Dr Kenneth Noisewater

Hughes gone 34-2

Tractor or Traaaa-turrr? To be fair we talk in terms of brands rather than general terms. In Suffolk the John Deere is king. Country folk do love their John Deere stuff don't they? Clicky

Number 4:

Katich caught. Get in there!

I'm with PL too. If you can't defend 520 you don't deserve to win. If you can't take ten wickets in two days you don't deserve to win. TMS read out the stats, highest 4th innings score to save a test, highest 4th innings score to win a test, highest 4th innings score by the aussies, highest 4th innings score at Lords; barring a freak happening we're safe.

Keeps his socks on, touch of class.

Boo! (not Boo-urns).

Lets get the lead up to 450, then have a mad half-hour of 20/20-style smashing everything, then declare.

Just heard this news. Terrible. Fuck me, that lad was involved in some wars. RIP

Thirst, frequent pissing, occasional blurred vision and fatigue are the main ones. I was only winding you up with the waistline bit.

You might be diabetic. A lot of doctors are now working on the principal that if your waist is 40 inches or above, you are diabetic until proved otherwise.

sunderland?

I tell a lie, it wasn't the bearings. The flywheel exploded apparently! Fuck off? For a flywheel to explode you have serious case of claiming against the manufacturer. I've seen a vehicle where the flywheel came loose, sheared the bolts and then proceeded to make it's way through the bell housing/chassis rail/body of the vehicle. It went through it like a hot knife through butter. Well it's a company car so I'm not going to be pushing too hard in terms of compensation but yeah, I was as surprised as you are. The AA guy who recovered me off the motorway shook his head and said it's lower engine trouble, most likely the main bearings and the noise I was hearing would be the pistons slapping against the bores as the crank wallowed away inside the case. Lease company called me yesterday and advised that parts were on order and would be fitted by end of play Friday. Told them I expected it to be terminal and asked what parts and they replied "new clutch and flywheel" and that the garage would phone me to discuss in further detail. Sure enough they called and repeated the same. When I asked what actually happened he replied "your flywheel exploded and destroyed the clutch in the process". I asked if the gearbox and/or crankshaft was damage at all and he replied "unbelievably no". Said they unbolted the gearbox from the engine and the pieces of flywheel literally fell out - reckons the pressure plate for the clutch was holding it all in place. The thought of what you witnesed has just made me shudder. All I had to do was limp it to the hard shoulder. They've probably seen the same thing a dozen times before. A diesel engine produces a lot more torque than its petrol equivalent and this turning force comes in waves as the engine fires. To smooth this out and reduce the pressure on the transmission a dual-mass flywheel is fitted (basically two flywheels with some damping inbetween). This system is less robust than a regular flywheel and has a tendency to break. If you're under warranty or it's a company car, not the end of the world. If you're paying for it yourself though be prepared for a fright.

La Riviera? Haven't been yet, but Pud recommended it to me.

Obviously lessons haven't been learned from Cardiff. They seem to be stuck in the short overs mindset rather than taking on board that they should be looking to bat til tea on the second day at least.

364-6 More than disappointing not to consolidate after such a decent start.

Well they're indigenous if that's the States.

I hope that's photoshopped, because it's appalling if it isn't.

Bopara out lbw for 18

Has Blowers been on the wine? My dear old thing.

Cook out lbw 95

He's 11/2 to be the first prem manager sacked. Probably worth a dabble.

Sounds like a Boro accent that.

James Maytastic. My nickname at work is James May / Captain Slow, due to my methodical nature.

Dual-mass flywheel / clutches seem to be the achilles heel of many modern diesel engines.