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MarkJerling · 06-08-2023, 03:32 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by savoche

Here it is at the fjord's narrowest.

Cool.

The narrowest Ford I've ever seen was the first generation Ford Anglia.

tim60 · 06-08-2023, 10:03 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by MarkJerling

Cool.

The narrowest Ford I've ever seen was the first generation Ford Anglia.

Was it made for fishing from?

**StiffLegged** · 06-08-2023, 11:21 PM - **4 Likes**

Originally posted by MarkJerling

Cool.

The narrowest Ford I've ever seen was the first generation Ford Anglia.

No, no Mark; that Ford is on a visit to the Vikings, not the Anglia Saxons!

btw, did you know the stopping distances of a Ford Anglia are measured in days, not yards?

Youtu.be

**savoche** · 06-08-2023, 11:45 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by Racer X 69

When I worked at the electric utility they had a bunch of those Chrysler K cars. One evening we had some snow, and several of us from vehicle maintenance were playing around in the yard with them, executing “bat turns”, accelerating briskly in reverse, whipping the steering wheel to full lock, and as the front of the car came around we would then straighten the wheels and drop the tranny into drive and continue on through the yard in the snow.

Good times.

I've done my share of sliding around in the snow - both on and off the road

I wouldn't want try any of that stuff on tarmac, though. Well, that's not entirely true. I do want to try, but I wouldn't dare to, not with any kind of economic responsibility for the vehicle involved

**savoche** · 06-08-2023, 11:49 PM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by Racer X 69

What camera gear does he use?

It doesn’t show the exif on his Flickr page.

Gear talk? Here?!

(But... an Olympus µ4/3 of some kind.)

**savoche** · 06-09-2023, 05:43 AM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by savoche

I just found a guy on Flickr (or rather, he found me) with some more images of the Ford that's bigger than an LTD. His photostream: Tore Lundby

Here it is at the fjord's narrowest.

Btw, this is pretty close to where the cruiser Blücher was sunk when she participated in the invasion of Norway in 1940, Operation Weserübung. Narrow straits quickly become dire straits when shore batteries start firing at you...

German cruiser Blücher - Wikipedia

tim60 · 06-09-2023, 11:51 AM - **2 Likes**

Last week was the FA Cup final. Manchester United lost to Manchester City. Just think, if they had been more careful when they united Manchester they would have won against a soccer business from somewhere else.

**StiffLegged** · 06-09-2023, 02:23 PM - **2 Likes**

Tim and soccer, it's like garlic and sherbet.

(or me and cricket.

)

Anyone else suggest some hideously incongruous pairings?

OrchidJulie · 06-09-2023, 02:25 PM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by StiffLegged

Tim and soccer, it's like garlic and sherbet.

(or me and cricket.

)

Anyone else suggest some hideously incongruous pairings?

Well, me and baseball <ducking>...

Racer X 69 · 06-09-2023, 05:25 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by StiffLegged

Tim and soccer, it's like garlic and sherbet.

(or me and cricket.

)

Anyone else suggest some hideously incongruous pairings?

Not at the moment, but garlic and liver flavored sherbet might go well together.

MarkJerling · 06-09-2023, 08:13 PM

Garlic icecream is actually pretty good. And not nearly as weird as coleslaw and chocolate sauce. Although, coleslaw and chocolate sauce works. Weirdly.

tim60 · 06-09-2023, 09:32 PM

Originally posted by StiffLegged

Tim and soccer, it's like garlic and sherbet.

(or me and cricket.

)

Anyone else suggest some hideously incongruous pairings?

Clicket is a good game.

The main thing to remember is that they are all games and that the thing to do when one’s favourite team loses is to say ‘hope we do better next time’ and at the end of the season ‘I hope my town’s team in a different sport goes well this season.

And real football has scrums.

**StiffLegged** · 06-10-2023, 12:55 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by tim60

Clicket is a good game.

One game I was surprised to really enjoy was polo. Quite apart from its Hooray Henry image, it’s really exciting and the fact we could walk up to the pitch edge meant we weren’t cheek by jowl with others stuffed into tiered seating. I had been told the Prince of Wales might be playing (he wasn’t) but it was the gameplay that was entertaining on a fine afternoon in Windsor Great Park. Given the chance, I’d go again.

Okay, peanut butter and salad cream. (this was a thing with a work colleague) Blechhhh!

tim60 · 06-10-2023, 01:58 AM - **1 Like**

I once named a dessert descriptively for the people at my table at a college when it was my role to serve, as ‘pastry sausages and yellow custard’. Descriptive but not in the advertising way of a restaurant menu.

MarkJerling · 06-10-2023, 05:15 AM

Originally posted by StiffLegged

No, no Mark; that Ford is on a visit to the Vikings, not the Anglia Saxons!

btw, did you know the stopping distances of a Ford Anglia are measured in days, not yards?

https://youtu.be/875WHK_Gy2U

Man, that was painful to watch. The Anglia part I mean. What were they thinking? But then, it did have one redeeming feature: It's one of very few cars that keeps the back window clear of bird poop.

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MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,423	Originally posted by savoche Here it is at the fjord's narrowest. Cool. The narrowest Ford I've ever seen was the first generation Ford Anglia.

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savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,312	Originally posted by Racer X 69 When I worked at the electric utility they had a bunch of those Chrysler K cars. One evening we had some snow, and several of us from vehicle maintenance were playing around in the yard with them, executing “bat turns”, accelerating briskly in reverse, whipping the steering wheel to full lock, and as the front of the car came around we would then straighten the wheels and drop the tranny into drive and continue on through the yard in the snow. Good times. I've done my share of sliding around in the snow - both on and off the road I wouldn't want try any of that stuff on tarmac, though. Well, that's not entirely true. I do want to try, but I wouldn't dare to, not with any kind of economic responsibility for the vehicle involved

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savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,312	Originally posted by Racer X 69 What camera gear does he use? It doesn’t show the exif on his Flickr page. Gear talk? Here?! (But... an Olympus µ4/3 of some kind.)

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savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,312	Originally posted by savoche I just found a guy on Flickr (or rather, he found me) with some more images of the Ford that's bigger than an LTD. His photostream: Tore Lundby Here it is at the fjord's narrowest. Btw, this is pretty close to where the cruiser Blücher was sunk when she participated in the invasion of Norway in 1940, Operation Weserübung. Narrow straits quickly become dire straits when shore batteries start firing at you... German cruiser Blücher - Wikipedia

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tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,758	Last week was the FA Cup final. Manchester United lost to Manchester City. Just think, if they had been more careful when they united Manchester they would have won against a soccer business from somewhere else.

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Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,078	Originally posted by StiffLegged Tim and soccer, it's like garlic and sherbet. (or me and cricket. ) Anyone else suggest some hideously incongruous pairings? Not at the moment, but garlic and liver flavored sherbet might go well together.

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MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,423	Originally posted by StiffLegged No, no Mark; that Ford is on a visit to the Vikings, not the Anglia Saxons! btw, did you know the stopping distances of a Ford Anglia are measured in days, not yards? https://youtu.be/875WHK_Gy2U Man, that was painful to watch. The Anglia part I mean. What were they thinking? But then, it did have one redeeming feature: It's one of very few cars that keeps the back window clear of bird poop.

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