So, who wants to help... to perpetuate the cellar?

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Melolin and medisilk are my dressings of choice and I keep oodles of both in the first aid box

And steristrips and immodium and a couple of hair elastics

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Maybe not the best idea, in the circumstancesā€¦

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Norty joe!
Soo xx

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I have a question for the combined wisdom of the Cellerati.

Given: a four lane motorway, some four miles from the next turnoff. Lane 4 is empty, lane 3 has someone in it doing about 90, lane 2 is empty, lane 1 has a Mini doing 60 in it.

What possible effect does the BMW driver in Lane 1 who comes up behind the Mini at probably the same speed as the car in lane 3, then stands on his horn and flashes his lights before staying behind the Mini for half a mile or so hooting and flashing, hope to achieve? I mean, what does anyone think he expects the Mini to do about it?

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Perhaps the Mini shuold have grown wings andtaken to the sky

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What it actually did was slow down. When it had got down to 46, which is the lowest before a gear-change would be needed, the BMW roared past ostentatiously and pulled straight back in about a carā€™s-length ahead before taking off at probably 90.

People are weirdā€¦

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Depending on the vintage of the Mini, you might be surprised.

Back in the days when the A406 / North Circular was the link between the A12 and M4, we used travel it fairly regularly when going on holiday. Those who knew it back in the 70s will remember how many sets of traffic lights were involved. One one memorable occasion here were four of us - with all holiday luggage heading west in an ancient (C reg, I think, which would be 1965) Clubman estate. A poser in (inevitably) a BMW stopped alongside us at one set of lights, then as soon as they changed made a great show of tearing off ahead of us. He got as far as the next set, which were red. We puttered along at our own pace and pulled up alongside. Same thing happened. And again. And again. Eventually Dad got pissed off and slammed his foot to the floor. Not only was the Beamer left standing, we got to the next set of lights before they changed, while he had to stop. That was the last we saw of him.

It turned out the model we had was a favourite for rallyingā€¦

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Careful nowā€¦

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My first car, same year same everything. I loved that car, in spite of its faults - which included a large hole on the floor in the driverā€™s footwell (you could see the road rushing past if you looked down, and your legs got splashed in wet weather), a tendency to jump out of gear without warning on left-hand bends (you learned to hold the gear lever in position as you steered left), and a clutch that was more-or-less on on/off switch. A friend borrowed it once and he returned it white-faced: ā€˜how do you drive that thing?ā€™. It was easy when you got used to it.

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My first car was a Mini Clubman, Antique Gold, and I loved her. LCU 190P. Sigh.

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Fishers, there is no accounting for folksā€™ driving.

Grand visit by DS and DiL.

Soo xx

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All you lucky people. I had to want a Mini for over fifty years before I finally got one. By the time I got my first car I needed to be able to get a pram into the back seat, so a Mini simply wasnā€™t practical.

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Hurrah! about the visit, Soo.

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Minis are the longest serving rally cars ever

They are still a favourite clubman level rally car

Proper ones not the huge BMW built modern jobs

I know one person who bought one new when they came out first and he still drives it and keeps it in mint condition

I also know a rude-ish song about mini Cooper

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My teeny-tiny Mini Clubman managed to extricate me from many a potential scrape, Twellsy. I was stopped for speeding, the day after my ā€˜testā€™ and Iā€™m sure that it was the sheer gorgeousness of her that prevented more than a kindly warning.

Thanks, Fishers. We ate and laughed, a lot.

Soo xx

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Soo

That picture has a terrifying number plate
RTA = road traffic accident!

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Hah! The only RTA I was involved in did not involve my beloved Lucy (really), but well spotted!
Soo xx

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Too many years as a peeler means I see numberplates before I see the car nearly

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Understandable, Twellsy. I usually make rude versions of number plates available to Mr Bee. He tries to compete, but he izz no match for me.
Soo xx

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Round here we try and work out just HOW ancient tractors are

One had lace metal for wheel guards

Old tractors come to this area to work out their retirementā€¦

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They prolly have the right idea.

Soo xx

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