WCMUT....what cheered me up today

Cobra said:
Vauxhall Astra VXR
MPG & tax bracket, best not ask :D


Top Speed152 mph
0-60 mph6.2 secs
Torque320 Nm, 236 ft-lb

All pretty much the same as my X-fire.
It was tough trying to find a replacement TBH.

edit and yes a skinny spare :)
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Nice, you may want to get the gearbox oil changed depending on age and far more often than vauxhall say, the engine is tough on the box ;)
 
Dale. said:
If it's the GTC,
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The VXR is far faster than the GTC ;)
Oh and as Henry ford said, you can have any colour you like as long as its .... :D
 
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Cobra said:
The VXR is far faster than the GTC ;)
Oh and as Henry ford said, you can have any colour you like as long as its .... :D
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It's a lot faster than the 1.4 turbo I was eyeing up. There is a GTC VXR . (y)
 
Actually, all this talk of fast Vauxhalls has cheered me up today. It takes me back to the days when I had a Mk2 Cavalier (SRi 130). I loved that thing, it was cammed and chipped, and 150 odd brake for a chap that was then in his mid 20s, was a lot of brake for the time.

I was actually a Vauxhall man back then, I had a few in my time, the nicest was the MK3 Cavalier 2.0 GLi, that I got nearly new. The fastest was the 130.
 
Dale. said:
There is a GTC VXR . (y)
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I didn't know that TBH, Yes the GTC is a nice looking car,
But its a bit low for me now, one reason I'm getting shot of the X-fire.
Easy enough to get in to, getting out is another matter entirely :D

The Astra VXR is more like a 3 door Astra size.

Dale. said:
I was actually a Vauxhall man back then,
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I've only ever owned one vauxhall that was many years ago.
1.6 cavalier I didn't have that long heap of s*** imo.
 
Just recently sold a 2006 Zafira 2.0 Turbo. Really liked that car, tons of room and quick, but don't need the size now.

Dave
 
Tringa said:
Just recently sold a 2006 Zafira 2.0 Turbo. Really liked that car, tons of room and quick, but don't need the size now.

Dave
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I did quite like the ford KUGA I was impressed with all the "toys" that went with it.
But I had a word with myself, and said WTF are you doing? don't need anything anywhere near that size.
I had to agree :D
 
Cobra said:
Yep :)
Actually I did edit it in as I forgot the first time,
Oh and the colour. Of course there can be only one :D
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ASBO pink!!!

Cobra said:
But its a bit low for me now, one reason I'm getting shot of the X-fire.
Easy enough to get in to, getting out is another matter entirely :D
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I may have changed the area of the g*lf club car park I park in because it's on enough of a slope to make getting up and out of my car a touch awkward! As you say, getting in is easy - gravity assisted but up and out is a whole different ball game (as evidenced by the older [than me] gentleman that I gave a lift to this morning as he took a moment or 2 to exit!)
 
Fuji Dave said:
Just got back home to find a letter from the hospital after my two ops, I am now cancer free. Over the bloody moon here now.
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That's brilliant news Dave (y)
 
Fuji Dave said:
Thank you folks, we are both over the moon so now I just have to try and put a bit of weight back on.
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Not saying you shouldn’t because I don’t know how much weight you lost but in my earlier days on chemo when I couldn’t eat anything (except tinned tomato soup and peaches, 2 things I never ate!) my weight went down to what it used to be 20 years before but then when I was over that chemo I let go back to the 3 or 4 stone extra that it had been — I have always regretted not sticking at my “ideal” weight :(.
 
Having finally told HSBC bank to shove their account and p*** poor service where the sun don't shine. :mooning:

Then a seamless account swap with Starling Bank (who I hope will be much better) that only took fifteen minutes. :cool:
 
WAMY was flicking one of my hearing aids out when removing my helmet after a bike ride, so WCMUT was Mrs Nod finding the bl00dy thing about 6' away from the bike I had been riding when I was convinced it had dropped straight down!
 
I took my mam to a shop in a mostly immigrant neighbourhood today where they sell all kinds of hard to find eastern stuff. Pushing a wheelchair around a tight shop causes a few issues and I had to wait or politely ask people to let us scrape through a few times. Anyway, when we left the owner or maybe manager came running after us with a massive box of strawberries for mam. "You can have them later with some cream" he said, and she did have some and some orange segments with Carnation :D

What a kind gesture :D
 
Good job tidying up the bramble at the back fence. We have a had a kilo of blackberries on each of the previous Sundays, now another kilo and a half today. They really are a wonderful fruit.
 
andya700 said:
Good job tidying up the bramble at the back fence. We have a had a kilo of blackberries on each of the previous Sundays, now another kilo and a half today. They really are a wonderful fruit.
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They are. We have some home made bramble juice in our fridge :D

Today we had strawberry ice cream made with our homegrown strawberries. It was delicious :D
 
woof woof said:
They are. We have some home made bramble juice in our fridge :D

Today we had strawberry ice cream made with our homegrown strawberries. It was delicious :D
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That sounds really good. We have made blackberry sorbet in the past, then served it with a little drizzle of creme de cassis for an adult dessert. I think I can scrump some nice eating apples locally, so might be on for an apple and blackberry crumble this week.
 
Yesterday really, but a wonderful weekend with a friend's RSPCA foster dog.
He's only just a year old and a cruelty case that is still ongoing.
He's such a lovely friendly boy despite all he's been through, loves most people and all dogs.
Been a real pleasure have him with me on my walks and company around the house.
Hopefully he's coming back over the bank holiday, seems I've passed the test to look after him
 
Gremlin said:
Yesterday really, but a wonderful weekend with a friend's RSPCA foster dog.
He's only just a year old and a cruelty case that is still ongoing.
He's such a lovely friendly boy despite all he's been through, loves most people and all dogs.
Been a real pleasure have him with me on my walks and company around the house.
Hopefully he's coming back over the bank holiday, seems I've passed the test to look after him
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Can you keep him?

Also... Pictures! :D
 
Gremlin said:
Yesterday really, but a wonderful weekend with a friend's RSPCA foster dog.
He's only just a year old and a cruelty case that is still ongoing.
He's such a lovely friendly boy despite all he's been through, loves most people and all dogs.
Been a real pleasure have him with me on my walks and company around the house.
Hopefully he's coming back over the bank holiday, seems I've passed the test to look after him
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That's great. It is always heartwarming when a dog(or any animal) that has been through a bad time responds to some decent care. As Alan said - photos please.

Dave
 
Warning... Stroppy kid alert... and I think there's a maniac in the house :oops: :$

View: https://BANNED/FredSchultz35/status/1556368921229512707
 
One more,

I don't know if I've ever seen an animal more desperate to save another of a different species.

View: https://BANNED/pups_Puppies1/status/1555901127878742023


Amazing. But to just stand there and film this seems questionable.
 
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woof woof said:
Can you keep him?

Also... Pictures! :D
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Tringa said:
That's great. It is always heartwarming when a dog(or any animal) that has been through a bad time responds to some decent care. As Alan said - photos please.

Dave
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I'd would if I could but he has separation issues, the lady fostering him works for the rescue so can take him with her
when she needs to, often works from home

Unfortunately I can't post pictures either, it's an ongoing court case, I will once things are sorted
 
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Mrs WW brought a Chinese milk maker back from Thailand. Sadly the controls are all in Chinese but she can just about work it after having a lesson from her Chinese brother in law. You can make "milk" out of lots of things, soya, almonds, lots of things, and yesterday we had our first home made soya milk and it was nice and easily more drinkable than the unsweetened one you buy in the shops. I'm not a big fan of soya milk myself but Mrs WW is lactose intolerant so it's more for her. I am looking forward to the next batch as she's going to add some almonds to the mix and I think I'll like that.

She's tried all over the net in the UK to get one of these but they seem nowhere to be found, not like the one she has now anyway.
 
woof woof said:
Mrs WW brought a Chinese milk maker back from Thailand. Sadly the controls are all in Chinese but she can just about work it after having a lesson from her Chinese brother in law. You can make "milk" out of lots of things, soya, almonds, lots of things, and yesterday we had our first home made soya milk and it was nice and easily more drinkable than the unsweetened one you buy in the shops. I'm not a big fan of soya milk myself but Mrs WW is lactose intolerant so it's more for her. I am looking forward to the next batch as she's going to add some almonds to the mix and I think I'll like that.

She's tried all over the net in the UK to get one of these but they seem nowhere to be found, not like the one she has now anyway.
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The best way to make milk is to use dried skimmed powdered milk and unsalted (preferably lactic) butter. Varying the proportion you can also make double cream this way, and you only need a liqiodiser/smoothie maker or similar ;).
 
No, the best way to make milk is to get a cow/goat/mammal of choice...
 
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