Sold a faulty engine

[Poignard]

There are 12 Swallows and Amazons books (well not all of them involve them all). Set from 1936-9. I still read them although I don't understand the measurements they use .

Here you go

 

[adamstjohn]

I'm well covered, then - mapping Antarctica has to be outside any possible claimed t

I'm well covered, then - mapping Antarctica has to be outside any possible claimed trade!

as an aside, i watched The Thing yesterday, lots of your Antarctic types running around in the snow. I realise i have moved off topic though so back to the original thread.....

 

[adamstjohn]

I feel for the OP to be honest - all the legal stuff aside that i dont really pretend to understand and will hopefully never need - he does seem to have made some fundamental mistakes, accepting and fitting a motor he was not happy with. Its quite a lot of money to loose imho. I think if i was buying a second hand motor i would be visiting and inspecting and not buying on pictures and a call in order to gain as much info as possible. I would probably buy on a credit card also.
On a plus note, we are moving out of the sailing season in the UK so the thing can hopefully be made good over the winter. Fingers crossed for him.

 

[Sea Change]

Well they were written 70ish years ago and set in the post WW1 era of around 100 years ago. H&S, Safeguarding, Racial equality, mobile phones etc were all way in the future. And Titty! No one would dare call a character that nowadays. Even in the films she became 'Tatty'. Why not 'Kitty'? Yes they are very dated, but still paint an interesting albeit rather idealised picture of life as it was in the 1920's-30's for those that werent caught up in the Great Depression. Its quite interesting too to follow up what happened to the family Ransom modelled his Walker children on. Sorry fred drift!

The bit that sticks out to me is in The Big Six: an unknown person has been casting adrift moored boats, so the children lie in wait with a camera to catch the perpetrator in the act.
When one of the boys first sees the negative being developed, he is dumbfounded by the apparent colour of their skin and cries out "he's a n*****!"

I was a bit taken aback tbh. This was a current in-print version of the book, not a dusty heirloom.

 

[oldharry]

The bit that sticks out to me is in The Big Six: an unknown person has been casting adrift moored boats, so the children lie in wait with a camera to catch the perpetrator in the act.
When one of the boys first sees the negative being developed, he is dumbfounded by the apparent colour of their skin and cries out "he's a n*****!"

I was a bit taken aback tbh. This was a current in-print version of the book, not a dusty heirloom.

I am of an age when in my childhood such derogatory words were part of normal vocabulary, even in the Nursery rhyms we were traught in Elementary school. Even advertising carried a name which would earn be a well justified ban nowadays.

Much has changed, but human nature remains much the same: look at the attitude of the 'entitled' hullabaloos on Margoletta. All looks horribly familiar today

 

[AntarcticPilot]

I am of an age when in my childhood such derogatory words were part of normal vocabulary, even in the Nursery rhyms we were traught in Elementary school. Even advertising carried a name which would earn be a well justified ban nowadays.

Much has changed, but human nature remains much the same: look at the attitude of the 'entitled' hullabaloos on Margoletta.

And the name of Guy Gibson's dog was perfectly acceptable at the time - it just meant "black". But later sensitivities meant it got changed....

 

[oldharry]

And the name of Guy Gibson's dog was perfectly acceptable at the time - it just meant "black". But later sensitivities meant it got changed....

...and as a little boy I used to love my childrens book about King Arthur and the Knights of Camelot in their Gay Castle Its been completely ruined for me!

 

[escapism]

I recall the receipt I was given for an old Royal Enfield Crusader many years ago : A collection of parts in the form of a motorcycle, believed complete. Sold as seen and without encumbrance - £10.00.

I wonder how that would have stood up to modern consumer rights legislation, and I always wondered what encumbrance meant in this context.

 

[doug748]

I recall the receipt I was given for an old Royal Enfield Crusader many years ago : A collection of parts in the form of a motorcycle, believed complete. Sold as seen and without encumbrance - £10.00.

I wonder how that would have stood up to modern consumer rights legislation, and I always wondered what encumbrance meant in this context.

I suspect it means there are no debts attached to the machine as you would state if you were selling a boat or something of great worth. In this example it adds little value to the transaction and is a continuation of the bleakly humorous theme.

I bet you needed your sense of humour with a ten quid Crusader : -)


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[mattonthesea]

Here you go

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That's the back of my primary school workbook
But it doesn't have atmospheric pressure or points of the compass that John mentioned. Not that I need to know. It's a story

 

[steveeasy]

What specifically was found to be wrong with the engine. I’d have expected it to run well and not consume much oil. Not overheat. If it had any genuine faults an attempt to rectify this but the seller should have taken place.
The invoice would hopfully clarify any warranty period. Bad practice without any such detail.

Steveeasy

 

[Tranona]

What specifically was found to be wrong with the engine. I’d have expected it to run well and not consume much oil. Not overheat. If it had any genuine faults an attempt to rectify this but the seller should have taken place.
The invoice would hopfully clarify any warranty period. Bad practice without any such detail.

Steveeasy

Read the OP's posts - he explained in some detail what he found wrong with the engine

 

[steveeasy]

Read the OP's posts - he explained in some detail what he found wrong with

Thanks for the top tip.
Much appreciated.

Steveeasy