huppypuppy Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 They imported two similar truck models from Brazil also and burnt themselves out of the medium truck market. Very expensive mistake. Not wrong there - I also remember our school run receiving the very first Volvo B7R that our company got..... a bit flasher than the OC1617 but a true mongrel if the linkages between the gear lever at the front and the gearbox weren't lubricated properly. Our driver would try to go from 2nd into 3rd and totally mess everything up by going to 5th! He then had to sort everything out - apart from that issue, the B7R's weren't a bad bus.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Not wrong there - I also remember our school run receiving the very first Volvo B7R that our company got..... a bit flasher than the OC1617 but a true mongrel if the linkages between the gear lever at the front and the gearbox weren't lubricated properly. Our driver would try to go from 2nd into 3rd and totally mess everything up by going to 5th! He then had to sort everything out - apart from that issue, the B7R's weren't a bad bus.... I never criticised the drivers of rear engined buses after I drove a few new ones on delivery runs. Something is going on waaay down the back, but the coach body is so well insulated, with the engine/transmission in it's own compartment, that you only have feel, the tacho and the speedo to work out whether it will shift or has shifted. At one time Greyhound became so frustrated with transmission failures that they put four speed constant mesh transmissions in all the new coaches on the grounds that the driver would be embarrassed with all the crunching going on behind the passengers. One of my most memorable experiences was when Melbourne operator Frank Bono bought a rolled coach with an RFW chassis, pulled the wrecked body off it and asked me to supply a new coach body. It had a Roadranger transmission with a Detroit 8V92 engine of around 290 horsepower. I had to drive it in on Ballarat Road to a Footscray transport depot for shipment, and Frank had wired a plastic chair from the lunch room for a driver's seat, otherwise I was out in the open air with just a steering wheel to hang on to. An 8V92 was no slouch in a prime mover with a semi trailer on the back, but with just a chassis and wheels, the power to weight ratio was magic, and I spent the first few intersections dragging cars off at the lights. Eventually someone started revving and engine, and at the next set of lights I dropped the clutch and gave it heaps! Nothing happened, and then there was a massive push in the back which nearly dislodged the chair. RFW had built the chassis light and the design required the body to provide stiffening. What I'd done was torque the chassis so the engine squatted behind the rear axle until kinetic energy took its course, humped the chassis up in the centre, then let it go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 More silly stuff. . . . [ATTACH]48522._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]48523._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]48524._xfImport[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA. Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Q. [ATTACH=full]41068[/ATTACH] A. http://bfy.tw/4031 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 [ATTACH]48525._xfImport[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 -a direct result of amazingly dumb jury decisions in compensation cases in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 - or a wonderful safety feature for those allergic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi303 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 [ATTACH]48526._xfImport[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PA. Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Some people should be locked up. Saw this in North Adelaide yesterday. [ATTACH]48528._xfImport[/ATTACH] Just looking at the picture now and seeing the mail slots, maybe I misunderstood the sign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I've seen that sort of mailbox when I was in the Greek isles. I think I was on the island of Lesbos. OME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 [ATTACH]48529._xfImport[/ATTACH] Please don't shoot the messenger. . . not guilty. . .saw this today on a UK blogsite. . . . .clever though Huh ? ? Picture was entitled "Now there's a coincidence. . ." > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 Following a History session, a friend's 12 yr old Daughter was asked ( by her school teacher ) . . . to research and write up any more notable historical military victories by various nations. And ( This is the truth ) this is what she found when researching on the net for notable military victories by the French. [ATTACH]48530._xfImport[/ATTACH] Jeeze,. . .I'm still cleaning the coffee out of my keyboard after seeing this in an email this morning. . . . . > Bloody French !. . . .De Gaulle wrote a history of France. . . .but for some unknown reason, forgot to mention Waterloo. . . . . . > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 OME did say "I've seen that sort of mailbox when I was in the Greek isles. I think I was on the island of Lesbos." I have heard that the Greek Isles are different but vertical anatomical transposition??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Following a History session, a friend's 12 yr old Daughter was asked ( by her school teacher ) . . . to research and write up any more notable historical military victories by various nations. And ( This is the truth ) this is what she found when researching on the net for notable military victories by the French. [ATTACH=full]41278[/ATTACH] Jeeze,. . .I'm still cleaning the coffee out of my keyboard after seeing this in an email this morning. . . . . > Bloody French !. . . .De Gaulle wrote a history of France. . . .but for some unknown reason, forgot to mention Waterloo. . . . . . > A well known Google bomb. From the Urban Dictionary: "An ironic mistake by Google, which said that no results can be found for "French Military Victories" if you click the "I'm feeling lucky" button. The irony is that France has actually won more battles and wars over the last six hundred years than any other country in Europe." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 A well known Google bomb. From the Urban Dictionary: "An ironic mistake by Google, which said that no results can be found for "French Military Victories" if you click the "I'm feeling lucky" button. The irony is that France has actually won more battles and wars over the last six hundred years than any other country in Europe." Quite right Marty. . . . .but amusing all the same . ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikky Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Bagging the French is fun! Famous for all the wrong reasons. A popular deodorant is sold in France with an advertising claim that it lasts for 72 hours. Leads me to question, why? Soap and water twice daily does the trick for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 I must say here that I am a confirmed Francophile. I love the country, the food, the people ( they can be a bit "nose-in-the-air" in Paree. . .) OH. and of course .,THE WINES . . . .! The lingo is a bit of a bugger ( f you didn't study it at school ). . but I'm getting there slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I must say here that I am a confirmed Francophile. I love the country, the food, the people ( they can be a bit "nose-in-the-air" in Paree. . .) OH. and of course .,THE WINES . . . .! I'm getting there slowly. What!? Are you on the M25 heading for Felixstowe? OME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storchy neil Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 :oops:read this morning paper unprovoked shark attack:im stupid: shark must have been on beach:please:neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Yes, it's not often you see "provoked" shark attacks (giving them the finger, mooning them, casting aspersions on their parentage...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Yes, it's not often you see "provoked" shark attacks (giving them the finger, mooning them, casting aspersions on their parentage...) Oh I dunno,. . . I've heard that "Jumping the shark" can, in some circumstances annoy them somewhat. . .? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cscotthendry Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Oh I dunno,. . . I've heard that "Jumping the shark" can, in some circumstances annoy them somewhat. . .? Especially if done on skis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 What!? Are you on the M25 heading for Felixstowe? OME Nah,. . .that'd be the A14 mate. . . . . Normally go Through Dover to the ferry or the Chunnel. . . . . the train is really fast, . . . but the on board catering is a bit "British Railways curled up egg sandwiches" with coffee flavoured brownish mud. . . . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Especially if done on skis Now that'd be just showing off. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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