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Complex Potential No Fixed Abode Mildly Sober 50	Posted - 2012.12.15 14:14:00 - [1] - Quote FFS! Just to set the scene, today is my 30th birthday party and my wife has been busy inviting family and friends and working magic in the kitchen with the mother-in-law and I have been banished to the study. People are due to start arriving in about 4 hours. My wife bought some new curtains and wanted them up to show off tonight. Should be a fairly easy job except that we managed to hit a chuffing water pipe running down the inside of the wall while drilling (what a pipe is running there for I have no idea, it is in literally the last place I would have expected it to be). Cue water spraying 10 ft across the living room, drenching the -ú1500 TV and media centre and having to shut the water off at the mains. So we've now got 30 people arriving in 4 hours, a wet living room, no TV or music and no running water. Luckily our plumber has agreed to come on an emergency visit to repair things but it aint gonna be cheap and it's unlikely this mess will be sorted before the guests are due to arrive. Arg!
Complex Potential No Fixed Abode Mildly Sober 51	Posted - 2012.12.15 14:48:00 - [2] - Quote Destination SkillQueue wrote: I can't see any possible way of you drilling a water pipe while putting up curtains. I would have said exactly the same thing an hour ago! How can I go from putting up curtains to flooded living room in less than 5 seconds? Oh well, thanks for the Birthday wishes
Complex Potential No Fixed Abode Mildly Sober 51	Posted - 2012.12.15 14:56:00 - [3] - Quote Graygor wrote: Well Happy Birthday at any rate. Probably a case of cowboy builders, i cant think of any reason why theyd put the pipe there. Is there a bathroom above the living room? No, we've now traced it to the outside wall tap. It appears the pipe drops down from above as opposed to going up from the ground as you would normally expect. Plumber is looking at it now, fingers crossed.
Complex Potential No Fixed Abode Mildly Sober 51	Posted - 2012.12.16 10:58:00 - [4] - Quote Well, the evening still just about went ahead as planned, due in no small part to the heroics of my plumber who came round within 2 hours and had it repaired inside 40 minutes. Emergency call-out charge wasn't exactly cheap but quite reasonable given the circumstances. We had to leave the music off but that wasn't a major problem and having tried the TV system this-morning it would appear it is still working (although time will tell whether the water has done any lasting damage). It was actually a plastic pipe that we went through and so your standard pipe detector would not have picked it up anyway. Personally I think running plastic water pipes in cavity walls is just asking for trouble but it was probably the cheapest method the contractors who built the house could come up with. Highlight of the evening was the present everyone had clubbed together to get me: A Supercar track day event! 4 laps in a Lotus Elise 4 laps in a Subaru Imprezza 4 laps in a Porche 911 4 laps in an Aston Martin 4 laps in a Ferrari F 360. I finish the day as a passenger with the instructor doing a hot lap and trying to scare the hell outta me. I'll probably look to book it up around May or June time. I'm in a much better mood now
Complex Potential No Fixed Abode Mildly Sober 51	Posted - 2012.12.16 11:20:00 - [5] - Quote Graygor wrote: Oooo thats a nice present. Which track? It says it's near Junction 10 of the M40 near Oxford. There's an old airfield there that looks like it's probably a likely candidate, a bit like the Top Gear test track. I guess I'll be given the specifics when I book.
Complex Potential No Fixed Abode Mildly Sober 52	Posted - 2012.12.16 11:30:00 - [6] - Quote Grimpak wrote: **** you, you lucky bastard.
Complex Potential No Fixed Abode Mildly Sober 52	Posted - 2012.12.16 11:33:00 - [7] - Quote Grimpak wrote: Complex Potential wrote: Graygor wrote: Oooo thats a nice present. Which track? It says it's near Junction 10 of the M40 near Oxford. There's an old airfield there that looks like it's probably a likely candidate, a bit like the Top Gear test track. I guess I'll be given the specifics when I book. well, piece of advice: Lotus Elise can be a bit... underwhelming as far as looks and engine displacement go, but those things have a really sweet power:weight ratio, so keep the pedal floored at all times. Subaru Imprenzas have the suspension of a cart wagon. better pack some painkillers for your back because you're gonna need it. besides that, fun car. 911's require some thought on how to drive. it's a rear engine, rear traction car. think of it as driving a flying hammer. Oversteering can be fun tho. Aston Martins are finesse. only thing that corners better than those is jaguars. Awesome cars tho, and quite confortable for a high-performance sports car. Ferraris are ferraris. you'll probably won't be able to hear your own thoughts if you manage to rev up the engine loud enough. They also require that you keep your head on your shoulders. Italian cars get really, really mad at you, so handle with care. Personal opinion however, I dislike ferrari. Thanks, some good points in there. I apparently get instructions and training from the local professional who will be keeping a close eye on things but it never hurts to do some homework. I've never driven a car with more than 200BHP before and so this will be very new to me.
Complex Potential No Fixed Abode Mildly Sober 52	Posted - 2012.12.16 11:35:00 - [8] - Quote Graygor wrote: Well Top Gear is near Dunsfold. Mmmmm. Near Ox... hmm Is it near Chipping Norton? Theres an old RAF base up that way. God my geography sucks now... I used to know Oxfordshire like the back of my hand. I don't think it's the same one (I think they're about 80 miles apart) but the satellite photos show a similar set up on both.
Complex Potential No Fixed Abode Mildly Sober 52	Posted - 2012.12.16 11:38:00 - [9] - Quote Graygor wrote: If it's the Stig kidnap him! Stranger things have happened, I suppose he has to do something in between filming
Complex Potential No Fixed Abode Mildly Sober 52	Posted - 2012.12.16 11:42:00 - [10] - Quote Grimpak wrote: I think the Elise doesn't have more than 190BHP. it is however, depending on the version, a very perky supercharged inline4 engine on a stiff, 800kg chassis. put wings on it and it will fly. and in a windy day, the car will actually swerve about Literally the only thing I have to go on is playing Need for Speed Shift on the PC a few years ago. Enough to get a crude understanding of the basic mechanics but no substitute for actually driving one of these things. Should be fun.

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