Monday - threatening Haloumi with a vinaigrette

[Pinno718]

Morning

Windy and wet, Double meh. Forecast tomorrow is better.

Coffee...

 

[VinSumRox]

Morning
Rain has gone wind has come. Hopefully avoiding cycling into it so might fly along.
Passed a Classic Triumph Car meeting at Holkham Hall yesterday, amazing how many Heralds are still on the road!

 

[Salad Dodger]

Down here in Kent it's sunny this morning, but a bit blowy. We have been warned to look out for yellow wind, but all I can see is the transparent variety, shaking the trees about.

I shall need to venture out in it later, for food supplies. Perhaps I should wear my safety boots, for extra ballast. I don't want to be doing a Mary Poppins!

I will be playing guitar at a local pub this evening, to accompany a singing group. The amount of gear I have to take with me should ensure that I don't get blown away on that outing........

Keep safe, everyone!

 

[TLW1]

Meh, tapering is the most boring thing. Later is picking up the van from my parents - that’s about it

 

[wakemalcolm]

Passed a Classic Triumph Car meeting at Holkham Hall yesterday, amazing how many Heralds are still on the road!

The 40 year MoT exemption rule is a wonderful thing; even the Triumph Acclaim is free from testing.
Clear and still up here in the capital although I'm aware that if I sorted myself out for a day on the bike it would be blowing a hoolie by the time I got out. Maybe have a run instead.
Or another coffee.

 

[sungod]

'ning

nippybright start, slight breeze

coffee wfh laze

 

[briantrumpet]

Bjr

Started the morning (after coffee, obvs) with a CT scan to map my circulation down as far as the groin, so the surgeon knows where to pump my blood. In and out in five minutes, with nice cheery nurses.

Now on proper breakfast. With coffee, obvs. Blustery with heavy showers and bright intervals, so might loll around at home till work later this afternoon.

 

[Webbo2]

Morning
A touch on the damp and windy side here. So no walk with Bertie although he’s been to vets for his worming treatment. Looking out the front window it seems my attempt to fix the guttering hasn’t worked. Might use the turbo later if I can get to the garage without drowning.

 

[Veronese68]

Morning folks,
Thought I’d check in again. Quite bright round here this morning, but rather blowy with it. Being bin day I suspect there will be rubbish all over the road. Not in the orifice until Thursday when I’m popping in for a few meetings, looking at too many spreadsheets until then. Have some old Triumph parts to identify before then rattling round the back of the car. Then have to decide whether or not to list them as a stock line or not.
Hoping to get out for a wobble at some point.

 

[Pinno718]

The 40 year MoT exemption rule is a wonderful thing; even the Triumph Acclaim is free from testing.
Clear and still up here in the capital although I'm aware that if I sorted myself out for a day on the bike it would be blowing a hoolie by the time I got out. Maybe have a run instead.
Or another coffee.

I dissagree. My Porker will be MOT exempt in the not so distant future but not tax exempt.
So therefore, revenue is more important than safety?
I think all cars should need an MOT - they could test them on a simplistic non-emission basis and just do the mechanical/illumination/wipers, tyres and rubbers tests - especially brakes. Classic car headlights are terrible and often need upgrading and wiring differently such as what I did on mine.

Just because (generally) classic cars are well kept, it doesn't mean they are roadworthy. A lot of them are mothballed in the winter and only come out in good weather so things deteriorate. Drum brakes are generally shyte.
As time goes on, more performance cars of old - which are still quick by modern standards, will be in circulation without an MOT. A 944 turbo is a good example of that. For the average classic car owner, testing brakes properly on a machine is inaccessible. You do not know how efficient they are by simply driving down the road and putting your foot on the pedal.
So I would not mind going through the MOT every year but I resent paying road tax yet there's no MOT stipulation.

 

[Homers Double]

Doggy walk before work, slipped in the mud and ended up re-pulling my hamstring again, hopefully only a slight tweak but enough to throw out some profanity!

 

[Veronese68]

I dissagree. My Porker will be MOT exempt in the not so distant future but not tax exempt.
So therefore, revenue is more important than safety?
I think all cars should need an MOT - they could test them on a simplistic non-emission basis and just do the mechanical/illumination/wipers, tyres and rubbers tests - especially brakes. Classic car headlights are terrible and often need upgrading and wiring differently such as what I did on mine.

Just because (generally) classic cars are well kept, it doesn't mean they are roadworthy. A lot of them are mothballed in the winter and only come out in good weather so things deteriorate. Drum brakes are generally shyte.
As time goes on, more performance cars of old - which are still quick by modern standards, will be in circulation without an MOT. A 944 turbo is a good example of that. For the average classic car owner, testing brakes properly on a machine is inaccessible. You do not know how efficient they are by simply driving down the road and putting your foot on the pedal.
So I would not mind going through the MOT every year but I resent paying road tax yet there's no MOT stipulation.

Have to agree with this, having been supplying trade and retail for nearly 40 years 😱 Whilst most owners and traders are good and try to be thorough, some are not as capable as they think they are. Then of course there is a minority of complete idiots who wilfully ignore obvious issues.
We once had a TR6 brake caliper in for exch against a recon unit that was completely cattled. The brake disc had been rubbing against the caliper body and grinding away metal. The damned fool only thought to fix it when it had worn through enough material to reach the fluid passage and his brakes failed, thankfully not completely as they have a dual circuit system. Imagine the amount of noise that made before getting to that point.
The more conscientious owners still have annual MOTs done, but they are probably the ones that don’t need to.

 

[Stevo 666]

Busy morning in the cave sheltering from the wind and supping coffee/eating toast. Going to fiddle with the settings on the sim rig software at some point then have another go.

Junior informed me yesterday that she doesn't actually start her job today as she is doing 8.30am-7.00pm Tues-Fri for the foreseeable. So she's lounging at home for one more day.

 

[Wheelspinner]

Spring means windy weather here too. Drat.

Usual assortment of endless jobs round here, plus plenty of bike fettling to try and find the most comfortable setup in the absence of a decent local bike fitter. Been doing a lot of tweak -> ride -> adjust tweak -> ride some more -> measure and take notes. Interesting exercise, and surprises me how much I am noticing even tiny changes in things.

 

[wakemalcolm]

I dissagree.

I disagree too (but not to the extent that I'd add an extra s).
I shudder to think that my old Scimitar which had chassis rot so bad that the fibreglass bodywork was the most structurally significant part of it could have been put in a garage and run around MoT free next year.