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09:54 pm
[Link] | Now-and-then photos of people with their cars, which they keep for long periods of time
Give me 30 years, and I'll post some of my own here. ;-)
Via Kottke
Tags: cars
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03:38 pm
[Link] | After an utterly fabulous weekend which included a coworker's leaving do, some automotive fun with ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) p_a_r_a and antinomy, j4 & addedentry's birthday party, and the MGOC Regency Run from Brooklands to Brighton as well as a smattering of motorcycling and sitting in pub gardens...
I bring you Fun Ways to Die, 1910 edition:
Auto Polo!
[via Nothing to do with Arbroath]
Tags: funwaystodie
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03:20 pm
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Oh look! A meme!
( Under the cut... )
Tags: meme
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03:47 pm
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MGCC Drive It Day 2008
Well, that was quite a fun day out. Briefly, 'Drive It Day' is a series of events organised round the country on April 20th. All you have to do is drive your classic on that day. It coincided with St George's day, hence the flags on the cars.
We met up in the car park of Miele in Abingdon, and then went on a 40-odd mile run in the area, ending up at the Dog House pub in Frilford.
There, I was fortunate enough to meet Don Hayter. Among other projects, Don was the chief design engineer on an obscure sports car called the MGB. What could I say, but "Thank you for the car"? He said that he regarded his cars like plants - he'd sown the seeds, and now he gets to see what they've grown into. The Dog House was the MG team's local, and they'd bring suppliers from Smiths' Instruments etc here for lunch.
A little chat with John who was next to me at lunch who happened to be a pro photographer, and he produced the result you see here. That's my car in the background. :-)
With this, and Tom (coworker)'s gig last night, this has been a thoroughly enjoyable weekend!
Tags: cars, mg
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10:21 pm
[Link] | Poll #1167405
Open to: All, results viewable to: AllPopcorn:- I like mine... Furthermore,
Current Music: Dee-dee dee-dee dee-dee-dee
Tags: polls, silly
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10:31 pm
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Motorcycle fullness
Today marks nearly 1 year, or 2800 km since I bought the Enfield. 2500km was the point where the final running-in-period service was due, so I took today off and rode down to F2 Motorcycles (where I bought it last year). Handed it over at 10am, and took the bus to Banbury, where saffie1981 drove up to meet me for a day's lazing around in Banbury.
At 4pm, it was time to pick up the bike, so we drove back and saffie1981 headed off back to Oxford. Dave of F2 said of the bike that it was "running very sweetly." I said "So I didn't screw up the running-in, then?"
"Quite the opposite!"
*smug*
And he's right. When the bike is idling, you could set your watch by the regular thump-thump-thump.
So now the running-in period is over, and the world is my oyster - or at least, the bits of it that I can reach at ~65mph.
Brrm brrm!
Tags: enfield, motorbikes, motorcycling
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10:25 pm
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Oops
Huh?
Tags: wtf
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12:33 pm
[Link] | Not really a fun way to die, as I imagine these aren't much fun to drive even if they will fold like paper in a crash... but,
I give you Three Wheeled Knockoff Cars
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09:48 am
[Link] | 
( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7304004.stm )
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08:05 pm
[Link] | Another fun way to die...
Ariel Atom 500. Like the original Atom, only with a supercharged V8. 1000BHP/tonne, or *twice* that of the Bugatti Veyron.
Tags: funwaystodie
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10:44 pm
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Yes folks, it's another Fun Way To Die
A Smart car. You know, I don't think it has the original engine[1]
And again, pitted against a Ferrari 430.
[1] Suzuki Hayabusa engine, actually...
Tags: funwaystodie
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12:46 am
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Google
I expect it won't last, but I am quite amused to see that my page of photos of Waldhilsbach (the village where I used to live in Germany) have beaten www.waldhilsbach.de into second place on the google results for 'Waldhilsbach'.
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11:25 pm
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All good things
Well, my holiday has come to an end. I've utterly failed to write anything in LJ for pretty much the entire duration[1]. But, in my defence, it has been a busy and wild ride, of sun, rain, snow, surf, wind and stars; friends, dogs, music. And scenery. A whole lot of scenery. I love this country, and California in particular due to its presence in my childhood. The smells of eucalyptus, skunks, and other peculiar things bring it all flooding back.
Let's see if I can make it a bit less than 10 years until I next come back. If only to do all the things that I didn't quite manage on this trip. And now, as per userpic, back to the rainy spires. Though the forecast looks good for this coming week, at least...
[1] If you're all very, very lucky, I will try to write some of it up in more detail.
Tags: holiday, usa
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03:04 pm
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Taste Explosion
Having a 7am "I'm awake now!" moment, so I thought I'd do a quick writeup of last night. After entrusting our car to a teenager (I never can get used to valet parking), we went to a restaurant on the end of the marina called Parker's Lighthouse, with a view of the lit-up Queen Mary across the water.. I had chargrilled Albacore tuna - caught locally, I believe. Following the waiter's recommendation to have it cooked medium-rare, I was treated to one of the most delicious pieces of meat I have eaten. It's hard to hold over-dinner conversation when each mouthful makes you want to close your eyes, savour the taste & texture, and go 'mmmmmmm'. The chargrilled outside was tasty and ever so slightly crispy, and the medium-rare inside was succulent, subtler-tasting, and the combined effect was, well, mmmmmmm.
We're goiing to have a look round the Queen Mary this morning, then it's off to Westwood, LA, to meet up with family friends, including the ones I stayed with for 3 months during my gap year working at UCLA.
First lot of photos now up on flickr.
At 7am, this is your mildly-jetlagged USA correspondent checking out.
Tags: holiday, usa
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07:04 pm
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USA
Hello!
I landed last night. Fairly uneventful flight. In-flight entertainment has come a long way since I last flew transatlantically - now with newfangled screens in every seat - watched Run, Fatboy Run; Control; Atonement and another film whose name escapes me.
Security theatre at heathrow was surprisingly absent - didn't get asked to remove my shoes, and didn't get my multiple eletronic gadgets checked.
Immigration into the US was a right pain - took an hour just to get to the baggage carousels.
We have rented something called a Chevrolet Impala LT - seems to have a reasonable amount of go, but the engine is quite unsettlingly soundproofed, so I am aware of a vague noise somewhere up front, and the car surges forward. I can also start the car from the keyfob outside the car, which is very exciting(!)
It's raining, which is putting a bit of a damper on sightseeing so far, though will probably pop along to the aquarium here in Long Beach in a bit. We're staying two nights (last night and this) in the Hilton, which is in the worryingly-named World Trade Center.
Then tomorrow it's off back to LA, to meet up with family friends, and stay in an unused house of theirs in Westwood.
ETA: I will of course be producing photos for this trip. You will be able to find them at my flickr account - including a photo of the crash-landed BA 777 we could see from the departure lounge. Not a good advert. ;-)
Current Location: Long Beach, CA
Tags: holiday, usa
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11:23 pm
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I can has freedom?
OK, I thought these were bad, but this thing just makes me mad. (Both links SFW).
Current Mood: frothy
Tags: cats
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12:50 am
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Album Meme
Via lark_ascending:
Instructions:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The article title is the name of your band.
2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quotation is the title of your album.
3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4.Use your graphics programme of choice to throw them together, and post the result.
( And the result is... )
The photo is Overwhelmed by blythe_d.
Tags: meme
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02:54 pm
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Brrm brrm!
The plane fans on my f'list might enjoy this one too - a German chap has built a V12 model aircraft engine. And a lovely noise it makes too. Youtube video on the page. Sounds like a bonsai Spitfire!
V12 model aircraft engine
I can't get enough of the sound of the thing. You'll either understand this, or think me strange. I don't care! ;-)
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07:02 pm
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Man riding a motorcycle
Today in Fun Ways to Die:
A man riding a motorcycle. (needs flash, SFW)
The observant may spot that he is riding a Royal Enfield Bullet like mine. No, I have no immediate plans to replicate it...
Tags: funwaystodie, motorcycles
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02:49 pm
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Happy Christmas
I hope you're all having as nice and relaxing a christmas day as I am!
Food soon, roast beef & roast spuds, om nom nom.
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