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PavelKirilovich · 07-21-09, 12:03 AM

I support this "grumpy old gits" section, on the following conditions:

- Numerous "In my day, the Germans bombed us on our way to school" stories
- Walking sticks are used to beat "cheeky buggers" in a fashion that is "soundly, about the head, what-ho"
- Open bar.

Addendum:
- Open, well stocked bar.

TigerShark808 · 07-21-09, 12:09 AM

Ill start.

I remember when my school buddies would laugh at me when my father dropped me off in our 51 VW Station Wagon. And how I hated that thing so much.

NOW?

I would do almost anything to own one of these things. Almost anything

07-22-09, 08:33 AM

1st Car: Mini -> Went over a hump back bridge, alas the suspension never came back down

2nd Car: Capri 1.6 Mk1 -> Drove it through a "Holywood" fence and up a tree on the way back from Goodwood racetrack.

3rd Car: Escort Mk1 -> Police banned me from using it on the road (twice) and gave me a suspended sentence.

I remember free milk, dinner monitors and decent school meals, school buses and bay city roller flares.....can I join the Old Gits too

KeybdFlyer · 07-22-09, 03:31 PM

At last! A topic that I can support & understand! All this talk about scripted layers and anti-disestablishment-aliasing to prevent catching jaggies - nonsense I say. They problem with kids today is that they're mollycoddled. Back when I bought my first car (a 1965 Austin Mini) I paid EXTRA to get the DeLuxe model. It was DeLuxe because it came with RUBBER FLOOR MATS and a single-speed, bolted-under-the-dashboard HEATER. None of your namby-pamby climate control or air-conditioning, you had to be a real man to drive a car back then! You want to listen to MUSIC while you're driving?!?!?! Pansy! Learn to whistle! In-car entertainment was what you got after you'd picked-up some bird at the pub and parked-up on Thorley Lane at the back of Ringway Airport. Dad's car had a starting handle, for god's sake! None of your fancy "turn the key then press the button" starting for HIM! (Trails off into general muttering about the cost of a decent pint these days...)

P.S. Don't encourage me, there's a lot more where that came from.

Ford Prefect · 07-23-09, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by KeybdFlyer

At last! A topic that I can support & understand! All this talk about scripted layers and anti-disestablishment-aliasing to prevent catching jaggies - nonsense I say. They problem with kids today is that they're mollycoddled. Back when I bought my first car (a 1965 Austin Mini) I paid EXTRA to get the DeLuxe model. It was DeLuxe because it came with RUBBER FLOOR MATS and a single-speed, bolted-under-the-dashboard HEATER. None of your namby-pamby climate control or air-conditioning, you had to be a real man to drive a car back then! You want to listen to MUSIC while you're driving?!?!?! Pansy! Learn to whistle! In-car entertainment was what you got after you'd picked-up some bird at the pub and parked-up on Thorley Lane at the back of Ringway Airport. Dad's car had a starting handle, for god's sake! None of your fancy "turn the key then press the button" starting for HIM! (Trails off into general muttering about the cost of a decent pint these days...)

P.S. Don't encourage me, there's a lot more where that came from.

What do you need music in a car fore when there's the engine making it's own music? I never feel any need for music when I'm on my motorbike!

I can still get a good pint for about £2 around here! Not everything has gone to pot

KeybdFlyer · 07-23-09, 05:38 PM

@Ford P

A man after my own heart. If you've time, take a listen to this bike:- it's a CB160, exactly the type I had back in '66 and sounds exactly the same too. Read's of London did the engine work for me back then. If you've ever heard the Owen Greenwood Mini Special from the same era, that's what my little Austin Mini sounded like. Oh, and I used to pay 1/9d for a pint of beer (about 8½p), so £2.00 is a bit out of order to me!

Kids today - grumble, grumble, rhubarb, rhubarb etc etc.

Ford Prefect · 07-24-09, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by KeybdFlyer

@Ford P

A man after my own heart. If you've time, take a listen to this bike:- it's a CB160, exactly the type I had back in '66 and sounds exactly the same too. Read's of London did the engine work for me back then. If you've ever heard the Owen Greenwood Mini Special from the same era, that's what my little Austin Mini sounded like. Oh, and I used to pay 1/9d for a pint of beer (about 8½p), so £2.00 is a bit out of order to me!

Kids today - grumble, grumble, rhubarb, rhubarb etc etc.

That bike does sound rather good, is it 2 stroke?

Myself I've got a 1996 model Suzuki GN125, with custom handle bars: http://www.flickr.com/photos/halfpen...7603877345189/

£2 is alot compared to the old days, I remember stories from old work mates about them going out on a saturday night and taking only a fiver, getting blind drunk and still having change left! But compared to the going rate for a pint elsewhere £2 is pretty good. Especially compared to the prices I saw when I lived in norway for over 2 years, most cheap places charged 55kroner for a half litre of a crappy local brew that gave you a head ache like you'd been depth charged all night. Thats like £5 for less than a pint, the more expensive places or better beers cost closer to £10.

Melonfish · 07-24-09, 06:31 AM

father in law restored a 58 "bathtub special" Triumph Thunderbird, he's also done a 58 C15 BSA which is damned nice and has the workings of a norton 73 commando 650 fastback (its getting there)
they all sound wonderfull when they're running but don't so much leak oil as pee it out at the rate of pints! (well ok not that bad)

Ford Prefect · 07-24-09, 12:53 PM

I've always fancied having an Ariel Red Hunter, the older hard tail version with the sprung seat. There's one that knocked about my ears in good nick, looks and sounds lovely! Not sure how much oil leaks out of that though!

My dad owned a Francis Barnett Falcon back in his youth, think it had a 175cc engine. He got up to all sorts in it, did a trip to the Isle of Wight on it from here in north nottinghamshire. Apparently the bike would overheat every couple of hours breaking the crack case seal, which drew air and the bike stopped. Had to pull over and wait for it to cool down again before setting off.

My Suzuki isn't perfect but at least I've only ever had carb trouble and nowt so serious as that.

sharkbit · 07-27-09, 08:28 AM

I think this thread has officially been de-railed!

Ford Prefect · 07-27-09, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by sharkbit

I think this thread has officially been de-railed!

it's now the secret grumpy old git's thread

Jimbuna · 07-27-09, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

it's now the secret grumpy old git's thread

Ford Prefect · 07-27-09, 05:46 PM

grumpy but snappily dressed

Indiana_Jones · 07-27-09, 06:55 PM

Since everyone is bragging about their rides, I'll join in.

I own a 2003 Triumph Daytona 600

KeybdFlyer · 07-27-09, 08:40 PM

@Jimbuna - where did you purloin that picture of me from? That was supposed to be kept under lock & key!

@Indiana Jones - 2003? That's still a baby and has no right to me even mentioned in the unofficial, secretly masquerading as a Subsim thread, admission only to those having passed their half-century, Old Gits Meeting Place.

I'm still jealous all the same.

Just to placate the powers-that-be... Last night I executed what for me counts as a perfect convoy attack. Got right into the middle of the b@st@rds and dropped a Small Tanker, an Ore Carrier and two of the Medium Merchants IABL made. Escorts didn't even get a sniff of me so I didn't even have to go below PD. Headed off back down the track of the convoy to collect a couple of stragglers that were a good 9000mts astern of the main body of ships. Having ascertained they were worth hitting, I tapped the TC up to 32x and BOOM! - CTD without any further ado. I was more than slightly miffed - wife will be out of hospital tomorrow.

On the re-load of the save I made before approaching the convoy, I got the sh!t DC out of me.

07-21-09, 12:03 AM	#31
PavelKirilovich Machinist's Mate Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canadian Coast Posts: 123 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	I support this "grumpy old gits" section, on the following conditions: - Numerous "In my day, the Germans bombed us on our way to school" stories - Walking sticks are used to beat "cheeky buggers" in a fashion that is "soundly, about the head, what-ho" - Open bar. Addendum: - Open, well stocked bar. __________________ Winter Garden on the North Atlantic Currently: U128 (Type IXC), U180 (Type IXD2), U198 (Type IXD2) operating in the I.O. Previously: U48 (Type VIIB), U568 (Type VIIC) [Completed 1940-1945 career in Type VIIs, in the Atlantic] Running: SH3 v1.4b w/ GWX 2.1

07-21-09, 12:09 AM	#32
TigerShark808 Engineer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: 2074 nautical miles south west of San Francisco! Posts: 212 Downloads: 71 Uploads: 0	Ill start. I remember when my school buddies would laugh at me when my father dropped me off in our 51 VW Station Wagon. And how I hated that thing so much. NOW? I would do almost anything to own one of these things. Almost anything __________________ GWX3GOLD OLC "Gold" MkIId SH3 Commander D.I.D 100% Realism ! SWCs-AtlanticReaper Skin <---because it is badass!

07-24-09, 12:53 PM	#39
Ford Prefect Planesman Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire Posts: 184 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I've always fancied having an Ariel Red Hunter, the older hard tail version with the sprung seat. There's one that knocked about my ears in good nick, looks and sounds lovely! Not sure how much oil leaks out of that though! My dad owned a Francis Barnett Falcon back in his youth, think it had a 175cc engine. He got up to all sorts in it, did a trip to the Isle of Wight on it from here in north nottinghamshire. Apparently the bike would overheat every couple of hours breaking the crack case seal, which drew air and the bike stopped. Had to pull over and wait for it to cool down again before setting off. My Suzuki isn't perfect but at least I've only ever had carb trouble and nowt so serious as that. __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/halfpenny/sets/ http://www.youtube.com/user/Thunderf00t Home of "why people laugh at creationists" http://www.youtube.com/user/FFreeThinker http://www.youtube.com/user/ExtantDodo

07-27-09, 08:28 AM	#40
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	I think this thread has officially been de-railed! __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”

07-27-09, 05:46 PM	#43
Ford Prefect Planesman Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire Posts: 184 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	grumpy but snappily dressed __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/halfpenny/sets/ http://www.youtube.com/user/Thunderf00t Home of "why people laugh at creationists" http://www.youtube.com/user/FFreeThinker http://www.youtube.com/user/ExtantDodo

07-22-09, 08:33 AM	#33
Uber Gruber Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	1st Car: Mini -> Went over a hump back bridge, alas the suspension never came back down 2nd Car: Capri 1.6 Mk1 -> Drove it through a "Holywood" fence and up a tree on the way back from Goodwood racetrack. 3rd Car: Escort Mk1 -> Police banned me from using it on the road (twice) and gave me a suspended sentence. I remember free milk, dinner monitors and decent school meals, school buses and bay city roller flares.....can I join the Old Gits too

07-22-09, 03:31 PM	#34
KeybdFlyer 中国水兵 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 272 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	At last! A topic that I can support & understand! All this talk about scripted layers and anti-disestablishment-aliasing to prevent catching jaggies - nonsense I say. They problem with kids today is that they're mollycoddled. Back when I bought my first car (a 1965 Austin Mini) I paid EXTRA to get the DeLuxe model. It was DeLuxe because it came with RUBBER FLOOR MATS and a single-speed, bolted-under-the-dashboard HEATER. None of your namby-pamby climate control or air-conditioning, you had to be a real man to drive a car back then! You want to listen to MUSIC while you're driving?!?!?! Pansy! Learn to whistle! In-car entertainment was what you got after you'd picked-up some bird at the pub and parked-up on Thorley Lane at the back of Ringway Airport. Dad's car had a starting handle, for god's sake! None of your fancy "turn the key then press the button" starting for HIM! (Trails off into general muttering about the cost of a decent pint these days...) P.S. Don't encourage me, there's a lot more where that came from.

07-23-09, 05:38 PM	#36
KeybdFlyer 中国水兵 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 272 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	@Ford P A man after my own heart. If you've time, take a listen to this bike:- it's a CB160, exactly the type I had back in '66 and sounds exactly the same too. Read's of London did the engine work for me back then. If you've ever heard the Owen Greenwood Mini Special from the same era, that's what my little Austin Mini sounded like. Oh, and I used to pay 1/9d for a pint of beer (about 8½p), so £2.00 is a bit out of order to me! Kids today - grumble, grumble, rhubarb, rhubarb etc etc.

07-24-09, 06:31 AM	#38
Melonfish XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Warrington, UK Posts: 417 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	father in law restored a 58 "bathtub special" Triumph Thunderbird, he's also done a 58 C15 BSA which is damned nice and has the workings of a norton 73 commando 650 fastback (its getting there) they all sound wonderfull when they're running but don't so much leak oil as pee it out at the rate of pints! (well ok not that bad)

07-27-09, 06:55 PM	#44
Indiana_Jones Machinist's Mate Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 126 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Since everyone is bragging about their rides, I'll join in. I own a 2003 Triumph Daytona 600

07-27-09, 08:40 PM	#45
KeybdFlyer 中国水兵 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 272 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	@Jimbuna - where did you purloin that picture of me from? That was supposed to be kept under lock & key! @Indiana Jones - 2003? That's still a baby and has no right to me even mentioned in the unofficial, secretly masquerading as a Subsim thread, admission only to those having passed their half-century, Old Gits Meeting Place. I'm still jealous all the same. Just to placate the powers-that-be... Last night I executed what for me counts as a perfect convoy attack. Got right into the middle of the b@st@rds and dropped a Small Tanker, an Ore Carrier and two of the Medium Merchants IABL made. Escorts didn't even get a sniff of me so I didn't even have to go below PD. Headed off back down the track of the convoy to collect a couple of stragglers that were a good 9000mts astern of the main body of ships. Having ascertained they were worth hitting, I tapped the TC up to 32x and BOOM! - CTD without any further ado. I was more than slightly miffed - wife will be out of hospital tomorrow. On the re-load of the save I made before approaching the convoy, I got the sh!t DC out of me.