First oil change today with about 500 miles since the restoration. I must remember next time to check if my oil catch can is empty before staring to drain the oil. About half the oil was out and the pan was full. A bit of a mess. The engine is still smoking a bit more than I would like, especially after the oil change. I wonder of the valve guide clearance was too much?...
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Monthly Archives: July 2004
Real Pub Names
We went to most of these – a few names were just so good we had to write them down. The Plough (Our local in London) The Black Bull The Dyvels Hotel The Tap and Spile* (what the heck’s a Spile?) The Three Legged Mare* Nags Head Bull and Mouth The Cambridge The Zetland Arms The Cambridge Arms The Hadrian Hotel Mr. Ants The Crown
Beer
Why did we go to England? To look at antiquities and drink beer. Since Jim’s bad at remembering names, it fell to Nadya to order and fetch beer at the pubs and make sure we sampled a fair variety. Twice Brewed Bitter Auld Hemp Old Peculiar Strongbow (surprise! Cider!) Boddingtons England’s glory John Smith Bitter Black Sheep Bitter Tetleys Extra Cold Whitbread Extra Bitter Fullers London Pride Bombardier Bitter Guinness (Which you can now...
Pub Names that Should Exist
The Liver and Kettle The Cowe and Pattye The Dwarf and Sword (you must use the same pronunciation rules for each word) The Sheep and Lanolin The Corn and Bunion The Poking Willy The Lick and Spittle The Tap and Spew The Croaking toad The Trip and Fall The Bait and Switch The Cow and Turret The Fly and Pye The Stinging Nettle The Crooked Rook The Chilly Sheep The Slippery Stile
Coins and the Imperial War Museum
After breakfast we stopped by a coin dealer located near the Museum. Nadya found a really nice example of a roman coin depicting the emperor Hadrian. We decided not to buy it until we did more research on how to evaluator and price ancient coins. Between the American proof sets, the British proofs and now ancient coins my collection is going to need more space. Nadya doesn’t know about the British proof coins. In...