Hippo's latest activity

Funny you should say that...... I think the Vax Spotwash cleaner is a godsend for such mishaps.

Propper fick like innit.

Pop quiz. How thick would you have to be to hoover up kiddie vomit with Dyson? 🤪 Freelander owners can pass..

Your phrase "cars I kept the longest" really got me thinking. The problem being that I have a habit of driving cars and then sometimes, especially if they break down, simply parking them up until I can get around to fixing them. Which means that...

Famous for being frontwheel drive as the words "traction avant" indicates, but apparently their drive shafts were a weak point! I know a Brit chap who runs a B& B with his wife, we used to stay with them when going north to the ferry. He is ex...

When I was a youngster working out of IBM South Bank (next to the National Theatre) we used to use a local boozer at lunchtimes and it was opposite the waterloo East station stairway entrance. In one of the railway arches was a business/bloke...

https://www-blogpreston-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.blogpreston.co.uk/2025/05/battered-land-rover-being-transported-on-m55-was-stolen-in-2019/amp/?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_ct=1747750615548&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&a...

Have wanted a Traction for a long time. surprisingly they are not the most expensive of veteran cars over here. Not cheap mind but still not all that bad.

Had a few as well but wish I'd kept the '52 Citroen 6 cylinder Traction avant, the Moskvitch and the 66 Austin Cooper The cars I kept the longest were a 2.2 diesel Renault 21, a diesel Pug 106 and an 05 Ford Ranger pickup All other vehicles...

That post re the 50 best Britsh cars. I am tempted to start one on "Cars I have owned and wish I still did" In my case, Mk2 Jag, Mk1 Cortina, Opel Manta 1900 A series, Renault 17, Dolomite Sprint, "Hot" mini, even a Renault 6 for heaven's sake.

Got me harvester up and sorted. Din't order any clips so eye tie wrapped it to me boiler condensate pipe then run it along the top ov me fence. Temp install. Will get some propper clips ferrit. Late nights recently doing it. Wevver said it were...

Me pipe is ere. Well appy wivvit.

Really do feel for both you, your W and the old dear. So sad what dementia does. Do so hope that it gets sorted out eventually. :(

Love it!! The pipes under the floor, the rerouting, the new rad. I even ran pipes into my garage from the utility to heat it. Not a lot, but it does make a bit of difference.

Cheeky Sod! I done more plumbering than you by a mile. Just in the house I am sitting in at the moment: The house had nowt in when we moved in. Kitchen: double sink together with a dishwasher. Utility: sink plus washing machine. Downstairs bog...

This is getting like ordering a chinese!

Nothing perverse about that at all. I too love them and would have one in a heartbeat. 1500 obvs. Mine was a 1200 and a bit weak. But my dad had a 1500 back in the 60s, great little cars. I got rid of the 1200 back in 1981, I'd had it a coupla...

Must admit this is blowing my brains too. I am no joiner, far from it, but I have hung a few doors and cannot see what the fuss is about.

"plenty of prep and then cook as little as needed" totally agree. I have to contrast doing it @kevstar 's way with doing one in a copper frying pan, over a spirit stove next to a customer's table, as I had to do back in the 70s, the days of...

Morning All. :D Nice day, even though its a shopping day. :) Hey, the old gal is throwing a wobbler at the hospital; at about 11:30 Sunday night she got dressed in her going home clothes and announced she was leaving. My wife found her...

Issit broke'd? They normally are.

Did a bathroom in my old house, run pipes under floor, all soldered joints etc, It's still going strong 20 years later This isn't my property so I'll have to grin and bear it for the time being, I know what needs doing but all they talk about is...

Got me harvester secured last night. No holes innit so eye put a drain pipe bracket below it as the angle changes. And one 4 inch above so the fixed drain pipe will hold it safe. Angle pipe below fitted to wall. And a small verticle drop into me...

Dpd ses me pipes coming between 10 and 11.

Its a bit perverse I know, but the Mk1 Cortina takes my fancy :eek:

Agreed, if I win the lottery it’s the DB5 for me repainted in bronze green. As expected I’m glad the series and defenders were well up on that. Woulda been surprised if they were lower down. Great post. 😍

I done all the plumbing in my house, never done any plumbing before....fitted a new bathroom, moved the toilet, bath & sink fitted a cubical shower with leccy pump. Kitchen All new pipes with Belfast sink. I even used a freeze kit to freeze pipes...

Need a plumber as well to re fit cistern level and line it up with the bowl then maybe it will stop leaking, not hard is it ??

Oh aye thats Peter the python bugger slipped out the back window 🤣🤣

Nice. A free number 4 :cool: