That is sooo cute. I'm right into wee micro cars these days.
Well, this isn't an old fashioned estate..mght as well have been though. 4 litre 87 Jeep Cherokee Chief I had in California. think it's long wheelbase. Had some brilliant times in it. :)
OOOOoh..Smokin' Moke! Drafty..but coool I think for all the fellas and fellettes! Think originals have gone up in price..hugely. Cant wait to see it. :)
That is sooo cute. I'm right into wee micro cars these days.
Well, this isn't an old fashioned estate..mght as well have been though. 4 litre 87 Jeep Cherokee Chief I had in California. think it's long wheelbase. Had some brilliant times in it. :)
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So I was going to post s picture of the studio Gibley's cat king. But I'm on the phone and everything I tried didn't work. Most are shitty Twitter posts. And I hate FECKING PHONES.
Hecate..wow. You know your onions..and curries. Put it in the curry!
I'm more into Freyja..and she's got a chariot pulled by...err cats, Perhaps that's where I am going wrong. Hecate..hmmm, that's a thought. Put it in the curry!
Dunno about cat kings. I got dragged to see Cats in Blackpool...and it was the most boring 2 hours imaginable.
Don't play the new God of War games then, she's basically a scruffy hippy living in the forest, under a tree that's on the back of a giant tortoise, she's been trapped in Midgard by Odin, with no means of returning to Vanaheim, although her house has a window she can she her realm through. A delightfully cruel gift from the Allfather I'm sure...
You what!..She what! A Turtle! He what! .That would annoy me true enough. Talk abut pic'n'mix mythology and religion No one is asking the maker of these games to study the classics or read the Golden Bough..
The turtle moves... .
Were Estate cars a status symbol? Hmm. Come to think, my friends parents were hippies and kept a Peugeot 505 estate for a decade. I suppose it's SUVs now. Can't see a bleeding thing around them..get's on my nerves!
I think it kind of went two ways with Estates. Those with new estates it was a status symbol for many.
However, I do remember those hippy types with the old Volvo and similar estates that would belch smoke. Definitely not a status symbol, well that is not if your going for prestige.
I can also remember a third type of car owner from the 90s. The company car owner who would go to great lengths to get it and ensure they got the Audi and not the Ford. Their driving style reflected very much that they were not paying for the servicing and had no concerns about longevity.
Cannot actually stand cats..they follow me about. they are out the back now hiding under my Micra. ..it's a sign...and not one I want to contemplate..
I recently developed an allergy to cats, my eyes would itch and constantly run then eventually the eyelids would swell up. My cousin has 2 cats, Mitzi and Murphy. Mitzi hates me and tries to bite or scratch me for no reason. Not sure why as i've never tormented her. Murphy just sits on my lap and purrs. I prefer dogs.
I learned to drive in a Micra, or should I say failed to learn to drive in a Micra. The 80s one had a horrid gearbox with the distance that one needed to move the gear stick between gears uncomfortably large and clunky. I guess driving instructors liked them as they made driving unnecessarily hard and so they kept their learners longer. I eventually learned to drive in a Volkeswagen Polo, far nice car for the beginner.
On the subjects of cats again. Yes Zx1, I am the same as you..very allergic to some cats..but.I better post these pics of the kitten I saved..in case Polo appears in the bushes outside one day.
I want to nominate New Year for this thread...or Hogmany in Scotland.
Wtf has happened to it..It was once a big night out of falling about and fighting later on...sometimes. Folks were out kissing each other and all night booze ups in folks houses. Sing-a-longs and Auld Lang Syne...now everyone is in bed by 10pm with the lights off in case someone comes to the door. It's the one night folks are sober! towns are largely dead...apart from very big towns perhaps..and show piece nonsense like Edinburg. Once 400K folk descended on Edinburg for a knees up..NOW..it's an expensive all ticket affair for tourists. There was more life in my tiny village in the 70s and 80s...than there is in some large towns. You went from house to house getting your first booze from you uncle and a puff on a cig..so everyone could have a laugh watching you choke. What ever happened to those good old days..It's boring and clandestine, organized and commercial. It's a shame. You got to be 40 or over to rememeber the fun...like big Bertl wandering about in -25C with no shirt on. Like your first sip of booze...your first puff on cig..everyone having REAL fun..not this sanitised crap you get now. Tis a shame!
Yeah. It's that up hellyaa thing they do in Shetland Islands.
Heh, it was meant as a reference to the spectacular "Skellige" area in The Witcher 3, which is indeed based on this kind of nordic place, very similar to the Shetland Islands or Norway.
Here's a great video showing the ambience of that part of the in-game world:
Snap, i learned to drive in a micra ( in exctly the same colour as well ).
Even took my test in it at headington, oxford <smugface> which i passed first time </smugface>
The 3 point turn was a bit of an effort though as i recall, we didn't have power steering in them days.
Funny you should say that, I took my test in Oxford as well at the Marston test center. Most of my test was around the estate between Headington and Marston (the one with the tower block) I forget its name. I passed first time too.
The K10 Micra (particularly in Red) was very popular with Driving instructors. Was your instructors name was George?
I nearly threw the gearbox out of the car on my instructors (Sisters' father-in-law) brand new Micro when I was learning. We came to a junction with good visibility at about 30 and slowing, he said "its all clear, change down and keep going". I shoved the car into 1st (instead of going down to 3rd) and it screamed, he screamed, we all screamed. Luckily it handled it and I shoved it into 3rd correctly and carried on.
Snap, i learned to drive in a micra ( in exctly the same colour as well ).
Even took my test in it at headington, oxford <smugface> which i passed first time </smugface>
The 3 point turn was a bit of an effort though as i recall, we didn't have power steering in them days.
Funny you should say that, I took my test in Oxford as well at the Marston test center. Most of my test was around the estate between Headington and Marston (the one with the tower block) I forget its name. I passed first time too.
The K10 Micra (particularly in Red) was very popular with Driving instructors. Was your instructors name was George?
Your right they were popular round here for driving instuctors, Neville from witney was mine.
I'd never really been to the headington/marston part of Oxford ( apart from the cricket grounds and Moris Motors Social Club ) until I learnt to drive there - there are some suprising things to see.
I grew up near there, later moving to Kidlngton for childhood part 2, so I was mostly familiar with the area and its oddities.
That part of Oxford is very evocative for me, as its where all my earliest memories are, my blissful days before I was old enough to discover and experience the depressing realities of humanity. I was born in the John Radcliffe and have memories stretching far enough back that I can remember it and sever other long standing buildings in the area being completed.
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You'd have been able to drive over me back in the mini days. My ambition is to get one of these....
There is a company making new ones, which would be extra cool
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50,000,000 Embassy coupons would do it I think, Luny. :))
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So I was going to post s picture of the studio Gibley's cat king. But I'm on the phone and everything I tried didn't work. Most are shitty Twitter posts. And I hate FECKING PHONES.
@luny@mstdn.games
https://www.luny.co.uk
I'm more into Freyja..and she's got a chariot pulled by...err cats, Perhaps that's where I am going wrong. Hecate..hmmm, that's a thought. Put it in the curry!
Dunno about cat kings. I got dragged to see Cats in Blackpool...and it was the most boring 2 hours imaginable.
Wife: Estate (making sure that did not go unmissed).
The turtle moves... .
Were Estate cars a status symbol? Hmm. Come to think, my friends parents were hippies and kept a Peugeot 505 estate for a decade. I suppose it's SUVs now. Can't see a bleeding thing around them..get's on my nerves!
However, I do remember those hippy types with the old Volvo and similar estates that would belch smoke. Definitely not a status symbol, well that is not if your going for prestige.
I can also remember a third type of car owner from the 90s. The company car owner who would go to great lengths to get it and ensure they got the Audi and not the Ford. Their driving style reflected very much that they were not paying for the servicing and had no concerns about longevity.
Well forward to the 2000s..and everyone knows Audi drivers have the IQ of 42 fruit flies divided by the combined IQs of 26 PE teachers.
I recently developed an allergy to cats, my eyes would itch and constantly run then eventually the eyelids would swell up. My cousin has 2 cats, Mitzi and Murphy. Mitzi hates me and tries to bite or scratch me for no reason. Not sure why as i've never tormented her. Murphy just sits on my lap and purrs. I prefer dogs.
Here is my K12 baby. In the absence of a real baby...I settled for this rather than a pack of alsations.
On the subjects of cats again. Yes Zx1, I am the same as you..very allergic to some cats..but.I better post these pics of the kitten I saved..in case Polo appears in the bushes outside one day.
Appropo of nothing.
Wtf has happened to it..It was once a big night out of falling about and fighting later on...sometimes. Folks were out kissing each other and all night booze ups in folks houses. Sing-a-longs and Auld Lang Syne...now everyone is in bed by 10pm with the lights off in case someone comes to the door. It's the one night folks are sober! towns are largely dead...apart from very big towns perhaps..and show piece nonsense like Edinburg. Once 400K folk descended on Edinburg for a knees up..NOW..it's an expensive all ticket affair for tourists. There was more life in my tiny village in the 70s and 80s...than there is in some large towns. You went from house to house getting your first booze from you uncle and a puff on a cig..so everyone could have a laugh watching you choke. What ever happened to those good old days..It's boring and clandestine, organized and commercial. It's a shame. You got to be 40 or over to rememeber the fun...like big Bertl wandering about in -25C with no shirt on. Like your first sip of booze...your first puff on cig..everyone having REAL fun..not this sanitised crap you get now. Tis a shame!
https://64.media.tumblr.com/a15c2ced9c85cefe58c7bca426e897c1/e36f07da24ea6702-10/s400x600/d71923b40c44c411705ad9996cb0daab95fb3179.gifv
Snap, i learned to drive in a micra ( in exctly the same colour as well ).
Even took my test in it at headington, oxford <smugface> which i passed first time </smugface>
The 3 point turn was a bit of an effort though as i recall, we didn't have power steering in them days.
Yeah. It's that up hellyaa thing they do in Shetland Islands.
Heh, it was meant as a reference to the spectacular "Skellige" area in The Witcher 3, which is indeed based on this kind of nordic place, very similar to the Shetland Islands or Norway.
Here's a great video showing the ambience of that part of the in-game world:
Funny you should say that, I took my test in Oxford as well at the Marston test center. Most of my test was around the estate between Headington and Marston (the one with the tower block) I forget its name. I passed first time too.
The K10 Micra (particularly in Red) was very popular with Driving instructors. Was your instructors name was George?
@luny@mstdn.games
https://www.luny.co.uk
Your right they were popular round here for driving instuctors, Neville from witney was mine.
I'd never really been to the headington/marston part of Oxford ( apart from the cricket grounds and Moris Motors Social Club ) until I learnt to drive there - there are some suprising things to see.
A case in point :
https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5ccb120da21d1c027f73256b/2:1/w_1869,h_934,c_limit/Stoppard-HeadingtonShark.jpg
That part of Oxford is very evocative for me, as its where all my earliest memories are, my blissful days before I was old enough to discover and experience the depressing realities of humanity. I was born in the John Radcliffe and have memories stretching far enough back that I can remember it and sever other long standing buildings in the area being completed.