BOLLECKS 2 location, location, location

[Fredjohn]

I understood the joke, but the item in ebay seems from the pic and description to suggest there is a real working engine in it, which i gotta say sounds like an amazing toy for kids of all ages.

you know, just one of those things that makes you curious

There's a big clue in the description........pedal car!!!

The "8 cylinder rear engine" would be a dummy plastic moulding, not the real thing. And the final sale price of £672 would also suggest it really is a pedal car. Sadly I'd never fit in it these days..........

[Saltire]

Wow, good value for 82 quid!

Sadly, they use a full stop like we use a comma sue le Continent. So it's 82 thousand (euros, I imagine)

Still desirable, though.

[GeoffSmith]

Wow, good value for 82 quid!

Sadly, they use a full stop like we use a comma sue le Continent. So it's 82 thousand (euros, I imagine)

Correct. Picture and words pinched from a well known Belgian..... Now, how many trips to the supermarket will I need for a typical weekly shop?

[GeoffSmith]

The garage is starting to look like the Photoshopped original post!

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[GeoffSmith]

The pension statement has finally come through and here's a suggestion for something to fill one corner of the garage:

https://used.astonmartin.com/en-GB/Sear ... fd788bb94/

Thanks Chris!

[Saltire]

The pension statement has finally come through and here's a suggestion for something to fill one corner of the garage:

https://used.astonmartin.com/en-GB/Sear ... fd788bb94/

Thanks Chris!

I'm sorry? £25 grand for a Smart car?? I could think of two or three proper cars to go in a £25k dream garage

[GeoffSmith]

So can I! Can't trust the kids - it isn't even LHD.

[Fredjohn]

The pension statement has finally come through and here's a suggestion for something to fill one corner of the garage:

https://used.astonmartin.com/en-GB/Sear ... fd788bb94/

Thanks Chris!

I'm sorry? £25 grand for a Smart car?? I could think of two or three proper cars to go in a £25k dream garage

It isn't a Smart car, it's a Toyota Aygo tarted up by AM so the wife sorry partner can have an AM too.

[Saltire]

The pension statement has finally come through and here's a suggestion for something to fill one corner of the garage:

https://used.astonmartin.com/en-GB/Sear ... fd788bb94/

Thanks Chris!

I'm sorry? £25 grand for a Smart car?? I could think of two or three proper cars to go in a £25k dream garage

It isn't a Smart car, it's a Toyota Aygo tarted up by AM so the wife sorry partner can have an AM too.

I know - figure of speech, officer. So it's £10k for the Aygo, and £15k for the stick-on AM badge, then?

[GeoffSmith]

So, Pedro the architect has finally got his arse in gear and we should complete two weeks late next Wednesday. Rather than cleaning and decorating now that Sarah has gone back to the UK, I'm continuing to maintain quatters' rights in the ground floor and visiting the bank, estate agents and gestor every morning to make sure nobody forgets what we're here for. In the afternoon, I have to prrform a cost-benefit study on whether I go for a walk, have a drink, have a swim or hit the hot tub............ hot tub with a drink it is then.

[John_W]

In the afternoon, I have to prrform a cost-benefit study on whether I go for a walk, have a drink, have a swim or hit the hot tub............ hot tub with a drink it is then.

Now that's the sort of Decision Risk Analysis that I could really get into.

How did you manage to talk your dear lady wife into leaving you alone in Spain? This is not an idle question - I am genuinely in awe and would love some tips on how I too could be allowed to pass my time in a warm Mediterranean country without ear-bendings or DIY slavery.

John

[epipete]

Tis a secret, the preserve only of retired gentlemen!

[GeoffSmith]

John's a fellow recent retiree but he obviously didn't get the planning quite right.

[John_W]

I didn't get the memo.

Spent the summer painting the house, fixing the roof and mixing cement.

Mind you, I was allowed out in the Elan to get stuff at Sainsbury's today (allowed a pass from cutting the grass, clipping hedges and weeding) and when I got back to the car a bloke who was pushing the trolley for his wife said "nice car".

Also, I bought a new Garmin sat-nav with full Europe maps in the Curries next door. (part of the escape plan for next year).
That should be the last time I'm sent out to do the shopping for a while.

John

[dapinky]

The trick is to have married a woman a few years younger than yourself......


....and / or......

....pursueding her that she has a civic duty to ensure that she gets the maximum possible state/private pension to get back all that she has paid in over the years....

...obviously, that entails having to remain working to get her full quantity of stamps for the NI, and gives a couple of years free grace until she has amassed the necessary length of service.

(well, it works for me)

[John_W]

Cunning plan ... a man who thinks ahead.

Too late for me I'm afraid. I'm a toy boy .

John

[cliff]

How did you manage to talk your dear lady wife into leaving you alone in Spain? This is not an idle question - I am genuinely in awe and would love some tips on how I too could be allowed to pass my time in a warm Mediterranean country without ear-bendings or DIY slavery.

John

Separation a few years ago worked for me.

Having similar problems here in Cyprus, beer by the pool, beer in the local or taxi into Ayia Napa. Hmmmm

[GeoffSmith]

The trick is to have married a woman a few years younger than yourself......


....and / or......

....pursueding her that she has a civic duty to ensure that she gets the maximum possible state/private pension to get back all that she has paid in over the years....

...obviously, that entails having to remain working to get her full quantity of stamps for the NI, and gives a couple of years free grace until she has amassed the necessary length of service.

(well, it works for me)

Sush man, that's top secret information.

BOLLECKS top tip: Marry a young floozy in preference to being a toy boy. Unless she's rich.

[GeoffSmith]

Well despite Pedro the architect's best efforts, we completed last Friday: 15 days late. Not ideal as we were living in the servants' quarters with the vendors upstairs but at least it was cheaper than a hotel and we have a decent snag list. Back on Friday but in the meantime.... time for a beer:

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[John_W]

Congratulations!

A life of leisure awaits. But by the photo, you're in Australia.


John