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Offline thommo101

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Thanks guys

Do that in your new car and your life won't be worth living. :disapp:

Don't worry, I think I'll be precious over it for a few years at least!
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Welcome to the forum and also for the new excuse for a rotten egg smell in the car.  :goodjob2:
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Welcome to the forum and also for the new excuse for a rotten egg smell in the car.  :goodjob2:

Hah, my car was known around work as the 'fart car' for a while. You could smell it as you walked past it for about a week.

I know how you feel. Our 1st i30 (a 2008 manual CRDi) got a very hard life because we were building a house and moving.. I carted around a 1000 second hand bricks and lots of rolls of fence wire etc.. The hard plastics of the FD scratch quite easily.  :(

Well, I bought a hatch for its practicality. The Corolla moved house for me 5 times; brought home washing machine, oven, TV; and made several trips to the rubbish tip. The i30 has big boot shoes to fill.
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Hi thommo101

Welcome to the forum, and congrats on the new car.

Know that smell, not a nice one.. :P
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By day, I'm an IT worker, specialising in UNIX support, and DBA work. By night I play harp. Bought an i30 yesterday :)    Radio doesn't work :(

Also, I run a lot. Half marathons mostly.
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That is a real mixture harpingon   :goodjob:

Many IT workers are members on here and we have a few runners, but don't recall any others mentioning a harp.

About a month ago a very cute young lady was playing a harp in the street (she must have been very good or very cute because I put a coin in her container)  :eek: :winker:
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I am a Warehouse Supervisor for a mob that imports starters and alternators and auto electrical components ie: lights, switches, wire, etc. Been doing it for about 3 years. Before that I was in sales all my life. So happy to not have to serve customers anymore :happydance:.

This is my third Hyundai. Had an Excel from 1998-2003 until it got stolen. Then I had an Accent from 2005-2011 until it was written off. I actually bought the first one because as I was test driving it someone reversed out of their driveway straight into the side of it as I drove past. After the initial impact the dealer looked at me and said, "How good are my test drives, bet you didn't expect that!" I had to buy one after that.

I enjoy fishing a lot and I fish from a kayak no matter where I go. If there's a creek, I'll fish it. That's the main reason I bought a diesel. When I go exploring I can drive for up to 4 hours to fish for a couple of hours and then turn around and come home again. I currently own 5 fishing kayaks  :D after all you need one for every occasion.
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About a month ago a very cute young lady was playing a harp in the street (she must have been very good or very cute because I put a coin in her container)  :eek: :winker:

That's a new way of putting it.  :D
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By night I play harp.

What kind of music do you play :question:

One of my favourites is a chap called Thurlough O'Carolan.

He was a blind, drunkard, harpist, born in early 1700's.

I have some of his music played as a quartet Harp, Flute, Viola, Violin.

No one else in my house likes it though.  :fum:
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By night I play harp.

What kind of music do you play :question:

One of my favourites is a chap called Thurlough O'Carolan.

He was a blind, drunkard, harpist, born in early 1700's.

I have some of his music played as a quartet Harp, Flute, Viola, Violin.

No one else in my house likes it though.  :fum:

I do have some O'Carolan in my repertoire.  I play the Clarsach or folk harp, so I play a lot of scottish and irish folk tunes.  O'Carolan wrote lots of his tunes for wealthy patrons, and named them after them, like Planxty Irwin, and the like.

Great stuff, eh?  :happydance:
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I am a Warehouse Supervisor for a mob that imports starters and alternators and auto electrical components ie: lights, switches, wire, etc. Been doing it for about 3 years. Before that I was in sales all my life. So happy to not have to serve customers anymore :happydance:. I know where you are coming from.. I have good days and bad days in that regard  :whistler:

This is my third Hyundai. Had an Excel from 1998-2003 until it got stolen. Then I had an Accent from 2005-2011 until it was written off. I actually bought the first one because as I was test driving it someone reversed out of their driveway straight into the side of it as I drove past. After the initial impact the dealer looked at me and said, "How good are my test drives, bet you didn't expect that!" I had to buy one after that. Wow that is an unusual event, although someone nearly ran up the back of a GD i30 I was testing  :sweating:

I enjoy fishing a lot and I fish from a kayak no matter where I go. If there's a creek, I'll fish it. That's the main reason I bought a diesel. When I go exploring I can drive for up to 4 hours to fish for a couple of hours and then turn around and come home again. I currently own 5 fishing kayaks  :D after all you need one for every occasion. That's keen, so mainly fresh water then?
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By night I play harp.

I've been harpist on many a night :P
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By night I play harp.

What kind of music do you play :question:

One of my favourites is a chap called Thurlough O'Carolan.

He was a blind, drunkard, harpist, born in early 1700's.

I have some of his music played as a quartet Harp, Flute, Viola, Violin.

No one else in my house likes it though.  :fum:

I do have some O'Carolan in my repertoire.  I play the Clarsach or folk harp, so I play a lot of scottish and irish folk tunes.  O'Carolan wrote lots of his tunes for wealthy patrons, and named them after them, like Planxty Irwin, and the like.

Great stuff, eh?  :happydance:

"Bridget Cruise" is my favourite.  :goodjob2:
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@harpingon

Don't worry, they're just taking the p1ss.  :mrgreen:
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There's hope for you yet, Rusty. Nice to see you're always willing to enhance your, cultural interests.  :)
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I never appreciated the Harp until I saw this lovely pair.... :)



Ah yes, the harp twins. I've always fancied an Lyon Healey electric harp. Or a Camac Blue Light. Too expensive though.
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If I remember, and I haven't looked before writing, they're using orchestral, concert harps in that one (in the field?). I don't play those.
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I never appreciated the Harp until I saw this lovely pair.... :)



Wiping drool from my chin,wishing,Oh! wishing I was one of those harps
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I thought you were already plucked, Rick?  :whistler:

I may be Rusty,but I never refuse to be Plucked again  :Shocked: :sweating:
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 :rofl: :rofl: I love a joke as much as the next guy gal person but seriously now,I think we are getting a little off topic and poor harpinon will be wondering what sort of phsyc group they've get themselves into  :whistler:
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