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Woody
28-08-2003, 12:01
noticed that a few of you work in swindon , sadly a few of us have to live here too.
would anyone be interested in meeting up once a month at a pub after work . 6ish ?

i was thinking maybe the first tuesday of the month at the check inn in wroughton. good beer . and hotpot for 95p
carpark is floodlit too

let me know
Ta Woody
Koko
28-08-2003, 12:06
You know this already, but me! :wave:
Jeff
28-08-2003, 13:06
Sounds like a plan :thumbs: I start work in Swindon on 22/09/03 :)
jacko
28-08-2003, 13:38
I'm hopefully moving down to bristol soon, so would be up for this deffo.

Congrats on new Job btw Jeff :)
Jeff
28-08-2003, 13:41
Originally posted by Jacko
I'm hopefully moving down to bristol soon, so would be up for this deffo.

Congrats on new Job btw Jeff :)
Cheers mate :) Nice to hear your coming back to Bristol too :thumbs: New job for you as well than is it?
jacko
28-08-2003, 13:44
Well not yet, but I have an excellent opportunity to move in with a mate in a place literally just off Whiteladies Road (Clifton) for really not very much rent.

So am kinda looking to move down with a temp job, and look for somethin more permanent once there.

Scares me a bit though :eek:
Jeff
28-08-2003, 13:51
Sounds like a good opportunity mate :) There's always jobs going down here, so it shouldn't be hard getting something temporary for a little while and then finding something more permanent quite quickly :) Especially for a man of your talents ;) :D
jacko
28-08-2003, 14:08
Originally posted by Jeff
Especially for a man of your talents ;) :D

Aye you're not wrong .... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Thanks mate :)
Nicely
28-08-2003, 14:38
I work in Swindon, so I'd be interested, especially if it was during the week. :D
Woody
28-08-2003, 17:19
Excelent !!

If everyone is happy with the venue . it is over the motorway bridge into Wroughton and first right down a quiet road
the pub is next to the Motorway so noise isn't a real problem. there is easy access to J16,fairly easy to get to Marlborough and Avebury too.

I will be there this Tuesday as i always am. feel free to come along.

i assume Koko and Dystemper will be happy as this is also their watering hole.

Might be a good way to trade parts and make friends.
always handy with a 200

BTW congrats on the Job Jeff. i think a few others work around there too

Ta
Woody
Nicely
28-08-2003, 17:41
What time?
Woody
28-08-2003, 21:36
whad do you guys reckon straight from work ? around 6pm ?
or would anyone prefer a bit later ?
Nicely
28-08-2003, 22:35
That's fine by me. I'll finish at 5:30 and it's just round the corner.
Barryjdart
29-08-2003, 06:14
I might pop in. Won't be 'til around 7 and will be in the co. car. Am working in Reading Tues. Wed. and Thursday.
dystemper
31-08-2003, 21:16
good plan,

I shall be there, in either my 200 or as passenger in Koko's (which means i'll be drinking!)

a friend of mine from work reckons he'll pop along too, lives in Oxford but as we work 2 mins from the pub it'd be rude to go straight home!
Nicely
02-09-2003, 20:51
Well, it was a pretty poor turn out considering the number of board members thereabouts! :(

Never mind. Good to meet Woody, koko and Fish. Hopefully there will be more next time.
Woody
02-09-2003, 21:39
Yes twas nice to meet you Nicely.

6:30 next time though and the pub should be open :o
Big Fat Fish
02-09-2003, 23:26
Yeah, good to meet Nicely.

Are you hoping that your car's ready for the next meet, Wood?

I know my wife is! She wants to use our drive once in a while

:annoyed:
Barryjdart
03-09-2003, 05:28
Sorry I didn't make it. Had to go straight back to Bristol from Reading and by then was too late to go back to Wroughton. Anyway who would want me turning up in the Rover. If you hold another one will try to make it.
Jeff
03-09-2003, 07:54
Sorry it was a poor showing :( I'll come next time cos I'll have started working in Swindon by then :wave:
Jeff
03-09-2003, 07:55
Stupid feckin double posting malarky :mad:
Nicely
03-09-2003, 07:58
Next one is scheduled for the 7th October, 18:30, Check Inn, Wroughton! :thumbs: People with S14s very welcome. Don't want to be completely outnumbered!!
Koko
03-09-2003, 10:56
Good to meet you Nicely! :wave:

We did get one new recruit interested though which is pretty good going for a first meet I reckon!

I'll be there on the 7th, but I think Woody is on holiday!

Hope to see more of you there :D
Koko
03-09-2003, 10:57
Grr....Jeff only went for the double post!!!:furious:
Koko
03-09-2003, 10:58
I went for the triple!!!! :rolleyes: :furious: :furious:
dystemper
03-09-2003, 14:21
I shall be there next one - was in London this week getting very drunk at the request of my employers...
Jeff
03-09-2003, 14:24
Originally posted by dystemper
I shall be there next one - was in London this week getting very drunk at the request of my employers...
That's the kind of job I want :D
dystemper
03-09-2003, 14:28
it was very hard work, started at 13:30 on monday and just had to stop shortly after midnight as my boss was shouting at the MTV awards on the hotel bar TV!

last night much more civilised nice meal free bar all evening and an after diner speech by Geoff Hurst... like i said it was a shame to miss out on the 200sx swindon meet...
Jeff
03-09-2003, 14:33
Originally posted by dystemper
like i said it was a shame to miss out on the 200sx swindon meet...
PMSL you liar :D
Woody
03-09-2003, 17:04
I forgot about my holiday ! :furious:

Dystemper , want to see inside a 200 engine ?
mine will be in bits this week and next week too probably :cry:
ah well . it'll be worth it
Jeff
04-09-2003, 08:12
Originally posted by Woodym209
I forgot about my holiday ! :furious:

Dystemper , want to see inside a 200 engine ?
mine will be in bits this week and next week too probably :cry:
ah well . it'll be worth it
:eek: :( Do you know what the problem is mate?
Koko
04-09-2003, 10:56
Oi Woody....me me (//jumps up and down like an excited child!//) I want to see.....just cos I'm a girl doesn't mean I don't wanna know what drives me around :p
Nicely
04-09-2003, 11:10
Its really boring. Lots of bits of metal covered in oil...
RSendout
04-09-2003, 11:18
Sounds rather exciting to me:smash:
Nicely
04-09-2003, 11:52
It would to YOU, you junkie DIYer! :D :smash:
Woody
04-09-2003, 12:02
Koko . pop around tonight if you want . assuming Big Fat Fish doesn't mind ( he wont ) . it's on his drive.

We originally thought Rings . but then Turbo as load of oil in intercooler on exit side and intake plennum full of oil too.

we will strip it down and degrease all the parts and makesure all the oil paths are clear . then whack it back together .

shall see what happens

Woody
RSendout
04-09-2003, 12:51
junkie DIYer! :D
LOL
Creasey
09-09-2003, 16:19
I'm from Swindon, and the parents still live there so I'm up for it.

Don't know if the car will be back together by early Oct though. Might have to be the next one.

How about a meet in Penhill, then we can all loose our wheels together :)
Koko
10-09-2003, 11:14
LOL Creasey!

Even though I've only got standard alloys on mine, and they're a bit scruffy I think I'll give the P areas of Swindon a miss ;)
Koko
10-09-2003, 11:15
But it'd be good to meet you....and Nicely won't be the only lonely s14 then :thumbs:
Woody
10-09-2003, 20:29
Arf Arf :D
wish i could make this one

maybe the wind will blow the other way :rolleyes: