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Dave R

Guest

• Nov 5, 2006

• #1

I don't know, all that money on a rock-crawling machine and then
couldn't be bothered to put a return spring on the
throttle.......................

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Dougal

Guest

• Nov 5, 2006

• #2

Dave R wrote:
> I don't know, all that money on a rock-crawling machine and then
> couldn't be bothered to put a return spring on the
> throttle.......................
>
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Self portrait?

 

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Richard Brookman

Guest

• Nov 5, 2006

• #3

Dave R wrote:

|| I don't know, all that money on a rock-crawling machine and then
|| couldn't be bothered to put a return spring on the
|| throttle.......................
||
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Wossiss all about Dave? Post a link and put us out of our misery.

--
Rich
==============================

2001 Disco II ES auto
1971 S2a 88" petrol
1991 Transit Camper

Take out the obvious to email me.

 

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Dave R

Guest

• Nov 5, 2006

• #4

Ah yes, sorry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfsfwCRWHgo

Ooops,

Dave

 

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Richard Brookman

Guest

• Nov 5, 2006

• #5

Dave R wrote:

|| Ah yes, sorry.
||
|| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfsfwCRWHgo
||
|| Ooops,
||
|| Dave

I wonder if his insurance covers him for all the other buggies he modified?
A similar accident at WW4x4 could cause - what - fifty quids' worth?

Seriously, it does show why all mechanisms should fail safe.

--
Rich
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2001 Disco II ES auto
1971 S2a 88" petrol
1991 Transit Camper

Take out the obvious to email me.

 

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Simon Isaacs

Guest

• Nov 5, 2006

• #6

On 5 Nov 2006 05:22:43 -0800, "Dave R" <v8bobber@yahoo.co.uk>
scribbled the following nonsense:

>
>Ah yes, sorry.
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfsfwCRWHgo
>
>Ooops,
>
>Dave

at the 4 minute mark, this one is priceless....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIh4or5EUsc&mode=related&search=
--

Simon Isaacs

"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote"
George Jean Nathan (1882-1955)

ROT13 me....

 

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Derek

Guest

• Nov 5, 2006

• #7

"Richard Brookman" <THErichard.brookmanOBVIOUS@btinternet.com> wrote in
message news:4r6c0cFpvl70U1@individual.net...
> Dave R wrote:
>
> || Ah yes, sorry.
> ||
> || http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfsfwCRWHgo
> ||
> || Ooops,
> ||
> || Dave
>
> I wonder if his insurance covers him for all the other buggies he
> modified? A similar accident at WW4x4 could cause - what - fifty quids'
> worth?
>
> Seriously, it does show why all mechanisms should fail safe.
>
> --
> Rich
> ==============================
>
> 2001 Disco II ES auto
> 1971 S2a 88" petrol
> 1991 Transit Camper
>
> Take out the obvious to email me.
Probably why motorsport scrutineers require 2 return springs and a cutoff
switch won't stop the really determined idiot but protects the rest of us
and yes I have had one spring snap.
Derek

 

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Austin Shackles

Guest

• Nov 6, 2006

• #8

On or around Sun, 05 Nov 2006 15:16:45 +0000, Simon Isaacs
<crgreobebhtu4k4@btopenworld.com> enlightened us thusly:

>On 5 Nov 2006 05:22:43 -0800, "Dave R" <v8bobber@yahoo.co.uk>
>scribbled the following nonsense:
>
>>
>>Ah yes, sorry.
>>
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfsfwCRWHgo
>>
>>Ooops,
>>
>>Dave
>
>at the 4 minute mark, this one is priceless....
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIh4or5EUsc&mode=related&search=

we've had this before, but it's good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58ZVVFqhGws&mode=related&search=

this one is rather amusing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzpOZ4M-bRo&mode=related&search=

speaking of mud... did we have this sequence of photos?

http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=315


--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering
from the strawbuilt shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing
horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed."
Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.

 

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Dougal

Guest

• Nov 6, 2006

• #9

Austin Shackles wrote:

> speaking of mud... did we have this sequence of photos?
>
> http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=315

..... and think of the fuss in this country when there's half an inch
of snow on the ground.

 

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Austin Shackles

Guest

• Nov 7, 2006

• #10

On or around Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:12:40 +0000, Dougal
<DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>Austin Shackles wrote:
>
>> speaking of mud... did we have this sequence of photos?
>>
>> http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=315
>
>.... and think of the fuss in this country when there's half an inch
>of snow on the ground.

yeah, quite. mind, I've no idea why they don't make a bit more effort to
fix it, if the road's that relevant.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then
something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk." Pink Floyd (1994)

 

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Lee_D

Guest

• Nov 7, 2006

• #11

Austin Shackles <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> uttered summat worrerz
funny about:
> On or around Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:12:40 +0000, Dougal
> <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> Austin Shackles wrote:
>>
>>> speaking of mud... did we have this sequence of photos?
>>>
>>> http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=315
>>
>> .... and think of the fuss in this country when there's half an inch
>> of snow on the ground.
>
> yeah, quite. mind, I've no idea why they don't make a bit more
> effort to fix it, if the road's that relevant.

Should post it on the Ramblers association forum for them, There will be a
mass exodus from the UK to Russia.... which would be different!



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