noni

I would not mind one, it would be easy to park where we live.
Hi J5 how are you in UK. Is Milwart behaving himself, does he find it cold.
Has he got cold .........s

k800mer

It would have to be a sandal - open on top!

k800mer

Your wrong, a convertible is not a waste of money because it is something I enjoy and what's life (and money) for if you can not enjoy it! What I have I have worked hard for.

hemingway

I never suggested a converitlbe was a waste of money - I just can't see the point in 'smart cars' - there's only my wife & I in our household & we have three cars (for reasons I'm unsure of) one of which is a company hack - the other 2 are convertibles, 1 of which has a hard top that is fitted between November & April and is used by my wife all year round - the other, sits in the garage & is taken out on a Saturday or Sunday morning by me, when I can be a**ed to get out of bed at 6am when no other f**ker is on the road so I can drive the car how it is meant to be driven! I would never decry convertibles - I just don't like smart cars - probably lethal in an accident too.

Hemingway.

k800mer

Thats ok then, I agree with you about the smart car bit. We have four cars between three of us at home but one sits in the garage, my husbands 'classic' car. Now thats a waste of money, it needs work doing and he never seems to have the time. I too like driving through the night, I have the top down then also if it is dry.

noni

Hope you are not in the Highlands of Scotland, as they have forecast snow flurries to-day, you will need a fur hat to keep your ears warm.

Remy-Ireland

Never cast a clout till May is out!

powerhouse

I have had the hood down a couple of times this year but the heating has been full on and I still froze. Last year it hardly came off at all. I'm off to Cornwall next bank holiday so fingers crossed.

old man

Like us. Wife is looking for a wig now, as I have the lid off if possible. :cool :It is supposed to heading towards summer, not bloody autumn. What do you use to get marks of the soft top. The old seagull has crapped over it, and have tried to clean it off but can still see mark.
Reading about all these sports cars, we must all be having a last fling.

Goacrazy56

Remy,that brings back memories,my old mother used to quote this when we teenagers and came in from the youth club shivering, sniffing and sneezing

She would say get some cloths on it serves you right,that's not a skirt it's a belt, where is your coat,we would reply "but it's spring mum",then she would say.Don't caste a clout till May is out.It's a very old saying

Remy-Ireland

Yes, my Dear Grandparents seemed to have a saying or anecdote or parable for almost every occasion.......must research old sayings on Google and maybe open a thread. Im glad it stirred up some good memories for you.

noni

Like me once a tart always a tart. Too cold for those skirts these days. Could do with some of the long red draws to the knees though. Do you remember those.

johnny five

Oh bugger, I've been casting clouts all day! At least I would have been if I could have got close enough to the cap-wearing car drivers who doodle along at 50 nattering to their passengers. Even repeated blasts on the twin air horns (yes, on my scooter) takes a while to get their attention, and then they nearly drive of the road.
Hi Hemingway! J5 (the scooter) passed his MOT late on Thursday and I have been riding virtually ever since, brilliant. Nitrous kit had safely arrived at Dad's and I have been out getting wiring and switchgear as these were the only bits missing. This is the kit http://scooter-center.com/catalog/pr...89&language=en
Hi Noni, miss ya! Milwart says his b***s are not cold because he left them in Goa so they would stay warm, innit? He did say that the best way to get marks off your soft-top is to spread it with his honey, but he would, wouldn't he? Its something to do with ants I think?
Which brings me to the weather......off topic?...Me? Well to be perfectly honest it hasn't bothered me. One advantage of decent bike-gear (my previous machine was a 900 Triumph Tiger) is that it is warm and waterproof. Even the heavy rain and a hailstorm didn't get through and I have been as warm as toast, especially at Dad's, he is 82 and takes keeping warm very seriously!
Sorry have not been on much but am stealing the broadband wi-fi from students next door and its a bit intermittent.
Maybe I should go round and cast a few clouts?

noni

Great to hear from you, thought I had lost you and found Remy again. As you have signed the pledge, Remy is more expensive to keep in 'noffi, or has the real ale caused you to have a lapse. Hope you are not playing with boys toys whilst Mrs Milwart is here, or has she gone home to the babies. Glad Milwarts B... are o.k.

johnny five

Saw your post about the cost of Soda Water. Well, me and my Dad sometimes go to our local Harvester at Old Windsor for an early-bird special, and they dont charge for it at all!
Her indoors is staying with her Mum in Oxfordshire, I am not, although we are meeting up regular like.
Am spending as much time as I want with my toys, with no-one to tell me not to...........eat your hearts out fellas!