OK, if the opening image is anything to go by, the article will be great. Aston, Goonie bird and an F-14 are all favourites and I know I like Victoria’s writing, its on the list to read today. thank you for the recommendation.

I know I shouldn’t speak of other sites here, but If you haven’t read the Victoria Scott’s adventures on The Drive, they may be worth a look. A trans woman’s tales of finding self, America and fixing a minivan with bondage gear.

Not sure if it’s a relation, but if you find yourself in the UK Beaulieu is definitely worth a visit. Some great cars.

Good catch, thank you. The idea of bouncing around on trial course with a lead acid battery between my legs doesn’t fill me with joy. A quick google says that sealed lead acid wasn’t invented until the mid 70s, so just a sketchy as I’d imagined.

Heckblende

Some time ago, British Rail decided to scrap all of it’s old steam engines. Many of them ended up in Wales, a place called Barry Island, I remember seeing them on the way to a shipyard with my dad. Seeing the plight of many of these engines, and with the infamous cutting of lines made by Mr. Beeching, rail enthusiasts…

Solved some time ago. I know it’s not entirely the same use case and distances are longer, but these things have been around for donkey’s years, running on lead acid batteries.

While I’d argue you’re about 7000km off for Pizza, I’m calling the same for Cheddar cheese. That orange crap has nothing to do with the real stuff.

I was fortunate to have flown in both the taper and the upper deck. The taper does give a great perspective, but feels a little odd as you have a bit of a yaw on. The upper deck was my favourite though, a bit quieter, if memory serves.

The Google translate app says: “For Ukraine, for her will!!!” It appears to be a Ukrainian coat of arms.

I look back fondly at a conversation I had with my brother, a former UK traffic police Sargent. He told me in very clear and certain terms that if he ever saw me riding my motorcycle in London, he would stop me and find some offense to charge me with. The UK traffic police are known as the Black Rats, they even have a…

Here’s a rare moment of deadly serious from me. DO NOT MESS WITH ACETYLENE TANKS. If welding with it you should have non-return valves at the torch and a flashback arrester at the bottle end of the hose. As others have pointed out any pressure vessel is dangerous, one filled with acetylene doubly so. Here’s a guide…

You appear to have a marquee in your shed. I think this means you win at sheds.

I found it in bottles…

The VW ID.3 has rear drums, apparently they are less likely to bind causing efficiency loss.

Man invents protection device that singularly fails to protect the two body areas he was shot in. Hmmm.

Now satisfied, thank you.

The valid is implied. One of the classics is that if you are my age you can drive anything up to 7.5 tonnes on a standard UK car license. However, you cannot tow a trailer on that vehicle with that licence. You can tow with a car, it’s the weight combo that’s prohibited, if memory serves. So Joe builder in his 7.5…

Allow me to post the documentary about the UK police. As some background, the police had “stop and search” policy at the time which meant that if proved to be too dark of skin, that was grounds for suspicion and hence a stop and search. The SPG or Special Patrol Group was notorious as being the SWAT equivalent for…

That’s horrific. It also really discourages people from being financially responsible and saving for retirement. Pensions, be they privately or publicly issued should be granted special protections and anyone trying to sell them off or defraud people out of what they have worked for should be stripped of their assets…