Great buy Kev, in the right place at the right time! I can see that it's very sturdy.

Love the story Mr PB. Brings a smile to my face. Also gives me some small insight into a little piece of american urban history, environment and demographics.

Other interesting anecdotes, at appropriate moments in the context of any posts, would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

BigKev,

Another matter, somewhat minor, so I suggest it be left until you're back from your road trip. I minimised the Chat room window thinking if there was a chat post it would "beep" to let me know. But no "beep", so either I'm deaf, it didn't work, my laptop doesn't have sound or it's not turned on. I'll follow up on the laptop aspects with my son who I inherited the laptop from recently so he'll know whether the sound works on it or not.

So - No rest for the wicked Kev.

Thanks to Mal for the punctuation suggestion that sent me looking in the right direction.

[/quote]

Kev, It was only a little more than dumb luck on my part to suggest the punctuation and I'm glad it worked. Of course, given enough time I would have suggested anything and everything anyway.

I'd give it a test but at 7:25pm Wednesday evening Sydney time it must be well past midnight Pacific coast time there and other forum members are currently non existant.

A big thankyou from all the guys(and girls) for your endeavours.

BigKev,

There were a bunch of us in earlier and the same problem was evident. I joined Tom(Packin31), Scott Naspora and J.D.inK.C. joined a little later and we all experienced it.

Polish up that magic wand, or sort out the code if you must. As we're all hanging on waiting for it to work and enjoy the fruits of your labor.

BigKev,

As Ron and Eric said, only every 3/4/5/6 attempts worked and we also tried alternating.

Are there any protocols/rules that we need to observe because we're all in there together? I wouldn't think so because that's what it's designed to do. This is the luddite in me thinking out loud trying to clutch at anything which may have an impact.
The refresh time was also re-set by all of us to 5 seconds from the default 20 seconds but this didn't help either. It seemed that when I tried to write a longer chat that these failed almost all the time, I did keep in mind your advice there could be a character limit so kept them not too long. While there did seem to be more, but not always success with short/shorter chats. Maybe Ron and Eric can confirm or deny an "old-timers" thoughts.

Please Kev, weave your special magic and allay the natural fears of this pathetic luddite.

Welcome aboard Scott. Very nice looking car. You'll find a lot of knowledgable and helpful people at this site, only wish I could say I was one of them and give you the advice you require. But, never fear, soon someone will respond to your request. My limited suggestion would be to try Kanter or Max Merritt.

Any chance you can add the car into the Owners Registry together with it's history, if known, or the story of your acquisition of it so all can enjoy?

Umm, yeah, the chat's not taking any posts normally, it's erratic if at all. Mmm, yeah, we're gonna have to have you fix that, Kevin!

Eric said it and RedRon and I second it. What should have been a pleasurable interactive experience, especially for a confirmed luddite like me, was pure frustration.

Sorry Kev - But it needs fixing or improvement.

BigKev,

I typed up the message below in the chatroom but it won't send it. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks




BigKev, Ignore the gobbledegook - looks like I'm back with an Avatar. Just kept trying, had to jump between 2 computers because mine doesn't have the Microsoft programs like word and excel so my son tells me. Thanks for your help. All the best. Mal

Thanks Peter,

I knew you'd find the pump pictures fascinating, given your close attachment to the exhaust gas displacement principle of engine block and radiator flushing. Fascinating - there's no other word for it.

All the best.