OV9

nuttinnew wrote: Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:24 pm

Swervin_Mervin wrote: Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:56 am Got back home last night half expecting to see a ridge tile through the back windscreen of the 330, but all fine.

A friend's C63 has been been battered by tiles; at least one headlight broken, bonnet, both wings, both bumpers dented and/or scratched, windscreen broken, etc etc

most of those are the expensive AMG specific bits too - that'll be a BIG bill...

Yup, I wonder what availability will be like as well. He's not had it long either The bit that surprised me, his excess is only £150!
It's silver; here's hoping he doesn't get it back looking like an addition to your front wing album.

jamcg wrote: Sat Feb 19, 2022 2:53 pm

Old Volvos are tanks

It’s not bad considering a tree fell on it…………

jamcg wrote: Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:08 pm

It’s not bad considering a tree fell on it…………

Quite! A bit of jigging (no, dinny) and pdr'll see it reet.

The wind's dropped, the sky is clear, the moon just showing its face. I'm caught between fancying a night drive and cba.

nuttinnew wrote: Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:48 pm The wind's dropped, the sky is clear, the moon just showing its face. I'm caught between fancying a night drive and cba.

I've been having similar thoughts on a few nights recently, but a) don't have a car and b) its been getting really cold at nights here so not sure how spirited it would be with the state of the roads.

Finally got some proper snow
ETA forgot about the weirdness of iPhone formatting here

I don't know about anywhere else but we've got 40 -odd hours rain forecast. I don't know how heavy, either way it won't help already flooded places.

I'm surprised I haven't seen that 940 in a Ukraine - Russia meme.

nuttinnew wrote: Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:24 pm

Swervin_Mervin wrote: Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:56 am Got back home last night half expecting to see a ridge tile through the back windscreen of the 330, but all fine.

A friend's C63 has been been battered by tiles; at least one headlight broken, bonnet, both wings, both bumpers dented and/or scratched, windscreen broken, etc etc

I missed this last week somehow. Ouch!

Ridge tiles are heavy bastards - even the palm sized pieces I picked up could do some real damage if you got clocked by one.

A colleague was telling me they lost a few ridge tiles at their last place and they landed edge into the lawn, half into the ground

He's only had it about six months as well, probably not even that long.
That's the problem when the wind's like that, seemingly small things (e.g. compared to tree falling down) can do disproportionate amounts of damage. There's been lots of smaller bits of debris on the roads after the storms that looks ripe for damaging undertrays etc. Maybe this rain will tidy it up a bit.

Good sights for the Scottishers; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... s-60736323

Yay, it's spring ;
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/ ... se-264430/
https://www.accuweather.com/en/gb/warre ... 25738_1_al

Blizzard here in Milton Keynes...

We had a BBQ on Saturday. Climate Change my arse...

It's snowing horizontally quite heavily here now

Tiny covering of snow in the early hours of yesterday and today. The 7 miles, pretty much arrow straight road, I use daily has been closed both days due to accidents. One was a 5 series that had spun and ripped the side open on a crash barrier, today was an E class coupe that had done the same thing.

FULL MOON

nuttinnew wrote: Sat Apr 16, 2022 10:52 pm FULL MOON

Pac Man!

Tonight's is just up, 99% full.

Zonda_ wrote: Sun Apr 17, 2022 6:47 pm

nuttinnew wrote: Sat Apr 16, 2022 10:52 pm FULL MOON

Pac Man!

That telescope is about to seriously fuck up some ghosts.