snorbens_caleyman

14 minutes ago, FrontRow said:

Does it mean the midfield weren’t in space

There was certainly one point during the first half when I noticed that we simply had two lines of players across the pitch - 5 in defence and 5 up front.   Nobody between them except quite a few Partick players.

Why did no one claim for the penalty just before they scored their 4th???  The ball clearly came off the Partick keeper and then struck a defender on his arm.  McKay just shrugged his shoulders, and Partick went down the other end and scored.

It wasn't a penalty against us either.  Carson had his foot in front of the Partick forward's foot, and both missed the ball.

The referee was absolutely terrible.  Missed all the play-acting by Tiffoney, and the constant niggling by Graham.

Right now I am so glad that I don't have to watch this every week.

Hyde should have ben replaced by Carson after the first minute, when it was clear that he was way out of his depth with Tiffoney.  Might have made a big difference to the confidence of the entire defence.

If he is still on for the second half, then I'll demand my money back 

15 hours ago, weeman said:

I came across this on a walk today, but where?

Had never heard of that place until I searched for it just now.  Somewhere for me to visit next time I am up north!

A Mk1 VW Golf.  Nope, never had a Golf.

I did once work with someone who had a heavily customised VW Caddy pickup.  Until I met him I never knew that such things existed 

John Player and Sons (aka Player's) were the first commercial sponsors in F1, with Gold Leaf Team Lotus.  You'll probably also remember the black "John Player Special" cars from the early 70s.

I would have been about 11 or 12 at the time of Gold Leaf Team Lotus, and I wasn't a smoker then or now 

On 8/8/2022 at 12:02 PM, snorbens_caleyman said:

No prizes for guessing what cars these are in.

Two power plants in Ford Sierra RS Cosworths.  Completely mad cars - IIRC, many of them got wrecked.

Here's one for those who remember Gold Leaf Team Lotus.

No prizes for guessing what cars these are in.

1 hour ago, weeman said:

A child or a Bentley?

I like children, but I couldn't eat a whole one

1 hour ago, FrontRow said:

What a terrible game. No one able to keep the ball on the deck but conditions look horrendous. 

Can't read too much into them, but the BBC stats would suggest that coming out of that with a draw was a good result.

But we played there three times last season, and are still playing the ball in the air?   Beyond belief.

14 hours ago, IBM said:

This one is owned by a local from Inverness who's father is a secondhand car dealer and grandfather was a scrap metal merchant!

I presume everyone in Sneck knows who that is?  Sadly, I am long out of touch.

The Harpenden show had stands from some of the local luxury car dealers, including Bentley.  They had a white convertible, and were letting kids sit in it and have their photographs taken.  You realise when you are close to one how big they are.   I quite fancied it but my wife didn't, so we won't be getting one 

Had been in the grounds a few times, but went inside for the first time only last year!

There were a few Mustangs of various vintages at the Harpenden show.  They are not uncommon down here, so I don't have any photographs of them.

So here's another four-legged beastie - a 1959 Jaguar XK150.  I wonder which is worth more - the car or the number plate.

24 minutes ago, IBM said:

Can't check that one on the DVLA website  but it's an Alvis TD or TE from the late 50's or early 60's slightly different for export.  A beautiful car but you had to be well of to own one of them.

Google is your friend.  See https://alvisarchive.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/td21-register-170921-.pdf and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvis_TD_21  

Series II Alvis TDI Coupé, chassis number 26777, despatched (presumably just the chassis) 29 Dec 1961, body built by Swiss coachbuilder Graber, body number 757.

3 hours ago, IBM said:

That door is easy but is it a Mk1 or Mk2 I know the answer but will see if Mantis can find it in his I-Spy book!

I'm sure he'll get a handle on it

On 8/2/2022 at 6:35 PM, snorbens_caleyman said:

There was one of these at the show - a white one.  The one below was my wife's company car in 1990, in the boom years after Big Bang (financial deregulation) in the City.

That was, of course, a Renault 5 GT Turbo.  This one appears to have been a special edition called a "Raider", though I don't remember that.

My wife was on the right side of 35 at the time - as was I - and grew wearily used to boy racers catching up, having a look, seeing "a bird!", and cranking up their souped-up Novas and Fiestas to show her what they could do 

I was never keen on it - never felt totally safe.  Tiny wheels, little suspension, low down - I always felt I was sitting on an uncontrollable rocket-powered rollerskate.  Turbo lag was significant - you put your foot down and then had time for a shave or a look through the newspaper, before you were suddenly kicked in the back.

A magnet for criminals in the station car park, too.  Someone tried to nick the stereo, but couldn't get it out and also probably realised that it was custom built for this car and would be useless elsewhere, so they left all the parts very neatly on the passenger seat.  Another time we were driving to the station in the morning when suddenly there was a hideous metallic clattering from under the back of the car.  The spare wheel was on a cradle under the back, which you lowered from inside the boot.  Someone had cut through the cradle from the outside, nicked the spare, and then tied the cradle back up, until their knots came apart this morning and the cradle fell down to be dragged along the road.

Had the usual Renault electrical problems, an over-sensitive alarm, and I remember the clutch cable failing too.  Good fun, if someone else was picking up the bills!

Lovely car.  This, too, was known as a "boattail" - it's a 1972 Buick Riviera.   By coincidence, I discovered the other day that the founder of Buick was born in Arbroath, with his family moving to Detroit when he was two - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dunbar_Buick

And no prizes for guessing the car that is off the right hand side of the first picture

There was one of these at the show - a white one.  The one below was my wife's company car in 1990, in the boom years after Big Bang (financial deregulation) in the City.

23 hours ago, IBM said:

I was stuck with this one as well and had a look on the DVLA but didn't find much apart from the make  

Mantis will have to get his I-Spy book of cars out again 

It's a 1978 Matra-Simca Bagheera.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matra_Bagheera

15 hours ago, IBM said:

I had a look on the DVLA and reading up on Wikipedia and all I can say is it would take a long time to drive from Harpenden to Inverness in that car

Here's a faster one, then.

OK, here it is with the manufacturer's name restored, and also its history.

The Rotary Club in Harpenden, a neighbouring town, resurrected their "Classics on the Common" fundraiser last week.  An informal classic car show, they had everything from a 1923 Model T Ford to current day Ferraris and Lambos.

I'll be gobsmacked if anyone knows the one below.  I've taken the maker's name off it, and I don't think the badges will help.  Will reveal all in a day or two, but if you are desperate you can always look up the reg no at the DVLA.

10 minutes ago, buckett said:

Does anyone know if this service will be resumed this season?

Yes, I know.  It won't be    We have gone back to the Saturday afternoon ban on showing live games.

I did wonder if STFU was Dougal under a new name

2 hours ago, caleyboy said:

This subject becomes more boring by the minute........... you said this - you agree with that- please give us all a break and get on with the FOOTBALL craic.

Don't read it then