flights booked, car rented, suitcases dusted off
I'll be in England in 12 days
( Grrrmachine your existence is still meaningless, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:09, archived)

We going for a beer?

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:12, archived)

Might pop over to that blokes house
and burn down the bike we helped him build
( Grrrmachine your existence is still meaningless, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:13, archived)

Good idea.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:17, archived)

thanks for the warning

( Richard mcbeef Ham Master Jay, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:14, archived)

stay off the M25 at the weekends and we'll be fine
I doubt I'll get any closer to you than that.
( Grrrmachine your existence is still meaningless, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:17, archived)

You could stop by and give him some driving lessons.

( monster munch - it's cheeseburgers, all the way down, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:29, archived)

he'd just moan that the car stereo couldn't play 45s

( Grrrmachine your existence is still meaningless, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:31, archived)

It probably won't play cds either

( mongychops, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:32, archived)

My 2004 Jag came with a cassette deck
that's some Ford-inspired bean-counting right there
( Grrrmachine your existence is still meaningless, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:42, archived)

Cassette decks were preferable to CD players when mp3 players were becoming the norm,
as you could stick one of those dummy cassettes in that carried music from your ipod.
( monster munch - it's cheeseburgers, all the way down, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:45, archived)

I remember them
I was working in radio when Ofcom was created, and their first act was to ban those little FM transmitters that let you broadcast your mp3 player to your car stereo, because FM broadcast licences were restricted and cost about 10k each per 28 days.
( Grrrmachine your existence is still meaningless, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 12:13, archived)

My mate bought 3new fords recently, his missus had to wait 2 weeks longer for hers as she wanted a cd player

( mongychops, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:46, archived)

Practical.
( monster munch - it's cheeseburgers, all the way down, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:35, archived)

Keith Moon had a record player in his Rolls
And a speaker behind the front grille, I believe
( Richard mcbeef Ham Master Jay, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:37, archived)

Isn't that where the radiator should be?

( monster munch - it's cheeseburgers, all the way down, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:43, archived)

don't ask me m8
All I know is he had it connected to a microphone and drove around being a pillock
( Richard mcbeef Ham Master Jay, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:51, archived)

it was a Bentley
'At some point earlier, The Who's bassist, John Entwistle, shared ownership with Moon of a one-off Bentley designed by UK coachbuilders Freestone and Webb which debuted at the 1950 Geneva Motor Show. The two had it fitted out with a Tannoy speaker behind the grille and "deployed it in a series of Pythonesque practical jokes," according to reporter Richard Fleury. "These typically involved cruising through Home Counties villages impersonating the local Tory candidate, warning of imminent invasions by boatloads of refugees. Or they'd pose as police hunting for deadly snakes. The concealed PA gave Moon so much pleasure he installed it in his next purchase, a "vast" two-tone S1 Bentley converted to look like an S2." (note: this S1 was the one with which Moon accidentally killed his chauffeur, and was subsequently sold).'
( Richard mcbeef Ham Master Jay, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:53, archived)

Those wacky funsters!

( monster munch - it's cheeseburgers, all the way down, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:56, archived)

Where did you sell a dead chauffeur
in the days before ebay?
( garidead #meattoo, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 13:34, archived)

something about Jeeves

( Richard mcbeef Ham Master Jay, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 14:06, archived)

Three on the tree, walnut verneer and velour seats
that's some Malaise Era shit right there
( Grrrmachine your existence is still meaningless, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:37, archived)

I hope this makes sense to someone.

( monster munch - it's cheeseburgers, all the way down, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 11:46, archived)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaise_era
( Grrrmachine your existence is still meaningless, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 12:14, archived)

OK.
I've looked up "three on the tree" for myself.
( monster munch - it's cheeseburgers, all the way down, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 12:54, archived)

i dun one of them fings
i.imgur.com/udBFWo4.jpg
( manolith - It must be some kind of cave bat, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 12:39, archived)

I went for something different
i.imgur.com/R1xGi14.jpg
( Two Hats when you were partying I studied The Blade, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 13:00, archived)

ha, nice

( manolith - It must be some kind of cave bat, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 13:12, archived)

well I don't know about that

( Two Hats when you were partying I studied The Blade, Tue 17 Apr 2018, 13:16, archived)