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February 2018
Credits: Helen, Graham S, Craig, Ernie, Dave Mac, Ian Lindley
Skittles at the Sheep Heid Inn
THE ANNUAL QUIZ NIGHT
Three teams braved the annual quiz night. New member Gary Van Breda was put right in at the deep end - but he seemed to cope admirably and we admired his lovely re-shelled Midget afterwards. The questions were Allan’s car round, Tony W’s General Knowledge, Helen’s Modern Alphabet and Famous Deaths in 2017, with Craig’s epic time-filler on the 12 Days of Christmas really exercising the members’ brain’s.
A good time was had with team 2 bringing up the rear on 80 points, team 3 getting 106 and team 1 squeaking into the lead with 107 points - how close can you be?! Mrs GrumpyIf you missed the quiz night, a couple of the quizzes are printed in the Mag for you to try.
CARVERY LUNCH
The dreaded ‘flu brought the numbers down for this, but those still standing had a delicious meal - with Craig going for the jaw breaking ‘large’ option! Much hilarity, great company and good to welcome Royston and Ann from the Kingdom Club. Mrs Grumpy
INTERESTING CAR
MEMBERS’ CARSGraham Smith’s 1959 Frogeye and 1963 Morris Traveller
INTERESTING CAR1938 Lagonda V12Drophead Coupe
Well, have finally beaten the recalcitrant Apple system - Brian’s iCloud account is unlocked and an updated version of WhatsApp downloaded. It’s all still in Brian’s name, but am going to leave it that way after the hassle of getting access.
Their tech guy linked to my computer to help me put in a new password for both Brian’s & my accounts and then it helpfully said the account could be unlocked in 24 hours, then 15 hours, then 1 hour and then - wait for it - ‘your account can be unlocked in 13 days’!!!
The tech guy spoke to an engineer and the consensus was ‘wait the 13 days’. Well, it was only 11 days and then I ventured into the nightmare that is the Apple system - had to put in ANOTHER password, but it unlocked Brian’s account! I’m now in the happy position of having the WhatsApp upgrade, I’ve lost no data and still have Brian’s email working - so am definitely going to leave well alone and just keep it all in Brian’s name.
Now, if you drive a large modern SUV then it will have a high rear end as that goes with the territory and your view to the rear will be compromised. However, the manufacturers will have thought of that and fitted parking sensors and also a large, adjustable door mirror. These two accessories should allow you to avoid hitting anything as you reverse.
Not so apparently. A BMW X series was being reversed (rather quickly) in a parking lay-by in Bonnyrigg High Street and it hit a metal railing fence at the end of the lay-by. There was the expensive sound of breaking tail light, followed by irate hubby piling out of the passenger seat to view said damage.
I could understand why the parking sensors didn’t perhaps pick up on the railings as they’re not a solid surface. However I don’t know why wifie didn’t use the mirrors or reverse at a more moderate speed to allow her to see behind. Had to move on as the traffic lights changed so didn’t see the finale, but it was shaping up to being quite interesting!!
I read that 4,153,237 people got married last year. Not to cause any trouble, but shouldn't that be an even number?
I find it ironic that the colors red, white, and blue stand for freedom until they are flashing behind you.
When wearing a bikini, women reveal 90% of their body. Men are so polite they only look at the covered parts.
Relationships are a lot like algebra. Have you ever looked at your X and wondered Y?
America is a country which produces citizens who will cross the ocean to fight for democracy but won't cross the street to vote.
You know that tingly little feeling you get when you love someone? That's your common sense leaving your body.
My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We'll see about that.
I think my neighbor is stalking me as she's been Googling my name on her computer. I saw it through my telescope last night.
Money talks ... but all mine ever says is good-bye.
You're not fat, you're just easier to see.
If you think nobody cares whether you're alive, try missing a couple of payments.
Denny’s has a slogan, ‘If it’s your birthday, the meal is on us.’ If you’re in Denny’s and it’s your birthday, your life sucks!
The location of your mailbox shows you how far away from your house you can go in a robe before you start looking like a mental patient.
I think it's pretty cool how Chinese people made a language entirely out of tattoos. Money can’t buy happiness, but it keeps the kids in touch!
KOMIK KORNER
AND SOME AUSSIE HUMOUR
TAJ 288R: BRIAN’S DISASSEMBLED V8 or MY NEW PROJECT part 5
V8s - don’t you just luv ‘em? Dave Mac got the engine and Mazda 5 speed box together and ready to ‘drop in’ - cue hollow laughter! Martin kindly offered to help as I’d jiggered by back again and wasn’t in the best state to crawl underneath to guide the gearbox.
Duly fed the two boys coffee and let them get on with it. Two hours later they come in for warming soup and say ‘It won’t fit’. The sump is on the front crossmember, the top of the gearbox is wedged against top of the transmission tunnel and the tail end of the gearbox just a ba’ hair off going over the rear crossmember.
Quick phone call to Brown & Gammons and they suggested removing the mounting bracket to give more wiggle room or dropping the front crossmember the required half inch. Dave Mac was given advice on how to stop the crossmember bolt disappearing into the crossmember should you undo the big nut too much - apparently you slide a long screwdriver into the two conveniently situated holes in the crossmember and this stops the bolt dropping into the bowels of the crossmember. So now you know.
Dave decided to remove the mounting bracket (which you were instructed to fit first) to give the necessary wiggle room to slide the tail of the gearbox over the rear crossmember.
However, when it came to refitting said mounting bracket, it was quite clear why you were to fit it first. Dave did manage to get in back on, but had to replace the cap screws with standard ones. Of course, I had undersealed the transmission tunnel and although it had ‘set’ a bit, Dave still came out looking like an escapee from the black & white minstrel show!
Next fright was the spacer for the integral slave cylinder, which wasn’t with the kit. I asked Dave if he’d had a problem and he cheerily replied the car had the narrow flywheel so he didn’t have to do anything. Now, the written instructions stated you MUST FIT the spacer if you’d got the narrow flywheel!! Dave thought my gearbox already had the spacer fitted, but the confusing instructions caused some concern until the clutch was bled and found to be working!!
The instructions also neglected to mention how to attach the earth strap which normally goes on the gearbox mounting on later cars. The Mazda box hasa completely different mounting with no obvious place to attach the earth strap - so we’ll just have to fix one from the engine to the body. Mrs Relieved-it’s-in-Grumpy
CRAIG’S WONDERFUL TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS!!
On the first day of Christmas my true love said to me - name the man who literally fell to Earth.
On the second day of Christmas my true love said to me - who are the two presenters of ‘I’m a Celebrity, get me out of here’.
On the third day of Christmas my true love said to me - name the three stooges.
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love said to me - name the four banana splits.
On the fifth day of Christmas my true love said to me - name Enid Blyton’s Famous Five
On the sixth day of Christmas my true love said to me - name the Rugby Six Nations
On the seventh day of Christmas my true love said to me - name Disney’s seven dwarves.
On the eighth day of Christmas my true love said to me - the Edinburgh MG club committee members?
On the ninth day of Christmas my true love said to me - all the actors who have played James Bond?
On the tenth day of Christmas my true love said to me - name the ten Commandments.
On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love said to me - name 11 Mr Men.
On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love said to me - name all the actors who have played Dr Who before Jodie Whittaker.
Answers1.Felix Baumgartner
2.Anthony McPartlen & Declan Donnely
3.Moe, Shemp, Curly Howard
4.Fleegle, Bingo, Snorky, Drooper
5.Julian, Dick, Ann, Georgina, Timmy
6.Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, France & Italy
7.Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, Doc, Dopey.
8.Allan Digance, Tony Woods, Helen Krkness, Martin Fraser, Ian Lamont, Bill Niven, Jim Tierney, David Turner.
9.Barry Nelson, Bob Holness, David Niven, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig.
10.No other Gods, make no idols, don’t take the name of the Lord in vain, Keep Sabbath holy, honour mother & father, don’t murder, steal, commit adultery, bear false witness, covet.
11.Too many to print - Google them!!
12. William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Bake, Colin Baker, Peter Davidson, Paul McGann, Sylvestor McCoy, Christopher Ecclestone, David Tennant, Mat Smith, Peter Capaldi.
THE MODERN ALPHABET
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
p
Q
R
S
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ANSWERS Modern Alphabet
Adobe Acrobat
Bitcoin
Corel CAD
Dropbox
Firefox
HTML5
Java
Keynote
Laser Soft Imaging
Microsoft
Netscape
Office
PC World
Quicktime
Red Hat
Snapchat
Toast Titanium
Ubuntu
Vodafone
Wikipedia
X-code
Yahoo
Zoopla
SKITTLES NITE
14 hardy souls braved the inclement January weather to attend the skittles nite at the Sheep Heid Inn, Duddingston. Amongst the casualties was Mrs J, she had been suffering from a cough/cold so thought better of coming along and risk infecting others. We drew teams through the age old tradition of pulling names from a hat, and came out as - Team 1: Martin, Allan, George, Linda. Team 2: Ian, Craig, Helen and Chris. Fraser and Dave Mac had volunteered to do skittles duty at the far end and with Tony presiding over the whole event, from the comfort of a well upholstered armchair, the competition began.
Martin and Ian stepped up onto the lanes and launched the first ball down the alley and suffice to say…..the skittles were not in any danger!!!! However the proceedings were brought to a swift halt, as Linda had been consulting the rules. She pointed out that you were not allowed to stand on the lanes but should be behind them before throwing the ball towards the skittles. We all agreed that Martin’s and Ian’s first ball could be deemed as a ‘practice’.
Now the game could begin in earnest. It soon became apparent that each lane had a bit of a bias. As such both teams had to take account of the curve that was inflicted on the ball once making its way down the lane. Players employed different techniques such as using
the smaller balls and starting it out to one side although sometimes this was too far and the ball ended up falling off the side of the lane. Invariably, for the second throw there would be some compensation involved, sometimes too much and it would fall off the other side - much to peoples’ annoyance!!!! Others used speed to try and take out the bias, although this had an added danger - lack of accuracy!!
With 5 ends completed, Allan gave a quick update - Team 2 leading by 80 points, but pointed out that it was still all to play for. Just at that the food arrived and the hordes descended on the goodies that had been served. The feast included veggie, chicken and meat mini burgers, pizza, chips and Mr Woods’s particular favourite, sweet potato fries. Once all the food was demolished (unlike the skittles!!!), someone in Team 1 thought it would be a good idea to change lanes, just to even out the bias (no pun intended!).
The second half began much the same as the first with everyone trying to get to grips with the new lane. As time had caught up with us, we only had the one game and then it was time for the scores to be revealed. Allan surprised everyone by announcing that it was a draw!!!! However it was clarified that Team 1’s total score had drawn with Ian and Craig combined score, and that Chris and Helen had added a further 72 points to team 2’s total. Helen seemed quite surprised that she was on the winning team. Obligatory photos were taken of the winners and runners up – there were no losers - yeh right! Check out the Facebook page.
Many thanks to all those who took part, especially Dave Mac and Fraser for doing such sterling work at the skittle end, and to Martin for organising.
For those who are curious to see how well they did and for those who were unable to attend, I have managed to procure the score table which is below:
End 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
Team 1Martin 0 7 13 15 15 23 30 39 39 39Allan 7 10 18 21 30 39 47 47 53 53George 9 10 18 21 30 39 40 51 57 57Linda 14 14 23 32 32 37 44 50 50 50 199
Team 2Ian 5 21 32 37 54 62 65 69 76 76Craig 18 26 44 63 82 89 96 115 123 123Helen 0 6 6 10 19 19 26 29 36 36Chris 0 5 14 21 27 27 30 33 36 36 271
P.S. Due to my particular style of bowling (or should that be skittleing ?), my Triceps, Biceps and Deltoid were aching for the next three days. Craig Fotheringham
The winning Team 2, left and the runners up above.
March 8 Film Night/Parts Sale
March 10 Run to Classic Car Restorations, Alyth
April 12 Meeting & Raffle
April 22 Drive It Day Run in Borders
April 29 Grassmarket Sunday
May 10 Meeting & test drive the new MG ZS, a compact SUV
May 27 Gymkhana at Vintage Bus Museum
June 3 Thirlestane Castle Show
June 14 Meeting & Raffle
June 17 Run & Picnic
July 8 Glamis Castle Show
July 12 Meeting & BBQ
July 14 Dunbar RNLI Day
July 22 Run & Boat Trip
August 4/5 Aberdeen MGOC Show weekend
August 9 Meeting & Raffle
August 19 Ladybank Show
May be of interest:February 11 MG & Triumph Spares Day at StoneleighApril 21 Perthshire Classic Car Festival at Scone PalaceJune 23/24 Moffat Show Weekend
Automec copper brake pipe set for MGB up to 1976 (with remote Servo) or V8, boxed. £50 (normally £70).
Pair of indicator/sidelight assemblies for cb MGB. New & unused. £40 (normally £50)
Alloy brake drum covers for MGB. Gold, boxed. £25 the pair (normally £34)
Stainless steel remote servo brackets. New & unused. £30 (normally £40)
Frontline castor correction kit with instructions, New & unused but missing the big nuts. £40 (normally £75 - with nuts!)
Pair of MGB front interior panels in black vinyl. Donation to the club.
Contact Helen - [email protected] or 0131 440 2462.
FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR SALE
INTERESTING ITEM
Ian Lindley spotted this on e-Bay and says it’s excellent at removing hard ice from windscreens. Might we worth investigating - and no, the handsome gents don’t come with it!
