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[biggs682]

My friend has two new sheep. Well, lambs.

Still looking for names.

I suggested Mint & Sauce.

Left and right would be good names

 

[Reynard]

Lovely supper of soup, followed by a jacket potato with tuna & coleslaw.

Getting a bit chilly, think I'd better get the fire going.

 

[Reynard]

Bollix. Still having problems with my card on the Bay of E. I thought that had been sorted. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

So I can't now pay for the magazines I won yesterday. Have asked the seller if I can pay by another means.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

So, if all lambs are the offspring of ewes (Dolly being the rule-proving exception) then I'd go for Ewenice, Ewegene, Ewestace, Ewe-an, and if you drop your aitches, Ewe-go. Though there are also Ramsey possibilities....

 

[Reynard]

Both lambs are female, btw...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Both lambs are female, btw...

Ewejean? Does that help?

 

[tyred]

@rockyroller I had several Maestros back in the day, including the MG model that went like brown stuff of a digging implement!
~Wiki~

Very spacious design and very bright and airy inside. They don't deserve the stick they get.

My uncle bought and sold many Montego(e)s back in the day. I seen several with excess of 200,000 miles without any real issues.

 

[tyred]

Pretty sure dad had a couple of Imps and I remember an Avenger for sure

The Avenger and the Sunbeam made great rally cars. Many people would say they were better than a MKII Escort only Chrysler didn't have the cash to compete at that level.

Nowadays Escorts sell for stupid money and Avengers and Sunbeams are forgotten, and not worth very much in comparison.

 

[tyred]

I've just remembered there is a gearbox for a Hillman Avenger lying in the corner of the shed at home.

 

[Reynard]

The Avenger and the Sunbeam made great rally cars. Many people would say they were better than a MKII Escort only Chrysler didn't have the cash to compete at that level.

Nowadays Escorts sell for stupid money and Avengers and Sunbeams are forgotten, and not worth very much in comparison.

Actually, that's not strictly correct. Good Sunbeam Talbots fetch a fair bit of money, but they're the connoisseur's car compared to the Escort. Their competition record is good enough - World Champions in 1981 with Guy Frequelin / Jean Todt, but they sort of got swallowed up by the Group B cars.

Also, the Fords were the clubman's choice, simply because both basic parts and competition parts were simply more available.

 

[classic33]

Actually, that's not strictly correct. Good Sunbeam Talbots fetch a fair bit of money, but they're the connoisseur's car compared to the Escort. Their competition record is good enough - World Champions in 1981 with Guy Frequelin / Jean Todt, but they sort of got swallowed up by the Group B cars.

Also, the Fords were the clubman's choice, simply because both basic parts and competition parts were simply more available.

Would that be the same one of Ferrari infamy would it?

 

[Reynard]

Would that be the same one of Ferrari infamy would it?

That would be the one. He started out as a rally navigator / co-driver.

 

[Jenkins]

That was a very good day for a change. It stayed dry and fairly sunny all afternoon with 45 winding miles from Cambridge to Somersham and back being a successful test ride of the newly configured Spa Elan.
I have also been able to book a slot for next Monday to have smart meters fitted now that the Octopus takeover of Bulb has been completed - for the past few months every attempt to get a booking was met with a 'there are no slots available' message.

 

[Jenkins]

My friend has two new sheep. Well, lambs.

Still looking for names.

I suggested Mint & Sauce.

Stew and Legov?

 

[Jenkins]

Would that be the same one of Ferrari infamy would it?

(useless information warning)
And also the partner of the winner of this year's Best Actress Oscar.