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My long and happy marriage has been punctuated with various instances of alleged misuse of kitchen equipment. When changing some bearings in a Hillman Imp transaxle, the placing of the gearbox end casing in the oven to warm it up (and expand it) was one thing. Having already placed the new bearings in the freezer (to shrink them) was apparently an even greater imposition. When I was trying to get a recalcitrant car to start, I had placed the spark plugs in Gill's favourite milk pan and put them on the hob to warm. Noticing the strange smell from the kitchen, she was alerted and, on rushing in, kicked off. When I pointed out that I had lined the pan with tin foil, it made little difference! Placing various small items to dry (after cleaning / painting) on top of the central heating boiler always draws comment. However, if I had a long tail, green eyes, tore up tissues, irrepairably damaged the (admittedly elderly) three piece suite, made a complete pest of myself until my favourite chair was vacated (so I could curl up in it all evening) and dug holes in the compost heap to take a poo, I would never be criticized! Simon

I spent a very furiously volatile hour in my garage looking for the pencil that was tucked behind my ear

Spoke to Luke - think I'll be good to get something sorted. Now where's that credit card...

The Zetec lump in my Westie had got a bit tappety last time out - turned out to be low on oil. Rather than top it up (and not knowing what was in it) I decided to do an oil and filter change I landed a bargain with Catrol Magnatec - normally £35 for 4 litres at Halfords - 20% discount brought it down to £28 and then I tried my trade card and another £6 was taken off - net price was £22 for 4 litres, which is a bargain when you consider 1 litre is £15 Filter was also nice and cheap at a fiver Next came the removal of the sump plug. 25mm? nope - too small. 26mm? too big. Confused... Could it really be imperial? Vernier caliper confirmed it to be 1". A quick rummage around the toolbox confirmed that my imperial sockets stop at 7/8" and the spanners stopped at 11/16. No problem - I'll nip to Halfords. Nothing. Wickes, B&Q, a local motor factor - absolutely nothing at 1". I remember when you had to be careful when buying tools to make sure you didn't pick up imperial stuff but now it seems a lottery win is more likely. In the end, I went against my better judgement and used an adjustable, which worked OK, but I'll definitely need to get hold of a decent ring spanner for the next change. So - a quick oil & filter change took four hours and thirty miles of driving Lesson learned....

Swmbo. The oven's on. Me. Yes, I'm cooking tonight, just warming it up. Swmbo. What are we having? Me. It's a surprise, keep your eyes closed.

Youre nearly there , so dot chuck the towel in. Injectors and a variable pressure regulator maybe a sensible thing to fit too. The pump 'may struggle also and need a Bosch 044, is the common one, I believe but watch out for fake ones !!

got us booked into the courtyard in Kenmore for 2 for lunch also have a route and maps done so we wont get lost

Hi, Bill, Having returned home from work and shown my dear wife your photo, she swiftly declared it to be "an inappropriate use for an oven". I then read her my post and all she said was "Idiot!" Says it all, really! Simon

I should say mick has as the post was from 2016

I'm a bit late to the party but ...and pleased Cherished/A-Plan were able to help yet again.

Cheers gents, best quote so farA Plan by a country mile.

Not the 24th yet! I'll drive mine on Thursday and post photo

Cheeky! Always one that takes advantage!!

Don't worry, mine's limited to 30. Follow me kid, and you'll be ok!

hi, i have a 2013 blacktop purchased from westfield i always use 2001 focus 2.0 at my local autospares shop never let me down yet

Blyton Results have now been posted below for you all to see and comment about, as long as they are good comments Lots of runs, lots of fun by the looks of it. Blyton (R11) Eastern layout Blyton (R12) Outer layout Tiggs

What size are your injectors, and what pressure are you running them at?

Wash them too many times and you end up with the fashion award in many years time Wash seldomnly and when they really need it in my opinion. They are not like pairs of old pants you know Oh - and pick your colour wisely. White is not a good choice unless you have a pit crew

To see your car with a single throttle body............................ yes

You asked a female about something in the past you did wrong

1 WEEK TO GO TO HOLLIBOBS so for those who wished they could come this picture sums the whole thing up , lol

Can I just gently remind folks that the abitly to post "For Sale" threads is a privilege of being a paid up club member, only. While the club welcomes all new prospective members to sign up to the Boardroom for a one month trial, so that you experience some of the clubs on-line life, certain parts of the Boardroom and the right to do certain things are restricted to full club members, or those taking out a month by month subscription. The club respectfully, would ask those signing up to the free trial membership, not to try and bypass those restrictions by posting sales adverts in other sections of the Boardroom. We will delete any we find. If you have an item to sell, but don't wish to become a full member, you may take out a paid extended trial membership instead, this will allow you to post as many adverts as you like in the extended trial membership period, so is excellent value compared to simply buying advertising space on other sites!