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Evening all..
Metal Hippy - 21/1/07 at 03:04 AM

Ok, who's forgotten me?

gazza285 - 21/1/07 at 03:41 AM

How about.......who's missed you?
























How you doing by the way?

gazza285 - 21/1/07 at 03:42 AM

Car finished yet?

rusty nuts - 21/1/07 at 11:11 AM

where you been?

Jon Ison - 21/1/07 at 11:23 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Metal Hippy
Ok, who's forgotten me?


How could I ?

David Jenkins - 21/1/07 at 11:25 AM

So... who are you, anyway?





Fozzie - 21/1/07 at 12:12 PM

Blinkin 'eck!

Your ears must have been burning for a long time, we (WLM) were only talking about you a short while back!

How the devil are you?

Fozzie

Metal Hippy - 21/1/07 at 01:11 PM

Hi.

Well after months of running fairly close to the wind with finances we needed a change and managed to organise a mortgage and buy a place.

Working on our home is first priority and it's costing a few quid to do the things we need to do and a few extras that we want to do.

But..

For the first time since I've known Emma (maybe a coincidence perhaps..) I actually have a few quid back in my pocket and things are looking a bit more dandy.

Needless to say all the gubbins is in the garage and the plans aren't forgotten. Maybe now (or rather when the weather is better) things can actually happen like I've planned but kept stalling for all this god damn time.

By the way, if anybody wants to lend me £1,000,000 I can't see me turning it down any time soon.

Rich.

PS, it's good to see a lot of the old (take the old bit how you want) faces still regularly posting here.

flak monkey - 21/1/07 at 01:20 PM

Hey, welcome back

Hellfire - 21/1/07 at 01:36 PM

Nice to see you back again and hope your turn in fortune continues onwards and upwards.

Welcome back.

Team Hellfire.

bob - 21/1/07 at 01:55 PM

Hipster

Last time you were in the garage you had just knocked a tub of parafin over your beemer gearbox,so now thats clean its full steam ahead then

Hows Emma ?

[Edited on 21/1/07 by bob]

Peteff - 21/1/07 at 02:12 PM

52" plasma is not an essential item, still playing war games?

auzziejim - 21/1/07 at 02:38 PM

hello mate, long time since iv heard of you!

glad to hear things are on the up

you still in lincoln then?

james

nick205 - 21/1/07 at 05:05 PM

Welcome back - nic to see an early LCB'er back on these pages

ned - 21/1/07 at 05:31 PM

welcome back hippy dude

James - 22/1/07 at 12:37 AM

Welcome back!

I'd forgotten about your Beemer build. I'm still looking forward to seeing it in action!

All the best,
James

Marcus - 22/1/07 at 09:52 AM

Hippy, you still owe the Locost club a tenner!

Good to see you back!

bob - 22/1/07 at 09:56 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Marcus
Hippy, you still owe the Locost club a tenner!

Good to see you back!



Nice one marcus

Liam - 22/1/07 at 06:07 PM

Yo there hippy!

Yay - someone who's been on here as long as me and is even further from finishing anything!! Can't be many of those ...

Liam

Metal Hippy - 22/1/07 at 06:54 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Marcus
Hippy, you still owe the Locost club a tenner!


I never filled in a form, so you can't prove anything..

Jon Ison - 22/1/07 at 08:10 PM

Oi, hippy, one bit off news you will have missed, I got the old isonblade back........................

Metal Hippy - 22/1/07 at 08:13 PM

You did?

I thought that thing was phukked?

You patched the old girl up?

What about the car?

stephen_gusterson - 22/1/07 at 10:46 PM

you can blame hippys recent email for my re-emergence too.....

atb

steve

JoelP - 22/1/07 at 10:48 PM

ha, its like the old fogies thread this!

Welcome back both of you. Now wee off back to the garage! (like i can talk )

owt happening with yours gusters?

[Edited on 22/1/07 by JoelP]

stephen_gusterson - 22/1/07 at 10:50 PM

ive got to be up there with you or better...... started my build in May 2000. Its about 80% complete.

Problem ive got is im doing contract work from home in the eve as well as my day job. I can either earn extra cash, or go out in a cold garage and spend it. Subsequently ive done nowt since last Feb. But its sitting there waiting for the right time. Important thing is i havnt sold it on or attacked it with a grinder for garage space.

Someone on the long dead TOL yahoo list - eskco - took 21 years to complete his!


atb

steve




quote:
Originally posted by Liam
Yo there hippy!

Yay - someone who's been on here as long as me and is even further from finishing anything!! Can't be many of those ...

Liam


[Edited on 22/1/07 by stephen_gusterson]

locoboy - 22/1/07 at 10:57 PM

welcome back boys............

its been a long time.

Didnt you restore a bike recently steve?

stephen_gusterson - 22/1/07 at 10:59 PM

I did start to use another site last month - but ive been off that a bit. What a different world. Its a site on the BMW e60 - the new 5 series - which ive now got - just about 40 days old. Members also discuss cars, and what a contrast!

stuff like :

what do i do when my oil light comes on , like what oil do i put in it. Answer - I take mine to the dealer and ask them to top it up. - further response - do they do that under warranty?

Other favourites are :

BMW are so expensive to insure - im getting quotes of $300 a month for my 16 yo learner daughter (its mainly an american site - a quote for my 18 yo in the uk would be £8k, so they dont know they are born.)

Another - 'how did you finance your car' - my mom bought me it (we are talking a 545i here) - another my dad bought me it for my bday. And another - I bought it cash...

Perhaps my fave was ' i am so pi$$ed - i just took my car to the country club, and the valet crashed it into a range rover."

I have an inkling why some people dont like bmw drivers now.....

and it makes you appreciate sites like this where real people get involved in the practical side of building your own car, rather than how to fit a new veneer panel to the dash!

atb

steve







quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
ha, its like the old fogies thread this!

Welcome back both of you. Now wee off back to the garage! (like i can talk )

owt happening with yours gusters?

[Edited on 22/1/07 by JoelP]

stephen_gusterson - 22/1/07 at 11:03 PM

quote:
Originally posted by locoboy
welcome back boys............

its been a long time.

Didnt you restore a bike recently steve?


YEP!

but that was actually about 18 months ago

A 1977 (its 30 in feb) kawasaki KH250.

Nearly done a whole 500 miles on it in two summers! (im not too adventurous at present, and I do 100 miles a day to work cross country, so its not too inspiring to take that far).

I do nice country routes on it, about 25 miles at a time. Its not been out since October - will be great to take it out again. Good thing about being 48 next month and a classic bike is that its only 75 quid to insure - with tax and mot its about 130 ish a year to own - which makes it an affordable toy.

And it cost about 25% of what ive spent on my so far incomplete car!


btw - im already beginning to wonder why i stayed away from this site so long - its getting addictive again.

atb

steve

[Edited on 22/1/07 by stephen_gusterson]

Liam - 22/1/07 at 11:22 PM

Woah!!

Good to see you back - and glad to know the project is still on. I've just stripped down for final tart up and assembly - so not long to go!! Well still a fair bit of engine and wiring work but should be on the road soon, and unbelievably after all this time, probably still the first 4wd locost as i intended to be.

What on earth will I do with myself when this nemesis... er, i mean hobby, is finally complete?...

Liam

ned - 23/1/07 at 08:40 AM

So who else is there to be brought back on here? Who is still around(ish) but not been seen on here for a very long time?

Ned.

NS Dev - 23/1/07 at 08:49 AM

I'm increasingly round, does that count?

Good to see some regulars back!!

Fozzie - 23/1/07 at 09:22 AM

quote:
Originally posted by ned
So who else is there to be brought back on here? Who is still around(ish) but not been seen on here for a very long time?

Ned.


Errrr Merlin? is he still around?

Cita/Cita2?

probably a few more..........

Nice to see you back Steve!

ATB Fozzie

bob - 23/1/07 at 10:23 AM

Last i heard Merlin sold his car and bought a boat

James - 23/1/07 at 10:26 AM

Bloody hell, Gusterson is back!

Good to seeya on list Steve.

Guster-wotsit and Hippy back in the fold....

After some recent events I predict some fireworks!

Cheers,
James

Metal Hippy - 23/1/07 at 06:28 PM

quote:
After some recent events I predict some fireworks!


Ooooo what have I missed?

Simon - 23/1/07 at 08:40 PM

Steve,

Have you got a link to the BMW site - I think I might have to join. Might be fun

Cheers

ATB

Simon

[Edited on 23/1/07 by Simon]

JoelP - 23/1/07 at 08:56 PM

Mark H should be back soon, but like a toilet he's forgotten his password That said, toilets dont tend to have passwords anyway.

Metal Hippy - 23/1/07 at 09:24 PM

Ah good.

Last time I sent him an email the cock didn't answer..

Volvorsport - 23/1/07 at 10:56 PM

been into volkskraft lately ?

Metal Hippy - 23/1/07 at 11:12 PM

No mate, I stopped being a delivery boy back in April.

I got downgraded to better money in the office..

Volvorsport - 23/1/07 at 11:23 PM

cant be too bad then ......

i got downgraded last year aswell

Metal Hippy - 23/1/07 at 11:24 PM

You mean you got heating in your big shed?

Volvorsport - 23/1/07 at 11:35 PM

downgrading started here

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=39305

Metal Hippy - 23/1/07 at 11:42 PM

Ahhh cool.

Belated congratulations.

Volvorsport - 23/1/07 at 11:47 PM

no no ... it got worse , even more downgraded

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=51833

Metal Hippy - 24/1/07 at 06:34 PM

Ah.. bugger

Jasper - 25/1/07 at 08:53 AM

Hi Mate, nice to see you back, and Steve too