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- uhn113x
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A propos absolutely nothing
Hi fellow avocados
Please ignore this post if you are busy, or have dropped your toast buttered side down.
Whilst perusing this excellent forum, it struck me that we have a wide spectrum of user names.
Some are just the member's name, maybe occasionally reversed, as in PowerLee.
Others have a connection with their owner or their vehicle, like Visa16GTi or ItDontGo (or even uhn113x - wife's car registration)
Some, however, are intriguing:
Does 'goose' keep geese, between panel bashing?
What is a 'crooser'?
Surely 'BXBodger' doesn't really bodge BXs?
Does 'DarkEndViper' keep reptiles with one end lighter than the other?
Does 'Forth' have a connection with the river or the language?
We should be told! [}:)]
Please ignore this post if you are busy, or have dropped your toast buttered side down.
Whilst perusing this excellent forum, it struck me that we have a wide spectrum of user names.
Some are just the member's name, maybe occasionally reversed, as in PowerLee.
Others have a connection with their owner or their vehicle, like Visa16GTi or ItDontGo (or even uhn113x - wife's car registration)
Some, however, are intriguing:
Does 'goose' keep geese, between panel bashing?
What is a 'crooser'?
Surely 'BXBodger' doesn't really bodge BXs?
Does 'DarkEndViper' keep reptiles with one end lighter than the other?
Does 'Forth' have a connection with the river or the language?
We should be told! [}:)]
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Not normally!!!!, although it does have a piece of bright orange council cable trunking I got from some roadworks in place of the air intake hose that Citroen provided, which decided to collapse internally!!( its amazing the difference this hoses absence makes to the noise level...)
I am nicknamed "bodger" at work due to my ability to fix dead fax machines, printers, open locked draws,etc, using McGyver techniques with common office objects like paper clips and scissors.
I added the BX bit to denote the car.
Not normally!!!!, although it does have a piece of bright orange council cable trunking I got from some roadworks in place of the air intake hose that Citroen provided, which decided to collapse internally!!( its amazing the difference this hoses absence makes to the noise level...)
I am nicknamed "bodger" at work due to my ability to fix dead fax machines, printers, open locked draws,etc, using McGyver techniques with common office objects like paper clips and scissors.
I added the BX bit to denote the car.
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- uhn113x
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- Joined: 06 Jan 2004, 22:06
- Location: Near Leeds, United Kingdom
- My Cars: 1981 Dyane - on road all year round.
1982 GSA Pallas - on road April - September.
1997 ZX 1.9D Dimension. - x 1
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Not normally!!!!, although it does have a piece of bright orange council cable trunking I got from some roadworks in place of the air intake hose that Citroen provided, which decided to collapse internally!!( its amazing the difference this hoses absence makes to the noise level...)
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That is quite excusable! [:D] I always wondered why they put the little holes in this bit of pipe!
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Not normally!!!!, although it does have a piece of bright orange council cable trunking I got from some roadworks in place of the air intake hose that Citroen provided, which decided to collapse internally!!( its amazing the difference this hoses absence makes to the noise level...)
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That is quite excusable! [:D] I always wondered why they put the little holes in this bit of pipe!
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1982 GSA Pallas - on road April - September.
1997 ZX 1.9D Dimension. - x 1
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by ralph</i>
uhn113x, given where you live, Heavy Woollen would have been a top moniker for you. Or how about Spengali?
My catchline is my middle name. I realise it makes me sound like I'm 88, but I'm a mere 33.
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Ah, Ralph, someone with HSBC Local Knowledge! [:D]
Unless, of course, you are David Firth who does my MOTs
uhn113x, given where you live, Heavy Woollen would have been a top moniker for you. Or how about Spengali?
My catchline is my middle name. I realise it makes me sound like I'm 88, but I'm a mere 33.
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Ah, Ralph, someone with HSBC Local Knowledge! [:D]
Unless, of course, you are David Firth who does my MOTs
- uhn113x
- Posts: 1161
- Joined: 06 Jan 2004, 22:06
- Location: Near Leeds, United Kingdom
- My Cars: 1981 Dyane - on road all year round.
1982 GSA Pallas - on road April - September.
1997 ZX 1.9D Dimension. - x 1
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by VisaGTi16v</i>
ah I was wondering how on earth you chose the user name uhn113x, presumed you just randomly hit the keyboard when filling in the form
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I think that is what the Cleveland LVLO did, Darren [:)]
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ah I was wondering how on earth you chose the user name uhn113x, presumed you just randomly hit the keyboard when filling in the form
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I think that is what the Cleveland LVLO did, Darren [:)]
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1982 GSA Pallas - on road April - September.
1997 ZX 1.9D Dimension. - x 1
You would have to argue with my wife first - it is hers! Just noticed that it is nearly up to (genuine) 32000 miles - have to get oil-changing! Only had 26500 when we got her, but done a couple of 3000 mile European trips since then!
Stuart - I do like Visas - especially the 652 twin-pots - they are a very underrated and unloved car.
I borrowed one from a pal for a week to sort his brakes and electronic ignition (sorted) and got to like it - I could be tempted, still!
Just to whet your appetites, here is the biggest member of the fleet (the black one, not its owner) [;)]
Stuart - I do like Visas - especially the 652 twin-pots - they are a very underrated and unloved car.
I borrowed one from a pal for a week to sort his brakes and electronic ignition (sorted) and got to like it - I could be tempted, still!
Just to whet your appetites, here is the biggest member of the fleet (the black one, not its owner) [;)]
Quite a fleet Mike, you must keep my namesake busy at the MoT station.
No, we're not the same person, but I know Spen is full of Firths, I used to cover Cleckheaton and beyond as a reporter for the Telegraph and Argus a few years ago.
I'm sure you and your 'strange' cars fit right in, I recall Liversedge had a councillor called Sheard who had a collection of toilet bowls in his garden.
He put bedding plants in them - top bloke!
By the way, I'm on the other side of Bradford in Shipley.
No, we're not the same person, but I know Spen is full of Firths, I used to cover Cleckheaton and beyond as a reporter for the Telegraph and Argus a few years ago.
I'm sure you and your 'strange' cars fit right in, I recall Liversedge had a councillor called Sheard who had a collection of toilet bowls in his garden.
He put bedding plants in them - top bloke!
By the way, I'm on the other side of Bradford in Shipley.