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Body gaps need sorting . Brake master exchanged due to leak . Additional Dzus fasteners added to bonnet front .
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We bought and did a bit of a body resto on a Mini 1000 for the kids to learn to drive in. First (and only) mini we have owned. But what fabulous little cars, like driving a go-kart. Lack of power maybe, but still felt quick enough and loads of fun. Both daughters loved that car (except when it wouldn't start in the rain and they had to swap the dizzy cap/leads)
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By Nick Jones · Posted
Does the TE site not have a “block” function? If Bubba comes here I think we might just apply Rule 303. -
By Nick Jones · Posted
Credit to Craig…. @GT6MK3 I got Ian’s images from Imgur this afternoon simply by enabling the VPN function in the Opera browser. I despise Imgurs attitude. -
You have a good setup here Nick when it comes to images. You're hosting them directly. I normally use Imgur for hosting images on Triumph Experience so I get them large enough to see detail. Otherwise the site reduces them to rather small sizes. But I sent a PM to JohnD over there and included a copy of a vulgar PM someone sent me, and John couldn't see the image. That sent me off looking to see if Imgur was geoblocking where I found out they were. For the reason you mention. I'm pretty sure it's cheaper to geoblock the UK than police the site images. When I looked it up, there were also suggestions to get around it. Using a VPN was the #1 recommendation. Well, not necessarily. I use a VPN for some secure things. I'd noticed months ago that if I'm running the VPN, regardless what "Country" I've picked, if I try going to Imgur, I just get a cryptic error page. Turns out Imgur has outright blocked all the IP Addresses known to be used for VPN's as well. They must be pretty worried about the issue to go the extra step and actively block the alternative ways to use their site. It's overboard really. NO ONE using a VPN can get into Imgur, regardless of their own country. IE: Blocking VPN users from 192 Countries, just to make sure no one from the UK can get in even with a VPN. Seems this is only an issue with UK residents. AFAIK, it's the only country THEY geoblock.
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I was in my 20's when Canada went "metric" in 1973. It's never been a complete switchover. I still think in Imperial measurements common to the UK at the time. Over time you get used to both but it's still a pain. Here I notice many of you talking Kg for weights, I'm pretty sure your petrol is sold in litres like here, but I see people posting "miles" for trips in their cars. Seems the UK is not fully metric either. My first "New" car was a 1973 Mini 1000, bought a week before I got married. Even with the emissions crap on the engine, I was averaging 50mpg on the highway. That was in the gas crisis era here. Not bad but it was only 32bhp in the Canadian version. It got us around. Cheap.
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Have you been playing with image creation in ChatGPT?
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I'm not sure about that. It's a cardinal rule on private sites that you never go snooping at the PM's. (On "private sites" at least.) If you ever do it and get caught, it can destroy the site's credibility. So I'm not sure he's looked or is aware of Milo's reply to you. I don't think he's got the time to even go looking to find it. He's telling himself there's no conspiracy because he doesn't want there to be one. Your Ostrich post is 100% applicable. It won't surprise me if there aren't others involved as well. BobM2 comes immediately to mind. When he told me to go screw myself I screen shot it, uploaded it to a hosting site (imgur) and put the BB Code link in the private message to Skye, so it would display the actual screen I saw. Skye replied that he's sent a warning to BobM2. And then, I received this one yesterday afternoon. So, even after he was warned, he sent this out.
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