Mundane News

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Have a BP monitor stuck to me until 9am, readings every 30mins until 10pm and hourly therafter.

Fun

 

[Reynard]

I have a nice

 

[Reynard]

It was the Austin Allegro, and the steering wheel was square - or "quartic" as the blurb put it.

 

[oldwheels]

I think it was the Austin Allegro, although few steering wheels are truely round anyway.

I had a cortina I think Mk 3 and it had a distinctly oval steering wheel. It was a company car and not my choice but everything including fuel was company paid. Maroon in colour which turned a white bloom and had to be polished at least every week.

 

[oldwheels]

I think that might have been the Allegro? ( happy to be corrected )

No experience of Allegro but I did have a Cortina tho’ cannot remember whether Mk2 or Mk3.

 

[oldwheels]

It was the Austin Allegro, and the steering wheel was square - or "quartic" as the blurb put it.

See my reply to tyred and Tenkaykev.

 

[tyred]

I had a cortina I think Mk 3 and it had a distinctly oval steering wheel. It was a company car and not my choice but everything including fuel was company paid. Maroon in colour which turned a white bloom and had to be polished at least every week.

From memory the Mk IV Cortina had an off-round steering wheel. Something like this.

There was a bit of crossover as later MKIII had this dash too. The MKIII I remember was the earlier one with the cool slopey dash.

 

[pawl]

I think that might have been the Allegro? ( happy to be corrected )

Yes it was

 

[pawl]

Those of us living in Leicestershire will no doubt have here’d about the move to have the name changed to a traffic island in Leicester It is and for as long as can remember the Pork Pie island It got its name after the Pork Pie Library and community centre.

Apparently a move being mooted by a Animal Rights group.

The mayor of Leicester described it as pie in the sky I can just imagine all the rush hour drivers crossing the island thinking I must call in the supermarket and buy a Pork Pie

 

[classic33]

The insider/outsider thing is weird isn't it - especially when it's predicated on ideas of stereotypes held by people who have no real or direct knowledge of just what the reality is. I've been an 'outsider' several times for extended periods in my working life and it's not a comfortable thing to be, whoever and wherever you are. At its best, it can be tiring, and at its worst, it's unbearable.

Retaliation in the heat of the moment is never wise - unless someone else does it for you!

@classic33 speaks much that is wise.

Stop, this must!

That's the second time you've put me and wise words in the same sentence.

 

[Andy in Germany]

The MKIII I remember was the earlier one with the cool slopey dash.

Was that before the days of mandatory seatbelts?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Lobbing the last items in the last boxes for moving tomorrow and Saturday.

 

[tyred]

Was that before the days of mandatory seatbelts?

They would be fitted to the car (front, not the back) but you didn't need to wear them.

It would have had Static belts probably which needed to be adjusted manually to suit the wearer, not inertia reel type.

 

[classic33]

My god it stinks round here Farmers are muck spreading

Wait until they start using pig . . . ., you'll know about it then. Especially if it's a warm day. Air conditioned cabs on the tractors, and they still wear a half face mask.

It's down to the price of nitrogen fertilizers this year. The only problem is that it burns the ground if it doesn't rain the same day.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Been very clearly reminded at work that all animals are equal but some animals are even more equal.
Oh the joy of being an Eastern European immigrant.

I'm sorry to hear that @Ripple. I have on occasion had (British) people complain at me about "Migrants" and look rather confused when I point out that I am also an immigrant.