OV9

Zonda_ wrote: Sun Jul 26, 2026 6:36 pm

dinny_g wrote: Sun Jul 26, 2026 6:14 pm Done

The very best of luck Gav. My Dad’s recovering from it at the moment so close to my heart too

Thanks Dinny, hope he's clear of it for good!

Thanks Gav - all good at the moment

Done

The very best of luck Gav. My Dad’s recovering from it at the moment so close to my heart too

After 6 weeks of 30+ weather and melting in the heat, we’ve come to the West of Ireland for the holidays and true to form, it’s pissing rain…

mik wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2026 6:41 pm

Marv wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2026 6:06 pm
You'll also have to sweet talk the Scots on the forum to let you know the location of the S*cr*t R**d

The first two rules of the S*cr*t R**d are…..

If Dave doesn’t deserve to know where the secret roads are, then no one does…

"New Oldsmobile's are in early this year..."

Yeah it's really nice but for one night, it was a treat...

We stayed in in B&B's along the way but the one Hotel we did stay in was Shieldaid Lodge near Gariloch.

https://www.shieldaiglodge.com/

Highly recommended - awesome collection of Whiskys

My trip around the NC500 was in the summer 2002 so not much help as it was almost entirely empty. It wasn't a "thing" back then so we almost had the road to ourselves. I've said it before but at one stage, north of Ullapool, we drove for about 2 hours without seeing another car in either direction ...

mik wrote: Wed Jul 22, 2026 1:27 pm https://www.stevecarter.com/build/build.htm

that is, quite literally, my dream home in my dream location...

I should have worked harder in School...

ZedLeg wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2026 10:23 pm My point was that there was a brief period in the mid 20th century when making sure the rich got richer wasn’t a primary focus of governments.

Not ‘the rich’ - just the government politicians and their friends..

That was the point in time at which the gap between richest and poorest was the smallest. And I infer you think that is a good thing since you bothered to mention it and criticised the policies introduced by Reagan and Thatcher. Therefore you think the pre-Thatcher 1970s was the best time. If ...

ZedLeg wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2026 1:32 pm You could apply it to any neolib government since thatcher tbh

You could apply that to any democratic government since the Greeks invented Democracy

ZedLeg wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2026 1:14 pm For sure, his primary aim in office is making sure he and his friends leave with all the money.

But enough about Burnham, what do you think of Trump ???

There's a lesson for all of us in that Mito...

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. You live very well Mito. Massive kudos to you

I know you’ve had your tribulations but there’s no ‘next year’, ‘after this or that’ with you.

You want to do something and you go out and do it.

Very, very, very long may it continue

Just reading about his coronation speech.

Do you work hard?
Do you pay your fair share of tax?
Have you saved to reward yourself for working hard?
Have planned not to be a burden on the state in later life?

Yes?? - then you're fucked...

Nothing completely explicit as yet but the writing's on the ...

I've always thought the Dutch make the best coffee...

(no sniggering jokes about "Coffee Shops" please... )

ZedLeg wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2026 8:19 am Adding some salt to your caffeine must be great for your blood pressure

I mean the tiniest of pinches - like 8 or 10 grains. Tiny amount