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Sheep being hearded by a man in a frock coat on a penny farthing?
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light. |
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If I was an Aberdonian the sheep would be scared
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A touch of frost... -1°C or 30.2°F
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Brrr
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Leeds on Wednesday morning
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...Just off Malahide, County dublin (last) Friday afternoon
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Daily drive: 2016 Infiniti QX70.....a car that's even more complicated than my last Infiniti FX to modify Current 'Project': VW Crafter CR50 4 berth camper van Previous 'Projects': 2006 Subaru Legacy Spec 'B' 3.0R, 1994 Ex-MOD Land Rover Defender, now "civilianised". 2000 Audi S8 FL www.whall.co.uk |
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It was a foggy start on Nov 6th for me
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A journey of a thousand+ (epic) miles, begins with a single step, (to the door of an 8). Lau Tzu |
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Wow! That's some view from where you live (Inhabiting a house in a village)
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2001 A8 D2 FL 3.7 Q - LPG Conversion, Engine: AKC, Gearbox:FBB, Colour:LY5X Aqua Blue pearl effect, Interior:WJ light beige/dark beige valcona leather with burr walnut inserts My DIY jobs - Replaced alarm horn, Replaced Coolant Temp sensor, Updated RNS-D firmware, Installed Reversing Camera and Digital TV, Dashcam Installation, Retrofitted Rear Blinds, Auto-Dimming Rear View Mirror, Chrome Boot Struts Sold! 2008 S8 D3 5.2 V10 - Engine: BSM, Gearbox:KLW, Colour:LY7F Suzuka Grey Pearl Effect, Interior:Black/Black with Silver/Black valcona leather with carbon atlas inserts, Bang & Olufsen, Heated windscreen, Soft-close doors, TV, DAB, AMI, Quad Zone, Auto Boot, Auto dim Mirrors, Keyless entry, PDC with rearview camera, AFS II Headlights My DIY jobs - Fan Jet Windscreen Washers, Retrofitted Electric Side Blinds |
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Was the view from my hotel window at about 6am, and I would'n't swap it for the view I'm now enjoying from my house in a village ... Its good to be back
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A journey of a thousand+ (epic) miles, begins with a single step, (to the door of an 8). Lau Tzu |
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They call it "Hard Cider" here and it's sold in about 25 varieties/brands. Haven't found the "Dicken's" brand yet, LMAO. I enjoy it especially in the winter, when the beer craving sort of subsides... I tried to pick a favorite last year - tried almost all of them at $6-9 (£4-7) a six-pack (of 12 oz bottles) and have forgotten which it was; great investment there! Wow, I'll say... even without seeing inside! What a neat place, in every sense of the word (except "a dram sans ice"). The hedges, the cobblestone drive, the gates. John's quite the photog, especially the frost pics! Were those taken with your phone or a "real" camera? Pardon my ignorance, but where is that bizarre cityscape? Great photo! Right now it's 51F (10.5C) at 2:30 PM, overcast, and I should be outside clearing fallen tree limbs and/or working on a car. I have been enjoying shooting squirrels from my bathroom window, as you can tell I'm quite the outdoorsman... Strange that UK uses the Imperial system except for temperature. FWIW, We learned the metric system quite thoroughly in 1976 in public school in New York State. I think in cm, mL, grams; but that's probably due to my slight medical background... plus my laziness - it is so much easier! I recently had a class here in Tennessee with a bunch of hope-to-be nurses just out of (mostly very rural) high school(s) - supposedly the 50 brightest from the pool of 1000+ applicants - and about 3/4 of them had no idea how many mm in a meter, grams in a kilogram, or mL in a litre! (spelled it that way just for you guys). Even the instructors didn't know that 1cc = 1mL = 1g of H2O... really scary. My kids go to Catholic school, and they both were taught the above in 5th grade or so (thank God - literally)
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