what is the next stage in the cu*t careers I choose...........have a guess ;)





















that's right a double glazing sales men

[Iain]

Pimp

[Jeff16v]

so what is the next stage in the cu*t careers I choose...........have a guess ;)
i was certain of rent boy, :-)

[L14MNP]

Finding out my aircon isn't out of gas. :)

I haven't even switched it on since the end of last summer, as it seemed to have nothing left to give.

[turbojolt]

i was certain of rent boy, :-)


I'm always looking for a extra income if your looking for one mate.

[Hayley]

Picked up my new car today. nice sensible derv for my commuting.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1010570_10151506217977971_289217110_n.jpg

[Jeff16v]

I'm always looking for a extra income if your looking for one mate.
It'd be cheaper than a wife, lol

[turbojolt]

It'd be cheaper than a wife, lol

she lets you keep 2 nova's! so I'm dam sure she is worth every penny fella lol





...............I got the job btw start tomorrow, a fun new chapter starts.

[wwmnw]

Congrats mate, what is it doing?

[Jeff16v]

she lets you keep 2 nova's! so I'm dam sure she is worth every penny fella lol
Actually I can't argue with that, lol
Congrats btw

[turbojolt]

Congrats mate, what is it doing?

generating leads for Anglian homes, will have to see how it goes as its basically all commission based pay, but there is no fixed contracts as such so if I'm not earning I will be leaving lol

[Stuart]

Breaking some 22yr old chaps Pagani lol

[Adam]

We find them much cheaper than anyone else for a lot of VW stuff, a lot of stuff is cheaper makes though, just have to check what you're buying! We're quite specific though being engine builders, so it's all valves, timing kits, gasket sets we get from them... no idea what they'd be like on repair items and service bits.


http://www.carparts4less.co.uk/

All euro car parts stock at half the price lol

[Stuart]

http://www.carparts4less.co.uk/

All euro car parts stock at half the price lol
It is euro car parts ;)

[Adam]

It is euro car parts ;)
Yes but at half the price.......

[L14MNP]

Having a puncture repaired and leaking valve replaced. For a fiver.

Have been driving around on the Noddy wheel for a fortnight, as I CBA to get it fixed.

[wwmnw]

Breaking some 22yr old chaps Pagani lol

What possessed you to do that?

[Stuart]

What possessed you to do that?

Its battery decided to reset itself while I was programming a control unit and it bricked it. Gotta go back tomorrow with some geeky programming kit to sort it.

[L14MNP]

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=230997858684&cmd=VIDESC

[Novasport]

lol lol lol

[MK999]

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=230997858684&cmd=VIDESC

Saw that on a news site that said bidding had rocketed to over 20k... creative reporting apparently!

[MK999]

Yes but at half the price.......

But all the prices on the euros site is twice what you actually pay unless you're a mug anyway lol

Also, how far back did you have to dig for that post? I haven't worked there for 9-10 months lol

[turbojolt]

my mums fella works at euro car parts he gets stuff at 1/8th the cost if not better!, mind you its the only perk of the job

[deneil_gsi2000]

And a lot of it lasts 1/8 of the time lol

[brainsnova]

Other motor factors beat euro's sale prices lol

[L14MNP]

ECP sell cheap ****e.

Only yesterday, I compared the prices of them, Andrew Page, and Unipart for items for my Escort and a track rod end for a Micra.
Quite a difference.

Ignore the crap(per than usual) handwriting. I wrote it out with nothing to rest on.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v698/ManorQuay/20130617_132427_zpsaed65302.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ManorQuay/media/20130617_132427_zpsaed65302.jpg.html)

Incidentally, I wasn't going to buy much, if anything, from ECP. I just called in as I was passing.

One thing that annoyed me was Halfords, and their ever failing trade prices.
The guy said my car had been deleted from Autotdata?! They didn't have the air or fuel filter, gear oil was a rip, as was the coolant (£25 retail for 5 litres. Or £20 on trade) :/

[brainsnova]

Waking up at a reasonable time lol

[faker]

Progress pics of the new rally car, and it's funking awesome. Will post build pics when finished... Not a nova though.

[Keif]

Went to Stoke.......






The bit that made me happy. I picked up a rather cheap, but good condition Full leather interior for my Signum.
Only to get there and find they were slightly mis-sold would have paid ALOT more if i'd know they were heated too. Get in!

[brainsnova]

All my free slabs are gone and I have been loaned a merc slk 2004 for being a helpful person lol

[mowgli]

alcohol

[L14MNP]

Repairing corroded wiring, so my Escort now has number plate lights, and scratch building the electric window loom, as mine has been 'liberated' in the past, and I was left with nothing but some switch plugs.

[Andy]

Hour long,combined(both of us) drunken conversation on the phone with my dad about anything and everything.
What a guy!! Love the bloke!
And before that,a picture what liam will back up as hilariously funny lol

[L14MNP]

Had to laugh at some spacker walking past the garage with his mates, earlier on tonight.

"Do you wanna hear the alarm go off? They're inside, too."

No reply

*Boot!*

Also, no alarm.

It's a shock sensor you complete fool. You just said there's someone inside, so why would the security system be armed? lol

It's not worthwhile confronting people over it imo. Not when my car lives on the same main road.

[brainsnova]

My brother had an alarm in 1997 that said muffled "this car is alarmed" when armed lol

[brainsnova]

Started to take out my transit gearbox yay

[deneil_gsi2000]

My misses finally letting me get a new bike as long as it s sensible................ so im viewing a gsxr 1000 at 10.00 lol. Sssshh lol

[bazzap8389]

My misses finally letting me get a new bike as long as it s sensible................ so im viewing a gsxr 1000 at 10.00 lol. Sssshh lol

I'm soo jealous, wanted a gsxr for years. Actually Ive wanted a bike full stop for years been told I'm not allowed one though :(