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Thanks! Nothing specific, although I’d alway wondered what the drive roller looked like. It’s just such a wonderful bit of lateral thinking. Could only have come from the land that produced the Citroen 2CV.

I wonder how long front tyres last for?

Got any more pics of the Velosolex motor, Dave? I’ve been fascinated by them ever since I saw a nun riding one around Chartres Cathedral about 60 years ago.

‘Tis (nearly) the season and all that. The girls are making mince pies, I’m printing Christmas cards and this is still the best Christmas album ever.

Daniel Quinn wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 1:36 pm I've had at least four parcels a week delivered to my house for the past four years . Not one as been lost or not arrived .

Then you’re a very lucky chap, and probably a statistical anomaly.

Just been listening to this podcast as I follow Peter’s career with interest, and thought some here might also be interested in some of the stuff he has to say. It’s a bit long…

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d ... 0629882802

He still owns it, but he hasn’t been active on the forum for a couple of years, apparently due to ill health. The forum itself was still very active up to a couple of days ago, but I guess it’s possible he may have stopped paying the bills.

Anyone else having trouble getting on to the AoS forum? I’m getting a host server timeout error.

We had an amber warning in Devon last night. It did get a bit noisy and there’s a few bits of debris around on the roads, but nothing exceptional. All gone quiet now.

Got it.

The painting is by Terence Cuneo, who painted subjects such as trains, boats and aeroplanes in a style that appealed to small boys in the 50s such as myself. His signature feature was that somewhere in every picture was a small mouse watching the subject. A bit like an early precursor of Where’s Wal...

pre65 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2023 9:53 pm This is the painting referred to in the Wiki article.


https://www.directart.co.uk/mall/images/ftr0011.jpg

Where’s the mouse?

jack wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 11:00 pm Guilt mainly.

No need! No rush.

Any updates on this, Nick?

:lol: I had Covid and Flu injections yesterday, and my arm is still a bit sore. Time for a bit of Des O Connor to sooth my discomfort. 8) I wish Id never had one, but i had two befor I realised my error. So far, I’ve had five Covid jabs. I’ve never had Covid. I’ve had flu jabs annually for at least...

Just to add fuel to the fire, so to speak:

https://www.numerama.com/vroom/1522948- ... ignin.html