Don’t doubt it for a minute TT—- keep the revs down and it’ll run a long time . Just didn’t ever run for long as an OMC outboard ——— as my sainted mother used to say “ONE SWALLOW DOES NOT MAKE A SUMMER” !!!!!!!Quote:
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Don’t doubt it for a minute TT—- keep the revs down and it’ll run a long time . Just didn’t ever run for long as an OMC outboard ——— as my sainted mother used to say “ONE SWALLOW DOES NOT MAKE A SUMMER” !!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by techteam
Just spoke to my son Mark, he was down at Key West all last week doing his thing with High Perf Propellers and upfazed gear cases —- hot stuff like that.
Told me over three hundred Poker run boats were down there — parked outside the conch restaurant were six boats with 26 motors on them —— looks like the monster “OUTBOARDS” are here to stay’
Christian and Ian Toll made it down there ok.
Don’t know about “you lot”. By that i mean my friends across the pond — was not a RACIST remark in any shape or form, but i am sick up to my fetlocks by the whining and whinging of ethnic minorities about Racist remarks and how badly they are treated .
Big row over here about Yorkshire cricketers calling them PAKIS—— excuse me , isnt your country of origin PAKISTAN ????????
If you come from Wales you will always be TAFFY-
If you are from Scotland you are a JOCK
Irish have always been MICKS
Me-im a Yorkshire man so i am a”TYKE”.
It’s been like that for hundreds of years , nobody minds , its not derogatory— its who and what you are — what you have always been — and always. Will be .
My sainted mother once told me — just because the rats in the hen house —it dont make it a chicken .
BBC and ITV have started showing the Christmas programs—-all the adverts have a big majority of “ETHNIC” actors [coloured]. To be honest , they are laughable , couldn’t act their way out of a plastic bag. Black Father Christmas ??????? Black elves —- black tinker belle — all of them screaming for equality.
We have a police themed program here called SHETLAND. It’s a few scattered islands 45 miles north of Scotland with a new black lady chief of police . She will probably turn out to be a tranny or lesbian .
Classic remake of THE LARKINS , guess what colour the tax inspector is [bear in mind this is 1945] ?
Plus ,half the villagers are ethnics .
Anne Boleyn [one of Henry the Eighths wives is now black]. You cannot change history—- its happened already . Tearing down statues is vandalism—- and should be covered by law ????????
Every time I switch on the tv —- very newsreader —- every Presenter — every advert is all about blacks .
Time to stop the nonsense—- just get on with life —- if you think life is hard now —- it’s nothing compared to being brought up on the Yorkshire moors in the 1930’s.
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Jackie: Check this out.
James, have you had a hand in this? Looks like something you and your machine shop friends are part of.
Johnno— wow it looks good to me . Unfortunately the old adage of —- if its very rapid and unconventional —- Ban it will come about . I would say £85,000 is about right for a race bike these days . Been like that for all time . A “WORKS” bike would be double the price of a CLUBMAN .Quote:
Originally Posted by Rotary John
Can’t see it ever getting off the ground in the USA—— would be classed as UN-AMERICAN.
Would be great fun to use all the knowledge you have now of rotory propulsion and build a three rotor howler —— turn up at Parker and just GO !!!!!!! Tell me and i will be there .
Meant to tell you years ago —- i had a water cooled SCOTT SQUIRREL. [2 stroke] Rotaries sounded just like it … they were built in SHIPLEY where i was born ——TOMMY KORKISH was the test driver . My sainted mother knew him well—- long before my 27 American Uncles .
...little bit of knowledge in that grouping. nice pic...https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...8&d=1637000465
Can’t help but think how that picture should be titled —— BEEN THERE —DONE THAT !!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
Legends in their own lifetime —- Captain Kirks long before he was thought up.
That’s the beauty of the OFF meetings —- you just don't know who you’re going to bump into!!!
Thursday again and the days dwindle down, to a precious few ??????? Mid November and the leaves are beginning to fall. Still haven’t had a hard frost to kick start the autumn let alone hail in the winter .
AUTUMNAL colours are beginning to show — with a forecast of snow for next Thursday . Well you can keep the white stuff have always despised cold weather, since i was a ragged arse kid with just the same clothes i wore in summer . Ah i digress —time to rise and shine .
Gene keeps raising the retirement bar higher and higher. I fear I will never catch up.
Tell me about it —- i am six months behind him —. Dont look like i am ever going to catch Gene up either .Quote:
Originally Posted by 2us70
I retired in 1982 and started working harder than i ever did before —- with no regular income i had to do a whole lot of wheeling and a dealing which i still do to this day.
I am pretty sure Gene also retired from the City of Miami Fire Dept. in 1982. That was the same year I made Chief Fire Officer with the County fire department. I soldiered on for 21 more years retiring in 2003.
SOLDIERING ????? Not a word much used these days , but if i can borrow the phrase for a moment .Quote:
Originally Posted by 2us70
i have been soldiering on for the last 40 years since my retirement in 1982. A hell of a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then . A lot of my friends and acquaintances never made it this far .
i have watched my kids grow from children to damn near retirement age.
I have lost one along the way and it still hurts today as much as it did twenty five years ago.
As the song says REGRETS—IVE HAD A FEW , but for the most part —I DID IT MY WAY .
...amen...
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WHY DO I GET THAT FEELING SUMMERS ALMOST OVER ??????
PASQUAL looks positively naked . Leaves have all but gone and now enhancing the rockery .
Gave the grass a last haircut with the “ new” lawnmower.
SAW THE ROLLS ROYCE OF ALL LAWNMOWERS at the Thursday car boot sale — ATCO ADMIRAL WITH A BACK ROLLER [ TO GIVE THE STRIPES ]
So i had a ten minute haggle with the guy —he was asking £100— c’mon ,give me a break —what damn fool buys a grass cutter in winter !!!!
Thats when the fun starts —- was an all electric start- with a dead battery ——- ho ho ho and a bottle of rum —- you ain’t never going to sell that in a month of sundays . Walked away. Called back just before i left —— he cried as i handed over the £40.
Knew i could make a great profit —— then i tried it and saw the beautiful stripes —— £40 down the tube .
Been diligently ploughing on refurbishing ROLLS ROYCES . Definitely not building any more .
SLOWLY WINDING DOWN EFFORTS IN THE SUPERSHED ,
. This was three or four years ago when we all met up at Zealand station for the OLD FARTS ANNUAL GOLF TOURNEY. Buffalo Bill Baker did most of the organising including the fantastic bar-b-q at his home afterwards .Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
Bert the Squirt is seen on the left [explaining how things should be done—always tried to punch above his weight] Then a couple of my favourite people DENISE and MIKE BUTLER [ WORKED IN PR FOR MERCURY IN OSHBERG since he was knee high]
Then there’s DOUG the PREACHER MAN, can be seen at every self respecting circuit race in the USA.
STICKLE of course — one of the original TEAM MERCURY drivers — Tommy was always one of the most respected and loved drivers who ever sat in a boat.
OFF gathering is the only meeting place left on earth where you can get to meet the few remaining ORIGINAL legends of powerboating.
For next year , i am thinking of getting together with CADDILAC and Mark , and my youngest daughter Sam, to organise something or other that will make the 2022 a rather special OFF OCCASION.
I did put ZELLWOOD —- but the not so clever spellcheck kept changing it.
Nice easy golf course for the old farts —— always made us very welcome . Thanks Jim.
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Thought Gene might be interested !!!!
ROLLS ROYCE just smashed the existing world record for an all electric powered flight . Reached a top speed of 387 MPH. —- climbed to 3000 feet in 202 seconds —-
Electric propulsion has political backing, and seems to be our future.
"Times are a changin'" Bob Dylan
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Here is some other Key West 2021 action, by the "Outboards ... here to stay."Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
And kudos to the rescue teams' fine job done.
https://youtu.be/oWsCw4Xxb1s
OH DEAR ME —- looks like i really did drop a boo-boo when i mentioned GORDON MURRAY !!!!!!
Just reading BERNIE ECCLESTONE‘S book ——„“NO ANGEL“. Always known Bernie was a tad „“Deep and Devious“. —— Being a WARREN STREET Trader it was always going to be so.
Commodore of the LONDON MOTOR BOAT RACING CLUB —-CYRIL BENSTEAD was also a Warren Street motor trader . So was Collie Coulson [16‘Levi SH! U-NO WHO]. Half way through the book i realised what an important part of the F1 motor racing scene he was/is.
Bernie is the RINGMASTER of FORMULA ONE —- without a doubt he single handedly brought about the wealth that is in F1 today—— How did he become so rich ?????? He takes 8 percent from the top of everything—— now that is one smart little fecker . HE OUTSMARTED THE F1 AUTHORITIES AT EVERY MOVE. Definitely the most interesting biography ever printed —- you should read it .
Bernie and wife Fabiana.
Money buys a lot of pleasures.
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SINGLE HANDEDLY took F1 from a rich mans amateur sport from back street garages to where it is today. He didn’t fare too badly along the way . Just dont ever play Chemin or poker with him.
nobody has ever seen him dirty — cleanest individual on the planet. Bet he knows already who will win this years F1 championship.
but when they do — five will get you ten —excreta will hit the fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by lake x kid
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Just a few times in my life have i come across an autobiography that i enjoyed——NO ANGEL is one of them. It’s entitled „“THE SECRET LIFE OF BERNIE ECCLESTONE“. Have yet to get to the secret part and I’m halfway through.
He has packed more into his life than i have , and that’s saying something .
15 years with GORDON MURRAY—- and i didn’t even know about the man— how the hell did that happen ???? My long time friends Ian Hawkins and Malcolm Tyrell will be having a right chuckle over that one !!!!!!!
I do recommend that you grab a copy of NO ANGEL—- it makes for compulsive reading.
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If anyone is interested , i am selling my whole collection of Rolls Royce Silver Ghosts. Eight in all. In my life i have made only thirteen of these ——usually takes me 2/250 hours to cobble one together . Interested??? Email me on [email protected]
GUESS NOBODY LIKES OLD ROLLERS ANY MORE —— NOT A SINGLE ENQUIRY—- AH WELL , SOMEDAYS YOU EAT BEAR .
Have just received a video from my sister of a battery powered vehicle bursting into flame at a charging station —-takes all the vehicles that are being charged out in a ball of flame . Wonder what would happen to the occupants of an all electric vehicle if the door locks jammed due to the heat ?????
As for an all electric airplane ???? I might give that one a miss for a couple of years .
Whatever you do —do not have a party for your 90th birthday !!!! Just got the bill from the „“THE SPUR“ , ITS A PUB IN SLINDON VILLAGE. You would not believe the eye watering amount it costs to gather the fifty directly related people [ having an informal gathering for friends later in the week] together for a birthday bash . It’s emptied my account i can tell you . I may have to come out of retirement and find myself some gainful employment . And i thought it was all over !!!!!!!!! Anyone looking for an old part timer —-just need feeding and a couple of quid spending money .
Seen at the car boot sale today —-a pair of REMINGTON rifles used for fairground practice .
these are quick action repeating rifles , so there is no way they should even be at the show — it is illegal to own—sell— or even touch a fire arm in the United Kingdom. Price was £175 . No -i didn’t buy them.
. Maybe obsolete calibre, no licence or permit required..Yet!..... Conversely they may be de-activated so as long as they have the correct certification ...within the law..Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
CORRECT CERTIFICATION ????????? You re having a laugh aren’t you Phill ?????? WITHIN THE LAW ????? This is FORD AERODROME CAR BOOT SALE. —- was probably nicked FROM a fairground in FAIRFAX OR HIALEAH. IN 1932!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by ron54
Jackie have a blessed day, from the other side of the pond.
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You ain’t never gonna believe this—- but believe it or not i picked up four plate pictures of the Mayflower and the pilgrim fathers leaving Plymouth for the americas HOW ‚BOUT THAT ?????
left the pictures in the shop and its bloody cold out there — will photo it tomorrow.
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Most strange that i should find thes pictures of the foundling fathers setting sail from Plymouth in the MAYFLOWER to find a new world on THANKSGIVING DAY. !!!!!!
God works in wondrous ways his miracles to perform ????????
Bitterly cold here—. It’s 33 f. But with winds up to 75mph , the chill factor is something like 12 below.
spent all of of five minutes at the car boot this morning. Afraid discretion overtook valour very quickly.
If i had stayed out there im certain rigorous mortis would have set in quite soon. Another month and Christmas will be over . Was a time when all the kids were at home that i really enjoyed Christmas — but that was lifetimes ago. Dont really enjoy winter either . I’m a warm weather person, winter is for polar bears—eskimos and damn fools . [ excluding Louise Stray ].
Lot of old folk that dodged the covid Bullet. Will succumb to the damn cold . I was close this morning , knew my old bones could not cope with extreme cold .