The Talk To Yourself Thread (from a padded cell)

Good Morning Comrade 512 Tea Are,

How are things?

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512 Tea Are

 

Good Morning Comrade,

Absolutely fine down here. The tree surgeons are here for a few days. My wife's just made them tea and mince pies.

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512 Tea Are - alter ego

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are - alter ego,

I'm having a day off up here. I went Christmas shopping in the F-40 yesterday and acquired a few interesting items. Actually finished up at Beaulieu.

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512 Tea Are

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

How did the car go - did the cold air materially affect the performance as I understand the cold air has a huge impact on the power and increases it somewhat. Is this the case?

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512 Tea Are - alter ego

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

Yes, you're perfectly correct. The cold air does materially increase the performance. So much is this the case that I am contemplating strapping a Hotpoint freezer to it for the summer.

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512 Tea Are

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

Confidentially, did you exceed the speed limit at all?

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512 Tea Are - alter-ego

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

Well, and in the strictest of confidence, I did get it up to 165 on the A34 - but only for a few seconds.

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512 Tea Are

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

Was that in top gear?

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512 Tea Are - alter ego

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

No, fourth.

It was just entering the red sector at 8500 rev's when I changed into top.

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512 Tea Are

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

What made you back off when engaging top gear?

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512 Tea Are - alter ego

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

Well, a cross-wind made the front end deviate slightly.

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512 Tea Are

 

Dear comrade 512 Tea Are,

Right. The cold air makes quite a difference then to the turbocharging - how much would you estimate the increase to be?

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512 Tea Are - alter ego

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

Difficult to be precise. But I would guess that it makes five per cent difference - perhaps even ten per cent when it's really revving.

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512 Tea Are

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

That much! So yes, I can very well see why you're contemplating the fitment of a Hotpoint fridge for the summer!

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512 Tea Are

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

How are the tree surgeons getting along?

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512 Tea Are

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

They're doing a wonderful job. They're presently felling three willows and will be felling a beech this afternoon - The beech has been squirrelled.

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512 Tea Are

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

What's squirrelled, please?

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512 Tea Are - alter ego

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

'Squirrelled' is damage caused by grey squirrels that often during the sprintime will peel back the bark to get at the sap and the soft bark.

I must pay a visit upon the tree surgeons who presently have a roaring fire underway.

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512 Tea Are

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

Have the tree surgeons completed their work now?

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512 Tea Are - alter ego

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

No, they are return again tomorrow and then the day after. However, we have yet another huge stack of logs.

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512 Tea Are

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

Are you burning the logs immediately then?

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512 Tea Are - alter ego

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

No, we have a circulation whereby trees that were felled and logged up three years ago are now being consumed.

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512 Tea Are

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

What sort of wood do you burn then?

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512 Tea Are - alter ego

 

Dear Comrade 512 Tea Are,

We burn quite a variety. Generally we have the 'Winter Mixture' that consists of oak, ash, chestnut, beech and holly.

Have you heard anything from the Fat ****roller?

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512 Tea Are