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Re: breakdown truck

#2711 Post by UKJeeper » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:26 am

JPB wrote:
Tue Mar 13, 2018 6:46 pm
I've been flicking through my Voyager USB dongle - containing all seven series of Janeway's stint at the steering wheel - and am now at S04.E01, which is the episode in which 7 of 9 first comes into the story. 7? Most human beings with a pulse would surely have given her at least an 8.

:oops: :scared:
Claim to fame: When I lived in Lost Angeles, i worked as a motorcycle courier. One of my regular drops was delivering scripts to the Voyager/ST cast residences. Including Janeway, Dax, and 7of9. Jeri Ryan in a bathrobe? Yup, seen that. Not the worst job I ever had... :twisted:

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Re: breakdown truck

#2712 Post by JPB » Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:41 am

Jeri Ryan in a bathrobe...
Hmm, nice enough for sure, but it was the Borg hardware that appealed to me. That, and 7's grey skin pre-rehumanisation.

Rich, apologies for the sci-fi related wobble I seem to have caused, :oops: but I am working tirelessly as ever to find a Mazda MX5 for you and there's a particularly inexpensive example that I think is fresh to the internet, so have a wee look here: https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C959668

The body may not be perfect at that sort of money, but it has a long MOT, a very long time in the hands of its current keeper and best of all; we can see its registration number!
OK, so it failed its last test for some fairly significant rust, but now that it's had some welding to the sills and other bits and a test pass issued in January, you could drive it 'til next January then scrap it and you'd still lose less than you would in depreciation on a new car. Go on, you know it makes sense!
Oh, and speaking of making sense, I've even found a breakdown truck that ticks some boxes:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Corg ... Sw~y9ZA5sc

That has to be a bit of a bargain, IMHO, because the example of this model that I sold in April 2016 went for £91.42 and it wasn't as well preserved as the one in the link.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true.. :oops:

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Re: breakdown truck

#2713 Post by rich. » Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:31 am

john wrote,"Rich, apologies for the sci-fi related wobble I seem to have caused"
big sci fi fan mate. anyway its worth it for
luckiest bloke on the planet wrote, "Jeri Ryan in a bathrobe"
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Re: breakdown truck

#2714 Post by JPB » Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:09 am

OK, but for the love of the Federation, please don't use the words "Jeri Ryan in a bathrobe" as a web search, I did and my eyes are still recovering. :oops: ;)
J
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Re: breakdown truck

#2715 Post by rich. » Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:11 pm

JPB wrote:
Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:09 am
OK, but for the love of the Federation, please don't use the words "Jeri Ryan in a bathrobe" as a web search, I did and my eyes are still recovering. :oops: ;)
don't go giving me ideas :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: breakdown truck

#2716 Post by JPB » Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:42 pm

^^^^^^^^^ Methinks that horse has long since bolted! :lol:
J
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Re: breakdown truck

#2717 Post by rich. » Fri Mar 16, 2018 6:07 am

JPB wrote:
Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:42 pm
^^^^^^^^^ Methinks that horse has long since bolted! :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
meanwhile
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/morris-half- ... rmvSB=true

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aston-Martin ... rmvSB=true

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Barn-find-19 ... 3641.l6368

mmmmmmmmm 7 of 9....... :drool:


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Re: breakdown truck

#2719 Post by JPB » Sat Mar 17, 2018 7:36 pm

I've managed to find an even less desirable example of the Celica from that era, a car so rank that it makes the one with the Aston badges look right..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toyota-Celic ... 0005.m1851

Cheap enough, I suppose, but as far as I remember, the only Toyota used in a Bond flick was the 2000GT Coupé, whose roof the movie makers cut off so that even the folk in the back row of the upper circle could still see Connery's syrup:

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That Bricklin appeals for some reason, can't think why I like it given that its front bumper looks like the undercarriage of an excited dog, but it would be a great alternative to those all too common DeLoreans seen at car shows, covered in BTTF fans' drool.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true.. :oops:


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