And for my next trip.

[Chris Perkins 228]

On the 8th July I fly over to collect this from my usual odd car supplier of choice near Bolton.

A Ford Scorpio based 6 door limo. The last big Fords were an acquired taste in standard form. As a stretched limo with a higher roof-line they look even more cumbersome and are so ugly that they rival the Medusa. People quite often turn temporarily to stone when it drives past. It's a 1997 model with air-coin and chromium hub caps. 69k miles and in regular use until 10 days ago by a funeral director in Plymouth.

[Peckris 579]

Can you send me a PM about the Irish pictures please, Chris?

[Flash 23]

and here's me thinking you had good taste in cars

[azda 979]

Can you send me a PM about the Irish pictures please, Chris?

http://www.irishcoins.com

[RLC35 288]

Can you send me a PM about the Irish pictures please, Chris?

http://www.irishcoins.com

Del Parker...he has been around forever...good guy. I missed a BU 1943 1/2Crown, by waiting to long to make up my mind, and he sold it. $3,000...I'll probably never get another chance at that price.

[Chris Perkins 228]

I just have to suffer it for a couple of weeks!

And yes, Del Parker is allowing me to use his images, which is great. He doesn't have a lot of modern images of the ordinary coins though.

[AardHawk 73]

Interesting car Chris. I dont think Ford have ever designed and produced a bad car. They have always been ahead of the curve.

[Flash 23]

Ford Fusion

Unbelievably terrible. The worst car I've ever driven

[Chris Perkins 228]

The old Scorpios go well and are comfortable, roomy and all the right things. They have some weaknesses like all cars (e.g. the fuse boxes on these are a bit exposed and tend to get wet and cause electrical probs). I've never met anyone that hasn't shared the opinion about this being the ugliest Ford. I don't think Ford ever actually named and shamed the person responsible for the design. There was a face lift version in 1998 which was a little better, but then it died a death. In fairness that was also to do with the weaning appetite for large cars at the time.

[Rob 3,152]

Ford Fusion

Unbelievably terrible. The worst car I've ever driven

I concur. My current asthmatic dog kennel is a Fusion. Quality control was non-existent. All the trims were held on with same polarity magnets - or so it seemed. Driving along minding your own business and the covers between the front and back side windows wold fall off. Performance is terrible. It was cheap in the dealers for a good reason.

[Peckris 579]

Interesting car Chris. I dont think Ford have ever designed and produced a bad car. They have always been ahead of the curve.

Haha - you obviously don't remember the legendary Edsel. (Nor do I, but its reputation has endured...). Also, the last Escorts were nothing to write home about apparently. But at least when Ford did get rid of the Escort name, they replaced it with the Focus, i.e. something worthy of a successor. Which is a whole lot better than Vauxhall did when they replaced the still in-demand Cavaliers with the Vectra, surely the most foolish decision of all time?

[Peter 615]

Maybe it is me but I've had a couple of Vectra's including a nutter 150 hp Diesel.A great car,

It would do over 50 mpg and was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

[Paulus 1,975]

Maybe it is me but I've had a couple of Vectra's including a nutter 150 hp Diesel.A great car,

It would do over 50 mpg and was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

I liked the Vectra, while they were < 3 years old as hire or company cars

[Peckris 579]

Maybe it is me but I've had a couple of Vectra's including a nutter 150 hp Diesel.A great car,

It would do over 50 mpg and was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Actually, the Big Power job Vectras were ok - I remember driving one for the Vauxhall fleet, and you're right, it was absolutely in sheep's clothing apart from the alloy wheels. I had a moment of puzzlement why it wouldn't shift from 3rd to 4th gear getting onto the motorway doing 55mph - because it was still in 2nd, that's why! Then I snuck up on unsuspecting drivers in 'fancy' cars, and watched them sneer and start to put their foot down; I 'tried hard' to overtake them, watching them smile as I 'valiantly' pulled level, then I put MY foot down and watched their smile disappear as I did too.

[Peter 615]

I booted it on a 2 mile length of a DC in Devon and the unmarked police car pulled me over...I had spent 2 hrs following caravans.He gave me a ticking off ...I was doing over 125mph...apparently.

I now stick to speed limits.

My Mg and risk of head gasket failure has lightened my right foot.

[Peter 615]

I would like to show my pussie....demob and will be in North Norfolk this afternoon and kid free.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=meow+mix+cat&tbm=isch&imgil=i0LPVhKRMvtlfM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcTMdypCQamqtAHMpZ98Dl1EUGDAtC2nX8nfYpobVVzP7FFrx_Ot%253B605%253B732%253BYYK4k9vGcv5xKM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fbotcrawl.com%25252Fa-cat-and-a-bag-of-meow-mix%25252F&source=iu&usg=__rhiDLnJTlsnva1EPZuWbEE9Bbv8%3D&sa=X&ei=LHWZU9HuIYWM7Aa6oIH4AQ&ved=0CCIQ9QEwAA&biw=985&bih=615#facrc=_&imgrc=i0LPVhKRMvtlfM%253A%3BYYK4k9vGcv5xKM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fbotcrawl.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2012%252F08%252FCat-Meow-Mix-Head.png%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fbotcrawl.com%252Fa-cat-and-a-bag-of-meow-mix%252F%3B605%3B732

I love the 1st picture

Edited June 12, 2014 by Peter

[Debbie 58]

Oh that's better cats..... much more interesting than cars https://www.facebook.com/137224258886/photos/a.147183758886.112477.137224258886/10152401295218887/?type=1&theater

Hahahah

[Peter 615]

We had a cat who slept on my head...I did have a nice thatch and always been a hot head.

Our current cat is a 9 year old feral...he likes dog food and our dog is a bit poofie and wimpers when the cat eats his food.

When we first married we had a cat who followed us to the pub...he was a tight pussie and never bought a round.

[Debbie 58]

My avatar is my lovely old cat Kipling. She is 19 years old and sits on my desk whilst I am "working".

[Peter 615]

Cats are the way forward.Our springer still thinks 22kg doesn't hurt your golden balls....just because we snipped him.

If he can get upstairs a 5 0'clock lick on the back of the neck is always on the cards....Still waiting for the youngest daughter to get home...we want to bloody go for our long weekend.

[Paulus 1,975]

My new cat Gabrielle (Gabby) - adopted her from the Cat Protection Centre 3 weeks ago, she is about 9 months

[Chris Perkins 228]

We don't have much luck with cats. There's a farm very close and they seem to have more cats that cows. They often end up befriending us and then we 'adopt' them and they live here. Two of them have even had there babies in the garden, but they never seem to live long. We gave 2 babies away and the one we kept (named Roger, after Syd Barrett) died of FIP before he got to 2. The other week his mother (Noodle) died aged about 5. She lived in the house for a few months but was never that healthy. Some end up dead on the road, too. We pay the vet bills to try to keep them going, but they just keep breeding and dying.

[Paulus 1,975]

We don't have much luck with cats. There's a farm very close and they seem to have more cats that cows. They often end up befriending us and then we 'adopt' them and they live here. Two of them have even had there babies in the garden, but they never seem to live long. We gave 2 babies away and the one we kept (named Roger, after Syd Barrett) died of FIP before he got to 2. The other week his mother (Noodle) died aged about 5. She lived in the house for a few months but was never that healthy. Some end up dead on the road, too. We pay the vet bills to try to keep them going, but they just keep breeding and dying.

They can breed like rabbits unless you get the vet to 'remove their propensity to procreate'!

[Debbie 58]

Lovely tabby Paulus. Hope you have her for many years to come and hopefully not too many little presents left on the mat for you. Chris, cats near a farm, you must have been inundated with presents!

[josie 8]

We don't have much luck with cats. There's a farm very close and they seem to have more cats that cows. They often end up befriending us and then we 'adopt' them and they live here. Two of them have even had there babies in the garden, but they never seem to live long. We gave 2 babies away and the one we kept (named Roger, after Syd Barrett) died of FIP before he got to 2. The other week his mother (Noodle) died aged about 5. She lived in the house for a few months but was never that healthy. Some end up dead on the road, too. We pay the vet bills to try to keep them going, but they just keep breeding and dying.

Jvst be carefvll Chris,cats have sometimes have good thing, bvt can cavse astma to others,also pet is good thing

...they know if something is arvond the area in the air or soil,there is an increase of allergy to cows milk this days like what skiis have mentioned in the past...milk will be ban...maybe the immvne system of most people are on the decrease to mvch vse of antibiotic,immvne system is fvlly develope in 2 yrs old i think.

Edited June 12, 2014 by josie