I got Married!!

by N2KHL, 13-04-2018, 05:01 AM

Just to let you guys know i got married 2 weeks back!

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History lesson

by Lexusboy, 13-04-2018, 04:42 AM

:Here your history lesson:biggrin:

There is an old Hotel/Pub in Marble Arch, London, which used to have a gallows adjacent to it. Prisoners were taken to the gallows, (after a fair trial of course) to be hanged.
The horse drawn dray, carting the prisoner, was accompanied by an armed guard, who would stop the dray outside the pub and ask the prisoner if he would like ''ONE LAST DRINK''.
If he said YES, it was referred to as “ONE FOR THE ROAD”
If he declined, that prisoner was “ON THE WAGON”
So there you go. More bleeding history.
They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery.. If you had to do this to survive you were, "**** Poor", but worse than that, were the really poor folk, who couldn’t even afford to buy a pot, they "Didn’t have a pot to **** in" & were the lowest of the low.
The next time you are washing your hands and complain, because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.
Here are some facts about the 1500’s:
Most people got married in June, because they took their yearly bath in May and they still smelled pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to smell, brides carried a bouquet of flowers, to hide the body odour.
Hence the custom today, of carrying a bouquet when getting married..
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water.
The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!"
Houses had thatched roofs, thick straw piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom, where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top, afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt.. Hence the saying, "Dirt Poor." The wealthy had slate floors, that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing.
As the winter wore on, they added more thresh, until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold. (Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

Welcome cookie300

by Lexusboy, 13-04-2018, 02:58 AM

Welcome cookie300 to the OutlawJapClub

We hope you enjoy our club.:thumbup1:

Stupid Car !

by Saraj, 12-04-2018, 06:14 PM

Hi guys, not been on for a while, with so much happening in my life, some good, some depressing.

But my car has topped it off,

Today coming back from work, no power at all when putting the foot down, engine light on aswell, took it to the garage and he said probally EGR valve??

But hes replaced this and still the same problem and now is saying it needs the coil pack replacing,

any ideas? all I know its going to hit my pocket, and I am seriously considering in getting rid of the car for a while !

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Welcome ievil

by Lexusboy, 12-04-2018, 04:48 PM

Welcome ievil to OJC
We hope you enjoy the club:thumbup1:

Bull fighting

by FirebirdPhil, 12-04-2018, 12:03 PM

Good on the BULL

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnew...fight.html

Bull fighting

by FirebirdPhil, 12-04-2018, 11:34 AM

Good on the BULL

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnew...fight.html

Toyota Performance Magazine

by steviewevie, 12-04-2018, 10:49 AM

There's a new mag coming out, focusing on performance Toyota and Lexus models. I guess they've seen a gap in the market, given there already magazines specific to the Evo, Scoobys, Nissan etc.

They've got a website here. Some of their folks came over to chat to us at Japfest recently.

Any Plumbers in the house??

by SHAHZ, 12-04-2018, 09:58 AM

Want to fit an outdoor tap, will go on the wall behind the kitchen sink so not much pipe will be needed. Want to use plastic pipes to make it easier, just wanted to ask if its possible to tap into the current mains (cooper) with a plastic 'T'...or would it be better to solder a copper pipe (ive been told that compression joints shouldnt be used = problems if it freezes)

Cheers