Bell's Banter 2021

[GORDON STREETER]

Originally Posted by lotustwincam

I have just had an email with the news that I have been awarded a grant of two million dollars from the United States Agency for International Development.

I just need to contact Safrata Karel on an odd looking email address.

Just thinking what car (s) to buy when the cash gets here.

If Safrata asks for a few thousands up front go for it, two million dollars is a lot of money. Please forward the email to me

[Tel 911S]

I have a "Outlook " E Mail account .
Today I got a big mail from them saying that from next month there is a change in their service etc .
All looks very proper , but did a bit of digging and found this .
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...6-eea4be42090f
Can,t see how it will work , but I guess if they ask for passwords or any bank details then it is almost certainly a scam .

[midgetman]

Originally Posted by lotustwincam

I have just had an email with the news that I have been awarded a grant of two million dollars from the United States Agency for International Development.



I just need to contact Safrata Karel on an odd looking email address.



Just thinking what car (s) to buy when the cash gets here.

Safreta wrote to me as well! I thought I was the only Special One.

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[GORDON STREETER]

Well what can I say ! I found this on my emails today

[bauble]

Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER

Well what can I say ! I found this on my emails today
Attachment 68394

Burgger, I was sure that would work!

Back to the drawing board.

[GORDON STREETER]

That looks like it's from DLVA

[GORDON STREETER]

Originally Posted by bauble

Burgger, I was sure that would work!

Back to the drawing board.

Well you tried Bob
I'm not surprised that they declined it as I can't ever remember setting up a DD to DVLA

[GORDON STREETER]

And no I didn't press on it but reported it to the powers that be, it just seems to be getting worse and worse

[GORDON STREETER]

Modern cars and the price of parts for them are getting rather "expensive" !
I had to fit a new drivers seat belt in a Golf today that had failed an MOT because it was frayed. I had to get it from the main dealer and with VAT it cost the customer £421.81 + fitting. OK I am aware that it has explosive pre tensioners linked to the airbag but still a lot of money. Last year a friend had his "not to old" Range Rover written off after a "smallish" side impact set most of the airbags off. The price to replace them and the inside panels that they destroyed was horrendous! He bought it back off the insurance company and just uses it around the farm and fields, he never repaired any of it as it still drives perfectly

[delta]

Wiscombe Hill Climbe for me this weekend . I’ve borrowed a Comet JAP 500. Going to be fun in the wet . Today me and Alan are on a coastal bike ride . Suns out .??*??

[justracing]

Originally Posted by delta

Wiscombe Hill Climbe for me this weekend . I’ve borrowed a Comet JAP 500. Going to be fun in the wet .

You can't keep a good man down, if it was just a tad nearer I'd be tempted to go for the entertainment!

[E.B]

Originally Posted by delta

Wiscombe Hill Climbe for me this weekend . I’ve borrowed a Comet JAP 500. Going to be fun in the wet . Today me and Alan are on a coastal bike ride . Suns out .??*??

Used to love Wiscombe and always went well there.... but its quite daunting in the wet.

In fact possibly the last time I ran at Wiscombe was this very weekend in 1982 before I headed off to Aus ... Wiscombe was the weekend Gilles Villeneuve died, and I vividly remember hearing the news as it got worse during the afternoon. Of course no internet or anything then and just waited for updates into the evening news when his fate was confirmed, back at the pub we stayed at.

Seem to remember it was a different event each day , Saturday Aston Martin OC and Sunday another championship. I remember coming home with a pot or tankard from each day. But a sad weekend really.

Actually my avatar is at Wiscombe in my Phantom Hart Clubmans, coming out of Sawbench, probably that very weekend.

Have a great weekend anyway. I seem to remember the paddock slope was a nightmare in the wet!

[grantp]

Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER

Modern cars and the price of parts for them are getting rather "expensive" !
I had to fit a new drivers seat belt in a Golf today that had failed an MOT because it was frayed. I had to get it from the main dealer and with VAT it cost the customer £421.81 + fitting. OK I am aware that it has explosive pre tensioners linked to the airbag but still a lot of money. Last year a friend had his "not to old" Range Rover written off after a "smallish" side impact set most of the airbags off. The price to replace them and the inside panels that they destroyed was horrendous! He bought it back off the insurance company and just uses it around the farm and fields, he never repaired any of it as it still drives perfectly

There seems to be a significant market in the USA for having seatbelts rebuilt rather than buying new when rebuilding cars. Presumably the rules about what is allowed are rather different.

I suspect the tremendous waste of materials and energy in the modern automotive manufacturing and repair world can only be reduced once things can be simplified by effective use of autonomous control and by harmonising and standardising designs and components and making them the only option for transportation deployed within heavily controlled traffic paths that require almost no human input at the point of travel.

Moving to intentionally make vehicle ownership very expensive so that people give up on the "dream" of personal choice would be somewhat more acceptable than announcing outright bans.

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by grantp

Moving to intentionally make vehicle ownership very expensive so that people give up on the "dream" of personal choice would be somewhat more acceptable than announcing outright bans.

Back to fifties. We used to have additional taxes on many things like cars or even dogs, number of doors or windows for any house and so on, all considered as "signe extérieur de richesse". Re the dogs its really expensive now "mais quand on aime on ne compte pas" when you do something out of love…

[bauble]

This arrived in my Inbox recently, and I am not sure what to make of it.

"? Non-wired Adjustable Bra, 280 Litre Heavy Duty Waterproof Outdoor Storage Box,"

Puzzled of Luton.

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by bauble

This arrived in my Inbox recently, and I am not sure what to make of it.

"? Non-wired Adjustable Bra, 280 Litre Heavy Duty Waterproof Outdoor Storage Box,"

Puzzled of Luton.

Lol!!!
Had you forgotten to pay for them on ebay?

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by bauble

Non-wired Adjustable Bra, 280 Litre Heavy Duty Waterproof Outdoor

There's a direct link between your web searches and the offers sent via your mailbox. They call that "cookies" but there's no connection with mince pies. At least all Tenthers now know what you're looking for… Gourmande!

[Tel 911S]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

There's a direct link between your web searches and the offers sent via your mailbox. They call that "cookies" but there's no connection with mince pies. At least all Tenthers now know what you're looking for… Gourmande!

Reminds me of a Labour MP who complained about the number of porn links that kept popping up on his computer , then he was told it was linked to the searches he had been doing on tinternet .

So what has Bauble been looking for when he gets a link to a "280 Litre BRA "

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by Tel 911S

So what has Bauble been looking for when he gets a link to a "280 Litre BRA "

Now you ask… Maths could help here: for his personal use, sounds quite a lot. But if you add one wife and four daughters it gives 56 litre per each. Just have to find out how five people can share a single bra…

[Peter Mallett]

Originally Posted by Tel 911S

Reminds me of a Labour MP who complained about the number of porn links that kept popping up on his computer , then he was told it was linked to the searches he had been doing on tinternet .

So what has Bauble been looking for when he gets a link to a "280 Litre BRA "

Hmm,

[E.B]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Hmm,

[bauble]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

There's a direct link between your web searches and the offers sent via your mailbox. They call that "cookies" but there's no connection with mince pies. At least all Tenthers now know what you're looking for… Gourmande!

That explains some of the other offers I keep getting.

[delta]

Here are a couple of photos from a very wet Wiscombe.I thought the finish line was very picturesque with the bluebells. I saw the finish line four times. Happy days.

[midgetman]

Your photo doesn't do the climb up to the finish line justice. It's really steep isn't it? Drop a wheel down the dip at Martini and it takes ages to make the final ascent.

Did you enjoy it? Was it your first visit?

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[delta]

I had a brilliant time. Yes this was my first ever Hill Climbe. .