breakdown truck

[rich.]

thanks chaps.. ill wait for the lawnmower fairy to pass again

meanwhile when was the last time you saw one of these??
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Proton-13-GL- ... 3641.l6368

[JPB]

Last Thursday, I'd have taken a photo if I'd thought this a particularly unusual occurrence. The one I saw is a local car that's in everyday use and is battered but seems free of rot and doesn't smoke or make any really offensive noises. Its driver usually goes to the shops on a Thursday so I'll go hunting tomorrow during after work.


These have an anti-clockwise engine, like the ones found in Hondas, so there's a potentially useful Proton-related fact for you.

[rich.]

you saw one thursday? i thought they were all gone..
meanwhile
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Anglia-T ... 2545959801

[JPB]

Yes, I saw that Anglia on the 'bay a while back, I wondered why any rare Ford wouldn't have been snapped up by now, especially as it looks pretty decent. Then I realised; it's as ugly as the ugly thing that just passed an ugliness course with distinctions in every module. Now I'm going to hide in the basement 'til the angry mob of Ford apologists has dispersed.
Maybe it's less ugly in the flesh? I mean, our favourite star of TV and film (La Friel) only looks that fit because her makeup artist is an expert with the body filler & chicken wire. Don't take my word for this though, I found a rare candid photo of our Anna, just about to have her portion of fruit before she'd been into the makeup workshop:



True dat..

[rich.]

sorry john i may have to correct you but thats a pic of my ex mother in law.. i have to say the daughter was almost as good looking

[JPB]

[rich.]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/De-Havilland- ... rmvSB=true

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vauxhall-lotu ... rmvSB=true

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/20196718 ... rmvSB=true

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/isuzu-piazza- ... rmvSB=true

[GHT]

Yes, I saw that Anglia on the 'bay a while back, I wondered why any rare Ford wouldn't have been snapped up by now, especially as it looks pretty decent. Then I realised; it's as ugly as the ugly thing that just passed an ugliness course with distinctions in every module. Now I'm going to hide in the basement 'til the angry mob of Ford apologists has dispersed.
Maybe it's less ugly in the flesh? I mean, our favourite star of TV and film (La Friel) only looks that fit because her makeup artist is an expert with the body filler & chicken wire. Don't take my word for this though, I found a rare candid photo of our Anna, just about to have her portion of fruit before she'd been into the makeup workshop:



True dat..

My goodness me, you of all people, you whose aesthetic gene missed the mark when your Dad pulled out too early, you, lover of all that is B/L, you who wet your pants at any communist era East European car, you who call me grumpy if I so much as dislike any car, you are calling one Henry's blue oval offering, ugly. You are a charlatan.
Meanwhile, have you seen the witch once she has applied the make-up?

[JPB]

The Anglia - in standard, UK factory form - is, to my eyes, a handsome and distinctive little car if not one that moves me especially, but that one has been made ugly by Italian designers, presumably after their coffee had been spiked with some form of hallucinogenic substance.
Your witch-related link won't work, by the way. I can only assume that the reason for this is that the witch in question is straight from the pages of one of the "special" magazines that you store in the attic in a locked steel case?

[Luxobarge]

Your witch-related link won't work,

Works for me. But not really "work safe" to show on your screen if you know what I mean.......