Tag Archives: cars

Biking For Boys #motorcycles #memories #walking

Posted on May 20, 2023 by TanGental

I’m not your classic petrol head. I passed my motorbike test in 1980 but my driving test took another 3 years and one epic fail (reversing round the corner and aligning ones vehicle with the pavement – a totally useless … Continue reading →

Posted in memories, miscellany, transport, walking | Tagged ace cafe, cars, motorbikes, travel, walking | 33 Comments

Counting On It #memories

Posted on Mar 30, 2022 by TanGental

I was chatting to a friend who asked – oddly, many do – if I’d been turned onto this Wordle thingummy yet. No, I replied, I’m a loyal Sudokan which may be a made up word but sounds rather cool … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs, memories, miscellany, pets | Tagged cars, Caterham, dogs, lodgers, memories, numbers | 28 Comments

Winged By Driving

Posted on Apr 17, 2019 by TanGental

I lost part of a wing mirror the other day. The peril of narrow London streets and other careless drivers. I didn’t even realise it had been damaged until the next day. How stupid? And then my attempt to … Continue reading →

Posted in holidays, miscellany, thought | Tagged assumptions, cars, learning lessons, portugal, thought piece, wingmirrors | 26 Comments

Gotta New Motor

Posted on Mar 7, 2018 by TanGental

It’s rather incredible to me that someone with the money to buy a Lamborghini does not have the sense to avoid somewhere covered in snow. Today, a rather murky sort of day it has to be admitted, I was pulling … Continue reading →

Posted in creative writing, flash fiction, holidays, humour, miscellany | Tagged cars, humour, short story, skiing, snow, stupidity | 14 Comments

Making a spectacle

Posted on Mar 24, 2016 by TanGental

Van of Van By The River posted a neatly humorous post on the subject of keeping away from mirrors when wearing glasses (and incidentally on the importance of myopic husbands – I think spouses/long term partners are preferred if lacking … Continue reading →

Posted in family, humour, miscellany | Tagged cars, driving, eyesight, hearing, mum, senses | 39 Comments

The Numbers Game

Posted on Feb 14, 2015 by TanGental

I seem to hang on to numbers. Names melt like butter in the sun, faces fade quicker than a 1980 fax (sorry for you youngsters; a cultural allusion, like Vesta Curry and Stay Press – you’ll have to ask Dr … Continue reading →