Yaaaayyyyy ......you are that old?
Either way.... Happy Birthday my friend!

I feel old...

I keep looking in the mirror and some old phucker is lookin' back at me

I never used to think 56 was that old... anyway, will just have to battle on I guess

All I want for my birthday is y'all to get thru the cyclone ok.... hopefully all will go well and it will turn away...

The best thing about storms tho, you find lots of interesting stuff on your lawn... trampolines, other peoples roofs... a good storm, you might get a new truck or boat

best of luck to y'all anyway, stay safe... and thanks

Dang! another year! Yay!

Muz- Enjoy your day!

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Happy birthday MUZ .... I am probably a bit ahead of you .... I turn sexty-sex this year ..... maybe some of my old girlfriends will look me up when they hear that .... haaaa

I am even betterer... I am 50-sex.... all i need is to find the 50 girls for sex and all will be perfect

When I find the girls, I will be sure to message Jake for some pointers...

What, you all out of practice Murray!

A cowboy and his new bride go to a hotel for their honeymoon. The cowboy goes to the front desk and stresses that this is a very important occasion and they'll need a deluxe suite.

The clerk says, "Well, I can do better than that, I can give you the bridal.

The cowboy thinks a moment and replies, "No, that's not necessary. I'll just hold onto her ears until she gets used to it."

Speaking of cowboys.... reminds me of this...

You prolly seen it before, but always makes me laugh...

A late wish of a happy birthday, Muz. Hope you had a good one.

Sorry I missed it. 56? Wait for 60 - ouch.

Well, reaching 60 earlier this year, I could empty my savings account - convert what few stocks I had into real money.

And blew by far the most of it on a spankin' new car. I'm trying to hold on to the rest for building and flying.

I have the parts for the engine now. And I can soon go to Sweden to buy the 6061T6 aluminium I need.

Cheers
Erik

Thanks Erik

What sort of car did you get? Hopefully not a prius?

Hi Muz

Not a car like the Prius.

Not an interesting car - just a sensible one. Remember, I'm in Europe.

A Skoda Fabia Wagon (Estate, Station Wagon) with 110 HP petrol and DSG7 automatic.

With some interesting features, like emergency brake and adaptive cruise control.
Climate control (just inside the vehicle ) etc. blah blah.
A european version called Tour de France+

I wrote the contract (read: bought it) 3 months ago - hard to wait that long, while your old car sucks up petrol like a hole in the ground.
They started building this 2018 model in august. And I picked it up 6 days ago, on the way to my mothers 85-year birthday.

After driving the new one a few days I took the last ride in the old Passat. What an old pile of crap in comparison! (19½ years of next to no maintenance)
But of course, I skimped all I could on maintenance since the paint went bad (edit - long time ago).

Dinner's on - have to go eat.

Cheers
Erik

I used to have a Skoda 100.....

And a Lada 1300

I remember the 105 and 120LS Skodas - and the Rapid.

They are best forgotten. Today Skoda is part of the VW family.
All parts of the car are stamped either VW or Audi.

The newer Skodas are very popular in Denmark, and owners are happy people.
VW doesn't want them to be better than their own products, of course. The interesting
exercise is to get as close as possible. I always buy cash, so I want to make the best deal I can.
And it's still a fun car to drive around. It has great mileage and TCO. I'm happy (as Droopy, the cartoon dog, say).

Cheers
Erik

Gab, that must be the Lada.

A Fiat copy, AFAIR. But spares were not interchangeable with Fiat.

Cheers
Erik

Yes it was also called Zsiguli.
Russian copy of the Fiat 124
I also owned a Fiat Seat that was also the Spanish copy of the 124