Cret Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Sounds like madness to me but each to their own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 4 1/2 Grand on a push bike! I could think of a lot better things to buy with that! But as said before each to their own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THRILLER Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Someone i work with has just bought a 3-grand mountain bike...bloody nutter. I must have a look at his wage packet and make sure he aint on more money than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Laughed my ickle bits off over your post.... you are certainly right about the trusty old Fords though, I had one for years till work gave me a car of sorts.... you seem to have a lot of expensive "stuff" in it though. Post a piccy of your dogs.... I love lurchers, leave out the bottled water and dog bowls though. The wee hounds..... Have hundreds of piccies of the beasts, was hoping to find some of them running "in profile" - these will have to do for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Got me a "trusty" old Ford Escort Estate, 1.6L hatchback. Old quilt in the back for the 2 lurchers to sit on, some tools & bits of crap for work on the back seat, along with a dog bowl & large bottle of water for the hounds. A "packet TNC" (best described as a modem for radio use) under the passenger seat along with an about £20 110v 175W invertor (powers an old Toshiba Libretto every now & then), a Yaesu FT-8900 quad band FM transceiver, connected to an antennae mounted on the roof bar - for my amatuer radio hobby. - I managed to make a "packet" contact with the International Space Sation for my first time this evening, my callsign 2D0BCR, should still be on the "ISS heard stations list" for the next few hours:- ISS Stations Heard0 - Was quite chuffed making that one tonight! Also have a Pioneer bluetooth car stereo with built in MP3 CD player - bluetooth stuff is ace, can make handsfree calls via the radio when driving about, also have an iPod interface, so I can control the iPod from the car stereo controls. Ahh! Reminds me of my Rio Brown Ford Fiesta - a Mk2. Its was complete with - HF, V/UHF ,Marine, VHF air RX, CB (27 and 934), 2X works PMR units, Spectrum Display units - I think it was 2 units coz one could never be seen in the sun light, 2 fixed and one portable scanner, laptop, DF loop, VHF 'fred' set, 2X UHF 450-470 portable sets, tool box, step ladder, oh! and a first aid kit! I used to have to remove all the roof mounted gubbins before I put it to bed at night and travelled over 30K miles in one year in it. That either made me a complete radio geek - or a hard working chap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Ahh! Reminds me of my Rio Brown Ford Fiesta - a Mk2. Its was complete with -HF, V/UHF ,Marine, VHF air RX, CB (27 and 934), 2X works PMR units, Spectrum Display units - I think it was 2 units coz one could never be seen in the sun light, 2 fixed and one portable scanner, laptop, DF loop, VHF 'fred' set, 2X UHF 450-470 portable sets, tool box, step ladder, oh! and a first aid kit! I used to have to remove all the roof mounted gubbins before I put it to bed at night and travelled over 30K miles in one year in it. That either made me a complete radio geek - or a hard working chap. Certifiable! I though I was bad, that's just ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 What does my silver (champagne) Merc say about me? “That fat bastard? Drives me like an idiot, seldom goes over 50 even on a dual carriageway, NEVER seems to use either my mirrors or indicators, whinges if his Mrs. even opens a packet of mints inside of me, gawd knows if she ever bought a meat pie to nosh on, and on top of that will probably get rid of me for a newer model within the next few months!” Bloody cars, no sense of gratitude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombay Bad Boy Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 A "packet TNC" (best described as a modem for radio use) under the passenger seat along with an about £20 110v 175W invertor (powers an old Toshiba Libretto every now & then), a Yaesu FT-8900 quad band FM transceiver, connected to an antennae mounted on the roof bar - for my amatuer radio hobby. - I managed to make a "packet" contact with the International Space Sation for my first time this evening, my callsign 2D0BCR, should still be on the "ISS heard stations list" for the next few hours:- ISS Stations Heard Similar to the kit that I have, but I find my satellite contacts marginal at best. What sort of antenna are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Smart car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsTrellisfromNorthWales Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 My car is nippy and zippy but has only 600ccs beneath it's tiny bonnet. Make of that what you will. You didn't make that post, Roxy. You machine has been hijacked. You're post's r definately more meticuloser ect ect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsTrellisfromNorthWales Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 What does my car say about my personality? I hate it when my car talks about me behind my back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 A "packet TNC" (best described as a modem for radio use) under the passenger seat along with an about £20 110v 175W invertor (powers an old Toshiba Libretto every now & then), a Yaesu FT-8900 quad band FM transceiver, connected to an antennae mounted on the roof bar - for my amatuer radio hobby. - I managed to make a "packet" contact with the International Space Sation for my first time this evening, my callsign 2D0BCR, should still be on the "ISS heard stations list" for the next few hours:- ISS Stations Heard Similar to the kit that I have, but I find my satellite contacts marginal at best. What sort of antenna are you using? Have a Diamond 8900 - it's made for the Yaesu, it's a quad band (10m, 6m, 2m & 70cm) and quite a hefty beast, but seems to do the job pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombay Bad Boy Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Have a Diamond 8900 - it's made for the Yaesu, it's a quad band (10m, 6m, 2m & 70cm) and quite a hefty beast, but seems to do the job pretty well. I'm using a Watson 627-claimed 4.5 db on 2M, 7.2 db on 70cm. Using SW like Orbitron, I wait until birds like AO51 are practically overhead, at minimum range, but I can barely hear anything. And I *have* to operate /M, because if I key up in my house, it sets the fire alarm off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted July 7, 2006 Author Share Posted July 7, 2006 What does my car say about my personality?I hate it when my car talks about me behind my back. Surely you must realise that cars are not capable of talking about you behind your back.... this could be a case of paranoia.... quite prevalent amongst people who don't live in the "real" world.... it is not your fault, the stigma of their own adaptation to technology such as TVs and Radio communications are a recognised condition these days of paranoia or at the extreme end being a psychopath or showing such tendencies as an early psychotic behavioural problem or the best indication of the leads into such a situation. Your car even though you have not described it could well be a vehicle that transports you into the thinking and slagging off of people you know very little about.... your car or vehicle could well be the demise you so wish to avoid.... I suggest you refrain from driving for a while until you feel somewhat better. I hope it works out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsTrellisfromNorthWales Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 What does my car say about my personality? I hate it when my car talks about me behind my back. Surely you must realise that cars are not capable of talking about you behind your back.... this could be a case of paranoia.... quite prevalent amongst people who don't live in the "real" world.... it is not your fault, the stigma of their own adaptation to technology such as TVs and Radio communications are a recognised condition these days of paranoia or at the extreme end being a psychopath or showing such tendencies as an early psychotic behavioural problem or the best indication of the leads into such a situation. Your car even though you have not described it could well be a vehicle that transports you into the thinking and slagging off of people you know very little about.... your car or vehicle could well be the demise you so wish to avoid.... I suggest you refrain from driving for a while until you feel somewhat better. I hope it works out for you. Verbose and unfunny. Go and have a wank or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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