Jafo- 'Petrol-head'
Hehe...we call those types of people 'gear-heads' (which my hubby is definitely one of! (I knew that you would have to show up in this conversation sooner or later!)


FL- "Top speed 120, 0-60 10.2, 35mpg round town, 48mpg+ on a run. Mine's a bit old to go racing it, I'd like to keep it in one piece a few more years. Cost per week...£10 - £15 petrol... (@ about £3.50 per gallon) "

Not bad on the 0-60 or MPG. £10 is about $15 USD, right? How far do you drive?

All this conversion is making my head hurt!

Karma...as a young'un growing up, we were either into cars or into surfing...so you were either a petrol-head or a sea-weed [blue-bottle]......they had their 'Virgin-converters' [panel vans], we had cars that actually 'went'.
One mate at 16 actually built-up his 'donk' in his bed-room...[mum was pleased...]....a 351 Cleveland on the floor of your bedroom...

How far do I drive? Um, how long is a piece of string...

Well, work is just over 3 miles away, the shopping center is 7 miles away. Last couple of weeks I've been visiting garden centers. Last week I did 200 miles, the week before 100.

Yeah, it's a nippy little car. Just right for what I use it for.

I wish my car got better milage....I spend way to much on 'petrol'.

Jafo, that story sounds like some people I know I have many car parts in my house that are "too good to go in the pole barn"....

When my uncle heard that they were going to discontinue the old Hudson Hornet around '51 ish, he ran down and bought two new ones. Disassembled one straight into the attic as his parts warehouse. Most of it was still up there when he sold the house. I'm sure he must have informed the new owner about the "bonus" in the attic.

So, waht happened to the "non-parts" one?

Threw his rods one night some years later while disciplining an obnoxious Chevy. Sold the pistons to Carnival Cruise lines for use as ship anchors.

Thank you FL for the explanation of "welly", I think. Has Wellington boot throwing evolved over the years to the point of qualifying as a martial art? Just curious.

Welly throwing is a very serious sport here in Yorkshire.

The martial art practised here is called ee-by-gum, for which the traditional uniform consisting of grey suit, hob nail boots and flat cap must be worn. In summer Grand Masters can be seen in a more relaxed attire consisting of grey trousers, string vest and handkerchief tied at the corners for a hat. Female Grand Masters, also known as 'er indoors, carry a lethal weapon called 'rolling pin' - which as any Yorkshire lad will tell you is a very effective weapon best avoided.

/me thinks it's about time Yorkshire was granted independence from those southern ba.. I mean English.

The ladies in northeast Thailand sometimes teach manners with a clublike kitchen item called a "saccabeua". It is the pounding element in a large wooden mortar-and-pestle type arrangement used to reduce hot peppers to incindiary red liquid. Residual pepper juice on the saccabeua enters the wounds inflicted, and adds further enlightenment to the trainee.

Sounds interesting. Can this be tried at home...?

Speaking from personal experience, it is definitely not recommended for the feint of heart!

It probably ranks equally with getting hit by a flying welly with Tabasco on the hobnails.