- 21. Rhyming slang & insults (RE: Dished Pistons) (score: 1)
- Author: public@sweavo.34sp.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:36:11 +0000
- Incidentally, is "yank" thought to be insulting in America? I know you guys get much more uptight about names than the Brits do. Over here the line between insult and endearment is blurred, though it
- /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00144.html (8,139 bytes)
- 22. Re: Rhyming slang & insults (RE: Dished Pistons) (score: 1)
- Author: public@sweavo.34sp.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:09:26 +0000
- Hey, no biggie. I think it would be great if an American rhyming slang sprang up... Just that a few of us missed the reference back there :-) Quoting Larry Vaughan <lvaughan@pldi.net>:
- /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00146.html (8,476 bytes)
- 23. Re: Rhyming slang & insults (RE: Dished Pistons) (score: 1)
- Author: public@sweavo.34sp.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 16:35:35 +0000
- Quoting mikeross <mikeross@prodigy.net>: Generally no, though depending on the tone/context (as with all things I guess) I'm sure I used to know where that term came from...
- /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00149.html (8,663 bytes)
- 24. Re: Rhyming slang & insults (RE: Dished Pistons) (score: 1)
- Author: public@sweavo.34sp.com
- Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 13:50:27 +0000
- Quoting Tburke4@aol.com: Cheese Though cheese=kaas. I'll go with our Dutch friend's explanation (that Kees is also a Dutch name with no equivalent en Engels), though this looks like the same story, s
- /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00155.html (8,892 bytes)
- 25. Re: Rhyming slang & insults (RE: Dished Pistons) (score: 1)
- Author: public@sweavo.34sp.com
- Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:24:23 +0000
- Quoting James Carruthers <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk>: They had that word in California when I was there, but it just meant someone who whines or complains. I had great fun explaining what it means usin
- /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00157.html (9,082 bytes)
- 26. RE: Rhyming slang & insults (RE: Dished Pistons) (score: 1)
- Author: public@sweavo.34sp.com
- Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:07:05 +0000
- Quoting Gary <garyr@mtent.com>: Hahah superb. (a) the Scots generally dislike being British and cannot STAND being called English. (b) in Glasgow you don't have to even need someone to dislike you to
- /html/spitfires/2004-11/msg00160.html (8,872 bytes)
- 27. Re: Voltage Stablizer (score: 1)
- Author: public@sweavo.34sp.com
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 09:33:56 +0100
- Quoting Martin Pearce <dungey@pearcem95.freeserve.co.uk>: Do you mean "correct" or do you mean "plausible"? If it's reading, say, 30% of the way up the dial, maybe with the new stabiliser it will rea
- /html/spitfires/2004-08/msg00062.html (7,476 bytes)
- 28. Re: Noisy Clutch Pedal (score: 1)
- Author: public@sweavo.34sp.com
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:44:09 +0100
- Quoting Kenneth Willanger <ken_willanger@hotmail.com>: I get a soft metallic scraping sound when 'riding' the clutch... but when fully engaged or disengaged it's lovely and quiet. I always assumed it
- /html/spitfires/2004-08/msg00097.html (6,779 bytes)
- 29. Re: Spitfire Castor (score: 1)
- Author: public@sweavo.34sp.com
- Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 11:45:32 +0100
- Quoting James Carruthers <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk>: And what DID he do to her?!
- /html/spitfires/2004-07/msg00008.html (7,137 bytes)
- 30. Re: Spitfire Castor (score: 1)
- Author: public@sweavo.34sp.com
- Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 18:18:36 +0100
- Quoting Henry Stike <stiker2126@yahoo.com>: Tell me about it... tomorrow I have to head out to some small village and invite a proprietor to explain how an exhaust change and tune-up came to #325
- /html/spitfires/2004-07/msg00010.html (7,302 bytes)
- 31. Where do you get these materials? (score: 1)
- Author: public@sweavo.34sp.com
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 15:44:24 +0100
- On the mkII there are two locators for holding on the hood, which should have a soft spacer material between the body and the locator, likewise with the boot hinges, and the speedo and tacho. It may
- /html/spitfires/2004-07/msg00055.html (6,693 bytes)
- 32. Re: Amusing picture of a Spitfire in Oslo, Norway (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Carter" <public@sweavo.34sp.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:36:24 +0100
- uh, "pub" I expect :-)
- /html/spitfires/2004-07/msg00096.html (6,814 bytes)
- 33. Re: wish (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Carter" <public@sweavo.34sp.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:02:30 +0100
- else Heheh. So you can discover 6 months later that it wasn't as completed as you thought and now you have to strip it down and rebuild it...?
- /html/spitfires/2004-07/msg00118.html (6,987 bytes)
- 34. Re: We've returned from London- (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Carter" <public@sweavo.34sp.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:07:19 +0100
- Ah, you've experienced the great British "greasy spoon" cafe. Normally a hamburger without a bun is called a "beefburger" ... were baked beans on the menu and did the whole place stink of grease? Odd
- /html/spitfires/2004-07/msg00119.html (7,695 bytes)
- 35. Re: Fitting a Rimmer Bros exhaust to MkII (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Carter" <public@sweavo.34sp.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 14:13:32 +0100
- Well, unsurprisingly, I didn't make it :-( Most of the job went smoothly, in fact topologically speaking the exhaust is completely off the car. Unfortunately, the manifold (one of the most broken bi
- /html/spitfires/2004-06/msg00009.html (7,322 bytes)
- 36. Re: What's it worth? *Kinda long...* (score: 1)
- Author: public@sweavo.34sp.com
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:15:47 +0100
- Quoting David Mayer <celiracer81@hotmail.com>: Did you figure where it could be better spent? If you are only giving up through discouragement, then I would counsel taking a step back and making smal
- /html/spitfires/2004-06/msg00026.html (9,076 bytes)
- 37. RE: Con-fused? (score: 1)
- Author: public@sweavo.34sp.com
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:37:17 +0100
- Quoting "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>: Yes, I remember a great site. This isn't it http://www.jag-lovers.org/xk-lovers/library/fuses.html but it backs up what I thought I re
- /html/spitfires/2004-06/msg00027.html (7,689 bytes)
- 38. New tonneau - DIY press-studs (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Carter" <public@sweavo.34sp.com>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 13:47:10 +0100
- Hi all, Finally got round to looking at fitting my new tonneau that I ordered around Christmas, then was delayed, then arrived while I was in the USA... well, double duck's got a nice feel to it, tho
- /html/spitfires/2004-06/msg00055.html (7,110 bytes)
- 39. Fitting Tonneau to MkII spitfire (score: 1)
- Author: public@sweavo.34sp.com
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:36:43 +0100
- Thanks for the info re: the fitting of tonneau covers. I inwardly digested it and the archives and bit the bullet last weekend. For anyone who may need to fit one in future, here's my experience. ht
- /html/spitfires/2004-06/msg00138.html (6,623 bytes)
- 40. Re: Short Strokes (score: 1)
- Author: public@sweavo.34sp.com
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:53:42 +0100
- Quoting PorscheRcr@aol.com: come to York where it's windy and rainy and premium is $5.68
- /html/spitfires/2004-06/msg00139.html (7,142 bytes)
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