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Grimly Curmudgeon
Sep 29, 2012, 2:52:49 PM9/29/12
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Andrew Gabriel
Sep 29, 2012, 4:57:49 PM9/29/12
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In article <pqge68hf6kb7obb1g...@4ax.com>,
Grimly Curmudgeon <gri...@gmail.com> writes:
> Holee shite.
> http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3535385
There used to be a company somewhere around here which had a number
of cars like that which are drivable. I followed a 4-poster bed
through Bagshot and onto the M3. The driver looked like they were
laying in the bed. A few months later, a setee and a standard lamp
with shade followed me onto the M3. I looked them up on the web at
the time, and they hire them out for events. Saw them several more
times over the years.
Haven't seen them recently - they may not exist anymore.
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Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]
Grimly Curmudgeon <gri...@gmail.com> writes:
> Holee shite.
> http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3535385
There used to be a company somewhere around here which had a number
of cars like that which are drivable. I followed a 4-poster bed
through Bagshot and onto the M3. The driver looked like they were
laying in the bed. A few months later, a setee and a standard lamp
with shade followed me onto the M3. I looked them up on the web at
the time, and they hire them out for events. Saw them several more
times over the years.
Haven't seen them recently - they may not exist anymore.
--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]
polygonum
Sep 29, 2012, 5:19:57 PM9/29/12
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On 29/09/2012 21:57, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
> In article<pqge68hf6kb7obb1g...@4ax.com>,
> Grimly Curmudgeon<gri...@gmail.com> writes:
>> Holee shite.
>> http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3535385
>
> There used to be a company somewhere around here which had a number
> of cars like that which are drivable. I followed a 4-poster bed
> through Bagshot and onto the M3. The driver looked like they were
> laying in the bed. A few months later, a setee and a standard lamp
> with shade followed me onto the M3. I looked them up on the web at
> the time, and they hire them out for events. Saw them several more
> times over the years.
>
> Haven't seen them recently - they may not exist anymore.
>
The other day I was following, for a short distance, a lawn. Nice and
> In article<pqge68hf6kb7obb1g...@4ax.com>,
> Grimly Curmudgeon<gri...@gmail.com> writes:
>> Holee shite.
>> http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3535385
>
> There used to be a company somewhere around here which had a number
> of cars like that which are drivable. I followed a 4-poster bed
> through Bagshot and onto the M3. The driver looked like they were
> laying in the bed. A few months later, a setee and a standard lamp
> with shade followed me onto the M3. I looked them up on the web at
> the time, and they hire them out for events. Saw them several more
> times over the years.
>
> Haven't seen them recently - they may not exist anymore.
>
green and looked well mown - but I suspect something like astroturf. A
BMW mini IIRC.
Rod
Peter Hill
Sep 29, 2012, 5:57:29 PM9/29/12
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On 29/09/2012 19:52, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
> Holee shite.
> http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3535385
It's cheap
Gamer Mini a snip at £8K.
http://www.imagamegeek.co.uk/mini-cooper-entertainment-chair-rocks-four-rooms/
K'in idiots.
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Peter Hill
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> Holee shite.
> http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3535385
It's cheap
Gamer Mini a snip at £8K.
http://www.imagamegeek.co.uk/mini-cooper-entertainment-chair-rocks-four-rooms/
K'in idiots.
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Peter Hill
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Grimly Curmudgeon
Sep 29, 2012, 6:27:27 PM9/29/12
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On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 22:57:29 +0100, Peter Hill
<peter....@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Gamer Mini a snip at £8K.
>http://www.imagamegeek.co.uk/mini-cooper-entertainment-chair-rocks-four-rooms/
>
>K'in idiots.
There must be a shortage of idiot lottery winners by now.
<peter....@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Gamer Mini a snip at £8K.
>http://www.imagamegeek.co.uk/mini-cooper-entertainment-chair-rocks-four-rooms/
>
>K'in idiots.
Lobster
Sep 29, 2012, 7:02:07 PM9/29/12
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On 29/09/2012 22:57, Peter Hill wrote:
> On 29/09/2012 19:52, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
>> Holee shite.
>> http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3535385
>
> It's cheap
>
> Gamer Mini a snip at £8K.
> http://www.imagamegeek.co.uk/mini-cooper-entertainment-chair-rocks-four-rooms/
>
>
> K'in idiots.
"Have you ever wanted a vibrating home entertainment hub made out of a
> On 29/09/2012 19:52, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
>> Holee shite.
>> http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3535385
>
> It's cheap
>
> Gamer Mini a snip at £8K.
> http://www.imagamegeek.co.uk/mini-cooper-entertainment-chair-rocks-four-rooms/
>
>
> K'in idiots.
Mini that includes an Xbox, amplifiers, lasers and a fridge? "
"Er.... no"
Lobster
Sep 29, 2012, 7:08:06 PM9/29/12
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On 29/09/2012 21:57, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
> In article <pqge68hf6kb7obb1g...@4ax.com>,
> Grimly Curmudgeon <gri...@gmail.com> writes:
>> Holee shite.
>> http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3535385
>
> There used to be a company somewhere around here which had a number
> of cars like that which are drivable. I followed a 4-poster bed
> through Bagshot and onto the M3. The driver looked like they were
> laying in the bed. A few months later, a setee and a standard lamp
> with shade followed me onto the M3. I looked them up on the web at
> the time, and they hire them out for events. Saw them several more
> times over the years.
>
> Haven't seen them recently - they may not exist anymore.
>
Well there's this lot:
> Grimly Curmudgeon <gri...@gmail.com> writes:
>> Holee shite.
>> http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3535385
>
> There used to be a company somewhere around here which had a number
> of cars like that which are drivable. I followed a 4-poster bed
> through Bagshot and onto the M3. The driver looked like they were
> laying in the bed. A few months later, a setee and a standard lamp
> with shade followed me onto the M3. I looked them up on the web at
> the time, and they hire them out for events. Saw them several more
> times over the years.
>
> Haven't seen them recently - they may not exist anymore.
>
http://tinyurl.com/9cxw4sg (or
<http://www.redletterdays.co.uk/Experience/Ref/ICNWR/The-Worlds-Wackiest-Racers?method=Occasion>)
Chris Whelan
Sep 29, 2012, 7:29:20 PM9/29/12
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On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 20:57:49 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
[...]
> There used to be a company somewhere around here which had a number of
> cars like that which are drivable. I followed a 4-poster bed through
> Bagshot and onto the M3. The driver looked like they were laying in the
> bed. A few months later, a setee and a standard lamp with shade followed
> me onto the M3. I looked them up on the web at the time, and they hire
> them out for events. Saw them several more times over the years.
>
> Haven't seen them recently - they may not exist anymore.
I've seen the bed in the Farnborough area in the last couple of months.
Chris
--
Remove prejudice to reply.
[...]
> There used to be a company somewhere around here which had a number of
> cars like that which are drivable. I followed a 4-poster bed through
> Bagshot and onto the M3. The driver looked like they were laying in the
> bed. A few months later, a setee and a standard lamp with shade followed
> me onto the M3. I looked them up on the web at the time, and they hire
> them out for events. Saw them several more times over the years.
>
> Haven't seen them recently - they may not exist anymore.
Chris
--
Remove prejudice to reply.
Steve Firth
Sep 29, 2012, 7:33:21 PM9/29/12
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Andrew Gabriel <and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> There used to be a company somewhere around here which had a number
> of cars like that which are drivable. I followed a 4-poster bed
> through Bagshot and onto the M3. The driver looked like they were
> laying in the bed. A few months later, a setee and a standard lamp
> with shade followed me onto the M3. I looked them up on the web at
> the time, and they hire them out for events. Saw them several more
> times over the years.
>
> Haven't seen them recently - they may not exist anymore.
That was Edd China's CummfyBanana company. They had the motorised sofa,
>
> There used to be a company somewhere around here which had a number
> of cars like that which are drivable. I followed a 4-poster bed
> through Bagshot and onto the M3. The driver looked like they were
> laying in the bed. A few months later, a setee and a standard lamp
> with shade followed me onto the M3. I looked them up on the web at
> the time, and they hire them out for events. Saw them several more
> times over the years.
>
> Haven't seen them recently - they may not exist anymore.
motorised bed, motorised shed, motorised office desk and motorised bath.
I also recall they had a motorised skip.
I also used to see them around that way when I worked in the area. Edd's
company still exists and still does hires.
Nick
Sep 30, 2012, 4:25:36 AM9/30/12
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In message <k47ncd$cjb$1...@dont-email.me>, Andrew Gabriel
<and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk> writes
to see the settee bucketing out of a side turning. The driver and
passenger had some rather fetching Edwardian drag on, IIRC.
--
Nick (=----)
<and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <pqge68hf6kb7obb1g...@4ax.com>,
> Grimly Curmudgeon <gri...@gmail.com> writes:
>> Holee shite.
>> http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3535385
>
>There used to be a company somewhere around here which had a number
>of cars like that which are drivable. I followed a 4-poster bed
>through Bagshot and onto the M3. The driver looked like they were
>laying in the bed. A few months later, a setee and a standard lamp
>with shade followed me onto the M3. I looked them up on the web at
>the time, and they hire them out for events. Saw them several more
>times over the years.
>
>Haven't seen them recently - they may not exist anymore.
>
It was quite a surprise driving through Wandsworth at 6am some years ago
> Grimly Curmudgeon <gri...@gmail.com> writes:
>> Holee shite.
>> http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3535385
>
>There used to be a company somewhere around here which had a number
>of cars like that which are drivable. I followed a 4-poster bed
>through Bagshot and onto the M3. The driver looked like they were
>laying in the bed. A few months later, a setee and a standard lamp
>with shade followed me onto the M3. I looked them up on the web at
>the time, and they hire them out for events. Saw them several more
>times over the years.
>
>Haven't seen them recently - they may not exist anymore.
>
to see the settee bucketing out of a side turning. The driver and
passenger had some rather fetching Edwardian drag on, IIRC.
--
Nick (=----)
M Wicks
Sep 30, 2012, 9:41:49 AM9/30/12
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On Sep 29, 7:52 pm, Grimly Curmudgeon <grim...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Holee sh**e.http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3535385
It's bad netiquette to post a link without saying what's behind it. Or
do you think that doesn't apply to you because you're a big bad biker
(I'm shaking with fear)?
> Holee sh**e.http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3535385
It's bad netiquette to post a link without saying what's behind it. Or
do you think that doesn't apply to you because you're a big bad biker
(I'm shaking with fear)?
Cab
Sep 30, 2012, 9:47:14 AM9/30/12
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 06:41:49 -0700 (PDT), M Wicks wibbled:
--
Cab :^) - Cogito sumere potum alterum
The ALL NEW ukrm website : http://www.ukrm.info
email addy : ukrm_dot_cab_at_rosbif_dot_org
>> Holee sh**e.http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3535385
>
> It's bad netiquette to post a link without saying what's behind it. Or
> do you think that doesn't apply to you because you're a big bad biker
> (I'm shaking with fear)?
Is school out again?
>
> It's bad netiquette to post a link without saying what's behind it. Or
> do you think that doesn't apply to you because you're a big bad biker
> (I'm shaking with fear)?
--
Cab :^) - Cogito sumere potum alterum
The ALL NEW ukrm website : http://www.ukrm.info
email addy : ukrm_dot_cab_at_rosbif_dot_org
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RJH
Sep 30, 2012, 12:15:48 PM9/30/12
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example of its kind, I thought - doing up old classics.
Rob
Andy Dingley
Sep 30, 2012, 1:29:03 PM9/30/12
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On Sep 30, 12:45 am, %ste...@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> I also recall they had a motorised skip.
No, that was my blue Volvo
> I also recall they had a motorised skip.
polygonum
Sep 30, 2012, 1:36:40 PM9/30/12
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Mark Olson
Sep 30, 2012, 2:00:00 PM9/30/12
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Grimly Curmudgeon
Sep 30, 2012, 3:49:03 PM9/30/12
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 06:41:49 -0700 (PDT), M Wicks
<mwick...@gmail.com> wrote:
>It's bad netiquette to post a link without saying what's behind it. Or
>do you think that doesn't apply to you because you're a big bad biker
>(I'm shaking with fear)?
Are you some sort of wanker?
>It's bad netiquette to post a link without saying what's behind it. Or
>do you think that doesn't apply to you because you're a big bad biker
>(I'm shaking with fear)?
Andy Champ
Sep 30, 2012, 4:07:44 PM9/30/12
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On 30/09/2012 18:36, polygonum wrote:
>
> And by pure chance, here is one I saw today:
>
> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/Grass%20Car.jpg
>
Saw that one leaving Maidenhead for the M4 last week. Did occur to me to
>
> And by pure chance, here is one I saw today:
>
> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/Grass%20Car.jpg
>
wonder how much extra fuel it uses...
Andy
Andy B
Sep 30, 2012, 4:13:24 PM9/30/12
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polygonum
Sep 30, 2012, 4:22:40 PM9/30/12
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--
Rod
Peter Hill
Sep 30, 2012, 4:29:49 PM9/30/12
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Cover a cheap car in your product or vinyl wrap it with an in your face ad.
Get some monkey to drive it around all day every day.
Then stick some links here and there.
It's got to be way cheaper than a few billboards.
Alan Braggins
Oct 1, 2012, 4:19:53 AM10/1/12
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at least one forgery recently, caught up in the latest round of a bunch
of sad tossers trying to destroy the cycling newsgroups yet again.
I haven't bothered checking which one this is.
I saw the grass covered car myself recently - glad to see confirmation
I didn't imagine it.
Nige
Oct 1, 2012, 7:17:55 AM10/1/12
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"RJH" <rep...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:50687034$0$50250$c3e8da3$e3f2...@news.astraweb.com...
There are tons of episodes..
Andrew Gabriel
Oct 1, 2012, 9:36:15 AM10/1/12
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polygonum
Oct 1, 2012, 10:59:54 AM10/1/12
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On 01/10/2012 14:36, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
> In article<acre99...@mid.individual.net>,
Had to check the number plate was not G4 NJA.
--
Rod
> In article<acre99...@mid.individual.net>,
--
Rod
Grimly Curmudgeon
Oct 1, 2012, 6:16:38 PM10/1/12
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On 01 Oct 2012 09:19:53 +0100 (BST), ar...@chiark.greenend.org.uk (Alan
Been ages since we've had a good trolling, now that Usenet has gone
down the tubes. We don't get the same class of utterly social
inadequates these days.
Braggins) wrote:
>>Are you some sort of wanker?
>
>While the real M Wicks is a bit strange, he's also been the victim of
>at least one forgery recently, caught up in the latest round of a bunch
>of sad tossers trying to destroy the cycling newsgroups yet again.
>I haven't bothered checking which one this is.
Ah, the usual twats.
>>Are you some sort of wanker?
>
>While the real M Wicks is a bit strange, he's also been the victim of
>at least one forgery recently, caught up in the latest round of a bunch
>of sad tossers trying to destroy the cycling newsgroups yet again.
>I haven't bothered checking which one this is.
Been ages since we've had a good trolling, now that Usenet has gone
down the tubes. We don't get the same class of utterly social
inadequates these days.
geoff
Oct 2, 2012, 6:43:48 PM10/2/12
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In message
<d156344c-5a03-49c4...@u19g2000yqo.googlegroups.com>, M
Wicks <mwick...@gmail.com> writes
Ooh - handbags at 50
--
geoff
<d156344c-5a03-49c4...@u19g2000yqo.googlegroups.com>, M
Wicks <mwick...@gmail.com> writes
--
geoff
Alan Braggins
Oct 10, 2012, 5:56:08 PM10/10/12
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In article <2g5k685m00dkfvqri...@4ax.com>, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
>>>Are you some sort of wanker?
>>
>>While the real M Wicks is a bit strange, he's also been the victim of
>>at least one forgery recently, caught up in the latest round of a bunch
>>of sad tossers trying to destroy the cycling newsgroups yet again.
>>I haven't bothered checking which one this is.
>
>Ah, the usual twats.
It turns out that actually, yes, he is some sort of wanker, though there
>>>Are you some sort of wanker?
>>
>>While the real M Wicks is a bit strange, he's also been the victim of
>>at least one forgery recently, caught up in the latest round of a bunch
>>of sad tossers trying to destroy the cycling newsgroups yet again.
>>I haven't bothered checking which one this is.
>
>Ah, the usual twats.
are a number of the usual twats who could be wearing this particular sock.
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.cycling/msg/a737c45d19e9bd8e
(Unless there really is a real M Wicks too.
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.cycling/msg/9af733998aebe3a4 )
davethedave
Oct 11, 2012, 3:18:19 AM10/11/12
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On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:56:08 +0100, Alan Braggins wrote:
>>>While the real M Wicks is a bit strange, he's also been the victim of
>>>at least one forgery recently, caught up in the latest round of a bunch
>>>of sad tossers trying to destroy the cycling newsgroups yet again.
>>>I haven't bothered checking which one this is.
>>
>>Ah, the usual twats.
>
> It turns out that actually, yes, he is some sort of wanker, though there
> are a number of the usual twats who could be wearing this particular
> sock. http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.cycling/msg/a737c45d19e9bd8e
>
> (Unless there really is a real M Wicks too.
> http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.cycling/msg/9af733998aebe3a4 )
Real or not the solution is simple. Killfile and forget.
>>>While the real M Wicks is a bit strange, he's also been the victim of
>>>at least one forgery recently, caught up in the latest round of a bunch
>>>of sad tossers trying to destroy the cycling newsgroups yet again.
>>>I haven't bothered checking which one this is.
>>
>>Ah, the usual twats.
>
> It turns out that actually, yes, he is some sort of wanker, though there
> are a number of the usual twats who could be wearing this particular
> sock. http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.cycling/msg/a737c45d19e9bd8e
>
> (Unless there really is a real M Wicks too.
> http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.cycling/msg/9af733998aebe3a4 )
--
davethedave
SteveW
Apr 26, 2013, 8:47:33 PM4/26/13
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years ago at Santa Pod and being told that he'd been stopped by the
police a few days earlier - as they couldn't believe it was legal for a
four poster bed to be towing a sofa!
SteveW
Sla#s
Apr 27, 2013, 10:37:34 AM4/27/13
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As for beds, sheds and sofas being roadworthy... How the hell do they get
them through the BIVA test?
Slatts
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