Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[titaniumbean]

camera, a "losers forfeit" jokey kind of thing.




I hope that doesn't mean we lost last night.

Oh NO. We WON last night. 2-1 down, but we ran out 3-2 winners. Easy. Lisa is not best pleased, they don't like it up 'em.

That's right Mr Mannering!!!

[RED-DOG]

camera, a "losers forfeit" jokey kind of thing.




I hope that doesn't mean we lost last night.

Oh NO. We WON last night. 2-1 down, but we ran out 3-2 winners. Easy. Lisa is not best pleased, they don't like it up 'em.

That's right Mr Mainwaring!!!

FYP

[tikay]

camera, a "losers forfeit" jokey kind of thing.




I hope that doesn't mean we lost last night.

Oh NO. We WON last night. 2-1 down, but we ran out 3-2 winners. Easy. Lisa is not best pleased, they don't like it up 'em.

That's right Mr Mainwaring!!!

FYP

The kidz struggles with the spellings, see?

[Pelham Boy]

Car # 3, a Hillman Minx, reg XHV 57.

It was the last car I ever had which featured.....

1) Bench seats.

2) Column Gear-Shift

3) A starting handle

4) Quarter Lights.

No satisfaction in life quite like coaxing an engine into life via a starting handle, & for 30 years after, I could never figure out why all cars did not have them. The clever bit was cranking the engine over with the handle at the same time as fettling the throttle. Asking the g/f to assist was a waste of time, they just flooded the carb, & have no idea about fettlingly things.

And Quarter Lights, the greatest asset ANY car, EVER, could have. I'd pay a hefty premium on any car to have quarter lights. You don't need aircon with quarter lights.

Miss Minx met her demise when I was changing the points one day, & dropped the grub screw down into the distributor. After running out of patience, I gave up trying to retrieve it, fitted a new grub screw, & fired her up. The distributor shaft snapped, & that was that. That car was the last car I ever owned until my current car, they were all company carrs after that, & the magic was gone.

Those are vents. A quarter light is in the body of the car, if it's in the door it's a vent.

No. We Americans call them "quarter lites".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_glass

Wiki is wrong on that.

The majority of people mistakenly call them quarter lights, but what is pictured is 100% an opening vent. Most vents are fixed, particularly in modern vehicles.

[RED-DOG]

camera, a "losers forfeit" jokey kind of thing.




I hope that doesn't mean we lost last night.

Oh NO. We WON last night. 2-1 down, but we ran out 3-2 winners. Easy. Lisa is not best pleased, they don't like it up 'em.

That's right Mr Mainwaring!!!

FYP

The kidz struggles with the spellings, see?

I only corrected it because one night, Mrs Red and I were playing Trivial Pursuits when she asked "Who was the Capitan in Dad's Army?" "Mainwaring" I answered, pronouncing it "Mannering"

"No" She insisted, "It's Main-waring" (She pronounced it phonetically)

To settle it, I rang my mate at the snooker hall.

"Put the daft mare on" He said. I passed her the phone. "It's Main-Waring" (Phonetically) He told her. "Dont let him con you...."

Cost me breakfast in bed that did, among other things......

 

[tikay]

Car # 3, a Hillman Minx, reg XHV 57.

It was the last car I ever had which featured.....

1) Bench seats.

2) Column Gear-Shift

3) A starting handle

4) Quarter Lights.

No satisfaction in life quite like coaxing an engine into life via a starting handle, & for 30 years after, I could never figure out why all cars did not have them. The clever bit was cranking the engine over with the handle at the same time as fettling the throttle. Asking the g/f to assist was a waste of time, they just flooded the carb, & have no idea about fettlingly things.

And Quarter Lights, the greatest asset ANY car, EVER, could have. I'd pay a hefty premium on any car to have quarter lights. You don't need aircon with quarter lights.

Miss Minx met her demise when I was changing the points one day, & dropped the grub screw down into the distributor. After running out of patience, I gave up trying to retrieve it, fitted a new grub screw, & fired her up. The distributor shaft snapped, & that was that. That car was the last car I ever owned until my current car, they were all company carrs after that, & the magic was gone.

Those are vents. A quarter light is in the body of the car, if it's in the door it's a vent.

No. We Americans call them "quarter lites".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_glass

Wiki is wrong on that.

The majority of people mistakenly call them quarter lights, but what is pictured is 100% an opening vent. Most vents are fixed, particularly in modern vehicles.

They'll always be quarter-lights to me I'm afraid, be that right or wrong.

[RED-DOG]

They're quarter-lights. Everyone in the trade called them that. Car dealerships, garages, breakers yards etc.

[gatso]

They'll always be quarter-lights to me I'm afraid, be that right or wrong.

it's not like you to be stubborn over something

I'm with you on this though, definitely quarter lights

[tikay]

They'll always be quarter-lights to me I'm afraid, be that right or wrong.

it's not like you to be stubborn over something

I'm with you on this though, definitely quarter lights

Certainly not. But they are quarter lights.

[Pelham Boy]

I fitted car glass for fifteen years and they are vents!

[gatso]

http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=car vents

pictures of a few different types of vent on a car. none of them are made of glass though

[titaniumbean]

Pike pronounced it Mannering. Though as I typed it I thought hmmm is that right!

[RED-DOG]

I fitted car glass for fifteen years and they are vents!

OK, but can we still call them quarter-lights?

[Pelham Boy]

I fitted car glass for fifteen years and they are vents!

OK, but can we still call them quarter-lights?

No!!

[pokerfan]

I fitted car glass for fifteen years and they are vents!

OK, but can we still call them quarter-lights?

No!!

Was this period 1960-1975 ? Technically a quartelight that opens is a vent. One that doesnt is a quarterlight to the rest of the world.