I've had that happen from time to time. I had a recent spell which lasted several days and even when I was just replying to a post (or editing my own ...

I know this post is about compressors and Rolls Royces (nice paint job) but you also mention the Turbine Car kit. When I modified New Ray's fictitious...

@perrone1 Yes, I saw that, but you know me, any excuse for a quick joke.

@100ford2003 Well, it's only a personal opinion. (But past experience has shown it to be around 99.975% accurate.)

@chris Well, strictly speaking that isn't meant to be an "optical illusion". These images are called Ishihara plates and are a standard test for red-g...

@jack-dodds Well, at least the ewe is in safe hands in that case. There is a very old joke about a worker at a nuclear power station in the Scottish...

@david-green I was only joking, David! It was the AI that started the daft idea there might be a political explanation for this fun picture.

@david-green Ah, David. I feel a little guilty about discouraging you from attempting a social or political analysis but someone really has just put t...

So nobody has heard of the Scottish folk rock band Stealers Wheel? Ah, sorry Kevins, I see you figured it out with "I get the feeling something ain'...

I appreciate that the '55 Chevy is widely regarded as a "game changer" and I can appreciate why, but viewed from my distant perspective it never reall...

Another pretty little Fiat Abarth from that period was the 1000 Bialbero (twin cam) GT. I think basically the same body but without the Kamm tail whic...

In the end, it WAS all a small misunderstanding. Having spent the greater part of the day ingesting a truly remarkable variety of alcohol-based cele...

Yes, it is a bit ironic, that. Sulphur can be a bit too powdery to be useful (especially when the room temperature is approaching 300 C)

@perrone1 That is a remarkably benign interpretation of the - ahem - heated nature of our interaction. Right now I am attempting to chip my way thr...