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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A what or a what? Haven't had a cheque book for about 10 years. What decade is it DVLA?

Letter from DVLA about changing tax class of car asking for a cheque or postal order for £3.75. Perhaps I'll send them a Telex to ask how to pay.

Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I always write out the summer's #Cricket fixtures at the beginning of the English summer. Usually the post it is on the side of my monitor. The last games always seem a long way off and now we're at the end, the New Zealand Tests seem a long time ago! #CricketSky

2 post it notes with England's international cricket fixtures written out.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A real one at the Museo Storico Alfa Romeo.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"Engaging"?! Arrest every one of these c***s.

Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent.
Guardian story about some scumbags blocking roads.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Indeed they do not look good Nigel for you as well since you were there. Reform expendibles being flung under busses at quite a rate. Must protect the cult leader at all costs.

Reform suspends two officials over donations sting as Farage admits their comments ‘don’t look good’ – UK politics live.
From Guardian.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

There was a time when we wouldn't have anything to do with those "French Centimetres". It's 50/127 ths of an inch and that's the way we liked it.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

BBC News gets a lot of criticism, some justified some not but they are not holding back here by identifying the Raise The Colours mob as being an "anti-migrant" group. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Birmingham City Council is seeking a High Court injunction to stop members of anti-migrant group Raise the Colours from putting flags up in the city. BBC news
article link in the post.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This is the way Warwickshire County Cricket Club. No site should EVER send regular mails to unverified addresses.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Do yourself a favour. Do it now. BBC4. Nobody ever sang like Linda Ronstadt.

Screenshot of BBC iPlayer showing Linda Ronstadt on the Old Grey Whistle Test. Now!

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

One has off roaded. It was warm and took ages to get round the course but we didn't get stuck, didn't crash, nobody died and, most importantly, we didn't break the car.

A Land Rover Defender Tdi badge on a coniston green wing with some mud splattering

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

We have off roaded and we are muddy. And it smells bad, like stale pond water 🤣 #LandRover #4x4Bluesky

The muddy front left wheel of a Defender 110 300Tdi

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

'Ow Much!?!? Bloody expensive to see a film these days...

Screenshot of Cineworld website showing £20.99 for an imax ticket for the Mandalorian film in Solihull

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

"Inspo"??? Ah, get stuffed eBay. Or should I say, Get Stufo

A pointless ebay notification that suggests they are sending "Inspo" straight to my inbox because we're all dumb kids now and nobody can be bothered to type a full word?

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

A man finds himself lusting after an Alfa Giulia (ideally a Quadrifoglio) in black with gold wheels. I've become, in recent years, a gold wheels fan and I didn't know I was that person. #WeirdCarBS #OldCarBS

A black Alfa Romeo Giulia with gold alloy wheels.
Source of picture:-
https://www.giuliaforums.com/threads/gold-wheels-opinions-wanted.46153/

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Great work Google AI, well worth burning the world's resources for such quality information. 26th of May is a Tuesday...

Stupid Google ai response to a web search (which can't be turned off) that shows it doesn't know what day it is.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

You're supposed to put sealant (RTV usually) in the corners of your valley gasket. Can you tell which side didn't have any sealant?

Left bank of a Rover V8 with a sealed valley gasket and no leakage.

right bank of same engine with (presumably) no sealant and an oil leak like the Exxon Valdez

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Surprising amounts of rust in the back of the Disco. Well, not that surprising really, it's a 20 year old Land Rover so the more you look the more you'll find! It's still far better than most inside and underneath.

Bit of rust on boot floor of Discovery 2.

Bit more rust on boot floor of Discovery 2.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

The Renault 5 is an EV I'd actually own but man, it's still pricey. I suppose all new cars are.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Had one of my biennial sessions of lusting after a 66 / 67 Toronado or 67 / 68 Eldorado. It WILL happen some day! Pics from car gurus and old cars weekly

67 Eldorado in black shown from front 3/4 angle

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

As any historian will tell you the Mustang really changed the course of the first world war. Do better Jewellery Quarter.

An information plaque about the first world war in jewellery quarter station with the dates 1914 to 1918 next to a drawing of a P51 Mustang from much later.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I assume Farage, Goodwin and the others making these accusations will now retract them and apologise? From Saturday's Times.

Short article about there being no evidence found by police investigating voting in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

#WeirdcarBS A car to alarm people from the 90s... No, don't worry, it's not following you.

A white Vauxhall Senator 3 litre 24 valve. They were mostly police cars due to being big, quick and looking like they meant business. This one may or may not have been but I still checked my speed when I saw it even though I wasn't in a car at the time.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

A fella does like an old Senator 3 litre 24 valve and not because I was ever stopped by one even though they were the police car of choice back in the day.

3 litre Vauxhall Senator in white, maybe an ex police car, photographed at Practical Classics show at NEC.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

#Weirdcars Marcos V8 potential project at the Practical Classics show. Oh how I'd love to get stuck into this! A fella does love a Marcos as anyone rightly should.

Marcos V8, maybe a mantula it's a project car, very bad fibreglass bodywork and needing full restoration but oh what a tempter though!

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Birmingham you don't look too shabby this evening. At least it's dry for a change!

view from the OldJoint Stock pub in Birmingham of the cathedral square and a red phone box that's now a sandwich shop somehow.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Mark 3 Escort but a proper base model, not an Xr3(i) or RS Turbo.

base model brilliance white, 2 door mk 3 Escort. picture from https://classics.honestjohn.co.uk/reviews/ford/escort-mk3-and-orion/

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The Land Rover Discovery has a very full expansion tank when hot. Needs another bleede out of air I suspect. CO2 tester suggests no bad heed gasket so that's good news at least.

A Discovery 2 expansion tank very full of pink coolant and coming out of the overflow like a race horse pissing.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Was gifted this by someone who also thinks poor old Pluto suffered a great injustice. www.sciencefocus.com/comment/plut...

A large bookmark with a picture of a sad faced planet Pluto and the words "PLUTO never forget!"

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Always liked the Cherokee Chief! Had a toy one once, complete with dog in the back.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Missing that aspect, it's interesting but a low score on Grand Designs Bingo.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Thanks eBay. Who cares what day it is.

Screenshot of ebay notification stating my brake pads are with Evri and will arrive 10 October. Screenshot taken on 15 October.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Whoa Microsoft, don't be blaming me for Windows 10, it's not my fault!

An email from Microsoft stating "you made windows 10 what it is" like it's my fault it's shite.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

WHY!?!?!?!? Why though?? It's my scanner connected to my laptop with a sodding USB lead, why would I need a sodding account to make it work!?! Bloody hell H.P.

Message on starting the H.P. "smart" application saying I need an account to make it work for some reason beyond all human comprehension.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Bloody hell eBay, don't do this! It's not a Competing Offer as I haven't made an offer myself. As an occasional wine-fuelled bidder, this kind of notification is very alarming.

Ebay notification stating "Competing Offer! Another buyer just made an off on xxxx"
Very annoying since I've not offered on it myself!

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

This sums it up better than I can.

Banx cartoon of two people in a dirty, broken British street with a food bank in the background saying "I usually vote for whoever promises to cut the most tax"

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

eBay, your AI adverts are horse shit. What TF is this exactly?

A crap advert for a land rover 90 full of flowery bullshit

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

eBay is a sarcastic bugger today.

eBay notice says "thanks for your standout selling you've listed zero times, amazing work"
Snarky bugger.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Don't think I've ever encountered the "Cementitious" before, what a great word!

Exciting patio grouting guide (actually the very useful https://thepavingexperts.co.uk site) with the lovely word "cementitious" highlighted.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

From Shifty, the new Adam Curtis documentary series. This also describes every Tory Thatcherite twat that has come since and, my goodness, there have been a few...

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

A ticket for the Sunday of the #Edgbaston Ashes test in 2005 was £36 (Eric Hollies stand). Adjusted for inflation that's now around £64. A ticket in the same stand for the #ENGvsIND series is £115. The fact that it's a sell out does not justify that. #TestCricket is being priced out reach. #TMS

inflation tool from Bank of England website showing £36 in 2005 is £63.47 today.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

First such Easter egg I ever spotted was in the front windscreen of a Jaguar e-pace. Cute! Not my picture.

Jaguar e-pace windscreen border detail with a Jaguar and cub outlined in the black border print.

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Sol_Smith_V3.0 @deepbronzegreen.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Using the term "DEI" is a sure sign of someone who understands nothing and spends too much time reading shite online. That term has never been used here. You can think for yourself, you don't have to copy paste the latest bollocks from the US far right. "Blue Labour" FFS.

Guardian headline Blue Labour group urges ministers to ‘root out DEI’ to win over Reform voters

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