| Author | Message | ||
     ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 709 Registered: 11-2015 |
I don't own many Rolls Royce related items I think it's this jacket and a book or two. I bought the jacket because with a jacket like this one thing is clear, you don't own a Rolls Royce. The headlights light up red with LEDS powered from a 9v battery awkwardly located in the right pocket dangling from a wire.   | ||
| Benoit Leus Grand Master Username: benoitleus Post Number: 325 Registered: 6-2009 |
Ross, this jacket is so bad it just became a “must have” on my bucket list. I can only imagine the look of horror on my family’s face when going out in this. Benoit | ||
| richard george yeaman Grand Master Username: richyrich Post Number: 921 Registered: 4-2012 |
I know one member of this forum that would wear this jacket, I am not saying who it is, only that they live in Dubai. Richard. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1411 Registered: 4-2009 |
hahahaha steady Richard.......... I would suggest if I had that jacket, I would gift it to a certain member who lives in Australia and is closely related to the Vodka manufacturers Smirnoff...... | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 1847 Registered: 4-2016 |
LOL He would wear it with pride Omar. Not just because it was a gift from you, but it is SO bad he would love it more. If I had it, I would put a flasher system in it to make the lights flash, to draw even more attention to it  | ||
| Alan Dibley Prolific User Username: alsdibley Post Number: 124 Registered: 10-2009 |
It's a pity that a miniature sound system would not be appropriate - maybe just for tyre noise plus a ticking sound??? Alan D. | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 1848 Registered: 4-2016 |
LOL Good one Alan. Love the ticking sound effect. | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 710 Registered: 11-2015 |
I was hoping someone had something worse, but now that I think about that, I don't know if that would make me feel better or worse. I think one could probably convince a seamstress somewhere to put a steering wheel on the right side so you could wear it in Australia and not look like a fool. | ||
| michael vass Grand Master Username: mikebentleyturbo2 Post Number: 441 Registered: 7-2015 |
Hi Ross Would take more than just moving the steering wheel mate lol  Mike | ||
| Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Grand Master Username: soviet Post Number: 821 Registered: 2-2013 |
Ahem, yes Jetsetters, that jacket has Omar written all over it. Indeed, notice the camber of the wheels. Thats a dead set sign for middle eastern drifting. I could see Omar wearing that jacket with the full desert headgeartogether with hooded falcon. Bloody superb! Its brash and flash just like Dubai. Ross do they make them Camargue style? | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 711 Registered: 11-2015 |
Benoit, what size do you wear. | ||
| Benoit Leus Grand Master Username: benoitleus Post Number: 326 Registered: 6-2009 |
Ross, I feel I could regret answering that question (a medium by the way). Finding another wife at 50 (as mine would definitely throw me out if I ever wore something like that) will not be that easy. On a side note : we are on holiday in Tenerife as I write this. My wife forgot her nightie, so I lend her my Silver Shadow t-shirt. She never looked so good :-) | ||
| richard george yeaman Grand Master Username: richyrich Post Number: 922 Registered: 4-2012 |
Benoit tell your wife to look after your Shadow tee shirt as you will need it in November, mine is ironed and ready. Richard. | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 712 Registered: 11-2015 |
Benoit, on a totally unrelated note, PM me your address. | ||
| Benoit Leus Grand Master Username: benoitleus Post Number: 327 Registered: 6-2009 |
Ross, I send you a PM. Benoit | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 713 Registered: 11-2015 |
The disco jacket is out for a drive, I wonder where it's going? Hmmm.  | ||
| Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Grand Master Username: soviet Post Number: 824 Registered: 2-2013 |
Ross that is the only Rolls Royce jacket for drunks I have ever seen. What size and how much and do you have two as Omar will seeth with jealousy if only I have one. | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 715 Registered: 11-2015 |
Vlad, Sorry mate it was a "medium" and I only had the one. Custom embroidery is cheap and so are satin windbreakers ( in some circles) so a similar such abomination should be possible. I would suggest making the car embroidery bigger as it was only 7" wide. 9 perhaps. The width of the car also tells you this is not an original factory item as the originals made by the Crewe upholstery shop would have obviously been 6.75". Also, my wife in addition to everything else in her large and eclectic skill set also knows how key designs in Punto for embroidery machines. | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 716 Registered: 11-2015 |
The car depicted also shows the grill with the 4 cm wide center bar and the silver on black grill logo only used on the model year '63 shadows exported to czechoslovakia. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1418 Registered: 4-2009 |
You have had me in STITCHES Ross..... Thats it...................... I am finally out of the CLOSET with this jacket...... Its mine mine mine...... I want it..... I want to fight Vlad for it in a mud pit.... And then wear it after my victory lap around the stadium Bring it on... lights and all..... I will wear it when we next meet in Birmingham like a true sport.... | ||
| richard george yeaman Grand Master Username: richyrich Post Number: 928 Registered: 4-2012 |
Omar I had your name on it from the start, hahaha. Richard. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1420 Registered: 4-2009 |
Dear Vlad, perhaps you and I can go halves and buy this one for Richard Yeaman........ https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-80s-black-SILK-full-sequin-rolls-royce-CAR-USA-dress-coat-bomber-jacket/173143552770?hash=item285028f302:g:JOsAAOSwEUVZX-dq It will make our one look elegant and stylish in comparison..... | ||
| Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Grand Master Username: soviet Post Number: 825 Registered: 2-2013 |
Whoever said middle easterners lack a sense of humour was wrong!!!!! | ||
| Brian Vogel Grand Master Username: guyslp Post Number: 2541 Registered: 6-2009 |
What's really interesting (at least for those of us with partners who are insanely into sewing and machine embroidery) is there are machines (and there's one in our household) that can scan photographs and convert them to a machine embroidery pattern that's awfully close to photo real, but a tiny bit more impressionistic. One could do one's own personal jacket like the first one but with one's own car embroidered (and color appropriate LEDs for the headlights and/or turn signals. I have friends who collect vintage (as in around the turn of the 19th-20th century through the 1920s) "place pillows." The oddest one they have is from a sanitarium. Sometimes things are in such awful taste that they're a must have! Brian | ||
| richard george yeaman Grand Master Username: richyrich Post Number: 929 Registered: 4-2012 |
Very good Omar hahaha, That's another pint you owe me when we get to Birmingham. Richard. | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 717 Registered: 11-2015 |
Brian, Working turn signals. That is class! | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1421 Registered: 4-2009 |
Dear Brian, Could your partner embroider faithful replicas of Vlad driving a Camargue on a T shirt? perhaps we can buy a job lot for our next UK tour T shirt. Last year we bought Silver Shadow shirts, maybe 2018 can be the year of the Camargue.... with Vlad at the wheel. The inspiration will have to be Ross's jacket..... so none of this exact perfect embroidery. It will have to be purposely trashed to look like Ross's jacket. | ||
| Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Grand Master Username: soviet Post Number: 826 Registered: 2-2013 |
Yes But Ross, we need the Camargue jacket to have that drunken look just like the RR in your photo. Omar's jacket should have the words "I Saddam" as he had the opportunity to buy the Saddam Camargue but he screwed the pooch. Also, the words " Sir will be baity" across the back at the top may be an idea. Naturally, mine should be extra large to hold at least two six packs of Vodka for medicinal purposes. Precisely, what is all this chatter about Birmingham? | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1423 Registered: 4-2009 |
And if sir will be baity - will there be a pouch for the brasso in this jacket? The above statement will only make sense to hard and fast "Derek and Clive" fans (which I know Vlad must be by virtue of him using one of their famous quotes).... talk about a sense of humour.... it took me years to get it - but I firmly get it now. Dear Vlad, There is a topic called....2018 UK Tour & Birmingham Classic Car... in idler chatter.http://au.rrforums.net/forum/messages/16947/28653.html?1518914536 Go to it and join us in our second reunion. I know the owner of the Saddam Camargue but the price he wants of the car is way above what the car is worth. so no dam for me..... | ||
| Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Grand Master Username: soviet Post Number: 827 Registered: 2-2013 |
Omar skolka eto stoit!! How much for Saddam's Camargue? | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1425 Registered: 4-2009 |
180 000 avstraliyskikh dollarov brat Vladimir | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1426 Registered: 4-2009 |
well i have learnt something new tonight. Our forum cannot cope with the Russian alphabet. Nor can it cope with Arabic text for that matter..... It is English or nothing.... | ||
| Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Grand Master Username: soviet Post Number: 828 Registered: 2-2013 |
To ask for $180,000 AUD for a perfect condition Camargue is pushing the envelope Omar. To ask that price for a molested Camargue albeit owned by Saddam who did naughty things and thereafter upset Uncle Sam and the CIA well that's major woodduck hunting. The vendor is clearly delusional and will be keeping the car perhaps forever unless a James Bond movie features one blowing off a Ferrari and machine gunning the help, while hot babes pull xrated acts in the back seat consuming copious quantities of narcotics. | ||
| richard george yeaman Grand Master Username: richyrich Post Number: 931 Registered: 4-2012 |
Vladimir your imagination leads me to the conclusion that you should drop spannering and take up writing novels to be made into films using some of the members of this forum as characters, the mind boggles. Richard. | ||
| Mark Luft Prolific User Username: bentleyman1993 Post Number: 170 Registered: 10-2016 |
Richard, I second that!! | ||
| David Gore Moderator Username: david_gore Post Number: 2830 Registered: 4-2003 |
Great idea however I would want to do an "Alfred Hitchcock"  . What you may ask? Every film Alfred Hitchcock made includes at least one scene where he appears as one of the cast - spot Alfred is "de rigueur" for his films. | ||
| Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Grand Master Username: soviet Post Number: 829 Registered: 2-2013 |
Lovely of you chaps to encourage me to be a writer. The problem with this matter is that writers have to deal with two types of pure swine, editors and publishers. Its nasty business receiving rejection slips and not getting paid and it is indeed a mamouth task just to get your work looked at. Unsolicited manuscripts are not often welcomed and become fodder for shredders. I would certainly like the loot attached to successful writers but would avoid fame like the plaque. Successful artists often become shooting targets for complete nutcases eg John Lennon. Perhaps one day but right now swinging spanners brings in loot to live on and loot to build my car museum in the outback. So right now I am heading towards being a curator. Again thanks for your kind encouragement. | ||
| Paul Marshall Experienced User Username: welshbentleyboy Post Number: 14 Registered: 4-2017 |
Writing always seemed to me to be the ideal profession. You can travel the world first class, stay in the best Hotels and practise any extravagance and get tax allowance by claiming it all as research expense!! | ||
| Benoit Leus Grand Master Username: benoitleus Post Number: 333 Registered: 6-2009 |
Just look at what the mailman brought !   Thank you very much, Ross. I really owe you. I can't believe I am now the proud owner of this fine piece of clothing. Also my family is so proud of me now. I can see the tears in their eyes when they see me in it. Now, I could post a picture of me wearing it in my living room, but that wouldn't be very courageous. Therefore, I will do the following : early in April we will be going to Knokke, which is sort of Belgium's answer to Montecarlo, Beverly Hills and Dubai (check out the excellent Zoute Grand Prix https://www.zoutegrandprix.be/en). In the city centre you have the Albert Square, better known as the Square "Have you seen me" due to people showing off their cars,trophy wives and wealth. It will make the ideal background for me showing off this classy jacket and I will share the pictures on this site. I just have to convince a family member to take the pictures and thus acknowledging in public that they know me. Of course I will also take the jacket to our get together at the NEC in November. Omar, I might even let you wear it then. Thanks again, Ross. You made my day ! | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 722 Registered: 11-2015 |
Benoit, Truly a bold move. Don't forget the 9v battery for a classy evening shot. | ||
| Mark Luft Prolific User Username: bentleyman1993 Post Number: 172 Registered: 10-2016 |
YES! I am disappointed that we have not seen the coveted jacket with the lights illuminated. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1431 Registered: 4-2009 |
The whole forum is gutted that there is only one of these masterpieces to go round. Also Benoit you are such a sport to want to share the delightful jacket with me in Birmingham this November. After I wear it, the next lucky owner will have to be of Russian descent. although ........ perhaps Richard from Ireland could be an interim custodian. We will have a job to get Richard into this small jacket but we can try welding a few lycra strips in the two sides. You know they say that nobody owns a Rolex - they are merely custodians of them for someone else? well this Jacket is the same. The only part of it any of us may own is the 9v battery. Bring on the jacket....... | ||
| Benoit Leus Grand Master Username: benoitleus Post Number: 338 Registered: 6-2009 |
Omar, I will even include the 9v battery for the jacket's next custodian to enjoy it to the full right away. One condition when accepting the jacket is that the new custodian will have to post a picture of him wearing the jacket in a public place. Mark, here is a "night" shot for you :  Just imagine the lights flashing | ||
| Mark Luft Prolific User Username: bentleyman1993 Post Number: 173 Registered: 10-2016 |
Benoit, my life is complete. Thank You Sir! | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 723 Registered: 11-2015 |
Benoit, Zet het op de Manneken Pis en fotografeer het ding. (met de lichten natuurlijk) Also, the tradition of Rolls Royce ownership involves each custodian leaving at least one socket under the hood. Keeping with that tradition, I would suggest pinning a local souvenir button or patch to the jacket (perhaps a waffle?) | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 724 Registered: 11-2015 |
Benoit, My amoled phone has a new desktop, any guesses what it is? | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1432 Registered: 4-2009 |
Dear Ross, I really need to know where you got this jacket from. The entertainment it has given us has been tremendous. We cannot function with just one of those - so we need to know who the manufacturer was to get a larger one to fit Richard. I know Richard and I know he would be gutted if his turn is skipped because the jacket was too small to fit him. The other reason to know who maker was - was to make sure I dont buy anything else from them...... | ||
| richard george yeaman Grand Master Username: richyrich Post Number: 940 Registered: 4-2012 |
Omar my not so dear friend, my stature has to do with the effects of gravity pulling me down for the last 76 years, I actually would be all right if someone could add several inches to my height amongst other places, as for the jacket, I cant wait to see it on Benoit, Ross knew what he was doing when he got rid of it I think his purpose was to provoke tension between all the Nations of the World represented in this forum, anyway if there is a size XXL going spare put my name on it. Richard. | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 726 Registered: 11-2015 |
Omar, This jacket is actually quite common in the United States. You can pick them up in most any store in dozens of colors. It is not uncommon to be in line at the bank and there are two or three people wearing the same jacket. So to answer your question, I don't remember where I got it, Etsy? It was somewhere online, just google rolls royce satin jacket. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1433 Registered: 4-2009 |
Dear Ross, Doesn't look like my search engine can find anything close...... I like the idea of having the only gash jacket in the world exclusively within the forum...... I cant really believe that there will be another anywhere in the world...... Who would make such a hideous jacket for that matter? | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 1858 Registered: 4-2016 |
Getting close Omar  But while we are waiting, I think you would look good in either of theses.   | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 731 Registered: 11-2015 |
Hard to under those Patrick. Thanks? Omar, I saw the machine embroidered patch that this hand done knock off was modeled after on eBay, I'll try and find the link. | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 732 Registered: 11-2015 |
https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-newbund&biw=360&bih=560&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=uQubWv33M6q0ggfY0ZmgDg&q=embroidered+rolls+royce+ebay&oq=embroidered+rolls+royce+ebay&gs_l=mobile-gws-img.12...0.0..3656...0....0.0.............mobile-gws-wiz-img.699wbKwgImE%3D#imgrc=qQLQtOnHyOFZkM: | ||
| Alan Dibley Prolific User Username: alsdibley Post Number: 130 Registered: 10-2009 |
I have searched the nether regions of the internet but can not find a Bentley-themed jacket to match the exquisite taste of the Rolls Royce item. Does anyone know of a source of such artisanal clothing? Alan D. | ||
| Benoit Leus Grand Master Username: benoitleus Post Number: 339 Registered: 6-2009 |
Ross, your Flemish is absolutely perfect  For those who couldn't understand what Ross wrote : he suggested putting the jacket on Manneken Pis, Belgium's national symbol. The Americans have Mount Rushmore, the French the Eiffel Tower, the British Big Ben and the Belgians have a statue of a .... peeing little boy. Yeah, who said the Belgians have no class.  | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1434 Registered: 4-2009 |
The gash clothing virus is well entrenched in this forum. I think we need to get some suitable material together for our next meeting in November 2018. That illuminated red coat that Patrick has found is the ultimate minus-one in gash. The ultimate has to be Ross's dream find (which is now in the custodianship of Benoit). Each to their own with gash clothing but I will keep mine a secret until the big day........ with the aim of outdoing Benoit. And if i find a his and her matching pair - i will get the other item for Richard....... | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 735 Registered: 11-2015 |
Omar, The quest for the worst clothing in the world related to the best car in the world. Great idea, sometimes we find our hobbies, other times they find us, and even other times they come from forums about Rolls Royces. I'm sure your item will be a superlative effort. Benoit, As you might guess, google translate and the only other two items I know about Belgium. I can't wait for the November picture. | ||
| Benoit Leus Grand Master Username: benoitleus Post Number: 358 Registered: 6-2009 |
I still had a promise to fulfill and that was wearing the jacket in a public place. These were taken today in the centre of Knokke, Belgium's upscale coastal resort. I have to admit that I wore it only for a short period of time so we could take the necessary pictures. My son Alec however seems to be more of a man than I am, as he took a tour of the town centre with the flashing lights on.   Alec :  | ||
| richard george yeaman Grand Master Username: richyrich Post Number: 960 Registered: 4-2012 |
Good on ya mate, good choice of background. Richard. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1467 Registered: 4-2009 |
brilliant!!!! and Alex is such a sport.... | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 744 Registered: 11-2015 |
Benoit, Truely epic! | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 1874 Registered: 4-2016 |
They are the best pics EVER Well done mate | ||
| Colin Salmon New User Username: spurfatherfigure Post Number: 2 Registered: 3-2018 |
My recently deceased 'significant other' had an embroidery business. I still have contacts in that trade. I can get top quality work done on a variety of very serviceable garments. They would al be the same as a multi head machine is used. Contact me in some way if this is of interest. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1511 Registered: 4-2009 |
Gents................. I can top Ross and Benoit's worst Rolls-Royce item ever made. here it is................................ http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3975 you may VOL (vomit out loud) | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 1902 Registered: 4-2016 |
Wow Omar Yes, you have topped the jacket mate. It was a mission for you, but you did it. Well found | ||
| ross kowalski Grand Master Username: cdfpw Post Number: 780 Registered: 11-2015 |
Omar, It took me a minute to see what the big deal was but then ... yeah, that's a hard one to love. Wow. | ||
| Christian S. Hansen Grand Master Username: enquiring_mind Post Number: 788 Registered: 4-2015 |
Sorry, but I don't get it. Seems like you need a donor car...Spur or Shadow recommended...and if you did, why would you put THAT shell on it and it would be a tremendous effort to do so, wouldn't it? Am I missing something? . | ||
| Alan Dibley Prolific User Username: alsdibley Post Number: 139 Registered: 10-2009 |
It's no good, search where I may I can not find the corresponding Bentley jacket (unless you know better, anyone?) Alan D. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 2139 Registered: 04-2009 |
OK gents - The Jacket has done its time with me and now needs to go to Australia. It started off its life of fame in the USA, then went to Belgium , then the UK and then Dubai. I have made the jacket even more hideous than it was to begin with - as if that was even possible. I will be posting it to a mysterious new owner in Australia - so please let us know when it shows up at your doorstep oh new custodian. | ||
| Jeff Martin Frequent User Username: jeff_r_1 Post Number: 244 Registered: 07-2018 |
Makes me think of something that Elton John would wear. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 2140 Registered: 04-2009 |
It is truly hideous. We now have lovely gold braided rope on one sleeve and some additional stitching that makes it simply the "best" .... We will need a photo with the new custodian before he moves it on. | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 2313 Registered: 04-2016 |
Well well well “The jacket” has made a reappearance. Heading to Australia now huh. I might go into hiding. Hopefully it’s destined for the mad Russian Vlad. Come to think of it, Benoit made a rule. The new owner needs to show a pic of him wearing it. Omar???? | ||
| Jeff Young Frequent User Username: jeyjey Post Number: 443 Registered: 10-2010 |
Indeed. We want pics, Omar. | ||
| Brian Vogel Grand Master Username: guyslp Post Number: 3163 Registered: 06-2009 |
I know that this is a thread about the worst piece of RR-related kitsch, but revisiting that jacket (or, even though it's not RR-related, those jackets) it really makes me wonder when they date from? The embroidery us just plain awful from an artistic standpoint and had to have been created "by hand" even if sewn by machine. My partner is an avid quilter and owns several sewing machines (I should really say computers with significant sewing function)that can embroider insanely complex and intricate designs. There is even a feature that allows you to take a photograph and convert it into its embroidery equivalent and it figures out the colors needed to do so (he doesn't have the optional stuff to do that, but his machine could if he did). I would, of course, have to be the tech end of things (and have been, in the past, since his ability to successfully use an Owner's Manual is limited. He learns by being shown and doing, not reading steps.) You could get some really good stuff these days from your own photographs if one were so inclined. Brian | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 2142 Registered: 04-2009 |
well gents - the damn thing is now in a pizza box and is on its way to an Australian new custodian. The new owner will have to be worthy of this jacket and better show it the respect it deserves. Lots of modifications have gone into the new improved even uglier jacket - so he needs to show it off in all its glory and then add to the splendour of this jacket before sending it onto the new custodian. I may have an old photo of when I was given the jacket which I will probably add after I find said photograph. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 2143 Registered: 04-2009 |
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| David Gore Moderator Username: david_gore Post Number: 3950 Registered: 04-2003 |
My guess is it is heading towards Queensland but, as always, I could be wrong. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 2144 Registered: 04-2009 |
New South Wales is where the jacket is being sent to David. Maybe the next custodian could be a Queensland resident..... who knows..... let us watch this space..... | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 2314 Registered: 04-2016 |
That’s it! I’m leaving New South Wales, just in case  | ||
| David Gore Moderator Username: david_gore Post Number: 3952 Registered: 04-2003 |
Patrick - too late. I have already shut the door - "the horse has bolted" as they say.  | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 2315 Registered: 04-2016 |
Thanks David. We were supposed to finish this current two weeks Covid lockdown tomorrow, but it looks like the numbers are getting worse, and may even be for a further 2 weeks! And guess what. Mail deliveries don’t stop  | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 2146 Registered: 04-2009 |
Be brave gents - this jacket needs to be worn with pride down the High Street. There is a socket in the pocket to connect a 9V square battery to illuminate the lights on the back of the jacket. That is a feature that does wonders for pulling chicks. As soon as they see your headlights flashing they will approach you for love and desire and other emotions that may be a bit too much to detail on this forum.... Good luck fighting off the chicks new custodian..... | ||
| David Gore Moderator Username: david_gore Post Number: 3954 Registered: 04-2003 |
I never qualified as a "Chick Magnet" so that rules me out . I did have a moment of concern when I contemplated the thought of having to wear it to a RROCA NSW Branch monthly meeting. Patrick, time to be afraid, very afraid if I were you. Vladimir is in an area where "chicks" are few and far between so I guess this rules him out as a recipient. | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 2316 Registered: 04-2016 |
I’m in lockdown David. I think I will be rejecting all mail (especially if it’s a pizza box) being delivered to my address. | ||
| David Gore Moderator Username: david_gore Post Number: 3955 Registered: 04-2003 |
Patrick, | ||
| David Gore Moderator Username: david_gore Post Number: 3956 Registered: 04-2003 |
There has been a significant movement in the betting for the Australian recipient of the jacket: Latest Betting Odds for the Jacket recipient: I have blown out to odds of 100 to 1. Patrick Ryan is now 5 to 1. Vladimir Kirillov is 6 to 4 on and firm favourite. | ||
| Larry Kavanagh Frequent User Username: shadow_11 Post Number: 777 Registered: 05-2016 |
I'm feeling lucky. Where can I get a bet on @ 100/1? | ||
| David Gore Moderator Username: david_gore Post Number: 3957 Registered: 04-2003 |
Larry, I am fairly certain Omar doesn't have my postal address, unlikely to have Patrick's address however I am certain he does have Vladimir's address. However, life has taught me to always expect the unexpected will always be a wise strategy. | ||
| Kelly Opfar Frequent User Username: kelly_opfar Post Number: 262 Registered: 07-2004 |
The results are in. Drumroll please..... | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 2147 Registered: 04-2009 |
Yes Kelly..... the Eagle has landed..... The jacket is safely in the hands of the new custodian..... photos to follow please. We need to see how much better it is compared to when it was first gifted to us by The Kwol. | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 2317 Registered: 04-2016 |
Dear all. I now am the custodian of “the jacket” the worst Rolls-Royce item ever. It’s offensive to all of the senses. However I will endeavour to modify it with poor taste, as previous custodians have done. Here is the jacket after some tasteful (not) modifications by Omar.     . | ||
| David Gore Moderator Username: david_gore Post Number: 3958 Registered: 04-2003 |
Congratulations Patrick, Now for some detective work - how did Omar get your address? Will await your Australia-themed additions with interest. . | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 2318 Registered: 04-2016 |
Omar is like a secret agent spy David. I’m sure he has all of our addresses in his secret Rolls-Royce file in his Dubai villa I don’t know what to do to it, however I have big shoes to fill | ||
| Jeff Young Frequent User Username: jeyjey Post Number: 444 Registered: 10-2010 |
I'm really liking the gold braid. Provides a certain gene se qua... Pedantic Moderator Edit  "Je ne sais quoi." My high school French teacher is turning in her grave. English translation "I don't know what" An indefinable elusive quality especially a pleasing one. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 2149 Registered: 04-2009 |
Patrick - you will look so handsome in that jacket mate.... all the chicks in the street will be after you..... they will know style and class when they see you wearing it. But you must turn the lights on for maximum effect.......... you will certainly pull when the lights are turned on..... Goodness me Patrick - we are all sooooo jealous mate.... | ||
| Jeff Martin Frequent User Username: jeff_r_1 Post Number: 246 Registered: 07-2018 |
What's missing now are a pair of Epaulette's ! | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 2319 Registered: 04-2016 |
Oh dear to all of that | ||
| Jeff Martin Frequent User Username: jeff_r_1 Post Number: 247 Registered: 07-2018 |
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| Jeff Young Frequent User Username: jeyjey Post Number: 445 Registered: 10-2010 |
To the pedantic moderator: the red-neck spelling was supposed to fit in with the overall gestalt of the jacket. But maybe it needed a smiley.  | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 2150 Registered: 04-2009 |
humour is excellent gents - we are all up for that. keep em rollin..... | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 2320 Registered: 04-2016 |
Somehow Omar I’m not smiling This is a massive honour, and I’m certainly weighed down with grief not knowing how to do this justice. What happens if I modify the jacket, and it actually makes it better  I’m losing sleep over this the pressure is immense. Don’t worry Jeff, I know what you meant mate. | ||
| David Gore Moderator Username: david_gore Post Number: 3959 Registered: 04-2003 |
Patrick, Perhaps you could start with a formal indigenous smoking ceremony as a traditional "Welcome to Country" for the jacket. You never know what might eventuate - ancestors past and present might be mortified and the jacket could catch fire as a consequence. Jeff - my tongue was very firmly planted in my cheek whilst I assumed the role of pedant. We Australians didn't earn the reputation of being a "weird mob" for nothing!! We even had a movie made titled "The Weird Mob" however foreigners have problems with the nuances throughout the movie if they have never been here to understand them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They%27re_a_Weird_Mob_(film) . | ||
| Jeff Young Frequent User Username: jeyjey Post Number: 446 Registered: 10-2010 |
No worries, David. As a pedant myself I could never be offended by one. | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 2321 Registered: 04-2016 |
Oh dear David. The ideas are coming thick and fast re this jacket. I do agree, it’s definitely not fire proof, so no naked flames near the jacket, that’s for sure. My mind is boggled as to what to do. | ||
| Larry Kavanagh Frequent User Username: shadow_11 Post Number: 778 Registered: 05-2016 |
I appreciate your dilemma Patrick, it's difficult to enhance an object of such beauty. You do realise, of course, that there's an onus on the custodian to be photographed modelling the garment in public, might I suggest that you could attend a gathering of your local hell's angel chapter for the photo shoot. | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 2322 Registered: 04-2016 |
That’s a great idea Larry, And if I put something like “Harley’s suck” or something similar, across the back, maybe they would pay me even more attention This could be a life changing event. I’m getting more excited every day. Who would have thought that being the custodian of “the jacket” would be so amazing! | ||
| Jeff Martin Frequent User Username: jeff_r_1 Post Number: 248 Registered: 07-2018 |
Yeah, that could be a life changing event... Harley's suck"  | ||
| Trevor Hodgekinson Frequent User Username: wm20 Post Number: 246 Registered: 11-2006 |
Nothing wrong with Harleys There was nothing wrong with them in 1926 and they are basically the same now | ||
| Graham Phillips Frequent User Username: playtime Post Number: 413 Registered: 03-2019 |
G'day everyone,... So let me get this straight? This (hideous) jacket is being sent around the world to be photographed by as many as possible and each add another gaudy item to it as it travels,...? Do I have it right? Graham. | ||
| Larry Kavanagh Frequent User Username: shadow_11 Post Number: 779 Registered: 05-2016 |
Technically, you have it right but maybe you're overlooking the spirit in which the selection of a custodian is managed and the ecstasy one would feel being honoured as a recipient of such a treasured item. | ||
| Graham Phillips Frequent User Username: playtime Post Number: 414 Registered: 03-2019 |
G'day everyone,... I thought it was a fun idea, we did this on another forum I am on. A stuffed rabbit was sent around the world to be photographed at various locations of interest. A lot of fun was had by all. Graham. | ||
| David Gore Moderator Username: david_gore Post Number: 3961 Registered: 04-2003 |
Larry, Well said pun - I like it . | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 2151 Registered: 04-2009 |
We really need the Soviet - Mr Vladimir Kirrilov to contribute to this thread. What are your thoughts Vlad? | ||
| David Gore Moderator Username: david_gore Post Number: 3963 Registered: 04-2003 |
Omar, I have sent you a PM. Regards David | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 2152 Registered: 04-2009 |
got it David. Thanks |
