Is there any alternative explanation?

Moggy

Funding the Christmas party?;)

After being cold called by a (famous) double glazing company for the umpteenth time, I had had enough. I finally said yes I’m interested.
The following week, a well presented gentleman turned up one evening with a bunch of folders and pamphletts under his arm. I directed him though to the lounge, made him coffee and spent a delightful 90 minutes/2hrs going through some of the most beautiful and expensive conservatories I had ever seen.

Finally , after much deliberation, I focussed on a very nice one indeed.

“This one!”

After considerable faffing with a calculator, he looked at me and said “….with discounts available to me right now, the total price would be £14,500……how would sir be able to pay?, cash?, cheque?, bankers draft?”

“Pay?” I said “No, …..if you can leave me all this bumph, I will pass it on to my landlord and we’ll see what he says tomorrow……”

……you could hear a pin drop………

“You..you don’t own this property??”

“No, I rent it”

“You don’t own this property?”

“No sir”

“You didn’t tell me you did not own this property”

“I’m sorry, er…you didn’t ask”

He gathered up all his paperwork and departed soon after.

I walked him out to his car.

He didn’t say another word.

Anyway, I never heard from that company again.

Baz

This bit!

Mission time 25 mins without drop tanks.

That was the secret!

…….just hope the Russians don’t read this forum:rolleyes:

Funny, never looked at the E Type as beautiful at the time, had the chance of owning one back in the 70s but preferred the standard Cortina family everytime.

I cannot remember anyone raving about them, amongst the 3,500 personnal at RAF Cottesmore at the time I cannot remember any around the station. There was one that languished in the garage, for sale, nearby at £400, didn’t look bad but refused to start on the 2 occasions I looked at it.(I ended up buying another Cortina for £200) The engineer in the the garage said they were a pile of cr@p and I had no reason to argue with him.

A couple of years ago I talked to a retired garage owner in Newquay (from London) and in that conversation I asked what was the worst secondhand selling car you experienced in your career, the words had not got out fully when he retorted “E Type!!”
He then went on to tell me what a dreadful car they were.

They are rare for a reason.

I’m not saying they are an ugly car, but at the time you didn’t look twice at it, unless it was being driven by a kn*b.

Baz

Mister Roberts1955

Watched yesterday afternoon on the box, very enjoyable.

Looks alright, just wonder if it would tow my Spitfire any better than my Disco does?:)

The belly would wear quite badly, usually straight after an inevitable engine failure.