Motoring Discussion > Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule?	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Tooslow	Replies: 43

New Thu 23 Sep 10 09:10   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Tooslow

tinyurl.com/292v369 Don't they put a dab of grease (maybe Vasoline :-) ) on at service time? Still, you'd have a posh scar to show if you got hit. John Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 09:16   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - henry k

Is it a badge, an iconic bonnet ornament, a crowning glory or a statue ? :-( Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 09:19   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Zero

Its the modern day equivalent of the carriage whip, beat a path through the unwashed peasantry. Last edited by: Zero on Thu 23 Sep 10 at 09:19 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 09:25   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - henry k

An automotive "up yours" ? Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 09:27   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Tooslow

Depends where it hits you I suppose. John Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 09:26   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - madf

No .. you are all wrong. It's an implement designed to reduce the conception rate amongst the great unwashed by performing crude castration... Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 09:35   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - BiggerBadderDave

It's a gun sight Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 09:47   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Tooslow

You're confusing them with Mercedes. John Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 11:25   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Armel Coussine

The winged B (like the Spirit of Ecstasy figure on the RR radiator) was a real pedestrian-gutter in the old days when it didn't have the retraction mechanism. People used to steal them though if they weren't secured by a discreet grub screw at the side, and the one on my R Type was stolen c. 1969 outside my house in Highbury. I got a flat radiator cap to replace it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 11:47   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - henry k

>> The winged B (like the Spirit of Ecstasy figure on the RR radiator) was a >> real pedestrian-gutter in the old days when it didn't have the retraction mechanism. >> Now the risk is from many Jaguar owners who must have the cat on the bonnet. Not quite so cutting edge as the "B" Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 11:48   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Zero

What happened to the stylish Lalique masterpieces, discretely lit from below with a gentle glow? Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 12:13   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - AnotherJohnH

>> Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? What? To remove impaled plebs, then clean up and polish the chrome and paint to a really deep expensive lustre? Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 12:27   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Zero

Is peasant blood bad for ones coachwork? Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 13:29   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Tooslow

To go off in a slightly different direction... I remember the local butcher had a horse and jockey "bonnet mascot" on his Cortina estate (or "shooting brake" as he called it). Needless to say he was a horse racing fan. I'm sure it got swapped from car to car when he changed them. How do you sell a car with holes in the bonnet? John Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 13:49   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Runfer D'Hills

Our street is often "full" of new Bentleys or other luxury / sports cars. It just so happens that three of my neighbours work for Bentley in various product development / management roles and get to bring home the models they are testing or developing. When they are not Bentleys they are often competitors models which they are assessing. I think it's great. I mean if you were a burglar whose house would you break into ? :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 13:55   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Tooslow

One does not park one's Bentley in the street. Avenue perhaps. Close or Drive if needs must. John Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 13:59   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Runfer D'Hills

Actually, we don't live in a street, drive, close, crescent or an avenue. Too embarrassed to tell you what the developers named it in the end. Suffice it to say, it takes pretentiousness to another level. :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 14:13   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - madf

Rue de la Hump D'bout? Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 15:44   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Tooslow

It's posh round here too. One of the local farmers put up a sign, "Potatoes". A few days later someone had scribbled underneath "Twinned with Pommes de Terres". John Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 16:00   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Runfer D'Hills

I like that. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 16:28   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Perky Penguin

Let me guess! "Badger's Sett! Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 16:37   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Runfer D'Hills

I wouldn't have minded Witch's Chuff but no, it's none of the above it's worse, but I'll not tell you what it is....ever....so stop guessing and talk about Bentleys please ! :-) Last edited by: Humph D'bout on Thu 23 Sep 10 at 16:37 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 16:41   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Tooslow

Am I wrong or is everyone being ultra careful with their apostrophes today? There's some cracking punctuation. Are we being marked out of ten and getting a certificate? John Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 16:49   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Pat

I'm not posting:) Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 16:55   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Tooslow

Guilty conscience? :-) John Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 17:28   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Pat

No, as usual I have two cats asleep on my desk, one at the top and one at the side of my keyboard and that is the reason for my frequent typo's ( or typos for the pedants or is that pedant's!) That's my story and I'm sticking to it:) Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 18:09   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Tooslow

"two cats asleep on my desk, one at the top and one at the side of my keyboard" You're lucky. We have two invisible cats. They're asleep, somewhere, until they want feeding. John Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 18:20   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Pat

Yes, our third one is like that too:) Last night the Siamese went to sleep on my mobile phone. We thought it would be funny to ring it as it vibrates too, and stood there waiting for him to jump off and flounce out in a huff. All he did was yawn and tuck his head back under his paw again, whilst quietly smirking at us! Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 17:21   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Iffy

...marked out of ten and getting a... John, A small style point. It is generally accepted the numbers one to nine are written as words, but 10 and above as figures. Some sub-editors will write 'ten', but that is the strict cut off point, 11 and above is always in figures, unless it is at the start of a sentence: "Eleven men took to the field for Rovers." Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 17:30   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Pat

I rest my case......... .********** :) :) Pat The swear filter got the whole sentence but it started with 'It's a load of..' Last edited by: pda on Thu 23 Sep 10 at 17:31 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 17:34   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Iffy

...I rest my case......... Another style point. When using a string of full stops, the general rule is to use three when linking two clauses together, and four at the end of sentence. "Wait a minute...he's arrived, but he's in for a surprise...." Look, I don't create this stuff, I merely pass it on. :) Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 17:36   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Pat

Iffy, if I say what I want to you the swear filter will explode:) Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 17:45   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Fenlander

>>>When using a string of full stops, the general rule is to use three when linking two clauses together, and four at the end of sentence. Just keep an eye on my posts Iffy and let me know if I stray from the rule... Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 18:03   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Iffy

...let me know if I stray from the rule... Mmm, m'thinks some members may not be taking this entirely seriously. Heaven forbid. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 18:28   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Armel Coussine

>>> some members may not be taking this entirely seriously. 'seriou'sly? You avin a larf or wot? An wot's 'entirely' when its at ome then? OOOh! La de da like! I ad a hundred and four'een bird's in one night once. When I were a's'sa's'sina'in lord bleedin mucks fezant's, knowImean? Bleedin ponce............ Last edited by: Armel Coussine on Thu 23 Sep 10 at 18:31 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 23:08   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - BiggerBadderDave

"When using a string of full stops, the general rule is to use three when linking two clauses together, and four at the end of sentence." Actually, it's one ellipses followed by a full point, preferably with a hairline space in between. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 23:41   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - rtj70

As BBD says, ... is an ellipsis and in typesetting it's not quite the same thing as three .'s. I think there was a special code in LaTeX for ellipsis (backslash followed by ldots maybe?) Last edited by: rtj70 on Thu 23 Sep 10 at 23:42 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 18:11   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Tooslow

I shall bear that in mind iffy. The 10/ten cut off is new to me, though I know that smaller numbers are to be written in full whereas numerals are to be used for larger numbers. You are spreading civilisation, ignore the barbarian hordes. :-) John Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 18:18   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Iffy

...You are spreading civilisation, ignore the barbarian hordes. :-)... Such a relief to find a man who understands and knows the pain I go through in the interests of others. Last edited by: Iffy on Thu 23 Sep 10 at 18:18 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 18:23   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Zero

>> ...You are spreading civilisation, ignore the barbarian hordes. :-)... >> >> Such a relief to find a man who understands and knows the pain I go >> through in the interests of others. ............ Im gutted my punctuations so bad it causes you pain,,,,,,,,....... i must write three hundred times........................ dont cause iffy more pain thans necessary....... Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 18:36   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Pat

Just call him a geordie, that'll have him spitting fire and flames! Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 18:43   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Collos

Once upon a time they were Bentleys and had some class but now VW Pheatons with different bodies and no class. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 18:45   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Tooslow

One of the more pleasant accents. Unlike say, Liverpool or Birmingham. I once worked for an American company. Stuffed full of American managers. We had a guy from South Shields. It was quite normal, in a meeting, for him to speak, there'd be a pause while the Americans looked blank and then someone would interpret for them. Hinny. :-) John Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 23 Sep 10 18:52   Bentley - Isn't it part of the service schedule? - Iffy

...We had a guy from South Shields... A part of the world where there's a different accent every few miles. South Shields is distinct from North Shields, which is distinct from Jarrow, Gateshead, and into Newcastle, which itself has distinct accents. And we've barely gone 20 miles. The Northumberland accent is very distinct, lots of fine voices from there to heard during the Raoul Moat coverage. Reply to this message | Report message